Bar Solita

Service was good, food was subpar.
Cheese plate was very basic, I could've gotten a better one from food lion.
Menu was described as Mediterranean, (shrimp and grits?), should have been described as simple bar food.

Fantastic food. Quick service. Lovely and fun ambiance.

I decided to treat myself to an early dinner, so I made reservations for 5.30pm on a Friday. I arrived and got seated right away. The service was great and the food was amazing! No regrets and I wish I had more room to eat more!!!

Unfortunately for the restaurant, the space was almost empty; however, that made for comfortably spaced dining since the patio was closed due to rain. A lot of food for the money; the staff was extremely friendly and attentive. Will definitely go back upon our future visits to Richmond!

We were greeted fairly promptly, and sat quickly. The service started out well, but slowly started to decline. Once our order was taken, our server seemed to become less attentive. She did not check on us. The establishment was not busy that evening and there was a server for each patron that evening(4). Our server seemed to be only able to do one thing at a time which was waiting to get the food or waiting for the drinks. Closer to the end she seemed more engaged, like she was trying to get rid of us. She asked if we wanted dessert at the end, and we did, but she never cleared the dishes. Someone else came around eventually. Once done and leaving , we were pretty much ignored. The sad part is that the food was phenomenal

Easy to get a reservation and were accommodated when we showed up early. Lots of COVID precautions which we appreciated and the small plates, pizzas and main entrees satisfied everyone in our diverse group in terms of likes/dislikes. The zucchini fritters and Papas Bravas were big hits with the 20 somethings in our groups. Great selection of wine, beer and cocktails and excellent, attentive service.

The place was awesome!!! The waiter was the best, he gave great recommendations and even brought me my purse that I left at the table! With outdoor, couldn’t ask for more!!!

Ordered the salmon entree and the butter sauce it comes with IS TO DIE FOR! I’m a pescatarian so I solely eat seafood with salmon being top. This was probably the best salmon meal I have ever had. It was also our waitresses first night serving and she did awesome!

My 1st time going. I had the Mimosa flight and the Old Bay Chicken Biscuit! Everything was A-1 in my book!!

The beginning our experience was nice the hostess and the manager were very sweet and inviting . Our waitress was not as pleasant and seemed to be rushing or something she wasn’t very attentive and forgot to put in some of our order. Once the food did get to the table it was all cold and super salty. My sister ordered a pizza and the bottom was completely burned but it took so long for the food to come out that she didn’t want to send it back. She at the pepperonis off of it and the rest of us had some of our food until we could get a reservation somewhere else for dinner and paid and left. I was highly disappointed because we love this restaurant and the food and service is normally very good maybe we will give it another chance for brunch after Covid.

Good experience!

Pros: food (meatballs, wings, Brussels sprouts), drinks (all of them), ambience & service (MARIA WAS AMAZING!)
Cons: took awhile to be seated, even with a reservation.

We had a great time celebrating restaurant week! The food was delicious and the service was friendly!

Great food, great place as always. Our server Abbey was top notch, super attentive and really friendly. We’ll definitely be be back soon! One of the best vibes in RVA.

Amazing food and service. We will be back!

Sadly the dinner mains were over cooked and we opted for a flatbread which was tasty. The service was amazing and the half price wine bottle was such a good date night addition.

Very good! Great food and ambiance. Would reccomend

We had brunch on Sunday. Lots of options to choose from. Food delicious. Service was fast & friendly.

Good food and service during restaurant week; beef tacos were excellent!

The Brussels sprouts are spot on and the breakfast pizza is very good, but the pork souvlaki skewers were very dry and a bit cold. Overall the experience was good and I recommend taking advantage of happy hour deals!

Service was really good, but the food didn't hold up. Dishes came out lukewarm or cold and the pork souvlaki was WAY overdone.

In fairness, they were swamped with a huge party of dinners that definitely slowed down a kitchen that was probably downsized because of COVID.

I might go back for drinks and light hors d'oeuvres, but not dinner.

