The Lamplighter Restaurant

The Lamplighter has the old school diner vibe with that old school diner home cooking! Everything at this diner is delicious! The service can be hit or miss depending on how busy it can get, but the prices are right and the food us so good!I always make sure that I stop for their pumpkin pancakes in the fall and their gingerbread pancakes in the winter. My go-to toppings for my pancakes include bananas and cinnamon chips! Yum!You won't be disappointed going to The Lamplighter if you're looking for inexpensive prices and good food!

Older classic atmosphere of a place with "okay" food but good service and a good selection of wine. I've come here for a few wine dinners , some of which I enjoyed but some I questioned how valuable the price per person was comparable to the food. I have also sat at the their bar and enjoyed a few martinis with friends. May not be the most up to date atmosphere but like I said it's classic and the Tinis were delicious !

My husband has been wanted to come here for years and I always said no because it's just not my kind of place. His birthday was last week, so I'd thought I'd surprise him and take him here for a nice dinner. I looked online and they had menus for a coffee shop and a dinner menu. We walked in and only saw the diner to the right but the hostess said two? To us and promptly walked away to the diner. I was a little confused but sat down and opened the menu to find a diner menu. The hostess was long gone, so I go back to the front to see if there was a more formal dining area or a different menu. As I was trying to ask the hostess, she just grabs a different menu, hands it to me and walks away again. I sit back down and see the menu was just for wine. My husband and I are still confused and trying to figure out if there's a different place we should be but no one is taking the time to answer my questions. Eventually our waitress comes over and I try once again to explain we were looking for a more formal place and not a diner to eat at where she said you guys have the wine menu. I will go grab you the dinner menu. And runs away before I was even done talking. The couple next to us chuckles and says yes there's a different dining room. The waitress comes back, hands us the dinner menu and asks what we want for drinks in one breath. My husband I guess was just going to roll with it and ordered a beer. I ordered a water. As I look at the menu she handed to me, I realize this was the dinner menu I saw on the website. My husband just wanted to stay, but I really didn't want to pay for an expensive steak and eat it in a diner setting on my husband's birthday when I wanted a nice meal. The waitress came back and asked what we wanted to eat and I said that I think we're just going to do drinks because we were looking for a nice formal meal. She rolled her eyes and said ..okaaaay... and walked away. My husband drank his beer and we waited a little while for her to bring the check which she never did. Eventually I grabbed a $20 bill and took it up to the register handed it to her and said have a good night. She got a little more polite and explained to me that they have another dining room but it's not open because they don't have the staff for it and if you want to dine there, you have to call ahead 48 hours ahead of time. We told her no problem and to have a good night and we left. I understand staffing issues and that the dining room was closed, that wouldn't have been a problem. My issue was that I tried to ask multiple staff members about it and no one took the time to talk to me or even listen to what I was saying so I just walked back-and-forth multiple times looking like an idiot. If they don't have the main dining room open, they should list it on social media or their website. There's no indication anywhere or on their sign that it's closed. They should also rename their coffee shop to a diner. It's not just open for breakfast. What a confusing place, no desire to go back.

Just had breakfast there on 8/03/24. My brother and I ordered the steak and eggs. Toast was burnt. Home fries were not fully cooked. The eggs and home fries had no seasoning (salt and pepper) I am not sure about the steak due to not getting to eat it. We ordered our steaks medium and they came out well done. We showed the waitress the steaks she took them back and brought out two steaks that were raw and barely seared on the outside. At this point we were done sending them back and offered to pay for the rest of our meal. the waitress took the raw steaks back to the "Chef"/Owner. He brought them back out and slammed them on the table and started cursing and yelling at us. Claiming that the steaks were perfect and we were morons. I thought he was going to hit me and was trying to provoke a fight. It was at this point I refused to pay for anything and informed him exactly how terrible the food was. He told us not to come back. We assured him that we definitely would not go back to a place that had an owner displaying such aggressive behavior and total disrespect for us and all the other customers that were present.

I ended up stopping here for a late breakfast after morning in Pittsburgh for doctors appointments. It was my first visit, although I'd heard nothing but good things! My husband and I were seated promptly. The waitstaff was very kind and ver efficient. I ordered the egg and avocado toast. Now, I'll be the first to admit that I'm a complete snob when it comes to avocado... I love the stuff. But this avocado toast was very tasty. My ONLY complaint is that I wish the avocado had been mashed as opposed to just put on the toast in slices. Nevertheless, it was tasty, and affordably priced. Can't wait to return for another delicious meal at the Lamplighter soon!

The food is not cooked properly. Service is slow and they don't come and checked on your food. It even took forever to receive our check.

Had the veal liver and onions. Same meal I had last week. The reason I went back today and ordered the same thing was because the meal last week was stupendous. Todays meal was not good, veal was way overcooked, I ordered medium. Baked potatoe was dried out. I told my wife I'll bet Daniel isn't cooking tonight. I asked the waitress. No he wasn't cooking. My advice before you go to call ahead to be sure Dan is cooking. Coconut custard pie excellent and moderately priced.

I had called and booked my staff Christmas party in September. I paid in full for a holiday theme murder mystery dinner they were hosting December 6th. This past week I received a call from one of the managers canceling my reservation. Her reason was due to another party calling in and them being a "long time client" that has booked with them for decades and was late in booking for the date I had already reserved. The only options I was given was to be refunded or choose another date. Needless to say I didn't want to spend a dime with them considering how unprofessional and inconsiderate they were now leaving me scrambling last minute for a place to have a fun evening for my staff of 20 people. I will never return to the lamplighter.

Love wine pairing events! The information was interesting and the food was excellent!

Food was fine. I had the fried chicken livers. Over cooked and small at least my my standards for down south. Service was good. Definitely a locals place.