It's always a great time experience at Trumbull. The food, the service, drinks and ambience. I enjoy dining here or even popping in for the happy hour. Always a no brainer when wanting to dine in the downtown area. Recommend TK. read more

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TK has been a dependable lunch and dinner spot for me for many years. Comfortable seating, great food selection, attentive service. I organized a retirement lunch for about 25 people there once (pre-pandemic)--we got to use the area upstairs in the back. It worked out great! read more

I had the salmon entree, it was served on a bed of spinach that was HEAVY on the garlic. The salmon was cooked to perfection, the skin was crispy & the entire dish was full of flavor and delicious. I also tried the carrot cake waffle for dessert, it was really good. The service was phenomenal and the ambiance was great. read more

I always find it interesting when a restaurant tells you only bar seating is available when half their tables are empty. In any case the barkeep was friendly and attentive. They have a decent size gluten free menu. I ordered the grilled sirloin, it was tendered and cooked perfectly, but there was a slight flavor I didn't care for. The restaurant had a moderate noise level, but I could still have a conversation. Parking is limited. Prices were moderate. read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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Very impressed with the menu and service at this restaurant. They were also featuring their wine festival, which really did feature some amazing wines and truly great pricing. I worked for a European importer and know a great QPR when I see one. My fiancé and I both ordered the steak and we were both extremely impressed with the quality. One of the best steaks I've ever had. Would 100% go here again!! read more

Trumbull Kitchen is a great place for a nice evening out in downtown Hartford. Over the weekend, I stopped by to order a sandwich for take-out. They have a chic, trendy vibe with a beautiful bar. And the staff at reception was great--very pleasant and helpful. I ordered the BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich ($15.95+), which comes with a side of Sweet Potato Fries. The BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich had too much BBQ sauce on it, which I didn't love. The Sweet Potato Fries were amazing, though, and I would come back just for that. read more

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Small portions, mediocre, and overpriced. I got a bunch of things and nothing impressed me. The lobster guacamole was so small. Oysters are medium in meatiness, but high in price. Watermelon and feta salad was tasteless and barely had any feta. Waffle carrot cake Is a good option to share among the table, but it didn't taste like carrot cake at all. The food is average at best. The interior design is modern and hip, but it was empty on a Friday night and it just felt awkward. I will say that the service was great. Our waitress was sharp and friendly enough. read more

This was a really good stone pie! The char on the bottom was just right and the vegetables paired wonderfully with the pie. The texture of the pie, along with the ingredients made it a pleasant experience. A nice, lowkey classier place to go. Check it out! read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - Grilled Vegetable Stone Pie - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Love the look of the restaurant. Music was a little loud for my taste but overall clean and nice. The food was ok. Nothing too impressive all things considered. The za'atar crusted fish was a special and frankly I wonder if they put any za'atar on at all. Drinks were ok. The service was great, definitely made up for the lackluster food. read more

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Service was amazing and food was delicious. It did take a while to be seated but understandable. read more

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From start to finish the experience here was great, the place is well kept and has a relaxed feel, service was friendly and professional, the food came out fresh and flavorful, prices were fair and I felt like I got good value, I will definitely return. read more

Only ended up here after Max's happy hour had no space, but I was very glad we did! I had been to Trumbull kitchen once before, for a restaurant week special. Everything was delicious; but I was under the impression Trumbull kitchen was pretty pricey - well not during happy hour!! I love the way they do the happy hour menu, it is tapas style so you can try one of everything! We tried the French dip, salmon slider, pork belly bun, and curry dumplings. They were all super delicious and $3 or less. It looks like they change their happy hour menu often, I'd love to go back and try more options. For drinks, we got the blood orange margarita, on the happy hour menu for $5.50 and super tasty! The service was super great as well. The bartender was very nice and attentive, and the food came out pretty quickly. Cant wait to come back! read more

