Beauty & Essex

Beauty & Essex is a fun experience. The speakeasy-style entrance through the pawn shop is really cool, and once you’re inside, the restaurant is way bigger than you’d expect. It’s darkly lit, beautifully decorated, and very glam with drapes everywhere and pretty light fixtures. It’s a vibey spot. The food was good overall. The grilled cheese and tomato soup dumplings were a unique and memorable appetizer. The chicken meatballs had great flavor, and the yellowtail crudo was light and fresh. The BBQ fries were solid too, with an actual BBQ chip–style seasoning that stood out. One downside was that the hot dishes didn’t come out very hot so it definitely feels like they’re just all premade and waiting to be sent out. Drinks are pre-batched, which was a bit disappointing since there’s no roo

Had an incredible first experience at beauty and Essex. The service here along with the food quality was 10/10. Ended up getting a bunch of apps and cocktails and only a few small entrees and couldn’t have been any happier. The Mac & cheese, flatbread style pizza and beef Wellington were all amazing. Will be back to try more stuff

I loved this place, the decor, the vibes and THE FOOD! Perfect spot to ha e shareable portions. We order several dishes and all of it was excellent. I will definitely come back on my next trip. Oh, and the music was the cherry on top. I love to hear good music while I eat.

The first thing I noticed is it’s darker than I expected. It’s got kind of a steakhouse vibe with the leather and the low light, but it’s made hip by the music and the creative lights. I meant to go for the social hour specials, but I accidentally made my reservation for a table, not the bar - my mistake. As a solo diner, I got seated at a 2 person table in The Vault (apparently all their rooms are named and themed, this one features an expensive looking piece of jewelery, but who cares). The next thing I noticed is that the staff is very nice and the appropriate level of attentive, not overbearing. I ordered the Zinfandel, grilled cheese dumplings, and Brussels. I had ordered the focaccia bites too, but my waiter expressed caution of having too much food so I cut that one out. The wine w

We had absolutely wonderful service! Our waitress was Irene and she was top notch. Then we had our 2 bus boys, Ali G and Moya (spelling??), they were wonderful! Our table was cleared continuously and they were also super friendly. But the food was amazing! From the apps to the dessert, everything was delicious! My favorite things were the app shrimp, the beef Wellington and the butterscotch dessert. I could marry the butterscotch dessert and live happily ever after! I would highly recommend! We had a group of 11 with reservations. We walked up, stated our name and we were seated right away.