Cafe On the Green

To repeat! I and my family have had two very good meals at Café On the Green in the last 4 months. I recommend it without reservation. We will be back and the Cosmopolition was great.
JoeB, Newtown Ct.

Love it, our favorite restaurant in the area. Food is great, price, ambiance, and last but not least, the awesome staff makes it a memorable and enjoyable experience.
We also celebrated several occasions with family and friends and have been extremely satisfied every time.

FABULOUS! OUTSTANDING! A HIDDEN GEM IN DANBURY! We had a great dinner, everything prepared to order! Tracey and team are just great! We don’t go to Café enough! Thanks Tracey!

Great food, great service, great atmosphere. I’ve been here a number of times and I always find everything consistently good. On this occasion we all got different specials that they were offering for the evening. The variety was exceptional. The service was top notch. They were attentive without feeling like they were hovering over you. They did not rush us and pretty much let us set our own pace. This was nice because we enjoy going out and catching up and reminiscing fun family stories. The restaurant is definitely a very classy, elegant atmosphere. The view of the 10^th fairway at Richter Park is icing on the cake. The owner Tracey is always there greeting all the guests as they arrive and leave. If you order the Bananas Foster for desert, Tracey will prepare it for you.

I had my daughters 8^th grade graduation lunch here on ⁶⁄₇₁₅. We were a group of 15. They were very accommodating and made the event a pleasure. My guests had a pre selected menu of either, sirloin chicken Marsala or salmon. Everyone raved about their meal! I, had the sirloin myself and it was delicious! I left wishing I had gotten one to go! For dessert I chose either cheesecake or chocolate mousse. Both were delicious. I had asked to have a view of the golf course, and I did. It was very peaceful. The staff were great and efficient. I would 100% have another event here. Everything was wonderful and very reasonably priced.

After revisiting café on the green, I’ve come to realize my first experience was a fluke. I had a great meal here with nice ambiance and service. I can happily recommend this nice spot to anyone looking for more of a classical experience in The Danbury area.

Went here for my dad’s birthday. My parents have been here for other events and said it was pretty good and a well known establishment, so we decided to bring the whole family. Big Mistake!!! Below are my comments for the evening:
1. Doesn’t care if you die.
My 5 yr old nephew is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, sesame. And not allergic like I get a rash, but allergic like My throat is closing, please pass me the epi-​pen. When the bread came we inquired if there was any contact with peanuts, and the response by the owner was a shoulder shrug and a «I don’t know, I don’t know». Not even a mention of accommodating for his allergies, clearly unmoved by the disappointed look on my nephews face.
2. They don’t like birthdays.
We brought a home-​made cake. Apparently that’s not allowed. 9 people having dinner and we can’t bring my dad a cake. The owner said they can’t assure where its been made, etc. when 5 seconds ago he couldn’t tell me where the bread was from. But you question our cake? OK.
3. The place is outdated — just ask the red wall to wall carpeting.
4. Food: I’m not Italian, but I lived in Staten Island for 4 years so I know the difference between authenticity and overpriced subpar Italian. This was the latter.
With the amazing restaurants on Mill Plain road, WHY ARE PPL STILL GOING HERE?! If you are looking to dine in Danbury — Go to Spasi, go to Max 40, go to Mezon — JUST DONT GO HERE!
The only reason this place gets 1 star is because the wait staff was so nice. That’s it.
First time here and DEFINITELY the LAST

Great service & great food. Meal started with tomato Bruschetta, bread olive oil and butter, salad, a scoop of sorbet, dinner & dessert was were perfect. Please look through the pictures. The view of the golf course & good service is priceless

We had my sister’s wedding rehearsal dinner here in May and have been longtime restaurant patrons. The food, service and venue were all wonderful; we had a great time!

I went here recently as part of a large group for a rehearsal party. Everyone had a wonderful time and everything was supurb. We had a choice of three entrees from a pre-​fix menu that was set up. The options included fresh red snapper, portobello chicken and a New York strip. I choose the snapper. It was cooked perfectly and was served with potatoes and veggies. It even had a garnish of chopped lobster. I was very impressed. My wife had the chicken which was equally as delicious. Also included were appetizers (penne ala vodka or risotto balls). Salad was also served. Lastly we had a choice of cheesecake and chocolate mousse cake. Both were excellent. The restaurant was very nice and the staff were as great as the food. They were very attentive to every guests needs. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking to dine at a classy establishment where the food and service are both excellent. Also, it is located right on a golf course if you are trying to plan your next outing. I hope to return as soon as possible.

