Just no. Ate with a party of 12 and even though we had prior reservations this place was just…read morewoefully unprepared. AYCE concept, horribly executed. Food came to the table and staff had no idea where it went, food came that nobody ordered and what we did order never came. Hot apps were decent, sushi was low grade and the rice tasted off. Texture was mushy. Meh. I asked 4 times for a glass of water over the span of 45 minutes, it never came. $51 w/ tax & tip for ayce + 1 mai tai and it's not an experience I would ever want to repeat. Stay far away.

This restaurant is located in a little shopping plaza in Bloomfield. My brother and I stopped in…read moretoday for lunch. I had wonton soup -the broth as well as wontons were delicious. I also had the Eggplant Garlic sauce with tofu; asked for it non spicy. It was amazing- tofu perfectly cooked, as was the eggplant. The sauce was not too sweet - it enhanced the flavor of the dish. My brother had shrimp fried rice which he felt included generous portion of whole shrimp versus little tiny cut up pieces. The service was prompt and welcoming. I also want to mention they offer an all you can't eat sushi and hibachi menu in addition to individual and combo meals. Prices very reasonable; recommend that you try it!

So this isn't what I was expecting. The name says crab. The sign says Cajun. It's really a seafood…read moreboil restaurant. The alternative is standard fried seafood. Having said that, the boil we had was good as was the hush puppies and seafood rice. The prices were ok. The interior was average as was the service.

I came in with a group of 9 and we were seated quickly. In addition to the quick service our food…read morecame out at a decent time. We ordered seafood boil spicy but it could've been spicier. The place is great for seafood boil in Hartford. Would come again.

I'm back! This is the best hot pot restaurant in the state. If is located on 310 Prospect St. in…read moreHartford, CT. This is AYCE for $33 and they now have sushi! For our appetizers, we are having the cucumber salad and vegetable dumplings. Like most hot pot places, they have a sauce bar and niece a new mini bar with fruit, salad and friend items. Complementary ice water is immediately served. The cucumbers are crunchy and delicious! I actually liked the vegetarian dumplings! Well, with a little soy sauce, of course! For my first drink, I'm having their world famous (well, I love it) Stateside Lychee Martini. We use Grey Goose. They make it with Bella Spritz Elderflower Liqueur and fresh lychees. This is filled to the rim! I love the fresh lychees! This is good! For my soup bases, I'm having the Chengdu Hot & Spicy soup made with bay leaves, fennel, Szechuan peppers, chili peppers, star aniseed, scallion and ginger. I'm also having the ChongQing Butter Pot. This is going to be a hot and spicy meal. They do have plenty of vegetarian options. The sushi was good btw. For my next drink, I'm having a French Martinj made with Tito's Handmade Vodka (Goose for us), Chambord and a splash of pineapple juice. This is cutely garnished and tastes great! For dessert, I am having the Coppa Pistacio which is custard gelato swirled with chocolate and pistachio gelato topped with praline pistachios. This is ice cold and yummy! For my last drink, I'm having Mango Martini made with Absolut Vodka (Grey Goose for us), Cointreau, mango syrup, and a splash of pineapple and cranberry juice. Once again, it is nicely garnished and tastes the best! What a great time here!

If you're new to hot pot, I encourage you to try it out…read more I came here with three others on a snowy weekend. All of us have lived in China, so this was a fun time for us. The menu is online, viewable by scanning the QR code in your booth, and at the end then you pay at the cashier not through the website. We each ordered the mini hotpot with two broths and got a table full of meats and veggies and even ordered a second round of meat (in hindsight, that was too much and we weren't able to finish it all). The sauce bar was fully stocked, and the ingredients were fresh. The bowls and spoons were a bit hard to find though and I had to ask for a staff member for help. The fruit bar was a bit empty, but there was enough for a dessert. The wait staff was very friendly, though they kept forgetting to refill our water, and we kept asking them about it. Overall, a great experience!

I absolutely love Brazil Grill. Every time I am in Connecticut I make a stop and it never…read moredisappoints. Buffet style. Fill your plate. Stop at the grill to get your protein. Weigh your plate. Grab a drink from the cashier Find a seat. I ordered rice and beans, thinly sliced collard greens and chicken wings. So much flavor. Passion Mousse for dessert. Delicious. Every time it is the exact same as the last visit. They are big on Soccer (futebol) that is normally on the television Large enough for big parties; yet cozy enough for 1. Very clean bathroom.

