Cozy atmosphere and great steaks! Salad bar and a cheese board included with your meal. What more needs to be said!? I've eaten here several times over the years and never been disappointed. This a local favorite of my in-laws. read more

A cozy, casual steakhouse filled with rustic New England charm. The food here is simple and delicious, and you get a lot of it. The complimentary cheese board that kicks off your dinner is a nice touch (especially for a cheese lover like me), but be careful not to fill up too much on that or the salad bar, because whatever steak you order, it's going to be big and it's going to be good. And, of course, the baked potato isn't much smaller than the steak! If you still have any room left, the brownie sundae is a fun way to end your meal, though I recommend sharing it with a friend. As if this wasn't all enough, the service is always attentive and friendly, even on a very busy Saturday night. This isn't the upscale NYC steakhouse experience, but it doesn't have to be. The Smithy is a wonderful restaurant experience all its own, and one that I'm guessing is getting harder to find. It's the perfect place for a laid back birthday celebration or family visit. So just sit back, relax, and enjoy your cheese and your steak. read more

I've lived in Easton and Trumbull since I was born in '68 and I had never been to The Smithy cuz I tended to do most of my socializing in the Ffld, Westport, Norwalk areas. A bunch of us lifelong friends went to The Smithy last night to celebrate one of our birthdays. As soon as I walked in, I knew this was the sort of place I just love from an ambiance perspective. Multiple rooms in an old, wooden house with a fireplace burning, etc. The food was great too. OK, perhaps the steak wasn't to quite the level of Sparks, but obviously that's not a reasonable expectation (nor were we looking for a $100 steak).. However, it was a darn good Porterhouse, with a nice baked potato on the side. The appetizers were good too. All six of us really liked it (and there were certainly food snobs amongst us). Then owner also really made a sincere effort. Apparently, he bought the place just before the Pandemic struck & finally the place is seeing it's flow of customers after he rode-out what had to be a few tough years during COVID. A really nice guy who truly cares about his customers' experience. He did it just right in terms of visiting us but not over-visiting us. I really, really recommend this place, especially to anyone that loves a warm and cozy restaurant around Christmas-time. The atmosphere is nice and quiet too.... nice and dimly lit too, which suits my preference in a place like is for sure. Just go a week before Christmas... you won't be sorry. I know I'll be there many times before the holidays cuz it really is my kind of place. read more

If you were to look up steakhouse in the dctionary, it should simply say "The Smithy". Outstanding steaks, a nice salad bar, and excellent service make for a great evening out. read more

just went last night with a party of 7. Had to wait 20 minutes for a table on Saturday night. Ok by me. The steaks were fantastic. cheese bar and salad bar small but had everything you Ned. felt like I was in my moms kitchen 20 years ago. My new favorite steak house. Prices were great. read more

I love it here ever since I was little, this was our special birthday dinner place. Cozy ambiance andgreat service. I've never had a bad meal here. Best steaks around as well as the swordfish! read more

I debated on the three star in my mind finally settling on it. Seating is tight to the point where you can't help but listen to the conversation etc next to you. There are no reservations and we had a solid thirty minute wait which I wouldn't have minded except being cramped in a back corner room and waiting for a pre dinner cocktail. There are no local brews even though one of the best breweries in the state is one half mile away. The wine by the glass selection consists of four choices all mediocre. The bottle selection is weak as well and honestly overpriced. At the table service is quick friendly and professional. Several specials were available and described in detail. A nice addition is the choice of cheeses self serve an an adequate salad bar also self serve. The grill is within eyesight and the steaks were cooked perfectly and accompanied by a perfect baked potato. Go for the food it is worth it. The atmosphere well not so much. read more

Went to the smithy a couple of weeks ago. I have been there before and really like the Smithy in general. Usually a wait but that's ok. What I did not like .... I ordered a chicken skewer dish and asked if the carb on the plate could be substituted with a vegetable... The waitress said no that's not possible you can bring the potato or rice home but if you want a vegetable on the side you have to pay the 5 dollar fee for the side of veggie. In addition to the dish???? So... Yelp users if you don't like carbs.. Do not hit the Smithy .. read more

