The Tributary Restaurant - Winsted, Connecticut

Tanner G.

The food is always excellent. Classic restaurant that delivers a great meal in a relaxed atmosphere. Prime rib is one of the best I’ve ever had. Garlic mashed potatoes, perfectly cooked carrots and popover. 10/10

Paul M.

Good prices and serving sizes. Service was great. However, I believe that the head cook on Saturday night believes that salt is a flavoring when it is in fact a seasoning. My entire meal; lamb chops, mashed potatoes and green beans, was immensely over salted. I had no choice but to finish my meal as it was a $40 meal. But I'll not come back if this chef is cooking

Roxanne B.

We went for Thanksgiving and all 3 of us said that our meals were the best meals we’ve had out in a long time. My husband had the Prime Rib dinner with Baked shrimp add on. I ordered the Baked Shrimp dinner. My Mom had the Thanksgiving dinner. All of us agreed that Everything was EXCELLENT!!! All of us could not finish our dinners since the portions were substantial for the price we paid. We’re all having leftovers tonight and their just as good.
Our compliments to the chef and all the staff. Service was great, wait time was reasonable for a Holiday. We’ve been there several times before and will be going back again.

Juliana S.

Dec 24 - Perfect French martini and a generous house salad started off this birthday dinner for four. The star dish was the rack of lamb, fortunately mine. The lemon veal was ordered a 2nd time and enjoyed once again. Chicken Berkshire was original but had too many peaches. The filet mignon was well done and not rare as ordered but we didn't want to send it back. The chocolate cake hit the spot, candle included.
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Dec 23 - Another birthday dinner with grilled forest chicken pasta, stuffed sole, salmon and lemon veal. Limoncello and carrot cake for dessert.
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Spring 2023 - Nice late lunch in the bar recently. Stuffed mushrooms, turkey benedict and steak sandwiches with two martinis.
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Dec 22 - Excellent birthday dinner. 3 Prime Ribs, 2 MR/1 end cut; crumb top sole; warm rum & N/A cider, Bombay Sapphire martini & Dogfish Pumpkin Draft; apps: mussels, fried clam strips, stuffed mushroom salads. Desserts: chocolate mousse cake with birthday candle & carrot cake. Still the best Christmas decorations and fine service.
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Oct 22 - We ordered two veal dishes for dinner. The Lemon Veal is sautéed medallions with lemon, butter, capers, and fresh green beans on rice. Veal Medallions are sautéed with shiitake mushrooms, plum tomatoes and white wine served with a roasted potato sweet red pepper hash. Both were very flavorful and tender. The house salads are always full of fresh vegetables plus shredded cheese and croutons.
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Feb 22 - The Trib is consistent. It's why they're still in business and one of my favorite things about this restaurant. I've eaten here many more times than my reviews show and there's never anything negative to report. We enjoyed steamed mussels with garlic bread made just the way it should be, an order of baked stuff shrimp and a special with sole topped with shrimp. Their salads continue to be bountiful, the baked rolls fresh and service is always friendly. Prime Rib Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
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This Mother's Day, 5/10/20, The Tributary gave us a wonderful take-out meal. Two prime rib dinners, one oriental salmon and one crumbtop sole.

Four salads with many ingredients came with the dinners, (multiple dressing choices - their blue cheese is exceptional and house Italian the right blend) Two bags of varied rolls and breads with butter packets were also included.

We chose to give The Tributary our business because they are really conscientious people, an institution in this part of CT and the food is always reliably good. They in turn, recognizing us as valued customers, gave us two complimentary desserts! A slice of key lime pie, which was one of the best I've ever had, (and I bake a great one myself) and lemon meringue, also delicious. Very thoughtful of them.

To summarize, the two prime rib orders were cooked as ordered, medium rare and medium well. Both came with au jus on the side. The accompanying potatoes were mashed not whipped. As someone who never serves carrots with steak, it somehow really worked here.

There are few restaurants today that offer popovers with dinner. Impressive on its own for this reason, they are as they should be, light, tall and the correct density. These come with the prime rib meal.

The oriental salmon was tender and sweet. The green bean side was not undercooked nor limp. The rice pilaf was rice pilaf.
Baked crumbtop sole with crabmeat stuffing was satisfying with real crabmeat and Hollandaise sauce. Green beans and rice were sides.

I'm posting the photos from this meal along with a couple of others I found in my photo archives of other fine menu choices, the hot opened Turkey Benedict sandwich, a salad with roast chicken strips and two coffee drinks.
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Fine reliable restaurant which has served the area for decades, whether it's lunch or dinner. Full menu which consists of everything you would expect to see. Plentiful salad bar with many add-on choices and polite service. There is a separate bar room from the dining room. Closed on Mondays. At Christmas time, they go all out with decorations if you're in the mood to be merry.

Ben S.

Friends and I went after a day of climbing at Hanging Mountain. Our waitress was joking that they don't mess around and she was right. Starting with the salads that came with our entrees, we saw she was right, they were great appetizer sized salads which were very varied. Our entrees did not disappoint, they were all very healthily size and absolutely delicious. We got a piece cannoli cake as well, that was spot on. Very excited to stop back in next time I'm at Hanging Mountain.

Melissa B.

I can't even put to words what an amazing dinner we had. I had the mussels in white wine sauce. It was so good. And the salade was huge and perfecto. Geoff had the prime rib with a puff pastry. Everything was perfect. They sent us home with 5 containers of food. Complementary desserts and extra rolls. The hot rolls were so good I had one, and I dont usually eat any bread. It is my new favorite place and I'm adding it to my airbnb rocomendations.

MJ H.

Always good comfort food. Love how fresh all the veggies are. 😋 Stuffed shrimp is my favorite.

Danuza F.

Very nice experience food was great! I love their salmon with the julienned veggies and the potatoes so delicious. My husband had the chicken parm and he also had their chicken and rice soup he said it was very good. Chocolate cake was delicious too! We will definitely be back soon!