Belle's, North Palm Beach FL

Why I give it 2 stars, this is private and apparently NOT open to the public.
While I belive in stong security, this place is a little over the top.
You can have security but delivered with customer service, at this gate they are not professional. While trying to get access, what appeared to be a member, pulled into the other lane and beeped her horn, they were waiting for the gate to open, the other lady guard screams at the person because she beeped her horn, then called the member ignorant as they pulled away. This would dissuade me from buying a condo to dockimg my boat here.
In the end customer service needs to be the face of an organization and this one is bad.

This restaurant is located inside the Old Port Cove Community, and you can’t go unless you’re invited or you’re a member.

I am always very skeptic of restaurants in “high end” areas because they tend to be very expensive even if the food is of average or poor quality. In fact, we had picked a different restaurant for that Saturday night, but our friends, who live at the Marina and had a particularly tiring day, (understandably) preferred to dine close to their home.

The restaurant is on a dock with yachts parked all around it and a nice view of the intracoastal waters. The entrance to the restaurant is through their bar. The bar was full of people, while the restaurant was pretty empty. The décor of both rooms is extremely bare and lacks of vibe.

After some time that we were seated they brought us water in plastic glasses, which I found a little bit surprising considering that this is a restaurant of a very upscale community.

We ordered some cocktails for a toast, which we had to get ourselves from the bar (a customer very kindly helped us) because the restaurant was short-staffed due to an emergency situation of an employee.
We’re all very easy going, so that didn’t bother us: we actually had fun in “playing waiters”, and we did the same for our glasses of wine (not a sarcasm: we were really having a good time!). However, the restaurant seemed not to have a plan B at all in case of unforeseen situations.

We got a flat bread with truffle oil for the table, which was good and cost the average price of $14.

Our entrees instead were very disappointing.
I had a crab sandwich that came on 2 toasted buns with French fries. The French fries were the best part but the crab salad was completely tasteless. The portion was big (for me) but… $29? It felt like a robbery, but I must say my husband had it worse: one (1) beef short rib of not so great quality at $34!

Needless to say, we’re not coming back: the ratio price/quality is way too off.

We had the Grouper and Branzino Toscano both were excellent
What made our night was having Erin as a server, she was fast and efficient and has a great personality, she made our evening enjoyable.

This restaurant is a hidden gem. The water and marina view is so pretty and the staff is welcoming and friendly. Our food was delicious. The N. Palm Beach salad was beautifully presented, the beet salad had a surprise of refreshing citrus, the lobster roll with its generous amount of lobster was perfectly prepared on its toasted bun served along with crispy fries. Don’t forget to order Chef Eder’s special dessert! A chocolate chip cookie served warm in a skillet, topped with a touch of salt and a scoop of vanilla ice cream with caramel drizzle - to die for!