We made reservations, drove a long way, hard find parking. Got inside and they didn't have our reservation. So they seated us upstairs in a dark corner away from everyone. Our waitress was tending the very loud party downstairs, so we rarely saw her. People on the second floor that came after us were served before us because they had a different waitress which we should of had. It took so long to get served. we were ready to walk out. I guess she noticed we were pissed, so her nasty attitude changed. But the night had been ruined allready, so much for a romantic dinner. the food was ok. Never go back. read more

Second time there and will definitely be back! Cool place and intimate atmosphere downstairs.

We were the only customers 6:00 on a Friday night. Ordered the filet mignon, it was like hamburger meat. Ordered calamari appetizer as well. Neither one had any seasoning. Very friendly waiter. read more

I would have expected a more extensive wine list due to the name of the restaurant. The wine prices were reasonable. The quesadilla appetizer was good. I had sole francais. I could taste the oil in the dish and the sauce was boring. I had to ask for more lemon. My husband ordered a medium rare prime rib that arrived well done. The waiter quickly and pleasantly rectified this. read more

First time for dinner tonight. What a great meal. I had Chicken ricotta sorentino which was a dinner special tonight. Chicken stuffed with ricotta, sausage and spinach with mozzarella on top. Absolutely delicious and a very generous portion. My wife had grilled chicken with roasted peppers, mushrooms and spinach with mashed potatoes. Also absolutely delicious and a very generous portion. Will definitely return for another visit for some fine Italian food. Only wish I could have fit in dessert. The cannoli cake sounded delicious. read more

Love The Twisted Vine. In my opinion it is the best Italian restaurant in the area. Been going there for years. It has a wonderful family style atmosphere and also a romantic intimate setting available also on the balcony and downstairs in the lounge area. the staff is great and the food is fantastic. read more

Last night, Saturday, April 25th, A friend of mine had dinner at Twisted Vine in the downstairs lounge. We also wanted to see the entertainment (Angelo Ruggiero). The service was excellent. We ordered fried mozzarella with a vodka sauce and fried calamari for appetizers. Both were excellant, the calamari was cooked perfectly and was crispy. We then ordered a shrimp scampi and my friend ordered a veal dish. Both were great. Everything was perfect, the entertainment was good with plenty of room for dancing. The portions were plentiful and we ended up taking leftovers home. The prices were reasonable, especially for the size of the portions. We will return again. read more

A real gem of a restaurant for people who can appreciate it, as it is higher brow. It's my favorite in the Valley. If it wasn't the Valley they would be booked every night, especially at their low prices for a the quality of their food and service. I have never been disappointed, and I do order things 'special' as I have dietary issues. Love the music too. This is the place you want to take your date to, or the special lunch out with friends. I've never seen it crowded - it seems to be a local best kept secret. read more

Our new favorite restaurant everything fantastic from drinks to the meal and Dave the waiter.

Went for dinner yesterday. Made 5:30 reservations, which weren't necessary, since the place was empty when we walked in. Greeted very nicely by a gentleman. He gave us menus, said the server will be with us shortly. She came over, took a drink order, never offered water, which I finally asked her for. Dinner came, I ordered a grilled filet with Gorgonzola, medium rare, which is how it arrived. When we were 3/4 finished, she came over and asked how everything was. I told her that this wasn't the best filet I ever had, as I found it pretty tough and chewy. I was told how the chef wasn't feeling well and went home early. I'm not sure what that has to do with the toughness of the meat, but I didn't bother to respond. Then at the end, she comes over and asked if we were ready for the check. Didn't bother to ask if we were interested in dessert or coffee, which, again, I has to ask for. I heve been here a few times before, and have always been pretty pleased. But I will think long and hard before I drive 45 minutes to visit here again in the future. Jim F. North Haven read more

I've eaten there a few times and it was fine. However, the last time we got take out it was awful. Grilled chicken penne vodka came as Cajun chicken over pasta with no sauce. Seriously, WTF! The chicken was hard like old steak and garlic bread was stale. They should have paid us the 30$ to eat it! Bring your own jackhammer to eat the meat! read more

My husband & I finally decided to try this place after 2 years of living around the block. That was our first mistake! I walked in at 8:30 on a Friday night. The waitress who greeted me acted as if I was trespassing. Another gentleman came over to tell me that they were now only seating in the basement bar area and that the kitchen was "about to close" at 9pm. We made our way downstairs and were greeted by two nice women who were friendly but clearly weren't expecting any more business that night. They were out of the first 2 things we tried to order, and the stuffed mushroom app we ultimately settled for was mediocre at best. Our entrees (penne vodka w/ chicken and linguine w/ meatballs) were decent, but the price point of $20 each was not exactly justifiable. I would also like to mention the awful live music that was being plaid right next to our table, but my husband was oddly entertained by how horrid it was. Perhaps we just hit them on a bad night....but I doubt it. By the way, I have been using the yelp app for many years but this was the first experience that ever prompted me to write a review. That place seriously needs some new management. read more

