Nice place to sit at the bar for dinner. Marli the waitress is the best you could ask for. Zini in the kitchen complaining about everything ?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Linda Lombard Merchant
Outstanding service, wonderful local wine, delicious food served beautifully. I heartily recommend this charming eatery.
Kaila
The food here was absolutely delicious! I ordered the chicken caprese and the chicken was just melt in your mouth! Combined with the balsamic reduction snd the Cappellini pasta it was to die for! A little pricey but the staff was wonderful, even offering an Albanian wedding soup (which was also heavenly) as an appetizer. If you're in the area I highly recommend this place for a nice intimate dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Steve Boski
The best!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amanda Bachan-Ramharack
Great mothers day dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Steve Turgeon
Let me preface this review by saying to anyone reading - the food and location are excellent! I've visited on slow days for lunch over the Summer, and you'll scarcely find a better meal in the area! I would still recommend Zini's wholeheartedly. However, my experience yesterday evening was a bit disappointing by comparison, and may help readers here with considerations to set realistic expectations about best times and nights to visit.My wife and I visited with her family (5 people total) for dinner on Saturday night. It was her birthday weekend, so we made a reservation somewhere that we were confident I had the great food I described above. However, after our 6:15 p.m. seating and order shortly thereafter, we waited over an hour for the food. And that wouldn't be as huge an issue, but after finishing our water and the bottle of wine we ordered during that time, we received very little server attention, and no updates about the status of our meal until I asked around 7:30 p.m, and it arrived shortly thereafter. While there were a few issues with respect to plating requests, the food was great, as expected, and dessert was prompt.It seemed clear that the staff was unexpectedly busy with a full house of guests, but it was still disappointing that there was little proactive communication about the status of our food, or the check-ins that one might expect for a ~$70/pp dinner.I'll definitely be stopping by in the future, but with a bit more proactivity & specificity on my part to plan for timing accordingly. I hope to update this review positively after that!
Parking: The parking lot immediately in front of the restaurant was on the smaller side, but there is parking available elsewhere on premises & adjacent. Check Google Maps & Street View to plan accordingly if attending at a presumably busier day/time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Michele McHugh
Had dinner there on Saturday. Very pleasant atmosphere. The wait staff is attentive. Food was good and the pecan manhattan amazing!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lori Dumas
Very good fresh homemade food portion size was decent. I had chicken saltimbocca and my parents had chicken marsala. The atmosphere was very quaint.
The food was disappointing. Little flavor in the tomato and saltimbucca sauces.The artichokes were flavorful but 2 of the 6 were tough. The calamari were well cooked but did not have the requested cherry peppers with them. The wait staff was attentive and pleasant. The room was un-comfortably cold.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 5
Charlotte doria
This is the 3rd time we have been there in the last several months. It was a Saturday night. Ran out of Pepsi/coke ran out of veal. it took almost an hour and a half to get our dinner our waitress never came to tell us what was going on she sent a young man over all he said was there was a problem in the kitchen and he apologized. No one offered us a free dessert or anything. we ordered one dessert for a table of 5 do u think they could have taken it off the bill as a way to say sorry? Nope. never again mainly bc of the way it was handled
Parking: When restaurant is crowded there is no parking
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Chris
Chicken Parmigiana was
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jessica Grant
A charming & cozy spot in the heart of Bantam. Today: Zucchini chips, Caesar salad, pumpkin ravioli, and chicken parmigiana + capellini= all delightful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Iim Cornell
Let's admit, not the most creative menu or the most elegantly prepared dishes, at least when compared with the best of the best in Litchfield County. Nonetheless, there's the undeniably cozy atmosphere of the place and the undeniably pleasant service. And, most significantly, the undeniable fact that, dollar for dollar, this place is well worth the visit. I've been there several times over the past few years and no dish has disappointed. Give it a try.
Service inattentive
Food mediocre at best.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Drive 40 minutes to savor their entrees
Nice place to sit at the bar for dinner. Marli the waitress is the best you could ask for. Zini in the kitchen complaining about everything ?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Outstanding service, wonderful local wine, delicious food served beautifully. I heartily recommend this charming eatery.
The food here was absolutely delicious! I ordered the chicken caprese and the chicken was just melt in your mouth! Combined with the balsamic reduction snd the Cappellini pasta it was to die for! A little pricey but the staff was wonderful, even offering an Albanian wedding soup (which was also heavenly) as an appetizer. If you're in the area I highly recommend this place for a nice intimate dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The best!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great mothers day dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Let me preface this review by saying to anyone reading - the food and location are excellent! I've visited on slow days for lunch over the Summer, and you'll scarcely find a better meal in the area! I would still recommend Zini's wholeheartedly. However, my experience yesterday evening was a bit disappointing by comparison, and may help readers here with considerations to set realistic expectations about best times and nights to visit.My wife and I visited with her family (5 people total) for dinner on Saturday night. It was her birthday weekend, so we made a reservation somewhere that we were confident I had the great food I described above. However, after our 6:15 p.m. seating and order shortly thereafter, we waited over an hour for the food. And that wouldn't be as huge an issue, but after finishing our water and the bottle of wine we ordered during that time, we received very little server attention, and no updates about the status of our meal until I asked around 7:30 p.m, and it arrived shortly thereafter. While there were a few issues with respect to plating requests, the food was great, as expected, and dessert was prompt.It seemed clear that the staff was unexpectedly busy with a full house of guests, but it was still disappointing that there was little proactive communication about the status of our food, or the check-ins that one might expect for a ~$70/pp dinner.I'll definitely be stopping by in the future, but with a bit more proactivity & specificity on my part to plan for timing accordingly. I hope to update this review positively after that!
Parking: The parking lot immediately in front of the restaurant was on the smaller side, but there is parking available elsewhere on premises & adjacent. Check Google Maps & Street View to plan accordingly if attending at a presumably busier day/time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Had dinner there on Saturday. Very pleasant atmosphere. The wait staff is attentive. Food was good and the pecan manhattan amazing!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good fresh homemade food portion size was decent. I had chicken saltimbocca and my parents had chicken marsala. The atmosphere was very quaint.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The food was disappointing. Little flavor in the tomato and saltimbucca sauces.The artichokes were flavorful but 2 of the 6 were tough. The calamari were well cooked but did not have the requested cherry peppers with them. The wait staff was attentive and pleasant. The room was un-comfortably cold.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 5
This is the 3rd time we have been there in the last several months. It was a Saturday night. Ran out of Pepsi/coke ran out of veal. it took almost an hour and a half to get our dinner our waitress never came to tell us what was going on she sent a young man over all he said was there was a problem in the kitchen and he apologized. No one offered us a free dessert or anything. we ordered one dessert for a table of 5 do u think they could have taken it off the bill as a way to say sorry? Nope. never again mainly bc of the way it was handled
Parking: When restaurant is crowded there is no parking
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Chicken Parmigiana was
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A charming & cozy spot in the heart of Bantam. Today: Zucchini chips, Caesar salad, pumpkin ravioli, and chicken parmigiana + capellini= all delightful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Let's admit, not the most creative menu or the most elegantly prepared dishes, at least when compared with the best of the best in Litchfield County. Nonetheless, there's the undeniably cozy atmosphere of the place and the undeniably pleasant service. And, most significantly, the undeniable fact that, dollar for dollar, this place is well worth the visit. I've been there several times over the past few years and no dish has disappointed. Give it a try.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
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