My wife and I visited Il Bacaro twice. Our first visit was on Valentine's Day 2018. We were told that we could not order a la carte, but only the special menu. After completing this we left the restaurant with very mixed feelings. From the individual dishes we could taste that there is a good cook in the kitchen. But the overall menu was strange, as the taste of the dishes did not fit well together, it somehow did not match at all. We also noticed that some dishes had very small portions, whereas others were much larger. Unbalanced. What also surprised us was that no bread and olive oil was being served (and was charged separately when we asked for it). And when dessert was served were we not asked whether we wanted to have any coffee or tea with it. Again: when we asked for this we were charged separately. This gave us the impression that the owner is very cheap and stingy. The overall cost exceeded RM400 but a free cup of coffee was not possible apparently.So we decided to give the restaurant a second chance, hoping that we were only unlucky on that Valentine's Day. Our second experience was rather different from the first one. We shared a starter which consists of six smaller dishes. This tasted very good and was rather large in volume. Each of us ordered a main dish (spring chicken, tuna) and these tasted both very well and, again, the volume was large. The cook likes to use herbs and spices as both dishes had a strong, but good, taste. This restaurant is not cheap though, as the cost for this dinner was approximately RM250.On both occasions was the restaurant fully booked, so making a reservation is necessary.Lesson learned: we will avoid this restaurant on special occasions when they only serve a special menu (e.g. Valentine's Day, Christmas). But will likely return on a regular day, when we can choose a la carte.
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