Rein Osteria

69 Pembroke Rd, Danbury
(203) 456-3973

Recent Reviews

Robin Watson

Absolutely loved this place! Picked it because of location. Had no idea what I was in for. Everything was delicious! From drinks to dessert, the toffee pudding is to die for!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steak Dinner, Lamb Chops

Craig K

Onion soup, clams casino, chicken parm, crabby bucatini, crispy lobster bucatini, ny strip, lamb chops,lobster Mac and cheese, and Zuppa de Pesce. Clams casino and lobster Mac and cheese were a little weak, but everything else was excellent including Ali our waitress. Would definitely recommend and go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Onion Soup, Lamb Chops, Crabby Fettuccine Carbonara, Chicken Parmesan

Richard Hale

To be fair, my previous visits here were excellent. This time there were five of us and it was a busy Saturday evening. My friend ordered a filet mignon done rare. It was served well done and had to be sent back. It took 5-8 minutes to get someone's attention. Our waitress was very apologetic, but it took at least another 20 minutes to get the meal replaced, which made things very awkward for the other four of us who had our food sitting in front of us and did not want to finish our meals while our friend was waiting for his corrected meal to come back. We were given a free dessert to compensate. Then I found out later that my friend's son had been served the wrong meal but was uncomfortable and too hungry to send it back. He was still reasonably satisfied with it. A frustrating experience when spending ~$70 per person for dinner, (with no alcohol).

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

CarlosB

The restaurant has potential but the service is lacking and entrees were just ok. Appetizers were good. The menu is appealing but the execution of the dishes is not there. Nice and new modern space.

mooncusser91

Oustanding! Everything was right on from starters to dessert - party of 4 - not a single negative comment - only raves .... Still talking about it a day later ! This place nailed it! What are you waiting for? 5 ⭐️'s

gracie whitelaw

My husband & I came here for the first time with high expectations from the reviews that we’ve seen online. The dinner & entrees were satisfying but with drinks we weren’t impressed. Had to reorder my drink with the same outcome & had to reorder dessert because it was frozen solid. It tasted like it was store bought. I’m sorry to say it wasn’t worth the money.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

The Cirinciones

We have to say how disappointed and Disgusted i am with the treatment we received by the staff.. We made a reservation for my birthday. My husband called twice and NO one told him it was a fixed menu. We get there to find this out. The waitresses was like no one told yoh when you made the reservation my husband said no and he called two. I could not eat most of the food on thw menu l. She said I'll get the manager.We waited no on came to the table. We got up to leae. I said something to the hostest about a manager not coming to see us and she had the nerve to say they are walking around talking to more important people than you.This was our first time coming to your restaurant and it was for my birthday how insulting.I so so upset as i was so looking forward to eat here.I received an email from the owner apologies on the issue and he would send us a gift card. Well No response back from nor the gft card.Do not recommend this place at all especially wit the rudeness of the Hostest.I see that owner responded to the review with straight up lies. No one told my husband nor cousin who both called about it being an event night. As for the rude behavior of the hostest she told us that the manager was busy talking to other people more important than you.I have no reason to lie about this. This was the first time we had come to this place and we are where looking forward to my birthday diner with the family at this place. As you can seen the Owner is call us liers.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Nancy Morse

Service was very slow. 2 of our party needed drink refills which were very late arriving. However the food was fabulous.Dietary restrictions: Limited gluten free options

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Laura

Sort of felt like being on a set...zero attention to service and like three people working on a Saturday night - no one to help with water or clear tables, etc. Pretty expensive (near Manhattan prices) and weird ambiance, felt like really strange and echo-y - there's random horses on the walls then everything else is just bare. Super loud though like true dining hall vibes. Food was decent but not worth that kind of money for the weird experience. Def a twilight zone evening overall.

KimberlyT

We had a wonderful dinner at Rein Osteria for my husband's birthday. We reserved a table but ended up loving the bar experience so much that we decided to dine at the bar. The bartender, Chris, was so super friendly and attentive, and in the end we found out we grew up with and know a lot of the same people. It was a great night with great conversation. We ordered the burrata, the salmon and tuna tartare — both were absolutely delicious. For dinner, my husband ordered the crab carbonara and I had the scallops. It was one of the best meals we've had out in a long time. We will definitely be back!

JoeG

Me and my wife have eaten there twice before with no problems. This time we brought our family for a lunch birthday and were disappointed. First they were understaffed, only one waitress who was also making drinks. Second the food was not hot but warm. Third the service was so short that we were there for over 2 hours. Fourth the plates after we ate just sat on the table due to the restaurant having only 1 server. Fifth the server did all she could to help all the customers in the dinning area plus also sitting at the bar. Not sure if and when we will go there again but we were not happy and also embarrassed since we told the other 4 people how good the food was at the restaurant.

TOWS

Hold Your Reins Old Fashioned was tasty and correct strength. Cocktail shrimp large size and fried calamari was crispy, spicy and not chewy. Ahi tuna gently seared and delicious. Could have had a little more clams in the bucatini. Dessert was tasty and plenty for two.

chowhound

2nd time here and same as the 1st, everything was great.... we started with the salmon & tuna tartare which was delicious, then I had filet mignon which was cooked perfectly, and my husband had the sole which he enjoyed. We were there on a wet snowy night and parked in the back. The owners offered to move our truck to the front which we didn't take them up on, but when it came for us to leave they walked us thru the kitchen to avoid the steps going out back to the parking lot because they were icy and they didn't want us to fall... great customer service!!!

Jerome

We ate there for the first time, it was early New Year's Eve. The service and food were top notch. My wife had the rack of lamb, I had the filet Mignon, both were delicious. The Italian wedding soup and the baked clams were also very good. Service was professional and friendly. A little pricey, but worth it. We will be going back. The only negative, as the restaurant got busy, it started to get very noisy.

PaulM

Ordered From the Brunch menu. Had the salmon BLT. It was excellent. the Oysters with Bloody Mary dipping sauce appetizer was good but the oysters were very small. For $19, I expected larger oysters. Overall great place to dine.

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