Harbor Lights — Restaurant in Norwalk

All in all was a decent experience. The food was good the atmosphere fantastic thats what made it. Nice right on the water music playing. Nice views great vibe. Very relaxing. However.. I am not a negative person but I am going to be very honest and I hate to start off with a negative but after sitting and enjoying the view for at least 20 minutes we were ready to order our appetizer and our drinks. It took forever for our waiter to come to the table when Julio (ask for another waiter) finally came over We ordered for an appetizer fried calamari, It was good but pricey for the size of portion.$19. The marinara sauce was good a little watery butt had some flavor. My wife asked what beer was on tap he said they don't have any on beer tap didn't you read the book everything is in there,only bottle beer. Very snotty. We weren't really ready to order our dinner because we were chatting but he was waiting for the rest of the order after we ordered our drinks and appetizer he said that's it. Normally you put your drinks and appetizer in and then are you order your meal. So anyway I order the chicken cordon bleu was good however the portion was a little on the small side. My wife ordered the salmon it was decent Slightly on the fishy side. We've had better we've had worse. Our friend Julio never asked us for more drinks or come to check on us. I had to almost shout to get his attention for another drink. My wife wanted a little salt and pepper we had to get somebody else for it. We also had to ask somebody else for more water. looking around all the other waiters and staff were very pleasant and attentive to their customers. What really ticked me off was at the end when we were ready to get our check he all of a sudden got real nice everything was If we needed anything else, because he knew that it was time to bring the check. That totally pissed me off. It was so obvious. I will say that the other staff all very nice. The hostess were great !! Not quite sure if we would go back. Maybe for just appetizers and drinks on the water. Menu is a little small also a little pricey but to be expected because it's...

one star because our server (young lady) was super sweet and doing her best given the circumstances. Took my entire family for Mother’s Day. Had family visiting, wanted to have dinner with a nice view. Requested an outdoor patio table for 10 people on Thursday at 1:31pm. Spoke to a gentleman and specified outdoor seating. Got to restaurant on Sunday, said they had no notes on our party requesting outdoor seating, had a table top for us. They righted the wrong and moved another table over to accommodate our party. Pre-fixe menu…. Appetizers were ok. Tuna tartar and lobster bisque both were extremely salty and when the waitress came to ask us how we were doing, we mentioned how extremely salty the two dishes were and her response was immediate as if she and the kitchen were aware of the issue and brought out extra bread to settle our palettes and stomach. The soup was basically inedible. Entrees all came out cold like they were sitting out for a bit. We had steak, fish, lobsters— all dry and/or under cooked.

We asked for the manager and she came out with an attitude, hands on her hip. Asked how she can help and we asked for a couple of new fishes and steaks because it was just awful. And said it would take about 15-20 mins and we said we don’t mind waiting, she brings out a new steak and fish in 2 minutes.

We didn’t even stay to eat or enjoy the dessert. We paid our bill and left.

So unfortunate, as the location of the restaurant is perfect and beautiful views. Waste of $1150, the restaurant experience ruined Mother’s Day for my 4 visiting...

We went over the 4th of July weekend for lunch. 4 adults and 4 kids. The food was Ok, nothing to write home about. We spent about $400.00. When we left, the kids wanted to get ice cream from Mr. Frosty's next door. Our car was parked in the Harbor Lights lot and I decided to stay with the car as well as my 75 year old mother. It was 90 degrees out and we sat in the car AC and waited for them to return. 5 minutes later they climbed in and as we were ready to pull out of the lot, the manager knocked on my window telling me I can't park there and go to the ice cream place next door. I explained that we just ate there to the tune of $400 and she did not care. She said the owner had a camera and saw that we left and got ice cream. That was not allowed and next time would be towed. AGAIN, I explained that we just ate there and we never left the lot. She persisted. I told her there would not be a next time and I will NEVER return to that place. How dare you berate customers after they just ate at your establishment. Business must be so good that they don't need ours. After further reading reviews. Apparently this is a scam that is perpetuated by the owner. Read the other negative reviews and you'll see. You leave your car and they put a boot on it and you have to pay cash to get them to take it off. It seems that they are more interested in making their money off the parking than the restaurant. DO NOT GO THERE!! I'm curious if the consumer affairs department is aware of...