One of the best meals I've had in recent memory. We sat at the bar where you can see the cooks work their magic which set the tone wonderfully. We started off with drinks --gin dirty martini and a classic old fashion, both were perfectly made and crisp. Food: Appetizer-warm bread with butter was a nice starter. However I wish we got the escargot with bone marrow as we watched it being made it looked and smelled delicious. Entrees- we split a 27 oz ribeye and the scallops. The steak was a beautiful cut of meat, well marbled, cooked to perfection and seared so nicely. It was sooo tasty and seared with Malden salt. We are pretty snobby when it comes to steak and this was probably the best steak I've ever had out at a restaurant. The scallops similarly were cooked and seared perfectly and seasoned correctly. Laid on a bed of watercress and potato fondant it was the perfect delicate bite and contrasted nicely with the steak. We got the side of brussel sprouts with peanut Rayu which was a beautiful flavor bomb. I can't say enough about the food. Every single thing we ordered was seasoned and cooked perfectly. I find that to be a rarity in today's restaurant scene. I could not recommend this place more. We really enjoyed it and this will be used as a comparison to every restaurant I go to going forward. 6/5 stars! Come here read more

I was a little leery of TSK Thames Street Kitchen because of a few things we kept seeing creep up in reviews: the noise and comments about tastes. Our experience completely redeemed the place on those concerns: every bite of food we had was _delicious_ and prepared in a masterly way. And the noise . . . well, it just wasn't even remarkable. It's a popular place, sure, but it's not a madhouse or anything. (I can think of two other nearby places that were a LOT louder than TSK on the nights we visited them.) Okay, but the service - friendly and . . . seemingly caring . . . but - I don't know, not always on top of things? Some things were instantly noted and addressed, others - well, there were big gaps of time between check-ins . . . and it wasn't an especially busy time. Also a couple reasonably major life events that had been noted when making the reservation were not even remarked upon: it was just sort of, "Here's your supper!" We'd certainly go back - the folks in the kitchen are fantastic and I want more of what they make - heck, I'd go back today. The folks out front . . . well, it wasn't an "A-Team" experience, although it wasn't unpleasant or anything. read more

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We had a wonderful time here and was so impressed with the food, cocktails and staff. We enjoyed the bone marrow app, Caesar & wedge salads, filet & NY Strip & the Sticky Toffee Pudding. Summer, our server, did a terrific job and was very attentive & provided great suggestions. I forgot my leftover bag and a member of the staff went outside in the cold to track me down. Very impressive place in all ways!! read more

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This was our first time at TSK and WOW! What a great spot! Unlike many Newport dining stops, TSK is casual and comfortable. Their menu is short but done so well. Their staff was attentive and friendly, even chatting back to us with questions about how they were cooking the steak (we opted for the bar seat dining option). Would highly recommend for a cozy steak meal! We can't wait to come back! read more

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My favorite dining experience in Newport. Amazing steaks (tried filet and hangar) and sides (fingerling mashed potatoes and glazed carrots special). The tomato and burrata special appetizer was one of the few times in my life that I loved the taste of a tomato. Notes: the sides are pretty large...we had 2 for 2 people and had leftovers. The bearnaise butter is literally butter with bearnaise flavor. I'd have preferred a traditional bearnaise sauce but this was still pretty good. read more

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I just want to say- I feel bad giving one star since I didn't get to eat here, but I am doing so hoping the management sees this and learns from it. If you're going to close for a week, put it on your website, put it on your Google listing, put it where people can actually see it. We visited Newport and this was where we planned to have a nice dinner for a special occasion. Got ready, walked from our hotel, closed. Locked up. No sign on the door, nothing. I double checked and everything said it was open. It was then that I called and got the recording they'd be closed for the week. Really sloppy management mistake , really disappointing. read more