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I was honestly very much looking forward to trying this place. The menu looked interesting and has a few things I was interested in, plus I had previously heard good recommendations about the "Max" restaurants which I believe this falls into. I previously looked at their menus online and saw "Happy Hour 3-6". We were going within that time but on the weekend so I was hoping to order from that but figured it might be weekdays only. As it turned out, it was weekends as well, but only in the bar area which we learned well after being seated-- not a huge ding, but would have been nice if this was made more clear prior to being seated or on their website. The interior of the restaurant is nice and the service was fine. The price was about what I was expecting in Hartford but the quality of the food did not meet expectations. I went with a group of 4 and we ordered an entree each and 3 appetizers. Turned out that nobody was particularly fond of what they got nor did they think it was a good value for what they got (I had no problem with the cost of the food, but I expect good food at that price lol). I ordered the gochujang chicken pasta and I literally had multiple bites with what I'm assuming was the very rubbery chicken cartilage (which most people do not eat)-- this led to me not touching the rest of my chicken and just finishing the noodles; have never had an experience like this anywhere else. I had a bite of the other entrees and it was all just meh. For apps we got a pork belly torta, chips and guac, and miso clams. The chips and guac were somehow almost twice as much as the torta despite having neglibly more guac than what was atop the torta (and a relatively small amount of chips)--- you'd have been much better off just getting a couple tortas. I also found it pretty bland-- the menu said jalapeno, and tomato, however it just seemed like pureed avocado. The clams were also nothing to write home about. Last slight minor gripe- don't like that the tip recommendations are on post-tax amount. If shown, I think it's more common/honest to show the amount on pre-tax total (why tip on government tax amount?). All in all the rubbery chicken is what is prompting my review.. apart from that the experience would have merely been forgettable and just made me think I didn't need to return. read more

First time here at Trumbull kitchen and I loved it!! Wings are SO delicious. Definitely something you should get if you come here. Their bbq sauce is definitely different but amazing. The server was very nice and attentive. My party of 3 had very different drinks and he still didn't get confused about it which I very appreciate. The restaurant itself has a cool chill vibe going on. It is very classy and respectable. 10/10 I'll be coming back! read more

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Iffy about this rating, more between a 3.5/4 on this one. Here's the breakdown: Pros: - highly accessible location, right downtown - great for groups; I found it quiet enough to hear everyone but also bustling. I was really comfortable - we ordered a Toscana salad with these polenta croutons that were great! - lots of options, especially great for vegetarian and other specific diets - a breaking bad fan here- I was curious about the dos hombres mezcal and I asked them to custom make a margarita with it for me, it was fantastic Cons: - the $$$. I was pretty shocked by our bill in the end. We didn't order anything glamorous like steaks but the price point for each dish is pretty high - kinda slow service, everyone was nice and maybe they were just hanging back to let us talk? But some things took more than half hour - great fries but my veggie burger taste was kinda flat. Large portion though! I'm wondering if I just need to try some other dishes; it is worth another visit! read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - Local Burrata - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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Excellent experience for a date night... Hanger steak was perfect, fries were great, a little too much ice in the old fashioned but such is life... Very friendly service, a great night out in Hartford. read more

Here for lunch was amazing Definitely a place with great ambience food and staff! For lunch time the place is buzzing. I'm actually moving my dinner reservations here this evening, it was so good! read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - Amazing grain salad topped with grilled chicken! Off the charts delish! - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

I used to frequent TK years ago when I was younger and used to be in Hartford after work. Then I took a bit of a break during "the crabby years" when I would say it was too much of a pain to drive into Hartford. During Covid, TK lured me back into the city, with some great specials over the summer. Then they shut down for a few months and I realized how much I would miss them if they were gone! Always a hit with drinks and food alike, they even have a happy hour menu that I am going to have to check out at some point. Service is always on point, as you'd expect from any Max Restaurant. Sign up for their email list and you'll get notified of special events, like the $75 steak dinner for two we did over the summer (soup or salad, shared steak with two sides, dessert, bottle of wine). Sign up for Max Vantage and you'll get points for dining that you can later redeem for free stuff! read more

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Highly recommend trying the al pastor tacos. Also, our server, Chris, was wonderful! He was incredibly attentive and was very funny. read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - Skillet Roasted Atlantic Halibut, Yukon gold potatoes, garlic sauteed broccolini, chimichurri - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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Best overall place to eat in Hartford. I'm taking everything into consideration for my situation. Live downtown, value, ingredient quality, service, atmosphere (especially helpful and friendly staff - the entire staff) read more

Been wanting to go here, and my daughter's 21st birthday served as a great excuse. It was pricey, but there were five of us and we got an appetizer and a bottle of moscato for the table. My hanger steak was perfectly cooked to medium rare and included shiitake mushrooms and very tasty broccolini. Inexplicably, the meal was served with french fries, when a mashed potato side seems to have been the better choice to soak up the delicious sauce. Overall, we had a good time with very attentive service, and will be back sometime in the future for another special event. read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - Grilled Marinated Hanger Steak - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Went recently on a Tuesday night before a concert in Hartford service was OK. Food was delicious.

