The atmosphere is cozy bar up front and family restaurant out back. Clean. Comfortable.
The service was excellent. Lovely server who was attentive and helpful and friendly. She took great care of us.
The food is mixed, but this is based on our first experience. My husband and I shared the fried pickles with aioli, and they were crisp, hot, and very tangy-tasty with a hint of sweetness to the aioli. Very good.
He enjoyed his burger, which was served on thick slices of sandwich bread instead of a bun (he loves that). Perfectly cooked to his liking. The fries, which I also tried, were good--a crispy batter outside & smooth, creamy potato inside.
As a vegetarian, I found the menu less interesting. It's very pub/steakhouse trad menu with a meat or seafood focus. There's a butternut squash ravioli dish, but it seems like a lot of places offer that (I just had some at an Italian place where they make it fresh-fresh). There's the typical meatless pizza, meatless calzone, standard things. Not a dedicated vegetarian dish but more like options for people who don't want meat while they dine with their meat-loving fam. And that's their choice and it's perfectly fine. Just giving you adventurous vegetarians my opinion. As for vegans, I'd go elsewhere.
One specialty pizza, the Fig & Fried Brussels, sounded like it could be awesome, so I ordered it without the pancetta. With honey wine fig jam, fresh mozz, fried Brussels sprouts, caramelized onions, and apple cider vinaigrette, it should have been a taste parade. Sadly, it was not.
Right off, I noticed that the Brussels sprouts did not look fried at all. They looked raw, with pale green leaves in shreds and in chunks, with a touch of toasted brown edges from the pizza oven. A bite in and I confirmed it. They weren't hard-raw but they were the driest, blandest Brussels sprouts I've had in my 55 years of loving them. I was relieved I'd gone with the fried pickles app and not the fried sprouts one, as these were a huge disappointment.
Between a bland thin crust and bland mozzarella topped with bland sprouts, I tasted the fig jam layer, at least. The jam and caramelized onion gave this pizza the only taste to be had. I ate two small slices because I thought the first must be a mistake. I figured maybe the leftovers would be better the next day. (It was not, and I had to use my aged fig balsamic to give it some life.)
I still had room to split a lemon cake dessert with raspberry drizzle on the side. We both found the cake to be light and moist with a creamy layer inside that was just tart enough to distinguish the lemon. The sweetness of the raspberry drizzle and a scoop of whipped cream added even more taste dimension. A delicious finish.
My rating of three stars comes from the fact that while everything else was good enough my main meal was just...meh. My husband would probably say it was an even 4. He's the target demographic for a place like Three Figs (30-60yo middle class meat-lover who isn't super flavor-adventurous and just wants good food he's familiar with). That's a big demographic around rural Suffield, CT. And the restaurant does a solid job of it.
But if you're outside of that box, you'd probably be better off looking closer to a city.
Will I go back? As a vegetarian foodie looking to be wowed, I would not. But I love my average-omnivore man and if he wanted to try go try a steak, I'd be willing to try the loaded baked potato pizza, hold the bacon.
Accessibility: I didn't need my wheelchair or cane this time, but noted the steps. We entered from the back lot, so went into the restaurant from the side. There were a couple small steps and another to enter the restaurant. Not difficult for my bad knee but not wheelchair friendly.
There are booths and open tables, and they seemed farther apart than in most restaurants. The booth we were in had a movable table with a lot of leg room under it.
One roomy women's bathroom stall and (I think) 2 average stalls. Two sinks, not automatic. Pull-down paper towels. There were door handles to the bathroom, not push/pull. I think. *see below
*I am working at changing my reviews up to give a more detailed description of the whole experience. I'm trying to put food & service up first but not ending there. Dining out is a whole experience, and I want to take a more detailed approach for all people of all abilities, sizes, orientations, colors, everything. Readers can stop at the food & service, or they can go deeper. I just want to provide as much information as possible. Thanks for your patience and understanding. read more