Bartolo's Station Park - Italian Kitchen — Restaurant in Farmington

Farmington location: This is constructive feedback back. There is no malice in any of this. I want to say the concept is great and all. The Farmington location is now the 3rd attempt at an Italian restaurant I believe. All 6 of us agreed it was great food but have other thoughts for a regular place to come back to for group night. Not a wild evening type of place. If the goal is to be high end Italian you are in the wrong location. After a day of shopping, spending more on food than clothes is not the mind set of most in Farmington station. I struggle with this because “it’s pasta”. Pasta and steak are not in the same category of high end. I do kinda feel like this is the same restaurant as was here before but rebranded. Also very similar to the same type of food previously but the only thing eliminated is the noodles cooked in a giant cheese wheel. The same spinning entrance door still there taking up a huge amount of space. I hate spinning doors so I have major bias on them. Considering I had to run to my car for something and when I came back and used the spinning door and ended up whacking a young woman in the shoulder/back because she had stepped back just a half a step too far. I still feel terrible.

There were 6 adults. One thing I would like to mention is I am not sure why the waiters and waitresses were so spread apart for stations. It seems like our poor waiter was trying to serve a top of 6 and then running to the other side of a wall to maintain 3 additional 4 tops. And then we had 2-3 other people appear to check on us. We split the bill with two receipts and were charged 20% tip on each bill. To which we both paid but should not have been done considering we split the bill. Our total between the two was $315 including tip and tax, if that is any indicator, placed on both. We had 1 soda $3, 1 tea, 2 margaritas ($12 is average cannot find price), 1 beer $8, 1 artichoke dip $15, 1 house focaccia $5, 2 garlic breads $15, 3 bolognese $25 each, 1 Pesto ?? $23, 1 super heavy cheese pizza $??, 1 mussels spaghetti $27.

The food was good. We started out with the artichoke. It was great I love artichoke dip and as long as the artichoke and spinach isn’t chopped to oblivion, I’m happy. I really enjoyed the lumps of artichoke and the spinich ratio. Perfect medley. Next we got the house focaccia and grilled garlic bread. The house focaccia was fantastic that was great bread and butter. Would eat again several more times. The garlic bread had the butter lovers dream of butter, my friend said just a little too much but not terrible. I don’t have a gallbladder, but it was worth the flavor. Did taste Smokey so it appears it was cooked in a wood oven maybe? The three that got the bolognese said it was good. But not much more. My spouse got the “substitute pizza”. Some items were not available for the all cheese pizza. The crust was just a bit too thin and it was more of like a fondue with a pizza crust. Great flavor either way, just a cheese lovers dream. My mussels spaghetti was fun. I really enjoyed having the mussels and pulling them out myself. I love garlic and would have enjoyed just a hint bit more. The sauce was a little thin but I am going to assume that the mussels were cooked in water and when transferred had brought water with them. Not a deal breaker but I’m cool with that. It’s seafood. My friend got something with Pesto? She said it was tasty, it looked good, had pasta and maybe cucumber in it. I didn’t do the greatest job at asking her what she had. I would not bring my kids or teenagers here after a day of shopping, because they wouldn’t appreciate the food being served. Over all I still give the food and location a 3 star. We still had an enjoyable evening staff was great. Our waiter was great. Just wanted to leave an honest review and the reader can take it for what it’s worth. The owners have a great concept but I think maybe there needs to be a lighter airier atmosphere and not so “romantic” and maybe adjust the dinner prices. To heavy of meals for...

Tried Bartolos at Station Park in Farmington. I think they opened a few weeks ago.

They’re a local chain - a urbane upscale Italian restaurant. While they don’t get great reviews on Google, I think it’s a foodie place and we loved it!

Our waiter was really knowledgeable (went to Chicago to go study to be a pastry chef at age 24!). They make pasta, ricotta and more from scratch. Next time we got Jared, who’s also incredible. So service is great and professional!

We got a salad with a variety of fresh greens, lightly dressed and with quality olives (pits in),

The margherita pizza was so good! I liked it with some honey from the charcuterie board.

