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Looking for Thai/ and Chinese restaurants near wilton, Ct
Thai Pearl in Ridgefield is really good, with an extensive menu which includes a very good explaination of different Thai regional cuisines s... giving examples from the menu which fit within each category. Ambience is pleasant. Service is efficient and classicly Thai friendly.. You can ask to eat quickly or you can choose to take all the time you want to enjoy without anyone prompting you to leave. Quality of food is excellent. Prices are reasonable. Added bonus is BYOB which makes this restaurant a very good value proposition. Location is partially hidden from the road... you will find it in the group of shops next to Southwest Cafe.
Thai Spice is located on Main Street in Norwalk, just south of the Merrtitt Parkway, in a srip mall which is somewhat below street level. Menu is not as extensive as Thai Pearl. Austere (i.e., almost no) ambience. Quality and presentation of food is very good. Service is good. Thai Spice is licensed and has a smallish selection of wines and beers, but they also allow BYOB with a very reasonable corkage fee.
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Thai Spice
345 Main Ave, Norwalk, CT 06851
Thai Pearl
113 Danbury Rd Ste 11, Ridgefield, CT 06877
Basso Cafe in Norwalk
My wife and I have been at Basso three times in the last six months, each time accompanied by one or two additional couples. Although not consciously setting out to do so, we have as a result de facto tasted our way through almost every dish on the menu. On all three occasions all of us at the table found the food to be very good or excellent. Service has also been very good....so I surmise that a full year of experience has resulted in marked improvement. Yes, prices are on the high side, although not outrageously so. However, this has in our experience been more than offset by the BYOB savings. 4 1/2 stars. . .
Wilton?
Schoolhouse at Cannondale is truly in a class by itself.
The quality and presentation of food at Luca can often, but not always, rise to the occasion... but as noted by others, staff can have an "attitude" if they feel that you are not ordering a sufficiently high priced meal... which really should not be a problem with the high price points both for food and for wine.
Bon Appetit is very much worth multiple visits if you like authentic French bistro food served in a bistro setting. A little bit hard to find, Bon Appetit is located in a hole in the wall in the Stop and Shop mall, Seating is limited and almost all give a full view of the hectice activity and animated French conversation in the kitchen area. True French "comfort food"... with a daily changing specials chalk board menu as well as a regular menu. BYOB with a reasonable corkage fee. (Wine license is in the offing, but the owneres have informed all of their patrons that BYOB will remain as an option even when they get their licence.) Very good food at a very good value and always with friendly, attentive service.
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Schoolhouse at Cannondale
34 Cannon Road, Wilton, CT 06897
BYOB in Stamford / Greenwich / Norwalk / Westchester
Following are some additional BYOB restaurants:
- Amerigo Cafe, 456 Main Ave, Norwalk... Italian (and Pizza)... $0 corkage
- Baso Cafe, 124 New Canaan Ave, Norwalk... Mediterranean Fusion... $7 corkage
- Bon Appetit Cafe, 5 River Rd, Wilton... French bistro... $12.50 corkage
- Chef Luis, 129 Elm St, New Canaan... Creative American... $0 corkage
- Conte's Fishmarket, 448 E. Main St, Mt Kisco... Seafood... ??corkage
- Coppia Ristorante, 937 Post Rd... Italian... BYOB Tues/Wed/Thurs only... $5 corkage
- Little Thai Kitchen, 4 West Ave, Darien... Thai.... $4.50 corkage
- Little Thai Kitchen, 21 St Roch Ave.... Thai... $4.50 corkage
- Ole Mole... 1020 Post Rd, Darien... Mexican... $0 corkage
- Osteria Applausi... 199 Sound Beach Ave... Italian....Tues $20... All other days $35 corkage
- Piccolo Pizza... 24 Prospect St, Ridgefield... pizza, etc.... $0 corkage
- River Cat Grill... 148 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton... American... $0 corkage
- Rowayton Pizza... 104 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton.... pizza, etc... $0 corkage
- Silvermine Maket.... 1032 Silvermine Rd, New Canaan.... VERY limited Italian menu... (Fri & Sat evenings only)... corkage $7 first bottle, $4 for each additional bottle
- Thai Pearl... 113 Danbury Rd, Ridgefield... Thai.... $0 corkage
- Thai Spice... 345 Main St, Norwalk... Thai... $4.50 corkage
- Tutti Invitatti... 599 Riverside Ave, Westport... Italian... $0 corkage
My wife and I have not yet tried all of the above, but based on multiple visits we HIGHLY recommend Amerigo, Basso Cafe, Bon Appetit Cafe and Thai Pearl to all of our friends and out-of-town visitors. Tutti Invitati is a very good "italian mom comfort food" style restaurant with big portions and inevitable doggy bag take home. It's been 2 or 3 years since we last visited River Cat Grill... but I seem to recall a generally good impression... will be going back soon to refresh our recollections.