Cast Iron Chef Chop House & Oyster Bar

Been wanting to try out their brunch for sometime. For $55 per person, with "bottomless" mimosas and bloody Mary's; which are fantastic, you cannot beat it.
Everything top quality. We took a lot of food home, as the package is more than generous!
I've been dining at their locations over 25 years, since they were on Madison Avenue. Always very satisfied.
Everything clean, all staff masked and gloved, tables well spaced.
We were fortunate to buy a gift certificate on a discount promotion too. If they still have it, load up. Support this place. It is great!

Awesome food and experience! We were there celebrating our birthdays . Ordered appetizers, dinner and dessert. Everything was fabulous! We ordered the Porterhouse for two for our dinner. The steak was seasoned and prepared perfectly. We had enough for dinner and even had leftovers for lunch the next day. The staff was very attentive and friendly. The place was very clean and covid protocols were in place. We would definitely go back to try other entrees .

Blue point oysters were absolutely excellent, cleaned properly and just delicious! Short rib dinner was the best short rib I ever had!!

The menu choices are original with fabulous salads and appetizers that are difficult to ignore! They offer main courses that satisfy both meat lovers and others
The cuisine spans From Mexico to Italy and includes non traditional American. Every choice was good; some were excellent

Hospitality is gracious and service is efficient

Gorgonzola salad was good but extremely vinegary. I love vinegar however many do not. Chicken wings scarpariello intrigued me so I had to order. Delicious but one note, needed more depth of flavor perhaps some rosemary, onion? Ambiance was the big fail for me, there was none. It was cold, like nothing there to make it comfy. Certainly not like your typical steak house. I’d go back, maybe try a steak or chop next time to see how they are with those.

Fantastic food and wait staff. Very attentive and highly recommend.

Omg! So good! Service was immaculate, food was outstanding. I would definitely go back.

Love the cast iron!! It’s def a go to for any lunch or dinner date when I’m down in new haven!

Always enjoy our meals when visiting Cast Iron Chef!

First time here. I’ll be back! Great food!

Great food. All was fresh and hot. Tasty. Good price for brunch. Restaurant was clean and smelled fresh. Everyone had on masks. Sanitizer clearly available. 3 suggestion: They won't prevent us from going back but are important. 1. buy a new handle for the bathroom stall door in the ladies room. It's been broken awhile. 2. Don't charge "a la carte" when a peach Bellini is substituted for a mimosa when buying a $45 per person brunch. Really, does it cost that much more? 3. We felt it was getting a bit crowded by 1:30 and the tables were maybe a little too close still which made us hurry up and leave. Not willing to risk getting Covid. Make sure everyone is 6' apart so you can stay open.

Need to replace the tables. Anyone over 5' 9" cannot sit comfortably

Very good restaraunt. Looking forward to visiting them when things get back to normal after COVID.

Great time.
Food has always been impressive

Everything was perfect! The food was insanely good and the waiter we had was fantastic.

Great waiter. Steak was unbelievable. Got the 28oz for two. Great meatball app too.

Would go back again

Anniversary

Delicious food as always!

Amazing food amazing service and environment good prices for the quality you get. Definitely going back

Everything about the establishment was excellent, our waiter and waitress were excellent. Lauren the hostess couldn’t of been more helpful, then Attilio came out of the kitchen and chatted with us for 10 minutes.

We enjoyed the restaurant so much we booked our company Christmas party for 2020 December

We reserved a table more than a week in advance along with requesting outside seating. We showed up and there were multiple tables open outside. The manager on duty along with the hostess gave us every reason not to sit us outside. The food and the service was great.
When we were leaving the tables outside were still open along with being open throughout our meal. All we received was an apology but no explanation of why we were not able to sit outside. We were concerned about our safety, even though they sat us separately inside the restaurant, they did not care about the reasons why we wanted to sit outside and kept those tables open for nobody and disappointed our party.

Amazing!! Service was incredible and the food was great. Will definitely be going back for brunch again!!!

Great ambiance and energy. Attentive staff (but not too attentive where you feel like they are rushing you out the door) and the steak was worth the money. Hubby had the braised short ribs, and i had the NY Strip. Both came out exactly like we expected, and we ate all the leftovers the next day. Happy to have a place like this in New Haven.

My wife and I love the food!! Also, some of the best wait staff we’ve experienced in a restaurant!!

Great service and delicious food !

I absolutely loved it. The food was great, service outstanding. I will definitely be going back.

Delicious food and great service. We celebrated a birthday and they brought out a dessert with a candle. Very enjoyable dinner!

The menu is very good, tremendous variety. The server was attentive, and it was quite busy! Presentation of the food was in a very hot cast iron skillet and nicely done. The food was delicious. This is a must try and definately a place to come back to! Kudos!

AMAZING! AMAZING! AMAZING! My new go to restaurant when I am in West Haven CT. You cannot go wrong with this restaurant. Our waiter Raul was awesome, he had a great sense of humor, friendly and courteous. The food was delicious and cooked to perfection. My son and I had the tenderloin for two and it was perfect. They have a full bar and can shakeup any drink you like. The restaurant has two dining rooms and outdoor seating (great for COVID) the bathroom was clean and supplied with both hand soap and hand sanitizer (not all restaurants provide this). The restaurant owner came to our table and greeted us, very welcoming environment. Please try this place you WILL NOT be disappointed.
Goodbye GOODFELLAS and JACKS restaurants!!!!

We literally had the best waiter. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was great.

Had reservations for 8:15 didn't get seated until about 9pm.

Order salmon and it was raw. The removed it from the bill which was nice. The waiter was great!

Wonderful meal. We shared a bone in porterhouse steak. The serving is suggested for two. It very was large enough for four adults. Sides were included. Everything was well prepared and delicious!

Great Food

Our server was excellent!! She helped make the evening a great night out. We sat at a high top next to the bar and the meal was fantastic! Highly recommend. Thanks again to our great server!!

The steak was cooked to perfection and our waiter Rueben was very polite, attentive and helpful with making decisions between food and wine options

I highly recommend this restaurant! Cast iron is now our go to for date night. The food was amazing. We had oysters, the cast iron spicy meatball pizza and the bone-in ribeye. Everything was perfectly good with amazing flavor. Ruben was one of the best servers I ever had.

Food was incredible! Great atmosphere. Service could have been a little better but overall great & will return.

Awesomeness! Would give it 6 stars.

I took my parents here who were visiting out of state and they couldn’t have loved it more!! The food was delicious, the servers were wonderful, and the service was fantastic. 10/10 would recommend!