Great service and excellent food! Great fresh made bar food staples, excellent tenderloins and…read moredelicious daily specials. Great service, and friendly staff too!

I absolutely love this place. They have amazing food with great service. If your looking for one…read moreof the best tenderloins in Southern Iowa this is the place to go. If your looking for a great environment to have a few drinks and maybe shoot some pool at night this is your spot.

Oh no! What happened?! We love your basement pub called the PO Box, but the restaurant upstairs…read morereally blew it! I'm changing to a three star review because these two restaurants are really on both ends of the spectrum. PO Box - 5 stars American Table - 1 star This updated review will be about the "American Table" The Good- Beautiful ambiance. Nice young man doing his best as our server. The food was tasty once we got it. The Bad- It took forever and a day to get our food. Some of our food was piping hot and some was cool at best. They forgot all kinds of extras we had ordered like soup. The staff was just strange and clueless most of the time. The Ugly- two tables around us up and left and never even received their food. The staff was bickering around the customers trying to make order out of the chaos. We had multiple meals brought to our table that we never ordered. It's almost as if they don't have a numbering system for the tables or the expo person gave no instructions. We will come back to the PO Box, but never again to the American Table.

Ambiance: This place is beautiful. Food: My husband had the…read morelamb shank and it was good. My son had the cajun pasta it was not amazing but it was fine. I had the bone-in pork loin and it was extremely dry, like make you want to dunk it in your water glass dry. The side of veggies was clearly frozen vegetables warmed up in the microwave. I had the soup, which the waitress described as "some sort of pork soup". I asked for clarification she said there was some other name for that she couldn't recall, but the chef said basically, its pork soup. The broth in the soup was quite good, but other than a couple chunks of celery, it was a lot of pork, seemed like maybe left over pulled pork. But it was my favorite part of my meal. They are clearly going for fine dining with the prices and the look, and they're almost there, but missing the customer experience touches, details, and execution to pull it off. I'm pulling for them to be successful, so I'm hoping they learn and make the necessary changes to make it work. P.S. I was there for a business catered function, they served 3 kinds of traditional pasta, salad, and dessert and that was fantastic. P.P.S. The downstairs casual restaurant is fantastic

New Year's Day 2025 Wed 2 pm…read moreSo special was the open faced tenderloin With mashed potatoes and country gravy And green beans 11.11 all in with tax Good solid value meal! Not too busy I phoned in the order to go Fast in and out And yes it is still one of my favorite Blue plate specials in 2025!

The food was 4 star, atmosphere 3 star, good prices, decent but not spectacular tenderloin (I might…read morehave gotten mine on an off day or time). However, a real turnoff was the N-word used 3 or 4 times, once by an off duty worker (waitress/cook/co-owner?) while I was there. They can't help how the customers talk, but employees, even off the clock? Not cool. It was supposed to be a great night; while my politics is ever-evolving, my family in Iowa had just gotten to high five Don Jr at an event which, whoever I vote for now was darn cool that day! This visit kinda put a damper on our fun. We don't talk that way.

What a wonderful addition to this Midwestern area! Fresh homemade, hearty breads and menu items…read morethat have brought us back again and again to Bridget's Public house! Madonna is real and friendly and kind and doesn't waste time in welcoming us as well as serving us delightful dishes! We love the shepherds pie and corned beef sandwich on homemade bread! Loved my cocktail! It's a little drive for us to get there but definitely worth the distance!

Bridget's Pub is a special place. Big and chill, with great food, beer, and a cozy atmosphere. The…read moreservice is always warm and friendly, and we especially love the live music nights. You won't go wrong with anything on the menu but we're partial to the pretzel bites with beer cheese, or better yet, get the big platter of starters--they are all great. The smash burgers and fries are top notch. The Irish beer flight is a classic and all the Irish eyes are smilin'.

My wife and I came in tonight to give it a try since the change in concept for this building…read more Positives: The food was delicious, I had the chopped salad, my wife had the Cobb salad with shrimp and we got some riblets. Negatives: Almost everything else. I hope the owner sees this and is able to regain control of the restaurant before the staff completely ruins their investment. We arrived around 7:30 on a Monday night. We came in to a sign that said Please Wait to be Seated. We stood at the entrance for a bit, but the one employee we did see avoided eye contact and didn't acknowledge us. We did see someone in the bar area, so we decided to come in and sit at the bar. Some ambiance notes: No music was playing so all conversations and noises were intrusive into our dining experience . The multiple tvs were tuned to mostly regular tv shows with no captions. One tv was playing the bachelorette at a volume that made it so we heard every s and p that was said and about nothing else. No sports were on. The lights were as bright as a retail store. I told my wife it felt like we were eating in a Target. The worst part by far was the table of servers that were sitting in uniform drinking. On duty staff was hanging out at that table as well. Conversations revolved around getting drunk. How much money they didn't make, what guests were annoying, etc. The manager (I think off duty), was sitting at the bar involved in a drama filled FaceTime session with the volume up. Now I know all about her childcare issues. She also was bad mouthing the restaurant to her friend. Service was impacted by the amount of time the bartender spent interacting with the employee table. Quick note, one of the servers that was drinking was messing around with an order on the Toast POS handheld and the bartender was yelling across the room to cut it out and exit out of the order he had pulled up. We had almost no interaction from the bartender. She asked if we needed boxes while we were still in the middle of eating our meal. When we were ready to go it took some effort to get our check, because she was hanging out at the employee table. The whole experience made it likely that we won't return, although we would consider getting food to go. What really needs to happen is a culture change with your staff before it's too late, probably involving some personnel changes including the manager. Right now the foxes are running the hen house. If things don't change soon, I would set the over/under for going out of business at 6 months.

