Iowa Athletic Club

Please note that your Elote dip is cold, not hot. I would not have ordered the overly salty appetizer.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 3

We are from Chicago, but love coming here when we visit Iowa City. There are some games for kids to play while you wait for food. The servers are friendly and attentive. And the food is absolutely amazing.

Kid-friendliness: There are arcade games for kids to play while you wait for your food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Super fun place to hang out and watch games and relax with some great food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Staff was incredibly rude. Came to watch the Iowa game and we asked to move because we were sat where there were no TVs so we asked our waitress if we could, we were told to ask the hostess if we wanted to move and she then proceeded to walk away. We chose to leave atp and won’t be back. Not the way to handle customers, hostess or not.

Service: 1

If I could rate this 3.5 stars, I would. We visited the restaurant after a football game. Food was just okay. Service and atmosphere was fantastic. Many TV options, great location for Hawkeyes football games. We plan to go back again to enjoy some beers and give their pizza a try.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Smash Burger was fantastic, with extra crispy edges. Crinkle cut fries high quality and very good. Beer was ICE cold! Good service. Very open atmosphere with plenty of huge TVs to watch the games!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place for lunch.

Yummy food. The Iowa Mac is great. The BBQ bacon burger was smashing. The Nashville hot aoli ? touch of ranch or sour cream recommended to cool it off but otherwise great flavor!! Will be back to try some other foods ?! The ultimate nacho app was lip smacking tasty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fun place to have some beers & watch sports

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: All Star Supreme Pizza

Great place, amazing food, very nice staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Decent food and atmosphere; the kids loves the games. Unfortunately, there service was slow due to one server. She did the best she could.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Didn't get any pic's. Plan on going back. Had the Mahi Mahi grilled fish sandwich. It was a very nice piece of fish, large, little overdone, but still good. Macaroni and cheese was pretty normal.

Vegetarian options: Could swap out Impossible for many menu items.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Everything outstanding. Well be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I have been here three times now and each time was disappointing. The food is uninspired and bland. Maybe the burgers are alright, but the rest of the menu (in my experience) is a let down. Tonight, I tried the gyro with falafel. It was mostly flavorless save for the onions and tzatziki sauce. Sure, maybe I shouldn't expect good falafel at a sports bar, but I can say the same about basically every other non-burger item I've tried. Also, the service and atmosphere were really disappointing. I get that being a server isn't easy (I did it for years), but my experience tonight was exceptionally poor. I managed to watch an entire half of an NBA game (plus half time) without being asked for another round. Long past are my days of fighting tooth and nail for a bar tender's attention at Brother's - we lost a lot of good soldiers on those battlefields and I'd rather not dredge up the memories. Please just ask me if I want a refill. In terms of the atmosphere, it's loud. Like, really loud. My hearing isn't great and I could barely make out what our server said to my group when she finally come over (deep in the third quarter). When I flagged her attention and asked for my check, she responded in that tone of clearly annoyed and feigned friendliness that makes you feel like you're the one who did something wrong. I realize now that others in my group indicated they wanted their checks, but I couldn't make that out over how loud everything was. (god I sound old) By the end of the meal there approximately 3(?) groups hovering around our table and I heard a server tell some that they could have our table once we left. Also, they use those machines that make you pay your tab directly in front of the server. Servers shouldn't have to make a living on tips, but don't make me give you a bad tip for poor service when you're right in front of me.(Editors note: he caved and still tipped 20% because he is a spineless individual.) The social pressure is probably the reason they use those - I can't imagine the time save is that substantial. For folks like me, (read: spineless) it's a major turn off. Anyways, my experience tonight was disappointing enough to post my first ever/very long-winded google review. I would give one star, but I am reserving one because one time I went here on bingo night and my very loud friend from New York made everyone very mad. And then he won at bingo which made everyone even more mad.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Awesome sauce on my gyros… service was great! But the food was amazing!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5