La Cucina Di Hampden House

Absolutely love this place...

The wife & I always come here when we are in town. Great food, drinks & atmosphere and always new beers to try. Best of all is their customer service. They treat you like family here. 3 Thumbs Up & 5 Stars from us.

Went here for the first time last evening with a friend and it was wonderful.

Atmosphere: romantic lighting. There was a live musician. Warm, but not too warm. Very small/single stall ladies room. Parking lot shared with other businesses.

Drink: Tito-Jito. My goodness was this amazing. SO refreshing. I could picture sipping these on a patio all summer. My friend had a glass of cab.

Food: I cannot say enough about the fried cauliflower appetizer. Sweet, spicy, perfectly tender .... Huge portion. Can't wait to get that again. Brought home for my husband and he was swooning. We both had the short rib sub mashed potatoes instead of polenta. The roasted carrots were perfect and so good. The potatoes and short rib were both great - loved the crispy onions on top. Large portion. My friend raves about their chicken francaise too. She had salted caramel cheesecake for dessert which she said was good. I had the crème brûlée cheesecake special which was good but the brûlée piece of it was really a miss.


All in all a really great place. Extra points because you can make reservations on line also. Will definitely return.

Very attentive staff from bartenders to wait staff. Food delicious and plenty of it! I had the swordfish special this evening and my friend had the veggie pizza. Everything well prepared, tasty, served hot. Always a great spot. Looking forward to their patio dining again as the weather gets warmer.

We absolutely love this local place. I had a surgery that has given me some difficulty swallowing and this recent trip was my first eating out in five months. They made it an utter delight. They gladly accommodated some of my weird requests like no ice in my lemonade so I could use a thickener.

We had mulligatawny soup as an appetizer special that was delicious. Our first time trying that.

My hanger steak was perfection as always and really enjoyed the fiddleheads on the side and the cauliflower purée.

My husband enjoyed his fish dish a lot.

The crème brûlée was delightful but my husband has not stopped dreaming about the strawberry shortcake. Something about the cake was not the standard and he utterly loved it. It's a special dessert and not always offered but he has called several times asking for it (no luck catching the right day just yet) several times!


Presentation is always so beautiful and enticing. This place is such a gem with fantastic food and fabulous service.

A group of us were in the area recently for a wake and afterwords were extremely hungry and in dire need of a drink. Quickly looked them up prior to going inside and the menu looked good and not crazy expensive. Were told the bar area is seat yourself, so we grabbed the only available booth, it was dirty, but the server quickly cleared it. So far so good. Wish we had gotten the waiters name, because he was amazing, the food not so much. Everything was just subpar. Started with the "Caprese" Ravioli and they were flavorless! Entrees finally came out (the wait was longer than it should have been) and everything was just meh. 2 of us ordered from the Simply Grilled Section, choice of protein, sauce and 2 sides; one of us got the grilled chicken that was not good at all, the other blackened salmon that was just meh. Both sauces were gross! Bourbon cider glaze and a maple soy glaze. Best part of these meals was the parmesan risotto and I think that was partially because I was so excited for risotto, not everyone has risotto. One of us got a burger that must have been sitting while waiting for the other items, not only because it was luke warm but the bun was so soggy from the juice of the burger that it stuck to the plate, and to top it off, it wasn't good. Undercooked and cold fries. The other of us got the Chicken Francaise that was just okay. Didn't want the potatoes and veggies that comes with it, instead requested it come over pasta, which they accommodated but the flavors just weren't there. And lastly the espresso martinis were just okay. I love espresso martini's and order them everywhere, but these were just okay, nothing special.

All and all, it was a 6.5 out of 10. Not bad but not a place we will go to again.

Recently hosted a n after funeral luncheon here. As always, the food was delicious. The service was friendly, attentive and efficient. As it was an early afternoon lunch, we had the place to ourselves. The ambiance was casual and comfortable . Laurie, the event coordinator made everything so easy!

Dinner with the folks to celebrate birthdays. We have eaten here a dozen times over the years and usually good. Not this night. Calamari was rubbery and tasted fishy. Hopefully we feel okay tomorrow. The street corn was cold. The striped bass was overcooked and dry. Drunken lobster was drunk. Limited lobster and what was there was tough. On a positive note the braised short rib and the salmon were decent. Lastly on service, we intentionally delayed ordering meals after appetizers but they showed while we were still eating the apps.

Last time we eat here....unfortunately!

We live in town and used to go here all the time. The last 3 times were just awful- last time was Valentines day and the overpriced food was inedible. My husband's scallops were burnt and so over spiced he could not eat them. My filet was over cooked and burnt on the bottom. It's sad it's gone downhill

Had dinner here last night. I had the beet salad which was so very tasty with plenty of beets. My husband had Bolognese which was a good size portion. Enough for left overs the next day. We were fortunate to have our favorite waiter Alex too!

Myself and 5 friends met fora 5:15 reservation.After waiting an hour and a half to get our meals, everyone's meals were luke warm to cool.My Filet was dry and over done and cool.Unfortunately we won't be back.