The Cottage - Westport

We had dinner here last week to celebrate my wife's birthday and were both extremely impressed by the culinary experience. Excellent service, delicious, perfectly prepared and beautifully presented dishes. The bottled wine list is expensive, but has a very nice selection. The atmosphere is perfect and our server was thrilled. We can highly recommend and can wait to come back.

Every meal I?ve had here has been incredible? a true fine dining experience in an unpretentious, cozy space. Staff is friendly and attentive, and the food is simply amazing. Great for a romantic meal, or for a special occasion.

We had the cod crepe, scallop on crispy rice, lobster spaghetti and the? I forgot which white fish, but everything was so delicious. Service was also excellent.

Service: impeccable. Food: Completely hit or miss. We?ve been here twice and have given it a well rounded shot. ~30% of the menu has an Asian influence, which is not the chef?s strong suit. Overall, if The Cottage stuck to their America roots, the meals would be a lot more successful. There were some very high points (see below), but overall I will not be returning. Individual dish notes below. Amazing dishes/drinks: deviled eggs, squash agnolotti, spicy pear drink, sticky toffee pudding Good dishes: fois gras, crab toast, chocolate pot de crème Mediocre dishes (Asian influence): spicy squid and broccoli (squid two ways, both overcooked), Maine halibut (very overcooked, vague curry flavoring), duck fried rice (duck overcooked and overall not great). Mediocre dishes (other): shaved radish toast, dulce de leche cake (reminiscent of something from The Cheesecake Factory)

Such a great restaurant! The food is terrific here, you must get the brisket buns and the scallops on crispy rice. The lobster pasta is delicious, albeit something you can kind of get anywhere. The true standout of the meal was the martini I had- ice cold, just the way it should be served! Ambiance was great and since we went during Coronavirus it?s worth mentioning how clean this restaurant was.