Butterfield 8

you know how sometimes you check-​in somewhere and you don’t remember until you check your phone the next day (if you didn’t lose it)? i guess that’s what happens when you come to Butterfield 8…
cool jumpoff. a lot of space downstairs and upstairs too. i think it was the same music playing on both floors doe. not completely sure about that part but if yes, then that would be the only downside. SWITCH IT UP A BIT, BUTTERFIELD!!! the drinks, yummy, tasty.
the crowd was pretty cool too. come thru w a group of people. def will return in the summer, should be a better atmosphere n stuff ;)

This was another restaurant I sampled will I worked in Stamford. It was empty when we came in, but I am not complaining. I did not come here to meet people, I came here to eat, and I left satisfied.
We started out with pretzels and mustard that exceeded my expectations. Those pretzels did not know what hit them; not a crumb was left. The main attraction was a blackened chick sandwich that was downright amazing. They captured the blackened flavor just right.
I had no complaints at all about the service and I would easily come by here again if I come back to the area.

First time in here and the crowd was decent. There was a small line that moved quick, but like a lot of bars, the place was not full. Music was quite loud if that’s your thing.

Once in a while, you come across a burger that is so spot-​on, you wonder what the special ingredient is… The Spicy Cajun is one of those. However, I took it on step further an ordered the ½ pound angus in the style of the Spicy Cajun (jalapenos, cajun spices, chipotle aioli, pepper jack cheese). I also love that they skewered gherkins through the bun. Clever and a sweet contrast to the Cajun’s spice.
The bonus? Because they don’t carry my favorite gin (Bulldog), the courteous bartender brought me a second martini on the house and we weren’t even sitting at the bar! How thoughtful is that?
I can’t wait to go back and bring friends. The menu isn’t extremely extensive, but Butterfield 8 does everything they do very, very well.
Oh! Don’t forget to try the nachos with pulled pork. Epic.

Went in for an early lunch and it was very quiet. The waitress was pleasant and seated us in one of the large booths. The décor is warm and inviting and the noise level was not a problem considering the time of day.
I ordered the BU Burger with lettuce, tomato, sauteed onions and bleu cheese with a side of sweet potato fries.
Food service was timely and was plated nicely as the burger was garnished with a stack of three mini pickles skewered through the bun (I thought that was cute).
The burger was delicious and the sweet potato fries were nice and crisp.
The only criticism I had we’re the limited choices on the lunch menu.
Overall a good choice for lunch.

Have come in here several times while visiting friends in CT and have always enjoyed it. Most recently I got the Gnocchi and the time before that I got the Meatloaf– both of them were very flavorful and well cooked. The service was good, not too pushy but we also weren’t left alone for too long either. I also like the décor, featuring a New York style atmosphere and pictures. I would definitely recommend this place for lunch and dinner, also drinks.

