new italian restaurant in bethel -- 22 broad street

22 broad street has re-opened at the Gideon Hastings House.

They offer great Italian food and romantic ambience.

We enjoyed our meal and will tell all our friends.

new italian restaurant in bethel -- 22 broad street

Pretty good food and atmosphere, but, painfully slow service - not because of waiting for a table but waiting for the food to arrived once ordered. If the service improved I will not know as, after two chances, I will not give this restaurance another try. It%26#39;s too bad, the food was quite good.

new italian restaurant in bethel -- 22 broad street

We had two fabulous dinner experiences during our recent stay in Bethel. This was NOT one of them. In fact, our experience at Gideon Hastings was horrendous from the start of the meal until its conclusion. When the wait staff happened our way, the ';service'; was surly; by and large we were ignored most of the evening. Had I not read glowing reports about their Italian cuisine, we would have left before ordering and spared ourselves the incredible disappointment of the food. At best it was bland and in some instances unedible. I am astonished that there are favorable reports for this restaurant. We departed feeling not just disappointed but deceived. The cuisine is certainly not Italian and we will not be returning there.

I%26#39;m happy to say that we decided to try the restaurant again and found the service much improved and without the delays previously encountered. Perhaps, just perhaps the food is not as excellent as in the past, but we will return to this restaurant again.