Bacchus
Richmond, VA 23220-4524
Phone: (804) 355-9919
10/09/2007 Posted by julesagogo
A girlfriend and I went to Bacchus one evening a while back to try a "new" place. We each ordered a glass of wine, a couple of appetizers and a meal to share. The wine sauce for the sauteed calamari was great but the squid itself was so tough it was inedible. The kind waitress asked us about it and it was returned to the kitchen. Our fish dish arrived and we each took a bite at the same time, and at the same time expectorated the bite.* It felt like I'd licked a nine-volt battery - the fish was bad. The attentive server asked us again about our meal, and we apologetically told her we couldn't eat it. When she returned to the bar/kitchen area (in the main restaurant area), the owner angrily asked "what's wrong now." He then marched over to our table and demanded loudly and angrily to know what our problem was. The evening ended badly with an argument about him wanting us to NOT pay and us demanding TO pay - and paying - we weren't looking for a free meal. We weren't drunk or disorderly, so I don't understand why this happened, but I'll never return to this cute little neighborhood place as a result. *sorry for the big word - had to look up a synonym for a word that begins with sp and ends with it that is apparently an inappropriate word here.
Pros: Sauteed spinach, wine, individual servers
Cons: Fish, angry owner
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