Came here with a reservation in a Thursday night and this place does not disappoint! we loved having a seat at the bar and watching the open kitchen work. the food was delicious and service was excellent and super fast. we got the mission cut steak (31 ounces) with the bonito brown butter and it was so unique and tasted amazing. the apps were good - we definitely liked the bone marrow and escargot! our one piece of advice would be to make an earlier reservation because they only have a set quantity of the mission cut steak and set sizes, we originally wanted a smaller amount but 31 ounces was the smallest steak they had left. would definitely recommend this place to everyone visiting newport! read more

TSK Thames Street Kitchen - mission cut steak mushroom side - New American Near Me - Newport, Rhode Island

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Went as a group of 4 on Monday night. Made reservation a few days before. First impression is the ambiance. Very Newport quaint and well kept. Cozy, neat, and not pretentious. We ordered family style: - Raviolo: Big single ravioli. Delicious potent flavor but only enough for 1 spoonful each person. Glad we had bread to mop up the sauce. - Marrow and Escargot: Clean, didn't feel heavy. Not as flavorful as the raviolo. Bread was amazing (warm, perfectly toasted thick cut). - Halibut: so soft, we didn't even need a knife to divide it up. - NY strip: lean and nailed the requested temperature (medium rare plus). Amazing with the grilled garlic and horseradish cream. - Mushrooms: delicious side dish with wild looking mushrooms and a subtle cheese. I could eat a second order. - Latkes: crisped perfectly! - Snap Pea Gibson: this cocktail might replace my favorite drink (gimlets). So refreshing: cool, strong, and impressively balanced. Don't let the small cup fool you. All the cheeses and creams were surprisingly not heavy. That said, all 4 of us was full after. Service was no frills: nice, checked in just the right amount of times. I'm not really a $$$ type of diner anymore because few places feel worth the price but TSK delivered. We plan to be back! read more

Newport has many great restaurants, but this is the best food in town by far. It is pricey, but well worth every penny. Have been here a couple of times. Sat on the patio outdoors the first time and dined indoors on return visits. Bread appetizer is delicious and cocktails are great too. Steaks are cooked to perfection and extremely flavorful. Have had filet mignon as well as NY strip. Definitely get the brown butter Benito sauce. It is probably the best sauce I have ever tasted. For sides I have had potato latkes, roasted shishitos, and glazed carrots. All were top notch. Great service and vibe here as well. Can't think of a single negative thing to say about this place. read more

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YOU NEED RESERVATIONS TO COME HERE! Do NOT GET UPSET AND LEAVE BAD REVIEWS BC THEY TURN YOU AWAY OR OFFER YOU UNFAVORABLE SEATING/TIMES. We booked weeks out as we are coming from Long Island AND NEVER DISAPPOINTED! Please use common sense and NOT complain noise as well since it's an OPEN KITCHEN AND VERY BUSY RESTAURANT. People are going to talk and have a good time...deal with it! Last time we got the hanger steak this time we got the strip! My wife couldn't finish her meal and I struggled to finish it for her As usual we padded our bill with $15 plus delish cock tails! Our server was amazing! When you order steak you get one choice of dip for the steak! It is actually enough for two people so each person should pick a different one bc sharing is caring! We got the Bearnice Butter and black garlic BBQ. We did the black garlic BBQ in the past so we knew it was good. Bearnice sauce was amazing and we both dipped into that with every bite. We didn't even touch the Black Garlic BBQ We got their mash potatoes which is to die for as well as their broccolini with tahini, almond and bacon. You couldn't even taste the tahini which is good bc my wife doesn't do spicy! WE WILL BE BACK! read more

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Everything was exceptional. From the apps to the steak and the sides. Can't wait to go back. The viral Caesar salad was delicious, I just wish the topping was more cheese than breadcrumbs. read more

Food was tasty, staff was very accommodating to my food allergies and everyone was very friendly. You could tell that all their produce and meats are very fresh. Small restaurant with a unique ambience. Parking is difficult so make sure to arrive early to find parking. The restaurant also gets busy fast so a reservation is recommended read more

