50 Best American Restaurants near East Dubuque

“We had such a great evening @TSC. The resturant food, atmosphere and service was outstanding. A special thanks to Patty for giving us an opportunity to catch the sunset behind the skyline on the Mighty Mississippi.“

“Joe, neighbors, Connie, cook. great experience!“

“Enjoyed a great burger with live Music“

“Excellent burgers, huge list of choices. I had the olive burger with Swiss cheese. Delish! Others had the BLT burger, steak sandwich, and steak salad. All were excellent. Service was delightful, very friendly. We arrived at end tail end of the lunch hour and our order was a bit slow in arriving, but food was hot, fresh, and good. Atmosphere is casual, light-hearted with an auto garage theme. Highly recommended!“

“The food was fantastic, the service I can't say enough about. It is some of the best service I have ever had. We were told by 3 different employees on the way out thank you with a smile. I would highly recommend!“

“Excellent food, excellent drinks! Great atmosphere and quality service/staff. We always have a wonderful experience at Pepper Sprout!“

“⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect 10/10 Supper Club Experience

Louisburg Junction Supper Club is the definition of a true Wisconsin supper club. Many places claim it, but this establishment truly delivers.

🍽️ Food & Appetizers:
The meal was exceptional from start to finish. The bacon-wrapped onion is a must-order, and the onion rings were perfectly crisp. My filet was outstanding, and the ribs and broasted chicken were both very good—the chicken is honestly some of the best we’ve ever had.

🍰 Dessert & Drinks:
The chocolate cake was enjoyable, but the real highlight was the Orange Apocalypse ice cream drink—an absolute must-have.

🥗 True Supper Club:
The salad bar was fresh and classic, exactly what you want from a supper club. The service was excellent, and the manager took the time to speak with us personally, which we truly appreciated.

Overall, this was a 5-star, 10/10 experience.
Highly recommended. 👏“

“the BBQ ribs are the best around very tender and great taste highly recommend . The fish is also very good. Actually everything on the menu is amazing. Great prices also.“

“we have ate here on and off since moving here over 20 years ago. I love the salad bar and have always been very satisfied. However our most resent visit was NOT good. I got the cod and mashed potatoes . Our food took a long time and then my mashed potatoes and gravy were very cold. The waitress did not come back to the table for a long time. The boys were done eating and I was still waiting for a waiter to come. Eventually she came and warmed them up but by then my dinner was ruined and everyone was done eating. I will not eat warmed back up cod. So my whole dinner was chicken food. We may return but im in no hurry . Very disappointed in this visit. Never encountered this before, so hopefully it was an off day.“

“Awesome place 😎 to eat they take pride in the making of the food. 💯 was not feeling well and they made sure my husband had clean silverware, and as we ended up staying next door at Hilton Garden which is always an amazing time with staff 💯“

“Very reasonable prices. Down-home diner menu. Friendly staff.“

“Went to Fueral Dinner Yesterday What a wonderful job and very good food I would recommend you to everyone I know“

“CORRECTION TO LOCATION IS Perkins in Waterloo Iowa I recommend their meatloaf dinner, the salmon and any one of the soups. Plus they have great customer service. Krista is top tier in customer service!!!!“

“Amazingly good fried chicken!

Seriously, this place fed me one of the best fried chicken meals I've had in years. I've long said that my favorite fried chicken comes from Harold's on the south side of Chicago. That still hold true but only because the fried chicken at Brazen is a completely different take on yard bird.

The Brazen version is incredibly juicy and delicious. The breading is a bit lighter in color but offers plenty of those crunchy bits that makes really good fried chicken such a treat. The meat itself is juicy and fork-tender. Chicken in this country can be bland but that's not the case at Brazen. They locally-source just about everything and that includes yummy birds. Of note: the picture may not do the 4-piece chicken justice. It's a lot of food!

The bread and butter was a nice start. Great assortment of adult beverages (I had a McCallan 12 and a Eagle Rare Manhattan) from the bar. Service was impeccable.“

“Went to The Grand Opra House and The Filament was suggested. Great Atomsphere, is located inside the actual Casino. Friendly and reasonably quick service.
Ordered pulled pork sliders, recieved 3 decent sized sliders and spent less than $15 on my order.“

“We came in town for a weekend getaway and found this place after being told a couple other restaurants were on a wait. And I am glad we did...Great food, great drinks, and the service was perfect! highly recommended!“

“The atmosphere has the charm of a classic small diner. The food was solid - satisfying without breaking the bank. Our waitress was friendly and attentive throughout our meal, making sure we had everything we needed. Overall, a great spot for a casual, no-fuss breakfast experience.“

