The Whistling Duck

Beautiful location. Service was borderline rude. They served us but it seemed like an inconvenience. The food was fine. Not special but not bad. Overall it's fine and hopefully the poor service was an aberration.

Do not order the seafood chowder. It was Terrible. No taste of seafood. It was over powered with chives and was so thick with the taste of flour.
Two other people in our group enjoyed the liver and the chicken mushroom linguini, but the chowder was a huge disappointment.

Was sat at 6: 15 by an host and by 6: 40 we left without seeing a server,
But made eye contact with at least 3 staff members - but was still ignored. Worst experience ever, this place has definitely gone downhill. Will not be making the trip to be disappointed again … only good thing about this place was the patio.

Food is just frozen heated like no real chef works there and if you don’t make a reservation for outside seating you get a table on the west side in full sun… too hot not enjoyable owner is aware as many people were asking to be moved but there was nothing else in shade. I owned a business for twenty five years and whenever I seen a weak spot it got fixed.the owner is very aware but still unwilling to invest profit into proper shading for west side.also very expensive for the quality of food you are paying that price for the view and again your still paying that price no view and in the direct sun.

We're new to the area and absolutely love going to the Duck. The vibe is so comfortable and welcoming! The patio is gorgeous, the food is always really tasty and we've had great service - Sam always goes above and beyond whenever we visit.

Just tried to purchase a gift card over the phone from this restaurant, but the owner, Kelly, was too daft and shortsighted to take a few minutes to accommodate.

This would have assured a visit from a party that would have bought dinner and drinks. Apparently, 4 minutes of time is more precious to Kelly than 2-3 people buying dinner and drinks.

Way to go Kelly! You might want to hire someone who can do math and has a clue about customer service. Just a thought.

The food and portions were good, nice set up by the water. Service was really bad.
We asked the bill to be split in 4, the waitress split it in 2. We asked her to correct it, and when she came back she said with an attitude " this is the last time I fix your bill you can split it yourselves if ots wrong". At that point, we had even said anything to her. Then she proceeded to give herself 18% tip. We were celebrating, and I didn't want to take it further and ruin the time for everyone else. But that woman did not deserve even a 10% tip.

We just moved to the area and we’re told to check out this restaurant. Sadly, we had a terrible experience yesterday. Our waitress was rude, continually giving dirty looks to us the 2 times we saw her and not attentive what so ever. She took our order and the next time we saw her was to get our bill which took 20 minutes to get after we finished. Not once did she check up asking if we wanted our drinks refilled, if our food was okay or if we needed anything else. We were ignored the entire time. The food was plain and flavourless. Especially the salmon dinner. The cost to upgrade to a Caesar salad is brutal for the tiny bowl they serve it in. Over all the experience was well below par. Disappointed to say the least for an $80 bill. Definitely will not ever return or recommend.

Great patio, server Chloe was terrific! Burger and Reuben tasty. Lovely spot on a hot day!

First visit and it won't be our last. Great spot on the water with sublime views. The food was fantastic and the service top notch. So nice to find a gem and share it with others. Don't hesitate to check it out!

Food and service was awesome. We had some small flies around our table, but I guess that is to be expected given the location on the water

One of the most beautiful patios/views in the area. Great waiting staff. Great owners (?) as well as they took care of some rather rude customers that were breaking some rules. Didn't have much food but what we had seemed fine.

If I had to mention a negative, I had made a reservation for a certain time and even though we showed up 15 minutes early to our reservation we had to wait ~35 minutes to get our table (so 20min past our reservation time).

Great spot on the water for food and drinks. Clean and spacious, service was great. Prices were reasonable. Would recommend the fish and chips.

Very good food and very nice location just on the shore. Very picturesque! Recommend crab cake, seafood chowder, shepherd's pie and liver and onions.

Excellent food, great staff and a great view! (Can be very windy on the patio - bring a sweater)

Tried to place a reservation- messaged on Facebook as the website suggests to and was never met with a response. When I contacted the restaurant I was told they don’t ever check it and therefore would not be able to make my reservation. I suggested they remove the feature and the response I got was “ that’s okay”.

5 stars for atmosphere, and food. Exceptional Waterview patio with great views from 3 sides, so peaceful. Stunning. Waitress was kind and smiled a lot. Sufficient staffing to ensure customers attended to and staff not overwhelmed. Staff appear to enjoy working there. I had the pulled pork baked macaroni and cheese dish.yummy! My dinner mate had the steak sandwich and Ceasar salad which he said was good.

The dessert selection was just ok.mainly just cakes. Didn't care too much for the chocolate lava cake which was served cold, expected it to be warm.

Only other small critique is when we arrived we were told all outside patio tables were reserved, but we did get a back table on side of patio. The whole 2 hours we were there, at least half of the prime patio tables that were empty when we got there were still empty when we left and never occupied for the duration of our stay. We could easily have been at one of those and left before anyone arrived for one of those reserved tables. Hard to believe from 5 to 7 those table sat empty and were reserved. I question whether the issue was a matter of poor organizational reservation logistics, or if the staff member seating was really aware if reserved or not, or if this is a standard line being told to anyone without a reservation (without checking?) ? For example, perhaps guests who reserved outside table changed their minds and ate inside but reservation not updated?

There were no reservation signs on any of the 'reserved' tables. I think this needs to be looked at.

Otherwise, great experience and we would come back.but with a reservation.

A nice quiet little restaurant in Brighton. The move here is the lobster roll, which is rich and buttery but not heavy at all. The location on the water is beautiful.