Le Penguin

Great service, and delicious food. Table of 8, and service was excellent. Relaxed atmosphere.

Excellent!

À 1 heure de New York, Greenwich est une jolie ville du Connecticut où il fait bon d’y passer. Pour une Québécoise, c’est comme se retrouver à Westmount à Montréal. En résumé, c’est donc richesse et simplicité. Et c’est ce que j’ai vécu au restaurant Penguin avec des plats simples et succulent de la cuisine française. Peut-être rencontrez-vous Antoine, français d’origine qui vous accueille avec une grande chaleurosité. Les prix sont abordables et le service est excellent. Une très belle expérience. Faite une réservation car le restaurant est très occupé !

This restaurant has great food, there are problems. We went to celebrate a birthday and wanted a meal enjoy. That was hard because the room was cramped with tables right next to each other. This made for many loud conversations all around so people could be heard over the general noise in the room. Additionally, the courses were brought very quickly. We had to tell the wait staff to slow down If you must go, pick a night when it's not busy.

A glorified TGIF. The food is average - good but average - with a seriously overpriced drinks/wine list. Tables are crammed together so that they can squeeze in as many seatings as possible. Over the years, it's become a 'fast food' experience with plates snapped up and the next ones slammed down in seconds in a rush to get you out. It's been going down hill for a while. The waiting staff are excellent but it's become unenjoyable. The noise level is deafening and the bell ringing/ birthday blasting music has lost its novelty. In a race to the bottom, the host (who I believe is the co-owner) is convinced he is running a Michelin star restaurant. The other owner (the tall French man,) is obviously the brains and charm behind the operation. He knows what side his bread is buttered on. The small co-owner is turning the restaurant into a school canteen with him as a the iron fist lunch supervisor. My daughter and I had a reservation last night but left because his over the top theatrics put a damper on our night. The crime? We sat in a corner booth that was apparently being held for someone having drinks next door and moved without asking. See photo below for the overcrowded state of affairs. We went to Hinoki instead and had a great meal. It's a shame. What was once a nice restaurant is now an average, over-stuffed food box with insanely priced drinks. Throw in a moody, insecure mall cop for a host/co-owner and we're out. Adieu and adios.

Very professional wait staff lovely, intimate setting!

Very loud and cramped

No introduction needed. You may or may not find your future mistress dining here. Maybe enjoying the signature Lobster Cobb and a crisp glass of champagne. It very well could be the place you are searching for.