Cashed in our Living Social deal and had a late lunch/early dinner here this afternoon (Sunday). Rooftop 120 is a pretty large establishment, there is a traditional dining room if you want a traditional dining room, and they also occupy the rooftop space; broken down into a large covered central bar that is flanked by uncovered tables for a true outdoor experience. There are large overhead heaters so you can have enjoy rooftop dining in December or January if you want to. So Rooftop 120 gets 5 stars for creativity and style and for a real unique look. Feels more like upscale Miami than suburban Glastonbury.
I hear the nightlife is pretty crazy here, but since we were there on a Sunday afternoon and the place was fairly empty, I'll review the food.
We started with cocktails - a nice cold Stella Artois draft was $5.50. My son went for a New Castle draft, also $5.50. Pretty fair prices for a nice place. We shared a marinated calamari salad, which was a very good value for $5.75. It was a generous portion (see photo) of tender delicious calamari, cooked perfectly without the rubber band quality I run into a lot. It was served with seaweed and julienned veggies in a nice citrus ginger dressing. It was very good,
We each had an entree. My wife had the Tacos de Carne - $12.75 for two corn tortillas with beef, served with creme fraiche, cilantro, cabbage, and queso fresco. It came with no accompaniments- no guac, no salsa, no sour cream, no beans and rice. The plate looked very light, although the tacos were very good.
My son had Murray's Fried Chicken - $18.75 for three (rather small) pieces of buttermilk fried chicken served with truffled mac and cheese and siracha honey. Yes, the food was good, but for almost $19 it looked light.
I had the Gourmet Turkey Burger - $14.75 for a GIANT ground turkey patty served on a fresh roll with oyster mushrooms, brie, carmelized onions, a half of a pickle, and a good mound of french fries. It was delicious and a pretty darned good value. (I shared the fries with the others).
Our total was $84.55, with $28 of it attributable to the 5 beers we had. Looking back on the meal, I feel the food pricing was kind of OK, but two of the 3 plates seemed a little light in the value department. This is a nice place, not a dump, so I'm OK with paying a little more for food, especially when you take the unique layout and rooftop experience into consideration.
I would like to try the rooftop in the dead of winter- that would be fun! read more