Bacari -- A Petit Restaurant — Restaurant in Gresham

Have to be completely honest, this place was not as great as I had hoped for and expected. First off they only have a few seating times for reservations. which to me made it worse as everyone arrived at the same time and the server was very slow due to having to attend to everyone at the same time. I think they would be better off having staggered seating times or another server. The place itself was very cute, it had a cozy and classy feel at the same time. Our server was friendly and she told us all the specials she had which was A LOT to take in, I really think they should have them printed out as it was hard to remember everything she said. The menu is rotating so I understand but printing new ones everyday shouldn't be to big of a hassle especially considering the prices. Although I understand this is an upscale place I did feel like some of the prices were a little out of hand. Mainly for the appetizers. We ordered the prawns pernod, it came with five prawns for the steep price of $28. They were good but nothing amazing. For entrée ordered the Lobster Boullabaisse. The presentation was nice and there was a good amount of seafood, this dish was priced much more accordingly. My husband ordered the special which was a 12oz fillet. His dish also looked very nice but it did not come with any side item, no veggies or potato or anything. He was a little disappointed to see that. My mom and her husband got the salad special, and the Pork chop. They seemed very happy with their meals and had no complaints. The service during the whole time was very slow and we had empty drinks many times. This was due to short staff and everyone coming at once in my opinion. Cant say I would be interested in coming back. I feel there is other dinner houses much nicer and with...

The atmosphere was wonderful (other than the restaurants phone ringing extremely loud in the dining area during service). The one staff member that was running orders and the bar did a good job.

The food, on the other hand, was disappointing. We had started the night with the "Artisan Bread" gluten-free version (for allergy reasons) and an order of the "Fresh Local Oregon Black Truffle Butter", the bread was fine, but the truffle butter was just butter. When we brought up that we didn't think we had the right butter, the server went back to make sure. When the server returned, they informed us that it was correct and that the butter is just rolled in a truffle salt. I love truffle, and I didn't even taste it when I scraped some of the salt off to see if I could. The server said she would not charge us for the butter.

The main course then came. I had ordered the "Beef Wellington" and my partner one of the specials of the night a "Steelhead Trout with cabbage, sliced mini potatoes, and topped with a lemon aioli."

I am going to try not to get long-winded with this.. The beef Wellington was not great. The filo dough was raw on the inside and soggy, there was no pate or duxelles layer, then the fillet was wrapped in bacon. They told us the fillet has to be cooked medium rare, but it was more medium than medium rare, and the bacon was, well, bacon. The mushrooms tasted like they were from a can, and the demi glaze was nothing to go home about. Nothing seemed seasoned at all.

My partner said their steelhead was good and the aioli that I had tried was very good! The tiny sliced potatoes and the cabbage on the other had were soggy and left a pool of oil on the plate.

Overall, I would not go back to this restaurant, and I would not suggest it to...

Updating as a lot has changed here in the last few years. They're in a new larger spot now which is a nice place, and more comfortable size. Prices have increased like everywhere else but we felt the increase more steeply here and it was more noticeable due to what we ordered. In the past, we got fish entrees that came with sides or pasta that was full of multiple ingredients so it felt like a complete meal. This time we got beef Wellington and lobster bouillabaisse- I didn't realize that for the price neither came with a side. Strangely, there are no sides listed on the menu at all so it seems those entrees are intended to be eaten alone. I'd suggest ordering one of the appetizer salads as a side or to start. The special drinks and desserts are not on printed menus and we didn't see prices listed anywhere- for reference, cocktail specials were $14-$16 and our cake...