Turnwater Bar and Grill

Great service, food, and atmosphere. And if you love trains this is a great place to watch them as you eat and drink 🍻😉

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Took a bit to get a server, but once we had one he was very attentive. A companion got the tenderloin and part of it was a bit undercooked, but luckily she was done eating anyway.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

To rich for my family

Visited tonight for the first time since the “ update” of waiting to be seated/ waitress service. Not sure how to call it. My family and I have been visiting pretty much biweekly since it opened in spring of 2024 and it was honestly disappointing. We really enjoyed the ordering at the door and finding your own seat and self service. In the time it took to wait for the hostess, sit down and wait for our server to come greet us. We could have ordered, sat down gotten our own drinks plus some. When we were greeted by the server it was a “ what can I get you to eat?” We replied well.. we haven’t even our drinks? They replied “ you can do it all at once” … okay so it’s not your typical restaurant's experience. There was incorrect food modification which is fully understandable, people are people and they make mistakes. After visiting for so long we all felt pretty sad about the change. We will still continue to visit because we’ve all been large advocates of the turn water and the atmosphere. Anyone who asks anyone in our family what we think it’s always “ you gotta go!!” I hope this was a true change you thought would improve the overall well being on the restaurant and not being bullied by boomers who don’t like change. - thank you!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Great drinks and wonderful river railroad bridge views right off the marina. Come out for these cool Sept days. Great place on a sunny day with lots of outdoor space.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

1st time there and service was awesome. Look menu over and wanted something different and tried the Poke Bowl. You all need to try it it was awesome. I well have it again. Real nice place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had a great experience today. Not from Ft Madison and I would agree with another review... Ft Madison is fortunate to have a place like this. The views are priceless, design and layout, excellent and food and service were good, too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

With a Birthday group of 8 …
Jalapeño Smashburger with cream cheese 👍
Onion Rings 👍
Margaritas 👍
Very nice restaurant for the area!
Beautiful evening sunset along the Mississippi River …
Ooh Great Staff 👍
Side note, trains can be a tad noisy

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Waitress at the bar have no personality, dont smile and ours was rude.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 2

We came today around 330. No staff was found,5 minutes past when someone came to say we could sit anywhere,we grabbed our own menus. We were sitting for a good 15 minutes before a waitress showed up to take our drink and food order. The cook done more for us then the waitress. He brought us our food, asked if we needed anything else. One sandwich didnt get the bacon on the build a smash burger.My husband had to refill his own drink. Still no waitress. The cook came back out to ask if we needed anything and got us to go boxes. For the amount of money we paid,we do expect a decent waitress. 3 staff stood at the bar. We waited 10 more minutes with no check, so we went to front. I left no tip which I hate to do!! Great job cook! We will return because of him and the food. Young staff needs more training.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 2

This restaurant is situated on the Mississippi River. Food was good. The service was excellent. The whole team works hard to keep tables clean, fast food delivery and very friendly. Customers need to order at the counter or with a QR code. The employees deliver the food. I highly recommend sitting outside, they have fantastic outdoor dining. ***Photos from outdoor dining ***

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

I cannot give this place 5 stars. They currently do not carry Blue Moon beer. Not on tap, not in the bottle, and not in the can. Other than that I love this place. I was very sad to find out the blue moon is gone.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

We visited here last night. Let me just say the food was phenomenal! Our appetizer was their cheese curds. Those were the best we'd ever had anywhere. I had their special, Terryaki Chicken sandwich with sweet potato fries. Wow! Both were absolutely delicious. My husband had the Jalapeño Smashburger, and it said it was absolutely delicious. Our service was also the very best. Loved enjoying our meal and watching the river.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Our first time here and will definitely not be our last. The food was phenomenal! We had their cheese curds as an appetizer. These were the best! I had the Terriyaki Chicken and my husband had the Jalapeño Smashburger, sweet potato fries, and onion rings. All of it was absolutely delicious. We also had very good service. Loved enjoying our meal while watching the river.

Very neat bar on the water. They had a solo artist singing which made the experience even better. The food was decent. The sauce served with the sweet potato fries was so good. My biggest issue was it wasn't as hot as I'd expect it. The pizza dough was a bit undercooked in the center. Was a good value for the price we paid. I will come back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4