Trumbull Kitchen on a Sunday afternoon is a perfect place to enjoy a nice quiet meal. Having just come back from Goodspeed Opera House, TK was a welcome spot with easy on street parking. We began with the special of the day. -cauliflower soup that was chock full of florets, carrots, and topped with pesto and a small pile of spaghetti. We should have stopped there but couldn't resist the generous burger topped with cheese, bacon and LTON. Service was great from the host stand to the waitstaff and the cook. We were made to feel very welcome. read more

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So we're up in Hartford, Connecticut for the Garden show. Which was a huge hit! We start with an apple, kale and goat cheese salad. It's unfortunately just ok. Not especially memorable. We share the scallops but it really wasn't enough for two but we had had cheese platters at the show, so we're ok. No dessert during Lent So off we go back home. read more

Came here on New Year's Eve with two friends without a reservation and got a seat in the bar area at the high top tables. There was a fixed price menu that was pretty reasonable for the price of $75. I think of all the entrees we got the coq au vin was the best. The different steaks we got we're fine, but slightly under seasoned, and nothing to write home about. It did take us almost 3 hours to finish our meal because the kitchen was so backed up. definitely not anyone's fault, and I was still very thankful for the staff working on New Year's Eve, but it did seem that there were some people who had reservations that weren't getting seated, which is unfortunate. Overall enjoyed the food enough that I would try it again when in the area. read more

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We not only had a wonderful dinner but were able to watch first hand how a good restaurant works. The seeming chaos of a myriad of guests with tickets to a soon to be event blossomed into a choreography of quiet adjustment. Servers were reassigned, tables appeared quietly, no present diners were bothered and a quiet, well organized dining area emerged. It was super just to watch so many people working in unison to make dinner possible for a crowd. Kudos to those in charge and compliments to staff who performed in my eyes a 'miracle' of hospitality. We will come back for the food but never forget the service! read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - Short Ribs - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

This was an overall very average downtown restaurant. Good food, OK service and a fairly noisy environment. We tried the chicken taquitos, empanadas and filet mignon bites. Nothing stood out as exceptional, but it certainly wasn't bad either. Our service could have been better, but I don't want to throw anyone under the bus in case someone was just having an off night. If you're in the area, it's an OK place to grab a bite. read more

I think this was my second time at TK and it was just an alright experience. We got here around 4pm on a Friday and grabbed a few items from happy hour. Then we moved over to a table for dinner. I got the salmon and instead of the sides it came with, I opted for asparagus and fingerling potatoes. The food took about 20 minutes and the presentation of the meal was so subpar. I mean, you can tell from the picture. There was 0 flavor and I had to keep adding salt and pepper. Even hot sauce couldn't save it. read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Food was absolutely delicious. I highly recommend the filet mignon small plate as an appetizer. Started with that, then Caesar salads, then entrees. Short ribs were perfectly tender with a magnificent combination of flavors. Ambiance had a soft glow but could see food and read menu still. Service was friendly, welcoming and accommodating. Best restaurant experience I've had in a long time. read more

With a lovely outside patio and the convenience of being right downtown this should be a regular stop for me. Unfortunately the food is only alright. The service is better but not enough to make me choose Trumbull regularly. If you do go here the Chiang Mai Curry Noodles are good. Don't let the small portion size fool you, everything else is large. The hanger steak is good but the mushrooms were over done. Overall not a bad place but not my favorite on the block. The price is equal to the quality so at least your bill will be reasonable. Cheers read more

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Recently tried this place for dinner, after only have been previously for happy hour. The atmosphere was very chilled and relaxed and comfortable. Even when it was busy, it didn't feel overcrowded and the service was very good. We had a few drinks and both the wine and mixed drinks were fantastic.. it was hard to not want more. The filet appetizer was delicious- the portions were perfect and so tasty.. keeps you wanting more. For dinner we had the brick pressed chicken and the phyllo salmon. Both of our entrees were cooked perfectly, had incredible flavor and the portions were generous read more

