Acquapazza Wine Bar & Ristorante

Acquapazza Wine Bar & Ristorante is an Italian restaurant and wine bar on Nesbitt Street, at the former Baretta's Hotel in Dunmore Town, Bahamas. The setting brings a traditional Italian restaurant format to a Bahamian destination, with a menu built around antipasti, salads, pasta, pizza, seafood, poultry, meat and desserts.

The menu combines familiar Italian preparations with ingredients associated with the islands and surrounding waters. Seafood appears in several forms, including grouper, octopus, shrimp, conch and lobster, while classic Italian ingredients such as mozzarella, Parmigiano, pecorino, olives, basil, tomato and extra virgin olive oil shape many of the dishes. The result is a menu that moves between straightforward Italian comfort food and seafood-led plates with a regional connection.

Antipasti include options such as grilled octopus with beans, fried calamari with spicy marinara, eggplant with roasted peppers and goat cheese, and tomato, mozzarella and basil combinations. Salads range from simple mixed greens to preparations with beets, shrimp, blue cheese or arugula. These lighter dishes suit a meal built around several shared starters or a more substantial main course.

Pasta covers a broad range of styles, from tomato-based spaghetti and spicy penne to ragù, Alfredo, vodka sauce and preparations with seafood or truffle oil. Pizza follows both classic and more elaborate combinations, including Margherita, pepperoni, vegetable, sausage and mushroom options, as well as pizzas featuring conch, lobster, burrata, cured ham and truffle flavours. This gives the menu flexibility for a relaxed pizza meal or a longer Italian dinner.

Main courses include poached grouper in an herb and tomato broth, grouper with tomato, capers and olives, grilled steak, braised lamb, pork Milanese, and several chicken dishes. The restaurant suits diners looking for a broad Italian menu, seafood with Bahamian ingredients, or familiar choices such as pasta, pizza and chicken. Its wine-bar and ristorante format also makes it appropriate for a meal centred on antipasti and drinks, as well as a full dinner at the former hotel setting.