After a day on the boat freedom cafe was a great place to float up, dock & grab dinner. Their menu has something for everyone, the seafood scampi was delicious! Although I ordered the steak tip dinner & my food arrived cold- Our server made it right & offered a hot chowder! The chowder was thick & savory, a real New England chowder! Yum ! Over all our party enjoyed our visit & the service. Great tequila sodas & frozen mudslide! Not going to lie you have to work on the mudslide on the rocks though. Equal parts over ice, not frozen (: we'll definitely be back to explore more of your menu! read more

Freedom Cafe & Pub - Steak Beef Tips - American Near Me - Naples, Maine

Tried to go to this establishment twice in the last two weeks only to be told "we are closed" despite being within their advertised hours. Drove by and they had customers in there! How can a place stay open with that kind of "service". Would give them a zero if possible. read more

The stars are for the location and the drinks. We came here on a sat. night and both ordered the prime rib and added lobster. The waitress told us the lobster was great and very fresh. Our dinner arrived maybe 10 minutes later which was mildly suspicious . Overall the prime rib had decent flavor but the cut was meh. The green beans tasted canned or like they had been sitting in a container for hours and the lobster was no better. For a 16.00 extra charge each we were beyond disappointed. The lobster was chewy, dry and honestly just gross. I had never met a lobster I didn't love until I ate that stuff. The area has a lot of great options and we will not be returning, disappointing as the location is beautiful! read more

Sat outside near the water. Pretty setting with a band playing. Band was great, lobster roll was great. The single roll had lots of lobster meat. Great way to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon. read more

Freedom Cafe & Pub - a group of people playing music on the lawn - American Near Me - Naples, Maine

Wish we stuck with the other place we were going to have lunch at. I've been here 2x a year or 2 ago. NEVER AGAIN! Cobb salad was all ends of lettuce and no avocado. Ordered a canned beverage and asked for a glass. Had to eventually go inside and ask for a glass at the bar. My husband got the chili which he said was ok but the nacho chips were stale. He also ordered a side of onion rings which was quite small but they weren't one bit crisp but soggy! Should of payed attention to it not being very busy. I guess others knew better than I! read more

Great food and views. Class act place with great servers and attention. Always one of the best spots to eat or drink in Naples

Third year coming to the area, best meal yet. 4 of us had different dishes and all were noteworthy. Lobster carbonara was delicious, as was baked seafood, portabello and spinach ravioli in pesto, and revenue with fries. Good drinks, decent service. We'll be back! Only complaints: location of bathrooms/lack of privacy, and AC unit near outdoor seating (noisy) read more

Seated quickly and received our drinks quickly. Went downhill from there. Asked the waitress if the chowder was homemade. "No, but I've had some and it's good." So if it's not homemade it arrived prepared by someone else. My husband described it as, "Not good." He should have known better. We should have known better. We split a turkey and bacon sandwich. The bacon had not been cooked recently. It was the opposite of hot and crisp. Disappointing. We asked for no cheese. There were corners and edges of cheese in the sandwich, which suggests to me it was made earlier in the day and deconstructed to suit our order. The tomato slice was oh-so-very-sad. Go somewhere else. read more

Ok i pulled up yelp to contribute to Freedom and i saw place has like 2 or 3 stars. Frequent Mainer-vacationer here...as in 13+ years. Give this place another shot people, i have to say the burger i had was outstanding. Allison was the nicest waitress i've come across in a while. Thank you for making my lettuce wrap burger happen!!! I really wanted to give 5 stars but there was a shitload of flies/bugs on the inside seating and it was decently hot and humid...theres ac why not turn it on lol? Will totally be back though. Absolutely recommend! read more

Love this place! Every time we visit Maine this is on our list. Never fails! Great service even when busy, kind staff, owner Darryl is always available greeting, seating and touching tables. Cannot tell enough people they need to eat here while in Maine. Remember to get the blueberry bbq wings a lobster roll and a cold Shipyard beer. Great views too. read more

We came here last summer and had a great experience (5 stars), so we were very much looking forward to coming back this summer. We called ahead and were told that they do not take reservations for outside seating, and they recommended coming early, by 5-5:30, to get our name in. We got there at 5:25 and were told there was a 40 minute wait. That was fine, so we waited. We understand that places are short staffed due to covid, but after 1 hour and 15 minutes, we asked when our table might be ready. They told us that they seat all reservations first, which was strange because they told us they don't take reservations. To make a long story short, after much back and forth, we were then sat outside at a picnic table and within minutes it practically collapsed. The waitress was unfazed and said it had happened the other day and was bound to happen again. Not sure why they didn't secure it. We ordered our drinks and food, and the waitress told us the wait for the food is usually as long as your wait for your table - something we've never heard working in this industry for years. So she told us the food would be an hour wait and was unapologetic. We ended up waiting about 1.5 hours for our dinner. The food was good but not worth the almost 3 hour wait. The meat was over cooked and the sides were cold, but no one wanted to wait for them to fix our meals at this point. Again, the waitress unapologetic. We were really looking forward to our last (and only) meal out on vacation to be at the Freedom Cafe & Pub after discovering this place last year, but overall, we were very disappointed. I hope this review helps the establishment to improve, as we would love to go back if they do. read more

