Fresco at the Gardens

318 Spring Creek Rd, Rockford
(815) 316-2256

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Rebecca

Very pleasant place to eat. Beautiful view of the garden, very good food. Yummy coffees and gelato, too!

Russ

We enjoyed our meal and our visit. A very pretty setting was disappointed that I dining here. We did not receive some sort of discount on visiting the gardens. Daisy our server was fantastic.

Eli

Portion sizes are small, and my girlfriend's Philly cheese steak omelette was completely unseasoned.

Cathy

We sat outside in a shady spot and had a lovely delicious breakfast. Our service was outstanding!!

Martin

Really good experience. Feels like the restaurant s the waiting area for the Japanese Gardens. That said, beautiful view out large windows. Food was universally good - nothing too special.

Jandy

Terrific! Service, food, & outdoor seating were all excellent. We took Grandma for her 88th birthday. She enjoyed the ultimate Bloody Mary. We enjoyed the blackberry mimosa and strawberry mule. Many “fun” cocktails to choose from. The shrimp & lobster roll had a generous amount of both lobster & shrimp. The surf& turf sliders with fries had a good sauce. Grandma enjoyed the crab cakes. Our sever was a very young man who did a great job. We will definitely go back. I wish it was open year round! We wanted to go at Christmas time, but it was closed.

Jane

Everything was lovely except sitting by window..... air conditioning was cold and blowing all the time.

Jeffery

Waiter was great, great food, great view of the garden. Very relaxing and calm environment

Caryl

Staff could not have been nicer. The menu selection was perfect for luncheon and the food was excellent. We're just sorry that the record heat precluded a walk in the gardens. Next time, because there will certainly be a next time visit.

Randy

Great variety of menu choices. Each person ordered something different. All was excellent. Good value. Lovely and convenient setting. We dined inside but the patio looked very welcoming. Service was good not great.

Tammy

I took my dad to the gardens for a father's day trip. Made lunch reservations the day before and getting seated was seamless. He ordered the turkey club and said it may have been the best one he's ever eaten. I had the burger and fries and was also very happy with it. We opted to eat inside, but could still look out over the scenery through the large windows.

Leslie

We waited 20 minutes after we were seated to order drinks. We didn't want to wait further, so we ordered drinks and food at the same time. We waited an hour for our food and we were told that, “Sorry, but the kitchen is destroyed right now.” I finished my drink long before the food arrived and ordered a coffee which I received as I was finishing my meal after asking about it twice. I took it in a to-go cup. All the food arrived cold. I had cold scrambled eggs which I did not eat. My husband was ready with our credit card as soon as the bill came, but the waiter took off without our card saying that he would be right back, but it was another 15 minutes. Overall, a very disappointing experience. The waiter's apology seemed insincere and no manager came to check. A very expensive subpar lunch that took several hours in a freezing cold restaurant. I will not be back!

Adam

The staff worked really hard- seems that they may have been a bit understaffed with servers covering areas both inside and outside. So, while service was a bit slow at times, we could see that they were working really hard to serve everyone.

Cheryl

We all enjoyed our dinner. Tge food and presentation were excellent. And you can't bat the setting!

John and Christine

Lovely restaurant and perfect for lunch with friends and a day at Anderson Gardens. Will be back! Thank you!

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