Our friends that live in Iowa took us here because we have gotten into pickleball and thought this would be a cool place to check out. They certainly spend a lot of money and I hope it's busy every single day. I know if their was an establishment like this in California it would be super pricy to play and eat. The service was awesome and the gal took great care of us and came back to check on us often. The food was okay. They made really good margaritas and the spicy bloody was the best I have had. My cobb salad would have been amazing if they had better or homemade dressing. It was very thick and had no flavor. We had to taste the fried cheese and it was really good, but very salty. I would have to eat one and then wait 15 minutes to eat another one. It was delicious though. My husband had the meat sundae I think and he liked the dish and the horseradish sauce was good and not too over powering. I love that they offer airline chicken which I am assuming it is "air chilled" which has not been dipped into chlorine or antibiotics!? Overall I would come back and try other foods and drinks in the future!! read more

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I have never been to a place like this nor do I play Pickleball (yet), but while visiting Iowa, our friends took us here and it was a memorable experience. They have very good comfort food and a nice selection of adult beverages. I had the bacon mac which I enjoyed. The place was clean and our server was friendly. I love that they have indoor activities like bowling and pickleball with another upstairs bar with indoor and outdoor seating with more activities like corn hole. I think others are overly harsh on their critiques of the establishment. It is not meant for fine dining; it's a place to have fun for a few hours. As a person who grew up in Northern WI in the 80s, I would have loved to have a place like this! read more

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Not usually the type to write reviews, but this place is genuinely the only place I feel like I have to for. I've been in a few times, the food is average, nothing special at all really. The location and overall vibe in the restaurant is nice. I'm younger so it's somewhere I thought I'd enjoy, however the service is absolutely horrible. As a server for 5 years, I know restaurants and how customer service is supposed to be. Not once have I been in and thought that my service was good. I actually had an event there about a year ago and the servers who were "running it" took our food away without even asking if we needed boxes or if we were done. Next, anytime we would ask for something, they acted like we were making their life extremely difficult. Multiple times would catch them in a corner just chatting instead of doing their job and it was quite obvious they were talking about us. Rude employees, also rude managers, and just completely unprofessional business. Overall, I just can't bring myself to come to this business. It's a cool concept, but if you can't have good customer service and polite employees, it's going to go downhill very quick. People who work/ worked in restaurants would know right away if service is good or bad. Would not recommend. read more

Great Service (Madison)! Great Food! Great View! Our first time on the rooftop. It was great fun for a date night! read more

Pickle Palace - BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger and Waffle Fries - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Downtown CR is a better place now that Pickleball Palace is here, I can get a workout, a quick bite and even a shirt or two in one place, I've had lunch here at least 3 times, service was amazing every single time, food was great and the whole place is just gorgeous, I'd recommend it in a heartbeat, specially for pickle heads. read more

Pickle Palace - Pickleball courts. - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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The hamburger patty seemed to be fast food, the type of hamburger patty where you don't have to tell them medium or rare it's more of a Burger King patty very unsatisfying. I also ordered a dessert to go and they put the ice cream and dessert all together so when I got home, it was all soggy and melted and ruined. The service was great and the ambience was great, but the quality of food comes number one. read more

I can only recommend the fried cheese curds, which are EXCEPTIONALLY good, and unique! The rest of the food is perfectly acceptable bar food, and nothing more. The only highlight beyond the curds is the view from the roof. Staff couldn't have been less interested in us being there, and came across as mildly annoyed with most requests. I'm sure we'll be back, as there is not much going on in Cedar Rapids, but if this was in a bigger city, they'd *really* have to step up their food game. read more

Pickle Palace - Completely generic fried pickles. Big miss as it IS called Pickle Palace. - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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We stopped in there last Tuesday mid afternoon after hearing a lot of positive things. First off, the hostess was super nice, we told her we were just going to grab a spot at the bar. Since it was mid afternoon, it was pretty empty. The interior, and the bar area is nice looking. And the bar is quite large with a good number of TV's. The first bartender was and helpful. We only had the chance to order drinks from her once then she must have left, because another one took our food order. I ordered a Cobb Salad (with some changes) and it was good and something I would probably order again. My husband ordered the Hot Beef Sundae Bowl (w/out the horseradish cream) he said it was ok except for the gravy. I tried a bite and have to agree. There was not enough, and it wasn't a brown gravy which surprised both of us. It tasted like a chicken gravy?? When wanting to get our check we were trying to get the bartender's attention but she was on her phone FaceTimeing or something. So unfortunately, we had to wait a bit. That one was a new one for us as we eat a lot of places all over... Overall, it was ok. read more

