Barbalu Restaurant

Great New Year’s Eve experience. Amazing food. Cozy atmosphere. Seaport location. Staff is very attentive and friendly. The Scallop appetizer is a great start with a sauce that offers just the right amount of heat. Flavorful, flaky, and lightly crunchy on the top side and tender the rest of the way through, the Sea Bass dish was delicious. The Steak and Shrimp dishes were all cooked to perfection. Hats off to both, the chef and the bartender. Drinks were consistently good. Tiramisu was very creamy and tasty. Keeping this one as a favorite.

Nice ambience, great location, and friendly staff. The food was good, but it’s not absolutely authentic Italian food. I enjoyed the quality of the ingredients, the portions and the way they prepared the food. The taste was acceptable, enjoyable, but sometimes a little overly salty. The portions were filling, something that you don’t always get from Italian restaurants in the city. I surprisingly got full, although I have to say that is because I ate from my friends’ plates too - the portions are not even for every dish. If they made everything slightly more authentic and brought better quality bread, I’d totally pay more to eat here. Recommended if you want to try an alternative Italian option!

Super tasty Italian spot with a very cozy atmosphere- I did indoor dining here with a friend and it felt like a very good place for a romantic date. The food was tasty and the service was quick. I’d definitely come back!

Great place to go for dinner at night! Have gluten free pasta, penne only, so you can get p much anything on the menu but it will be penne pasta instead of the original. I got the Prosciutto & Sage, was very good. Friend got the branzino and pear & ricotta pasta, both said they were very good!Dine in: YesOutdoor seating: NoTakeout: Yes

The food was fine and the prices are fair for the location but the service my friend and I received was abysmal. When we were seated, we were asked what drinks we would like...and that was the last time we received any service unprompted the entire night. Everytime thereafter we had to flag someone down, even just to order any food. You would think us still having our menus out for 25 minutes while the waitstaff walked by would prompt some kind of service. Getting anything refilled or even the check was excruciatingly more painful than what I was expecting. We were ignored and never asked if we needed anything, we just had to tell them everything that we wanted after waiting for a while for anyone to pay attention to our table. This was my first time and I wouldn't go back, and really cannot recommend this place at all.

Came here for a quick dinner and it was great. Ambiance is very laid back and service was very attentive! The tiramisu was so creamy, the homemade spinach fettuccine was very good and so was the rigatoni but the best dish was by far the pear and ricotta fagottini! Highly recommend.Dine in: YesOutdoor seating: Yes

Overall experience was nice, I made a reservation for brunch at 11am for a Saturday....and upon arrival, no one was in the restaurant except a couple employees. The gentlemen who helped me said they typically don't start serving until 11:30....so Open Table has the wrong hours for reservations. Nothing to worry about as I got to have the experience of renting out a restaurant for myself without actually paying for it! Hahahaha Got coffee and the egg benedict with pancetta. Coffee was delicious and the egg benedict was good too. Pancetta was too salty for me, and there was quite a bit. Service was great once I got seated and I'd go back to see the vibe with other patrons.

Very attentive service and we even met the chef. The carbonara was as good as the one I tried in Italy. Great ambiance, awesome food and great service.

Was at pier 36 and googled restaurants near by and what a great find! Some of us had the dinner specials tonight, Salmon and the lamb chops which were cooked perfectly! Others had the rigatoni alla norma eggplant. Delicious. Nice atmosphere. Would definitely recommend.

We had the seafood pasta special which was delicious. Good value and nice ambiance.