The Airliner

22 S Clinton St, Iowa City
(319) 351-9259

Recent Reviews

Claudia Smith

Still vibing the 'Liner after all these years!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Lindsey D.

Classic interior has been the same since the 80s/90s, but still a great place for cold beer and pizza. Burgers were very good and reasonably priced. Lunch service was great and plenty of frequent refills.

Paul Smith

Usually the pizza is awesome. Love the half-price Tuesday special. Service is generally fine. It’s an old downtown bar, so the atmosphere varies with the crowd. Tuesdays for lunch is the best time.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Dominic Stutesman

Service was amazing. We were helped almost immediately and food was out quickly. The food was absolutely stellar!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: B2 Burger and Fries

Madison H.

Joey and Max are the most considerate gentlemen who work at this bar and grill. They deserve a raise and more recognition. They are so awesome and personable to the customers!! If you go to this establishment make sure to meet these two men!! Definitely made the airliner experience memorable!! I can't say enough good things about these two!!

Henry Cao

$6 for a nice blt burger with onion rings and a side of fries on thursday night. What can I say.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gypsy-Tongue

Waited 5 minutes, no one to acknowledge but others were served. Bartender was chatting away with a group that came in. Not worth any type of wait.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

Caitlyn Busch

Vegetarian options: Vegetarian pizza, salad, grilled cheese, wrap, mozzarella sticks

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Club Sandwich, Burgers

Jonathan H.

We were right the cusp of a three star review versus a four star review. On the con side, the buffalo chicken salad isn't the greatest, parking is really tough with meter spots that only last an hour, and the bathrooms are probably not my first choice of bathroom as they were pretty dirty. Actually, the chicken on the salad is good and the homemade ranch dressing is very good, but the Buffalo sauce was more Tabasco based than a Buffalo sauce. On the plus side, the burger is really good, the atmosphere is pretty cool, and the staff is incredibly friendly! Additionally, the prices are insanely good!

Angela Spencer05 TV.

The guy was nice today Sunday January 7 2024.Around 11:50 a.m.Blonde hair guy.we orderd over the phone then picked up.Parking: Our order was over the phone we parked in front of The Airliner Food was ready we was in and out.ThaNks Airliner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Club Sandwich, Traditional Wings, Airliner Taco Pizza, Deep Dish Pizza, B2 Burger and Fries, Burgers

Clay K.

I thought this was a fun place for some cheap eats downtown. It definitely caters towards the college crowd with very inexpensive food. I found the food to be a little lacking in flavor (despite having a lot of salt). It’s definitely a good spot to meet up with friends and unwind but otherwise it could be skipped if you are more interested in great-tasting classic bar food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Tristan Schmidt

This is the third time in 2 months that I’ve ordered and they have not had the food ready or the order was wrong. I was hosting an event and called in earlier in the day for pickup at 5:45. I arrive at 5:45 and the person tracking them told me “sorry my mistake I did not put the order in” I get it, it’s a college town but three times?! This has been a consistent issue and nothing is ever done about it from management

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

Maddie Swan

This place needs to do a deep clean and a bathroom remodel. I used to work here in college and I was disappointed to see how dirty and worn down they've let this restaurant become.Also, no one wanted to help us when we came in. I get that this is a bunch of college kids running the show, but come on.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Kye Simmons

I got the meat cravers pizza. It was really delicious and at a great price!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Meat Lover's Pizza

Ascended Electronics

The bartenders will turn off the touch tunes amplifier if they don't like your music. I just wanted to play some gothic metal but apparently that was appaling to them. They literally would only play country redneck music constantly, pretty lame. Won't stop by anymore. What's worse is I was sitting at the bar where the amp is and they did it right in front of me without saying anything to me even though I clearly played the music. Basically 0 social skills.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

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