The service is really excellent and I enjoyed that they were attentive and very efficient in bringing water and clearing the plates as soon as they were finished. The atmosphere walked a fine line between golf course and Italian cliché but it works out quite well. A tip is to dress nicely. It’s not a place where casual would make sense.
I was less than impressed with my meal. The farfalle dish that I ordered was well past al dente and quite soupy. I had a chuckle at the dish description that said «imported pasta» like it’s some sort of fine wine. I would appreciate fresh pasta over something imported that’s going to be overcooked. The sauce that came with it was delicious though and carried me trough the rest of the dish. I got the Napoleon dessert and I could immediately tell it was from the freezer because it had that slight freezer burn aftertaste. So I’m getting the impression that there is definitely not fresh food here!

When we first arrived at 5:30pm, no other patrons were in the restaurant on a Saturday! None! After an hour or so, others started to arrive. Wait staff was very attentive (as there were no other tables to tend to).
The food was all very good, from the NY strip to the snapper. Appetizers were delicious. The whole experience was surprising as the restaurant is affiliated with a golf course which would lead you to think the better time to visit is during summer months. Not so. Carefully prepared entrees and polite staff make the experience in the off season very pleasurable. Prices were at the upper end of reasonable. Not terrible. Again, a surprise.
The views play a big part into the allure of the place. So summer would certainly be more visually pleasing.

We went here recently for a birthday dinner. The food was delicious. The wait staff was very friendly and helpful. We were very happy with our experience and they made it a special night. It’s in such a pretty setting overlooking the golf course with the sun setting in the background. I would definitely recommend this restaurant.

Ate here with my girlfriend on valentines Day. I had made a reservation for 830pm and arrived and 825pm only to find a line of people in the entrance. They had decided to not care about reservations and just went with a first come first serve system.
By the time we were seated it was 900pm. It took the waiter 15 minutes to come over and ask if we wanted any wine, then an additional 45 to come back for our order. The service here was terrible and by the time we realized it was too late to go elsewhere. My glass was always empty of water and The food was just okay… If not slightly on the small side. I would not recommend this place.

My husband and I threw a surprise anniversary party for his parents in July. We did a luncheon for about 40 ppl and it was GREAT! Service was impeccable and the staff was super friendly, accomodating and flexbile. Whatever we wanted they did. Food was delcious and all of our guest were pleased. Pricing for the event was AMAZING as well. I was also very happy to see that they weren’t pour happy with wine and being wasteful. We were very impressed and could not have been happier. We highly recommend this place for an event, you will not be disappointed. Even if you don’t throw and event, dining here is a wonderful experience. Thank so much for a great day, my inlaws were over the moon with their party.

After my review was posted, the Café contacted me, expressed concern for my negative experiences and asked that I give it a second chance. Will let you know.

One of the best places in Danbury, beautiful surrounding as you over look the golf course, food is very good, always consistent. decore could use some sprucing up but that is nit-picking…this is the best place to go for the money in the area, great brunches for hoildays, gentle live misic on the weekends, just LOVE IT!!! If you haven’t tried it you are missing out, once you go you’ll be hooked!!!

I am delighted to be able to re-​review Café on the Green. We had a lovely dinner there tonight, after a conversation with the owner who reached out to me based on my previous review. He explained that they’d lost their chef for a bit, but that now he’s back.
We enjoyed a delicious meal — all of the things that I mentioned in my first review have been corrected and the menu has been restored to it’s previous glory. Gone are the mix-​and-​match sauce and protein choices. They’ve been replaced with a new selection of Italian dishes. We both were enticed by the specials — which were non existent on our last visit — which were both excellent. I had rack of lamb with a delicious Merlot sauce and my husband had prime rib with a horseradish mayonnaise sauce.
The service level was much better this visit — water glasses filled when empty, plates cleared quickly. I’m delighted to be able to put Café on the Green back on our list of dinner spots!

First a disclaimer that we have only eaten here for New Year’s Eve dinner the last few years.
Even though they do seatings, the service was friendly and we did not have to wait long for food (of course prix fixe menu). Everything was freshly prepared and the ingredients were of a very good quality. For NYE, you are getting a real bang for your buck.

For a ‘Dressy’ place on a golf course i expected better (top to bottom) really Café on the Green is not much to behold.
The décor was fine, your normal arraignment for this sort of place barring the cobwebs in the drapery or the litter on the patio, not good.
My appetizer might have been the highlight of the meal, little neck clams in a fine sauce. Good start to the meal.
I had several removes of amuses, various purée of… and every meal comes with a salad (bad tomatoes and over cold cucumbers) made it so-​so at best.
The main course was a seafood grill with over cooked everything, shrimp, scallop and lobster. Everything on the plate was over done except the green beans and they were fine.
Overall i would pass on this one.