I enjoy the Trumbull Kitchen for drinks and appetizers from time to time. Can't go wrong with the sushi, wings, or fritters. This time I was sitting down for dinner and the thing that really stuck out was the excellent service. Waiter asked if we were going to a show, which we were, and then he ensured things moved swiftly so that we would be out in time. Meal was tasty and the drinks were delicious. Always a solid showing at the Trumbull Kitchen. read more

Best dinner I had the entire time I was in Hartford (really didn't have great experiences). I had a night to myself and decided to go there for dinner. The bartender was courteous and was on top of reading my needs. I had the filet and tots and it was pretty good, nothing too crazy but a safe selection. The worst thing I encountered while I was there was the bartender bad mouthing another team member to a couple of regulars next to me...in my opinion that can really mess up another guests experience and is the reason for 3 stars instead of 4. read more

Outstanding!! From the butternut Thai soup to the turkey sandwich. Everything (bread basket) had wonderful flavor. The hotel was not kidding when they said it was the best restaurant in town. read more

Thought this was over-rated. The concepts in the kitchen are good but they could be better executed. I had the chicken wings. They tasted good but the chicken was over-cooked and dry. The spinach-artichoke dip was OK but was dominated by the cheese. Service was good. Next time, I'll try the burger. read more

Nice place, good bar, good beer and wine selection. Have a gluten-free menu which is a plus. Food is very good

It was good enough food, but pricier than we expected. Just seemed a bit bland. The server was nice.

Dinner on Monday. Best grilled Salmon I ever had, but pricey for the portion size. It was served with a side of field greens. Trendy upscale atmosphere, but the server was too formal and bordered on pretentious. read more

We had a fantastic time at Trumbull Kitchen! Their new seasonal-themed drink menu is great...I had two mojitos that were phenomenal. We also did our favorite tapas - new cheddar fondue and some amazing beef. Waitstaff is attentive and friendly. We will absolutely come back! read more

I made reservations for Friday night-6pm to have dinner before a show at the Bushnell. I arrived early before my husband thinking I would just sit at the bar until he arrived. The usual 'Friday after work' crowd had taken over the bar making that impossible, but the great news is the host was very accommodating and sat me at our table. Our waitress was very attentive but not intrusive and the kitchen was able to prepare my meal even though I requested a modified meal than what was on the menu. Both of our dinners were excellent. The restaurant was very busy the whole time we were there but my husband and I could still carry on a conversation without raising our voices. We had a great dinner and will definitely be back. read more

Only went there once for happy hour. I ordered a couple of appetizers from their menu and thought that the portions were small but def very filling. Each plate was decorated beautifully and tasted great. I am planning on going back there again for dinner. read more

Tried this place because it had great reviews and it did not disappoint. We had the rock shrimp & sweet potato appetizer. It was delicious and well cooked. For dinner, I had the "Kalbi" style beef short ribs. The beef was tender, juicy, and flavorful. I would definitely order this again. The sides were ok. My partner had the New York sirloin. I tried some of it and it was just as good as the short ribs I had. I ordered a sazerac and it was ok. It tasted a bit like medicine. I would have to say I've had better but the food was amazing. read more

Yes!!! So happy we chose TK for dinner during our visit to Hartford. Michael was an outstanding host, walking us through the fantastic options with the perfect combination of enthusiasm, profound knowledge, and friendliness. Highly recommend duck 3-ways, local sea scallops, & compost cookie sandwich. Classy atmosphere and great bar selection topped off a memorable dining experience. read more

Place was great, very welcoming. The waiter described the menu options very well and made excellent suggestions. Just the right amount of interaction, and always on top of things. The food was delicious, we had cheddar bacon fondue as an app which was crispy potato wedges and tasty cheese dip. My girlfriend had the pulled pork sandwich and I got a pepperoni stone pie (chewy thin crust pizza), both were nice portions and put together with care. They had a decent selection of craft brews on tap - had to mention it. When we were finished I asked for a box and through miscommunication the waiter only wrapped up my food we didn't think it was too big a deal but they really were apologetic and made us up a new sandwich to go. Overall I was very impressed with the food and the atmosphere. read more

LOVE this place! Every time I'm in Hartford, I try to hit this hotspot. The service is great and the food is even better. I had a Spicy Tuna Crunch Roll that was so delish! The food is prepared with care and pride. Well worth checking out from anywhere in CT. read more

We needed a snack and glad we found Trumbull Kitchen. We split the Lettuce Chicken Cups for an app and the Seaford Pad Thai as the entree. Both were excellent. Topped it off with the Carmelized Banana Split. Too good. Service was excellent. Hats off to Nicole. Will be back. read more

