We found this great little casual restaurant in Kent and went there often taking guests with us. Unfortunately they eliminated some of our favorite food items. They took out the signature pistachio panna cotta dessert that everyone loved, pumpkin hummus the best appetizer and the cacio e pepe! Why would they take away things that customers loved? Too bad because their menu is limited to begin with. I struggle to find items I like now. Sad face. read more

Great food, drink, staff. Imaginative food and drink menu. V nice modern galleries in buildings behind. Outdoor patio was a bit noisy on a sunny Sunday so we move inside. read more

Having lived in Brooklyn for 24 years I'd say Swyft nails the whole ambiance of the urban farm to table scene minus the city. Excellent cocktails apps and pizza! Smart, friendly staff with excellent management. Sit at the bar or a table, either way a great experience read more

Husband and I were on a work trip in White Plains and decided to head up to the falls. On the way we stopped by Swyft. It's adorable, from the gorgeous wood exterior to the even more beautiful interior. The bartender was fabulous and served us before the kitchen opened. Manager was so incredibly welcoming and we were served fresh made sourdough whilst sipping on custom made cocktails. The selection was top notch. The menu was perfect in every way. We ordered the red shrimp tartar to start, shared the best pizza we've ever had (I understand now what the rave is all about Connecticut pizza), and the daily fish of sea bream bathing a bowl of lightly fragrant espuma and was by far the best fish dish I've had in my journeys. To top it off, a magnificent blood orange sorbet dessert that tied the meal up perfectly. Thank you to the amazing staff for a forever memorable experience. read more

We just had the best experience at Swyft. The food is outstanding, we got the field greens to start which were perfect and I loved the way they were dressed. Then we shared two pizzas, the Randy Savage and the Pink Tiger, both were outstanding and so, so delicious. The pink tiger has a little heat to it thanks to chili oil drizzled in top and it is amazing! The crust on the pizzas is everything you want and expect from a coal fired pizza, absolutely delicious and slightly charred. What really blew us away though was the staff and impeccable service. Everyone was so friendly and nice from the hostess, to the manager to our waitress. There was a discrepancy on our bill, not only was it quickly corrected but the manager (a lovely, affable man with grey hair who made the whole experience so nice) comped my drink! They went above and beyond and the food combined with their kindness and attention to detail made for a lovely afternoon! We can't wait to go back. read more

Lovely atmosphere, excellent service. Extremely overpriced pizzas. Clam pizza was tasty but clams were incredibly chewy probably out of a can. For $18 they should have been sweet and tender. I'm a New Yorker born and bred ... sausage pizza was meh and fed one person. Again price point was ridiculously high. Maybe their rent is super expensive or the owner is seeking early retirement. Not a repeat for me: read more

Confirmed a reservation online at Swyft for this evening at 8:45. At 8 the restaurant called - we were on our way out the door. Said they did not have a table for us. Overbooked or something. The caller said we can drive all the way there and try our luck at the bar, but no guarantees. Said no thanks. Minor apology; no offer to make things right with a glass of wine on the house on our next visit. Nada. read more

The service was alright. I asked for a hamburger with grilled onions. I did not receive the grilled onions. Rather, I received extra pickles. I get hives when I get near pickle seasoning. Otherwise, the waitresses were very accommodating and prompt in their service. The food has something to be desired considering that I had to take a Benadryl after my burger. read more

The long-awaited informal Swyft Restaurant has finally opened. It's high end adjacent Ore Hill is scheduled to open this summer. On the basis of 3 visits, each time with four guests, I regret that 3 stars is the most I can offer. I'd give the place 5 stars for their luscious hamburgers, cooked to perfection with a nice choice of toppings. The pizza was far less successful. Some people, myself included, sometimes enjoy doughy pizza crust and bland tomato sauce. I'm afraid Swyft has taken these options to the extreme, with crust which is almost mushy and tomatoes which reminded me of a good can of Italian crushed tomatoes without any seasoning or spices. Worst of all, a few times the pizzas were brought to the table luke warm. As far as the service goes, again I'd give Swyft no more than 3 stars. Service was rapid, and the waitress polite. But on one crowded night a few of the staff were standing near our table, literally glaring at us, all but asking when we'd be leaving. We gave them their wish, and walked out after one course. read more