Our fave! Helps that my son also works there, but even before he became employed at the establishment, we visited regularly for years! Personally have never been disappointed; burgers and steaks cooked perfectly to your specification, MONSTER baked potatoes, cute but sufficient salad bar, and a cheese station! While it isn't elaborate (typically one of two types of cheese and a small assortment of crackers/bread sticks), it sets the stage for your meal. Chicken kabobs are juicy and flavorful. Do NOT miss desserts; you will regret it! It is cost-effective and service is exceptional. Ambience is warm and relaxing. read more

The cheese wheel and crackers are such an unique touch. Salad bar is small but has everything you need. Yummy bread too! I have had their steak(juicy), lamb chops(meaty) and shrimp...totally delicious. I always have their rice pilaf, its my go to rather than a potato. Desserts have been good but not as memorable. Can't wait to go back! read more

I have been here 3 times now and really enjoy the food. The self serve cheese is a nice touch and the salad bar is included also. The salad bar is a little small but just enough to make a nice salad. Every dish my family and I have tried did not disappoint. The decor could use some updating but the food is good. read more

A little bit old-school but still a great place to have a steak, after all these year. And they have a salad bar!

Wonderful food, wonderfull service, reasonable prices.............. We eat here every couple of months. Was here last Thursday night and it was packed. The cheese of the day on the carving block was a creamy Provolone that was great on the crackers and added to my salad. Love the old fashioned salad bar with all my favorites including 4 bean salad. They mix a proper cocktail at reasonable prices. Daughte and I had the demi striploins with rice pilaf and sauteed mushrooms. Prepared perfectly and just a big enough portion after the salad bar and chese and crackres. Wife had the lighter fare evening special, a chicken Dijon brochette that was moist and flavorful. Our waiter was attentive and charming. Only the dated ambience and rest rooms keep me from giving 5 stars. This is a much better meal and much better value than aqny of the chain steak places. I only wish they were open for a businessman's lunch. read more

Yummy great service , I suggest the sirloin for 19 bucks you can't go wrong, perfect charcoal taste prepared right in front of you, great staff read more

the food is always to the point the best baked potato anywhere only downside the service is slow at times been here 40 plus years for a reason read more

We went to the Smithy last Friday night for Dinner . The food was Very Good the service was great too. We are definitely going back We had clams casino & Soup to start ....For dinner we had steak baked potato and salmon with rice , very very good I love the rolls too. We did not have dessert we were stuffed . The staff was very friendly, Exceptional !! read more

Went to the Smithy for the first time last week and found it a fantastic steakhouse. Though the menu is limited on the steak options the porter house I had was cooked perfect. The cheese block was interesting and the salad bar was a tad limited. Only the basics were available. Over all the staff was excellent and everything came out in a timely manner. The décor was very dark tavern like and would make a great place to play D&D puts you into that kinda spirit. Over all great restaurant. read more

BASIC. No bar to wait for a table, they stick you in a room with no possibility for an appetizer. If you order a glass of wine, ask for the half carafe because that's the better price, but they WON'T offer it. The girl who is the hostess is LITTLE HELP. There's a cheese and cracker bar but they don't tell you you can leave the "predinner" room to get some. Then we went to the actual table. The menu is the size of a playing card. About eight options. All come with rice pilaf or baked potato. That is literally it. The salad bar had about 9 ingredients. The bill came to almost $90, and then tip. Throughout I couldn't believe that we were paying for five app choices, 8 dinner options. NOT great. A throwback to bad times. read more

Beyond delicious and extremely reasonable with the salad, cheese, and carafe of wine! Service is attentive. When there is a wait, its fine because of the extra room with tables and service. read more

You would not expect that this restaurant is so good from the outside. It is dark inside but still great. Salad Bar and Cheese was fantastic. Menu is great, and so is the food and service. Would highly recommend. read more

A great family restaurant when we're in the area. The Smithy never fails us ~ their food quality is consistently delicious. Every meal comes w the salad bar and the bread/cheese table so we never go away hungry. Matter of fact, we often take doggie bags home w us for meals the next day! The service is friendly, and attentive without being too much so. We only wish it was a little bit lighter inside but we understand that's part of its charm. read more

What a great place, the food is amazing and the staff is so accommodating. Try the stuffed chicken, great flavor and well presented. The steaks are all high quality and very tender. read more

