Best Restaurants with a Happy Hour in Sandy Hook

The food and service were outstanding! You can get lost in all of the wonderful offerings in their store. Such a great idea to eat in such a lovely ambiance. Our food was beautifully plated and delicious. We opted to eat half our servings in order to try some of their desserts! We were not disappointed! And we got our leftovers packed away to eat later. This was a beautiful experience from start to finish... We will be back soon!

8pm on Valentines Day. Restaurant was fully booked. Seated at around 8:15. Everything there is top notch, as was the service on this very busy day. Nona’s Sunday Supper is a must have, pear salad, fried oysters as an app were to die for. Beef Wellington was superb. Accompanied by a great bottle of wine and finish with pistachio cream pie with a cappuccino. Many restaurants will be so busy at this time that service, meals, cuts of meat can feel lacking. Sal e Pepe hit the mark on all counts. As with any top notch restaurants, there is a premium in price, but this place is not to be missed.

Went for the prix fixe menu for our Valentine’s dinner. It was on the pricier side ($200+ pp including alc), but every aspect of the dinner was spectacular. Unexpectedly met with rose pedals on the table and a (optional) raspberry cocktail. All of their cocktails looked incredible on other tables, but we split a very nice Cab. All the courses were amazing, moderate amounts, but after four courses we were filled up. Wagyu tenderloin and carrot cake were 12/10. Will definitely be going back for a dinner with the regular menu in the near future. If you don’t mind the cost, then the Valentine’s dinner is a special date night experience.

An absolute exquisite dining experience with incredible service, fine wines, and a wonderful cozy atmosphere. This is absolutely my favorite restaurant! Is the only place that I go where I never put anything on the steak. No salt or pepper or anything. The way it is seasoned and the way it comes is perfect every time. I’ve been going to J. Gilbert for 25 years and it’s amazing that I’ve never had to send anything back to the kitchen. They are so careful in their preparation and so precise. Such high-quality food. It’s also the restaurant I go to for every one of my birthdays!

We were there on a Friday night — it was hopping! The food was very good and very fresh-tasting. They took awhile to bring my entree out after a everyone else had been served (and apologized for it), but other than that it was a perfect evening. I plan to make this my new go-to Mexican restaurant!