The Wharf-Madison Beach Hotel

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Address:
94 West Wharf Road
Madison, CT 06443

Neighborhood:
Madison, CT

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Cuisine:
Contemporary American

Price: $30 and under

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The Wharf-Madison Beach Hotel Details

Dining Style: Casual Elegant
Website: http://www.madisonbeachhotel.com
Phone: (203) 245-1404
Hours of Operation: Lunch: Daily: 11:30am - 2:30pm

Dinner: Daily: 5:00pm - 10:00pm

Breakfast: Daily: 7:00am - 10:00am

Brunch: Sunday: 11:30am - 2:30pm
Cuisine: Contemporary American, Steak, Seafood
Executive Chef: Brendan Dion
Dress Code: Smart Casual
Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Fireplace, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, View, Weekend Brunch, Wine, Wine Bar
Catering: Guests have the unique opportunity to use the Resorts private Beach when planning their Event. Exquisite timeless design elements prove this Venue to be among the State's most coveted wedding Destinations. A expansive ball room affords spectacular views of Long Island Sound and outdoor Decks may offer a great chance to cool off while taking in nature's Beauty. Comfortable elegance is the theme in private event Spaces of variable sizes. The atmosphere in this Resort is one of genuine Hospitality which will be remembered for times to come.....

Getting there

Public Transit: Amtrak, Shoreline EAST.
Parking: Hotel Parking

A word from The Wharf-Madison Beach Hotel

The Wharf Restaurant is located inside the newly constructed Madison Beach Hotel. Enjoy the natural beauty of Long Island Sound while seated in the comfortably elegant dining room or covered porch. Classic New England dishes are prepared with a fresh innovative flair. A collectors wine list with… rare wines from hard to find vintages will please even the most discerning palette. Come and experience the genuine hospitality that is the foundation of our service!Continued

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Awards voted by OpenTable diners

Diners' Choice WinnerGreat for Brunch
Diners' Choice WinnerGreat for Lunch
Diners' Choice WinnerOutdoor Dining

