Utah C.
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My favorite part of Bar Tutto is...the bar! If there was a separate line to give just the bar stars, I would have included 5. The bartender we had is an expert, and made the most immaculate gin gimlet I have had in years! I fell in absolute love with that gin gimlet. For those of you that drink gin gimlets, you would know how delicate the vintage drink is to make. The combination of crisp, sweet, cold and liquor requires an expert hand to create the perfect balance. Highly recommend the gin gimlet, I had mine made with Plymouth Gin. My friend had hers made with a French gin, a bit to powerful on the florals for me for a gimlet. We both loved them.
The location is nice, parking was available, surprisingly as it is in the West Loop, notorious for terrible parking options. The design of the space feels like it could be a great place for a date, warm lights, dark, clinking glasses, shiny things. It's nice to walk in and look at the scene. Very glitzy, upscale tech silicon valley feeling vibe - of course! Google is right around the corner.
The guest services surprised me a bit. My friend and I had an OpenTable reservation, which I mistakenly made for the day after, not the day we were there. The front person told us there were no tables available. So I booked another time, for day of on OpenTable, and yes, there was availability. So we really don't know the reason for this.
The good news, is that we were able to order those delicious gin gimlets while we waited :10 minutes.
Our server was perfect. I'm a creative that notices details. And her fashion accessory was six lined up ball point pens in her uniform pocket, and an amazing bright red note book to write down our order. I mean, you just can't get any better than that.
The sommelier was great, she understood the proper temperature to serve white wines, which is actually not very cold I learned from her. But I prefer it very chilled, so she retrieved a fresh bottle from the back for me that was colder. It was perfect.
The meal was very good, but I will admit not great. My friend and I had the Antipasti Salad, which may have been perfect, but the dressing was over the top and drenched the greens. We did not send it back, because we didn't want to be a bother. The Fusilli was nice, but it was served room temperature, and again, we didn't want to complain, because my friend and I hadn't seen each other in so long, we just went with it. The fries were very average. And finally, the apple cake was so cold, we could tell it was refrigerated, and we were not sure that it was fresh. Unclear on that.
Overall, the place is a nice place to socialize, they need to work on the menu and temperature of the food items. Something is off.
But alas, I was so happy to be with my friend, and we truly loved the bar. So perhaps, the name is apropos for the experience: BAR Tutto.