This is a shop front space that's accessible right from Park Street. It always looks dark in there…read moreso I assumed it wasn't open, one day I decided to venture in. Everything was great, it's not an enormous place and there is a limited selection of side dishes. But the sides were great. The Brazilian style meat was wonderful and I did like the desserts. The folks they were really nice.

I've always heard great things about banana Brazil and I finally got around to trying it out. It's…read moreserve yourself and weighed at the register. There are tables but the spot in general is no-frills. I got the yellow rice and peas, black beans, Maduros, Pernil, and steak. Everything was great but I wasn't a fan of the maduros. They were way too mushy for my liking. I wish they had pao de queijo! The staff was friendly and quick. Great spot for a quick and affordable bite.

Very tasty Brazilian steakhouse in not the nicest place…read more I've been to this location twice before. They are across from a local cinema, with a little bit of parking in the front. There's a bunch of buffett tables with hot and cold dishes. You get a tin carry-out container, you fill it with what you want, then head to the spits to get your meats. The guys behind the counter will take out the meat you want and will carve you however much you would like. They charge by the pound, you weigh your foods then pay at the counter. It's very much like a buffett in terms of the ring out process. The foods fresh, tasty, and abundant. They are not labeled well, so some things are guesswork as to what you get. But although you can't identify some things, it's going to taste good. Price is reasonable for the portions. It's not pretty, but it's tasty

I pulled in at 8:45 PM on a Sunday. They said they're open till nine. The food was great service…read morewas great thank God the hours matched.

I was really looking to trying this spot out for the first time, but it was pretty underwhelming…read more The style of the venue was fitting, but I didn't realize it was cafeteria style. I felt like it took away from what the experience should have been for $50 dollars worth of food. I got the ribs, brisket, mac and cheese, broccoli salad and the smoked wings. Ribs were top tier and I wish I just got a half rack of them as the brisket was dry and flavorless. Had to have it smothered in the BBQ sauce to have it taste like anything. The sauce was amazing but good meat shouldn't need a ton of sauce. Mac and Cheese was so bland we needed to add salt to it. Smoked chicken wings were above average but nothing I would be running back for and didn't have a strong smoky flavor. There are better options out there for a kick as wing. For the price, I was expecting to have my socks blown off and that did not happen. Better smokehouse places in CT that knock it out of the park with flavorful sides and meats.

I've been getting takeout from Black Bamboo for over ten years, but this was my first time actually…read moresitting down to eat in. I love the new location- wow, what a difference inside! The space is absolutely beautiful: modern, bright, and spotless. The food was fresh, flavorful, and came out piping hot. They bring each dish out as it's ready instead of all at once, so keep that in mind if you like everything served together. Personally, I didn't mind because it just meant my soup was perfect when it arrived, and my son's appetizer followed shortly after. I didn't check out the bathrooms this time, but judging by the rest of the restaurant, I'm sure they're just as immaculate. Black Bamboo is the only Chinese food I'll eat, period. If you know me, you know I'm picky, and this place never disappoints. Every bite tastes fresh, the service is friendly, and the vibe is always calm and inviting. Over the years I have had everything on the menu, and I've never had a bad meal. My personal favorites: the egg rolls, scallion pancakes, hot and sour soup and their fried rice, which I honestly think is the best in the world, period. My son is all about their beef teriyaki and it's his go-to every single time. This is exactly the kind of place where you can try something new and know it's going to be good. I recently ordered the chop suey and egg foo young for the first time ever, and both were fantastic. If you've been curious to branch out, this is where you want to do it; you can't go wrong. Also, they have real duck sauce for a small upcharge. Not just stuff in the packet (yuck). So if you're craving Chinese food in West Hartford, go to Black Bamboo. You'll taste the quality, feel the difference, and probably end up like me... a loyal regular who can't eat Chinese anywhere else.

