Osianna Mediterranean Taverna

Their lunch menu is delicious for an incredibly reasonable price. One meal and one appetizer easily fills two people and their side salad is to die for!

It was good but not great. The octopus appetizer was very good and so were the zucchini chips. The cod was nothing special and I wish it would have been served with a piece of bread.
The crime brûlée was ok but I did get an excellent martini.

Quaint and inviting restaurant.
I love the warm toasted bread w hummus that they serve in the beginning. The fish is done well here. We had the prix fixe lunch menu — perfectly portioned. The Branzino and Salmon salad was done well. I had the chopped salad– reminder to self!!! Don’t order that again. It was salty and I didn’t even put the dressing on.

So I’ve eaten here many many times the food is excellent. However, tonight when we went we were asked if we had a reservation, which we did not have. The host said he would have to check. Just a note there were plenty of empty tables. He came back and said we have no room for you. Really no I’m sorry or there will be a wait for a table. Maybe you should train your people how to engage with your customers. Don’t think we’ll be going back.

I have hit lots of Greek restaurants on my travels for work and most are a bust but this place has a good menu and very nice décor but not overly fancy or upscale. Great seating area outside as well.
Ordered a couple of small plates… Colorado lamb chops were cooked perfectly. The octopus was also cooked perfect and not rubbery at all. The tomato cucumber salad was also excellent and I am sure you are thinking «how hard could that be to make» but I’ve had some pretty bad ones on my travels.
I ordered the organic salmon and it was very good but the grilled veggies were sliced very thin and a bit too much olive oil for me. The best thing that I almost missed out on since I typically don’t eat bread was the hummus… they give you a loaf with a little bowl of hummus and I decided to try the hummus… it was excellent and house made!
Would definitely come back if passing through again.

We were here for the first time last night and it was amazing! I was a bit underdressed when I wore jeans there on a Saturday night. I wasn’t expecting it to be more on the fancy side. I started off with a cholcolat martini and ordered the grilled octopus with arugula and red onions plus the gnocchi with ossobuco for appetizers. Both were delicious. I especially liked the sauce that came on the gnocchi and the fresh parsley on the top was a nice touch. For dinner I order the spinach and feta risotto with the scallops. I didn’t think I’d finish the risotto, but it was so good I finished it no problem. My boyfriend got the sea bass and potato/​vegetable special and he said it was good as well. I’m not sure if I like Osianna or Quattropazzi better. I think Osianna is a bit cheaper and I like the restaurant in general better since Quattro can get a little loud. Quattro seems to have more of a selection though. I will definitely be back! It might be my new favorite restaurant in Fairfield.

This place is phenomenal. The waitstaff is friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable. The kitchen is accommodating to food allergies; they specially prepared the short ribs without flour to accommodate a gluten intolerance, and our server brought out (amazing) homemade hummus with veggies in lieu of bread without us even having to ask. The menu speaks for itself — flavors are perfectly combined without trying too hard, and the meals are hearty but not heavy. The scallops were cooked to perfection, a perfect seer without being a second overcooked. The octopus is some of the most tender I have ever had. Osianna is a Fairfield must-​try.

I really like this place.
I’ve been here a couple times now so it’s time to do a review.
It’s Mediterranean with a slant towards Greek food. I’m not a huge fan of Greek food but this place is good.
It’s a cute place that’s pretty small, though when the weather is nice they have a nice outside area with an awning making it quite a bit bigger. The takeaway here is make a reservation if you plan on going Thursday through Saturday maybe other times too. Inside its nice but not over the top.
They have a small lot that can be tricky to get in and out of so if it’s busy just park across the street.
The wine list was decent though I didn’t see much I recognized.
There are many good looking apps so it was hard to pick. We ended up with the rice balls and the Mediterranean dips for 2. Both excellent. Definite get the dips, which were pita pieces with tzaiki, spicy feta and eggplant dips. Also included some beans that were great. I thought they were fava beans but I was told they were something else. Whatever, they were really good.
For dinner I got the Mediterranean sea bass, which may have been the best I’ve ever had. Just grilled with some mild seasoning. Excellent. Others had the scallop risotto and short ribs and all were really good.
For dessert others had the berry thing (good) and I had some Greek almond thing I can’t recall the name of that was sweet but good. Cappuccino was good too.
This place isn’t cheap but you get what you pay for. With one $ 55 bottle of wine, apps and desserts the total was about $ 240 for 3 people including tip.
The crowd skews towards the middle-​age side and based on the cars in the lot also on the well-​heeled side. I’m neither and I feel comfortable here.
Service was good maybe a tiny bit slow on a busy Saturday night. But the staff is pleasant and the owner or manager or whatever he is is very engaged in the goings on in the restaurant.
Overall it’s a great place if you want a good meal in a nice place that’s not overly formal.

If you’re over 65, drive a Bentley and divide your time between here and your yacht on the Mediterranean, then this is for you. The food is good enough and is Greek inspired. The grilled octopus was fine, and so was the fish, nothing to rave about but pretty good. Prices are par for the course, maybe a little high, but then again it’s chump change compared to a night out in Monte Carlo. Our server could not tell me anything useful about the wines or beers.

Overall we had a pleasant experience here but nothing really knocked our socks off. Not to mention the fact that our server didn’t really seem to have time for us. The place was very busy, but the host/​manager was super nice and very accommodating upon our arrival. We shared the lobster gnocchi appetizer which was very good and arrived in a healthy portion. For dinner, I had the Mediterranean Sea Bass with brussel sprouts. The brussel sprouts were on the boring side, but the sea bass was perfectly cooked. We shared the chocolate mousse for dessert. Again, nothing that knocked our socks off, as it was literally just a scoop of mousse in a martini glass, but it was very good/​rich mousse.

