Something Different - Fairfield

A classic and stunning American dinerExcellent cakes

Best place we've ever eaten at, will definitely be making this a weekly trip!

The people here are always friendly, the food is excellent, service is top notch. They even brought us to go drinks when we were finished.

Awesome food and service! The chicken salad is the best that I ever had! I had to chase it with a slice of lemon poppy Bundt cake! It was awesome too.. Fantastic service!

We were immediately greeted by a server and told to sit wherever we wanted. The furniture is clearly worn in, but I think it added to the charm of the little cafe.The menu is fairly small, only a few pages. This is extremely smart of them both business wise and quality wise, because it means that they can get food out quickly and the cooks can perfect these dishes rather than trying to perfect a hundred of them. And I would personally always rather go to a place that has a few dishes that are perfect rather than a hundred that are so so (looking at you, Cheesecake Factory. The menu is mostly beef based items, though there are a few chicken/fish items. If I recall correctly, there is a page dedicated to burgers, a page dedicated to sandwiches, then a few other pages that had miscellaneous items on it. My partner doesn 't eat red meat, but there were enough options that he felt like there was enough to choose from for him as well. We aren 't vegetarian, so we didn 't look for those options, but they may be more limited.I ordered a patty melt, but I subbed the bun for a sweet roll for a small upcharge. I was told the chips were made in house, but I opted for seasoned fries for a small upcharge. I will likely get the chips next time. My partner got the chicken wrap with regular (unseasoned fries.The staff was very, very attentive. I was pleasantly surprised, because we came in only about an hour from closing. I would think that the staff would be tired and not as motivated to give excellent service at that point. But we were consistently waited on and our drinks were never empty.The food came out after a reasonable amount of time. We both LOVED the food. Like, really, really loved and we can be picky about food. When I asked my partner again just now what he thought of the food (the next day , he said it was awesome. I had never had a sweet bun with a patty melt before, but it was truly amazing. The seasoned fries were so good that I ate them all, which never happens. I usually leave food on the plate if I think it 's so so.We opted for dessert as well. The waitress began to try to recite the dessert menu from memory, but she pulled out a long piece of paper that had all of the desserts on them. She was nice enough to read them all out, but my partner and I were like, okay, that was so many items, and we couldn 't remember already, haha. So, she kindly left the piece of paper with the desserts on them with us.The desserts list was surprisingly extensive. They are all made fresh in house. There were about 10 different cakes to choose from and 10 cheesecakes, I believe. There were also another couple of random items that I don 't remember (maybe cobbler or something? I got the dark chocolate chip cake, and my partner got the key lime cheesecake.When I asked him again just now how he liked the cheesecake, he said it was really, REALLY good. He is almost never that enthusiastic about dessert. My own portion was HUGE, especially for the price I paid. I ate about a third of it and took the rest home to eat. It was by and far the best cake I 've ever had. That was probably the biggest shocker, that the best cake I have ever had came from a little diner down the road that we hadn 't had a chance to stop into until now. I 'll definitely come back for my birthday and get a whole cake.The waitress kindly gave us to go cups on our drinks and brought me a to go box for my cake. Despite it being so late and near closing, we never felt rushed out which is another unique thing, because the rare times that we do eat close to closing, the staff usually tries to not so subtly hint that we need to leave.All in all, this will be our new go to place. We live very close, and I can 't wait to come back again. And the cherry on top is that the food is EXTREMELY affordable, especially post COVID when it feels like everything went up in price. I would highly recommend any locals or anyone passing through to give Something Different a try.