Rudest hostess ever encountered. And on New Year's Eve. When the wife and I arrived early, as per a young and pleasant man who answered the phone on the 30th, the joint was packed. He had assured me the wait would be "no problem", and if we showed up early, seating would be " a piece of cake". What B S . When I squeezed my way up tho the hostess table, I tried to explaine. We were on a tight schedule. We were only two. We wouldn't linger. We would be out in a flash. Then the thick-waisted and heavely made up gal rudely ask me if " I knew what day this is?" Yeah, Sweatheart, I do know what today is. That's why my wife called in a favor to get her hair done. That's why I am standing here in my best suit. And I don't need some dim-wit to tell me what day it is. And as long as I am in a rant, your make up looks like it was slapped on by a stroke victim. If this is how you treat people on the big night, we won't be be coming back on a slow night. read more

Waited 20 minutes, four people, food very good, salads very good - $206 plus tip. Service good, tight sitting and real loud. Ok parking, been there at least twelve times and will be back. read more

This place felt like a joke, but not a funny one. The reviews on Yelp were so promising that my boyfriend and I decided to try it. They do not take reservations so we expected a wait on a Saturday night. We ended up waiting for over an hour. The hostess insisted that we could not have been waiting that long (strange response to a question about how much longer it would be) before just walking away. When we were finally seated, the waiter brought our drinks quickly (the only positive about the place). The celebrated 'cheese table' was a block of cheap monterey jack, and horseradish cheddar. I witnessed the patrons of the restaurant wiping their sleeves all over the cheese as they hacked their pieces of cheese onto their plates and chose their plastic baggies of breadsticks - the kind you get at delis when you buy a cup of soup. I went to the 'salad bar' which is included with the dinner entree. It consisted of a sad bowl of iceberg lettuce, black olives from a can, dried carrot shreds, and apparently they had run out of red onions because the container had sliced yellow onions in it. It's the kind of salad bar You'd expect to find at a Sizzler. Then our steaks came. I ordered the NY strip on the waiter's recommendation. After 40 minutes, our steaks came out. I ordered mine medium rare- it came out well done and completely unseasoned. The only thing that was even remotely tasty was the baked potato and that was only because it was swimming in butter and sour cream. I have never written a Yelp review but this place was such a joke that I couldn't let other people make the same mistake of believing the insanely positive reviews of this place. We spent a total of 3 hours there, and paid over $30 per entree and got an experience that was worse than eating at Sizzler (I've never eaten at Sizzler, but I'm sure the wait for a table is less than an hour, the food comes faster than 40 minutes later, and it doesn't cost over $100 for two people). No one in their right mind could give this place more than 1 star. Maybe 2 if that hostess was fired. read more

The last time I ate at Smithy was two years ago. The food wasn't that impressive then. We had to send back a steak that was undercooked (should had been medium rare, it was rare) and the stuffed chicken breast was very dried, sent back. I wonder why is this place getting 4 stars??? Again, we decided to give this place another try after 2 years. It was a busy Saturday night, but we didn't wait too long before we got seated. We ordered the stuffed breaded mushrooms for appetizers and the salad bar. The salad bar was just ok...lots of the condiments, tomato cherries, sliced cucumbers, chopped red onions, etc. but the containers were almost empty, had to scrap the bottoms of the container. They should be more mindful to replenish these items to keep it looking fresh. The salad bar is right next to a very small grilling and cooking area...not much room for the chef and not much room for people lining up to the salad bar. Cheese board was very good, good hunk of mild (?) cheddar cheese and a large bowl of soft cheese spread with packaged bread sticks and crackers. Our waiter was good and attentive. When we got our appetizer, we told the waiter it was good but his replied, "thanks but people at the other tables were complaining about the food"...interesting. Our entrees came, steak (medium rare) with blue cheese sauce and a baked potato and ordered the stuffed chicken breast with rice again. The steak was cooked to order (medium rare) and the chicken breast was a little dried but good and the rice was ok. As for the plating of both entrees, very boring looking, lack any color...also the breaded stuffing on the chicken was the same stuffing as the stuffed mushrooms...so the chicken was not unique in any way and the rice was just rice, maybe a little sprinkle of chopped parsley would help to add some color to make the food look more appetizing. Considering you're going out to eat and it's really not be that hard to add some garnishes to make food look good, especially when people are paying for a meal. OK this is an old eating establishment in Monroe, I'm not originally from this area but I've met lots of nice locals since living in Monroe. This is what they have to said about Smithy, they "use to be" regulars but now they said the quality has gone down. Smithy does reminds me of Chuck's Steakhouse in Danbury...old and smell a little musty but much bigger than Smithy. This restaurant really need a major interior make-over. The interior at Smithy during dinner time is a bit dreary and dark. They had some old farm tools hanging but it's dark and not that noticeable...again it needed some contrast to make the inside look for comfortable. My final remark, sorry I cannot recommend this eatery. read more

