David's - Cliff Island

It was supposed to be a special evening with friends at David 's. Unfortunately, our experience at David 's was terrible. The most disturbing thing about the evening was our server. He wanted to immediately take our dinner order before we even had our drinks or had ordered appetizers. We felt like he was rushing to get us out of there. Before we ordered anything we asked for separate checks (one for each couple). He looked at us and said what? you want 4 separate checks (sarcastically). We replied, no, we would like two separate checks, one for each couple . Then he asked again what we wanted for dinner again, before we even received our appetizers. Now for the food. My husband had the haddock with green chile sauce overcooked and dry. My friend had a filet cooked perfectly but almost inedible as it was so tough. Another had the meatloaf which was fine. Our friends ordered a ceaser salad which they never got. When they told the server that they did not get the salad after their main course arrived, he argued with them saying are you sure, I 'm sure I brought it to the table . Are you kidding me??? Did he think they hid the salad under the table? or ate it and disposed of the plate? How absurd is that? Then, the coup de grace time for the check. He brings it over and it is not in 2 separate checks. He said well, just split it down the middle . Well we did not want to do that and told him when we first sat down. He then basically said too bad, we can 't do that, you 'll just have to split it in half. Wow, wow, wow. What a terrible, terrible evening. We will never, ever go back to David 's, even though they took the awful steak off the bill. The restaurant was not overly busy, there were plenty of empty tables so there was no reason for the rushed treatment, and certainly no reason for the servers rude behavior, or the terrible food.

My wife and I are in a tour of New England. Trip advisor recommended David's and it was right. This is a phenomenal restaurant. The open face lobster ravioli was wonderful and David's ice cream is a must order.

Excellent service and food. Very much enjoyed the Caesar Salad, calamari, Cauliflower steak and Garlicky Haddock and shrimp! Watermelon Margaritas were a nice touch on a warm summer night.

Food was excellent. The staff was great and they also sat us in a preferred area upon arrival. Can't say enough good things about all the food and the quality of the menu. I would highly recommend to anyone.

A comfortable space with friendly and knowledgeable staff. The food was not anything special. My sirloin steak was actually rare which is how I ordered it. Most restaurants don't cook it correctly. But it had little flavor and chewy