Had a party of ten tonight for my brothers birthday. Many of us in the area have not been here before and it was an absolutely awesome time. Food, atmosphere and service was wonderful. Zach was with our table and he was so accommodating, with top customer service communication. Couldn’t recommend it higher. A must if and when in the area. We will be back. Thanks Zach and chef !
* footnote. The prime rib special was a 10/10. Haven’t had anything like it in years.
Jim Waterbury
I took my wife out to The Smithy last night for dinner for our anniversary. The second we walked in, we were greeted by a very kind young lady, who was very warm & hospitable and immediately seated us. After we were seated, our waiter RJ came over, introduced himself to us and told us about the daily specials, soup of the day, entrees and took our drink order. What impressed me the most other than the food, was when RJ took our order, he said “ladies first of course”. This to me, is the most classiest host I’ve ever had the pleasure of interacting with in all my years of dining out. His knowledge of the menu and kind demeanor made our anniversary dinner even more enjoyable (if that’s even possible!) I had the whole chicken breast with a loaded baked potato, my wife the stuffed chicken breast with stuffing and a loaded baked potato. The chicken was literally the most tender, juiciest chicken breast I’ve had in a very long time. The warm, inviting atmosphere really made our anniversary dinner such a fun time for both of us! Great atmosphere, delicious food and top notch staff. I normally don’t leave reviews, but The Smithy really is a top notch restaurant! Top it off with a slice of strawberry cheesecake and a cup of coffee, and it was absolutely perfect! Thank you so much for making our night! Highly recommended!!!
1st time visit today and I’ll be back time and time again! Fabulous old school Steakhoise! Steaks cooked to perfection. Best baked potato, fluffy, fresh and hot hot hot!! And they have a salad bar. Exceeded all expectations. Simply the best in the Fairfield and New Haven counties. Bravo!!
Tom Buckles
They were out of a lot of the stuff I ordered.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Baked Potato
George DiScala
We dine there often, for a reason.It's consistantly great! Always a home run.Among the very few establishments you can count on to impress every time.Rated very high among my Top Ten.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
c chuc
We decided to try The Smithy for our anniversary dinner out. It has kind of an up to date 70’s steakhouse vibe. It’s one of a dying breed that still has the old school salad bar that’s included with your meal. It had a nice steakhouse menu with a nice variety of selections. I got the French onion soup starter. The flavor was good, but I don’t think the cheese was Gruyère that is what’s supposed to be used, I’m pretty sure it was mozzarella. For our Entrees I had the porterhouse and my wife had the filet. Both were cooked perfectly to perfection to a nice medium rare. Both came with a baked potato that was cooked perfectly as well. The only knock I have on the potato is the up-charge for the bacon and chives of $2 each. Especially when you can get bacon bits included with the salad bar and the amount of chives were negligible. We decided to have the brownie sundae for dessert and that was a nice throwback too. The waiter said they had a good cappuccino so we gave those a try with the dessert. We were kind of disappointed with those as well as they were basically instant coffee with some cream and topped with whipped cream, not a cappuccino. Overall the food was very good. Our waiter was very helpful, personable and friendly as well so that was nice.This was a very nice steakhouse with great food. It has a few areas that could be improved on a little bit, but the good far outweighs any negatives (I won’t say bads here).I would happily go back again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Baked Potato, Porterhouse, Brownie Sundae
Nancy Setzler
Best surf and turf ever! Worth every penny. Cheesecake and lemon cake were spectacular!
Dietary restrictions: They were able to accommodate me being non-dairy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Baked Potato, Lobster Tail
Kevin Walsh
My wife and I went to The Smithy last night for dinner, as we have many times in the past. We've always enjoyed ourselves there and had great meals and service. I would tell all my friends to go there. Last nights experience was the worst. The food took over an hour to be brought to our table. The waitress did apologize and said the kitchen was backed up. We understood as these things sometimes happen. However, when we did finally get our meals, they were below average at best. My wife's salmon was inedible. It was completely dry . She returned after a couple of bites. Waitress offered to get her another, but we didn't want to wait another hour. I had a Gorgonzola burger, one of their specials. I ate it, but it was pretty much flavorless with no hint of gorgonzola at all. The Waitress said she told the owner about our complaints. He never came over to address them. We left after paying full price for our meals. One of which wasn't eaten. Very disappointing because, as I said, we've always had good meals there in the past. Will now thinks twice about going back.
Absolutely out of this world. Madison was on point! She was very helpful and excited to serve us. Great personality. All 3 of us ordered from the specials menu. All 3 entree were outstanding. A must visit if you are in the area. We will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar
Stephanie Gillett Casey
Although I have never eaten here, I wanted to publicly thank Maureen and Ron for taking the time to reply to my email, as I requested a rather short notice gift card for my sister who lives in Monroe. I live in Phoenix, and couldn't get it for her birthday, and they took the time to deliver the gift card that day to my sisters mailbox! My sister loves the food here, and if their food is as good as the customer service, it's not surprising. Thank you again for you kindness. Next time I'm in Monroe, we'll come in.
Erin Wielk
As good as it ever was, great steak, salad bar, and cozy atmosphere!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarah G
Hosted my mom’s 70th birthday here and it was amazing! Food, service and atmosphere was perfect! It’s my mom’s favorite restaurant for a reason!
Kid-friendliness: My two kids were given crayons and paper to draw
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar
Ben Toby
Love the Smithy! So happy it landed on the other side of ownership change and pandemic! Christmas miracle!