My daughter got the rigatoni with Alfredo sauce from the kids meal with an Italian soda in the prettiest cut glass, glass. The water was good and they bring it to the table in large bottles.

Another time we got the Alfredo with chicken and it was bland. The side of steak is so so so good, at medium rare. It takes real skill to make a sirloin taste that amazing. As long as they don’t overcook it.

She also got steak. It was a large portion and we all tried and loved the steak especially. It was cooked perfectly medium rare and sliced. It was a surloin which isn’t my first pick but was seasoned so well and delicious. This was a surprise favorite.

It’s got a bit of a 70s vibe to it with wood design ceilings and plants and lots of wood detail.

I got the charcuterie board (forgot to take a photo until I’d eaten a bit) which is very tactile. I like using my hands to eat and the variety. So fun and delicious! I also had some pizza. It’s so good!

The honey (with the comb) on the bread was so good! Otherwise the bread was ok to me. I wanted some rosemary or coarse salt on it. It just didn’t have a ton of flavor to me. Didn’t love the marinara. But the green olives, cheese (I’m going to guess it was from Beehive), candied pecans and pickles were so yummy! I think the salami was local too. Can’t recall the name.

We are excited to go back and try more. It’s very well presented. We waited about 20 minutes wait at about 6pm on a Saturday night.

The next time we went back I got a pasta dish with meat sauce that was good. We got the margarita pizza again. For dessert the cheesecake on a jar (it has cardamom or something that was strong for me but my husband liked).

The kids meal is not inexpensive but my daughter is hooked on the Italian soda. This second time the pasta seemed full size. I’d like a one plate with a vegetable, pasta and chicken.

I got the chocolate dessert and I thought it was refreshingly different but it’s not chocolatey enough based on the description. It’s more like a bowl of caramel with roasted nuts, coconut and berries. I’m not in love so I won’t get it again. I could’ve been happier with half as much in a jar to try it. I’d be thrilled with a sampler plate of mini desserts.

The fact that we went two weekends in a row and spent at least $300 says a lot. I think your experience here depends a lot on what you order. I still want to try the asparagus dip and more. But we may want to go on the lower price end for a few...

This space must be cursed. This is the third Italian restaurant to give it a go here. And it is bleak.

We had barely sat down when the waitress tried to upsell us on garlic bread multiple times. Even when we asked for the foccacia, she said “okay, I’ll go get the garlic bread.” It took a couple of tries, but we did get the message across that we wanted foccacia. We ordered two, and both tasted like they were grilled. I get bread can be baked many ways, but to taste smoky and woody like it was cooked in a smoker? Blech. Also, the portions of oil and vinegar were small.

When the waitress told us the filled pasta of the day—spinach ravioli—one of the people at our table ordered it. It came out with butternut squash, no spinach to be seen. Turns out it was not meant to be spinach at all! The waitress was gracious and admitted her mistake. She ended up removing it from the check.

I ordered spaghetti alla puttanesca. It sounded promising on the menu, yet all I could taste was the briny capers with a hint of tomato. It was overpoweringly briny and salty. Never ordering that again. Another person at our table ordered shrimp cobb salad. Normally salad comes out with ripped leaves for an easier eating experience. Not this one; they’re apparently too busy making fresh pasta to devote any time to salads. It was also overdressed—to the point of wilting by the end of the dinner—and salty.

Now onto the worst part of the evening. We ordered a tiramisù trifle. Oh holy night. The mascarpone cream was old. So old you could taste it. It tasted like Kraft parmesan cheese smells, only stronger. I understand some things slip through the cracks. However, the table next to us ordered it and they were aghast at the taste as well. They told the waitress about it and her response was “well, you’re probably just used to classic tiramisù” with an edge of snark. Yes, we all love classic tiramisù for a reason. This is just plain disgusting. Two people at our table both remarked on its resemblance to barf. Like I said, it was bad. And most likely a couple of days old…never a good thing for a cuisine that prides itself on simplicity and freshness.

It’s sad because we definitely need more options in Davis County. There are so many good Italian restaurants opening in Salt Lake and Utah Counties…I guess we’ll just have to keep...