Encore By Goodfellas - New Haven

Amazing food, there wasn't one thing we didn't like. Started off with fresh bread and bruschetta. Ordered 3 specialty cocktails, the flirtini was tasty. Ordered the prefixe menu (what a bargain! , had the squash flower (rich, yet light...just delish! so different and stuffed mushrooms with sausage, both fantastic and good portions. A special shrimp and crab appetizer (yum! and an encore salad. For entrees ordered the chicken rollatini and the fettuccini Alfredo. And for dessert the apple crisp and tiramisu. Really really tasty food. Atmosphere was great, we wore cocktail attire which seemed appropriate. Our waiter Ken was attentive and friendly and made our experience so awesome. 12 out of 10, would go again!

I think the food and drinks at this place are great but the time it takes your food to come out you’ll be full off your drinks and their complementary bread. I’ve been there twice already (my friend goes there often) and told me they take awhile so we should order on the way there and both times we ordered an hour before getting there and the food still took another hour to come out. Idk what’s going on in the kitchen but something needs to change. The place is beautiful and the food is delicious but wait time for food is unheard of.

Food was good. Service was very, very, very good. Vinnie (sp? at the bar was exceptional.

I came to this restaurant in Dec 2023 for a friend birthday it was great. Food was great, service was great, and when it was time for more than 26 people to pay the bill it was seamless. So we decided to take my grandmother here this past Sunday. Let’s start with the service. It was awful the bald headed waiter was dismissive and when my cousin came he gave him a $100 to help with the tip from the bill. The bald headed guy pocketed the money and would never even come back to provide service. We would try to waive him down and he would look and look the other way. He wasn’t even our main waiter. His attitude was horrible. The food. Appetizers were all horrible. Eggplant was flat as a board and tasted like cardboard. The bread with the cheese on it came out burnt more than once and it had a nasty sweetness to the spread. The meatballs were ok. The main meal was ok. The pianist was sweet The bill a disaster. They wouldn’t give us separate checks for about 20 people and nothing was in order. It took the waiter an hour to give us our checks and then it took another hour for everyone to find what they ordered to pay. Honestly this is the most inefficient way to do things. It wastes time. It makes it seem like the people that went to eat had no money. When in fact all that I ordered came to $480 and I paid it no problem. Still think we over payed especially since the waiter took and charged my card twice. 1 for $400 and 1 for $80. It made no sense

Amazing food and drinks, and the daily live music is a plus! Great atmosphere for a date or a fancy night out. Andrew’s bar service was fantastic: he made us specialty drinks and helped us explore some caviar and oyster bar tastings. The cioppino was delicious! Will be back!