It's so nice that a restaurant like Trumbull Kitchen continues to thrive in downtown Hartford. This is exactly the kind of place we need more of. The ambiance is lovely, and the service is good. The food is always well prepared, with a menu that changes regularly. And the presentation is always nice as is expected in a trendier upscale place. The bar area is bustling, although it can get a little too crazy at times, be prepared to stand as the seats fill up quickly. Being Hartford, parking can occasionally be a little tricky. read more

I had a great time there, the food was excellent, the service was good. I loved the ambiance. One of the Tapas I had was a spicy sushi roll(I forget the name now) and it was the best roll I have ever had! The Fondue is a tasty treat on a cold night! My wife had a Cosmo for the first time and absolutely fell in love with it and the way they serve it there. read more

I have never had a bad experience at this establishment...excellently prepared food and good drinks. A little pricey but you'll rub elbows with the well to do sexy young crowd of Hartford. read more

My favorites: Scallops, Hanger Steak, Chang Mai noodles, filet bites. Amazing bourbon selection and many of their tap beers and fun cocktails change regularly (to cool stuff, not the same boring zzz). Get a Moscow Mule! And they have a really nice staff! :-) read more

Food was pretty good. I went there on a Saturday afternoon during long weekend (in May). I was given a table, offered water but it took over 15 mins and no one came with the menu. I was surprised, tried waving my hand but nobody saw. It wasnt too bright where I was sitting, so it didnt help much. I went to the front desk. They apologized and from there onwards service was fine. If not for the delay in service, I would have given one more star. read more

We ate at this restaurant last night prior to the UCONN vs. TENN game. We arrived early and were greeted and seated immediately. The menu is very diverse and includes many options from small plates and appetizers, happy hour menu, lunch menu and dinner menu- all with a variety of ethnic foods. Mike was so friendly and engaging, assisting us with choices of food and drink. The drinks were amazing. The smoky maple drink was incredible. We ordered the shrimp fritters and tuna sushi roll- both were outstanding. We enjoyed the Thai noodle bowl with coconut and filet appetizer, melt in your mouth delicious. We also enjoyed the tuna sandwich from the happy hour, fresh and tasty with an asian twist, paired with the lettuce wraps which were also fantastic. Someone in our group had the pork sandwich which had great smoke flavor and was topped with a tasty slaw and served with hot, sweet potato fries. If you have any room left for dessert, the carrot cake waffle is delicious! It is unique and warm with a rich glaze and ice cream. We could not say enough about it. Needless to say we enjoyed our visit and hope to return soon. Our waiter Rich and Mike made our visit so enjoyable by personally interacting and giving us top notch service. Thanks for a great evening! read more

This is what restaurant service is all about. The staff was incredible! Drink order within a minute of being seated. Finished my beer and as if on cue, waitress was there to see if I needed another. I ordered the calamari which was good. My wife ordered flank steak with mashed potatoes that were out of this world. Can't wait to come back to explore the menu further. read more

Had a great time here for dinner. We ended up eating food from the appetizer menu which was a great choice because we got to taste a variety of flavors. The atmosphere was nice and service was great. The only negative was that the rum punch wasn't great. Other than that it was wonderful read more

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

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I've been here about 15 times. The service is really good. The food is ok, not my top choice within the Max's group restaurants. I've had some bad luck eating right before happy hour rush where the food has been under cooked. They are quick to fix things if you ask and the great service will keep you coming back. read more

I absolutely LOVE the happy hour at Trumbull Kitchen! When you think about what you as a customer expect from a happy hour it's first a deal, and then secondly, a quality deal! Trumbull Kitchen hits it out of the park with their monthly happy hour food menus and cocktail of the month. The pricing is incredible and the creativity is definitely there! My best friend and I frequent TK for happy hour and we love ordering one of everything off of the happy hour small bites menu. It's so much fun to sip on some excellent $5 glasses of wine while playfully critiquing each dish like we a great judges on chopped. The food, quality of service, and ambience NEVER disappoint! And enjoying the last day of March's menu, I cannot wait for Monday when we can dive into April! Must visit! read more

Met a colleague for lunch today and sat inside as the outside tables were packed. I chose a Max Restaurant as I have Celiac and need to make sure my food is gluten free and Max Downtown (my favorite) is undergoing renovations. We both ordered the Blackened Mahi Mahi sandwich but I asked them to put the fish on a bed of lettuce instead of the roll. When my food arrived, the fish was over seasoned and overly salty and a bit dry and my dish was missing the signature coleslaw. In hindsight it was better without it. The seasoning on the slaw was ill paired with the fish and just added to the salt factor. It also came with a lime tarter sauce that was just odd. Too many competing flavors. My colleague's sweet potato fries were excellent and the best part of our meal, my garlic mashed potatoes were also over salted and dry. The service was decent, the atmosphere nice, but a dripping pipe in the middle of the table mid meal (guessing condensation) is an unfortunate result of the exposed ductwork above. Not my favorite restaurant downtown and not likely to return soon. read more

