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Don's Lighthouse

3.6 (253 reviews)
Open • 11:30 am - 9:30 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Moderate noise
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Happy hour specials
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Crab Cake
Erin C.

Don's Lighthouse was a spot that I was so excited to try, but it was a bit of a disappointment. Our service was mediocre. First, we ordered drinks, two French Onion soups, and the Crab Cake. They were very good! The Crab Cake was the star of the show. I was most excited to have the Filet Mignon - I love a good steak and have heard decent things about this place! My date ordered the Steak and Lobster - he said that it was good but not the best thing he's ever had. I ordered the Filet cooked medium/medium-rare with the whipped potatoes and swapped the green beans with asparagus. It looked great, but was cooked to medium well when I cut into it. It was tough to chew and was a bit of a disappointment. Both the mashed potatoes and asparagus were not great either. I would give this place another shot but not any time soon.

Wedge Salad
Renee B.

Back again for Don's delicious wedge salad. It has the perfect combination of ingredients. We always sit in the lounge and the bartender was very busy yet attentive and friendly.

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Evan F.

Have been here a few times in the past month or so, and the food has been just okay. The inside is very old-school Cleveland and the service has been just fine...but the food is somewhat lacking, especially for the price. First time through we had the fried calamari appetizer along with a Bistro salad (which had way too much dressing) and a French onion soup that lacked any depth of real onion flavor. At our last meal, my wife's fish dish was extremely dry and my short ribs were almost half fat that was inedible. Wish i had better things to say...we may still give them a try for Happy Hour and see how those menu items fare, but we will probably not return for a sit-down dinner.

We want to Don's Lighthouse last week for dinner. We made reservations in case it was busy. They had plenty of seating, so you might be able to get away without a reservation, but don't chance it if your heart is set on dinner here. Especially on a weekend. Service and atmosphere was great. We had a very attentive and helpful server that gave us recommendations and checked on us often. Elegant restaurant that has a nice and fancy vibe to it. Great for date nights and special occasions. We sampled and found really good tasting wines. Made note and will purchase those wines in the future for casual drinking at home. We started with the complimentary bread and butter. Bread has hot out of the oven and tasted fresh. Also very soft. A+ on the bread. Same with the crab cake for an appetizer. Very small portion of just 1 crab cake, but favor was everything you could want when ordering a crab cake. Moving into the entree is where I marked them down on food. The main course of the meal(Steak, Walleye, Scallops) were excellent for all parties of our table. The problem was the sides were very lacking. My red potatoes were undercooked and hard. They just seemed basic with no added flavors. My green beans were cooked properly, but it was steamed green beans with zero flavor. They were just plain. Same with the corn mix. The sides need more flavor whether it's coming from a seasoning or sauce. We finished our meal off with bread pudding. Didn't get a picture of this, but it was tasty. I try bread pudding at any restaurant that offers it and felt this was mostly a flavored bread with ice cream on it. Not much of the creamy pudding to be a real bread pudding. But it was good for what it was. Overall, I do recommend trying this place. Some flavors will be bland while others will be flavor packed.

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Pauline L.

Great old school charm at the bar. Happy hour is great with plenty of bar seats. We had a group of 9 people and it's not always easy to squeeze into a bar and have good conversation. Huge, tasty martinis!!! We did not go in the restaurant but recommend the bar!!

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Wonderful wonderful food and a really great staff. Go for the cowboy steak salad of the lobster sandwich

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Finally stopped here after driving by for years. Service was a little slow but the food was awesome! Will definitely go back.

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