“I visited the Dubuque, IA Maid-Rite about 2:30 PM on Saturday, June 7. I ordered the Maid-Rite basket which consists of a Maid-Rite, fries and a drink (lemonade for me). The food itself was all good especially the Maid-Rite sandwich (I used to live in Marshalltown, IA a few blocks away from Taylor's Maid-Rite in that town). The service was just OK and perhaps a little on the cold side. I was not offered a refill on my lemonade, so I guess this means no free refills at this restaurant (ask for a glass of water or pay for another drink if you're still thirsty!).“

“I was looking for a place to easily accommodate my group of 14 for lunch on a Saturday. With short notice they got us set up in the back room, Melissa delivered perfect service, all 14 meals came out at once, all the food was excellent and the price was very reasonable. I've driven past this place a thousand times and never gave it a thought. Now I will definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good meal and friendly staff. Thank you Rhody's. You were yet another part of a memorable weekend.“

“Latest Update: The owner of this Culver's establishment, called me and apologized very professionally, and with understanding. He explained the mix-up, as they had recently started serving smashburgers, the latest trend, I did not know this myself. I told him that the traditional Culver's Burger is what I wanted. In my opinion, sometimes traditional is best. He was very kind in his offer to make up for the mistake.

I mainly work at night, and yesterday I left on a 5-hour trip southwest, not eating any lunch or dinner, as it would make me sluggish for work. I worked overnight and then drove another 6 hours back to Dubuque honestly, looking forward to some Burger King, but when I arrived at 9:45 a.m., they refused to make me a burger and fries, because their policy said they couldn't serve lunch food until 10:30 a.m. So I said to myself, Culver's won't let me down, they'll serve me a burger and fries at any time as long as they're open, and they were, so I ordered a double bacon cheeseburger in the Drive-Thru. The attendant asked me if I wanted anything else on my burger besides cheese and bacon, and I said a light amount of mayo please. They said okay, and please move forward. I then requested an extra small fry at the window, and they added that. They then asked me to move forward after putting my number sticker on my truck mirror. After moving up multiple times, and eventually being the first car in the line, I noticed three people had been served before me, and they were behind me. I called culver's, and they apologized that they had served my food to another party by accident, and didn't bother to tell me, but instead hastily remade my meal. Again I had ordered a double bacon cheeseburger, with a light amount of mayo on it. They provided me a double bacon cheeseburger with pickles, onions, mustard, and ketchup on it, a sloppy, soggy, mess, and they rushed the cooking of the patties, burning them on top, and not cooking them enough on the bottom, and it looks like they smashed the heck out of the patty, as it does not look like the usual thick and Hardy butter burger patty (see the picture). The freeze must have been Doug out of the remnants of the last batch, instead of being made fresh, because they were all stuck together and not the hottest they could have been.
When I got home, 20 minutes later, expecting to be able to sit down, watch an old movie, and finally eat some good food, I opened up my food and put it on a plate, and saw this. I called about it, explain the screw-ups, and that I was allergic to onions (not something like a tiny bit of onion powder in ketchup, but full on onions and their juices), and the manager, Ann, was very bureaucratic about it very robot like, giving me the usual response that you would expect from management. "Oh, I'm so sorry for that. If you come in before 4:00 p.m., we will replace your meal for free, and give you a coupon. If you don't come in before 4:00 p.m., I'll have to mail you a free coupon." So I asked, "a replacement meal, after all these screw ups? How about a couple free meals, or a free family meal?", and she responded, "I'm sorry, I can't do that, but if you come in before 4:00 p.m. I can replace your meal and give you a coupon", her programming responded. It seems like a lot of fast food restaurants, even culver's, are now just a bunch of robots, that have no compassion, no care for their jobs, or the quality of their work, or treating customers with respect, and actually making up for three major mistakes in a row, giving my order to someone else, and not telling me, remaking the order but making it wrong, and cooking the food too fast on the remake, and creating crap, instead of food.

Update: Either a Culver's Bot responded to my post, or again they are shirking their responsibility of truly making up for this, by telling me to go complain somewhere else and give them some feedback; with no mention about ma“

“Best gyro that I have ever eaten!“

“Amazing food and amazing price! Great customer service! Great start to our spontaneous trip!“

“Things have gotten better at this restaurant having Jeff's great hospitality, organized staff, good breakfast. It's definitely a 5 star in the Tri-State breakfast cafe's.“

“Went here for our anniversary/new years last night! First time being here, and had Mary as our server. She was one of the best servers we’ve EVER had! Very attentive and knowledgeable about the menu! Definitely our new favorite place! Service, food, atmosphere! 🥂🙌🏻“

“Awesome neighborhood bar vibe, great staff, lots of fun there!“

“We love coming in for the breakfast buffet. Lots of good food choices and my kiddos always leave happy and full.“

