Fairfield, Conn., is a town of approximately 56,000 people located four miles from Bridgeport on Long Island Sound. Named by "Money" magazine in 2006 as the ninth best community in the U.S., Fairfield provides residents with top quality schools, a low crime rate and property with views of the water. While there are no restaurants located on the water in Fairfield, visitors will find a number of restaurants in the surrounding area featuring waterfront views.
Aapproximately seven miles from Fairfield, Splash Restaurant & Bar provides waterfront dining with views of Long Island Sound. In addition to the restaurant's beautiful waterfront views, Splash has a private dining room with a fireplace that overlooks the neighboring Longshore Golf Course. Menus offer a wide selection like dry-aged New York strip sirloin, grilled lemongrass chicken breast and Chilean sea bass. Splash also offers diners a wine list and an assortment of desserts such as banana spring roll and its signature Chocolate Pagoda. Splash is open for dinner and Sunday brunch---during the summer season, the restaurant serves lunch Monday through Saturday.
Splash Restaurant & Bar
260 Compo Road South
Westport, CT 06880
203-454-7798
decarorestaurantgroup.com
Situated in a turn-of-the century gray shingled house on the banks of the Five Mile River, The Restaurant at Roywaton Seafood is just 12 miles from Fairfield. Open year round, The Restaurant---as the locals call it---serves award-winning seafood cuisine in an inviting waterfront atmosphere. Seafood selections include clams casino, cornmeal crusted rainbow trout and olive oil roasted organic salmon. For diners preferring something other than seafood, the menus offers entrees like grilled chicken paillard, New York strip steak and Black Angus burger. The Restaurant is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, and offers an afternoon menu as well as brunch on Sundays. Valet parking is available.
The Restaurant at Roywaton Seafood
89 Rowayton Ave.
Rowayton, CT 06853
203-866-4488
rowaytonseafood.com
Only 25 minutes from Fairfield, the Schoolhouse Restaurant overlooks the Norwalk River in Wilton's Cannondale Village. The Schoolhouse is, as its name suggests, a restaurant residing within a renovated schoolhouse built in 1872. The menu emphasizes fresh, high-quality ingredients from farms across the country as well as local Connecticut farms. Jerusalem artichoke soup with spring onions, celery root ravioli with ramps, favas and morel mushrooms, and aged New York strip steak with roasted peppers and onions are just a few of the selections featured on the menu. The Schoolhouse serves lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Reservations are available on the website.
Schoolhouse Restaurant
34 Cannon Road
Wilton, CT 00807
203-834-9816
theschoolhouseatcannondale.com
Located 22 miles from Fairfield, L'escale is an upscale restaurant that sits on the waterfront overlooking Greenwich Harbor. You can reach the restaurant by boat in the summer, when dock space is available. L'escale---a French word meaning "the port of call"---specializes in classic Provencal dishes made from fresh local seafood and produce. Menu selections include bouillabaisse, calameretti fritti, tartar de saumon and fresh Dover sole. Land lovers also will find many alternatives to seafood dishes, including steak, chicken and pasta, from which to choose. Alfresco dining is offered during the spring and summer months. L'escale serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch, and private dining for up to 300 guests is available.
L'escale
500 Steamboat Road
Greenwich, CT 06830
203-661-4600
lescalerestaurant.com
