Music was a bit loud for the amount of people present. That being said, the civiche was incredible, the pickled eggplant was great, and the salad we got was delicious too. I will go back to try more of their pickled items... read more

Very cozy and stylish room with communal tables, fantastic service, and great food. We had two kinds of Washington state oysters which were both delicious, pickled green tomatoes (good, but kind of tasted like sauerkraut), incredible fluke ceviche, roasted baby potatoes with some sort of dream sauce, solid but not blow-you-away brussels sprouts, and fall-off-the-bone, scrumptuous BBQ pork ribs. (I never order ribs, and I was very, very happy with the choice.) Our server was super-friendly and very helpful, in particular in describing the various oysters they had for the night... I would travel back to the "other Brooklyn" (i.e. Williamsburg) just to eat here. read more

Living above the Lighthouse has made it all too convenient for my fiance and I to avoid cooking at least once a week. We're fortunate to live in such close proximity to an incredible restaurant. We have tried most of the things on their menu, and many specials, and have literally never been disappointed. Some favorites include The Big Salad, chicken skewer, any steak they ever make and the Pa pie. Definitely get the Pa Pie. While we love to order pick up, the laid back atmosphere,spot-on old fashions, and kind service keeps us downstairs. read more

The food here was amazing. There are flavor a that we could not put our finger on but had such depth. We had the ribs, shishito peppers, big salad, chickpea dish, and fries. All had a distinctly Mediterranean flavor with a freshness that is hard to come by. My favorite was the chickpea dish. It was a fair portion and was packed with flavors that kept me wanting more. read more

In a residential neighborhood in need of good restaurants, this place opens. Without a name on its awning or a menu on its door. (She is too good for you.) Except the food is nothing out of the ordinary. And the prices a bit high. This is pretentious, my friend who ordered the lamb says. And you agree and you stare at the Latin restaurant across the street, where you get a not so good rice and beans. But it's cheap at least. And you long for something decent that at least feels real. Like Taco Santana further down. Mama Food Shop is opening soon. None will bleed you dollars. But that's the thing. What if you want to walk over with a friend, order some food, some good wine, enjoy it in the south side of Williamsburg, and not mind paying more? Where would you go? Not Lighthouse. That's for sure. read more

Nice, clean, simple atmosphere, the waitress is nice and not overwhelming. Water served in old wine bottles is a cute touch. Food is simple, portions are small/medium. Coffee served in a French press. The southside drink is really good. read more

Best brunch in Williamsburg. The quinoa salad is fantastiche! Or the burger. Or the trout and eggs, or the shakshuka. Good music, great space, owners are super friendly. read more

Great food, great cocktails, and a lovely atmosphere. Outside sitting on these warm summer nights is also a big plus. been back several times over the last year and alway leave with a big fat smile! read more

I was visiting family in Williamsburg and found this place on Yelp. Pretty decent star rating. We decided to go. It was a nice warm evening so we got to sit outside. The place was hip looking and the street was not terribly busy so eating on the sidewalk was cool. I only went inside to use the bathroom so I won't comment on the atmosphere. The bathroom was nice. Service was great. Wait person was sweet but the food was just ok. I ordered the steak, but it came well done rather than medium. I sent it back and the new steak was perfect in color but it was super tough. Really when you order a steak in a restaurant it should be at least as good as what you could make at home. Sorry guys but your beef lacks texture unless you're into chewing your food as a jaw exercise. My friend ordered muscles and she was happy with her meal especially the quantity. After I had sent the steak back one time for over cooking I just couldn't bring myself to ask again. read more

Literally across the street from my friend's apartment. Nice spot for a glass of wine. Didn't order any food but it smelled good. French music was playing in the background. read more

Nice oysters for $1. They mix many types randomly so you never get tired of the same taste read more

I have only been here for the dinner and will come back to try brunch ( there is still some hope left there). The service and ambiance were great-- they let our large party hang out well after we paid and kept refilling our waters (very European, not typical for NYC). The food was disappointing-- we ordered a bunch of the veggie plates and they were not seasoned well. The sauces were underwhelming, but the saving grace was the fennel for me. My friends ordered the chicken and they were very happy with it, so if you are a meat eater, check this place out. The drinks were solid and they had a lot of options. read more

This place is great. Good cocktails and food menu. Friendly staff. Great place to stop in when you're in the area..