I've only eaten here once, I will go back, I am intrigued with this place. The interior is nicely done, kind of a modern lodge feeling, with good lighting. It is very casual, lots of people brought their kids. The drinks were excellent. The waitstaff was okay, better than a lot of establishments in the area. Thank god I had my phone with me so that google could help me navigate the ingredients. I had to look up many words, such as cardoon, stracciatella, 'nduja, furikake and agrodolce to name a few. I guess this makes them trendy as so many restaurants have been listing the obscure ingredients to their menus! I'm a little put off by the pretentiousness of this, but c'est la vie. This place seems to be for the more adventurous eater, stick to pizza garden if you have a picky eater with you! The pizzas were interesting and tasty, although I did not detect any clams or pancetta on the clams, pancetta, pecorino, arugula, parsley, lemon pizza. I was curious about the kale, ricotta, bottarga, lemon pizza, but I did not order it after I looked up what bottarga was and found out that it is cured fish roe (I'n not into the fishy). A table next to us ordered it and complained that they detected no fish roe on their pizza, so I guess it is not overwhelming! I've eaten at the chef's other restaurant so I know he is a master of combining flavors. I have to say that the $14 salad of "farm lettuces" is something I will not order again....literally some lettuce with lemon and olive oil, like a joke! I left satisfied and will go back. read more

I was so excited to try this new spot, having had delicious food at CT. Drove quite a distance for lunch and will only go again if I'm already in the area. Everyone deserves a second chance. I hate it when the wait staff says - literally one minute after we've been handed our menus - "Are WE ready to order?" (The restaurant was empty.) We asked if we could have a few minutes to peruse the menu. Then "Will WE be having still water or bottled water?" Really, was she planning on joining us? Guess I should have ordered pizza. The sandwich was dreadful. My friend liked her salad. The interior was attractive and it was a cold rainy day. If there's been a fire it would have been nice. read more

went there today and we went with somebody who used to work with the chef.... we had a pretty big order plus the kitchen brought 5 different plates for us to try (we did not order) the food was very good , the service was good, atmosphere was ok but we were charged for the 5 plates we did not order....this is a horrible horrible business practice, now i dont live in kent but i do business with several businesses there....i will br letting them know of my experience read more

It was good the chicken was very good but the sauté green veggie could use a bit more seasoning and the salad needs more dressing. Didn't like being watched to see when we were done eating. The bartender didn't have what I wanted as far as two kinds of drinks I ordered so settled for something else. Pricey and I have had much better read more

I so wanted to provide a higher rating and was really looking forward to eating here. It was a very disappointing experience. You know you're in the wrong restaurant when the first vibe you get is that they are doing you a favor by feeding you. We wanted simple things like a refill on the water. After our food was served he didn't come over to check on us until our meals we're almost gone. Then, we had pleasure of sitting there for an extended period of time with dirty dishes in front of us. We all ordered burgers which were delicious but the poor service really overshadowed the quality of the food. It was a very quiet Sunday evening and the restaurant was basically empty. Our server was completely frazzled! Did I mention that all three of us ordered the same thing-burgers! I mean really, we're not talking table side Caesar salad where the wait staff is actually doing some level of cooking. Whatever happened to - thank you for coming AND how may we better serve you? We are in the area enough and would like several dining choices... Please please please step up your service game otherwise it will be your undoing! read more

Food is delicious. Ambiance is great. Service was disappointing at best. My meal was delivered so late that my dining party had already finished the meal. At NYC prices, I would expect NYC service and attention to detail...or at least more recognition of a mistake made. read more

good food but very expensive. service haphazard. every time I've visited, they've been out of something--pizza dough, salad, cobbler and then forgetting something at this point is a given. But the chicken is nice, and so are the cocktails. read more

