Situated in downtown Edgartown, Détente is a charming restaurant and bar that serves seasonal, creative dishes. Détente uses ingredients sourced from local farmers and fishermen, and features an extensive wine selection with regional and international selections.
Seasonal New American fare & a big wine list star at this chic, romantic venue with outdoor dining. Based on 119 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
15 Winter St, Edgartown, MA 02539
Phone: (508) 627-8810
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Hours
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed |
| Tuesday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Thursday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Friday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Saturday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
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Reservations: resy.com
Reviews
Joseph Adelantar
A charming restaurant tucked away in the heart of Edgartown in Martha Vineyard. The food was prepared wonderfully, friendly service and comfortable atmosphere. The subtle flavors of the fresh seafood, crabs and lobsters were delicious. The potato roll was a favorite of our daughters as well as the halibut. The deconstructed s’mores was also a hit,
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Susanna Herlitz-Ferguson
My friend and I had the most wonderful dinner. It was ‘opening for the season night’ at Detente, and they hit it right off the bat. The food was incredible. I thoroughly enjoyed my cauliflower appetizer and my halibut. Lucian was an impeccable waiter – so nice and attentive. Perfect night.
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Elizabeth Rowland
We ate here three weeks ago for our 10 year anniversary. What a bust! The service was fantastic the food was pretty bad. They did have a great peach salad. We had the bread after the peach salad. The bread was not good it tasted like nothing. From there it was downhill I had the halibut and my husband had the sea bass. There was no flavor to the dishes and we walked away really bummed. Maybe they were having an off night in the kitchen.
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Stephanie Apperson
The service was impeccable. The food was disappointing. They serve bread with flavorless oil that did nothing for the bread. I ordered the pork which had a beautiful sear but was tough and difficult to cut and chew. The fennel risotto had no fennel flavor, just the tallegio and there were very hard chunks of something like a root vegetable?! In general the flavors were incompatible. And the brown butter cake was delicious but the fruit was tossed with citrus (assuming grapefruit which I can’t stand) so I left the beautiful fruit on the plate.
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Loretta Lambright Redrick
Established Martha’s Vineyard eatery. We sat at the bar where we enjoyed excellent service, delicious eats and relaxed yet elegant vibes. The lamb chops were tender and juicy, halibut was fresh and flaky. The appetizers were delicious! Large portions, fair prices.
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Hilary Levitt
Détente Restaurant was one of the places recommended by the Inn we were staying at. While walking around town, we found this restaurant hidden on a quiet street, Winter St. We made reservations for that night. Indoor and outdoor seating are available. For those that wished to eat outdoors, they had a canopy/ canvas covering to keep the rain out as the weather was a little inclement the week we visited the island. We opted for indoor dining. Lots of Wine options, only 4 drink cocktails and various beer options are available. We had a scallop appetizer followed by the main meal, Pork Chop for my husband and Crusted Cod fish for me. Both were excellent and the flavors, seasonings, and sauces were superb. This was one of the only restaurants on this island that served coffee which my husband appreciated. For dessert, we shared the chocolate torte that came with cherries and ice cream. Servers all wore masks. Excellent service by Miona. Nice quiet restaurant. Highly recommend this restaurant.
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jennifer subnarine
Absolutely amazing restaurant!
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Donna D
Excellent meal shared with family! Everything was cooked perfectly. We had grilled octopus, burrata salad, scallops, lamb, venison and bass. For dessert bread pudding and coconut cake!
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Sam Jones
Proper foodie place. Everything well thought out and the service was top notch.
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Amrit Mattu
Food was pretty good here! Nice ambience outside but there was some mosquitos. Just bring your bug spray if you sit outside! They bring bread to the table free so maybe don’t order the cornbread as well.. even tho it was pretty good lol
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