After reading the reviews for Pacini on Yelp I decided to try this place out for myself. I went with a group of friends (about 6 of us altogether) and we were placed in a booth which is fine except it's awkward for the servers to reach to pour drinks.
Looking around the ambiance of the place was great. They have a wall that has a damask type floral pattern with lights behind it that change color which I thought was a nice touch.
The roof is nice and high and the staff are friendly there, our server who was fresh and new to the restaurant and didn't know the entire menu off my heart did try his best to do his best to serve us.
At some times he did disappear but I think he had our table and the rest of his tables were out on the patio. Forgiveness for sure. He did try and make sure we got what we wanted.
Pacini has a bread bar which I think is a fantastic idea. They have 5 different types of breads and 5 different kinds of spreads. My favorite by far though was the Tomato Basil bread? I think that's what it was and I paired one piece up with garlic spread and the other with a pesto spread. Damn delicious!! Grilled for a little bit toasted on both sides and perfecto!
I had the Chicken Rosemarino paired up with Parmigiana Fries that they had. I loved my meal, it was the perfect size and tasted fantastic! I especially loved the Fries it was a mixture of potato fries, onions, zucchini, sprinkled with Parmesan and fine herbs served inside a newspaper spread about the Parmigiana Fries!
Definitely would come back to try out some of the other menu items.
I don't think it's fair to say this restaurant is too far -- there's a lot of "too far" restaurants. If it's a good place I'll travel all around the city for some good eats.