Bevacco
“Complete the Bevacco experience with their cream-filled Il Bombolone doughnut, and you'll be back for brunch the next day – guaranteed.”
“I suspect Bevacco will go toe to toe with Noodle Pudding because both restaurants offer Italian fare.”
“My favorites are the Siciliana Salad and the Bucatini.”
Bevacco
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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I did not have high expectations as I have lived in Brooklyn Heights for well over 2 years and this had been the one place we have yet to try out, mainly due to the fact that it is strangely dead most of time. I pass by here alot and always wonder how they manage to stay in business, when I see such few people eating inside.
So on a nice Saturday evening, we head to nearby Noodle Pudding, but it's loud and we have to wait a little too long for a table, so I say what the hell let's finally try Bevacco.
There is no wait for a table obviously, but lets move on. The service was so-so. Our waiter was nice but when we asked for explanations of menu items and whether we could substitute one sauce for another he looked seriously PUT OUT and almost politely annoyed. Service was initially attentive but seriously waned when we were done, with out meal; bring us the bill already. I hate it when waiters disappear after serving the main course.
Oh the food, Well Kinda -meh. Wine is grossly overpriced 15.00 for a glass of mediocre pinot noir. Pizza was nothing above what you could find in California Pizza Kitchen. I loved the bread on my Veggie Pesto Sandwich but that was about it. It was served with some terrible non salted potato chips as a side dish. We foolishly ordered the appetizer special for the night, a raw kale salad with chunks of avocado in a tiny baked mozzarella cheese shell. This was just NOT GOOD and very small.
I don't know how else to say it. So I have now experienced Bevacco, and was not surprised by it's lackluster-ness.
Let me start with saying, ever since we moved to New York, we haven't had any bad Italian food, regardless whether it's a nice establishment or a corner restaurant in the neighborhood. So when we moved to Brooklyn, and we walked by this cute place, I automatically wanted to try it.
We came here on a Saturday around noon. The place was not busy when we stepped in. The host/owner/manager? greeted us promptly, and sat us by the window. I really liked the dark wood interior and how it contrasts with the light floor and ceiling fans. I wanted to love this place.
We ordered calamari, Bucatini, and Tagliatelle. Calamari came out really quickly, in retrospect, it should've been the warning sign…I had one bite and it was the chewiest and the most stale calamari I've ever had. It tasted like they used some old calamari from last night (or last week), refried it, and put it in front of me. At that point, I wanted the pasta to be really really good so I can like the place. We waited, the waiter came over to clear the plates, refilled our water glasses twice, then we waited more, and more. And close to 50min later AFTER they took away the calamari, finally came the pastes. My Bucatini was too salty to the point that's almost inedible, and believe me, I love sodium. The problem is there's WAY too much salt in the pasta, and it has WAY too little of everything else. Salt was the only flavor on the plate, nothing else. My husband's tagliatelle came out with watered down sauce on the plate, where you can visually see the water below pasta. BIG NO NO.
In short, I had my first horrible experience with pasta here. I'm starting to think that a 3.5 in Brooklyn is really the equivalent of a 1 or 2 in Manhattan, because, let's be honest, you don't have a lot of choices around here.
Avoid at all costs. There's a reason why Noodle Pudding (awesome place and 1 block down) has a line out the door and this place is completely empty on a Saturday night.
Terrible service. Absurdly overpriced. Tiny portions and poor quality. To top it all off there was a vague sewage-like smell throughout.
It's comically bad but what pains me the most about this review is that the location is amazing, the white marble bar is beautiful and the ambiance should be that of a restaurant that doesn't treat its customers so terribly.
The bar staff is a joke and would rather gossip at one end of the bar instead of asking you for refills – guess that's a problem they never have to worry about since most people want to get out of there as soon as they can.
I truly enjoy this place and what it offers in choices of pasta…now only if staff had the same respect and attentive behavior. The struggle was real.
