Gates Restaurant + Bar

10 Forest St, New Canaan
(203) 966-8666

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Paul Constantin

A vast selection of food. On top of the classic bar food a ton of sandwiches and other meals. Service was great atmosphere was very good. Great spot for business talks or family dinners.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Kelly

Went for a birthday knowing they have a special candle and it was forgotten because they were busy. Disappointed and won't be back.

Kellie

It was WAY too loud, hard to hear each other at the table. We will not go again on a Friday night at 7:30, acoustics suck! The table next to us needed to rent a room, they were not twenty, thirty or forty somethings so they should know what indecent PDA is. Food and drinks great, wait staff great, having to wait for our table with a reservation a little ridiculous.

Sharon Quinn

What a fun place to eat and visit with friends. Live Entertainment, we saw Flash perform . Nice menu selections, relaxed atmosphere. They have a bar area with high top tables and another separate area with tables for dining.Parking is a bit challenging. Weather permitting you can eat outside. Great place to meet up with friends. Staff was great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brooke

The food was absolutely amazing! We had chips and guacamole, chicken, wings, lobster roll, and a salad… The food was not only extremely high-quality, but came out promptly, and the staff could not have been more helpful patient accommodating, and extremely extremely friendly! The owner even came out to speak with us and it was so lively. We had the very best time highly highly highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Thomas Barr

Gage is an awesome place had a lot of fun there and went for karaoke on Frida. Sorry I couldn't erase the mix up there but the place is definitely wonderful

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Doreen

One of our favorites with the grandkids, lots of choices on the kids menu, delicious meals for all. Friendly service too

colleen

The place was pretty empty for a Sunday brunch. We had a lovely waitress who was attentive without being annoying. Food was good but my eggs Benedict was nothing to write home about.

Donald

It's okay BIIIIG menu you have to find something should be good for families large child menu

Barbara

The food was delicious. Service was excellent highly recommend and will be back. Thank you.!

Susan

Always a pleasure to dine at Gates. Everything we've ever had here has always been fresh and delicious. Usually go there for brunch but went for dinner this time with our friends who'd never been there before. They thoroughly enjoyed the food, service and vibe. We'll be back!

Vicky Blanshard

Take out order. Hard to find the restaurant. Lobster rolls were delicious. Chicken dinner spicier than expected. Didn't care for the chips but my husband liked them. French fries were cold. Again this was a take out order. Please take that into account.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Burkas

Apparently, there’s a lot of history to this restaurant so people highly recommend it. The food was so so. For instance, I had a chicken wrap supposed to have lettuce and sauce. They forgot the lettuce. What? I have no desire to go back. There are tons of options all around.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Matthew Cano

TODAY IS JUNE 24th, 2025.

I had called in an order for pickup and I was ordering a rigatoni alla vodka and a Korean bbq bowl and a side of tater tot’s. While I was ordering I was just asking the gentleman on the phone about what vegetables were on the Korean bbq dish and he told me broccoli, “other vegetables” and mushrooms… I asked he could put no mushrooms and just replace them with vegetables and I told him if it was extra that would be okay. And he proceeded to answer me back with a sarcastic tone saying “anything else”. After I asked him to put no mushrooms in the dish and replace them with vegetables I asked if he could make the dish gluten free because I have celiac disease (I shouldn’t have to explain that) after that he proceeded to have that same sarcastic tone saying “anything else” and then I just asked to put an order for tater tots, and he laughed. Let me be clear. EXTREMELY CLEAR. If anyone is laughing at you or laughing about what you’re ordering especially when you are the customer that is extremely inappropriate and disrespectful. As the customer coming to any restaurant, and store, or chain for that matter should not be laughed at… After I gave him my name for the pickup order he said should be ready in half an hour. So I go to Gates half an hour after and the order is not there on the entrance tables and I had to ask for a lady working there and she said give me a second. So I waited. And waited. And waited. For 1 HOUR. My time was waisted and guess what that’s not even the worst part yet, it gets better. After me and my significant other pay for the food pay for the food we head back home in frustration and heat. We open the pickup bag and notice not 10 not 8 but 5 strips of Korean bbq steak on the dish they gave me… And they gave me MUSHROOMS ON THE PLATE. And the tater tots had cheese, jalapeño and bacon on them. Yes I understand that may sound good to you but not when you have both celiac disease and are lactose intolerant… I just wanted tater tots, and I hate to be like this but did I say “loaded tots” NO!😭. I WAS DISGUSTED, BECAUSE WE PAYED SO MUCH MONEY FOR HORRIBLE QUALITY OF SERVICE AND FOOD! I DIDN‘T EVEN EAT ANYTHING EITHER BECAUSE I WAS SCARED IT MIGHT HAVE DAIRY OR GLUTEN AND WAS UNSURE BECAUSE OF HOW THE GENTLEMAN HANDLED MY ORDER AND DIDN’T BOTHER GOING BACK TO GATES IN NEW CANAAN BECAUSE I WAS EXTREMELY DISSAPOINTED. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU TREAT CUSTOMERS.

Victoria

Great place for a salad at lunch - nice lunch specials and can accommodate a large reservation.

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