Diner Reviews

"We were a party of six on a Thursday night arriving early at 5:30. We all ordered from the Prix Fixe Menu (which we had to ask for from our server). We enjoyed a nice salad with balsamic, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers or the caesar with lovely cheese crisps set vertically on the plate to give the salad height. We ordered scrod with asparagus, lasagna bolognese, pasta prima vera, and inside out chicken pot pie which was chicken and vegetables topped with a piece of puff pastry. Everyone enjoyed their food. Dessert was a chocolate chip cookie with vanilla bean ice cream served on a mini cast iron skillet. The service was super - very attentive waiter and not a long wait as I had read in another review. Loved the valet parking option."
Dined on 2/27/2014
"Great food and a wonderful view. Right on Long Island Sound. Menu is very nice. A must try!!"
Dined on 2/25/2014
"The Wharf offered wonderful service, attentive wait staff and delicious food. In our party of 4, all had seafood with good reviews. The appetizers were especially good, arriving quickly. The appetizer portions were generous and delightfully presented."
Dined on 2/22/2014
"beautiful location and setting...service pleasant and friendly...food for dinner needs help...brunch very nice"
Dined on 2/15/2014
"Great place to get friends together to gather around great food, beautiful views and excellent service"
Dined on 2/17/2014
"My boyfriend & I went to The Wharf for the first time for Valentine's day dinner. We sat outside (the porch was heated & covered). The view was great and I can definitely imagine this place being AWESOME during the summer time since it's right on the water. The food was good and it came quickly so there wasn't much of a wait between courses. Overall, I was very happy & I'll definitely be back when it's warmer so I can enjoy more of the view!"
Dined on 2/15/2014
"The prime rib my husband had, had more fat then meat and was maybe 1 inch thich. My scallops were not very good. The butternut squash soup had no flavor and tasted water down."
Dined on 2/16/2014
"This would be a great place for many reasons. You can see the water from virtually every table, the bar area is separate from the dining area and is large so you could go casual and eat there or have a very nice meal in the dining area, there is a large porch that is enclosed and heated in the winter and colder times. Food was excellent and not too pricey considering the quality (entrees were anywhere from $14-26), not too many choices but certainly enough, service was very good and very friendly. Not too many wines by the glass but enough, lots of wines by the bottle, plenty of beers on tap and plenty of cocktails. 2nd time we have been and would definitely go again. Worth going to."
Dined on 2/16/2014
"What a gorgeous place to dine. I was so excited to come here for Valentines day. I could only get reservations for 8:15 but we came at 7:15 hoping to get in early but would be content to just hang out at the bar and have a drink and wait for our reservation. The hostess said we would have to wait that, there was no way to get in early. Weird though half of the tables were empty. Plenty of servers. I read the reviews and they are spot on the service is painfully slow and the food is good but make sure you are in no hurry! The prices are reasonable and the bartenders are very pleasant. The waiters seemed very flustered. If this was the height of the summer season I think I foresee mass chaos. Management needs to implement a better system!"
Dined on 2/14/2014
"While the waitress was pleasant, the food was very slow to come out of the kitchen and was nothing special."
Dined on 2/14/2014
"We were looking for a Valentine's Day dinner. I saw the pastry chef here on TV describing their desserts so we booked for $50 a person for four courses. Lobster Bisque or Minestrone/Caesar or Mizuna Salad/Red Scallops or Prime Rib/Mascarpone or Chocolate Bomb. We tried them all. Only the soups were ordinary. The prime rib was very well done. There was a nice view to the water and also of a lovely fireplace. When we left they were getting ready for dancing upstairs. People were in a good mood. I did not expect much but would definitely go back in the nice weather."
Dined on 2/14/2014
"Attended after an engagement and the chef came out and talked to us and made a special appetizer for us. Excellent service!"
Dined on 1/25/2014
"Always enjoy our return to this wonderful restaurant and beautiful hotel, the staff is pleasant, the view is magnificent"
Dined on 2/5/2014
"I had the meatloaf with creamed spinach, mashed potatoes and drizzled onions and it was delicious - and the right proportion; my husband had the roasted pepper soup and the butternut ravioli and he said is also was delicious. So there was no issue with their food, but they obviously were short staffed because we waited almost a half hour for our food and when it arrived I could tell it had probably been sitting on the counter waiting to be delivered to our table. It was not hot but luke warm which was fine by me. Our waitress was going at a fast pace but did not provide the kind of service we are used to. Other than that, it was a good experience."
Dined on 2/1/2014
"The Madison Beach Hotel has been positioned as a high end property. I thought that positioning would extend to The Wharf and was expecting a special dining experience. It was not. The menu was dominated by seafood, which was a drawback for my wife as she is not a big fish eater. Nevertheless, I thought the food was pretty good, which was a relief since I had heard the opposite from many who had eaten there in 2013. To sum up The Wharf: Nothing fancy but well executed."
Dined on 1/31/2014
"Pleasant surprise to find a creative affordable menu."
Dined on 1/31/2014
"Wonderful ambience, very good food selection and excellent service. Would highly recommend."
Dined on 1/23/2014
"The new Prix fix menu has a good selection to choose from. The food was excellent and the price is affordable. You can come back many times. A must try !!!"
Dined on 1/22/2014
"Our table server had little knowledge of the menu and had to go to the kitchen to get our questions answered. The atmosphere would have been heightened by candles on the table and dimmed lighting. Our meals were well prepared and tasty. Would have liked to have been finished with my appetizer before the salad came to the table and with the salad before the dinner arrived."
Dined on 1/4/2014
"5 great courses, very well presented and tasty too."
Dined on 12/25/2013
"Food/ambiance/festive atmosphere, good. Served by uninformed argumentative waitress. We were right and after consulting with a colleague, the waitress said, "They would honor" what we argued about. Point is, wasn't about "honoring" but about providing what guest had signed up/would pay for as advertised on the hotel's website, on the board at entrance to Wharf and by hostess who called earlier that day to confirm reservation. An additional argument and again waitress was wrong. By end of meal she said, "Glad we're all happy now." Annoying! I'd like to believe she tried to be pleasant after arguments and we remained in good spirits but while mistakes happen, restaurant staff should check rather than argue without knowledge with the guests."
Dined on 12/31/2013
