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Lighthouse Cafe: Traveler Reviews

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#29 of 39 restaurants in Sanibel Island
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  • Cuisines: American
  • Average price*: $ 15
  • Special features: Breakfast/Brunch

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( 4-8 of 28 )
“I saw the Lighthouse Cafe”

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3 of 5 stars
Freeport, New York
May 18, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

The Lighthouse Cafe is one of those spots where people wait for an eternity during season for the "island's best breakfast". We ate breakfast there off-season on May 15, 2008 and were seated immediately by the affable host/owner. The service was fine, but the breakfast was average. My wife had whole wheat blueberry pancakes and I had eggs and toast. The decor is antique-store lighthouse pictures and such that adorn every square inch of the walls. We found nothing really special here, except perhaps for the unique trinket store next door, which was really neat. I certainly did not get the best breakfast ever here. As a matter of fact, I enjoyed the breakfast at Jerry's Foods better, without the hype.

stevefpa
Freeport, New York

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“Worst coffee I ever had!!!”

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1 of 5 stars
Williamstown,NJ
May 11, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

The first item you get when seated for breakfast is coffee. At the Lighthouse the coffee tasted like it was mixed w/dish detergent!! It was awful!!! The breakfast was OK,nothing spectacular.Certainly not the best on the island!

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“Not The World's Best Breakfast”

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1 of 5 stars
Carmel, Indiana
Dec 13, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

We live where a restaurant has great granola pancakes, so when we noticed they were on the menu of the Lighthouse Cafe, which bills itself as having The World's Best Breakfast, we ordered them and eggs over medium.

I don't like real sweet things with eggs, so I usually eat the first part of pancakes without syrup while I eat the eggs. I then put syrup on the remaining pancakes as a sort of "dessert". I therefore feel I truly know the taste of pancakes. These were the only bad pancakes I have ever had! Previously, I had thought pancakes could not be ruined.

Normally pancake batter is at least a little sweet. These pancakes were not. Nor did they have much flavor. Both my wife and I were surprised and disappointed by the lack of flavor of the pancakes. Even with syrup they still were not good.

Since I hadn't wanted to ruin them for my wife, and she didn't mention she also disliked them until we were almost through, I hadn't mentioned the problem to our server, which I should have done. So, I decided to mention it to the woman at the cash register by asking her if there could have been a problem with the way they were made that day.

She was uncaring and argumentative and said there had been no problem that day. She also disagreed with me, saying, "The granola has honey, so it has to be sweet," and "Nobody else has ever complained." The pancakes were not sweet nor was their flavor good.

She should have apologized and said she would look into it.

We come to Sanibel for 2-3 weeks every year, but we won't be back to the Lighthouse Cafe. However, they seem to have a good business, so I guess they won't care whether or not we eat there.

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“Great Breakfast...”

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5 of 5 stars
Hell, Michigan
Nov 28, 2007
0/3 found this review helpful

We ate breakfast here during Thanksgiving week. Four adults and two little ones. There was about a 20 minute wait at 8:00 am, not problem since it was a beautiful day. Service was good, not great but good enough for a very busy cafe. All of us throughly enjoyed our meals - eggs and bacon, granola pancakes, almond waffles... Coffee hot and fresh. We will definitely eat here on our next trip to the island.

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“Worst breakfast ever”

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1 of 5 stars
Acworth,Ga
Sep 15, 2007
3/3 found this review helpful

This is the worst breakfast I've ever eaten. The buckwheat pancakes were not edible and nothing else I had was even average. Won't be dining there again. My Mom and I go there every year and we tried it twice. Bad, really bad, both times.

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Lighthouse Cafe Address

362 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel Island, FL 33957-2134
Tel: (239) 472-0303
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