Don's Lighthouse Grille: Cleveland Seafood Restaurant Guide

Head reservations for when they first opened on a Saturday service was good but slow took a while just to get water and bread to the table apps that didn't take too long but dinner scene to take a very long time people that walked in the same time that we did had already ate paid the bill and gone before we even received our entrees ordered a couple fillets one looked really good but was very dry word ordered a filet and had it cut oscar style the crab meat on top was very fishy almost like it must have been a canned crab they used both ribeyes that was ordered at medium temperature come out rare to medium rare all the steak could have used some kind of seasoning on them other than just Char-Broil even the mashed potatoes and green beans were very Bland. first time that I've ever been there sorry to say that I probably won't be back

Had a wonderful New Year's Eve celebration. We both had filet and lobster besides included mashed potatoes which were homemade and green beans which were perfectly steamed. Steak was delicious. Not overly seasoned. Everything about the meal was good.

Food was wow, to the exception that the creamed corn should be more creamy or finer chopped, blended something. It took away from the mouth watering scallops. The red velvet was very good not dry and icing very good not overly sweet.

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 tasted solid. 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.

I had a glass of Moscoto wine, filets mignon & lobster, mashed potatoes, aspagus. The steak & lobster meal had a special for $10off, it is originally $65(6oz. Filet mignon & cold water lobster tail, mashed potatoes, and green beans. I subbed the green beans for asparagus. I dined around 4pm after the Cleveland Browns game(we won!). There were 6 other diners in the restaurant beside myself total but, my food arrived a little less the luke warm. There was no salad and no bread and butter. The mashed potatoes, the asparagus, and thelobster tail were all bland. The lobster had just paprika only. It all needed at the least some salt. The steak had a little seasoning. There was no salt or pepper on the table, I had to ask. It was a bit of a wait. The wine was EXCELLENT. The cold air was up high. There is only one bathroom like the one in your home. As I was washing my hands someone urgently needed to use the bathroom and yanked the door open. Good thing I wasnt doing anything more than washing my hands. I paid $85 total, $75 for the meal and $10tip. I didn't find out there was an extra $2.50 charge for subbing for asparagus until the bill came.