After getting off a seaplane for the first time I thought it would be a great idea to get nachos... and boy was I right. I got nachos double stacked with chicken and these boys were thiccc. Like thicker then a bowl of oatmeal. LOADS of cheese and the double stacked option was good because it made sure no chip was left untouched. The chicken, salsa, and sour cream were all standard. Honestly if you want a lot of food I would get these no doubt. I'm disappointed in myself for not getting the guac... but that's on me. Only reason I took off a star was because honestly I think nachos should have queso or cheese sauce and these just had shredded cheese. read more

We had a bad experience there yesterday. And we were only 2 people. The hostess apparently doesn't want anyone to ever come back because she was rude to me then separately rude to my husband. It was very odd for someone in that role. And this restaurant has yet to hear of the word "vegetarian". read more

Ate outside on the deck overlooking the lake. Pluses - nice venue, nice weather. Not noisy at all, inside or out. Just OK - service, prices, food. Minuses - Lot of flies outside, not sure why. Didn't encounter this problem anywhere else. My burger roll was inferior. Otherwise food OK. P.S. The bar inside is friendly, comfortable and convenient. Sports TVs. read more

We went to Freedom Cafe tonight for dinner and left less than pleased. Service and food were just ok, nothing we would go back for. The real disappointment came from a man in his late 50's-early 60's who was helping out behind the bar, I assume he is a manager of some sort as he was dressed in regular clothes as opposed to a Freedom Cafe shirt like the rest of the employees. We were dining right next to the bar and I overheard him cracking a few racist jokes to the people at the bar. Not ok, ever. Especially as an employee with several customers within earshot. This behavior is extremely offensive and unacceptable, we won't be back. read more

Great Location right on the lake. Pretty cool vibe when they have live bands out back on the lake. However, Food is Gross at Best. Not much Homemade Cooking going on there...Overpriced as well. Stick with Nacho's and a cold draft beer..... I am predicting an ownership turnover soon....there is no way this place will keep sliding by. :( read more

Went with son after looking forward to a guys night out all day. He got lobster roll with fries. I got Shrimp Scampi. We also took crab cakes as appetizer which were totally fine. Only Shrimp Scampi hit the table and smelled off, tried it.It both smelled and tasted of ammonia so sent it back and lost appetite..FYI 'The ammonia odor indicates spoilage.'' Son ate half of lobster roll and began to spit out sand saying he thinks he got a bit of clam in his lobster roll but definitely had sand in his food and we let the wait staff know about that as well. He also ordered fries but got Brussel sprouts or something green in a bowl instead. Not sure what's happening here but ended up paying after tip 62.00$ for sandy lobster roll,a beer and a soda. Yikes. read more

Apparently, if you are waiting for a table you can't order bar appetizers. I am by the way willing to pay the bar tab separate from the table tab. I get how this works. Just be cautious of BAR staff. Floor service staff great. LOVE NICK!!! BAR grouchy!!!! BUT it is end of season... read more

Tourist trap. Food: overpriced and always disappointing. Lobster role had no flavor, lobster Mac was overloaded, greasy Reuben.... Service: generally poor but not rude. Just slow and consistently understaffed for season read more

I called on September 24th Saturday night 2022 asked them how busy they were they're like very busy can I get take out no do I have to reserve a table we're about to close in a 1/2 an hour I said what she says we're gonna close at 8 o'clock I said oh I'm very sorry I thought we were actually in reality. what kind of a restaurant is jam packed and closes in a 1/2 an hour On a Saturday night in Naples Maine well I guess freedom cafe Thumbs down read more

This is the tourist trap stereotype down to a T. The service is curt and haphazard. The food is mediocre at best. Some highlights: Waited 15 minutes to get a table after being told to have a drink at the bar. Waited 10 minutes to get menus. Had to ask to get water. Waited 30 minutes to get food. They seemed to have plenty of servers. Watched a server get into it with a customer who was sick of waiting and heard the server end it with "That's all I have to say about that". Overheard another customer who walked up to the hostess to say (with a desperate tone): "We just need to pay!!!!!" The nachos were bland and had a strange artificial taste. The lobster in the roll was clearly frozen. The burger was undercooked. They do have outside seating and seeing the beautiful lake is their saving grace. But, just be aware of what you're getting into. read more

