Haven Kitchen - Lopez Island

Maybe the best location...on Earth. Food very good, not too fancy. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $50–100 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Buffalo Cauliflower

I dined at this restaurant twice during our honeymoon on Lopez Island. There aren't many dining options on the island, and it's even harder to find a place that caters to vegetarians. The margherita pizza was excellent, and the cauliflower wings were truly unique. I was impressed with the service both days, even though it seemed they were a bit short-staffed. The restaurant itself is beautiful—make sure to book a reservation well in advance to secure a table with a view of the sunset. They also have a great selection of beer and wine.

The view was beautiful, but we experienced slow service and our cocktails never made it to our table. There were several errors in our order, including allergens that weren't mentioned on the menu. For dinner, we were charged around $30–50 per person. Overall, I would rate the food a 3, the service a 1, and the atmosphere a 5.

The ambiance and service were excellent. The dinner portions were generous. - Service: Dine-in - Meal Type: Dinner - Price per Person: $20–30 - Food Rating: 4/5 - Service Rating: 5/5 - Atmosphere Rating: 5/5

We experienced a long wait for our main dishes and had to ask the busboy for another round of drinks and some extra bread. We ordered three dishes of Linguine Funghi, two Gamberoni Linguine, and one Cuban Sando. Both my son and daughter expressed their dissatisfaction with the shrimp, saying it tasted off, to which the server replied, "Well, you ate most of them." My son had only eaten two shrimp and barely touched the Linguine. She took the plate away and offered a 50% discount on that dish, even though they barely ate it. I didn't want to create a scene over how she handled the situation. Paying $17 instead of $34 for two bad shrimp and a few noodles didn't feel like good customer service. I settled the bill with a card totaling $453.98, which included a 20% service charge. We had been looking forward to this fine dining experience, but the long wait times and the need to constantly ask for what we needed were disappointing. Over the previous two nights, we enjoyed dinner at Fisherman’s, where the young staff provided exceptional service, and the Prime Rib Prawns were fantastic. We are staying here for a week and were hoping to find another restaurant, but this experience fell short. We've encountered bad food before— it happens—but how a restaurant addresses those issues is often more important than the food itself.