This restaurant offers a casual social experience with a delicious menu. Nice ambience, with an industrial farmhouse feel. The filet mignon w/ tator tots was an Amazing app! The wood fire pizza was delicious and great to share. The salads are fresh and light. The scallop dish I had was perfectly seared. The service was very friendly and prompt. The portions are appropriate for an individual, not to share. In fact the dishes are so delicious, you wouldn't share any way! read more

This is one of our favorite restaurants in the Hartford area. Food is excellent and always fun to go on Mondays for 1/2 priced bottles of champagne and wine! Definitely get the curry noodle dish and the lettuce wraps! read more

Food was good, solid service but a bit loud. Great spot for just ordering tapas and drinks.

Rock Shrimp and Sweet Potato Fritter. SO GOOD!

Great food, but service has been consistently below par. most of the times i've come here, it's been for happy hour. from 4-7 every weekday, TK has $1.99 tapas and nice beer and martini/mixed drink specials, available only if you sit in the bar. i often felt like i was being neglected because the server assumed that my party wouldn't be big spenders, but usually, by the time we're done with tapas and alcohol, i think the bill is not significantly less. regardless, we're often neglected, left with empty martini glasses, and NEVER brought their delicious bread and spread. when i finally started going for full meals, however, the service still did not improve. we were seated upstairs, which is fine, since we had a server that was attentive, just not to us. everyone at our table ended up pouring our own water after our server had come and gone three times without paying attention to a table full of empty water glasses. while he seemed to pay copious amounts of attention to the table next to us (of a different demographic, of course), he wasn't even around to serve us our food. in spite of the service, though, the food here is consistently delicious. the shrimp rock fritters (i'm almost positive that's not the proper name for them...) are a great choice of appetizer, along with the chicken wings and their noodle bowls. The sushi is amazing too, though i feel like you don't get many rolls for the price. overall, in spite of the bad service, i find myself returning repeatedly because of the quality of the food (and, of course, HAPPY HOUR!) read more

Dear Mr. Trumbull, After years of positive word of mouth reviews I decided to try Trumbull Kitchen. Clearly it is a popular place on a Friday night as there were people falling out of the doorway as we entered to sign in for our reservation, picture opening a bottle of club soda too quickly. As I walked in I glanced at the atmosphere, somewhat decent size standing area in the bar for those either waiting for a table or just out for your cliche Friday night happy hour after work. Not that there is anything wrong with that! Trumbull Chicken is home to many tables with which patrons are able to order meals and sit with long lost friends, co-workers, and lovers. In an establishment that is fighting for real estate in Hartford, they do a very nice job of strategically placing the dining area to best facilitate our dining experience, although the tables are close, I wouldn't otherwise say they are too close. My group however was sat in the middle of the rear dining room at a round table and a couple of times a few of the waitstaff walked over our table to get to another secret chamber of diners perhaps long forgotten. Our waiter, although an extreme gentleman was partially non-existent for the duration of our time together. We didn't see him much and at times I missed him, I yearned for another drink, or another bottle of delicious Pellegrino with which he made certain he poured for us whenever he came back. For my drink choice I had the Big Boy Manhattan(R), it wasn't all that large, and for $11 one would think it would be placed ever so lovingly in front of me in a Big Gulp cup, but alas no, it came in what resembled an old style champagne chalice and looked to be about 4-5 ounces or so by volume. Granted!!! They did use Woodford Reserve which is absolutely one of my favorite bourbons but still, why use something so delicious and hide the flavor with other mixes? Anyway... with the addition of orange bitters it was quite tasty, I would've ordered a second but I just couldn't bring myself to paying more for a drink then my sandwhich, ammmiright!?! For dinner I had the cheese burger, Robert Irvine would be disappointed, although cooked very well done, not well done, I ordered medium rare and it came out vey well done, ugh... it came out cooked very well, it was perfectly medium rare, well done! But as Robert Irvine would've said, "eets gaht nooo seasoneeng, chefff get our here!!!", sadly it lacked flavor, a good texture but flavor is so important. I asked for a side of mayonnaise and the food runner said he didn't think they had any. At this time, my body froze, my eyes locked straight ahead eyelids open to max, I started to sweat and contemplate what he just told me me. As I stared the person I happened to unknowingly look upon started gesturing to me and I was reminded it was rude to stare. I quickly snapped out of this trance as soon as the food runner returned with some mayonnaise, I called him a liar and we giggled together for a moment. I ordered a side of mashed potatoes, as I dissected the ingredients in my head I quickly came to the conclusion they were made with potatoes, and water... nothing else, and this saddened me, mashed potatoes are so easy to make delicious. A fellow friend ordered the chicken sandwich, it was all right, and another ordered the pressed chicken, it was again, all right. For dessert I tried the Capote Cake, or was it Camote? It was Camote for sure, why can't we just call it carrot cake as that is essentially what it is? Here is where I am torn, the prices weren't all that excessive which is really conflicting to me with how to really rate, for the experience, and the atmosphere it wasn't too bad, and I don't know if it was just a product of how busy it was? I'm not going to go in and give it a five star rating because everyone else is and due to the name. I will be back on a less busier night, if there ever is such a one and try it again. Again, I am no professional critic so you must take this review with a grain of salt as I think taco bell is wonderful and will eventually win the restaurant wars as it did in the movie Demolition Man starring Sly Stallone, but I digress, try it for yourself, write a review, share your experience! Until my triumphant return, happy dining and may the fork be with you! Regards, Mr. F read more