I rarely hand out 1 star reviews, but based on my experience as a tourist in Stamford and at Butterfield, the restaurant certainly deserves it. This was probably one of the worst customer experiences I’ve ever had, and I feel like I have a pretty high threshold for bad service. To start off, I have family that live in Stamford and they had some pretty good things to say about the restaurant before heading over. We walked in, and there was loud hip hop music blasting in the bar area at 6pm on Sunday night. When we sat down, we were literally the only people in the dining area. Not a big deal, if anything I thought it meant that we’d get our food pretty quickly. My cousin and husband have a 2 year old boy, and the last time they were at Butterfield, there was a kid’s menu available. We were informed that they had just changed their menu a week before, and all the things that my cousin had said about the restaurant weren’t on the menu anymore. Our waitress came by, took our drink orders and then gave us some time to peruse the menu. As we were all deciding, my cousin noticed that the kid’s menu wasn’t on the table. We asked if it was available, and our waitress seemed to «guess» what was available based on what was on it before. Not a big deal I guess, but when we came down to ordering our dinner items, it was an absolute disaster.
Katrina (my cousin) asked to try the Caesar dressing to see if she liked it before ordering the salad. The waitress acted like she was speaking a foreign language and really could not understand the request. The rest of us went around and ordered our items. Katrina never got her dressing, and resorted to just ordering the salad regardless of the dressing. After we ordered, we asked for table bread TWICE. I really need to stress that we were the ONLY people in the restaurant. Both times we asked for bread, we got the follow up question of, «Bread? What kind of bread?» I mean, do we have to be explicit and say TABLE bread? Really confusing. Katrina ordered the children’s sliders for the baby and explicitly said that the meat be cooked well. The food came out about 20 minutes later, only to find that the sliders had been cooked medium rare. I know this isn’t a steakhouse, but we had asked for it to be done a certain way intentionally for the baby. The waitress came around refilling people’s water cups and almost filled my alcoholic beverage with water, which she had brought out to me. Um, hello? you were the one that served that to me, shouldn’t you know that? No one was particularly please with their dinner; my big highlight were the sweet potato fries. My sister, who typically eats the dish she orders and usually says that things are OK, said that she was going to go back home and eat another dinner since she was so unsatisfied with her plate. We passed on dessert since we really just wanted to get out as soon as possible.
The last straw for me was when the restaurant included gratuity for 5 adults and a baby, and included it on top of the total before a coupon was applied to the amount. The waitress did not explain ANY of this to us. So, not only did we tip twice (for some of the most terrible service I’ve ever experienced) on the amount, but the charges were not disclosed on the check. I mean this was incredibly shady and to think that the waitress was probably laughing at us on our way out is completely insulting. Etiquette says that if you feel that you did not receive service that warrants 15% that you have the option to adjust the amount PRIOR to paying. In our case, we certainly received less than that and was not given the option to consider the amount we were going to pay. Overall, the customer service was straight awful. I would really give this place ½ star if it were possible. I would avoid going to the restaurant here at all costs. Seriously.

Great time at BU8 this weekend, friendly crowd and solid music all night long. Bartenders were attentive and attractive. I had been here for dinner in the past and I was impressed as well.

Went here for some drinks. The place is nicely decorated, there is an upstairs and a downstairs, a DJ, and tons of people. Not dancing people, just tons of people packed in and standing around. Bartenders are friendly, attentive, and attractive. Some interesting characters dot the crowd. The lounge upstairs is a little less crowded and overlooks the street below.
Tons of people.

Wow. A friend in Norwalk recommended this place for a bit of dancing, mixed crowd, and good drinks. A couple friends from Westchester came along with me. Well, we go in, and they have security at the door… maybe 5 — 6 guys standing around in black.
I was expecting to either pay cover or for them to ask for ID. We just walked past them, and they didn’t say a word. It was somewhat empty, but it was only a little after 10 PM. We grabbed drinks and sat down at a booth in the bar area. So the waiter comes over to our table in about 15 minutes or so. He tells us that shortly we would have to leave our table for possible bottle service clients.
Now this was not only incredibly rude, but he was also telling us we looked too cheap to WANT bottle service. Wow!
Then the 20 year olds came flooding in, and the place was packed within 45 minutes. And by the way, my mojito was just horrible. Just get wine or whiskey here… no mixed drinks. The bartenders acted like they were doing us a favor.
They had some NBA-​type guy standing in the middle of the floor with this CIA, Mission Impossible earpiece. He had the audacity to come over to our table to reiterate by 11 PM we either needed to have bottle service or leave. He was at least more professional than the waiter.
I could not believe they were requiring bottle service for this New York wannabe, over-​hyped, Marshalls/​TJ Maxx/Kohl’s crowd who were acting too young for even 20 year olds. We left at 11 PM, did a pub crawl, and ended up in the Courtyard Marriott for some mature conversation, a nice atmosphere, friendly service, and good drinks.
Never again. If I travel to Stamford, I may as well add on another 45 minutes and just visit Manhattan.
Butterfield 8 is horrible and so not for mature, self-​respecting, civilized people. I wish there was a negative star rating option just for this place. And by the way, as we were leaving Stamford, we drove past B’field 8, and lo’ and behold a HOT DOG VAN WAS OUT IN FRONT, and it’s classy clientele were lined up! I could not believe it. I laughed for 15 minutes straight.

