Bari Ristorante E Enoteca - Memphis

We love our service with our table but the other service is rude to us without the communion because we are deaf and avoided Deaf communication. Foods are great! Thank you.Food: 5/5

The food was prepared perfectly and tasted amazing. Would highly recommend coming here. Nice atmosphere although a bit loud.Food: 5/5

One of the fine restaurants in the Memphis area. We had a prior reservation on Friday night, and we were there on time. It was casual and informal. The interior was sleek and modern looking with an implicit old charm. The service was a bit slow. There were other big groups in other tables. We started with some semolina crusted fried seafood bowl as appetizer. There was calamari, anchovies, and something else too but no shrimp) everything was well seasoned, and all coated with semolina dust and deep fried with some lemony after taste. It was superb. We had some Italian club soda and a non alcoholic drink named honey! This was fabulous and was paired great that fried goody. I would highly recommend. Moving on, in the main course my friend got orzo and I got some Atlantic prawns in a garlicky wine reduction broth. That was super aromatic and tasty. They have excellent wine collection too make sure to ask for recommendation for the best pairing. Next was dessert, and this was the highlight of the entire dinner time. I got an affogato and my friend ordered some chocolate ganache topped chocolate hazelnut cake. That was terrific with some best dark chocolate in it. The affogato was great too. House made vanilla gelato was decent and the espresso coffee was fine too. Overall our experience was absolutely great and I highly recommend the place.

For a restaurant at this price point, there are some high expectations and unfortunately Bari misses them.1) They ask if you’re celebrating a special occasion when you make the reservation (an anniversary in our case). But nobody made mention of this at all throughout the meal or greeting which was mildly disappointing.2) The atmosphere does not match the menu and price point. Coming into the restaurant feels like your coming through the back door with barely room to squeeze by bar. Paper tablecloths??? (I halfway expected some crayons) Cheap looking lights (obviously from Amazon) as the centerpiece of the table. The dining room was loud enough that my wife and I could barely hear each other talk. And while most guests dressed appropriately, it was strange to have a table next to us wearing a baseball cap in the dining room. Our waiter was young and inexperienced. After getting our drinks, we didn’t see him for another 8-10 minutes, and he certainly did not enhance the dining experience. He was your basic order taker.The atmosphere was by far the biggest disappointment.3) The food was pretty good. My wife I ordered a multi course meal. And made sure to try many of the menu items. Unfortunately all my dishes were heavily over salted.The after dinner cappuccinos were excellent though.Bari is a place that pretends to be fancy. They have two hour slots for reservations and charge you for missing. They have an entire Italian wine list, most of which are only by the bottle. A separate cheese menu. They’ve obviously dedicated a lot of time to their food/beverage offerings and want to be a high end restaurant. But the dining experience does not match this.We have been wanting to try this place for several months because it’s highly rated and recommended by several sites. But I can’t say it was worth it. For $100 a person, there are some basic expectations beyond food for a restaurant.Several recent reviews on here had similar findings unfortunately.

I brought some out of town friends here who were visiting for a conference. I had never been here, which would normally be a bad idea. I have found a new favorite restaurant in Memphis. I think we all loved the mussels and the cheeses, but I also loved the fava beans and the scallops were amazing! Everyone left happy. I will be back!