Bacchus — Restaurant in New York

This place is absolute gold! My now-husband and I had our wedding here in September. The whole thing was incredibly last minute, as we had to suddenly switch venues due to space issues. It turned out to be the best decision we could have made. Our wedding, on a Friday during the day, for around 75 people, was such a lovely experience.

Even though we were working with a deadline of less than two months (!!) everything turned out perfectly, if not better than expected.

Meryl, the events manager, is incredible. She jumped on everything immediately -- providing a contract, menu options, seating chart information. The whole planning process was so easy and seamless. She and her staff have thought of everything already, so all we had to do was communicate our preferences.

Some of our event required a little prep onsite the day before (we had a freestanding chuppah that needed to be set up and decorated), and not only did they accommodate us being there the day before to do that, the staff moved the structure the morning of the ceremony and accommodated storage during the remainder of the event. I ordered bulk flowers for delivery the day before and the staff prepared them and supplied the bud vases for the table, saving my friend and me lots of time. Sound system is great, including an available mic for the ceremony and speeches. While a DJ is always nice, it doesn't feel necessary at this venue if you prepare a great playlist. Meryl will make sure the music is timed as it should be.

The setup for the ceremony is just so stunning with the cafe chairs, greenery and string lights.

The food is really excellent. I don't know how their kitchen manages to get out a perfectly timed, muti-course, high-quality meal to so many people. It is really impressive and our guests couldn't stop raving about the food.

I think Bacchus is so great for weddings because of the professional dedicated staff, but also, because they have smartly set up their restaurant and outdoor spaces with ample flexibility that allows couples to personalize their event without working too hard to do so.

Anyone looking for an intimate, elegant, delicious, affordable, and beautiful wedding in Brooklyn need not look any further. I wish I could do it all over again! Thanks again to Meryl and her staff, for one of the best...

We did a buyout of Bacchus's wine room (for cocktail hour) and dining room (for dinner) to celebrate our elopement with our friends and family. It was an intimate affair with only 37 of us dining that evening and was an absolutely perfect evening, from the food, the drinks, the coordination, music and more. Meryl, who worked with us to plan our event, was incredible and made our vision for the evening come true.

Planning & Coordination: Meryl was fantastic. She was attentive in talking through our plans for the evening and flexible with accommodating any special asks for the evening to really make the event special for our guests. She was especially helpful in figuring out the right seating arrangement for our guests to ensure that the room felt connected and cohesive. Communication was so easy and all the final planning in the days leading up to the event was done so effortlessly that when the day came, there was nothing to worry about. We were able to enjoy the evening with our guests.

Food: Excellent. Our guests LOVED the food. We served the meal family style so everyone had a little bit of everything. We have friends that are saying they'll go back for dinner soon.

Staff: The staff was amazing, they were attentive and well-coordinated. Everything flowed so well.

Atmosphere: It was a really sweet, intimate, romantic evening. We had lots of candles everywhere (both supplied by myself and Bacchus) and it made the room look so beautiful.

If you ever need to host an intimate dinner in Brooklyn, I highly recommend inquiring with Bacchus. Or if you just want to have a delicious dinner (or brunch), definitely go too! I cannot wait to go back.

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Twas the night before Christmas and Bacchus was short-staffed and did not have enough mussels. I knew something was off when the waitress said they ran out of sparkling water and could only serve us tap water. As an appetizer we had the tuna avacodo tartare which was ok. There was more avacado than tuna and the appetizer came with only two crustinis, which was not enough for this type of dish. I ordered the seafood pappardele which arrived lukewarm and portions of the mussels were cold. The mussels were very fishy tasting and I could not finish eating them. There was one clam and one scallop in the dish. The shrimp was fine; the calamari ok. The sauce was watered down. Overall the dish was not good for the price charged. My date tried to order the mussels and fries dish and was told no by the waitress. She said they were saving mussels for the pappardele dishes and did not have enough. How does a French restaurant not have enough mussels for Christmas Eve dinner at 7pm?! My date settled for a burger with fries which was underwhelming. No ketchup was offered with the fries until my date finally flagged a food runner who finally brought it after the fries were already cold. The waitress was nowhere to be found and did not check in with us as to whether the food was OK. Other guests were also looking around for service and appeared annoyed that the restaurant did not have enough mussels on Christmas Eve. This was a very poor Christmas Eve experience and we could not wait to leave the restaurant. We did not even bother asking for the dessert menu. I had high hopes as the reviews seemed good for this place but unfortunately we would not recommend going here. And we don't...