"It was my husband 's birthday and our first visit to a Capital Grille in CT. I have been to the Capital Grille in Boston near the Colonnade and enjoyed the meal, but this location 's service and excellent preparation of our meal was superb, made me say I have to return . The valet parking occurred quick and was appreciated as parking downtown can be a pain. Hostess was courteous and while walking to our table every employee we passed greeted us. Nick Nusso was our waiter and made my experience even better. He was attentive, made excellent recommendations and was very patient with my hard to please guest. I truly appreciated how Nick handled everything that was thrown at him. Hats off to Chef Fred and his line staff. We started our meal by having oysters, calamari and steak tartare for appetizers. The steak tartare was okay, a little too mushy/wet for our liking (I think it was brushed with an egg wash too), calamari was good, but the oysters were the best I have had since hubby and I went to Abe and Louie 's. They were perfect and fresh with just the right amount of that salty ocean flavor, I loved the pepper, garlic, red wine vinegar mix that came on the side too. I had to order a drink I enjoyed the oysters so much, and decided to order their signature drink which is the Stoli Doli, I ended up getting two, lol. Our ribeye steaks were seared and cooked to perfection, medium rare. The picture of mine with the shallot butter doesn 't do it justice, It was soooo good and was kind of a combo with the Kona rub and shallot butter. It was recommended by our waiter Nick because I liked the description for the preparation of the NY strip but I 'm a ribeye girl and I wasn 't in the mood for a strip that night. For sides, we ordered the mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus, and lobster mac n cheese. The mashed potatoes shocked me with the freshness and flavors, hard to get great mashed potatoes nowadays, I enjoyed the butter and garlic they incorporated, it was a perfect amount of flavor. The asparagus was roasted and seasoned well, the lobster mac n cheese had visible lobster pieces but didn 't provide a wow factor. We also had dessert and coffee, I had a cappuccino, excellent cappuccino Nick. From the valet service to the end of our meal the service and food was impeccable. We will definitely be back, my mom has a birthday soon, lol. Thank you for a very memorable night and the best meal I have had in a while. Well worth every dollar."
