I've been a long time fan of Buca so I wanted to try Executive Chef Rob Gentile's new Bar Buca and I'm glad I did! The food was delicious! My boyfriend and I shared two dishes. The first was the Italian pancakes (crespelle) are layered with cannoli filing and drizzled with maple syrup. The pancakes were crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Cannoli filling and maple syrup had an orange zip to it so gave a nice finish to the dish. The second was a scrambled egg dish. turkey, goose and duck eggs are scrambled with burrata and topped with shaved truffles! Overall, this dish was amazing!
Amazing is what I wish I could say the same about the service. We couldn't order until the waiter looked into a dietary concern. The waiter took a long time to find out about our dietary and was taken aback when I followed up with him. I had ordered a latte when the pancakes arrived and it didn't show up til we were done both dishes. The manager was apologetic and offered me the latte on the house which was thoughtful and I appreciated the gesture. However the delays continued, once done my latte we waited for our waiter to come by so we could ask him for the bill but he was talking to someone by the to-go counter for a while. I tried to stare him down but that didn't work so I had to flag another waiter to get him. When he brought us the bill, he realized that he forgot to take off the latte and had to go fix it.
I enjoyed the food a lot but the service won't make me go back anytime soon. I'll wait a bit in hopes the service gets a bit better like his older brother Buca.