Went here last night for dinner and I was really happy! We ordered the escargot and blackened scallops as an appetizer , and they did not disappoint! Dinner was also great, but I would have liked a side salad with my steak seeing as if was almost thirty dollars. Otherwise I really enjoyed my experience here! read more

My girlfriend and I went here on a recommendation from a friend who said he heard this place was good. Upon walking in, we noticed the place was packed and the Host brought us downstairs, which was actually kinda cool with the exposed brick. He tired to seat us in the back which was tight, so we decided to take a table in the front. While walking to our table, he proceeded to inappropriately put his arm around my gf which was way out of line and tried to make a joke how he was going to take her to the movies. Anyway, we ordered drinks and apps. For dinner, we actually ordered more apps as weren't too hungry. This took over an hour for them to bring us two apps. We noticed a couple next to us (who was seated prior to us and this was also their first time) and they didn't have their food either. They ended up waiting an hour and twenty minutes. While waiting this painful hour, not one person came by to fill our water, ask if we wanted more bread, offered us another drink, or even communicated why two appetizers are taking an hour. When our food came out, we completely lost our appetite and wanted to leave. We spoke with two waitresses and the Host. All three made excuses that the party of 35 upstairs was an hour late which delayed our food. First sign of poor management. They offered us complimentary drinks, which we declined, but asked to at least take the two drinks off our bill. They declined and said they couldn't do that and continued to make excuses blaming the the party upstairs. Another example of poor management. We decided to share our awful first experience with the owner the following day whom was equally unhelpful, defensive, rude, and full of excuses just as his staff was. During this 10 minute phone conversation, he proceeded to blame the party of 35, not apologize for the lack of customer service, and tried to turn our experience around on us as though we were doing his restaurant a disservice by calling him. On the phone, he asked how many restaurants we've been to? He treated us as though this was our first time out to eat, little does he know we're well established 30 something's whom live in the area and will NEVER recommend this place to anyone. Highly recommend to avoid the Twisted Vine. Poor service, awful tomato sauce, and the broccoli rabe was saturated with butter. read more

So much for date night!!! The wine tasted like a super cheap box wine! I don't like seeing drinks coming from the kitchen! Served in a tiny glass filled up, poor presentation! I do not have a big appetite so I normally order an appetizer. I asked the waitress her recommendation between the crab cakes with remoulade sauce or the stuffed mushrooms, she recommended the crab cakes stating they were very good! I got excited! My husband ordered the sausage, spinach and pasta. Service was very quick! I was presented with 2 over cooked crab cakes with a side of tartar sauce in a plastic container. I asked for I the remoulade sauce, to be told the tartar sauce was the remoulade sauce!!! I told her it did not look or taste like it, only to be told again that it was!!! No apology, no senior waiter, no management when it VERY obvious I was not happy! The crab cakes were a salty mush!!! The waitress had the nerve to ask if I wanted the crab cakes (with one bite missing) to go?? I don't think so!!!! My husband was embarrassed as I was upset, he admitted his food was awful too! An early Valentine dinner gone wrong!!! We had got a gift card for Xmas.... Was this a nasty trick????? Don't turn date night into fight night!!!! Spare yourself and enjoy dinner somewhere else!!!!!! read more

The pink walls need to go, along with some redecorating...but I tried the gnocchi and meatballs, which were amazing!

I went there for the first time last night. I am writing a book on haunted places in Connecticut so we went for dinner and I wanted to take pictures. The host immediately took me downstairs to the haunted bar area. The lounge is amazing with it's low ceilings and speak easy feel. We sat down for dinner and were greeted personally by the owner. After ordering food he went over some more stories about The Vine's ghostly residents. The food came out hot and fresh. I ordered the Tuscan Salmon and I swear that it was one of the best meals I've had in my life. My date ordered Penne Ala Vodka, it was creamy and the chicken was cooked to perfection. I was sure to save room for dessert which was Tartuffo (Black Cherry Gelato with a chocolate coating) and that was wonderful as well. My only complaint about this place is that I live too far from it! I plan on going back though, The Twisted Vine is my new favorite restaurant! read more

