Hedonism at Your Service: Bacco Ristorante & Bar

Named after Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, Bacco champions a hedonistic approach to the pleasures of the table. An evening here could start with a Campari and soda at the bar and end, five courses and several Chianti bottles later, with a waiter offering to accompany an inebriated patron home by taxi (a free service within the Third Ring).

The Hong Kong owners have appointed a Sicilian manager and invested considerably in their extensive wine list and brown-and-cream “Naples-nouveau” interior.

Regional favorites such as Sicilian lamb chops (RMB 188), spaghetti Bolognese (RMB 98) and prosciutto di Parma share the menu with more substantial secondi like the “FBI,” a 300-gram beef fillet.

At lunch, briskly served set menus (RMB 52-102) are available; our order of bruschetta with cherry tomatoes, potato and carrot soup, and gooey, thin-crust mushroom and onion pizza was satisfying but lacking in spark. Far more memorable was the exceptional espresso made from a house roast in a gorgeous Belle Epoque-style machine.

Also try: Tavola, Barolo, Metro

Bacco Ristorante & Bar 巴库斯意大利餐厅
Daily 10.30am-10pm. 13-3, 1/F, Ruichen International Center, Nongzhanguan Nanlu (between Chaoyang Kosaido Golf Club and Changhong Qiao), Tuanjiehu, Chaoyang District (6585 2188)
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