We go to TK often, before shows at The Bushnell. Service is always terrific and very responsive to timing of shows. Great menu, to share or not. Everything here is good. Nice ambience. We go back again and again. read more

For a mid day lunch this was great! Very nice chic establishment with outside seating under a tent. We went inside and was seated by the window. This is a great place to bring clients, meet friends or a small group of people, romantic date or first date. They did have happy hour at the bar. To view the menu, you used a QR code like many other places which is so efficient. We ordered two drinks that were good. The bread basket was amazing!! If they ask if you want it, say yes! They have a GF menu in the QR code and I was very happy with the choices. All of the food was great! Our waiter was very nice and knowledgeable. He checked on us a few times and after we were done eating, he ran down the dessert menu like it was his name. They don't have one written out. We had to stay for dessert and it was great too! I certainly will come back. read more

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Service was excellent. Apps, go with the steak... wings were good too but the spice they used wasn't for me. Steak hangover highly recommended. Side salad wasn't great and I'll pick something different time. Baha tacos... gonna skip those next time too. Jsu too much fried. read more

The steak was prepared to perfection. The service at Max 's is always excellent -,Trumbull Kitchen is a perfect atmosphere to enjoy your meal from a burger to their excellent steak!! read more

As always they serve to please! This time it was the grilled hangar steak and the short rib flautas....very nice! Great service and courteous staff...go to for lunch/dinner meetings read more

Very elevated ambiance and food was very good. I got the duck tacos while my friend ordered the crispy chicken sandwich and both were great quality. The server was relatively attentive. read more

Max's Trumbull Kitchen - Inside - New American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

On a working trip to Hartford, found this restaurant on Yelp. It was closed to my hotel, so decided to give it a try. When I walked in the door, I was greeted by the most friendly hostess Megan. I started my meal with rock shrimp and sweet potato fritters, it was crispy and tasty. And even though what I wanted for main dish wasn't on the lunch menu, Megan went to the kitchen and helped me get what I wanted, which was the three chili pork Shank. This dish came highly recommended by Yelpers, and the meat was fall off the bone tender. Even though my mellow but very attentively server, Johnny, brought a huge dinner knife, it was not needed. It was an over all very pleasant dining experience. I would come back again giving the opportunity. read more

I will start by saying, I love this place and it has been my place to go for years. Food is good, nice bar section, tvs, its a great place. We recently went to the Sunday happy hour and the vibe was great, they had a dj, game was playing on the TV and it wasn't crowded. When we got there there was a waiter at the table where they accommodate people to the tables and she was just standing there without acknowledging us. She was looking something on the tablet but it would have taken a few seconds just to look at us and say "I'll be w you guys in a min". After about standing there for a min, we just walked to the tables at the front which are at a first come basis. After sitting down it took a good 10 min for someone to come to us. Fortunately our waiter John was great and it gave us suggestions on the menu. The happy hour menu has a mix of options for about $6 and the options are usually pretty good. We also added pizza l, which was great and empanadas (ok but not that great). Overall, food was good but perhaps they need to add some additional staff during certain times. As always for me, would I go back here again? Of course, TK food is delicious just need to work on having more staff. read more

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We were immediately greeted by the cheerful hostess which immediately set this place apart. Place is rather small but they use the space well and have a nice outdoor seating area. I tried the chicken and vegetable soup which was both hearty and refreshing I really enjoyed the fresh chunks of chicken. Flavor was great and it wasn't salty. We split the empanadas. They tasted and textured like stuffed cornbread. The cornbread kinda took away from the filling. I wasn't expecting a grainy texture so I was kinda surprised. We then split the chicken entree. It came with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables. We added mushrooms and squash to the vegetable mix by request which was delicious. Chicken was so tender and flavorful! Kinda wished I didn't split it so I could have leftovers. For desert we tried the carrot cake waffle. It was confusing to my taste buds. The waffle didn't taste like carrot cake or remind me of it besides the visible carrot trimmings. The caramel plus the buttercream plus ice cream plus coconut flakes plus whipped cream... overwhelmed my mouth. Overall, great place for dinner in Hartford. Prices were reasonable and the staff was professional. read more

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