Iron Skillet Restaurant

I am so thankful for the Iron Skillet. We had our rehearsal dinner at Iron Skillet a few years ago and they went out of their way to make the evening lovely. The food is great and the owner and staff are so kind.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We made a RESERVATION on April 25th for May 11th for 8 people to celebrate my father's 80th birthday, my sister's 60th birthday and Mother's Day. My wife calls today, May 9th, to make sure everything is good as we needed seated in the handicapped area. She gets told the restaurant is closing down. However, we had not been informed and only found out because my wife called. The food has always been great. My dad (and the rest of us) love the fried chicken and all the sides. What a horrible way to treat people. At least let us know; for all that is good, it is Mother's Day weekend!

Service: 1

Food was delicious, and I believe the untimely service was due to lack of employee's there. Either way, ill be back because of the fantastic food and giant portions of the side dishes!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Mint Ice Cream, Green Beans Mashed Potatoes Corn, Mashed Potatoes, Apple Butter

A good ole taste of tradition. The building itself isn't very eye catching. At the very least it looks more like a church or a funeral home, so many people may drive right past it, but it's easily one of my favorite places to dine at. The owner is very knowledgeable and accommodating. The staff will treat you like royalty and the food is just as good as a home-cooked meal from grandma.

Parking: There are enough parking spaces for all the patreons. If there aren't it's usually cause the place is busy,

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mint Ice Cream, Small Birthday Cake, Salad, Onion Soup, Stella Artois, Sides Green Beans Corn Mashed Potatoes with Gravy Biscuits with Apple Butter, Green Beans Mashed Potatoes Corn, French Onion Soup, Eggplant Parmesan, Skillet Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Pickled Beets, Apple Butter, Combination Dinner, Fried Chicken Dark

I'm not one to leave a review, but oh my...this is one of the worst experiences I have had in a restaurant. It took a hour+ to receive our food after being seated. The chicken was dry and unseasoned. It seems like there was only one waitress for the entire building and 1 bus boy, so service was quite slow. Opted to split a meal with a friend and still ended up with a $50+ check! We were expecting it to be around $25 as the menu said. I didn't want most of the food so we wanted to share instead of having to pay the full amount. They charged me $15 for my half and the full $24ish for his. I only ate about 2 pieces of chicken, a roll, and some corn. The price is for a full 3 course meal. A appetizer, a meal, and dessert. They also included their own tip. A tip of around 35% which is insane. They didn't disclose that they would be doing that either. They brought us our bill at the end with the extra 35% tip added on as a surprise. I will not be going back!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I don't even know where to start. Food was mediocre and served almost an hour after we were seated. One of the guests ordered shrimp and it was cold in the middle. Another guest and I wanted to split a meal, to which the owner replied " That's fine, I'll just add the vegetable plate to your order "? Which ended up adding an extra $15. They also added an included 35% tip at the end!! Ridiculous!From the meal we asked for, we expected the bill to be around $25. We were very upset when we got a bill back for $51.If you're going to include a non-optional 35% tip, the service better be immaculate, which it was not.Will not be going back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Staff was very nice, but I think understaffed for the night. Pretty slow cadence of getting food. It was also 5:30 (just after opening) and they were out of tomato juice and several ice cream. Tilapia and sides were great. Rolls tasted fine but were rock solid, not baked well. Fun food and atmosphere, not sure worth the price point. Very sweet staff though, appreciate their kindness.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Salad, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy

Very surprised. Lots of food. Everything well prepared.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Onion Soup, Mashed Potatoes, Pickled Beets

