Newburyport Rear Range Lighthouse

A fun experience for a special occasion. The cost to reserve the lighthouse is a bit hefty at $350 for 1 couple, $700 for 2 couples, but it goes to The Lighthouse Preservation Society. Dinner is not included in that cost. We had such a great time! It was four of us celebrating a birthday. Pam assisted us as our sever for the evening and she was incredible. She was so sweet and attentive throughout the entire evening. She even called me the day of to go over everything. We ordered from Mission Oak Grill. You select your restaurant when booking the reservation and place your order at the table with your sever as you would at a regular restaurant. The BYOB is great and the lighthouse will supply wine or champagne glasses. Book in advance! We booked a few months ahead of time and many dates (especially weekends) were already taken. We enjoyed going at dinner time and getting to see the sunset! The staircase up and down isn’t bad for an able bodied person. There’s a very small ladder at the very end with just a few steps.

What a wonderful and fun dining experience. We were excited to have the opportunity to book the evening reservation for a beautiful sunset. The restaurant we selected was fantastic...the Mission Oak really did a fantastic job of food prep for delivery a few blocks away. Our waitress Darya was outstanding and very talented for climbing all of those small steps with food! Definitely plan appropriately for shoe wear and clothing...the ladder at the top is a bit logistical.

My now fiancé took me to the lighthouse to propose. It was the most romantic perfect proposal that I could ever dream of. He booked a dinner session (~5:00 pm-10:30 pm) for a Sunday in May. He had his friend arrive at 5 to set up the decorations (flowers, candles, signs) and our private hostess Pam let her up. We arrived at 6 pm and once we got upstairs, he handed his phone to Pam to record his proposal. After the proposal, we went outside on the balcony where Pam took sunset pictures of us with my ring. We then decided to order from Modern Oak Grill which was absolutely delicious. Pam was able to time out our meal so each course was ~ 20 min apart. She also had drinks in ice staying cold for us. There was also a stereo system that allowed bluetooth capacity so we were able to pair my phone and I could play a spotify playlist. Overall the location was perfect and I could not have asked for anything better. We will definitely be coming back for future anniversaries! Just something to consider: - There are many stairs and a ladder so maybe steer away from heels or long dresses (thankfully I was prewarned to not wear them haha), and if you are afraid of heights, this might not be the best place. - If you want to go out on the balcony you have to crawl through a short door so be warned - If you are tall watch your head! My fiancé is 6'3 and he hit his head a couple times on the chandelier. - there is no bathroom, we used the restaurant next door but by the time we left the lighthouse around 9:30 pm, the restaurant had closed.

This place was so beautiful! The food was amazing, the log books were so entertaining to read! Such an amazing experience, you can even go out on the balcony. The service was amazing. All around 5 star experience

I am not sure why others gave good ratings. First off, the lighthouse is small, about 8ft diameter so don't let the pictures fool you, it is cramped up in there. Bathroom is obviously outside. Next, the email I got prior to the reservation said to call the light house preservation (LHP) and pick the menu items to make sure you have your choices available. When I called LHP, they said you don't need to pick menu items ahead of time. Got there and met the waiter, kind man. Chatted a bit, we picked appetizers. Then he told me afterwards when he was bringing the food up that my choice for appetizer wasn't available and what annoyed me was he did not ask me if I had a second choice. He went on to ask for main entree options. We gave it and then when it came time for dessert he said sorry, only the orange cake is available and restaurant is about to close. Not even a menu card explaining what's in it. So we didn't get dessert either. This was pre-paid to be a 3 course meal and I did not get it. He even gave the bill to us at the end, we had to tell him it was pre-paid. Overall not satisfied with it, won't be going back. If it was paid to be a 3 course meal, it should be honored, no excuses. Also when asking about the bathroom situation he confidently said there is a bar that is open late so not to worry. At around 10 at the end of the night, the tone changed to, "oh let me see if the bar is still open since it's late" thank god it was!. Just be cautious of this when booking.

On July 24, 2018 rented the Ligthouse for an amazing experience for my then girlfriend who loves lighthouses. It was a great experience,the preservation society staff were very nice and helpful from the first phone call. It was a perfect evening, the food was fantastic the wait staff was awesome Starboard Galley.was our choice from the 5 restraunts to choose from. It was a perfect evening for the surprise proposal. We will definitely be back.Highly reccomend !! More pictures and video of the views is posted on youtube Rick and Alisha lighthouse proposal

We were driving through Newburyport and wanted lunch with a nice view. I called what I thought was a restaurant and in fact it was the light house preservation society. THEY RAISE MONEY FOR LIGHTHOUSE PRESEVATION. I asked if there would be a table available for four and the gentleman said yes. So we met Pam a very generous, kind, warm hearted women who loves this lighthouse. She took care of us for the next 4 hours. We walk up the lighthouses 55 steps and the up a 6 foot tall ladder to get into the top of the lighthouse.. We had an extremely excellent lunch. The plated Haddock from The Starboard Galley was great. We stayed for four hours eating our clam chowder then the Haddock and the dessert. With each course Pam emerged from the floor of the lighthouse with more food and stories. My 96yo mother Bette was able to get up and down and loved every minute of it. THIS WAS AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME. ENJOY

We received a gift certificate for dinner in the Lighthouse as a wedding gift last summer. We chose to book the Lighthouse for our one year anniversary. From our first contact with Jay to the end of the night of our dinner, things were great! Darya our waitress was fabulous as she served our incredible dinner from Loretta in Newburyport. The weather out of anyone's control was perfection. This is a great special occasion experience!