Went to a reserved wedding brunch here and was amazed. The staff was so welcoming and kind, it seemed like they wanted us to be there. The food was perfect for the occasion and absolutely delicious. Could not have had a better experience. You have to come here. Best brunch spot in Brooklyn. read more

Went opening week and the service was horrible- gave it a second chance last night hoping the kinks would be ironed out. Don't expect to get a drink anytime soon after ordering. The bar is tragically slow. Food- they overuse dill in the worst way! Ruined a nice salad with a pound of dill. I actually didn't have one dish without a heaping scoop of dill garnish. Pretty gross actually. Chicken dish was undercooked and rubbery. Ceviche and beef carpaccio were really good. The bathroom is worse than some club bathrooms- super disgusting. Wouldn't come back based on the bathroom alone. read more

Been coming here since they opened a few years back, since the time when had a fantastic steak salad (RIP)...Not sure what's up recently and perhaps it was because the delightful brother-sister manager-owners weren't in last time I went, but I was denied getting a salad instead of fries with their delicious food, for the first time ever. Yeah, yeah first world shit...but the pill would have been easier to swallow if my sweet bartender wouldn't have had to have asked some babyfaced, too-cool-for-school manager with his face stuck in his phone, chilling at the end of the bar, who didn't even take a second to look the bartender in the eye when telling him "no", for permission. I miss the old Lighthouse and being treated like the regular that I am....or at least used to be! read more

Ok, Went last Sunday, Food is fine, not bad, but for ~28 entrée, their service has got to be better. They are SLOW, and pet peeve , please do not say the wait will be less than 10 minutes when it will not. Did i mention the service couldn't take our drink order when we ordered our food. I love "sorry we're busy" really? read more

Came here for Sunday brunch. The service was laughably bad. For half the meal, I thought we were actually being pranked. Drinks took 20 minutes to arrive, and only after we again prompted the waiter. The food took much longer: 1 hour from order to arrival. The kitchen and serving staff were confused and unprofessional. There might've been some computer error with the order, but they never updated us and never apologized for the long wait. It was insulting. The table next to us arrived, ate, paid, and left before our chilequiles arrived. It's a shame, since they were delicious. If major service errors happen, you should apologize to the patrons. Most people will be understanding about it, as we would have been had we gotten some explanation along the way. However, we only received an apology after we complained to them at the end of the meal. Though I'll never return, I should say that the space itself is cool -- triangle-shaped and very bright. read more

I stalked this place before it opened and was ecstatic when I realized it was foodie heaven between my apartment and the dog park. I've been there twice to drink and once to eat and so far have loved everything. Drinks are interesting, bartenders are nice. We were given a taste of Frenet as a nice after dinner drink - nice touch. Dudorino is amazing/odd, but delicious. The spicy grapefruit thing is also delicious = summer in my mouth. My benchmark for any bartender is a good Manhattan on the rocks and they deliver. The oysters and sauces they come with are the best I've had in the neighborhood, maybe city. We had the ribs and the big salad too - very tasty... again, pricey but worth it over subpar crap I spend $$ on all over the place. Overall love the place and would go more often since it is dangerously close to home but it loses a star for being a little too expensive for the hood and cash only - Ran up a $150 tab and don't carry that kind of cash. Bonus points for corner location and good street watching. read more

BRUNCH! This place is fantastic. I will go there again and again. The Steak & Eggs was the tits. My girlfriend had the Trout & Eggs on brioche and O. M. G. The coffee was also top notch. Can't wait to go back. read more

