10 Best American Restaurants in Carbondale

“If you're looking that small town diner, greasy spoon type restaurant, then Mary Lou's is the place for you. The food is exceptional, price is right, and the service is always outstanding. They have daily specials along with their basic menu, so there's always something interesting to get.“

“We recently celebrated a special birthday at Global Gourmet and was more than delighted with the service, food and hospitality given to us by our waiter and owner. We spent several hours there and wish we lived closer to have dinners on a regular basis.“

“Tiny place with only 5 booths and 2 tables outside.
The food is so good, they could fill the place if it had twice the seating!
The burgers are traditional smash burgers done to perfection and there specialty fry boxes are absolutely delicious and filling!!
If you visit SIU, you have to give this diamond in the rough a try!!“

“I used to work at Culvers and we never disappointed in serving with a smile and helping good paying customers with their orders and complaints. Yes, there were issues every once and a while but what restaurant doesn't. I've eaten there several different times while off the clock or just on one of my off days and my food was always hot and never came out wrong, it's not special treatment, it's good service and being caring and compassionate about one another. <3“

“This is my very first time to make any review, And its because this place gets A+!!!. The Ownership/ Chef takes immense pride in all the ingredients and flavor concepts on the plates for the menu. I applaud this so much....Todays world more tban ever, When you go out to eat - Its so special to find this type of care and passion toward the dishes on the menu!.....now on to the service. Oncd again A+!!! The server and the bartender were fully engaged and you can just feel their pride in serving along with knowledge on the items on menu and drink options.

100% support this as a MUST in Carbondale.

Thank you for taking your business seriously in serving the consumer. I will be back always on my travels. Customer for life!!!!“

“I have been in Carbondale for 1yr I decided to celebrate with having dinner here. It was really calm and the vibes are more comfortable luxury. You can dress up to go here or go as you are. Low light I sat at the bar Rachel was awesome been working there for years let’s you know the place is a great work environment. The food was delicious I had the meatloaf I could taste every herb it was marinated with. It was soft savory and flavorful creamed spinach was my side comes with mashed potatoes already. For dessert I had the fried bread pudding made in house delicious I ate it at home so I do not have photos but it was so good comes with what tasted like fresh made vanilla ice cream. It was really rich and creamy which leads me to believe they make it there. I am definitely eating here again and I can not wait to do so!!!“

“Stopped in to have food. There is no food served here, but you can get some and bring it in or have it delivered. Figured since we stopped in we may as well have a drink while we thought about what we wanted to eat. We ended up having a great time, played some pool, and had conversations with other folks there. Well lit place and the music was good.“

“Great waitress and food. Always enjoy all the TVs.“

“We’ve drove over from Cape two times now and had excellent food and just as good service both times. The service was outstanding and everyone has been very friendly.“

“they were very helpful and kind to us. look to go again soon thank you all there.“