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Came here right when they opened at 11:30 and had a great lunch with great service overlooking the water. We ordered the kids Mac, haddock burrito, and the surf and turf burger. Will definitely come back! read more

Horrible service, waited 45mins for apps and 1.5hrs for dinner, manager was absolutely rude and told me I could leave and go somewhere else when I told her I'm pregnant and we're waiting for a long time for our food! UNACCEPTABLE!!!! read more

Wow! A winner! We ate here today out on the deck overlooking the marina and Long Lake. Our waitperson was wonderful, the food excellent and the other diners friendly and nice! We had the seafood dinner and Ruben sandwich......DELICIOUS! Prepared to perfection! If you're visiting Naples Maine and want to enjoy a relaxed meal right on the lake, this is the place to come. Bon appetit! read more

waited for you hour and a half also asked for some apple for a toddler said they didn't have took another 30 minutes for them to clean the only open table foods good but horrible service 1/5 read more

I went to The Freedom Cafe this past Saturday night with my parents and brother. We're from Massachusetts and were visiting for the weekend. Unfortunately, a lot of places on the causeway are tourists traps. The view from the deck was amazing, but the food and service was not good. This place has the most vegetarian options on the causeway and I loved that. I got the portobello sandwich and my family got burgers. It took about forty minutes for our food and the place was dead. The deck was full, but no one was inside eating and there were two people sitting at the bar. The food was barely warm and seemed to have been sitting out for a while. It wasn't bad, but not hot and there was almost no spinach on my sandwich. The mushroom was good, the feta was good, but the caramelized onions were weird and the spinach was nonexistent, not good for a vegetarian dish. I went here once during the Blues Festival and had a lot of fun. The inside bar area is amazing and the deck is great. Very touristy and I would say the lack of basic training the waitstaff exhibited Saturday that it can be considered a tourist trap. I know it's late in the season, but it's peak foliage season and the weather this past weekend was perfect. They should have had a barback and an actual cook on. Our waitress told the table right next to us that the bartender was cooking the food, hence the wait. Will probably only go back here for drinks. read more

I thought i would re-review What happened?! I was so embarrassed. My husband and I eat here often. We like it. Normally we eat at the bar and never have a problem. It is true that the food is not "out of this world" however it is always good (it is still a pet peeve of mine that they use sprinkled powdered cheese on a Caesar salad.. so sad). Two friends came up to visit and I took them here last Saturday. We decided to sit on the deck. We walked to the back and noticed it was not overly busy. We waited about 15 min for a seat but enjoyed a beer at one of their picnic tables out on the back lawn while we waited. We were then called and seated. That is it... we were seated and left and never saw anyone again. We finished the last few sips that were in our bottles that, thankfully, were already paid for. After about 20 min we went to find the hostess and let her know that no waitress had come over. At this point we are hot and the Reggae band was getting annoying. She said she would send someone over. We waited... another waitress told us that it had been assumed we had already ordered because we had beer (from the lawn) and that our waitress would be right over. At this point we decided to time it.. we pulled out our phone and watched the time.. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4...5... minutes.. still no one. That was the last straw.. we just left. Not sure if any one even noticed other than the other customers that were watching us. We did notice on our way out all the wait staff just hanging out in the A/C talking inside, guess we shouldn't have wanted to sit on the deck. We walked down to Rick's and had fantastic service. I took down 2 stars. --------------------------------------------------------- original review: Beautiful place both inside and out. Huge fireplace also inside and out. Menu is simple but everything we ordered was very good. I had the onion soup (good, not great) and ceaser salad (order it with half the dressing), we had nachos whuch were fantastic and the meat loaf sandwich.. so good. Chili was very very good. read more

Bottom line upfront: tourist trap with poor/overpriced food and uneven service. We waited for the hostess for 8 min while staff casually talked just a few feet away. The dining room seating was only 1/4 filled just before dinner rush and no one had drinks or food yet. It looked like everyone was waiting to order with menus in hand. I wandered to the back deck to check it out while we waited to be greeted. The deck was only half filled with 4 4-tops open and a 2-top open. When the hostess finally came to her station to greet us I asked for an outdoor seat and she said she had a 4 party waiting list. Strange because there were 4 tables wide open and cleared. We decided to sit inside next to the deck. The inside was stuffy and smelled a little off so we asked our server if we could open a window next to our table 'sure' she said. We got a wonderful breeze from lake side and were happy for about 5 min before someone came from the kitchen walked over quickly and closed the window (within a foot of our table) without saying a word. I asked why she was doing it 'the ac is on' was her reply. Well the ac wasnt on in the guest area but upon leaving we saw there was a window unit in the kitchen - guess the cooks get ac while the guests sit in still smelly air next to a window on a beautiful lake on a 76 degree day. Food was not good and took a long time with only 1/3 the restaurant filled. My daughter got 8 ravioli smothered in a cream sauce for $16 and our burgers were underdone and bleeding on our plate. My son's Fish and Chips were OK but not great. On a positive note our primary server was nice and brought our sodas quickly. read more

