Reviews for The Tea Kettle Restaurant in Old Saybrook, CT

My 1st time eating here. It has a pleasant environment & accommodating service. Large, enticing menu asst made it hard to select... from... had my mouth watering but aver $16-18/menu items ???? for brkfst! Selected the Paleo eggs w sweet potato hash. With 2other guests at the table, besides their meals that they enjoyed, we ordered a shared 'carrot cake' pancake. Dissappointing vsit's description & my dish unimpressed ????. Each coffee was 3.75. The BILL brought to the table had a statement 10% add-on forrising prices..(no signage on the door or in the rest noted.) BREAKFAST for 3 ppl $92.33.. plus tip. Not affordable on OURretirement incomes .. Sorry to say no future plans to return ???? Read more

I am massively reluctant to rate any restaurant excellent...three lunch meals three different people with all the same review. ... Why have good when you can eat amazing. I don't hand out excellent reviews. Well deserved Read more

Pancakes are incredible if you can make up your mind which ones you want. Portions are as good as the food. Friendly staff. Hope... to go there again soon. HARRY Read more

Food was delish... Fancy breakfast spot with friendly staff. Quite enjoyable! ????

Prices on the menu are high. $12 for a pancake is much more than any other breakfast place around. I got the biscuits and gravy,... which was actually one biscuit with gravy and very over cooked scrambled eggs. The biscuit and gravy were fine, but I couldn?teat the eggs. My son got a pancake which he enjoyed. The server was great and quick. I was surprised by the 10% charge on thebill for food price offset. On the way out, I saw there was a Piece of paper on the door with a long explanation of the charge,but it was with a bunch of other signs so I had not seen it. It was nowhere on the menu, which would be the obvious spot to postit. I think these charges are deceitful. Nothing is stopping you from raising your prices, you just don?t want to because thenpeople may order less. Instead, let?s sneak a charge on once it?s time to pay. I might be more sympathetic if they weren?talready charging such high prices. Read more

This place is a fabulous gem in the brunch world. When they say plate sized pancakes they're talking large dinner plate sized,... not little dessert plates. Everything we've had here has been absolutely top notch. They had a special for carrot bread frenchtoast when I was last there and it was perfection on a plate. I really can't recommend them highly enough. Read more

It?s a gamble for the price. The first time my family came here we were very pleased with the food, I got a pancake and an eggs... Benedict, my partner enjoyed the chicken fried steak. We took half the pancake home it was so big. We were excited to come back,but this time I was quite shocked when my plate arrived. I ordered their nacho Benedict with waffle fries. I was very confusedwhen I cut into my poached eggs because it was so over cooked it was practically hard boiled. I order eggs Benedict everywhere Igo and I have for my whole life, it?s my favorite food, and I have never had a poached egg be that over cooked, not one othertime. I also did not taste any hollandaise sauce anywhere. I was pretty upset because I?m pregnant and I was really hungry, butfor the first time in my life I decided to ask for a remake. The waitress was very understanding. I got the regular eggsBenedict the second time, and it was fine, they actually gave me a whole ramekin of hollandaise sauce to make sure I got enough,but I am just not blown away. My partner even commented that the hollandaise was very thin and it was not flavorful, and thehome fries were good texture wise but not very flavorful either, I don?t believe they were salted. I am disappointed because wehad such a good meal the first time we came. Unfortunately I just think that their menu is too expensive to take a gamble on. Iwill say my partner enjoyed his chicken breakfast sandwich. Read more

We stayed right across the street and I'm so glad we stopped at the Tea Kettle! The staff is super friendly. We appreciated... Julia taking the time to chat with us. I wanted the pancakes based on other reviews and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT! My husband hadthe Papa Smurf and I had the Strawberry Cheesecake. They were so delicious we didn't even need syrup. All the pancakes aretopped with their homemade whipped cream. A great experience! Read more