Service was awesome! Place was clean! Food was outstanding! Highly recommend this restaurant!read more

friday night special for this week! surf and turf! 12 oz sirloin (blackened per request) and peel…read moreand eat shrimp (blackened). soooo delicious! waitress sam was on top of all our drinks and needs too!

This restaurant is absolutely beautiful. The location is perfect and the ambiance is spectacular…read more The wait staff was great and prompt, loved the veggie fajitas, and had a great time. Definitely check it out

Food is always good along with the chips and salsa. Excellent place to grab a drink and look at the…read moreIowa river.

On Sunday, September 1st, 2019, I & a friend had just finished a "great tour" of the HISTORIC…read moreLEWELLING HOUSE---part of Iowa's Underground Railroad. By the way---this tour was very interesting & informative---everyone should take it!!! We realized it was mid-afternoon & we were STARVING & we didn't want to return to the Bentonsport area to eat. So we asked our tour guides.....where is the closest, best place to eat, on a Sunday. Both guides recommended the UNDERGROUND!!! And, we were very glad they did!!!! Upon entering the restaurant, we "instantly loved" the "creative decor". Re-purposing lead pipes, farm tools & equipment & using Edison light bulbs---they had created an ambiance unlike any other restaurant. The place was VERY CLEAN.....the light fixtures were very creative.....farm tools adorned the ceiling....the menu covers, salt & pepper/napkin holders were hand-made.....& we were the only customers in the restaurant (remember, it was mid-afternoon on a beautiful Sunday afternoon). The menu of "VERY REASONABLY PRICED MEALS" was extensive!! I chose a "chicken dinner"---knowing full-well that chicken ALWAYS takes longer to cook. However, this afforded us the opportunity to have a LENGTHY CONVERSATION with the AMICABLE OWNER, who was sitting in another booth. We didn't mind the wait, while her son prepared our meals, because she was "very entertaining & informative"!!!! Please forgive me, I didn't get her name. When our food arrived---it was hot, plentiful & delicious!!!!! This was a GREAT "all-encompassing experience"---terrific, inexpensive food, ambiance & conversation!!!!! Small communities in Iowa can't survive without a good restaurant. You're lucky, Salem, because you've got one!!!!!

Broasted chicken. Ordered 8 pieces take-out. The young people at the front desk and, kitchen staff…read morewere very nice. The place was getting pretty crowded and I was picking up the chicken thirty minutes after the kitchen opened. Ok. Honest review. The chicken was juicy, moist and delicious. The next sentence bothers me: the skin was rock hard and burnt, oily taste. I smelled the old oil, first. Then, as I walked out, I noticed the cardboard box was full of oil on the bottom. I wondered how this chicken would taste if the oil was changed on a regular basis and the skin a benefit to the juicy inside meat. 5-Star review if oil was changed.

JUMBO Buffet is one of the best buffets I have had over my lifetime…read more It is a bastion of Mount Pleasant dining. My children and I still dream of eating there: Crab legs on special nights. Barbecue pork skewers. Withered green beans. Fluffy fried donuts. Stuffed mushrooms. We live in Phoenix, Arizona and miss you so much.

Whew! I finally made it into this place…read more Ok 4th July 2025 11:30 am prime time Pay as you enter. Holiday price just under 15 bucks. Smells good as you enter! Small buffet not what I was expecting Ok on to the food First small plate samples: White Rice and lomein noodles And sample a bit of everything Plastic plates and plastic silverware Big butterfly jumbo shrimp silver dollar size! No shrimp sauce Real good as is! The chicken pot stickers were spot on perfect! Rice was spot on jasmine rice awesome flavor! Lo mein wow outstanding! I could have made a meal out of those two things! Chicken broccoli check! And good Steak and onions with green peppers check but I only did the steak and onions as green peppers are not an out of town road food for me Really good Some cashew chicken I did not see any nuts but it was a little warm on the spice Egg drop soup well mine is better lol But a dash of soy sauce to flavor it And was ok. Second trip more of the same. Hot day so just the small sampling Drinks are serve yourself and included in the 15 dollar price Yea I would stop again if I was in the area But not a destination place for me

You don't go here for white table clothes or over the top service, but you will return here for…read morehigh quality & very good for you food!! I've enjoyed very few red meats here, but they have goat & other offerings a couple times a week to offset the chicken & vegetarian buffet. I really like their setup & they're very reasonably priced as well. I never leave here hungry, I usually end up with a small to go box that takes care of dinner, too!! The goat was delicious! The stewed chicken & curried chicken have been quite tasty. So many good options for the vegetarians who want to eat my lunches food, how dare they! I usually go with 2 half entrees, no more than 3, & like I mentioned before, leftovers!! I haven't had any of the chow/low mein or any rice options as I'm dodging carbs, but it gets a ton attention from most patrons, so have at it!

Great food and good quality Fast Buffet type service, very…read morehomey and quiet.prices are average

Food was outstanding and the service was quick and awesome! Restaurant was clean! Totally worth…read morestopping!

Superb. Food and service. I've wanted to get here for a couple years, and I set out to actually…read morego there today, almost didn't make it, because of road construction. Type in the address on your phone map or GPS system to make sure you arrive. This place has been around for a long time, and has a wide variety of food, daily specials, and a full bar. The people are charming, warm and hospitable like you would expect from small town Iowa. I had the pork tenderloin, which had a seasoned crispy crust, while the meat remained juicy and flavorful, not an easy trick to accomplish. My table mate had a delicious burger with a logo embossed bun. I'll hit it again sometime, for their Friday or Saturday fish fry, which includes bone-in catfish, getting to be a rarity these days. Go there or go out of your way. Every merchant in the town has to be suffering from this road construction project, now entering month four!

One of the best Chinese restaurants in Iowa! The hot and…read moresour soup is the best I have eaten, and the entrees are big and full of flavor. Kung Pao Chicken was delicious, as was the Szechuan chicken. Definitely worth the drive from Iowa City or Mount Pleasant areas.

I got the fried wontons and General Taos chicken. The food was served piping hot so be sure to let…read moreit cool down before eating. The wontons felt like they were taken straight out of the fryer and put directly on the plate... The interior design was confused and the server was not very attentive. I likely won't come back here often, but if I do then I will be blowing on my food before eating!!

Authentic flavorful dishes. We have enjoyed every single meal for the many times we've been there.read more

Salvador was an excellent host at our first visit to Antojitos Carmen. He was hospitable and we…read moremade fast friends with him. Carmen, his wife, was an excellent cook and we are grateful to have found their little restaurant! The pork burrito was everyone's favorite. It was full of flavor. Their "dry salsa" was an item we read about on a yelp review and is off menu. When we asked Salvador about it, he brought us some to try. It's very unique and pretty spicy. We loved it! We will be back despite the hour and a half drive.