South Bay - Fairfield — Restaurant in Fairfield

Ok, here is an honest review, from someone who likes to praise businesses about all that is right, as well as maybe give some things to improve upon. Especially for the very particular Fairfield dining crowd. First, let me say, the back of house is killing it. The food was all cooked beautifully. My wife's tuna was seared perfectly, and just rare on the inside. Nicely done. My branzino, while a tad on the small side, was also cooked to perfection, and served over a bed of clams. The mashed potatoes were a somewhat interesting choice, but tasty. Here's where the roads diverge. When first entering the restaurant, we were greeted by a very friendly guy at the bar, named Victor, who frankly, seems to be running things there. He had to ask the hostess to get up from where she was seated to show us to a table. Ok. He then came by in an appropriate time to ask if we wanted a cocktail. We ordered and he bought them back in record time. Well done, Victor! He took our dinner orders and headed to the kitchen. Thank you. However, while we waited for our meals, my wife noticed that the young hostess was sitting on the stairs, in the middle of the restaurant, watching what I guess were Tik Tok videos, or similar. We could hear them from our table. For such an elegant place, this is totally unacceptable. When the food came out, the plates were put down. And the runners were gone. No one asked if we needed anything else; water, pepper, another cocktail, just gone. Ok. As stated before, the meals were good. At no time during our dinners however did one person come by and ask if everything was ok. Both of our cocktail glasses were empty. This is a missed opportunity to ask if we'd like another drink, at the very least, and just basically to see how things are going. When our dinners were finished, we sat with dirty dishes in front of us for quite some time. We had to flag them down, and ask for the check, after it was clear we wouldn't stay for dessert. They brought the check, and had to ask them to clear our dishes. With the check on the table, the hostess asked "would we like some dessert?" What? She then stumbled taking away our dishes and glasses. We then had to ask for someone to come and ring us out so we could leave. Victor, again to the rescue. He left the credit card machine on the table. I left a reluctant 20%, mainly because the food was good. But South Bay, if you truly want to succeed in the highly competitive Fairfield restaurant scene, things need to get better in the...

My review is from a nightlife point of view, as I have not tried their food: I was originally going to spend my money at this location, but after my experience, I will make sure I will never give them a dime. I went on a Friday night with a group of six minorities for a night out. Upon getting inside the building, it was filled with 100% Caucasian people(which is an expected demographic for Fairfield area), the front door man said to me “do not cause any problems, as this is a private event.” I responded and also thought to myself trying to figure out what would make him say that to me? While in the building for maybe five minutes, a random woman comes up to me and says “excuse me but my friend would like to know what are you doing here? This is a private event, and you and your friends are making us feel uncomfortable and you guys are too old.” I responded with nobody’s bothering you guys. We are just here for drinks, how are we bothering you guys and making you feel uncomfortable? She responded with well, you guys are too old. I find myself perplexed, because “too old” felt like a subtle way of saying we do not have the same skin color as the people in the building. Another five minutes have passed and a security guard comes up to me and says hey you guys need to leave, this is a private event. Of course I am all respectful of a private event, but if we already paid $10 to get inside the building then why would you guys even allow us inside and not just say in the front a private event is going on? The security guard then goes and says the event is for college people only and that we are too old to be there. Myself being a 25 year-old male think to myself how am I too old to be inside of a bar and what kind of under 21 event is being held at a bar? The bar was filled with of what I noticed people younger than myself Caucasians so I don’t understand how I am too old to enter a bar… I would rather them say “you do not look like the rest of the crowd here so please leave” so I get a better perspective of Fairfield area, rather than get a BS excuse of why I can’t come to a bar. We got our money...

FACED DISCRIMINATION!!!!! A group of us decided to go to South Bay at the suggestion of one of our party members. We were a group of seven and arrived in separate cars. I went in first with my wife and best friend, and we got there right before 10pm. My wife and I are black and my best friend is Hispanic. We (the men) were wearing baseball caps. The door man says to me as soon as I approach that I’d have to leave my hat in the car. I asked if I could just put it in my pocket. He says that’s fine but if it goes on, no warnings and I’d be asked to leave. No biggie a lot of establishments have dress codes, so I had no issue complying. I take my hat off, walk in, and literally see about fifteen white guys wearing baseball caps. The second half of our group walks in and one of my friends (who is white) walks in and is also wearing a baseball cap. I asked my friend if the door man told him he couldn’t were a hat. He was told that he could wear his hat until a certain time (10:30pm.) So, why was I not allowed to wear my baseball cap like everyone else? We left, (and I'm happy they didn't get our business) but not before respectfully confronting the door man about the discrepancy. His response “I was just doing what I was told” I call b.s. because of the number of white guys already inside as well as my white friend being able to wear their hats without an issue. My hat was a regular Chicago Bulls hat. Nothing obscene, and nothing gang related. It’s 2024 and treatment like that is unacceptable. I want to spread awareness because some people are just asinine. It's really disappointing. Would give zero...