Bacchus Wood-Fired — Restaurant in Troy

An absolute gem embedded in a small alcove along Second Street in Troy. I was blessed to find this great little restaurant a few hours ago as I was looking for a place to eat with my family. You go down steps off of the sidewalk into a below-street-level entryway which looks very unassuming. Upon entering, you find yourself in a lovely little catacomb of brick passageways that are quite reminiscent of restaurants in Rome. It's a cozy little place with a socially enhancing atmosphere, and I'm not much of a drinker, but I noticed that they had a much more obscure beer menu than you'd find along a more traveled path. The food was great, you can get 8" or 12" pies and lunch or dinner sized pasta dishes. I totally recommend the garlic/cheese bread as an appetizer. It's seriously great. All pies and the garlic bread are baked in the wood fired oven and beautifully done (that perfect char. the dough is good. can't go wrong.). They also have a bar towards the back of the establishment which I didn't manage to meander to, but saw en route to the lavatory. If you're looking for some place to go with a friend or three, family or what have you, try Bacchus. It's cute, it's cool, the food won't disappoint you unless you're used to eating the best of the best Brooklyn pizza, and the prices aren't super value prices for the food you get, but they're great for the whole experience that you receive when you go there. My compliments to the chef, the waitstaff, as well as the owners of the establishment. I'll definitely be back, and I hope I see some of you...

After reading some reviews I decided to try this restaurant during a trip to Troy. My friend and I ordered a large pizza and bowl of pasta to share. The pizza had fresh mozzarella, spinach, and meatballs. It was very tasty and the crust was very good and chewy. The cheese and meatballs were obviously homemade and fresh. The only disappointment was the size of the pie. A large was enough for one person. We didn't see what the smaller size looks like but it's probably rarely ordered. The pasta dish was the reason for the 3 star review. We ordered rigatoni with meatballs and fresh mozzarella. The pasta comes with what the menu calls marinara sauce. The sauce was anything but marinara. We're not sure what it was except that in typical non-Italian fashion it was poured liberally over all of the pasta to the point that we could see neither pasta nor meatballs. To make matters worse, we couldn't tell if the sauce was homemade or bottled. There was a sour taste to it that made our bottle of Malbec difficult to drink. It tasted like inferior tomatoes. As good as the pizza was, the pasta was disappointing. Otherwise, we enjoyed the restaurant. The staff is friendly and the tables are comfortable. I'll probably come back when I'm in town but just...

I had a rough week and wanted to treat myself and my boyfriend to a nice pizza. We split the garlic bread and the margarita pizza. The garlic bread was good but not worth the price. Then the “margarita” pizza came out. It was just giant slices of a tomato on crust with some mozzarella. A traditional margarita has tomato sauce, so not a great first impression, but I figured it must be a nice flavorful tomato for it to be featured so prominently on the dish. Nope! It was a warm soggy beefstake-esque tomato on somehow soggier thin piece of crust. The majority of the pizza was just this wet mess. One slice comprised of solely a slice of the end part of the tomato (photo attached .) It was frankly disgusting. The crust’s flavor was slightly eggy and its texture was very chewy. The parts with cheese, so less than a quarter of the pie, were okay and the only parts we could really stomach.

Oh yeah, and it was a ~10-11” for $14.95…

I wish I am being dramatic in saying that I was so disappointed in the margarita pizza I almost cried. If you want to ruin your evening at an unreasonably high price, this is the...