Rockefellers Kitchen & Cocktails — Restaurant in Town of Brookhaven

Open about a month, this was our first time here on a Friday night. Promptly greeted as we walked in, was advised of a 20 minute wait, but our wait was about 12 minutes. Huge bar area as you enter the dining room. Beautiful, clean dining area. Plush, velvet, comfortable chairs at the tables. Our server (I believe Dylan) was friendly, knowledgeable with the menu and truly seemed to enjoy service. For appetizers we ordered the steak tidbits, baked clams and seafood risotto balls. The steak was very flavorful and tender. Served with crustini, it was a generous portion. The baked clams (6) were delicious. The Seafood risotto balls (3) were packed with seafood in an arborio rice with the perfect crunchy breading fried crisp to give an overall perfect bite. For dinner, my husband ordered the bacon cheeseburger and I ordered the lobster roll. The cheeseburger was cooked to a perfect medium and the presentation to "release" the cheese sauce and bacon over the burger was great. My lobster roll was 3 pretzel sliders. While the lobster was tender and buttery, I would have preferred 1 full lobster roll. The French fries served with both were typical shoe string. The manager walked around checking in throughout the meal. There was a great, live, talented saxophone player. Honestly the only negative was how loud it was between the music and the bar/ restaurant chatter. It was an overall nice dining experience and we will definitely be back to try other dishes from the...

I enjoyed this location as VIP, but as Rockefellers, there is a classier vibe to it and the food has upgraded immensely. The food was always good at VIP, but now the food is GREAT! I have been here a few times now since they rebranded and feel confident to give a quality review. The ambience of the establishment does not make it feel like a local dive bar, but instead a more sophisticated restaurant that’s reflects the quality in service and cuisine.

I have only sat at the high top tables by the bar area and have been attended to by the bartenders there. They are all so pleasant and personable. I’ve had three different people take care of me and they’ve all been such gems and cannot emphasize that enough.

My favorite cocktail is the Flapper’s Folly - a great gin drink and extremely refreshing. People I went with who normally don’t drink gin loved it and ordered it themselves due to how good it was.

For food, I am beyond thrilled that they kept the steak tidbits on the menu: no place makes them any better. The crab cakes are also phenomenal as both an app and the entree version. I also enjoyed the Empire Cut skirt steak with the chimichuri sauce the most. I need to continue to come back and try some of their...

We visited Rockefellers on a Friday night. The wait staff was friendly and knowledgeable and the signature drinks were unique and delicious. I have a gluten allergy and the waitress, Nicole, put me at ease by advising me of the gf options and assuring me that the French fries (which were delicious) had their own dedicated fryer. I had the Empire cut steak, which had the most delicious chimichurri sauce and my friend had the "It was all just a cheese dream" burger. The food was absolutely amazing. 10/10 service ... 10/10 food. Will be absolutely visiting...