Bevacco serves tasty Italian in Brooklyn Heights. Perfect for brunch with the parents, a dinner date after the park, or cocktails with your girlfriends, Bevacco has a versatile menu and space. The classy metal work, mosaic tile floors, marble tabletops, leather booths, and a U shaped bar with tall stools evoke a New York Gilded Age ambiance. At night there's candles and mood lighting, in the morning plenty of sunlight through the lovely windows. It can get a little loud here when the restaurant is at full capacity, otherwise its a lovely intimate space.
Service is good here, not super friendly but definitely efficient and on top of things. Staff are excellent about managing table turn over and on a Sunday evening, it did not take long for them to refresh a table and have us seated. Our waiter took our order quickly and food comes promptly.
I've been here for brunch and for dinner. I've ordered:
Raddichio, orange, pistachio salad
Kale, pine nut, ricotta salad
Margarita pizza
Prosciutto pizza
Baked eggplant
Lamb ravioli
Truffle fries
Pear almond tart
I pretty much love everything on the menu. I'm especially thrilled here with the salads – and I hate salads so that says a LOT. The flavor pairings are very intentional to give you a mix of flavors and textures and every single ingredient is fresh and well dressed. The pizza is good (but its Brooklyn, so its on par with the other fine pizza establishments in the area and the caliber you'd hope for), the pasta portions are just right and definitely quality over quantity. The pear almond tart is excellent and the fries perfect for snacking. I absolutely love how many vegetables are available on the menu and the star treatment Bevacco gives them.
The cocktail and wine menu appear extensive. I would definitely see Bevacco being a hit with the after work gossip girls.
Prices are on the higher end for an average Saturday night dinner, but considering the area and the ambiance I would argue they're fair. With a more sustainable menu and the classier ambiance, you're going to pay more here than at Noodle Pudding, and rightly so.
My fiancé and I have been coming here for brunch more often these days and while he loves the chicken sandwich and I enjoy the italian benedict (with prosciutto, burrata, and roasted tomatoes), the service is always super flow and order gets messed up at least every other time we come. It's a bummer we've decided to dine here less because the food really is good! Oh well, I'll plan to try their bar next door, which is new to the neighborhood, Binc.
I walked past here quite a few times and ultimately came here for after-work drinks. The cocktail, cranberry something (with vodka) was cloyingly sweet. I ended up enjoying tito's and soda instead. It's got a great standing area for cocktails (for a group) and the food smelled really really good.
Last night my boo treated me to dindin here. It's a small place with a U-shaped bar at the center of the room and seating all around the wall's edges. To the rear on the left as you walk in is the access to and from the kitchen, storage, and bathroom areas.
We had a reservation for 5:45pm (a tad early as we had an event later that evening). There was barely anyone there, as far as eaters go. Our server was kind and possibly bored, so we got great service, especially with water refills. 🙂
We got to sit at the rear right corner, which was really nice because I love sitting next to my boo vs. across from him. 🙂
We ordered a starter and two entrees. The starter was the "Parmesan crème brulee, balsamic reduction, grilled sourdough." It was really tasty. They also brought out small bread pieces with olive oil to dip as part of the gratis. Both were delicious. We dipped our sourdoughs into the parmesan creme brulee, but there was plenty more cheese left over, which we then dipped the scrumptious small bread pieces into. It might be wiser to spread it on your bread slices instead.
My boo had the "Roasted duck breast, fingerling potatoes, kale, blueberries, pistachios." He ate every last bite. It looked and smelled good. I didn't try any of the duck because he ordered Medium instead of Well, so perhaps another time I'll revisit to try it a different way.
I got the "Organic salmon, roasted radicchio, fennel, orange, almonds, shallot vinaigrette." The salmon was tasty along with the orange bits. The roasted radicchio was too bitter and salty for my taste-buds! The fennel was pretty good and the skin of the salmon was on top of the fish — I recommend you (the customer) move the orange bits away, peel off the layer of the skin (very fishy) and then mix and mingle the fish with the orange bits. There were barely any almonds on my dish (I only saw 2 almond slices), so it's a bit tricky for me to comment on that tidbit.
When we started to finish up our meals, the space became more and more occupied by clientele. We looked at the dessert menu. There were some eye catchers, but we didn't order anything.
We got the tab fairly quickly upon request, and it was paid via cc and we didn't have a long wait for the return of the check!
Happy eats!