Been to this place a few times the food and service is excellent! A gem in Derby, although we seem to have few. Everything we have tried has been great. If it's a special occasion reserve the table for two on the balcony at the top of the stairs. The cellar lounge is eclectic and can be quite fun. read more

Excellent food and stellar service. Waiter delivered food at the perfect times. Bus boys were on top of our water and dirty dishes. Will defiantly return. read more

Have been there several times for the zuppa di pesce. Simply the best. Very friendly service. Definitely a must try.

always a great meal ! took my wife here for here birthday and she ordered the zupe de pesch(not how u spell) ..she is very picky about seafood and was impressed..not to sure about the bad reviews but i ate here twice and food is great,service always makes u feel important..thanks again for a great meal read more

Nice place, friendly service. I've been there a couple of times, the first time, was definitely better. Ordered the Penne Vodka with shrimp, my wife got the Chicken Francese which she loved. Sauce was amazing, very good. The last time I was in, I ordered the Filet Mignon and it was not pleasing at all. The meat was very fatty and the garlic mashed potatoes were cold. I recommend you stick with Italian dishes as that's their specialty. The service was excellent, however they never seem to be too busy, which is a plus...However, I did notice a lack of female servers - nothing against the men, but I do enjoy pretty females....:) Management - spice it up! As for the previous comment about Casey Gorman on Thursday night, unfortunately he's not there anymore. I also used to enjoy Thursday nights at the vine, but since he's been gone, just not the same.. worst thing, I heard it was a dispute over him not getting paid by Management. If that's the case, the manager should be fired, because he was great and brought in a lot of business. BAD MOVE. read more

First visit to TV today. I had shrimp scampi over angel hair. Very good! Lots of garlic, and the shrimp was plentiful. It was a little heavy on the oil/butter. One aunt had the salmon, another the chicken francese, another the eggplant parm. My cousin had tilapia with coconut & pineapple? Everyone was pleased with their entrees! The tiramisu was wonderful! Large portions, great ambiance, and our server was very personable. I look forward to going back! read more

This is the absolute best and biggest (12 oz!) filet mignon around. I would eat it twice a day if i could.

I've always been very satisfied everytime I come here for dinner. The choices in their menu's are great. Their clam chowder soup its excellent as well as the other soups listed. The service has always been beyond the expected even when they are so busy they are so alert and with that experience it makes me want to come back. Its been a while since my last visit but I plan on coming soon and bringing my sister in law n her husband to try it. I am sure they will enjoy it as much as I have and will bring others to taste one of their excellent dishes. The ambiance is great which allows you to enjoy your dinner. read more

I've been to Twisted Vine a few times. Twice I ordered the salmon and it was cooked very well. last time I ordered calamari as an app and it was undercooked. I ordered Chicken Parm for a meal and it was lousy. Both my boyfriend and I thought it tasted like it was cooked in dirty oil. We both decided we don't like it enough to go back. read more

After so many raves, we decided to go. I am local to the area. Both me & wife were disappointed. The scallop appetizer was a little over cooked and hard, the calamari salad was huge and OK. My salmon dish and wife's chicken pene were bland. They were limited on wine selection too. We had to eat downstairs because there was a 50's theme night going on upstairs. They did say they served the same menu. Wondering if too busy upstairs to effectively serve downstairs. There were only 3 tables of people downstairs (10 people) but was full upstairs. Will I go again...prob not. Wasn't bad, just disappointing after hearing so much. I hate to write this review. read more

On July 3, we had dinner there because it had been enjoyable years before. The specialty menu boasted that you don't have to go to the seashore for good seafood any longer. The clams casino came out with the bacon on top burned. The clams were so overcooked, it was like chewing bubblegum. The calamari was badly overcooked. The pieces of lobster in the lobster roll were hard as a rock from being overcooked, and the fried clams looked like dark brown onion rings from being so overcooked. Whomever is cooking the seafood doesn't know how to cook seafood. Stay away if you are looking for good seafood. read more

A friend and I recently had lunch at Twisted Vine. We ordered appetizers, thinking they would be just the right size for lunch. They were huge! I had ordered a pecan chicken salad and it came with a LAYER of candied pecans over the top. Just too much flavor! Perhaps the pasta dishes are better. Also, we arrived around 1:30 p.m. We were the only people there and before we finished our meals, the waiter seemed to be anxious for us to be done. read more

I have enjoyed dinner at Twisted Vine twice in the last three weeks with a different group of friends and family each time. There was not one complaint either time. The tomato mozzarella salad is delicious and large enough to share. I had shrimp scampi the first time and chicken francesse last night. Each was excellent. Service was good both times. Pricing is not excessive. All eleven of us last night look forward to a future dinner. read more