Trumbull Kitchen is a great restaurant, and an affordable upscale treat for poor grad students. My boyfriend and I always order off the tapas menu (that often changes), which range in price from $5-12. The rock shrimp fritters, lamb skewer, and mussels are favorites. Their desserts are great too. The only downside is parking, if you're really lucky you can get a street spot, but garage/lot parking is often your only option. read more

I know this is so not original, and it's part of a conglomerate of restaurants that have made one person/family very rich, but I love it all the same. Great atmosphere - mixed review on the service. read more

Average overall I would say. I would visit it once to try it but there seems to be so much to choose from in Hartford!

This place was pretty darn pricey. But very fancy! The atmosphere was really nice, perfect for business meetings, after work cocktails, or just dinner with a loved one. All of the staff was really nice and attentive. Our waitress checked in with us multiple times. A friend and I came here just to catch up. We both had a glass of wine and shared three appetizers. The rock shrimp & sweet potato fritters are a must. These were probably my favorite! We also had the spinach artichoke dip. It's made with goat cheese which I was unsure about at first, but suddenly I realized I hate up half of it! And lastly we shared the Grilled Filet Mignon with truffled tater tots & blue cheese fondue. These were cute little cocktail party bites and were super yummy. Everything I ate was delicious! Not a thing to complain about. read more

I'm here to update and I wish I could add more stars! Brett made our experience amazing yesterday evening. We had a big party and he did not miss a thing. You can tell he is a pro by how smoothly he met all of our requests. I was so happy with the service he provided that I would not even have been mad if the food wasn't good. Lol BUT to top it off, the food and drinks were amazing as always. I had the bacon wrapped short ribs which were so tender and flavorful. I subbed my sides because I love their mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts. But others had it as presented on the menu with white cheddar grits and spinach and loved it! I got to try the herb cured brick pressed chicken and was in love with the flavor. Also I tried the Fredos revenge cocktail and loved it so much I had two. Love this place. If you want an upscale experience with fair prices and amazing service you need to dine at Trumbull Kitchen. I'm get so excited every time I get my food here that I never get any pics lol read more

We went to TK for dinner before seeing a show before going to Hartford Stage. We ordered off of the prix fixe menu, and neither of us was disappointed from the appetizers to the dessert. The service was very attentive and definitely will return the next time we are in the "Big City". read more

Being a vegetarian, we didn't have too many options (0 on the menu, to be frank). However, the chef was kind enough to give us a veggie burger and a veggie pad thai. The veggie burger was stunning but the pad thai lacked in seasoning and was quite bland. It was very expensive, we paid $27 for a vegetarian pad thai. I wouldn't recommend it to veggie/vegan foodies. read more

We tried TK on the recommendation of several friends from the area. We arrived at 6:00 and ordered promptly (drinks and dinner) because we knew we were on a time schedule with theater tickets for 8:00. At 6:50 our salads finally arrived, with lots of apologies from the waitress. We let her know that we were on a time schedule, and then the entrees came out one at a time over the next 20 minutes. In the meantime the table next to us got up and left before receiving anything because the service was so slow. An hour and a half for what we ordered was just ridiculous. In addition, the food was completely over-salted, and left us all gulping water the whole rest of the night. Something must have been off in the kitchen - but we won't be back to give it another try. read more