I recommend the Navajo Fish Taco!!! It is the best dish there in my opinion. I get it every time and if you like fish tacos, you just sound the holy motherloud of awesomeness! read more

This is a great spot with live music on weekends. Pull your boat up to the dock or walk in from the Causeway. Food and drinks are really good. We are usually outside under the tent during the day but had dinner inside one of the last nights they were open for the season and it did not disappoint. It had a really nice atmosphere. Only wish they were open during the winter but looking forward to April already. read more

Not sure why this place is listed twice on YELP, but.... We went there on 6/10/15, and sat on the deck to enjoy the lovely evening. The deck was overwhelmed by the smells coming from their dumpster which is placed on the under side of the deck. The baked haddock was dry and overlooked. The rice it came with this very dry and inedible. The sirloin tips which were supposed to be medium/rare were extremely overlooked and tough. We would have left or at least sent our food back, but because we were with friends from out of town, we chose not to tarnish our time with them. I am a Mainer, now a snow-bird, and have enjoyed this place in the past. But I have seen it go down hill for awhile now and this is the last straw for us! read more

A wonderful spot with great views! Entertainment on the weekends is always an added bonus. Had a delicious lunch which consisted of Mimosas, Shipyard Summer Ale and a blackened haddock Reuben sandwich called "Rachel". I didn't leave a crumb behind! My friends also enjoyed the "loaded burger" which was enormous and "pan seared scallops" which were cooked to perfection. A great location on the Causeway - give the Freedom Cafe & Pub a try! read more

on arrival, the restaurant was empty with multiple waiters/waitresses available. they didn't let us get indoor seating and forced us to sit outside despite the 92 degree weather and mosquito infestation. definitely felt like we were discriminated against because my family was asian. read more

I'll preface this by saying it was a very busy night in the middle of summer so you expect slightly less than perfect service but it was really super lame. We were told there would be a wait of 45 minutes and encouraged to go to the bar. Bar was packed with no room. Ignored by bartender for maybe 5 minutes. Finally served. Wine is atrocious - open for too long/cheap and crap. We gave up and left. Went to Rick's across the street for some average food with excellent service and an amazing view. read more

Cons- first time here: Sat outside on the patio which seemed like the highlight of the place since it overlooks Long lake.. what you don't realize is that the dumpsters are located right beside the patio. It smelled like dirty fish and trash as the breeze came through. Also lots of fly's at every table landing on food and people . Food was extremely bland and presentation was not appetizing. Drinks are over priced for the quality- strong with no balance of flavor. Pros- live band was nice and there is a section on the lawn where people had blankets and chairs out. It looked like people brought picnics to enjoy while they listened to music. Seems odd you can bring your own food to a restaurant but after leaving we wished we had done the same. read more

Not sure why so many people slam this place. It's a great restaurant on the water. Food was good, not gourmet food but good. The service was quick and drinks always taste better on the water. The inside bar seemed like it would be great in the fall and winter. Overall this place was great and I would definitely go back. read more

I gave 2 stars because the wait staff work hard, were friendly and they have no control of the food quality. Family of four: 3 beef tips dinners and chicken wings. OWNER SHOULD TAKE NOTE: you can't cut up dry leftover Prime Rib from the weekend, over-season it , probably microwave it, serve it as a $25 meal during the next week as part of a Bob Marley menu and expect a raving review. All 3 of us left it on our plates. Who's idea was this? Traveled an hour to order from the regular menu which was not available. Disappointing. Time was the only reason we didn't send it back. (though, we should have). Bad business. The good: blueberry pie Ala mode. We won't be back. Save your money. read more

This place has a great menu and ambience / location. We hit a night with really slow service/ kitchen and the waitress was not super attentive. But the food was great when it finally arrived. I'd give it another try! read more

Had a great lunch there yesterday. Reasonable priced, excellent service, friendly staff. Lake view. Many healthy selections.

- 5 stars for the view on the patio - minus 2 stars when its buggy out - sitting inside this restaurant is probably closer to a 2. Food is OK, surprisingly the seared tuna is really good... Freedom Cafe is a nice place to go out in town when you don't want to cook if you are renting/visiting the Naples area. I wouldn't drive too far for the food, but service has always been very accommodating, the food acceptable, and the location is great. Just set your expectations and you will have a fine meal. read more