Casa Mia at the Hawthorne

Casa Mia Restaurant on the Berlin Turnpike has been a "legend" for Prime Rib for "50 years!" People know they can rent rooms for dinners & reunions for big family celebrations, high school reunions, weddings, and business awards events & the catering dinners and appetizers and bar drinks will always be "excellent." But it is easy to forget that the #1) Italian White Tablecloth dining room restaurant and #2) the lounge/bar restaurant with live dance music Fri-Sat nights are great "date night" or "friends night out" dinner experiences too. The "Thursday Night Happy Hour" dinner specials change but, $20 "The Prime Rib" night with roasted potatoes, rice pilaf & wonderful dessert cakes for a small extra charge & the perfect "treat yourself & friend" night to catch up together in a dress casual

Been for events but let me tell you that this is one of the best kept secret restaurants in Connecticut for fantastic every day meals. I wasn't expecting the awesome everything when I got there on Prime rib Thursday happy hour. WOW! Music was live and so refreshing. Awesome food, awesome atmosphere over the top wait

We had a great luau themed swim team banquet at the Hawthorne for 100 guests. Lory was great to work with planning a menu within our budget. The food was excellent, we were able to decorate and bring in our own desserts, the bartender was on point, and the waitstaff was incredible. They were also able to accommodate several food allergies with no issues.

My girlfriend and I decided to have our 1 year anniversary dinner at Casa Mia. We had a reservation for 7, and arrived 10 minutes early. We were greeted w smiles and friendly faces, and sit in a cute booth in the dining room(we like to sit next to each other). Ordered our food and had a drink. Tasty bread board tided us over for a bit, but after 45 minutes we inquired and were told the food would be out shortly. Never asked if we wanted a second drink, and finally an hour after ordering the food came. I cut into my lasagna to find the center was frozen. Needless to say we were out of there. The server and manager were very apologetic, and did not take my card for payment, but at that point it didn’t mean much. Will not be going back.

12-21-24 The Super Club On A Positive Note: Dined for dinner today with a good friend. The band was great. While the food was delicious, the service SUCkED!!! The plate was far too big for the salmon**,potatoes and veggies. 👀 The sever did not check in with us after we received our food. We had to beg for a check.👀🤦🏽‍♀️ It took 20 minutes to get the check ( no exaggeration, as I timed it.) To finish things off with a bad touch- we were not offered dessert.🤷‍♀️ The Verdict: The food was tasty, the plate too large for the amount of food for my order, salmon however, based on the poor service, I will skip this place in the future. A Daily Diner