Esca Restaurant & Wine Bar - Middletown

I ordered to think we'd meet with a friend. It turned out that the friend chased us. We asked if we could eat our food outside and the service was great! Food was amazing!

The food was delicious. Everything was properly cooked and had good presentation. We had the Tuna Tartare, Cioppino, and Chilean Sea Bass. For dessert we chose the Chocolate Tart with gilotto and caramel sauce. Not to be outdone by the chef the bartender made a fantastic Manhattan. One of the best I tasted. Debbie I will be back to try other menu items. Gluten free options available.

Beautiful restaurant with a great vibe. Great customer service. Overall a pleasant experience. For appetizers we ordered the tuna tartare, grilled octopus and calamari fritter. The tuna tartare was bland and unimpressive. It did taste fresh. The grilled octopus was out of this world. A perfect combination of the grill flavor with lemon. Perfectly cooked and tasty. The best plate of the night. The calamari were very tasty but salty. A little less salt and it would stand out. For dinner we had the ribeye. We ordered it medium but some areas of the ribeye were rare. It comes with potatoes and asparagus. The potatoes were a bit dry with only bacon and feta cheese. We also had the mushroom ravioli with shrimp. Great taste although it can improve. The desserts were wonderful. The creme brulee was awesome, tasty and full of flavor. The tiramisu was outstanding. Due to the tuna tartare and the calamari I am giving them 4.5 stars although Google only let me pick either a 4 or 5.

Me and my Wife love this place! We been here few times, few years ago. I decided to take my Wife there again for my birthday dinner. Like usual it was great experience. Great staff, always checking on you, smiling, welcoming, overall great. Food is fabulous! We got 20 oz ribeye. It was fantastic, asparagus was just perfect, same potatoes. We also had dessert. My Wife got affogato which she loved and I got tiramisu. Tiramisu was huge, i barley finished it due to being full from that steak. We both loved that experienced and we gonna be back here again for sure. Highly recommended!

Very nice setting and friendly service for this place. We drove up a bit for it, but was worth it. Had several dishes and enjoyed them all. The only one that we could have a comment was the grilled octopus, the grilling marks or flavor were not present and the texture wasn't up to par. Everything else was excellent. The burrata salad fresh and flavorful, the burger, sea bass, crab and lobster pasta and cioppino were great. Will be back.