“We spent the weekend in Dubuque. After having a very underwhelming experience at a steakhouse Friday night, we decided to go to 7 Hills Saturday night and we were absolutely thrilled! I got the Cluck Berry grilled chicken sandwich and it was delicious! My wife had the buffalo wings and they were perfect. Great beer, service, and food was the best we had in our weekend away!! Will be back 👍🏻“

“I recommend Gyro Hub, because the food was amazing 👏 the tacos 🌮 were all so fulfilling and I tried chickpea rice for the first time ever in my life and I loved 😍 it.“

“Love love love the Broasted Chicken“

“Great place for food drinks beers people.“

“good service nice workers and a wonderful place to stop and have a drink!“

“Excellent food at a very reasonable price. We had dinner here twice and breakfast while staying at the hotel and every dish has been exceptional.“

“Here for the 1st time for my dinner and checking this place out ! The employees are awesome and serve my dinner in the timely manner ! Will definitely come to this place for more enjoyment !“

“we were seriously disappointed. I recommend avoiding this place.“

“Chicken wings were great! Also always fresh and gave out 150 Wings! Dont forget and local!! 🔥🔥🔥“

“So darn good! We were camping in town for an extended weekend, and we tried this establishment for our first meal. We ate here once a day after that, and we tried several things and everything was perfect especially the fries. Drinks and food are both well priced and well portioned.“

“Place to have a good time“

“wonderful meal with quality family time (13 guests). Special thanks to Chris, our server, for your patience, Courtesy, and excellent service. we appreciate you!“

“My adult children and I met at Lina’s for food and drinks and it was fantastic. The food from Lina’s lounge and Thai Bistro was delicious, and we were able to sit outside with the kids and dogs. We highly recommend!!“

“Fat Tuesdays is little New Orleans ,but alot better you have all your family and friends with the best Cajun food just like the bayou so you need some great company or maybe just a Hurricane, you will leave with a smile.“

“Have eaten at the Yardarm Riverfront restaurant 3-4 times with my wife, son and his wife when we visit him in Dubuque. All of our meals have been great! Love the cheese curds, their fries, burgers and wraps. Like the outdoor seating next to the boat launching area and the Mississippi River. Very relaxing. Good service.“

“excellent, fast and hot food. great service! the Eggs Benedict was fantastic.“

“Best pizza and baked mostaccioli !!! Been coming here for over 40 years!!“

“They have done an AMAZING rehab of this store - I was mind-boggled! It's gorgeous, bright and opulent inside. I got back to my hotel late at night and all the restaurants were closed. HY Vee has a huge selection of pre-made, delicious food choices. Grab a fork, I forgot!“

“Great food 10 out of 10 on these wings!!“

“Most of us had a good meal last night however one hamburger was very overcooked. When the manager came by and we told him about it, he put it back on us for not ordering it correctly. The server never asked how we wanted it prepared so apparently if you don’t specify they will automatically cook it well done. I think this should be a question the servers ask rather than a customer remembering to state that.“

“Daily specials on drinks & food fantastic!!! Gabby our wait person was personable & very helpful & pleasant. Food came looking attractive & hot. Love our visit❤️

Parking: Many, many spots to park.

Wheelchair accessibility: 👌“

“We are truck drivers who brought the narwhal exhibit to the museum across the parking lot. We decided to go to Diamond Jo and when we were finished, we saw Woodfire Grille on the way out. We decided we wanted to stop there, so we gave it a shot.

Please note it's best to make reservations on a Friday at least, if you want a table. We did not, however, the manager was delightful, and allowed us to dine at the bar. We were very thankful to be seated.

The ambiance and atmosphere here is absolutely fantastic. The Woodfire behind the clear glass and the low mood lighting make this restaurant a fantastic place to eat with someone you love or by yourself.

We had Callie as our server, and even though we were a quite a bit under dressed, and a little scrubby after unloading our truck at the museum, she nor anyone else ( customer or staff ) even looked at us like we were any different from anyone else. It appeared most people were in dress/casual for this place, but it was nice to not be looked down upon.

Callie was legit one of, if not THE BEST server we've ever had in a restaurant ANYWHERE. She took great care of us, made sure to make excellent recommendations, and was very accommodating. I don't know the manager/host name that sat us name, she was a lady with dark hair and glasses; She was also very sweet and accommodating.

The food: I had the diamond cut prime rib, wife had the fillet and both were perfect and cooked perfectly. The side dishes are shareable with like 2-3 people and come in a decent sized bowl and are delicious, and for dessert my wife and I split the brownie and it was amazing. This is legit the best meal we've ever had in any restaurant in the country and we go a LOT of places.

Thank you all for your kindness, thank you to the manager for seating us without reservations, and thank you SO MUCH Callie for your fantastic service. We WILL be returning to this establishment EVERY chance we get. ♥️“