Don't know how food tasted. It never came. I was charged fir it but it took so long I didn't have…read moretime to eat it.

Great service, portions are huge. Food is great. I love breakfast and they serve it all day. Prices…read morearen't too bad either

The food was mediocre at best. Club sandwich, a burger and chicken strip for the kids, nothing to…read morewrite home about. We were taking a back road from Eastern Iowa to western Iowa and decided to check this highly talked about place out. I got super sick from something but not sure what it was. Better lock on our next trip around the state to find better.

While staying at the Honey Creek Resort hotel, we had free breakfast vouchers that we used here…read moredaily. The first day was a breakfast buffet while the other two mornings were made to order breakfasts. The buffet would have been $14/adult and $5/kid. It was not worth that! The only things I considered good were the French toast sticks, hashbrowns, and fruit. The eggs had no taste, and the sausage and bacon had an odd taste. Even our kids didn't eat anything except the fruit. The made to order breakfasts were better but still not great. I had a breakfast burrito the first day and an omelet the second. Our daughter had s'mores pancakes both days. My husband had the Country Bowl and Chicken Fried Steak. Our son would only eat fruit from the fruit plates. The food is expensive for the quality received. The service we had was good although it seemed to only be one person working each day for breakfast. We also ate the Thanksgiving buffet. They said they had 430ish reservations for it. When I heard that, I thought this must be good! Well, we weren't impressed. The turkey had a flavor we couldn't place. I found that I really only enjoyed the food they probably didn't make there like the salads, cheese, fruit, and desserts (pies and cakes). $25/adult was just too much for that meal! My advice is take your own food if you're staying there.

Yuck! Stopped for lunch before meeting with event planner. The patio area is dirty, with trash…read moreblowing. The landscaping is completely overgrown with weeds, as well as the flower planters. We are the only customers here. EVERY table is filled with dirty dishes, and being foraged by the birds. The staff is sitting in a booth chatting. Seriously! I lost my appetite before we ordered. The food was decent. I would highly discourage anyone from eating here. The restaurant needs a management change!

Friday eve supper out Yea venture out…read moreFriday special was bbq pork ribs Cheesy potatoes and baked beans Well my two dinner partners Had the special I was hungry for a good tenderloin and onion rings No charge for water 2 bucks for a bottle of ice tea Out the door with tip was 50 bucks Not bad for three to eat! A bit loud inside but a quiet night early Service was good So a good tip was earned! All in all a good meal!

This was an amazing place! The atmosphere was... well, like a bar…read more The people who worked there were very friendly!! I got the bacon cheeseburger and the curly fries. The burger was standard but bomb nonetheless. And the curly fries were delicious! It took about an hour and a half for our food to get here. And the ribbon fries could use some more seasoning and were a little burnt. Not too bad tho, it's pretty standard for a bar:)

The hangover burger hit the spot. 1/2 lb burger with bacon and egg. Fries are cooked in tallow…read moremaking it semi healthy. I would order this again. The Long Island ice tea was dangerous, tasted perfect. We were here with a group of nine and service was quick and thorough. Has the feel of a joint, but with lots of tv's with the games on display.

Excellent dining experience. Great bar & grill atmosphere, and the patio is sooo nice in the summer…read moretime. I can tell they clean very well, too. There's literally something for everyone here. I absolutely love the southwest salad and the burgers are so thick and juicy. The wait staff are very nice and attentive. I know one of them personally - Sydney is a very hard worker and does a fantastic job all around. Godfrey's really is a perfect representation of the charming community of Ottumwa. Always a treat to visit!

We have ordered Godfather's pizza for a number of years. This was a very poor pizza. We get the…read moreClassic Combo and the quality is normally pretty consistent. This pie was smaller than the average, did not have the quantity of ingredients, and the crust was not very good. Not sure what happened but we got a pizza a couple weeks ago and it was much better. The pizza was also cold, arrived before it was due.

A small town truck stop, bathrooms are filthy, gross and dirty. They do have a large variety of…read moreassorted snacks to choose from. They also sell Godfathers Pizza made to order..small seating area. I would not recommend this to a family traveling through wanting to take a nice break. It's filled with local truckers and townies.