TSK Thames Street Kitchen - Filet, side of carrots and side of potato latkes - New American Near Me - Newport, Rhode Island

Bit shocked by the noise level when we first entered Wednesday night but decided to stay since they had such great reviews on Yelp. Glad we did as every course was a hit...plus wine selection was above average quality. Five stars for service and food. Maybe someday down the line something can be done to lower the noise level....had to yell thru dinner to my husband to be heard. Next time going in warmer weather and sitting outside may help. Loud enough to remove a star... read more

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Came here for dinner with family and like the atmosphere and service. The energy and vibe of the people were good around. The food was a little hit and miss, one with the concepts and two just lack of flavor. They do basic dishes and just like trendy concepts well, but you have to do a lot to the dish to make taste something. read more

We were looking for a special meal on our weekend in Newport. This is an intimate restaurant with a limited, streamlined menu that clearly evokes confidence and an intention to rise to a higher level. So this review is based on that higher standard. We sat at the Chef's Bar. We were so close to the kitchen that at times it got hot, but it was worth seeing the preparation of all the dishes, especially the meat dishes. The chef and cooks were skilled, competent and confident. The execution was clearly consistent dish after dish, so the staff were executing the chef's vision accurately. Presentation was good. The wait staff also were well trained and attentive, and the wine list had nice selections at reasonable prices. Skill, presentation and wine got the 3 stars here. Where this restaurant missed its mark was on flavor. We had three of the supposed standout dishes and none of them impressed us. The Caesar salad had an inventive presentation in layered form (by assembling in a bowl, then inverting), but it tasted like a milky mess. The anchovy was just a big chunk at the end. Where was the lemon to brighten the dish? There was no bite from properly aged, quality Parmesan or Romano. What did they put into this dressing? The raviolo was our second appetizer. As you slice open the raviolo, an egg yolk spills out. This, admittedly, involves skill and would have impressed me if it was my first time, but I've had that trick about 4 times now (the first time 20 years ago in SF), so now I'm looking for flavor. The choice of flavors here just didn't make sense. The egg yolk should be the star, not just visually, but in terms of flavor. But it gets completely drowned by a soupy carbonara sauce outside. You're not going to taste anything except cream and bacon (lardon), so why bother crafting that raviolo? Couldn't taste the egg yolk. Couldn't taste the ricotta spinach filling. Just tasted carbonara. Lastly, we both got the mission cut steak with bonito brown butter sauce. Again, presentation was excellent and my steak was cooked perfectly rare. I had about a third of the steak with the sauce, but stopped because the bonito ultimately made the sauce too fishy. The remaining two thirds of the steak I ate plain. Not just because I didn't add sauce, but apparently because the chef didn't add any seasoning. I couldn't even taste any salt or pepper. In the kitchen, I could see these steaks already partially cooked, waiting to go into the oven, but I have to wonder what the preparation was, because nothing they did seemed to impart any flavor. This was not a $100 steak. The steak should stand on its own. The sauce should make it better, but the sauce alone does not make it a $100 steak (especially since the sauce costs extra!). The side of smashed fingerling potatoes was good, as was the roasted shallot and garlic. The shallot and garlic were good because they were allowed to shine as their own flavors. But so many other dishes weren't allowed to shine. I watched the chefs prepare the broccolini appetizer about a dozen times. It looked fantastic coming out of the pan -- bright green and crunchy. They placed it on a smear of tahini. Great. And then they drowned it in either bacon bits or fried shallots. And that killed the appeal. Is the dominant flavor going to be the vegetable or the fried topping? Overall, I would say the menu here suffered from richness piled on richness. There was a lot of cream, a lot of bacon, a lot of butter. These are fine, but in balance and in service of flavor. In all three dishes, the flavors were muddled, indistinctive, or drowned out. When everything is heavy, nothing gets to rise to the top. read more

Second time coming here. The food was just as good as it was last time, and the service was even better. I love that they added a few new things to the menu. Looking forward to our next trip here. The Caesar salad was both creative and tasty! read more

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Great food great service in a lovely location on Thames Street in Newport. Reservations are a bit hard to get but very worth the effort.

