Donut land has easily the best quality donuts in Iowa. Fantastic sizes, soft and never stale or…read moredry, and even the cake donuts are moist. It's a treat for anyone seeking to find it.

Whatever Sprinkles Your Donuts!…read more For nutritional and blood sugar reasons, I largely stay out of donut shops. There are exceptions like Tim Horton's in Canada and most recently Donutland. This is the real deal and with lots of delicious sugar bombs to choose from, courtesy of an engaged staff. And contrary to the urban legend, no donut-loving police officers were present during my visits. Prices have gone up over the years, with my chocolate old fashioned the first morning, and what I call a "Hawkeye Sprinkled" donut the second morning running at $1.84 each. The first morning's donut was consumed on the way to Iowa City, while the 2nd one was saved for the airplane flying out of Cedar Rapids. I found their coffee to be pretty good too. Note: Plenty of casual inside seating is available, as is nice selection of branded items.

Frequently in Marion/ CR to visit family. And this is always my go to to get a nice specialty…read morecoffee when I'm wanting something more than just a drip coffee. Great coffee, friendly service as always! I also got a piece of their coffee cake and a breakfast burrito and they were both so good. Easily a top 5 breakfast burrito for me in recent memory and it's not 5. The crispy hash brown and the ratio of bacon (added it on) and eggs carry this and the aioli is amazing. Looking forward to trying this again next time I'm in town!

In my quest for having a favorite local coffee spot in every city I visit, Uptown Coffee was my…read morelatest adventure in Cedar Rapids. Uptown has a very eclectic, hipster vibe to it. The seating area is behind where you order coffee--looks like it's a bar in the evenings. They also have a great breakfast selection. I was hoping to try one of the breakfast sandwiches, but had to opt for a pastry because service was so slow. I ordered my go-to basic drip coffee with cream. It was perfect! Definitely the morning pick me up I needed. Since I wasn't able to get a hardier breakfast, I opted for a donut. The cake donut was definitely yummy! While there were three people working behind the counter, I had to wait about 10 minutes to even order. One staff member was making drinks, another making food, and the third was making signs. I'm sure the signs were important, but so are customers who are standing in front of you. Bottom line, I will give Uptown another shot when I'm back in the area because the coffee was that good and the sandwiches being made looked and smelled delicious.

We're passing through Marion, IA for a day (to see a concert in Cedar Rapids) and found a great…read morecoffee shop, but missed out on its pastries. A quick Yelp search sent us to Kettel House. What a great find. Had apple and cherry turnovers and a cinnamon roll. All fresh and tasty! If you like quality, artisan baked goods (nothing against the glazed donut/cream filled donut crowd) this is the place to go in Marion. The folks behind the counter were super friendly and made us feel good about stopping by. Finding it threw me for a second, though. They are in a house in what looks like a normal housing neighborhood. The sign is under the eaves and it's set back front the sidewalk under a nice shade tree. If you don't see it at first, look again. You'll be glad you did.

PERMANENTLY CLOSED This place is really good, the only…read moreproblem is it is closed. Got bought by Kathy's pies in Cedar Rapids, now they restocked some of the gas stations in Marion with the original logo and iconography, however I would not pull up to the address listed here or the one online because you will show up to a house That still has the sign on it but there is no one inside, there's a for sale sign in the yard.

This has been my Dunkin' since I moved to the area a year and a half ago. I'm not sure why the…read moreratings are so low here because it's actually dependably average. Dunkin' Donuts is not fancy, gourmet, or boutique bakery treats, y'all. It's fast food breakfast pastries and coffee and you get what you pay for. This location seems to get pretty busy so you might catch them when the lobby is a little disheveled or the donut selection is slim, but the staff is always incredibly friendly and quick to deliver your order. I'd say my drink is made to my liking about 80% of the time. If I remember to try my drink before I leave the store, they've always been willing to fix any issues. I don't eat much of the other prepared food, but I can always find a donut or two to pair with my latte. Lately, there also seem to be more themed donuts in the mix - spiders and snowmen anyone?! The thing that really keeps me coming back though is the staff. I've seen a lot of different faces like any fast food place, but they're usually really cheerful or goofy and brighten my mornings.

Rude staff. I went there and it was maybe 12:45-1:00 pm and when I approached the drive thru I…read moreordered my Charlie cold foam and the man then says "we are out of cold brew" (weird for a coffee place) I then pivoted and asked for the brown sugar shakin espresso. "We don't have brown sugar". I then asked "what do you have, then?" Not to be rude but to speed this process up and he then rudely goes "uhhh everything else?" I then place an order for coffee that they actually did have and then I also ordered the sweet black bacon sandwich on a croissant. I've never had anyone correct my order for no reason,he then says " well it already comes on the croissant". I said "well sometimes they are out of croissants" I didn't finish my sentence before he cut me off by telling me my total. If that's the case what's the point in correcting me? Odd. He all around was very rude and oddly combative.