Solid brunch spot. My soy latte was delicious and barely needed sugar. Our group started out with a sampling of pickled veggies. I hate pickles. So i figured I wouldn't really like it. So wrong. Amazing... pickled cabbage, beets, carrots, peppers, cucumbers, mushrooms etc. All fantastic. And the toasted bread was ridiculous. We kept asking for more. For my entree, I has a green omelette (literally green!) with veggies and homefries. Whatever's in the homefries was sooo good. The seasoning they use is bomb. Great flavor. My only gripe is that they were out of/didn't have oysters!! Boo!! I also don't like sitting on benches with no backs. Not comfy. And they could use another server or two on the floor. But good food and coffee! Will have to come back for oysters and dinner. read more

I arrived earlier in the afternoon from San Francisco without a solid dinner plan. We found an airbnb loft type spot the night before. We walked around the neighborhood and nothing really grabbed us. This place caught our eye from across the street as there are windows on one entire side of the building. Upon entering we were greeted with smiles. We grabbed seats at the bar. The crew on staff instantly made us feel comfortable! We ordered pan seared bass and the big salad, planning to split the two. This was perfect portions for the two of us. Although I don't drink alcohol my sister ordered a stout plus a glass of white wine. What a gem to stumble upon. read more

Best happy hour, best food, best everything! The food is different and interesting and extremely delicious. Their drinks and oysters are great as well! I am so fortunate to live right across the street from Lighthouse! Every time I enter it feels as if I'm stepping into someone's home kitchen--you can tell that there is a lot of love in their food :) read more

Nothing crazy special about the menu, but they do their cheeseburgers right. Fries were legit, too. Sit at the bar. Cocktails were gross.

Came here for brunch, had the trout and eggs. It was fantastic! Such a great portion, great service, such good food had me licking the plates. read more

Unimpressed. Seems as though it's trying to be some posh Manhattan place by the looks of the menu, and trying too hard. All the food was bland, and the "entree" of eggplant and poach egg and tahini sauce was laughable. It looked pretty as a tapa maybe, but the dish was Tiny and bland. Servers seemed like inexperienced kids. Really disappointed and won't be back. read more

The burger I had at brunch last weekend was maybe one of the best I've ever had. I want to live inside that jalapeño mayo forever. And ever.

Amazing burger, very delicious brunch, great inventive cocktails, etc.

Extremely welcoming and warm environment that is complimented perfectly by the quality of the menu and cocktails.

Beautiful space, friendly service, no wait for brunch on Sunday at 12. Really wanted to like it! However, my shakshuka turned up lukewarm and very bland. It was essentially a can of crushed tomatoes and a couple of undercooked poached eggs topped with giant parsley sprigs. Trout looked more promising, as did the burger. read more

I've never written about any of my eating experiences until now. I'm not a food critic, nor am I a foodie, but I do know what tastes good and I do dabble in amateur cooking. One ingredient I recently discovered was Israeli Couscous and made numerous variations of it, including stuffing with figs and baking in Empire Apples. So when I read in L-Magazine that a new local restaurant opening in Brooklyn would be serving Israeli Couscous and lamb chops (another of my favorite meats) I couldn't wait. Unfortunately, the experience was far from satisfying and not only was it less than stellar but the most expensive eating experience I ever had that I'm compelled to write about. When we arrived the place was darkly lit and we were seated at a park table with benches. I had to use my Blackberry flashlight to read the menu, which was small offering assorted raw oyster specials, fish, chicken and lamb. Since I was interest in the Couscous and lamb I thought I was going to try this combination but they didn't serve lamb with couscous and you cannot buy a side order of it. So I had to resort to the baked half chicken that came with couscous. Strike One. My girlfriend ordered the fish. We had a very long wait for the food and the din of the place with the park style bench and tables weren't meant for a romantic or discrete dining experience because we were joined by hipsters at our shared table. Strike Two. The half chicken and couscous was delivered in a cast-iron skillet together. I was excited but soon found the eating experience to be both disgusting and disappointing. The couscous was gloriously burnt and the chicken didn't have any noteworthy flavors. I informed the waitress that the couscous was burnt and she stated that was how their customers liked it. I told her that the burnt couscous was very difficult to eat and I couldn't even chew it and she offered me a side order of couscous. I was relieved when she came back with a new plate of couscous and thought that this unbaked version was going to redeem the dining experience but to no avail. It didn't have any taste or flavors and was a pathetic rendition from even my amateur version. While I'm not discouraging anyone from going to this restaurant I hope this would prevent you from order the dish that was most disappointing to me. I would like to hear others customers responses. I hope the owners could take notice and address this problem. This is also my fault for taking dining advice from L-Magazine, who seem to have a knack for hyping a place, only to be disappointed on numerous occasions and now leading me to think that the restaurants are compensating them for making favorable recommendations. read more

