Hartford Restaurant Guide
Hartford Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Hartford restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Hartford just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Hartford, you've come to the right place.
Our Hartford restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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My new favorite restaurant! Its so good. Best food I've ever tasted.
Saigon Kitchen has the best Chinese food ever. The lines that form during lunch time are insane, but its worth the wait.
this is by fare the best place to eat in and order out! ive gone there ever since i was a little girl and now its were i take my little girl!
waitstaff is a little out of it at times but the food is great and at resonable prices. They also have a great full bar that you should take advantage of. Best dish: Chicken Cardinale - TO DIE FOR!!!
Not the worst food italian food in the world but the worst on Franklin Avenue. If anything, their food is 5 Stars compared to their shabby service. The waitresses are horrible and i've even caught them staring at us for long periods of time and for no reason. Also, everytime I needed the waitress...
The place is a dump. Dried ketchup splattered on the wall, broken ice cream freezer taking up space, everything is old and dirty, etc. etc. I don't know how they pass any health inspection.
I Love This Restaurant. It Is Like The Best Restaurant I've Ever Eaten In
(02/14/2008)
THE HOT AND SPICY CHICKEN IS SO GOOD THAT WE KEEP GOING BACK. YOU CAN'T GET THIS ANYWHERE ELSE. ONCE YOU TRY IT ... YOURE HOOKED ON IT!
My favorite Chinese food in the entire area. Their signature dish, the Hot & Spicy, is absolutely delicious. C.Smith
I grew up a navy brat up and down the East coast. My mother grew up in Hartford and North Kingstown, R.I. I was raised on their grinders, and now live in South Carolina. But I always stop to get grinders every chance I get when I go up there to visit family. You will not get a better sandwich anywhe...
I really enjoyed the food in this place. I'll go back and definitely check it out.I really enjoyed there beef cutlet here.
This is one of the best Mexican restrauant in the area. It is true mexican food.
(10/26/2007)
I eat here 3x's week. I compair it to a low key Max-A-Mia's. The chef is creative,the service is good and the food is always fresh.
(10/20/2007)
We were in the Admirals Room which only opens for overflow on Saturday night. Not the greatest atmosphere but the food was superb. Even the baked potato was like a home baked potato fresh from the oven. Excellent waitress, attentive but not hovering. Drinks were so so. Dessert - Key lime pie filling...
Pretty good food for the money you pay. This was our first time eating Caribbean cuisine & must say we liked it. Especially the Goat curry & Jerk chicken.
I bought a french bagette, a loaf of rye bread , and a roast beef sandwich at the First and Last Deli last week and I will never go back again. Both breads I bought tasted like two day old bread (stale) and heavy on the salt. The roast beef was too well done, stale bread (again), veggies non- exsist...
(09/17/2007)
an excellent choice for well priced italian food on franklin ave.grinder shop setting but great food. penne with spinach and garlic and olive oli to die for. even catch an early dinner, they close at 7. try it and you'll be hooked.
Admitedly, it is kind of a hole in the wall but the food is great. Try the beef cutlet grinder for something different--highly recomended.
I used to go to this place back in the late 70s. If for no other reason, let's give empire a little credit for still exisitng. A lot of 'em don't, right? Something must be working for the place. I used to get a rockin' eggplant parmesean grinder here (do they still call it "grinder"?) go.
After working a hard day at a high end formal restaurant, I love bellying up to a rustic comfortable bar with a nice cold Stella. Although I don't know what nights are like, lunch is relaxing. A friendly staff knows when to chat with you and when not to. It feels like "home."