Came in with a small group for a Friday evening dinner. Sat outside on the patio since the weather was perfect. We had young lady who was not our server, not sure who she was, but she explained the menu in great detail. Her recommendations did not miss. When we met the "official server" she seemed less than thrilled to be serving. We had to flag her down to order additional drinks and food. We all ordered the 1/2 chicken (due to the recommendation) and it was AMAZING! We capped it off with the ice cream sandwiches and it was tempting to not keep ordering them. The flavors were unique and kept you wanting more. read more

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Great food and service. Drinks were great too. We sat at the bar which I recommend because it's all happening in front of you.

I can't believe I waited this long to try this restaurant. The food is amazing. One of the best steakhouses on the island . Everything from the drinks to dessert was delicious. Sat at the bar so we could watch the food being made which was delightful as it's an open kitchen & being a foodie enjoyed watching the cooks & chefs. The Caesar salad was wonderful. You definitely can taste hints of the anchovies which was suttle. My friend & I ordered the Mission cut ribeye steak. Ordered by the ounce we ordered enough to share. It was perfectly cooked to rare plus . So tender & juicy. For the side we ordered the shishito peppers which was served with a romesco sauce & freshly grated pecorino cheese. Dessert was panna cotta . It does have a lively vibe , so can be a bit loud. I will definitely return. Our waiter was very helpful with recommendations & definitely was spot on with recommending the bonito brown butter sauce to accompany the steak. The service is friendly & just a lovely dining experience. read more

Experience an exceptional dining adventure at this fantastic restaurant! From delicious food and outstanding service to a charming ambiance, every detail is designed to delight. The polite and professional staff elevate the experience, making it truly memorable. read more

This is one of our favorite places for dinner in Newport. Reservations are a must. It can be fun to sit at the chef's bar with a view of the kitchen. I love the raviolo and Caesar salad. The mission cut steak is excellent. The negronis and other cocktails are great. read more

We SO enjoyed splitting the unique Caesar salad, the filet, the latkes, and the tiramisu, sitting at the bar and watching them prepare the dishes. I enjoyed the passionfruit mocktail as well. Service was prompt. It got a little loud, but the food made it worth it! read more

Best restaurant in all of Newport!!! So good we had to go twice during our stay. The potato latkes were INCREDIBLE, the chicken was FANTASTIC and the steak was MOUTH WATERING! We sat at the window seats during our first visit and had the best time enjoying the ambiance and people watching. Already looking forward to the next time we get to eat here!! read more

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Very popular place. Hard to get reservations. I couldn't get in but found There is a little bar on the side that also serves their menu. The steak and salad was delicious read more

TSK Thames Street Kitchen - New American Near Me - Newport, Rhode Island

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As a follow up to my original review of TSK, I am glad to say little has changed. We went for this year's restaurant week. The ambiance is the same. It is a lively and very cool layout. We sat at the chef's bar again to gander at all of the dishes being prepared. Service was awesome. Our server was super cheerful and helpful and really increased our good time. She was always attentive and ready to get us more water or drinks. Food was once again nothing short of phenomenal. Best meal I have had in RI read more

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Here is another place that you must go and eat at while in Newport. Make your reservation a few weeks in advance otherwise you may not get in. Any of the 4 steak options are done to perfection. If you get the Filet (10oz) you may want to consider splitting it with your loved one. It is thick and with sides you will have plenty to fill your belly. There is not a bad choice to be made with the sauces and sides. Enjoy every bite. read more

