Iowa City Restaurant Guide
Iowa City Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Iowa City restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Iowa City just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Iowa City, you've come to the right place.
Our Iowa City restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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Great place for dessert - $5 per person. Tiny restaurant, intimately packed but not overcrowded. Good international mix of customers, romantic ambience. Friendly staff, homey feel. Plants, bookshelves, windows make up 2 of the walls. Very cozy, good date place.
Best wine list in town - excellent all around experience.
I don't know what the excitement about this place is all about. Maybe all the chefs went out of town the Wednesday night I was there. Maybe they were resting on their laurels so much they forgot about the fundamentals! The rice in the $19 paella was COLD. It was both over and undercooked, mushy bu...
Awesome. Best in town
Only New York can surpass this cuisine. Call ahead for reservations and ask for a window seat. It's in the heart of downtown Iowa City, but just far enough out that it seems as if you're not downtown.
Great, real food. Eclectic atmosphere
Best DQ in the world - the old fashioned, REAL DQ,old mix recipe, traditional walk-up service, beautiful, historic old neon sign, 50+ years old and in the same family for 4 generations. If Norman Rockwell were still around, this is what he would paint.
(07/13/2004)
What a wonderful, eclectic place. They are very active in the community, buying all they can from local farmers and using it to make unque, delicious food. Not pretentious, not snobby, just interesting cuisine prepared and served well.
Best Restaurant in Eastern Iowa, One of the Best in the State.
The McDonald's on Lower Muscatine Road in Iowa City is convienently located next to the Sycamore Mall, so it's easy to grab a quick bite to eat after a bit of shopping. But use the drive-thru. There are only 2 cash registers inside and the service can be slow. The cashiers keep ringing up orders whi...
The Midtown Family Restaurant has been in a new location for several years, so they are no longer located "midtown" but it is worth a trip if you want to experience a true Midwestern dining experience. The food is good, and hot and cheap. And there's lot of it, including all the usual side dishes. T...
A benchmark for Iowa City dinning
Great food and service! Fantasic wine list. Best Restaurant in town!