Bocca di Bacco (Hell's Kitchen - 54th St.)

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   Gloria

   New York City

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Showed up for a 5:45 reservation. Had 2 different servers who were very sweet and one who was particularly informative about the menu. 3 people, ordered only 1 app (rice balls) and a plate of food for each person. Also got a bottle of wine that was on sale. We got our rice balls which were just 2 rice balls. Took around maybe 20-25 mins to come out. Our food took nearly 50-60 minutes to come out. It was 6:47 when I looked at my watch once I started eating. The dish was pretty good but nothing extraordinary. The carbonara was surprisingly plain. Only the gnocchi in a red sauce was exceptional. Overall not worth the 170$ tab for 1 app and 3 plates of food that took an hour to be served. I don’t plan on going back and I wouldn’t recommend, especially not a Saturday evening.
   

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   A

   New York City

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Will definitely return to try another menu ! 😋 Staff were wonderful and attentive...
   

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   Elisabeth

   Unspecified

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 25, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Nice restaurant, good italian kitchen, friendly service
   

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   Joyce

   New York City

   19 reviews

   5.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on February 19, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Totally loved the experience at Bocca. Pasta dishes, salad, drinks, dessert and service outstanding. Can’t wait to go back again. Highly recommend.
   

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   Sabrina

   Orlando

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 16, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   The food was amazing and that’s this place’s saving grace. The restaurant is very dark and it’s a bit hard to see the menu without using the torch on your phone. Tables are crammed in tightly together so it’s a bit difficult to navigate. Hostesses were polite and accommodating. Our waiter was MIA throughout most of our meal. Did not refill drinks timely. Offered no bread, no cheese on the pasta dishes, no recommendations or suggestions, and no charm or friendliness whatsoever. We had the calamari and zucchini as appetizers and both were tasty. The limoncello spritz was nice. All of our entrees were delicious and generously portioned: the salmon, linguine pesto, rigatoni vodka, and chicken parm. It’s unfortunate the service doesn’t match the quality of the food.
   

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   Mario

   New York City

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on February 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I went here for my Valentine’s Day and everything went so smoothly and it was so easy. The staff did a great job. And the food was outstanding . The drinks came out fast too. I got the Bocca spritz, the rice balls, and the Seabass.  All of it was delicious
   

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   Paula

   New York City

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Had a wonderful and delicious dinner. So much fun. Will come back!
   

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   Jade

   Philadelphia

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   The food was delicious. The service was horrendous. Cute for a date or meet up. We went as a family and the wait time between drinks, ordering, never even being offered dessert menu when we wanted to order dessert… the whole thing was a mess. But the food was good. lol.
   

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   Fili

   New York City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Arrived for a 7:00 pm reservation and was seated at 7:10. Nearly 2 hours passed without receiving our food. Watched couples arrive at nearly the same time as us and finished eating meal and dessert before our food arrived. Server promised to remove items from our bill since we took our order to go and, when the bill came, it came in its entirety and not a single item discounted or removed.
   

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    Mirabel

    New York City

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 14, 2025

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5

    I reserved a table for my boyfriend and I for Valentine’s Day. We ordered the pre fixe menu. When we arrived we explained that we had a show at 7, and would need to pay right away and eat quickly. Unfortunately, the service was very slow after the first course, and we could not get anyone’s attention to bring us the final course. We ultimately had to leave, and didn’t get to complete the meal. We spent over $200 and the meal and service was not nearly worth this cost. Will not be back.
    

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