"New Years day was oour second time visiting the restaurant. View is spectacular. Room is pleasant. Would have been nice to be offered a choice of still or tap water. The busser served tap without asking. More than willing to pay extra for sparkling. Restaurant also missed out on the extra revenue. The hostess noticed we hadn't been waited on a couple of times and helped make sure our orders got taken and served. May have been a new waitress (hope that was the case)."
Dined on 1/1/2014
"Nice location but the server was "abrupt" when it came to serving style. We went for New Year's Eve dinner. Dinner offer was to include a bottle of wine for the table. Although we ordered an additional type of wine separately, we did receive the bottle they were to include as well...later, the waiter came to us and asked if he could get a glass of the wine for another customer as they really wanted to try it, and they had run out of the wine to be served with the dinner offer. Without even saying "yes", he ended up going to get another glass to share the wine. It was quite a bold approach. We ended up leaving 1/2 the bottle with the other customer as a kind gesture."
Dined on 12/31/2013
"We went to the restaurant several times and now we wanted the special. Price was very good and the service - excellent. I would recommend it to all my friends."
Dined on 12/26/2013
"First and foremost, the food was excellent. My son and I dined there Christmas Day. The portions were perfect-just enough- not overwhelming, and each course was delicious, and left you wanting more but eagerly anticipating the next course! I remarked to my friends afterward how friendly I found each and every server we encountered- even the ones who hadn't served us! Everyone was friendly and helpful. I'm so glad to have discovered this restaurant!"
Dined on 12/25/2013
"The location of this restaurant (part of a hotel) is terrific- in a quiet residential area that is right on Long Island Sound. The food was fine and the atmosphere of the Dining Room was nice. If it was during the summer and one was dining on the terrace it would be awesome."
Dined on 12/23/2013
"The best thing about the Wharf is the view -- the setting on the beach is spectacular. The food is ok and overpriced. The service is ok. The fire was roaring which was nice on a cold day. Our salads and sandwiches were nothing special and tolerable because of the water view."
Dined on 12/19/2013
"We went for the first time last week for the Christmas Brunch. Ambiance was lovely-service was top-notch. No detail was overlooked. Would recommend to our friends and family."
Dined on 12/22/2013
"We were given extra special attention on our wedding day which made the event perfect!"
Dined on 12/14/2013
"The food was very good, the selection abundant and the view of LI Sound was a bonus. A must for your next brunch!!"
Dined on 12/8/2013
"I'd seen good reviews of the Wharf at the Madison Beach Hotel since its renovation and had been wanting to 'check it out'. A recent anniversary provided the excuse and am happy we made those reservations for lunch. The food was really good - maybe not extraordinary - but really good, well prepared, well presented. The service was very, very good - that staff is very well trained. We'll try to come up with excuses to make the more-than-an-hour drive down for lunch as often as we can!"
Dined on 12/6/2013
"I went to The Wharf last spring and had a wonderful dinner, then went back next day for lunch and that was fantastic. However, this weekend was disappointed. We started with charcuterie and cheese, too much Italian meats and not enough cheese. The dinner menu seemed limited to a point that nothing really appealed to me, there was something odd about each dish. There were 4 of us and we each chose a different entree. The best was my husband's meatloaf. I had pasta with rabe and sausage, it was extremely bland."
Dined on 11/30/2013
"Overall, had a really good experience at the Wharf! Really pretty restaurant with good service. We were a party of two and sat near the fireplace, which was really nice. We had tuna tartar-excellent! then shared the meatloaf and butternut squash ravioli. The meatloaf was great the ravioli only ok as the pasta was on the tough/chewy side. Cappachinos and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert and both of those were good. Overall, I would recommend the restaurant to others and would return-just fix up those ravioli's!"
Dined on 11/30/2013
"Great view on water, food and service are great. Can not wait to go back and stay a couple nights."
Dined on 11/28/2013
"Great place for a date. Food was great! Service was very friendly! Beautiful room."
Dined on 11/29/2013
"This restaurant is local to me and I am lucky. Sit on the big wrap around porch overlooking the beach and I feel like I've been on vacation by the end of the meal. Nice menu and wine list. Can get a little busy so use Open Table even if it's just 2 for a quick lunch."
Dined on 8/24/2013
"First visit and regret that we haven't enjoyed the Madison Beach Hotel sooner since we live nearby on the Shoreline of CT. Sunday Brunch was outstanding with a wide range of food choices at an affordable price of $38. Especially enjoyed the delicious ham and sauce, and the roasted vegetables. Appreciated the reasonable wine prices at $8 per glass for Pinot Grigio. Wait staff was very attentive and helpful. Comfortable, attractive and well maintained decor with a knockout view of the ocean. A peaceful spot for Brunch even on a cloudy day. Look forward to bringing our family for Brunch during the Holidays."
Dined on 11/17/2013
"The ambiance and service at this restaurant are truly excellent. I dined here several times over the course of my stay in Madison because it felt good to be there. The view of the Long Island Sound is beautiful as is the dining room. The people who work at the restaurant are friendly, kind, and attentive. The food is good and very fairly priced for hotel dining. I would highly recommend this restaurant and will eat here again next time that I am in Madison."
Dined on 11/12/2013
"Two friends and I had brunch at the Madison Beach Hotel recently to celebrate my birthday. The first thing we saw was the awesome view of the beach and hotel. The quantity of food was impressive and the quality was excellent. Everything from the buffet tables to the seating was very spacious, we didn't feel crowded. The music was 'live' jazz, there was never a time when we couldn't hear each other talk. All in all a truly memorable birthday Brunch we can't wait to return to the hotel for dinner."
Dined on 11/10/2013
"This was our 2nd time eating at the Madison Beach. There were no specials because it was a "new" menu. That was disappointing. The menu items included 2 cod entrees. They were good but the potato crusted one was much better, the beer battered one was fish and chips, good, but nothing out of the ordinary--price was down right cheap at $11.00. The menu is limited without specials. Service was good, not outstanding. There was a wedding upstairs from the DR and it was very loud and took away from the dining ambience. In the evening, the view during warm weather is beautiful, but when it is dark and cold out the view is lost. Probably nice for breakfast and lunch in the fall and winter. Dinner after the Madison Cinema in the evening."
Dined on 11/2/2013

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