My husband and I had our oldest son's rehearsal dinner at the Twisted Vine a few years back. Our youngest son got married on Dec 7th. His rehearsal dinner was held on Friday night Dec 6th. Since we had such a good experience we decided to go back. We had 30 guests. I WILL NEVER GO BACK, I AM SO DISGUSTED!! Our party was supposed to start at 6pm, all of the guests were at the restaurant with the EXCEPTION OF 3, who were coming in from Virginia and were lost. I spoke with Mike a few days earlier to go over the menu, seating, etc. We selected our menu from the party sheet that was given to us. I explained to Mike that I didn't want the bar tab to get out of control so I requested that only beer wine and soda be served. We sat around for at least 40 min before anyone came to take a drink order. Since we were waiting on 3 guests I made the decision to wait a "few minutes". Unfortunatley, I assumed that carafes of wine would come to the table and or pitcher's of beer or soda. There was not even WATER on the table for my guests!!! I then waited for bread to be brought to the table, NO BREAD, we asked a least 3 times for bread to be brought to the table. My son (the groom) came to me several times (at least 3) and requested we get started. Since my guest were getting frazzled and all were from out of town and had a long drive I requested that fried calamari be brought to the table so that my guest would have SOMETHING to munch on. At this point we still have NO BREAD ONTHE TABLE. I had to ask at least 3 times let's get started bring the salad out. That should have been prepped ahead of time and refridgerated so that it only had to be dressed. We finally got the salad that was swimming in dressing but still NO BREAD. Are you kidding?!!!? An Italian restaurant. FINALLY we did get cold bread. We had sausage and peppers that was OVERLOADED with sauce, we had chicken marsala, sauce was overflowing because they put too much on the plate. My granddaughter who is 7 can make better Penne a la vodka than what was served. Very bland. When I had my eldest son's rehearsal there was a chef named Elaine, I'm not sure what happened to her. f I had to guess I would say she was too good to stay at an establishment that will go under sooner, if not later. Note to the new chef: YOUR FOOD IS TOO SALTY, don't believe me read the other 27+ lousey reviews this restaurant has. Now it's time for dessert, I was told that my guests could select from their dessert menu on an individual basis and that he would "work that out" as far as pricing goes. According to the menu sheet that was presented to us dessert would start at $2.50 PP (per person).When I asked the waiter for dessert, I was told "we have almost nothing left"!!! I said what??? I requested that they go check in the kitchen and let me know exactly what they had. I was told they had 5 pieces of cannoli pie left, I requested all 5 pieces, the bride ordered a pumpkin pie and 3 people ordered cheesecake. I was charge $72 dollars for 12 pieces of cannoli pie (that's $6 each), I was charged for 5 cheesecakes. Full disclosure I DID NOT LOOK AT THE BILL BY LINE ITEM, I looked at the bottom line which was $1,650.44!!!!! If your in a restaurant having a PRIVATE PARTY OF 30, don't you think we should have had dedicated servers waiting on us??? Instead the wait staff had to take care of the entire restaurant in addition to our party!!! I will say they were all polite, that's why I'm giving them 1 star. Now if you think I'm making this complaint because I received a bill for $1,700. instead of the approx. $1-$1,200. I thought it might be your wrong. I called Mike the restaurant owner after we got back to our home town and he had the worst attitude I have ever seen by someone who is in this business. I was not unkind nor was I rude, I spoke very politely, and thought I was letting him know how disappointed I was so that this would not happen again. I was told "I should have said some thing that night, I was told he checked with Frank the older gentleman who was managing that night. I was told that he came to our table numerous times to check on things either he is lying or Frank is lying. I'm disgusted by his attitude, I never got so much as an apology, a thank you for your business NOTHING!!! TWO (2) WEEKS LATER AND HE STILL HASN'T RETURNED MY CALL IN REFERENCE TO ALL THE DESSERT WE SUPPOSEDLY ATE!!! If you think I'm spending my precious time writing this bad review because I'm trying to get money back, I haven't asked for any, nor was I offered for that matter. I wasn't even offered a complimentary dinner, like please come back on the house. Well don't worry, I wouldn't even if it was offered!!! My husband and I just dropped $20K on a wedding at the Waterview in Monroe, so this bill was a drop in the bucket. Too bad I didn't read the HORRIBLE REVIEWS PRIOR TO BOOKING MY PARTY. Notice all the bad reviews from this year alone! DONT GO TO THIS RESTAURANT!! read more

We selected this restaurant for our May 14th wedding rehearsal dinner. We worked with joyce to customize our menu for 35 people. Since they were hosting two rehearsal dinners that night, we were given the downstairs dining room. Our guests found the room nice and cozy. Guests complimented on the quality of food and service. The only reason they did not get a 5 was that the public had access to walk through our party to get to the bar area which is also downstairs. read more

Nice appetizers. Good wine list. Delicious entrees and specials. Good service. Decent bang for the buck.

