Bar.bacoa

My brother and our group of friends came here for lunch today to escape the heat from walking around the Virginia Highlands arts festival.It was a first visit for all of us.The entrance has a nice bar area plus there is indoor and outdoor dining towards the back of the restaurant. We chose a table inside for a break from the heat.Everyone was super friendly and efficient. The menu had a great selection of food to please everyone and featured tapas for sharing as well as traditional main dishes. In addition they had four brunch specials served from noon until 4pm.Our group ordered a variety of items including the blackened shrimp tostada, the pork carnitas, the Peruvian chicken tacos in both corn tortillas and in lettuce wraps. We also ordered the mimosas and vinho verde white wine from Portugal. For dessert we ordered the tres leches cake and the churros. We finished with coffee.Food and service were outstanding! My one quibble was the lack of any vegan coffee creamer. They didn't have any oat milk or almond milk just traditional creamer or milk. I love this place and it's convenient to my office so I'm excited to come back and dine here again after work!

Visited on a Sunday for cinco de mayo! They were one of few restaurants that allowed reservations. We arrived about 10-15 minutes early and parked in the lot behind the building which offers complimentary valet. We were still able to be seated and given menus. It was our first time visiting but I was happy that they had enough pescatarian and vegetarian options for me choose from. We were brought waters and then ordered the guac as an appetizer and 2 margaritas. He had the herradura palmoa margarita special and I had the teramana mango margarita. I ordered a baja and buffalo cauliflower taco while he ordered the peruvian chicken, salmon, and baja taco. We continued to talk while we waited. Drinks came then the app and our tacos. 1. My teramana margarita was better than his paloma2. Buffalo cauliflower was better than the baja, but both were good3. Peruvian chicken, salmon, baja4. Those house made chips were delish and I enjoyed the guacWe overall enjoyed ourselves and it was a nice first stop on our cinco journey (lol).

Quite the yummy experience! I love tapas for the variety you can get in one restaurant, as well as the fun with friends. I would recommend getting 6-8 tapas if you have a group of 4 to make it a powerful experience.Everything was really good, it would be hard to talk about them all! Some of the highlights were the octopus (tender, not chewy!) and Bar.bacoa quesadilla (surprisingly very filled with meat).Service was relatively quick and I appreciated that everything came in a timely manner!I would definitely come here again!

The food is really good here. The seafood in the ceviche and tacos are very fresh and delicious. Service is always great and the out door seating is super cute!

Food was amazing. Service was awesome. Ambience was perfect on a Sunday afternoon sitting in their outdoor seating. Really lovely family meal.

I have been wanting to try Bar.bacoa for a while now. Unfortunately, I did not have a great first impression. Our server was kind of rude and pretty much ignored us most of the meal. After he delivered our entrees, he didn't even say one word to us again (even when delivering the bill). The food itself was really good, and I definitely will try it again at some point. Loved the Mexican corn!! The biggest issue I had during the night was that we ordered a non-alcoholic (virgin) margarita, and she was served a strong margarita full of tequila. Luckily, she was just taking a break from drinking and does not have an issue with alcohol. But as sobriety becomes a larger part of our society, restaurants need to treat non alcoholic requests the same way as food allergies. Some people can have major issues with alcohol, and if they took a sip of that margarita they could fall to a rabbit hole. Our server never apologized and did not even address the issue. He just seemed confused. I hope Bar.bacoa can take requests like this more seriously in the future. Because I know some people who are sober and could have major issues if they were given that margarita.

While in Atlanta, two of my friends and I went to Bar.bacoa for a nice dinner since we hadn't seen each other in months. The restaurant is pretty small, so make sure you do reservations if possible. The ambiance is pretty cozy though.The menu had many options. I tried the octopus, carne asada, and calamari. All of the dishes were great. They all received a 5/5.The drinks were strong too, and I only needed one to liven up.All in all, I would recommend Bar.bacoa. The food was great.

Let's start with 3 stars because I was not impressed with this restaurant.I specifically asked our server how the octopus was and her answer was that it was one of the best she's ever had. I love octopus and I had some really amazing ones..This one was sad...the dish it's mainly potatoes and peppers....you barely find the octopus in there.The tacos are pretty good, we tried a few just to get an idea.Will go back because of its location and to try more food.

My favorite spicy margaritas in the city. I get the uglier with strawberry. Also tried a variety of tapas - the fried goat cheese, Mexican corn, mac and cheese, and salmon taco. On a separate occasion I also had the nachos. Everything has been tasty.

Incredible. Delicious guac and amazing experience. The ambiance is great and service is fantastic.