Reminds me of Chuck's Steakhouse in that it is still the same after many years in business. Not the best steak you will ever have but also not the same price you will pay at a top notch steakhouse. Two-thirds the quality for two-thirds to half the price. Not a bad trade off. Nice open atmosphere although a bit tight and dark. Good offering of entrees, nice well stocked salad bar and some great breads. Bar talent is a bit thin so ordering a basic drink, beer or wine is the way to go. read more

Retro steak house with reasonable prices. Love the horseradish cheese. The creamed spinach is awesome. My date and I ordered lobster tail (me) and NY strip (him) then proceeded to share and still brought some home. read more

Every entree includes the cheese board and salad bar. Adore the staff here and the food is yummy too.

This place is solid and consistent. The filet mignon is always cooked to perfection and is like butta! Great sides, same wait staff for a million years. Always greeted with a smile. I always come here for a real steak. read more

Just visited after a long period of time. Still the consistent steak house. Great service, good food and fair price.

After many years of overlooking this longtime Monroe dining staple, my wife and I ventured for dinner there last Saturday night. We were glad that we did. The ambiance is very traditional- low lighting with lots of dark wood and a working fireplace. The interior is a bit tight but was laid out so that one has reasonable privacy. The menu is mostly dedicated to grilled steaks with some seafood and other dishes available. The Cowboy Steak special of that evening was a very tender cut of meat done just right. The onions and mushrooms on top perfected it. Shrimp Scampi fared a bit less well as the shrimp were on the small side (there were eight) but were nevertheless tasty. Dinners come with a piping hot baked potato in tin foil with large dollops of butter and sour cream "on the side" as requested. Specialty veggies and sides are available a la cart. The salad bar was somewhat limited but was freshly maintained and contained all of the essentials with classic Russian, French and Blue Cheese dressings. Plus they provide salad bowls, not just small salad plates-a nice touch. Several choices of cheese, crackers, and breads are also available. As you can ascertain, there is nothing "nouvelle" about The Smithy. But they did everything just about right at reasonable prices. As for the service- the young staff was enthusiastic and attentive. However, being that the facility caters to a traditional minded clientele, management should advise the hostess and wait staff to avoid the term "you guys" as in "would you guys like to sit here?" and "would you guys like another drink?". In fact, that term should be banned by the entire restaurant industry. Overall though I would recommend this pleasant dining experience. read more

Old faithful, nothing trendy-no new fads just really good food.

This place is really good and worth it. Excellent steaks and outstanding salad bar. Dinner comes with bread and butter. Bar has good beers and drinks. Highly recommend it. Staff is on the ball and the owner is there every day to ensure it. read more

Really great steak house in Monroe. Prices and wait staff are amazing!! Would recommend anyone to check it out!

The smithy has been a favorite of mine since 1990 . The food is always good and I love the cheese table and salad bar . My favorite meal is a toss up between the steak with burbon sauce or the Brazilian lobster tails . Definition of great food .. SMITHY ALL THE WAY ... read more

Simply made, simply great food in an old fashioned, blacksmith themed home. Cheese board is always a welcoming sight. I'm a fan!

Recently moved to the area and came here after seeing the good reviews online. We were definitely impressed by the quality of the food. The steaks were the most tender steaks we have had in a long time and were cooked perfectly. The cheese block was also a nice touch, as it is something you don't commonly find. read more

Great place been around long time cant go wrong for simple good steak dinner still the same after years great litttle hidden gen in monroe a must try for good steak and simply prepared meal nice salad bar read more

excellent food and old fashion kind service.Love the cheese bar and salad. Great Shrimp and Steaks. My favorite restaurant. Everyone knows your name here!!! read more