Grand Apizza Madison is JUST WONDERFUL!!! The very best indescribably good Pizza and People in…read moreCT!!! Simply delicious food!!! Their Eggplant Parmesan is divine, too! Crisp, generous salad are perfection! Save room for the cannolis! They're so fresh and superb! Service is supreme; just the kindest and nicest you an imagine!!! Loyal customers since Feb.'21! Saved us so many times and continue to do so!!! Great service in the restaurant and for delivery is seamless!!! P.S. Best ambiance~ welcoming, cozy and immaculate! Thank you so much!!! A++++ 100%

food: good, not great. Solid pizza when it's fresh…read more Service: inattentive, dismissive, rude. Waitress brought wrong food and claimed it was close enough. had to speak to several people to get it refunded. Witnessed owner yelling at customers having a kid's birthday party who wanted some help with bussing tables. Owner yelled at the guests and told them to finish and get out. He looked like he was going to hurt them.

Delicious food served quickly and very friendly waitstaff. Lovely outdoor seating overlooking the…read moremain drive. Accommodated a baby no problem. The chicken parm is huge!

What a disappointing dining experience. Cafe Allegre, formally Cafe Lafayette was once Madison's…read moreequivalent to the " Gris" in Essex. I had countless delicious meals over the years here with my parents and grandparents. While here in Connecticut Bruce and I decided to dine here this evening. We like to dine out often and love the variety of options here in Connecticut. We had high hopes for Cafe Allegre. What a miserable experience and a total rip off. We opted not to have any alcohol and instead had two hot teas. We ordered the artichokes for a starter. A scattering of over fried dry lumps, no sauce with a minuscule piece of parsley and a small piece of shaved carrot. Bruce and I ordered the Ceasar salad with a double portion of chicken. Although the waitress said the salad was entree size portions, the amount of salad, tasteless rubbery chicken all served on a small luncheon size plate was shameful. $12.99 for the salad and $8.99 for a half a bite of extra chicken! I had the waitress remove my meal and she took it off our tab. I was expecting her to bring something else out or give me a menu but she never bothered. Evidently she thought I said I didn't want anything else. By the time she returned, Bruce had finished his salad. Really? The waitress thought I was fine just sitting there with no dinner? Needless to say her tip was equivalent to the service. So for $66.51, with no alcohol and no dessert, just one luncheon size salad, this was a supreme rip off. When a dish is returned to the kitchen the manager should have gotten off his ass to come over and address the problem and to see how to rectify the experience. Nothing. I left hungry and angry. Rest assured a scathing review will be left on Yelp along with my phoning the owner to voice my displeasure. Now perhaps this post comes across as my being an arrogant demanding patron. Bruce and I have had some amazing dinners and also some less than wonderful. I always try to cut the restaurant some slack. Food services is not an easy job. But when you charge these prices it's important that they know when customers are displeased.

4 stars only because its take out only. There is absolutely no where to sit inside. There is a…read morepicnic table outside, which is where we ate. We were pleasantly welcomed. We ordered and waited. And the pizza is amazing! The chicken Chipotle was really good. It could've had a little less Chipotle on top. But other than that, absolutely no complaints!

Best option along the shoreline and great pasta/sauce to boot. Only knock would be getting sold out…read moreon weekends/Fridays so get orders in early! We like the bbq chicken pizza, clam pizza and the penne Ala vodka

Amazing staff. Amazing and consistent food. Great vibes! It's like cheers :) you feel at home when…read moreyou go in there.

Great place for breakfast,lunch,dinner a great atmosphere don't miss it if you're in the arearead more

Quick service, fresh ingredients, nice selection of options! Steak & cheese (pressed into a panini)…read moreis one of my fave's here!

After driving by this restaurant so many times, I finally dined in at Pasta Avest & Pizzeria. My…read morefirst impression when I walked in was how clean it was inside. There were 5 tables plus some seats at the counter to dine in. We placed our order at the counter and then found a table. The menu had many choices to select from, including a make your own salad and a make your own pasta dish. We ordered the garlic bread to start, I ordered the eggplant Panini and my husband ordered a pizza. Everything we tasted was very good and the portions were a nice size as far as the garlic bread and Panini were concerned. The service was very friendly and quick. I look forward to returning to this restaurant to try additional items off of their menu.

Prices were very high but the food was mediocre. The avocado salad was mushy and tasteless. Our…read moreserver was excellent.

This rating is purely based on the food and the price. Comfortable enough seating outside, many…read moreflies, including one in my drink. The real kicker was the "special" for $65. A chewy/ flavorless piece of steak that was mediocre at best topped with very fishy crab, a side of asparagus and a small baked potato. Complete highway robbery. Plated beautifully, lacking flavor. Did not eat the crab, choked down the steak. The small baked potato was perhaps the best part, even though it was plain. Our waiter was very nice and attentive. Bathroom bathrooms were clean. I can't understand the price point here.

Started with the Beet Salad which we started. It contained goat cheese, baby arugula, candied…read morewalnuts and apples. With a thick balsamic dressing. It was very good. The main entree was Chicken Cristin. I ordered it over pappardelle. It had two pieces of white chicken meat in a sherry wine sauce. It was covered with spinach, mozzarella, artichoke hearts and roasted peppers. It was delicious. For dessert I ordered the Gelato. The said 3 scoops of gelato, however it was 3 small spoonfuls. Order 3 different flavors. Except for the espresso, they all tasted the same. Not worth the money. The meal was very good, disappointed in the dessert I ordered. Service was good and they had off street parking. Would have given it 5 stars except for my dessert .

Whoever said this place never disappoints should have been at my table today. I've come here many…read moretimes but the last 2-3 times it has been lacking....and I always get the same thing..Bistro Salmon. Today, small, thin piece and the sauce was missing the usual honey sweetness and overly mustardy. Squash barely cooked and a few pieces of asparagus that looked more like string beans. Basically not much on the plate for $33. The service was also bad. The waitress was absent from visiting our table in the beginning , middle and end of our meal, had to ask her for water, she never asked us how our meal was and was, didn't clear our plates etc. it was poor all the way around this trip. Maybe chef was on vacation with the usual servers!!

It is a log Cabin! Highly recommend if you are hungry! The food was delicious and the service was…read moresuper friendly! We took home tons of leftovers because the portions were so large. The prices were very reasonable too. The best part was how good the food tasted and it was in such a friendly, casual setting!

Food - top shelf. Portions huge. Prices very reasonable. The brunette appetizer was off the…read morecharts good. The meat ball is a must - tender, soft, and the tase - superb. We got the sauce on the side with our "pasta bowl". As good as the homemade red sauce - the oil and garlic sauce was incredible. My osso bucco fell off the bone and was perfection. My wife's veal w eggplant - tender, tasted great, and we too home enough for another meal! We will be back. Next time try to leave room for dessert.