I really did not want to write this review. The more i thought about it an stewed over it the meal i felt i had too. The reservation for 12 was made for 2pm at 2:30ish we where finally seated. for more then 30 min we sat there waiting for a drink order to be taken to the point i actually left went to a gas station an bought a few diet cokes an returned in time to still order my meal.then as they where ordering the meal no drinks where offered other then coffee / tea / water ... and none where listed on the menu and as hour first time there we just thought they did not serve them.about 10 min after the orders where placed our waitress finally asked us what drinks we would like with our meal.. this has been over an hour sitting at the table at this point the time was rough 3:30 ...the bus boy / waiter was trying to fill up water cups an spilt water on my wife .. which things happen .. but it might not have happened had he not been dangling a headphone cord from his ear. He also reached for the glasses an took them off the table with his hands around the lip of the cups where people put there mouths .. an after all the dirty dishes an plates an things hes cleaned that is the last place he should be putting hands for food service.3:40pm some food starts to arrive from the kitchen - soup i dont like soup but most said the onion soup was good and they enjoyed it. how ever the waitress this time a women was delivering the soups she reached across the table with her hands more then over full looking like she may spill the soup on my younger daughter so after my wife had water spilt on her i was quick to grab the soup bowl to make sure it wasnt dropped on my daughter -- well i ended up with a wonder burn on the finger tips of my hands and thank you for helping me get that. cause she knew she was going to spill it.4:15 the side dishes start to trickle out of the kitchen but the main dishes where know where in-site most agreed the sides where less then avg other then the potatoes -4:35 or so the main dishes finally show up to the table.. i just find it odd the main dishes where coming out 20 min after the sides you would think they would be served together ... the chicken was ordered by many of the 12 cause they had heard good things about it - like one reviewer had said b4 the chicken seemed to be old like it had been cooked an reheated / extremely dry non seasoned most of it was not eaten. The fish was ordered by one there thought on the fish was that it was old and most likely had freezer burn on it before it was cooked i do not know for sure what it tasted like my self only as to what they said of it. How ever i ordered the steak. It was ordered as med steak. it was burnt on the outside not a seer but burnt - there was no salt, no pepper no garlic nothing to season the steak - biting into the steak was like eating a piece of leather that was hard dry almost like the steak had been cooked over 2 hours ago left to sit under some warmer. i took two bites an was done with it.5:00 they started to serve the ice cream at that point i felt there was nothing really left to enjoy an i removed my self from the dinner an waited in my car on my wife an daughter. paying our portion of the bill was 120.00 for 4 people with an extremely subpar meal.to continue on the venue its self - the building is old everything in it is old an it smells old also it looks to have been denied a proper cleaning for so long im not sure there is enough cleaning that could be done with out a full remodel to help the place.there are places that have the same style of venue that just seem to do everything better.I didnt want to write this review because i imagine someone like my grandmother owning this establishment that means the world to her, thats just gotten to old to be able to run it an should of passed it on or sold it years ago. For the benefit of its patrons an understood they had a good run as painful and has harsh as it may sound.if my grandmother bamboozled me for 120 bucks i sure as hell would snitch her out

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Onion soup has been burnt and the Tenderloin Steak was anything but tender.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Salad, Fried Shrimp

I have frequently visited this Iron Skillet since 1957. I’ve always loved the food especially the chicken until January 19, 2024. We were there with a guest from Florida to celebrate a Birthday. Our reservation was at 6 PM consequently the chicken should have been freshly prepared. Instead it was like it was left over and had been refried. It was hard, not crispy and very dry and over cooked. Everything else was perfect, although I will hesitate to return with guests. One other complaint was the placemat at my setting was filthy!!!!Rose A. Walls2142 Main StreetSpeedway, IN

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Great place food is great service is amazing staff awesome family style well worth

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lots of restaurants claim to cook home style meals, but this the most authentic made from scratch at home style food I have had anywhere. The chicken gets super high praise from every one that tried it. I had steak and the cut was good, minimal seasoning, very on point to the style of the restaurant. We also got the shrimp and it was explained that I was the best she had ever tried anywhere. Icecream with topping for dessert and true old fashion vanilla ice cream. The host is an amazing nkce and pernoble gentleman that brought it all together. Overall a great experience. Can't wait to go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp, Salad Cottage Cheese, Skillet Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes

The most bizarre dining experience of my life. 10/10 would come again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pickled Beets

This was my 2nd and final dining experience here with a large grp in the private space. The chicken was overcooked, dry and not seasoned. The green beans and corn are canned and edible if buried in the mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes are good, the wedge has a sweet vinegar dressing that tastes similar to the beets. The beets were very good and so were.the potatoes. The biscuits are good with the apple butter. It was also unclear as to why our service was delayed for 45 mins when the party was booked weeks in advance.The cost of the meal was $31, then raised to $32...everyone paid their monies to the host since only 1 check was permitted. But then there was also an additional beverage fee that was added after the cost of the meal was communicated to the host and guests. Since only 1 ticket was allowed for the grp the host ended up paying everyone's beverage fee. Lastly, this space really needs a deep fresh cleaning and paint, new utensils, etc.The gentleman in the suit coat was kind...it was obvious that he knew that our service was off and cared, but could not.correct the issues.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Salad, Fried Shrimp, Salad Cottage Cheese, Sides Green Beans Corn Mashed Potatoes with Gravy Biscuits with Apple Butter, Green Beans Mashed Potatoes Corn, French Onion Soup, Skillet Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Pickled Beets, Apple Butter