Pickle Palace - Hot Beef Sundae Bowl - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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This place is everything that is wrong with food in Iowa. I think the type of menu they're going for is "farm wife who lives in a town that has a Dollar General instead of a grocery store." To their credit, I'm pretty sure most things were house made. I don't think it's possible to buy horseradish sauce as gross as the horseradish sauce on their steak sandwich. It was like the Churchill martini of horseradish sauce. I think it was 99% sour cream. It definitely ruined the sandwich. The mashed potatoes had decent gravy. I think they were going for rustic with the potatoes, but they were just sloppy. I'm not a very good cook, but I would have put the mashed potatoes right in the trash if I had made them. The potatoes had zero flavor, and there were chunks of potato that were bigger than the potatoes should be diced before you boil them. They were just bad. As I was writing this, my wife asked me what I was doing. I told her, and she said "Make sure you mention the hair that was in the dessert." I hadn't noticed that, but now that she mentioned it, I remember her picking something out of the dessert. We also had the pickle wrap dip. I'm not sure why anyone would dice ham into tiny cubes and then plunge them into some sort of cream cheese dip that looks like cottage cheese, but the fried saltines that came with it were pretty good. In total, my wife and I split an appetizer, an entree, two sides, and a dessert. The only thing I would get again was the iced tea, which was fine. I'm not sure why I went with two stars instead of one. I guess it's because everything was technically edible. read more

Went to give The Pickle Palace a try and while the food is great, I am left feeling wanting. A 5 star fine dining this is not. My biggest complaint is that the staff were rather very lax. My server was in sweats and sandals with a beanie and all the other staff could have been confused as a guest or a pickleball player instead of a food server. The food though was delicious. The fish was fried to a fine outer crisp while still being moist and tender within. The tartar sauce had a little more dill than my preference but that's not picking. The biscuit was massive, the size of my palm. Very crunchy and cheesy but it was quite salty and dry so be sure to have plenty of beverage as you snack. The atmosphere left me wondering if the food was a second thought add on but it's a modern warehouse type of charming. Every sound echoes off the brick walls and the stone floor, but the music drowns out most conversation. The place was clean throughout, including the restrooms and the playing areas. All in all, this was an ok experience. I enjoyed it as I would have enjoyed somewhere like a chain restaurant. Will be sure to bring earplugs next time as the sports watchers were quite vocal, lol. If it wasn't for the spectacular food I probably wouldn't return but I gotta try the Mac bowl next read more

Pickle Palace - Fish Fry Basket with a Cheddar Biscuit. - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Great addition to CR - Fun for everyone! We first enjoyed a happy hour drink at the bar - $6 mojitos which were delish! Next stop was pickle ball - which of course is always a blast! Finally we headed up to the RoofTop to play DuckPin Bowling while enjoying a few cocktails! The view from the roof top is beautiful! Great spot to enjoy the outdoor weather and CR city lights! It was a very busy night and the service was very timely! Looking forward to our next visit! read more

Pickle Palace - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Amazing place the rooftop has an amazing view. But has 3 levels with pickle ball courts on the floor level. The cheese curds are a must. I had the double dog dare old fashioned which was strong but amazing. It was very busy but the servers were still attentive. They have all kinds of games you can play with. Would be a great date night. Definitely would go back. read more

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It's just fine. There are tons of things to do and the location is phenomenal, no doubt. The drinks and food will leave you happy, but it tastes like anything you'd get from a basic dive bar. Place is ALWAYS busy so don't forget to give your server some grace! read more

Amazing wings oh my. My fiancé and I went for a quick bite and the smoked wings were amazing. Portions are huge as well. The vibe was cute, we were given a small table and the other two couples with us at the restaurant got booths so can't win em all read more

