Fari Trattoria — Restaurant in San Miguel de Allende

Like so many restaurants in San Miguel, their reputations proceed them always with mixed reviews. However when friends say, “We've been at least eight times”, you join them. Fari (which means headlights) the little Italian trattoria on ‘restaurant row’ on Salida Celaya, gets consistent top-drawer reviews. This evening was a sheer delight. Cocktails, Martini’s, Negroni’s, and Bellini’s jump off the mini-drinks menu, highlighted by little table lamps adding to the ambiance. The wine list is limited but fair. The complementary, home-baked bread with the Barata, olive oil, and balsamic will disappear before your eyes with everybody diving in… more is called for, pronto Por favor. The pizza menu has patrons coming back just for the pies. There are antipasti and ensaladas to tempt you before the pasta. The favorite at our table was the Filet Ragu parppadeila. Others, like grilled chicken skewers or the grilled filet in a mushroom Marsala wine sauce, were equally tempting. Desserts, Crepes con gelato or Tiramisu, heads or tails, you decide. This Chef has honed his craft and his customers keep coming back for more. Overall feel, very European street-side cafe-like with busy traffic whizzing by, which somehow adds to its appeal. Service is a well trained, very friendly and attentive staff. This is part of a Quattro family of restaurants, the others being Tostevere, La Chope, and Bocaciega. There is always more to taste in this fair town. The PG will tap out FOUR SILVER 🥄🥄🥄🥄’s for ‘an emotional standout, good eats and just feels good, with more to go back for…’ It was a surprise night, which started with a table of four and happily swelled to six, delighting all very good friends, turning into another una bella serata! PS: We can now say we’ve been half a dozen times…catching up to our friends😂Be sure to tell the the PG and San Miguel...

Tonight we visited Fari Trattoria at Salida a Celaya #5. In general I usually try to avoid visiting restaurants shortly after opening (Fari officially opened last Friday, three days ago), to allow the restaurant to work out the kinks. This time it appears like this restaurant and staff was well prepared for their opening.

Four of us arrived and chose to sit indoors, primarily because there was a threat of rain, but I'm also not a huge fan of sitting close to the road with the associated traffic noise. The atmosphere inside was cozy and inviting. The staff quickly seated us and took our drink orders, allowing us time to peruse the menu.

Stacy and I ordered a large Caesar salad and a pasta dish (Funghi Tagliatelle). It was excellent and the serving sizes were more than adequate. Our friends ordered a small Caesar salad and a margarita pizza. They said that they really enjoyed their meal. As full as we were, Stacy and I ordered the tiramisu. It was huge and was easily the best tiramisu we have had in SMA.

The servers were really good, you can tell they were well trained because they checked on us several times throughout the meal to refill our drinks and ask how we enjoyed the food.

It was a pleasure eating here and we will definitely...

Had high hopes that this would be a nice place so we booked a dinner for our anniversary. The vibe was decent and friendly enough staff, however it all went downhill when the half Ceasar salad we ordered came out. We were served the entree size which isn't what we asked for and honestly have never seen a Ceasar salad like this where it was full romaine leafs covered in a dressing and sautéed mushrooms. We ate some of it and set ut aside (wasn't going to complain) but when asked by a staff member if we didn't like it and for feedback so we shared that we didn't like it and why. It seemed like they would probably remove from our bill which we appreciated even if we didnt expect it. Our entrees (pizza and pasta were okay 3/5). The bill arrives and has a charge for 260 pesos for an entree Ceasar salad. We told them we ordered a half size but they wouldn't change it. Very poor customer service and annoying to pay for double what we ordered in the...