The food was mediocre, according to my friend the shrimp tacos were fishy, I put in a request for a bunless burger which I really appreciate, I asked for well done burger it was done on the outside but still very pink inside. My friends were not impressed with the empanadas the one thing they did love was the pizza rolls, the roasted almonds was a nice compliment. I’m on the fence on trying this particular restaurant again, maybe it was an off night.

Service though, was spot on!!

Waiter was awesome. Food was great. No complaints!

Bar Solita is one of our favorite brunch spots! So glad they are reopened. Very open space, with lots of room between tables, much more than the government recommended 6'. And the food... AMAZING! Looking forward to coming back again soon.

This is a great restaurant and they are doing a good job despite covid restrictions. The atmosphere is very hip. Service is good and the woodfire pizza is amazing.

As always, amazing drinks and amazing food! One of our absolute favorite places to go!

Service and food were great and glad they reopened. I encourage people to have dinner there.

Always a lovely evening at Bar Solita.

Disappointed. We were looking forward to our first visit to Bar Solita, based on the reviews. They were not busy at all when we dined on a Thursday night at 6:30. Everything was fine except for the food. The tapas meatballs had no flavor - none. Tuna bites were overcooked. Falafel had very little taste, and fried outside was too hard. Brussels sprouts and the spiced feta were the best dishes. Was really expecting better food.

It was such a great evening and the service was good for our large party. Food was excellent and the staff were accommodating for our needs.

Nanna was an excellent server! So sweet and attentive. She facilitated a wonderful brunch experience. The drinks and food were wonderful!

So, the food was great. Building was very cool. Our waitress was great and food was delivered quickly. Only problem I had was the fact that there was a waitress there with a see through black shirt with no bra. That was fun having my three kids there. One of which was a fascinated 4 year old. :/ Not sure why management allowed that, but it was what it was.

The food here is AWESOME!! It’s definitely a fun twist on food. We went for brunch and the drinks are great, they have good options for a more bottomless type brunch as well. The sweet potato and ricotta pizza sounds odd but it was one of the best pizzas I have ever had! Also the crepes are DELISH! We had a server who said it was her first day and she did so well, we would not have known she just started had she not told us.

Great food a little loud but it is a bar. We had chicken Marsala a meat and cheese board salad and were surprised at how good the food was. Have already said we trying this place again.

Hate to say this, but the food/drink is not worth the price. They would really need to elevate the fare to justify charging what they do. They also apparently do a disco Sunday brunch with a DJ. It was very loud and hard to hear.

Excellent brunch spot! The DJ was so good and we all had stuck a tough time deciding on food because everything looked incredible. Our choices didn't disappoint!

Fun. Trendy. Tasty food. Good drinks. Great spot for brunch, dinner, or drinks.

I had been wanting to try this place for some time. We finally went with another couple. The menu looked amazing. It was hard to decide what to try because there were numerous small plates and entrees that were interesting.

We ordered cocktails and empanadas. The drinks were good. The broccoli and ricotta empanadas were excellent but we did not care for the pork carnitas one. The pork was lacking flavor and very dry. I was surprised at the blandness. We also ordered the carbonara and the beef medallions. The carbonara was also bland and not much better than a microwave meal quality. The beef medallions were decent. I ordered them medium but received them well done. So there was no pink at all and the meat was a little tough. The mashed potatoes were unremarkable and the brussel spouts were decent. We did not try dessert because the other items were so lackluster so we went to Shyndigs where we know the dessert is worth the calories.

Our server did a great job. No complaints at all for the service. The restaurant is super cute and I liked the vibe. This is why I still gave a 4 star rating. I probably should only have given 3 because the food just did not deliver.

I am definitely the kind of person that will return again and again when I like something. Unfortunately, this was a one and done for me. The problem is that there are so many good places to choose from that my standards have gotten higher. And at $113 for a dinner for 2 (not including tip), I definitely expected a better meal.

Great food selection options. Service was very good. Very busy evening so a little noisy for conversation.

Love the breakfast pizza!

Service was good but our server was stretched to thin. Four servers on a busy brunch is a little light. Overall it was a great experience.