New updated menu, I think they may have gotten a new chef. Food is surprisingly tasty and fresh, and serves gastropub type munchies in a different take.
Place gets filled with some stuffy iBanker types, but the bartenders are always friendly, fast and attentive.

So we were only here about half an hour but the music was awesome on Friday night. I danced my ass off the whole time and had a blast.

Yeahp, this place is a total paper tiger.
Looks beautiful on the surface and all, and then you actually enter the place…
Bartenders are okay (only reason this place is not getting 1 star), but they are often understaffed, and can a brother get a drink special? This place is BEYOND overpriced, even for stamford.
And the food: Yep, just as almost everyone else has said, really mediocre. The nachos were passable, the guacamole dip was icky, and the price was high.
And of course, the crowd. All of Stamford’s shallow, soulless socialites gather here in droves to make themselves feel more important than they actually are. Great, you work for a hedge fund… who’s life did you make better today, asshole?
Stay away if you’re a normal person.

This place wants to be upscale with a mix of business and well dressed people. Until about 9:00 it does just fine. Then it morphs into meat heads, extremely loud music, and did I mention jersey shore wannabes? Stay far far away after 9:00.
The food is average. The happy hour specials are good. The bar staff is friendly and relatively quick.

A very bright atmosphere with a very middle class american pub feel – large, open, airy. Not aspirational, pretty honest.
nice portions and ok wines. Competent, not overwhelming, it’s kind of a place you go not to be disappointed and not to be pleasantly surprised. I wouldn’t say the place has any particular competency.
That said, i think its clientele are generally corporate types looking to relax. It’s not a bad place for hanging out, but be prepared to stand in the open area by the bar, or sit for a bit more of a dining experience.

Place sucks.
Thursday — Saturday is full of wannabe manhattan douchebags.
Avoid.

By far one of the nicest bars in downtown Stamford atmosphere/​décor-​wise; and with $ 3 beers from 5−8PM, how can you really go wrong?
Definitely a good place to come for drinks; haven’t tried the food.

We had a work function near Stamford downtown yesterday, so a bunch of us headed over there afterward for a light dinner.
— Décor: I like the open floor plan, the wooden floor is nice, and the booth seating on the side gives great view of the restaurant, not to mention the open seating in the summer.
— service: avg.
— food: the food is pricey as usual per Stamford, and my $ 21 sea scallop + risotto supposedly has black truffle in it. But I do NOT smell nor taste, nor detect a single trace of the truffles, or even just the aroma from the oil… this is a disappointing, and for $ 21 I got 3 scallops + a small pile of bland risotto. =(
— my friend’s crab cake sandwich ($ 14) and the pesto chicken ($ 12)sandwich were decent, but nothing to rave about. ($ 9) chicken tender was nice and crispy though, add honey mustard to that and it’s our fav. dish of all.
– one notable thing, their hot pretzel + honey mustard is quite good. As well as some of their beers, my friends say.

Butterfield’s, you collect perhaps some of the more attractive men in Stamford. And I enjoy eye candy, I really do. However, please turn down your freakin’ music. We are not at a house party. The guy next to me doesn’t refer to himself as J-​Dawg, nor is he crushing Keystone Light cans on his forehead and screaming «BEER PONGGGG!» In fact, he is most likely a rather successful young professional and attempting to detail to me the comings and goings of his super busy day at his super high end job that makes him super interesting to me. The thing is though: I. Can’t. Hear. Him.
Other than that, I’ve had quite a few decent nights here. The bouncers are actually really polite guys, the staff is über friendly and accommodating, and the drinks are pretty good. I dig the vibe when I can sit outside and sip on something alcoholic. However, when DJ Whoever back there starts to get trigger-​happy with the volume on his soundsystem, that’s our cue to take the party elsewhere.

Went for restaurant week and was pleasantly surprised! It was a really interesting speak easy vibin’ place that finds being over 25 to be super classy, so classy you can’t enjoy yourself there if you’re younger. Luckily you can still eat there.
The food was good, the waitstaff was friendly and like it has been said in the past, the drinks are good and strong. Probably priced like regularly overpriced Stamford restaurants but was fabulously affordable during restaurant week! Can’t wait for the summer!