Comments on: Bacchus’ Seven http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:16:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dan http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven/comment-page-1#comment-212205 dan Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:38:32 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven#comment-212205 Hard to say I understated how bad the place is when I didn't state any such thing - noting that five years ago when I reviewed it, I liked the place. It may have changed since then, but I've heard virtually all positive reviews over that time, with only rare exceptions like yours, and it has almost universally positive online reviews. As to price, keep in mind that I recommended the three course lunch special as a good deal, not ordering a la carte, nor at dinner time, as I hadn't tried either. While I appreciate your admonition, and it's not at all personal, there are just too many places out there for me to constantly go back and re-review places just because one or two people didn't like them when the majority do - I'd never get to anywhere new in the few meals out each week that I have time for. Hard to say I understated how bad the place is when I didn’t state any such thing – noting that five years ago when I reviewed it, I liked the place. It may have changed since then, but I’ve heard virtually all positive reviews over that time, with only rare exceptions like yours, and it has almost universally positive online reviews. As to price, keep in mind that I recommended the three course lunch special as a good deal, not ordering a la carte, nor at dinner time, as I hadn’t tried either.

While I appreciate your admonition, and it’s not at all personal, there are just too many places out there for me to constantly go back and re-review places just because one or two people didn’t like them when the majority do – I’d never get to anywhere new in the few meals out each week that I have time for.

]]> By: Amy http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven/comment-page-1#comment-212203 Amy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:38:20 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven#comment-212203 Wow, this really understates how god awful this restaurant is! Our Horrible salmon (almost dangerously fishy) with a side of spinach that tasted like seaweed, an inedibley ravioli with mushrooms, as if it has been burnt in cream. We use your site as our guide so please review this one again so no one has to experinece this. It was not cheap. Two friends from the us, Amy & Alan Wow, this really understates how god awful this restaurant is! Our Horrible salmon (almost dangerously fishy) with a side of spinach that tasted like seaweed, an inedibley ravioli with mushrooms, as if it has been burnt in cream. We use your site as our guide so please review this one again so no one has to experinece this. It was not cheap.

Two friends from the us, Amy & Alan

]]> By: dan http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven/comment-page-1#comment-209816 dan Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:10:44 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven#comment-209816 Interestingly, despite my assertion at the end that I'd give the place another go at dinner time, I've not been back in the intervening four years, and it's only a few block walk from my house, so that kind of tells you where, at least mentally, I put it. We also only had pasta dishes, which weren't bad, but we didn't try anything else. I think you certainly, based on my one shot there, made a good call on the dessert skipping. Interestingly, despite my assertion at the end that I’d give the place another go at dinner time, I’ve not been back in the intervening four years, and it’s only a few block walk from my house, so that kind of tells you where, at least mentally, I put it. We also only had pasta dishes, which weren’t bad, but we didn’t try anything else. I think you certainly, based on my one shot there, made a good call on the dessert skipping.

]]> By: Philip Silverman http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven/comment-page-1#comment-209813 Philip Silverman Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:55:04 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven#comment-209813 We ate here on 27 Dec 2010, and we were disappointed. Ravioli filled with a delicious osso buco were so overcooked that they fell apart. What passes for parmesan cheese is tasteless shreds of something soft and yellow . Our vino tinto was served too warm to drink without several minutes in an ice bucket. The "veal" in the saltimbocca was a thick slice of tough beef. We skipped dessert and headed for Un Altra Volta. We ate here on 27 Dec 2010, and we were disappointed. Ravioli filled with a delicious osso buco were so overcooked that they fell apart. What passes for parmesan cheese is tasteless shreds of something soft and yellow . Our vino tinto was served too warm to drink without several minutes in an ice bucket. The “veal” in the saltimbocca was a thick slice of tough beef. We skipped dessert and headed for Un Altra Volta.

]]> By: Buenos Aires Blog Roundup - Week #13 | Buenos Aires Argentina Guide http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven/comment-page-1#comment-14490 Buenos Aires Blog Roundup - Week #13 | Buenos Aires Argentina Guide Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:49:37 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20070226/bacchus-seven#comment-14490 [...] time apart from the Buenos Aires restaurant scene, this week giving his expert review treatment to Sette Bacco, a good, romantic, upscale Italian restaurant in Recoleta, Chan Chan, a decent Peruvian restaurant [...] [...] time apart from the Buenos Aires restaurant scene, this week giving his expert review treatment to Sette Bacco, a good, romantic, upscale Italian restaurant in Recoleta, Chan Chan, a decent Peruvian restaurant [...]

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