The best meal and experience I've had in a while. We were able to get last minute reservations at the Chef's bar. The best seats in the house!! The entire kitchen is right in front of you, you're able to interact a bit more with the staff. My date and I both got the filets and they were perfection. We ordered the bordelaise sauce, bonito brown butter and bernaise butter. My partner's favorite was the bonito brown butter, and mine was the bernaise. We also ordered the broccolini with romesco and pecorino. Cooked to perfection and had a little kick we weren't expecting. I appreciate their menu included three mocktails. I had something with passion fruit and lime. Delicious! My partner had Whiskey Drink and an Espresso Martini with dessert. Enjoyed both! Speaking of dessert they had a special of chocolate chip cookies with mascarpone and a butterscotch sauce, delicious! We also had the chocolate pot de creme, basically chocolate moose, and we could have just had the moose itself and been more than happy. The staff is just as wonderful as the food. The experience is beyond enjoyable. I will be dreaming of this and definitely stopping by for all future trips to Newport. read more

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Surprised by the high reviews. Waited 30 minutes past res time despite arriving early, however staff was very kind and served us a round of drinks at the outdoor chairs near the bar while we waited. Nice moody ambiance inside. Food was unremarkable and lacking flavor. High expectations for the steak, but medium steak lacked flavor and the outside was hard and dry. Didn't match the hype in their reviews. read more

TSK Thames Street Kitchen - New York strip, smashed fingerling potatoes, Caesar salad, shishito peppers, steak tartare - New American Near Me - Newport, Rhode Island

The run eye was amazing here!!! It was made to perfection. Loved every bite and our server was super friendly. Great service read more

I have enjoyed this magnificent restaurant since it opened. The atmosphere is all one could desire. The staff are wonderful and helpful. And the kitchen serves incredible, creative meals perfectly cooked and served. read more

Came here for dinner after a day in Newport with parents. We chose to sit outside since the weather was very nice and sunny. we got two toasts, a raviolo, some warm breads to start. Then we shared a big porterhouse fish, broccolini, and finished with a cheesecake dessert. The fish was very flavorful and filling. The toasts were spicy and the flavor profile was sophisticated. The service staff was friendly and fast. I'd revisit this place to try more of their seasonal items! read more

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I have never reviewed a restaurant on here before but I have also never left so bummed. The restaurant was sweet, we were seated at the kitchen which was fun to see and while the host was not the nicest, the staff that waited on us were all friendly. The food, however, was all lacking. The halibut was dry, contained countless small bones and was bland. The hanger steak was thick, tough and dry. The shishito peppers were undercooked and the potato latkes were tasty but was bathed in too much oil. We were so looking forward to this meal and were so very upset when we left. I hate to leave a poor review but have never been so disappointed in a meal. read more

My husband and I came here on our recent trip to Newport and I'm sure glad we stopped here. Since it was a last second Trip, all of the restaurants we had looked up were fully booked, when we looked up this restaurant, they did have a few spots left outside and we figured what's wrong about Newport outside?! The restaurant is easy to find there is a public parking lot down the street a little walk -forewarning it is very expensive to park in Newport cost us $53 for three hours. My husband is a huge fan of escargot and so we got the bone marrow appetizer, I personally do not enjoy snails so I skipped over that bit, but I did dip my bread roll in the Marow and it was very tasty with a garlic ramp kind of pesto. Our entrées were fantastic. You can tell this meat is high-quality and it was cooked to absolute perfection. The flavors of the steak by itself are phenomenal. You don't even truly need a sauce with it, but we did indulge and each try a different sauce I tried the one classified as a chimichurri type sauce it was great very refreshing very light. My husband got their signature brown butter sauce, which has a fish flake miso to it so it did have an Asian vibe to the sauce We decided to just share the mashed potatoes as our side. It was plenty of food. The mashed potatoes were really really good. I do highly recommend them chunky creamy. The service was great. Our waitress was very sweet and conscious of timing out our dinner appropriately. The one regret we have is that we did not treat ourselves to dessert. We had seen their soufflé online and really wanted to give it a shot, but we were just so full. If we return to Newport, we will for sure be giving this place another visit! read more

