Tiny restaurant in Robinson, Illinois, down in a neighborhood, at 710 South Cross Street. Two…read moreAmish ladies are serving outstanding freshly made home cooking, buffet style. The fried chicken is plump, juicy, and fork tender. My husband had seconds on the meatloaf and he's not a big eater! Mashed potatoes are REAL mashed potatoes, and how do you make green beans so delicious? They also offered spaghetti, carrots, salads, and desserts but we filled up and couldn't eat anything else. Excellent food, we highly recommend.

This place is not permanently closed. The best food in town and has guests from all around the…read morenation show up when in town for a good meal.

Great place to get some comfort food... buffet style. The food and service is very good. A little…read moreon the salty side, but that's how i like it. Had the pork, fried chicken, salisbury steak, mashed taters, brown gravy, green beans, some stewed tomatoes and the sweet tea. I liked everything I ate. They have a salad bar and some cakes and desserts. I will be going back.

Great place whether you're looking for a buffet or want to order from the regular menu. The staff…read moreis friendly, and the atmosphere feels very family-oriented and welcoming. I really like the cute barn-style building, which fits perfectly with the rural location. It's also conveniently located close to Casey, making it an easy stop when checking out some of the area's big attractions like the pitchfork and mailbox. The food is a nice option whether you're stopping in for a full meal or just exploring the area. Plenty of charm and a relaxed atmosphere make this a fun local spot. Definitely worth checking out if you're in the area!

Tried their famous 1-lb. pork chop and catfish dinner to go. So delicious with generous portions…read more.. we managed to have 2 meals out of our order! Pleasant and friendly staff. Charming restaurant and cozy front lobby. The giant pitchfork is perched right outside the front door! They also have a beautiful garden with a small pond where you could enjoy the lovely flowers and the surrounding farm. Will definitely come back on our next visit to Casey!

This is the more authentic Amish restaurant of the two in the area (Stoll's in Loogootee is the…read moreother one). That gives you a very obvious option if you want Amish style food. While this one does offer a buffet option, they don't have enough options to really make that worthwhile. The other place is the buffet place. This is the cafeteria place, but it's not as expensive, and the food is just as good. And you get plenty of it in the meal. I'm a big eater, and I'm always satisfied by the plate lunch. Outside of the building, you can see the farm where a lot of their food is grown. I've been here probably a dozen times, and each time was a treat, with fresh food from their local gardens and farms. Unlike Stoll's, they grow their own foods. Like I said, it's authentic Amish. The cafeteria style tables make for a more pleasant and comfortable atmosphere than Stoll's. Surprisingly, the restrooms here are cleaner than Stoll's, where the restrooms are often out of order. This is a much more pleasant experience at Schwartz's. The servers are very nice and helpful. There is a small area for their Amish store of honey, fresh vegetables, and other delights. Where they excel is their pies. While their competitor uses cheap packet pies, Schwartz's has homemade pies, all fresh. I highly recommend the blueberry cream pie and the peach pie. A nice view of the rural surroundings, even if it is on the highway, but so is the other Amish place. The atmosphere is very nice. There is a lot of good feeling in the air. Sometimes, there are folk style musicians in the adjoining room, if you go for that. This is a customer friendly place, and they care about what they do and about the people they serve.

The food was great. The Help was nice. The place was clean. Bathroom was clean . I paid for the…read morebuffet and one trip was all I could hold. I drove there just to check it out . But too far away to eat there often. I recommend this place.

I eat there once or twice a week. the food is very good, the place is very clean, including the…read morerestrooms. The owners and their employees are very courteous and friendly.

People here seem to love this restaurant but I was disappointed our only visit because the chicken…read morein my selection was mushy. The nice waiter offered to bring me a different one but the chicken was only slightly better. The vegetables were beautiful, perhaps I should try again with just vegetables.

7-17-26 We stopped in for breakfast buffet. It was our first…read moretime visiting. Had a nice breakfast, brought home some hand pies. Can't wait to return sometime soon. Server was awesome.

