Reviews for Rossitto's Ristorante in Branford, CT
Chef Rossito hosted a gathering for my daughters christening. I was extremely happy with the service. The food was amazing. I... had the salmon and it was the best I?ve ever had. Everyone from the gathering was very happy with both the food and the service.This place is really a hidden gem! Thank you Chef for hosting my gathering. Read more
We stumbled on to this restaurant heading back to NJ from providence. Food was excellent, service was amazing and accommodating!... They got our food quick bc it was late and we were still 2 1/2 hours from home! Highly recommend going out of your way to makeit here! Read more
Everyone was super helpful and friendly. They had a nice patio that we were able to enjoy with our dog. The Espresso Martini was... very tasty and the Lasagna was delicious. I couldn't get enough of the red sauce. Read more
We originally found this place about 2 years ago driving back to CT from RI. Since then we have been here 2 more times and each... time we have had great meals. The staff is very friendly. The bartender makes a great Old Fashioned too! Read more
Hidden Gem! Honestly, their menu can be quite limited until you call for your takeout or go in. Their specials they rotate are... put of this world amazing! We've been in 4 or 5 times, and done takeout about the same amount. I have had a different meal eachtime, and no complaints. Place is cute, food is amazing, and staff is very attentive. Someone always checks on you or is willingto help, even if it isn't your server or its the hostess. Always recommend! Read more
Walking in here the staff were amazing and so friendly. The crab cakes, calamari and risotto were my favorite. Also got the... chicken parm. Cute date night. Read more
What a wonderful little place this is. We enjoyed everything and the staff were very friendly. Can't wait to go again. Thanks... for a great meal. Read more
First: The Good! Rossitto?s is a small, independent, Chef-owned restaurant and we ALL should know by now that I am HERE for... that. I am ALWAYS rooting for these kinds of places. The Eggplant Parm: Honestly? Excellent. Everything Eggplant Parm shouldbe: paper thin layers of perfectly cooked Eggplant, baked with mozzarella and a Good Marinara. Well above average Marinara.Eggplant Parm is NOT EASY. So it is HIGH HIGH praise if I?m telling you The Eggplant Parm is Excellent. Fried Mozzarella App:heavily breaded triangles of deep fried Mozz with the Good Marinara. Also, REALLY good. Not your frozen, terrible, mozzarellasticks!! Chef-Made Tiramisu for dessert: Excellent. Tiramisu is SO good when it?s good and so not worth eating when it?s not.This is REALLY GOOD. However. We?re at 3 Stars. Because: The entire place is giving your Italian Relative?s Basement in the1970s. Don?t play with me. I was IN those basements in the ?70s. Rossitto?s even, somehow, SMELLS like those basements when youwalk in. I mean?Yikes?? The decor is Basement Horrendous. Really, as if not a single person here ever looks around and thinks,?We should DO something about this!? They should. It?s bad. I ordered us an assortment of appetizers from the Specials menu.Which was printed in MINISCULE font on half a sheet of printer paper that someone then cut, presumably with scissors. Please,SPLURGE, print in a font size we can READ and use an entire sheet of paper. Fried Mozzarella (reviewed above). Fried Polenta:When it was delivered to the table it was indistinguishable from the Fried Mozzarella. We had to cut into them to tell themapart. Fail. The polenta itself was nice and creamy. The extreme breading on the outside was the error. Clams Oreganata: Ican?t give you any points for a dish that is entirely NOT the dish named on the menu. The clams were perfectly nice. In a brothwith garlic and onions and parsley. They were NOT Oreganata???? ? Buffalo Cauliflower (it?s a THING around Read more