The Charles

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1. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   New England

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on September 10, 2022

   overall3food4service4ambience3

   The chef is skilled and the meal was a fun experience. But it cost roughly $200 a head, including tip, which was more than I’d expected based on the reservation process. I’m mentioning this here as it looks another customer had a similar experience. Once is a mistake… twice is a… it couldn’t hurt to provide customers with an unambiguous invoice beforehand
   

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   Acadia

   New York Area

   15 reviews

   4.0

   15 reviews

   Dined on September 10, 2022

   overall4food5service5ambience4

   Excellently prepared dishes, definitely meat focused which is to be expected given its a butcher shop. One of the most delicious meals I’ve had in all of Fairfield County. I feel much better the next day when I drink Biodynamic wine so I was actually pleased that it was BYOB. It’s an intimate setting and the chef is informative, very friendly, personable and available to speak to. It’s slightly cramped and you really are almost in the kitchen but that is part of the experience. Could use slightly better ventilation only bc cooking smells got into my clothes a bit.
   

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   CharlesG

   New York Area

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on August 20, 2022

   overall3food5service3ambience1

   Excellent food, tho maybe too much. Much too high noise level due to close quarters. Very poor ventilation some in my party had stinging eyes due to cooking fumes. A tad too pricy given the make-shift ambience and lack of liquor license. CW Grinnell
   

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   jillie

   New York Area

   36 reviews

   4.0

   36 reviews

   Dined on May 27, 2022

   overall4food4service3ambience3

   A unique dining experience with very good, creative food and quirky ambiance. Add a table and tablecloth to the butcher shop and at night it becomes “The Charles”. Needs some fine tuning on the ambiance to pull it off for the price (e.g. fresh flatware after each course). With just 4 of us dining it was cozy. It would have been nice if the chef had greeted us after the meal. Our favorites were beef tartare and halibut with seafood. It changes daily and you don’t know what it will be until the day of your reservation. The panna cotta was a good choice after a robust meal. I could not it the last course and took it home. Could not add my photos.
   

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   DebM

   Las Vegas

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on May 7, 2022

   overall3food3service3ambience3

   Lovely in theory, but not executed as the experience we anticipated and for the price, which was higher than we were initially told, we were hoping to love it and make it an annual outing.
   

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6. MM

   MaggieM

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on April 2, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   I realize I wrote my comments off my other e-mail address. It was wonderful- but in retrospect should have asked who wouldn’t go for beef tartare… and one other thing that most ate but two didn’t. it was a waste as a result but will know to substitute next time. Checking on the date of June 2nd. I’ll check w/open table as to availability.
   

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7. S

   Stevel

   New York Area

   3 reviews

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   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on March 26, 2022

   overall3food4service3ambience2

   Food is excellent, restaurant has no ambience. Restaurant was very overcrowded
   

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