Yum! So many choices and the food is great. Very fresh and homemade. It's true comfort food. Staff…read moreis nice and welcoming. Tons of seating. We definitely recommend!

I have been here multiple times now, and not once have I been disappointed! Food is delicious each…read moretime, the ribs are a personal favorite of my son and I. Service is always extremely nice and the place is always busy, which tells you the most important thing, people love it!

This is by far the best country buffet style food in town. The service is great. The food is made…read morefresh throughout the day and homemade their desserts are homemade. Most everything is made from scratch the candy made. They have great cobbler. The fried chicken is by far the best in town. The staff is very friendly and professional and really cares about the customers. The dining room looks like an inside of a cabin, which makes one neat decoration and the dining room was always clean and pony.

A must try effingham staple…read more Eat on the salad bar or diner side and enjoy a hometown style meal or the spring rolls! Every time we visit this town we try to get in a meal or at least take home one of their handmade pies or cookies. They rotate staff a lot but the food is always the same so it's a good bet you will have a good meal. Don't forget they do a great job catering!

Passed through Effingham IL again and decided to commence my 30 minutes + off duty break here…read more Low-Key truck stop next door to Niemerg's Steakhouse is the Speedway; the startegy is park your rig there and walk over to this landmark. Haven't not been inside this restaurant ever, i kept an open mind I didn't know what to expect. Theres apparently three dine in area options. You have a whiskey, bar lounge that probably the likes of General MacArthur would patronize for food and cigars like at the Historical Manila Hotel in Manila Philippines. Then you have the open dining room where you seat yourself and it was reminiscent to an Army Chow Hall...sort of with retro 80s decor. And lastly, I chose the Salad Bar room with a booth seating. Server Jessica was fantastic! Went through the standard protocols with me; I was really enjoying the vibes at this place. It's very Mahogany, 1960s - 1980s feeling, almost like that steakhouse Warren Buffet likes to go to in Omaha Nebraska. Very community family oriented, quiet, really quite different than any restaurant or diner you patronize in a city like Los Angeles. A lot of retired folk here and truly, you feel like you been thrown back in time to the 80s and early 90s in some sense. So anyways on to the food. I'm going to state my opinion straight up, the salad bar hot food bar is the star of the show. In fact everything from the soup to the oven potatoes to the COLESLAW (Best Coleslaw Ever), reminded me of that once upon a time Soup Plantation that died during Covid....and the best part is the Cold and hot bar is all-inclusive with your main entree order. Yes you heard that right, you buy the resort tickets, and you enjoy your stay with unlimited cocktails at Cancun...I mean Neimergs... Now to the Iowa Premium Rib Eye Steak. To the kitchen staff: 2 minutes on the top side, 2 minutes on the bottom side. Bake in oven 1 minute on both sides. Done. Medium Rare. A perfectly good steak was destroyed because it came out well done. To future passerbys, skip the baked potato loaded if you decide to dine in at the hot and cold bar room. Last thoughts. I want to give the steak a 3 stars but the overall ambiance, the grandpappy grandma vibes and that overall feel like your dining at someone's home in farm country really elevated the entire experience. Plus the servers are all working their tails off. So I've rated this place a 4 stars. Think anyone on a road trip, or just driving their rig through town should give this historical site a visit. 1978 right? Or something like that. This place also has some of the freshest greens.

We stopped here last weekend for the breakfast buffet. Effingham is not tiny, but there's not many…read morebreakfast restaurant choices if you want a "sit down" restaurant. I like Golden Corral because, for their breakfast, they have an eggs to order station but, unfortunately, the entire time we were there, no one was manning that station. Scrambled eggs are on the buffet, but they are usually "bag eggs" -- not really scrambled in a skillet. They have grits which is a plus for me -- these had an odd taste and I suspect someone added sugar to the pot. The ham was very tasty. The biscuits were warm, but hard. Pancakes were great. Our server was wonderful, keeping our cups and glasses full. It was close to the lunch change over time, so there were plenty of food options. We would probably stop again when traveling, given the very limited breakfast options in Effingham.

The food was fresh, the price was reasonable, everything was clean, and the service was friendly!read more