Neoteca

Really enjoyed our first dine in experience at Neoteca. It's been recommended to us a few times, so we finally tried it. The restaurant has an open and modern aesthetic, with a mix of tables and hi-tops. There's a good size outdoor patio as well with a lot of tables with umbrellas. The menu has a mix of appetizers, salads, pizzas and pastas. Enough options that we'll plan to go back a few more times to try more items from the menu. On this first visit we ordered the grilled chicken salad and the hot honey pepperoni pizza. The grilled chicken on the salad was grilled to perfection and had a lot of flavor. The hot honey pizza was good, crisp crust, and a good balance of savory with a hint of spicy honey. Honestly, I wouldn't mind more of the honey flavor. We enjoyed our first trip to Neoteca and will be back to try out more of the menu.

I have been wanting to try this place for awhile so I'm glad I was able to finally check it out. Upon arrival I opted for patio seating since our dog was with us. It was pretty hot out but the patio seating was in the shade so that helped. We didn't wait long to order or for the food to come out so that was nice.Dog friendly - Yay! It's not easy to find dog friendly restaurants in the suburbs (ie. Schaumburg area) so I'm happy when I can find one that is! -Our waiter didn't provide a dog water bowl but another waitress saw our dog towards the end of our meal and provided us with one.Parking - plenty of free parking availableFood Chicken Parmesan Panini ($15 lunch special) - the panini comes with a side salad (a good deal). The panini was okay, a little too salty for my taste buds. The salad was okay as well, complements the panini)Truffle fries ($11) - comes with aioli dipping sauce, overall it was okay. Seasoning was just right.Burrata wood fired pizza ($19) - the pizza was okay (not the best I've had). It was hard eating the burrata cheese (that's in the center of the 'za) with the pizza. Overall, the food was okay. I'd like to try other food items from their menu next time.I'll be back when I'm in the area.

Trendy modern Italian neopolitan pizza restaurant located in DT Barrington. Great for a date night or meeting with friends. I personally don't think its the best place to eat with kids, though there are some menu items for them. I do like this place and service is nice, but it can be a bit pricey for what you get. Food quality is good for the most part, you are definitely paying more for the ambience.

We came here on a Saturday at 5pm for a quick dinner! Service was good, but the food was average. We split the arugula salad and a sausage white sauce pizza. It wasn't anything special & I probably wouldn't come back here again.

Casual Italian is a good description of this restaurant in the middle of downtown Barrington. It has kind of high prices, but it's good quality drinks and food. Neoteca isn't the only Italian restaurant in town, but it's the best one I think. Main items include the pizza, and there's plenty of shareable appetizers. There's also a happy hour for cheaper wines as well as small bites and plates. A few things are pretty expensive but some are more affordable. It has Italian beer such as Peroni for $6 in a big glass. There's also a happy hour on weekdays. It has a lot of pizzas that are pricy. These are about $18 each or so, which sucks but these are pretty nice though. Salads are a little more affordable. There's a good looking Kale Salad that's one of the few vegetarian items. For sure it's one of the healthier choices. This comes with apples, arugula, and walnuts. Big salad, helping with the kind of high cost. This is good for a lunch. For sure it's kind of expensive. It makes up for it kind of with good quality. They're also pretty fast at getting food out and there wasn't a long wait like many Italian restaurants.

Nice atmosphere. Good wine list (a non steak place have Rombauer, Austin Hope and Caymus by glass!). Great service. Def a place for fun outings. Pizza is less than ok though...maybe we had too high of an expectation. Considering we have to drive 30min to get here, we probably won't go back.The pizza was chewy yet, no structure nor depth. If i removed the prosciutto from the white pizza, it would tasted like melted kraft mozzarella on a chewy flat dough. The prosciutto placement along with the arugala looked like a dumpster on the dough as well...For the price, I would expect something executed a bit more gourmet with higher quality of ingredient. They made us a sausage pizza for the kid which I was grateful for, but it does taste like kid's pizza in adult size and price! LOL

We wanted to give Neoteca an out as I heard some chatter about them. Parking was easy in the back of the restaurant and was nicely greeted when we walked in.The restaurant was not very busy in the back of the bar right next to the kitchen doors. Not a very desirable spot but just went with it. We waited 5 to 10 minutes and no one came to check on us or ask us what we wanted to drink. We finally asked one of the staff walking i to the kitchen and he found who was there our server...who was sitting at the bar talking to one of his peers.We got started and got drinks ordered. The diet coke my wife ordered was not diet coke and could not find him. We finally got the bus staff to get a replacement. We ordered bruschetta and our main dishes. The bruschetta was not very good... had raw onions which overpower the bruschetta... not happy strike two as we couldn't find our server again and our drinks were empty.Our main dishes came out from the kitchen staff and noticed my wife's salad was drowning in a lot of dressing. There was a pool on the bottom of the bowl. The margarita pizza was okay... but had way to much sauce ... flavor was mmmeeh. Service remains poor and we find some to complain to and then found our server / bar tender. He took the salad off the bill and at this time we are done.The experience was poor. Food was not very good ... service was very poor and surprised since it was slow in the restaurant. My two cents ... take a pass on try Neoteca. It's not at the level of service and quality I would come to expect being in downtown barrington. We just wanted a nice night out with our two sons and it was a flop.

Great pizza & the pricing is fair. I would love to come back and try their patio & wine!

Had a lovely dinner and time at Neoteca for my birthday dinner with girlfriends. Very relaxing atmosphere and good service. We ordered several dishes and shared them. The appetizers were amazing along with the pizza and pasta! Martini was great too. This is the third time I've been there and it doesn't disappoint. Cheers!

Food is delicious and the atmosphere is lovely! I love coming here with my girlfriends for a wine night! Can't recommend enough.