The hype for this restaurant is ridiculous. It's full every night and we apparently barely got a 2 person table on a Wednesday night in the middle of the winter. First, I order coffee when we walk in, and it doesn't come until the meal does. They tell me there was something wrong with the coffee machine. But do I want "americano?, espresso?" Just a coffee I say. Can they not drip the coffee, something? And it comes so late that, given that it's coffee and given that it's a new restaurant, it should have been on the house. But then I taste it and I'm really not sure they didn't give me instant coffee. It felt like it was a step above what you would get at a diner. You know, the 1 dollar a cup that you get endless refills on? But this was a small cup, of a coffee that was watery with no body, no real flavor, ... and it was 3.50. If their machine was somehow broken, they should have said, "sorry, we can't make coffee tonight", not charged me 3.50. If in fact that was what was wrong with it. I ended up ordering espresso with dessert because I wanted to see if that would be just as bad. I couldn't tell. I don't drink that much espresso. It was espresso but there was nothing special about it. It was small, 3 bucks I think. But, I don't know what happened with that coffee, but I expected a lot from such an expensive restaurant and it was, at the very least, sub-par. The pizza had an amazing crust. This is the highlight of the restaurant: they have some very expensive pizza oven. But you know what, a good Indian restaurant can make pan that good and it's a heck of a lot cheaper. The real problem with the pizza was that there was basically no cheese. There's a tiny dollop of mozzarella on each piece. And I understand if you want to be artistic and emphasize the high quality of the ingredients. There's clearly a, possibly freshly made tomato sauce, the sauce was good. But there was too little cheese to call this artistic. It was skimpy, it was not lessened to emphasize the other ingredients. And then supposedly there was honey on the pizza which sounds like a nice twist when you order it, but there was so little that I didn't actually notice it until the very last piece, I had completely forgotten about it. And my dining companion ordered parmesan to sprinkle on his pizza. He got a small bowl and I tasted the stuff. It was way too salty. It might have been a high quality cheese, but it was not appropriate for pizza. Dessert was good, a cake with hazelnuts and high quality chocolate,but it was small and a couple bucks more expensive than anything else in the area. There's a touch of something, that's supposed to be mint creme fraiche, but the mint is too weak, and there's some kind of herb, possibly the mint?, mixed in, but it's dry and tasteless. A failed attempt at something. My dining companion said his dessert was also good. He also had wine and said that it was okay, not great and too expensive. Here's the thing, and this is why I'm giving this place 2 stars instead of 3: there was nothing bad besides the coffee. But the prices were a little higher than some of the more expensive restaurants in the area, and the portions were a little or a lot smaller. And the quality of the ingredients might be great and that's wonderful, but the food was simply not good enough to justify the price. And then the thing is, there's already a bunch of restaurants in town, there's already several better pizza restaurants within driving distance. And the so-called "philanthropist" that recently built the restaurant, actually cut off the lease of another restaurant in town because she owned that building too, in order to help her two new restaurants: Swyft being the one for people who want to be rich, and the other one being for people who are rich. The town did not need another restaurant. New Yorkers come up to see the leaves in autumn and they come up on summer weekends and the restaurant business is tough. Restaurants need to make it through the winter with mostly local business. Swyft, filled to the brim every night of the week, is taking business from other restaurants, even if it's just temporary from the buzz. And the chef worked at another area restaurant "Community Table": the name is a kind of joke because it's so expensive you can only eat there if you're rich and NOT part of the community. So it's like you're eating the community's food I guess. But I expected something amazing from Swyft. Seeing the place packed with New Yorkers every night, I expected everything to be perfect. I expected food as good as some of the better New York restaurants I've eaten at. Solid reservations, on a Wednesday night, right after a snow storm in this little town? Quite frankly, with diabetes and cancer epidemics in the United States and Mexico, all the food should be organic and you shouldn't have to pay this much for it. And Swyft has so much to live up to and it fell far short. read more

The 2 of us went Sunday evening in late August and sat outside. Maybe 3/4 full. Very nice ambience inside and out. Very 1st thing waiter says is "we are short staffed". Takes a while before we get a menu. All the time he was very curt with us. Obviously very up tight and overworked. After a long while our order came and another server brought us the side which was clearly Spinach. We told her we ordered kale and she said annoyed, that's kale and took off. Very short hair and big black frame glasses. After a long while our waiter said sorry about the mix up. Long after the meal did we get the correct side dish. By that point only one other table was outside so we couldn't figure why the long delay. Shame it's such a nice place the menu has lots of specialties. I ordered the lamb Ragu and was too salty and not much lamb and found on the bottom. I had lots of ragu and this was sub.par. Sardines were excellent. read more