Restaurants near Merritt Plaza Shopping Center

Beautiful restaurant and great for groups. Food is great with a lot of options on the menu. Been here for dinner and brunch and will definitely return. Very lovely atmosphere and perfect with the doors open to the patio.

We had a wonderful Birthday Celebration dinner. We started with Cocktails that were awesome as well as lovely bread service. The Lobster Bisque Soup with great flavor and lots of tender lobster was the best I ever had! The Tuscan Salad was seasoned perfectly and refreshing and the Calamari was tender and not overly salty like it can be at other establishments. The Linguine and Clams was fresh, tasty and not salty either. The Short Rib special over polenta with sautéed spinach was excellent! The Crab Cake special was ordered as a dinner and was very good too! We also ordered two desserts- The Key Lime Pie was the best I ever had, better than those in the Florida Keys. The Peach Cobbler special was delicious with an excellent crust and a thoughtful candle! Thank you to our server Joe and to Victor, the owner, who is very attentive and kind!

One of the best menus and possibly the best food in Fairfield county make it well worth some of the deficiencies such as being noisy and somewhat inattentive service. I will go back many times.

Highly recommend!! Nice selection of delicious food, wonderful ambiance, and cheerful attentive service!

I went to this place by myself about 6:30 PM on a Friday night. When I walked in, there was hardly anyone there, except for a few people at the bar, who seemed like they were having a good time. I was seated at a table, and immediately noticed how elegant the place was. They brought me some homemade potato chips, and my cocktail, while I scanned the menu. I placed my order starting with the Tuna Tartarre, then followed that with a Caesar Salad, and went with the Seafood Pasta as my main dish. The tuna was really, really delicious. Served with their homemade potato chips (same as the ones put on my table when I sat down). The salty bite is a nice accompaniment to the tuna. Really delicious appetizer. The salad was next and it was quite outstanding: creamy, delicious, crunchy croutons, and very fresh romaine lettuce. At this point I'd like to mention that the service was impeccable. Really attentive and dresssed very nicely. Everything about the meal so far was wonderful. Next came the main course, the Seafood Pasta. And I have to say, when they set it before me, I was a little under-whelmed. For a $48 price tag, I thought it would be bigger with lots more seafood. My dish had one shrimp, 5 clams, and a few calamari rings and I don't think there was any lobster. If there was lobster, it was such an insignificant amount, that I couldn't detect it. But, overall, the flavor of the dish was good, and I finished every bite. That being said, I enjoyed the restaurant very much. I wonder why there was no one there? If it's because it's set in a strip mall, perhaps, and people don't think a nice restaurant could exist in a strip mall... Well, then let that go people, this place is really nice. And I can't say enough about how elegant it was with perfect service. I might not order the Seafood Pasta again, but I would not hesitate to go back. Perhaps I'll go with a steak next time.