Once in a while, I used to eat in the small dine in area for workday lunches at the old Black…read moreBamboo location, but I think most people thought of Black Bamboo as a takeout Chinese spot. They recently opened a new location on Farmington Ave in West Hartford, but this spot is east of the old location. The new digs are nice inside. The dining room is not huge, but it's roomier than the old dining room. You still order at the counter even if you're dining in. Over the years, most of my food orders probably fall within the 4.25 Star to 4.5 Star range for a takeout type Chinese restaurant. Occasionally, they'll dip a bit lower or soar a bit higher. My General Tso's Chicken Combo meal with broccoli, pork fried rice and a fried shrimp egg roll was trending towards 4.5 Stars, but fell a bit short so I'm going to round down to 4 Stars since I can't give half Star ratings. The chicken was good quality and well cooked. The sauce was a bit sweet and sour-leaning on the General Tso's Spectrum. The shrimp egg roll was very good. It had two medium size shrimp rather than a bunch of mini shrimp. Pro Tip - I like the pork egg roll at a lot of places, but Shrimp is definitely the way to go at Black Bamboo. The pork fried rice was tan, which I mention because I always prefer places with the tan rice to places with the yellow rice. I've ordered a range of things at Black Bamboo over the years. Their sauces are not always like the sauces at other places. And what I really like about Black Bamboo is each Black Bamboo sauce tastes different than its other sauces. At other takeout places, a few different named sauces are just vaguely brown, sweet and spicy. Black Bamboo is one of the better takeout Chinese options in Hartford County. 4.4 Stars

The hostess was very friendly. The waitress was very friendly and attentive. The sushi rolls were…read morefresh and delicious. The wasabi was nice and strong it had me crying. lol... The salad had way too much salad dressing for the portion size, I will ask for the ginger dressing in the side next time but it was really good. The hibachi rice and noodles needed more flavor the hibachi vegetables were delicious. The environment is nice and clean.

Beautiful aesthetic as soon as you walk in. We always visit Koma early so service is pretty quick…read moresince it's before their busy time. Have only ever ordered the hibachi meals and they are always delicious. (Bit of an overpowering garlic taste but we like garlic)

Great and efficient setup where you sit anywhere and order via QR code at the table, with quick…read morefood service. The place is clean with great music and fun music videos in the background. The food was solid, with good portions and the spice level (medium) was just right. A good spot to check out for solid Indian food.

Great and efficient by sitting wherever you want and ordering drivers via the QR Code at the table…read morewith prompt service of the food. Clean and great music with very interesting music videos in the background haha. Food was solid. Great portions and spice level was just what I asked for (medium). Go check this place out for some solid Indian food

I am so excited to have found the Gold Dumpling! It has a whole gluten free menu plus a gluten menu…read morebut they have a dedicated gluten free cooking area. My friend has celiac and I have been gluten free for years cause of personal reasons and found great food here. My favorites were the pork bun so tender and delicious and the chicken corn dumpling. The dumpling was full of great flavors. We tried their fried onion rings and didn't leave one! We had their eggplant which I enjoyed tremendously. It has a crunchy outside with creamy inside which I loved. We had the pork dumplings which we thoroughly enjoyed. I have to go back and get more chicken and pork buns my number one favorite and I really want to try their gluten free lo mein. William works the register and the tables and was a delight and really knows the food. He and his uncle the chef, run the place. Relaxed and layed back atmosphere with really great gluten free dishes! A must try for Asian food lovers!

Good and fresh dumplings…read more Missus loves her dumplings, and we heard through the socials that a new dumpling shop opened up on the outskirts of blue back square. So we made the trek to find this shop. The plaza this place is in was doing some construction, so I had to go by the flag outside to find them. Inside is a little basic but clean. The cashier was very nice and helpful. Explained the coloring system and the order. Got my food to go, picked up some sweets at the local sweets shop next door. Took pics and tried some bites. The dumplings were made fresh, perfectly thin and cooked well. Ample amounts of filling and sweet and spicy dipping sauces. They offer very fancy dumplings like foie gras or truffles with morelles. I opted for chicken and corn along with some beef bao. Everything was pretty tasty and pretty reasonably priced. For the two orders of dumplings and the bao came out to 24 bucks. Pretty affordable and pretty good bites. It's not a pretty location, but they do good dumplings to go. Worth a try if your off the beaten path and have a hankerin for done good dumplings.