Great food/ attentive staff and interesting atmosphere! We go when we are celebrating or have…read morefriends to meet.

This is the second NYE we have spent at The Hip Stir. The service is great, ambiance is great and…read morethe food is unique a d great as well. We had a party of 10 and we all ordered different things. My husband and I got the cheese curds. The honey Lemon aioli was a legit surprise and was SO good. My husband got salmon and loved the vinegrette salad dressing. I got the chicken marsala gnocchi. It was rich and salty and delicious. I've never had anything quite like it. I also enjoyed being able to enjoy the Tinsel pop up decorations as well.

Very tasty soup. We had the tomato basil. Salad was crisp and yummy…read more Relaxing atmosphere. We'd go again!

Wonderful food, very friendly staff, pricing is pretty good considering the wonderful food quality!…read moreWould 1000% recommend

This place is amazing! Coffee and quiche was delicious and the entire environment is adorable! Must…read morestop by and check them out! Very cool down town area lots to see and do too!

Really wanted to let this place because it's in a cool spot in town, but the food left me…read moredisappointed. I had a trashmore for lunch, which I loved that they offered breakfast food all day. Unfortunately, when it came out, I thought it was way too greasy to be served. It was almost as if the hashbrowns hadn't had time to drain from the oil. If you're hung over, it might be a quick fix back to life but for somebody just trying to grab a meal it was a little disappointing. The chocolate chip cookie at the checkout counter was dank though.

this place is the bees knees a handsome sexy mesucalr man who's sexy named jon works there and he…read morelooks like he can do a cartwheel. really well! i wish other customers would stop packing it and choose somewhere else to go if they see a line going out into the street and a lobby full of other people.

We ordered a half dozen of double chocolate cake donuts. The drive up cashier told me she would…read more"make them for me." So I paid my nine dollars and change and waited for my order to be "made." After receiving my order, I drove 15 minutes to my destination and shared the donuts. We noticed the donuts were not "freshly made" as inferred, the donuts were were cold like they had been frozen and thawed out or refrigerated. They had a rough/tough texture, but had fresh frosting on them. Have others had this experience with this store.? Needless to say, we threw them in the garbage.

This is my "home" Hy Vee. You can find some colorful people here. Sometimes they're even salty and…read morehard, like one of those sourdough tooth crackers that Snyder's makes. I'm going to guess they can make for tough customers. It's a pretty clean store and like all Hy Vees it's well stocked. They sell Don Javier's chips from Silvis, IL or somewhere over there by the Quad Cities. They're expensive, but they're the closest thing to the chips in a Mexican restaurant you can find. But I digress. The meat counter is good, there's no blood on floor on the customer side of the counter. The bakery same. Restaurant area ditto. I like Hy Vee's deli/restaurant but... man, the Chinese or "Hy-Chi" can be sketchy. It's not the employees' fault I'm sure. It's whatever recipes they use. Then again, it just might be Chinese food generally and it may be personal. The liquor store is great. You want booze, you got booze. This keeps the hard pretzel people I mentioned earlier happy. The staff is top notch. There's a really friendly woman who works here that is from Bosnia. She's got a clipped accent and based on what I saw I think she knows her regulars. I think working here probably requires a thick skin because you've got a mix of the Kirkwood students, the NewBo neighborhood (I assume - because that Hy Vee just north of down town - shuddering - it's a lil rough), and the pretzelish people mentioned above. Almost every time I got here I'm with my love which means I'm going to ask her loud enough for the cashier to hear what her name is today. Or whether she is using the credit card we found on the street the other day. Or if she can sign for the pseudo this time because I'm at my limit this time. Or "hurry up - I can see a cop and the Judge warned us what would happen if we broke the restraining order". Or the always reliable, "please don't hit me when we get out to the car - I'll be good". Granted sometimes the staff is dumbstruck, but most of the time they just smile and/or laugh and enjoy the drama. This is a good place to shop. Tell them Dick sent you.

The employees here are always very kind. The store is clean and I've never had issues when I need…read moreto replace something or return something. They also have a nice Starbucks. The only reason I didn't give them a 5 is some of their prices are a little high at times and the wine and spirits is not as good as other Hy-Vees. For convenience and availability of items I really like going here.