Monaco’s Ristorante

Don’t let the small size or location of this restaurant fool you. It features Great prices, great food with fast & friendly service!

I am surprised this restaurant is always quiet when we go there. The food is delicious. Though a little pricey, Wednesday is Pasta night and the pasta dishes are very reasonably priced and very fresh! Their bruschetta appetizer is great! Try it, to start on Wednesday night!

You cannot find Italian food in or around Winsted better than Monaco’s! The food is so fresh and delicious. I love Caprese salad with the tomato, basil, mozzarella however I rarely order it from restaurants because the tomatoes are terrible. They’re the light pink, hard, flavorless type usually. Not at Monaco’s, the tomatoes look like they were just grown in a garden. Very ripe and red. The tiramisu is homemade and will knock your socks off. One time I ordered a party size pizza to go and when I called to place the order asked if they would mind bringing it out to the car because I had my 3 kids with me. The owner of Monaco’s came out and hand delivered the pizza with a smile on her face! Warm, family friendly, amazing food. Definitely recommend if you are in North West, CT to stop in and give Monaco’s a try!

I felt like this was very average food that I could have made myself. I had the puttenesca and it was SOOOO salty, full of capers and olives and lacking in spiciness. It was also very expensive considering the portion size and what it was. The service was good, though!

We left Lime Rock late and were starving, and since we didn’t want to take the chance that everything would be closed by the time we returned to Hartford we tried this little town.
If I could give three and a half stars I would, I’m torn between 3 and 4. I enjoyed my pasta – I had the whole wheat special with tomatoes and spinach, and it was very good and a healthy option. The salad was very basic. I’m not familiar with this area, so I chose this place based on Unilocal and even though it only had three reviews it was a good place. The house Merlot (I have no idea what it was) was better than I expected.

We passed a dozen places from Lime Rock Park racetrack and sooo glad we found this one! We were there on a Wednesday and each tried a different spesialty pasta. I highly reccomend the putinesca and ameritriciana (sp?) Our son had the Alfredo which was good as well. Worth the drive. We are already planning a stop back next month when my husband is back in the area for work.

Long hailed as «the only decent place to eat in Winsted», Monaco’s fine Italian cuisine can stand up to many that I have tasted in Boston’s North End and beyond. My friends from out of town joined me on a Friday evening for dinner at Monacos and received very good service in a moderately full dining room. All the items we ordered were generously spiced and the portions were big enough to share but not too large that they were grotesque. We shared a plate of assorted bruschetta which boasted large (slightly too large) chunks of raw garlic with fresh tomato, zucchini and olives in three different varieties. I had an exceptional chicken Marsala that ws simple but elegant– not too saucy and lightly pan sauted rather than breaded and fried. I loved it. My companions had a decedent, golden brown veal chop and a delicious capaleni putenesca and we chared a spectacular side of broccoli rabe sauted with garlic and oil. The food was delicious all around, the atmosphere was cheerful and bustling, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, even the wait staff. A special note, the hostess told us that her mother still bakes the fresh bread daily at 92 years old. I think it is worth dining there for that tidbit alone! If you are in the Northwest hills of CT and looking for a respectable, authentic Italian dinner– I’d chose Monaco’s.

Monaco’s is the go-​to place (the only one!) for a decent meal in Winsted. They make some of the pasta (not all). The menu is predictable surf and turf with too much cheese; portions are a bit too large and too much $ — less for less would be better — but they have to run a business, and it’s in a town with not a lot of other options. Nice service and accommodating kitchen, all in all.