I went with friends to play pickleball, which I haven't really played much. It was a great time and venue but forgot to take photos. A lot more to explore here as we didn't eat or go up to any other level. The bathrooms are great and even had a shower. The vibe was great! I'll have to come back to check out the food and the roof top bar area. read more

My wife and I went there for a drink after an outdoor concert several months ago. All I can say is that while the drinks were ok, our bartender was rude and impersonal -- I think she was stoned. We are in our 60's, and it appears this place caters to a younger crowd. I would not go back. read more

I was surprised to see the low reviews. I think after being open for a while, they have fixed some of the issues they may have had. My friend and I sat at the bar and ordered happy hour drinks and the pickle dip appetizer. Who knew you could fry saltine crackers? It was really good. They also have a cheap beer option with a rotating beer that you can get $9 pitchers. We had that and then headed upstairs to the third floor bar. Duck pin bowling and various seating areas and a different feel than the first floor. They also have a different menu so we ordered the PB&J Smashburger, which was amazing. I got the jelly on the side. Overall fun experience. I'll be back to play pickleball. It's pretty sectioned off so you forget it's there. Bathrooms were clean and staff were kind. I'll be back especially to see the outdoor area when the weather is nice. read more

Pickle Palace - Drink menu - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

We had our first visit to the pickle palace last week other than parking being an absolute disaster, it was a blast. It is not just pickle ball. We started the night eating dinner and I can say I would go there just for the food. You for sure have to try the Frickles, so good!! Then we went up stairs and played Duck bowl. If you have never played it, it looks like mini bowling but better! And the service while you bowl is also outstanding. Overall a very fun night and would highly recommend. read more

Pickle Palace - Frickles!! So good - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Outstanding food and service make this a treat. The roast beef sundae is amazing. Our waitress was incredible and gave us all kinds of ideas for places to visit. read more

The food was good but nothing particularly special. The atmosphere are good even though some better sound absorption would go a long way to making it possible to hold a conversation without yelling in the bowling area. By far the biggest area they need to focus on is the service. It was absolutely terrible for how empty the place was. The waitress we had disappeared multiple times for 20+ minute before taking our orders and it took another 20 minutes to find them to pay the bill at the end. To make it worse, there were multiple employees that seemingly did nothing but hang around and chat with each other instead of helping out the handful of overworked individuals. read more

There's 1st floor with nice quiet atmosphere, more options on the menu, service was quick, food was good with good size portions. 3rd floor with plenty of outdoor settings on the rooftop, but a little noisy with loud music. read more

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This was my first time at the pickle Palace. It's been open for a while now. I just haven't made it in there. Overall it was a great experience. The things I didn't like were the price to rent a Pickleball court for an hour is a little bit pricey I think. And then you can't reserve a court while you're there; you have to do it online which is weird. But then you have to sign waivers there. ‍ But the service was awesome, the food was even better, and we had a great time. read more

Pickle Palace - CBD sandwich - sooooo yummy!! Shredded chicken, avacado, cheese, bacon, super soft bun... - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

We recently hosted a wedding reception on the 2nd floor event space at Pickle Palace. It was PERFECT. The space is beautiful, and hardly needed any additional decoration. The event coordinator was communicative and accommodating, and was accessible for the duration of the event. The food was OUTSTANDING. We did hors devours and dessert. The chef helped us decide the best options and the baker - OMG chefs kiss. The cake, brownies, cheesecake - were all to die for. They had 2 bartenders for our 100 guests so no one was ever waiting for a drink. There were at least 3 other serving staff who were friendly and welcoming. We were able to bring in a small live band - being a Friday night it was a little difficult to find parking in the loading areas, but they offered us a dolly/cart to transport things. I really can't say enough about how wonderful everything was - which feels like such a rare thing anymore. Thank you! read more

It's been a while, but my experience here was great. The food and service are lovely. I have not played pickle ball, but I'm grateful Cedar Rapids has a new space to hang, especially in the winter. read more

Good food but the service was a bit slow. Environment was fun but the music is always a little too loud to talk and while bowling the space is a bit small between 2 couches when the groups facing each other aren't together. read more

They have good corn bread, however they will not sell it to you unless you buy a full meal. Went to buy a couple because my wife likes it and they refused. Terrible service, Terrible business model. read more

