Belle's — Restaurant in Newport

My wife and I were spending a day in Newport and a friend had recommended we go to Belle's for lunch. I'd never been let down by her recommendation before, so we made it the first stop on our list. We arrived and found the staff working quickly to take care of the many tables already seated and handling any take out orders that had come in. We put our names on the list and were told the wait was about 20 minutes but we could sit in their outdoor lounge until our table was ready.

There were a lot of beautiful boats to look at while we waited, and the time went by quickly. I don't even think it was a full 20 minutes before we were called to be seated. Jess was taking care of us that day and she was wonderful. I couldn't decide between the Mushroom Panini and the Mighty Thor Chicken Wrap, so I asked Jess what she would recommend; I went with the chicken. My wife ordered the Cubano Panini. Both were delicious, in fact my wife said hers was the best panini she's ever had.

Everyone around us was enjoying their meals and we definitely made the right choice of how to start our day. I've already recommended the restaurant to two other friends and I know we'll...

We went to this place as it was suggested by google as a place for breakfast with good reviews. We arrived there at around 10 am, the queue was enormous when we arrived. Since we parked and played for the parking on the street, we decided to wait. We waited for more than 1 hour, standing in line. The queue was moving very slowly. I hoped that the food would make up for the wait. But actually no - the food was pretty average and portion size was not big. The lobster roll comes with a macaroni salad which is not a great choice per my opinion ( bread + macaroni :-/ )- salad would be better. Coffee is below average - cappuccino is from a pod machine. In total we paid almost $60 for mediocre breakfast - wasted one hour in queue on foot. Also, they charge you 12% for service - when it is a self-service, they don't even come to take your plates. You don't pay for service in a McDonald's, do you? They do not give you a receipt with itemized check - only a customer copy with a total. Overall, will never hold there again. Nice view of the warf does not compensate for all...

My friends and I went here for breakfast and the service was horrible. Our waitress Kyra never checked on us and took forever to get items we requested. Every time we needed something, it would take 15+ minutes to get. It came to the point where my friends and I had to rotate going inside to ask for things like silverware, getting the check and even bringing them our cards cause they never came to get them. The coffee was horrible and the food was nothing special. One of my friends even had bad meat on her eggs benedict. Even at the start of the meal she forgot to bring our drinks and by the time we got our food we had to ask for our drinks again. Unfortunately due to this bad experience, it put me in an uncomfortable position of tipping poorly. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, but when I was pretty much doing her job and I go inside to find her sitting down on her phone, then that's when it becomes unacceptable. Overall, the service and food is not worth it and I would not...