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Best meal i've had in a while. I recommend sitting at the Chef's Bar, it was very inspiring and entertaining to watch the chefs create each dish while keeping their workspace impeccable. We shared the house rolls, escargot with bone marrow, NY strip steak, brussels sprouts and Green beans. Each dish was an experience as they had a variety of different flavors for each. Dessert was also fantastic. Coming from NYC, our food standards are very high and TSK knocked it out of the park! Would love to dine again. read more

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Yah not for us! Everything is super salty and super expensive and everything is a separate cost. Kosher salt is ok but everything has limits and open vibe, sure, but in what I saw closed kitchen works. read more

TSK is not only my favorite restaurant in Newport, but possibly my favorite restaurant in the state. This unassuming, cozy downtown spot specializes in fusion food made with a menu that is frequently changing to include the freshest, most seasonal ingredients. On my most recent outing, I shared a fantastic scallop crudo which was really fresh, nicely balanced, and the perfect start to the meal. We enjoyed it so much we considered putting in a second order. We also ordered the mushroom toast and the bone marrow escargot. The mushroom toast, which came with a medley of different mushrooms was one of my favorites of the night. I don't typically order chicken as an entree when I eat out. because it can sometimes be boring but I'm a sucker for piri piri. And based on their late and much lamented sister restaurant Winner Winner which specialized in chicken, I had the utmost confidence that it would be delicious and it exceeded expectations. For dessert, don't sleep on the chocolate chip cookies. If you like your cookies extra chewy and extra salty, these are for you. I also want to shout out some of the dishes from previous menus that live on in my memory, including the smoked mussel toast and the lobster with miso butter. Fingers crossed they make appearances on the menu again. Thanks for being so awesome, TSK! Can't wait to come back soon! read more

Visited just before the holidays. Overall good but they have usually done a bit better. Probably staffing issues and the holiday rush. We of course get the warm bread EVERY time. We split 2 orders of oysters, "shrimp and grits" (that was not as advertised but were 3 jumbo shrimp in a sauce), scallops, swordfish, and pork. A nice evening and we left happy. Until we went outside and found a $40 parking ticket as my car was 1' over the painted line... Damages with tip and drinks was $280 for 3. read more

3 1/2 stars. Newport is busy in the summer and I know restaurants are having staffing. Still I have to say our main issue with TSK was service. Our reserved table was not ready on time. When we finally sat down, we wait quite some time for anyone to greet us and offer a beverage (or even water!) The hostess finally came over and got us water. Our server finally came over and took our order but pretty much ignored us for the rest of our meal. The starters arrived promptly but the mains took forever to arrive. The Raviolo was good. I lapped the yolk up with the Warm Bread. For my taste, the Tuna Crudo was underwhelming. The tuna was not cut cleanly and the sauce was bland. As for mains, we shared the Poussin, which was excellent! The chicken was tender and bursting with flavor. The Striped Bass, our other selection was moist, but kind of bland. There are definitely other dishes that looks good at TSK, but they definitely need to work on service. read more

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Party of four on a Monday evening (reservations). We started with cocktails (all great), the warm bread, the Caesar Salad and the Beef Tartare. All these were delicious - especially the Caesar Salad! One of us had the Hanger Steak for a main, another had the Filet, hubby had the Halibut Porterhouse (very thick! generous portion!) and I had the Lamb Belly Skewers and the Bone Marrow with Escargots as my main. There were 3 orders of side Latkes that we shared. Both steaks were perfectly cooked and flavorful and hubby enjoyed the fish a great deal. The steak "sauces" we ordered (Bearnaise butter and horseradish cream) were lumps like actual butter, not sauces at all. Tasty, but kind of weird. The Bone Marrow was delicious (although only two very tiny escargots) and the Lamb Belly Skewers were incredible however they were swimming in the tzatziki sauce - way too much. We had to return all 3 orders of the potato latkes - they were all completely soggy with oil - not crispy at all despite being very darkly fried. They need to be made fresh, people! Very disappointing. Service was mediocre - staff are clearly rushed and very abrupt. Probably won't go back. read more