Il Baretto

I've been here twice. I want to like it because it's close to home. The food is decent, if very expensive for quality and for quantity. The setting is cramped, but passably stylish. But the service is just atrocious. They definitely have enough staff who manage to bump into your chair or table every few minutes. But it's their attitude that is horrendous, as if they're too busy to care. Well, here's one customer they don't have to care about anymore.

Good food, awful awful service!

Finally tried this local spot in Marylebone. I think my sentiments to follow are much the same as the other comments...

From the outside, it looks like a cute wine bar - with stools in the window and a cozy atmosphere. That feel pretty much stops there as you're whisked downstairs to the very busy and very loud downstairs dining area. This place would fit right in in New York’s Meat Packing district with its unable-to-make-conversation-with-the-person-sitting-across-from-you loudness, the amount of “fake” everything you see walking through the door, the countless numbers of table’s checks that you know are going on corporate cards, and the clear absence of any locals (b/c we should know better!).

Enter the menus – starting with the wine menu: for a place being marketed as a "wine bar," their selection of wines by the glass is not only limited but extremely expensive. One would think they would at least offer tasting portions or perhaps even a flight. But no. The rest of the menu offered much of the same over-indulgence, under-performance.

We started with the Black ink tagliolini with crab meat & courgette (though they must have been out of courgette replacing with a large helping of cherry tomatoes). We then had the Stuffed rabbit with black olives & potatoes, & Scallops & prawns sautéed with fresh peas. The rabbit dish was pleasantly delicious, though a bit dry – saved slightly by the sauce. The scallop and prawn dish was a mess. The prawns were of the peel-and-eat variety, heads and all, not something one wants to deal with when eating a nice dinner out. Not to mention the fact that once you tackled the shell, they were pitifully dry inside. 3 tiny prawns and 3 tiny scallops later, it left me wanting more, only b/c I was still hungry and just paid almost 30 quid for a snack. Oh and just a note: the “fresh peas” were in the form of a green smear on the plate…

As mentioned already, portions in both main dishes were quite small and for the prices you pay, they either need to load up your plate or serve outstanding food, neither of which were the case.

Overall, this was an unnecessarily expensive night out in a neighborhood that has so many wonderful spots to eat, at half the price. We will not be going back, nor recommending it to anyone we know and like.

Went here for a drink last night and what a mistake! More staff were in the bar than customers (7 at one point for 5 customers!) so you would have thought they would be extra attentive...no chance! Pretentious is a kind word to describe the waiting staff who appeared to look down on us for merely wanting a drink and not being dressed in the latest Gucci or Prada. Served over priced drinks whilst the waiting staff children are sat next to us watching cartoons on the bar plasma screen and playing with their toys seemed all wrong and rather irritating. They also assumed when it was time to pay that the change from the bill was their tip!!! When leaving we had to find our own coats whilst two snooty women staff looked on, charming! Luckily we didn't have a dinner reservation, above reviews tell me the food is as awful as the waiting staff!
Ruubish!

Finally decide that I would try this restaurant out and what a bad disappointment the atmosphere and ambience was not bad,but food was awful,I mean how could they serve Pork raw and Tiramisu without the Savoiardi!! It's ashame because the restaurant has beautiful decoration

Spoke to the so called manager who said he has no control of the kitchen,the chef will poison the customers if they don't change there act!!!

Avoid at all costs.....................

Possibly the worst Restaurant I have ever tried to eat at. Had a 9:30 reservation on May 6 for 2. Reached on time. Was asked to wait at the bar. Nobody there to serve us. At 10:25 lost our patience and left. In all this time members of staff were seen to be running around with their heads cut off. We were told that they were very busy and did not have the time to serve us any drinks upstairs in the bar. No apology!