Faraday's Of Smithtown

We ate out back....beautiful patio area. My wife referenced it as the 'secret garden'. My Berlin Burger was excellent. Good pumpkin beer.

Smithtown’s restaurant scene can feel like a revolving door sometimes with so many ownership and name changes. So when a long-standing restaurant is still bringing their A-game with the same owners, a happy, engaged staff and the same great vibe year after year, it’s something special in this village. With more than 20 years in the same place, Faraday’s slogan says it all, “…when you just want good food.” They're being modest. There’s much more to this local gem than good food, and it reveals itself in stages. Walk in from Main Street, and you might be underwhelmed. Pretty much like any neighborhood bar/restaurant. Well-stocked bar with plenty of beer, wine and hard stuff to choose from, the friendly barkeep, a few tables near the bar and a pleasant dining room further back. And if you

very much enjoyed the food and atmosphere, had a reservation, a bit busy getting in, Only thing uncomfortable with, is after order drinks , a gentleman owner? seemingly under pressure , abruptly said. “Did you guys have a reservation”?…. i said yes, we sure did. almost ready to give our table to someone else and guess put us outside…(like i might have) very uncomfortable and unprofessional…not to mention would have been his staffs mistake. but. we had reservation …not even a sorry or ? oh well guess a bad day. the food was great and we enjoyed. recommend to others and recommend for him to think next time. As i’m sure he enjoys returning customers ….. no regrets and still tipped well ;^)

I had lunch with my sister, brother and my two youngest kids, 11 and 14. Our server, Heather, was fantastic. The food was really tasty, I can't recall what everyone had bc we ate there a month ago but I wanted to write about my visit bc our server was just amazing. My daughter left her a message on a napkin. They are dog friendly too!

They seem understaffed… we arrived through the back on a Friday afternoon and waited for service near the fake grass area. We thought someone was going to come greet us but no one came. We only found out that you could go into the restaurant through a door by following another group in. Some signage might be helpful for newcomers on where to enter! Inside was way too dark so we sat outside on the fake grass. It’s a nice place but there were BEES EVERYWHERE! Beewhere! We ordered the fried calamari (was eh), Long Island Underground (not what I expected - more patty than pulled pork), Bistro Burger, Berlin Burger, and Marinated Steak and Mushroom Melt. All the burgers felt like the meat patty itself was overworked which made the meat too dense. It also tasted bland…