The Lighthouse Grill - Trinidad, California

Sarah Johns

It's not my cup of tea. The entire experience was not pleasant. Customer service was very unsatisfactory, and they rush you. We have never dined at The Lighthouse Grill before, so we were not familiar with the menu, and they do not give you time to decide and they are not pleasant about it.

The staff at the counter had terrible customer service skills. It took a ridiculous amount of time to receive our order-I mean just ridiculous, and my fish sandwich was so terrible that I could not even eat it. It had no flavor-terribly bland, and when I took a bite, liquid filled my mouth. It was very unpleasant and unappetizing. Even the bun was unappetizing like it was undercooked. Then you are expected to bus your own table. I was not impressed with any of it. I do not recommend. It's too expensive, has terrible customer service, and poor quality food.

Kate Troyer

Excellent burgers! Some of the best I’ve had. Service could be better. Staff could be friendlier and exercising patience for new customers would improve guests experience. We ordered carry out the second time which was a good fit for us.

The Chicken Wizard

Fantastic food, ordered a kid's size fish and chips and was still thuroughly stuffed. Love the homemade ice cream too; be warned though, it does drip, and you'll want to have a cup or something underneath to catch it all!

Linda Campbell

The food is pretty good - though in the busy Summer, they can't get anything right (my well done burger w/ hubby's cheese, etc , and vice versa, or the wrong chicken sandwich, etc.).
The service (all year) generally leaves a lot to be desired, but last time was beyond poor. I ordered a well done burger, took one bite and took it back in. It was seared on the outside and raw inside. The girl at the counter told the cook to make a new one, and the reason (I showed it to her). I sat back down and after about 15 minutes went back in to check on the burger (hubby was done with his lunch). There was a shift change while we were waiting and the new crew knew nothing about the burger, nor had one been cooked by the prior team. This was on a slow late Fall day - with only us and one other table there. The new cook got me a burger quickly, and it was cooked well, but I sat around while my hubby ate, then he sat around while I did. They offered us a free ice cream for the issue (they should have comped us the burger and offered the ice cream).
On top of that, the "tip screen" when you pay has the first "suggested" tip at 25!%, the second at 20%, the last at 15%. This is a place where you order at the counter, grab your own utensils/condiments and bus your own table. That's fine, but they shouldn't "suggest" the same tip (or higher) as a restaurant where you sit down first and the wait staff does everything (which is when I tip 20% or 25%). This is also on top of the couple bucks they automatically add to your bill for "employee services".
We're locals and have eaten here many times, and this is not uncommon. If you're very patient and OK with pretty good food but sub-par service, you may enjoy it here.

Andre Kostromsky

Waffle cones just amazing! Had the brisket one. Brisket in itwas really good too. Decent on tap beer options. As well as ice cream selection

Louis Hubbard

The Lighthouse Grill has been a go to place for my family for years. Great customer service and food. We love to pickup food and or ice cream and have a picnic on the beach down the road. My usual go to is the Tuna Melt, today I got the fish tacos and was blown away. Easily 5/5 stars. Don’t be turned away if you see long lines as there is a very good reason for that. This restaurant is awesome.

K W

Love this place. We come here each time we are in town-few times a year. The veggie mashed potato come is our go to for sure. We’ve had so many different things on the menu and love them all!

Lyndsey Tillman

We were so excited to try “the place with the mashed potato cone”. Since we have two very young toddlers we decided to get our food to-go. $60+ and a quick 10 minute drive home, and we realized we made a big mistake choosing The Lighthouse Grill for dinner on our first night of vacation.
What we ordered: 2 kids ice cream cones, a kids order of fish and chips (because they were sold out of chicken strips), full size order of fish and chips, and the Lighthouse Jammin Burger.
What we got: a giant box of very undercooked, almost raw, inedible garlic fries. 4 nuggets of fish that were mostly breading with a side of very greasy/soggy fries, and a burger that was dry (almost NO sauce, no blue cheese, as if someone had ordered a plain burger).

Our family is on a budget for this trip and eating out one night was our little splurge. I’m just so sad we wasted it on barely enough food to split between all of us.

We were there tonight, a Friday night at 7pm, steadily busy, but not super crowded. I can’t understand how the quality and quantity was so poor.