I don't write reviews, but Lighthouse warrants this: I've been here 6 times with different friends from all over the world, I've had pretty much everything on the menu and every time I've left feeling thrilled. The owners' hospitality, the cosiness of their restuarant and their half-chicken are all to die for. If you want great tasting, simple, homely food and drink made and served by people who love what they do then you should go here, at least once a month. read more

One of the best spots in the area. Always consistent and a pleasure.

We recently moved nearby and ordered takeout, which we LOVED, before actually visiting the restaurant. We were excited for our first eating-in experience because the restaurant looks so cozy and we already knew the Big Salad was awesome. Unfortunately, the service is really slow and the rest of the dishes seem uneven. We've gone twice now because we really want to like this place. The first time was brunch. We got the sprouted chickpea and chilaquiles. Both were big bowls of mush. The pita and pickles were good. As were the cocktails (The Southside and the mimosa). The second time, the food was better. I stuck with the salad, but my boyfriend tried and liked the duck pita. The grilled sourdough bread was also great. Unfortunately, the service was really really slow again. Everyone there is lovely. It just seems a bit disorganized. read more

Shit was beat. We were the only table in the restaurant. Ordered some oysters and dude put in the order literally 15 minutes after ordering - how do I know this? Because I came up to the bar to ask if the oysters had to be cooked and I saw that they had JUST STARTED putting them on ice. Did I mention that we were the only table? The "chefs" were chilling talking shit. Finally the oysters arrived. We had no water, and no utensils. We asked for the check and he didn't come grab it until I stoop up to remind him that we were ready. There was an UP charge for my UP Manhattan. Fucking blowing it. Oysters were yummy though, hence the one star! read more

I love that you can walk in and almost always get a table right away. I love that they have healthy and delicious options on the menu, a beautiful salad, a great quinoa dish. This is my go-to place in the hood and I rue that day that it is eventually "discovered" and mobbed by the hordes (already kinda happening actually) My only qualm is they sometimes play very loud club music at brunch time which makes it hard to talk, even to one person sitting across the table from you. Don't know why they do that... read more

We went here last night with the intention of having dinner. Our waitress talked to us once and never came back. After 20 min we flagged down another waitress to ask about our drinks. After watching them both continue to walk around the restaurant without helping us, after 30 min we got up and left. We went to Santos Anne down the street and enjoyed much better service and good food. read more

Nice chill spot with a mixologist on deck that knows how to make some great tasting drinks. They have a food menu as well but we didn't have any on this day. You can bring your laptop and just chill while have a drink or some coffee. If you love in the area def check this place out. read more

Tucked away past the busier streets of Williamsburg, this restaurant is a gem with good service and really tasty food. It was the perfect location for a birthday party for my friend as there are large and welcoming communal tables but in an intimate setting. The cocktail and wine list is comprehensive and the food is like more delicate and curated gastropub fare, such as beautifully arranged plates of pickled vegetables, garlic baguette bread and not to be missed oysters. read more

Went for brunch on Sunday. Food was pretty good. Lack of two stars because of service.