Great omelet with amazing hash browns. Kinley gave great service. Fast and correct…read more Omelette was a meat lovers and worth every bite

We were VERY SURPRISED at the quality and taste of the food here!!!…read moreRestaurant itself is a little dated BUT..the food is great!! We had buffalo wings for an appetizer. Freshly cooked. Not too much sauce and the buffalo flavor is spot on!!! The ranch dressing for the wings is so good you have to eat the celery to finish the ranch!!! Country fried steak and gravy is off the chain! The gravy is good enough to eat by itself!!! The beef liver is tender and flavorful Chopped steak is a thin hand packed ground "steak" it's good but not great! Coconut pie will hurt you!!! Definitely recommend this place. Server was nice but not super helpful. Prices are VERY REASONABLE.

The ambiance of the diner and the friendly staff made for a very pleasant dining experience…read more Food was great and reasonably priced

0 stars. Worst chicken dinner ever. Poor quality chicken. A few pieces on the thigh and leg was…read moredark brown.

Best homemade food around Logan county The place is clean…read moreand friendly Best soups you've ever tasted Definitely a must try

I stopped in for coffee and gooey butter cake after running errands in Lincoln. It's a beautiful…read morewell lit space. The coffee is hot, strong and fresh. The gooey butter cake was the perfect mid morning treat, the corner piece had the right contrast of edge sugary crunch and gooey middle. The staff behind the counter was friendly and welcoming. As I sat and worked, they offered me more coffee and asked if I needed anything else. It was lovely. I'll be back.

The food is exceptionally good here. It will exceed your expectations for a restaurant in a state…read morepark. Had breakfast at the end of a camping trip and loved it. The breakfast burrito with green salsa is fantastic. They also run the kayak rentals out of there and they are super helpful and friendly. This place is truly a hidden gem of Central Illinois.

Great get away from town to the Park. Pretty big menu with good food and friendly service…read moreoverlooking Dawson Lake! Casual dining. Recommended!!

Thanks to Yelp, I found the Brown Bag Deli in Monticello while there for visit to Allerton Park one…read moreSaturday, and enjoyed our lunch there. First off, there is a bit of a wait for your order, but trust me, it's worth it. We were there at a prime Saturday lunch hour and the wait was a bit long but I have to tell you, these are REAL 'sandwich artists' that work for this great little place, and they take great care with your order. Plenty of sides to choose from, drinks and homemade pie for dessert, too! I do not order Tuna Salad out bcz I'm always disappointed but I took a chance here at the BBD, and wow did I enjoy my meal. White bread, Tuna Salad, onion and pickle...SO DELICIOUS!!! I was very full after eating the sandwich too. Hubs had the Dagwood Special and totally enjoyed it. Bypass the fast food across the street and visit this great little diner in downtown Monticello. You will be happy you did!

Over the last 15 years or more I've been to this establishment maybe 4-5 times; each time I go, I…read moreremember why it's been years since my last visit and I tell myself it wasn't worth it to return when there are so many other options available. This place is incredibly expensive for what you get with regard to the food and the service (or essentially lack thereof). At this time, full simple sandwiches are $12-14 with no sides included (think typical ham and turkey with cheese, tomato, and lettuce with mayo on it that you can make at home), and soups are nearly $8 for a cup and $9 for a bowl. The sandwiches (and "Mexican" fare) have fresh ingredients, but are very mediocre and bland tasting given their simplicity--not remotely worth that price. The high pricing isn't to cover wait staff/cleaning staff or maintaining the facility itself. Orders are taken at the counter and you await to hear your name called to get your food yourself, then rid of all your waste yourself before leaving. The entire dining room was dirty with crumbs on all tables, chairs, and the floor. The trash was full, and the bathroom toilet and urinal both had unflushed waste in them. The place was not busy as it was later afternoon; there were plenty of staff available to keep an eye on the dining room to ensure, at the very least, that the tables and chairs were clean and the trash wasn't full. The building itself is old with a lot(!) of unfinished and inaccessible areas, basic/old tables with cheap "decor". So for over $52 today my spouse and I had two very basic sandwiches, two bowls of semi-warm soup, and two large drinks in a dirty basic dining room after ordering and retrieving the food ourselves. With that price, you'd think the place would be minutely updated and certainly should be cleaner, there would be wait staff, and the food would have much more flavor with much more to it. There are several other places in Monticello to get great tasting food with included sides, cleaner facilities and wait staff, all for less than the price of a basic sandwich that you get here. I love to support small businesses and the staff were certainly friendly so I feel a bit guilty for this review, but this needs to be said about this incredibly overhyped place. This time I won't forget why I infrequent this establishment and won't be back.

Restaurant in a big old house that might be turn of the century (20th, that is). Very homey feel,…read morethough not as elegant as it could be due to changes made to serve the public. First thing I did was ask to be seated elsewhere because our table felt claustrophobic--one of perhaps the only two in the room so close to one another. We were moved cheerfully. My adult grandkid and I shared the spinach strawberry salad and a crab salad croissant sandwich. We followed our meal with dessert, sharing bread pudding and carrot cake. It was all wonderful. As was the slice of rhubarb cake we took home with us. We will certainly visit the LaTeaDa Tea Room again--and probably bring friends.

Love the deserts here... I have not gone here too many times, but definitely loved the desserts…read morewhen I did go!

Delicious! We stopped here after visiting the memory lane on Route 66. Food was very quick and…read moredelicious and service was amazing!

We stopped by here on the way to Michigan. My husband and I both agreed it was probably one of the…read morebest burgers we have ever eaten! What a treat. Hoping to stop back by here in the way home to STL! Keep up the yummy food.

Excellent food. Really top notch. You will be pleasantly surprised that a smaller city like…read moreLincoln has such quality and taste. Make this place a must on your next trip through Lincoln.

Always enjoy their food and relaxed friendly atmosphere. Have eaten here many times and have not…read morebeen disappointed.

How can The Pantry only have one review!? I'm creating a Yelp account just to add another. This…read moreplace is awesome. The sandwich's, the huge salads, the soups, the tea and coffee drinks, I've never had anything there that wasn't good. Talk about awesome service and kind people. Any time we've ever had a problem, they've always made it up in some way. Not even really "problems", just inconveniences. Like, sorry we are out of the soup you wanted, but pick a free dessert to make up for it! And that's not been a problem recently, that was closer to when they first opened and were still figuring out quantities and such. As for the bulk food side of the business, they've added stuff everytime I've been in there. Candies, spices, extracts, snacks... everything. They've got some awesome fresh produce right now, and it's pretty much the only place my wife and I buy eggs anymore. Farm fresh eggs, and they are the biggest I've seen. Everything is local. AND you can buy the salad dressings that they make in house! (The poppyseed is awesome.) So pretty much, if you havn't been there, go. If you have been there, you probably are still going on a regular basis. If you went and didn't like it, go again just to be sure because this place is one of the best in town!

Ordered a $10 chicken salad on white bread....i got chicken salad on two pieces of white…read morebread....no lettuce, no tomatoes no nothing. I should have known as I was the only one in the place at lunchtime today, July 16, 2024. I should've gone to Subway.

Best catfish I've ever had! Light and crispy! I don't know how they do it…read more Friendly staff. A real Midwest atmosphere.

Fantastic fish dinners. I had their catfish filled dinner with fries. Very good at a great price!!read more