north harbor club

consumer. have eaten here several times with friends and alwaysgoodfood and attentive wait staff

great restaurant on the lake!. i had a great lunch with friends on the patio. we were there on a friday and had a leisurely lunch with cocktails. they have agoodvariety of interesting cocktails and i loved their bloody mary. the service wasgoodand we never felt rushed. love the asparagus fries! can't wait to do it again.

super meal. we had a party of four on thursday evening, it was our second time there.
the first was reallygoodand it is usually our luck that is a bad omen, not this time.
the second time was even better than the first.goodhappy server, the door staff greeted and opened the door both in and out and the food was more interesting the the usual charlotte fare and excellent!
would recommend to anyone wanting a great time.

service - always the sticking point. i have enjoyed some verygoodfood at this restaurant over the past few years. however as others have noted, the service is usually lacking. i have visited with my husband, in a party of four - mix of men and women and with the girlfriends. the service does tend to be slightly better when there is a man in the party.
the second item to address is the use of their coupons: the coupons lookgoodat first glance but be very careful as they circulate two versions. one version is consdered an "executive coupon" with very fine print stating that there will be an automatic 20% gratutity added to your bill. this is quite dissappointing when you consider that the service is alreay lacking and then if you present the coupon at the time of placing your order....well, you are just doomed.

so, if you can tolerate lackluster service and just skip the annoyance of the coupon, the food is great and the site is beautiful.

had not been for a year ( because of appalling service) but like the spot so gave it one more chance. took my wife and mother. asked for bread to go with artichoke dip, had no answer just a blank expression from the waitress. a few plantains came with it so ok but must be the only american food restaurant without bread in the usa? we move on and i ordered a wedge type salad and asked to replace the steak with grilled chicken. the salad comes normally with sliced steak so i was half expecting sliced chicken breast. wrong. i had a chicken breast stuck on top. ok, so i sliced it myself, we were inside and i am colored blind so it was my wife who alarmed me that the chicken was totally raw inside. had i not sliced it first i would have been eating raw and poisoness food. sent it back and was asked if i wanted another but with the attitude of the waitress from the bread request plus the un appetizing presentation of the then found raw chicken i declined and said i would just go without please. the owner/ manager was wandering around and did not ever approach or appear to care of our situation. on leaving i confronted him and asked if knew i my issue. he said he did, i had sent thegoodback so what did i want him to do about it. ? he did not care less to have an unsatisfied customer or apparently that his kitchen could make i'll or potentially serve food that could kill, hence why i am writing this review. i will never ever set foot on that property again unless it was to evict the present owner/manager. this is a true account of a real and very recent experience. regards to all potential customers who acknowledge this note and no longer use this restaurant. north harbor until it has a worthy owner operator. like the forbidden fruit, looked like agoodidea but was certainly not. sc.

sunday brunch needs a lot of work. north harbor club is a restaurant to which i have visited many times. i have had numerous business lunches there and at christmas and thanksgiving, my wife, sister-in-law and i are frequent patrons of their special three course dinner.

in general, this restaurant does an excellent job but their one weakness is the sunday brunch.

we've been several times and each time it seems to have gone a little further downhill. it's a combination of service and lack luster quality of the food.

my sister-in-law had the eggs benedict but here beverage of choice is hot tea. she had to request hot water on more than one occassion and when she did get it, it was not hot. finally i had to get up and find the manager to get water at a suitable temperature to brew tea. she also asked for a separate check which did not happen and had to be corrected at the end of the meal.

i had a pressed ny sandwich which is corned beef, sauerkraut and swiss cheese. corned beef is very mild and the sauerkraut is suppose to give a sharp counterpoint to the sweetness of the corned beef. the sauerkraut was very bland, had no aciditiy to it and very little texture to speak of. the sandwich was edible and did not stand out.

not sure what happen here. i've had the same sandwich many times of the regular lunch menu and it's always great.

my wife is the only one who did not have a problem with here meal and she was complmentary about the freid green tomato entree she had.

they need to work on their sunday brunch and make it more warm and friendly. i know they can do it because they already do it on their regular lunch and dinners but for some reason, there is a disconnect wtih sunday brunch.


-----28 feb, 2010-----

creative menu and nice atmosphere. i have been to north harbor by both car and by boat and each is agoodexperience. lunch menu is limited but each item i have tried is excellent. the lobster bisque is fantastic and their pressed rubin is fantastic. dinner menu is a bit more varied but again verygoodand creative. wait staff is excellent. very attentive but not obtrusive.

beautiful setting, great service, excellent food. the background music was the only complaint we had. why do some restaurants think that you came to hear loud music rather thangoodconversation. it would have been perfect if it had been quiet, classical music in the background.

fantastic ambiance and verygoodfood make this one of our favorites for special occassions and out of town guests

non-traditional european influence. the best thing about this restaurant is the french menu - very fresh and buttery - just like what you'd expect in a sidewalk cafe next to the seine (paris). so i rave about its atmosphere, being on lake norman. service is somewhat mixed, withgoodand bad waiters that we have had experience with. portions are modern fit - just enough to satisfy but not overly wasteful. overall we come here on nice weather evenings to enjoy the boats coming in/out and the fresh ln breeze...