Not what it used to be. New owners.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Had a party of ten tonight for my brothers birthday. Many of us in the area have not been here before and it was an absolutely awesome time. Food, atmosphere and service was wonderful. Zach was with our table and he was so accommodating, with top customer service communication. Couldn’t recommend it higher. A must if and when in the area. We will be back. Thanks Zach and chef ! * footnote. The prime rib special was a 10/10. Haven’t had anything like it in years.
I took my wife out to The Smithy last night for dinner for our anniversary. The second we walked in, we were greeted by a very kind young lady, who was very warm & hospitable and immediately seated us. After we were seated, our waiter RJ came over, introduced himself to us and told us about the daily specials, soup of the day, entrees and took our drink order. What impressed me the most other than the food, was when RJ took our order, he said “ladies first of course”. This to me, is the most classiest host I’ve ever had the pleasure of interacting with in all my years of dining out. His knowledge of the menu and kind demeanor made our anniversary dinner even more enjoyable (if that’s even possible!) I had the whole chicken breast with a loaded baked potato, my wife the stuffed chicken breast with stuffing and a loaded baked potato. The chicken was literally the most tender, juiciest chicken breast I’ve had in a very long time. The warm, inviting atmosphere really made our anniversary dinner such a fun time for both of us! Great atmosphere, delicious food and top notch staff. I normally don’t leave reviews, but The Smithy really is a top notch restaurant! Top it off with a slice of strawberry cheesecake and a cup of coffee, and it was absolutely perfect! Thank you so much for making our night! Highly recommended!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Baked Potato, Brownie Sundae, Cheesecake
Amazing steak and espresso martinis!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
1st time visit today and I’ll be back time and time again! Fabulous old school Steakhoise! Steaks cooked to perfection. Best baked potato, fluffy, fresh and hot hot hot!! And they have a salad bar. Exceeded all expectations. Simply the best in the Fairfield and New Haven counties. Bravo!!
They were out of a lot of the stuff I ordered.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Baked Potato
We dine there often, for a reason.It's consistantly great! Always a home run.Among the very few establishments you can count on to impress every time.Rated very high among my Top Ten.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We decided to try The Smithy for our anniversary dinner out. It has kind of an up to date 70’s steakhouse vibe. It’s one of a dying breed that still has the old school salad bar that’s included with your meal. It had a nice steakhouse menu with a nice variety of selections. I got the French onion soup starter. The flavor was good, but I don’t think the cheese was Gruyère that is what’s supposed to be used, I’m pretty sure it was mozzarella. For our Entrees I had the porterhouse and my wife had the filet. Both were cooked perfectly to perfection to a nice medium rare. Both came with a baked potato that was cooked perfectly as well. The only knock I have on the potato is the up-charge for the bacon and chives of $2 each. Especially when you can get bacon bits included with the salad bar and the amount of chives were negligible. We decided to have the brownie sundae for dessert and that was a nice throwback too. The waiter said they had a good cappuccino so we gave those a try with the dessert. We were kind of disappointed with those as well as they were basically instant coffee with some cream and topped with whipped cream, not a cappuccino. Overall the food was very good. Our waiter was very helpful, personable and friendly as well so that was nice.This was a very nice steakhouse with great food. It has a few areas that could be improved on a little bit, but the good far outweighs any negatives (I won’t say bads here).I would happily go back again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Baked Potato, Porterhouse, Brownie Sundae
Best surf and turf ever! Worth every penny. Cheesecake and lemon cake were spectacular!
Dietary restrictions: They were able to accommodate me being non-dairy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Baked Potato, Lobster Tail
My wife and I went to The Smithy last night for dinner, as we have many times in the past. We've always enjoyed ourselves there and had great meals and service. I would tell all my friends to go there. Last nights experience was the worst. The food took over an hour to be brought to our table. The waitress did apologize and said the kitchen was backed up. We understood as these things sometimes happen. However, when we did finally get our meals, they were below average at best. My wife's salmon was inedible. It was completely dry . She returned after a couple of bites. Waitress offered to get her another, but we didn't want to wait another hour. I had a Gorgonzola burger, one of their specials. I ate it, but it was pretty much flavorless with no hint of gorgonzola at all. The Waitress said she told the owner about our complaints. He never came over to address them. We left after paying full price for our meals. One of which wasn't eaten. Very disappointing because, as I said, we've always had good meals there in the past. Will now thinks twice about going back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
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Absolutely out of this world. Madison was on point! She was very helpful and excited to serve us. Great personality. All 3 of us ordered from the specials menu. All 3 entree were outstanding. A must visit if you are in the area. We will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar
Although I have never eaten here, I wanted to publicly thank Maureen and Ron for taking the time to reply to my email, as I requested a rather short notice gift card for my sister who lives in Monroe. I live in Phoenix, and couldn't get it for her birthday, and they took the time to deliver the gift card that day to my sisters mailbox! My sister loves the food here, and if their food is as good as the customer service, it's not surprising. Thank you again for you kindness. Next time I'm in Monroe, we'll come in.
As good as it ever was, great steak, salad bar, and cozy atmosphere!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hosted my mom’s 70th birthday here and it was amazing! Food, service and atmosphere was perfect! It’s my mom’s favorite restaurant for a reason!
Kid-friendliness: My two kids were given crayons and paper to draw
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar
Love the Smithy! So happy it landed on the other side of ownership change and pandemic! Christmas miracle!
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