Overall the food was ok. We had the whole sea bass and the filet sea bass. Pricing was a bit high and the noise level was horrible. They need to put some panels on the ceiling to dampen the noise level. No wow factor, just good.

Sorry, I can’t think of many positives with this place. No parking, entry is odd, layout is terrible, service was ok but food was over-​priced. The owner is a slick type who acts all friendly but ultimately has poor service skills. We did their prix fixe dinner. Bronzino was overcooked and sub-​par quality. Short rib pasta barely had flecks of short rib in it. Not what I expected for $ 28. The kicker was at the end of the meal where they gave us desert options. It was supposed to be part of prix fixe yet they charged us separately (3×9 = $ 27) I told the manager about it and he said «oh, I did not know you did prix fixe I can waive two but I can’t waive mousse as it is not a prix fixe option». What a crock. The waiters knew we did prix fixe and never mentioned the options, just gave us the desert menu. It was so uncomfortable in the place that I paid and left but not without taking that $ 9 out of their tips. What a sham. Wonder how many people he tries to fool with that one.

My children gave me a few suggestions for lunch on Mothers Day. This was one. After looking at the menu, the reviews and hearing good things; I decided to choose Osianna. We had reservations, but had to wait for a table, standing by the coffee machines, when there were clearly empty ones. What they neglected to post on their website was the fact that there was a Mothers Day Menu. The items that I had seen on the regular menu, which finally made me choose this restaurant were not on this menu. The food was good but over priced for a ham & cheese sandwich or a grilled chicken wrap which I could have got at an upscale diner for half the price. My daughter (a vegetarian) ordered the beet salad, since the meatless choices were very few. She did not like it and left most of it on her plate. We left unsatisfied with an over priced bill for what we got. Maybe if you go there when they are serving from their regular menu it would reflect in a different review.

This is one of my all time favorite restaurants, if I could eat here every day, I would.
Obsessed with their arancini appetizer with olive spread — not your traditional recipe which makes it that much more original. I’ve had many entres including their branzino, their scallop dish, pasta dishes, salads, gazpacho, octopus app, desserts; everything is absolute perfection.
Wait staff are inviting, friendly, and gracious, always greeted with a warm welcome from the manager when my family and I come to eat.
Ambience is light and airy during the day, and intimate during then night. Definitely great for a date night, brunch, or even a fun outting with friends.
Someone tell me where I can get their arancini recipe because this girl would like to snag a peak!

The best foods the flavor is amazing! Dishes you would never think to try, the staff is outstanding and will take you through the menu– our favorite! Maria the matriarch sets the tone and is old fashioned in her knowledge of the clientele and warm and welcoming.
Stuffed shrimp — fav
Any fish dish
The hummus when you sit down– to die for
The deserts!!!
Go!

Great food but can be unbearably noisy… Especially during a holiday week when Office groups are enjoying a festive lunch!

The server was Gloria (I believe), and she was amazing. I would go back there just because of the great service. Fortunately, the food was delicious. I had the calamari for an app; which were cooked perfectly. They bring out warm, toasted bread with hummus, which was tasty! I got the lamb entrée, which was very good, not a large quantity, but very tasty. Also, got the mini assortment of deserts because I’m not that familiar with Greek deserts, but that was very good as well.

Wonderful place. Great food and very friendly staff. Had the whole sea bass with sautéed spinach– just delicious. Will return very soon.

Osianna bills itself as «Meditterranean», but anyone who has spent quality time in the Greek Islands, in particular the Cyclades, will recognize it immediately as 100% Greek.
I don’t blame the owners for dodging the «Greek» mantle, since here in the USA it stands for Saganaki, Souvlaki, Gyros and other turkish-​accented fare, which can be wonderful, but is a distant (and homely) cousin to the vibrant, seafood-​based cuisine of the islands.
Our family just returned from a long stay on Paros, and our memories of the beach tavernnas and their stunningly excellent food are still very fresh. No place in Fairfield is ever going to recreate the singular experience of parking your little rental car in a sand lot behind a little shack, dropping your towels and bags at a table, swimming for a few hours in water so salty that you don’t need to tread water, then sitting down in your flip flops and cover-​up to drop dead terrific fresh cuisine, wine, and souma looking out over the crystal blue Aegean. But you weren’t expecting that, I hope.
If you’ve been fortunate enough to have had that experience though, the food at Osianna will instantly transport you back to the islands. This is not faint praise. One of the joys of the Cyclades is the astounding quality of the food at the beach tavernnas. It’s not just good recipes, its the holy trinity of amazing ingredients (vegetables and fish in particular), made to order execution, and wonderful preparations.
So even if you haven’t been to Greece, or don’t much care about the terroir they are trying to emulate, go! You’ll love the food!
Maybe someday a Holodeck will cover the rest of the experience. In the meantime you’ll just have to either book a trip to the Cyclades, or take my word for it.

Nice little restaurant that seemed busy but was able to seat my little group of 3 immediately for dinner.
We tried the tasting menu and were happy with the selection. I ordered the salad and chicken breast over risotto. The salad was delicious but I thought the chicken was a little dry but was seasoned well.
For dessert I went for the toasted almond gelato. This was by far the best gelato I’ve had in years. The gelato was rich with thinly sliced almonds. I highly recommend this if you don’t have any nut allergies.
Atmosphere was a bit noisy with conversations going on all around but not too loud where you couldn’t hear across the table. Parking was plenty with either street or the nearby parking garage.