We love the pickle ball courts and the building! Unfortunately, the food is barely mediocre. We've gone twice and enjoyed the pickle ball both times. The first time we all felt "meh" about our food but because it's such a cool place we decided to give it another shot. Second time we again all felt pretty "meh" about our food. Service has been fine both times. read more

I was so exited to try this place, but was super let down. The menu is unimpressive, but I settled on the brisket sandwich and fries. The food was meh, but the real disappointment was probably the cocktails. Good variety in the drink menu, but poor execution-- we had the prosecco cocktail and an old fashion. Prosecco was flat and the old fashion was loaded with simple syrup. If I go back I'd just stick to beer and appetizers. The pickleball courts are nice, but not an ideal spot for dinner. Hoping to give it another chance once we can enjoy the rooftop this summer. read more

Pickle Palace - Pickleball lounge/courts - Pickleball Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

We have been a few times and every time the food came out hot and delicious! Great service with great recommendations on drinks.

They named to tell people that the fish isn't Cod, not sure what the fish was. My guess is fried Catfish. Good portions and atmosphere.

The place is beautiful it's huge, an amazing bar, and a great layout. An amazing view of the city from the terrace. Bowling upstairs. Great place to hang out and have drinks they have a good happy hour . We tried the restaurant downstairs, and the serve was awesome, but the food sucked. The fish tasted like fish sticks. The brisket melt was mediocre at best dry brisket on a grill cheese and drown in BBQ sauce. The fried cheese is good. The French fries were good. Maybe the food upstairs is better. The food was a genuine disappointment. But the place is amazing, great service . read more

horrible outdoor service. went in multiple times to say that there was no server coming to our table. stayed for a little while longer and was accused of being underage. was then made fun of and not helped when requesting to close the tab. skipped multiple times and laughed at. read more

I've eaten lunch at the new Pickle Palace restaurant in Cedar Rapids twice so far, and the food is great! I had the chicken salad sandwich one time, and then I had the Teriyaki Bowl the other time. Both were fantastic - very tasty. Very nice menu overall. Give it a try! read more

Pickle Palace certainly isn't bad, but for the steep prices they're asking I really cannot recommend this place. If you're going to indulge in America's newest sport fad, you might as well order a plate. We got the chicken tender plate and the pulled pork sandwich, the former shockingly flavorless. The pulled pork was ok, but for BBQ to be your main thing, the pulled pork was disappointing. Friendly staff can barely be heard at times over loud music, high ceilings with tile and wood, and the noises of pickle court players shouting and laughing. So if you're going to play ball or bowl and get hungry, could certainly do worse, but I'd never suggest going out of your way to eat here. Wish I could do 2.5. Might try this place again in the not so near future because it IS very new, but the bill after already being disappointed left a very bad taste in my mouth. read more

The fish is horrible. I almost threw up. Didn't have a great experience. Went there to sit outside but outdoor area doesn't open until 3. Why have an outdoor area if you don't open it read more

Unique. Food was good. I had the bacon Mac and cheese. LOTS of bacon. Large portion. Went later in the evening after flying in from Colorado. It was happily busy but not overcrowded. Overall a pleasant experience. We read about it and decided to stop by while in town. read more

My husband and I were debating where to get carry out dinner at and he suggested we try here. I didn't even know they served food and was pretty skeptical. Once we got our food, I was pleasantly surprised!! I ordered the Thai peanut bowl with chicken and he had the pulled pork sandwich with cheddar biscuits. Everything was very delicious, lots of flavor. Will definitely be returning for dinner read more

A nice fun place to go especially if you are looking for a spot to hang with family. Nice bars, the games are fun, nice ambience. Roof top is my favorite. Service was good and friendly. My only concern was food. it's VERY hit or miss with food. Hush puppies are amazing, the almost famous bowl was so bland and cold. Salads are great.. chicken was bland. With every great item there is a bad item. Overall I would go again but when ordering take recommendations. read more

It was really busy when I went and honestly I don't think it was worth it because the bowling wasn't that fun and you didn't have any space so I wouldn't go again.it was very pretty inside though. read more

Love this place!! So fun to play pickleball and have some great appetizers and drinks. Staff are all very helpful and friendly!!