A party of 8 of us dined at Twisted Vine this month for a friend's birthday. They put us at a table on the balcony where it was quite dingy with a part of the wall looking as if it were falling apart. We ordered pomegranate martinis, only to be told they had run out of the liquor needed to make that drink. We ordered 4 appetizers to share. Two of them, stuffed mushrooms and crab cakes, were very disappointing. Crab cakes were all bread crumbs and no crab, and the stuffed mushrooms were put on a plate with no natural juices....very dry. I ordered the filet mignon with gorgonzola cooked medium. The filet was overcooked, no pink at all, and quite dry. My friend ordered a chicken special and took 2 bites, leaving practically her entire meal. Another friend had pasta as a side dish and could not eat it because it was so garlicy. We ordered a special dessert which was a fried tortilla with cheesecake and banana, and it had a hair in it. Needless to say, that was not eaten. We spent quite a lot of money that evening and did not complain there so as not to embarrass our friend, whose birthday it was, and who chose this restaurant. I emailed the restaurant over a week ago to let them know of our experience. I never even received the courtesy of a response. Our terrible experience, plus the awful parking, will confirm that we will never eat here again! read more

Our friends had a gift certificate to come to this restaurant and asked if we wanted to join them after finding out that Derby was doing their fireworks that night. We arrived a little after 7PM. We were 4 adults and 4 children. We put our food order in around 7:35. We ordered 2 dozens of raw clams for an appetizer. Our first dozen came to our table 30 minutes later, followed by our 2nd dozen 5 minutes after. Service was not that great. Glasses and dishes were piling up on our table until we asked them to be removed. Our dinner was still not on our table at 8:30pm. We spoke with the waitress and she said it should be up in 5 minutes. That "should" made us a bit concerned. We asked to speak to the manager, of which she sent up the owner. He had a total attitude with us and basically told us that a 1 hour wait is acceptable for "fine dining". Our dinner arrived 5 minutes later, of which 50% of the food was good, the other was quite honestly, not that great. The coconut shrimp was burned and the chicken stir fry was a mess. Sorry to say, we had a terrible experience and we would not recommend or step foot in this restaurant again. read more

Twisted Vine's food is by far the best in the area. Although the food is out of this world, the Maitre'D Frank was a little on the rude side. I left my waitress a 100% tip, and the Maitre'D and the owner Mike Picone would not let our waitress receive that tip, because it had to go in the general pull of tips for the night. Clearly, I left the tip that I did for a reason, for the excellent service our waitress Kaitlin had given us, not for the other servers. She made our night, and turned it around after the awkward uncomfortable feeling we got from the Host. I would recommend to anyone that wants to dine there, to get there food to go. I felt uncomfortable the whole night while we were dining, because of the "vibe" I received from the Host. Other than that, everything was fantastic. You would think that they would be a little more friendly knowing it was my first time there. I called up the owner Mike and talked to him about the situation, and how we left the tip for our waitress, and not to share it. He was VERY sarcastic about it, saying that that was not possible. I have 2 children in the restaurant business, and I have never heard of such nonsense. He was rude, careless, and inconsiderate of how we felt about the situation. You would think as an owner of any business, he would be a little more classy and respecful about the situation. read more

Mother's Day brunch was quite a disappointment. You would think that this is the best time for a restaurant to shine; for customers to sample a restaurant's food and entice them to come back to try dinner another time. But not for me. All the dishes were so so, except for the penne pasta and French toast, which were very good. As for cookies and pastries, I could only find one cookie and a very small slice of coffee cake on a plate on the buffet table. When I asked the staff if they could bring out more dessert, the elderly gentleman told me the earlier crowd was hungry and must have eaten all the dessert. There was nothing left. In this case, maybe a staff member could run to the bakery or grocery store, to pick up dessert, which was included in the price of the buffet. As for the staff, the young staff needs some training when to remove a plates. Unfortunately, I can't recommend The Twisted Vine. I've had better. read more

had "easter" brunch here sunday and was not at all pleased--service had a lot to be desired and the food was --well i'll be kind---very disapointing---also they packed you in like a sardine can--awful--no omelet station-they put out srambled??eggs and over-donebacon and sausage--the rest-well-lets just say they need"help"-- the price for what you got also was way out of line---ann read more