MEH.. not that great. One waitress ran around doing everything from taking orders to clearing…read moretables to ringing up the cash register ...all while another woman stood behind the counter doing nothing. local joint.. lots of truckers. We wanted the walleye special, but it was sold out. We went with the cod sandwich special. It was a square fish ..like from McDonald's. It wasn't really hot. Fries were cold. Cole slaw was SPOILED!! I told the woman behind the counter, and the next thing we knew, she took one sandwich off the bill. She didn't have to do that... but it made the fish sandwich more reasonable because it certainly was not worth $12.

Great food. Cooked to order, so always fresh! Always…read morefriendly waitresses. Good portions. You can also fill up your car's tank, after you've filled up yours. Subway is in the same building if you're in a hurry to grab a bite and run.

This place is now named It'll Do. This is a small biker themed bar. It's literally less than a…read moreminute off the highway. It is decorated with a couple bikes and other paraphernalia. It is a sandwich only place but with a good selection. The portions are fair size,they are not large but neither are the prices. The Philly cheesesteak and grilled tenderloin were very good and I found another local place that has tater tots! Such a great change from fries or onion rings. The service was excellent as we were the only people in the place. We believe the lady who took our order also did the cooking and probably the dishes as well. She was super nice and checked on us often. If you want a quick drink and sandwich, this is a great place to do it.

Great stop on the way to Memphis from Chicago. Service was excellent! The tenderloin sandwich was…read morehuge- certainly could be split between 2-3 people. Food came out fast and hot. They even spoiled our dog with some bacon and treats

The 2 stars are for the service. The food was bad, or I should say my eggs were okay but the…read morebiscuits are gravy were like paste. These are the worst biscuits and gravy I've ever had. I didn't think you could screw up biscuits and gravy, but this place gets the award . Just like paper mache. The last time I was in this restaurant it was called The Wrangler, and it was back around 1990 and I was there about 2:00 am. The food was really good back then. I'm gonna take a hard pass on a return visit.

Have been going here since they opened years ago. Food is good, staff is great, clean, decor needs…read moreupdated but very welcoming.

The service is good and quick. The food was good and hot when the waitress brought it to me.read more

Thought we'd check this place out and see if it was better than Lisa's. Also liked seeing online…read morethat it had a model train that runs around the top of the restaurant. Well, it was only okay. The train wasn't running. The place looked a little dirty. My food wasn't hot. The food was still decent though, just had some cool spots, like maybe they finished mine first and it had to sit and wait for them to finish the rest of the table's meals.

Good food, never have a cold fries, not too expensive, service is fast and friendly, clean, on the…read moremain road on Lincoln in Charleston illinois.

Great food. My favorite is the Western BBQ Burger with fries and a Coke…read more Friendly staff offers great service. Great variety on the menu.

Hey, again, faithful review readers!…read more So, today, we are dining at Alamo Steak House here in Mattoon, IL. We live in a small town area and this is definitely a local favorite for many in the area, us included. This is to say that the experience, the food and drink is consistently very well done. As we pulled up, the parking lot was JAMMED! It was so crowded there was only about two spots available. Wifey told me to check the wait time. So, we went in. No wait!!! It appears that everyone drove separately. The hostess was very pleasant. We had her switch our table because we like the tables vs. the booth. Today we sat in the upstairs balcony. We've sat here once before a few years ago. Pleasant. More cozy than the common dining room. Our server was very prompt, and since we come here enough, we knew what we wanted. I got the smothered chicken with a sidecar porkchop (just because I can). Sides of House Salad and Onion Rings. Wifey ordered the distiller, baked potato and a salad. For the first time ever, the dinner rolls at the table were actually overdone. It's usually crisp outside and soft inside, but this was actually way too hard. Wifey likes things well done and she said this is just not edible. This could have been easily remedied, but we did not want more so we left it be. But this was the first time this has ever been an issue in 13 years. Salads came out first. I had ordered a house salad with blue cheese but got a Caesar salad. Lots of Parmesan, good presentation. I decided I was meant to have a Caesar salad and was glad this mix up occurred. Wifey had a house salad and it was good, but she was eyeing up my Caesar with those thieving eyes! So we will call it a happy accident! Shlafly's makes a competent stout, a little hoppier than you'd expect from a stout, a little spritzier than you're used to in a stout, but I knew this going in. It's a solid brew, but not creamy like most stouts. Wifey's raspberry margarita was, good, according to her, but a little sweet. She squeezed in some lemon and lime and that helped add more tart which pleased her. She does not usually get non citrus based Margaritas, so she chalked it up to that. Again, the drink was still good, just not her favorite. A little long in the main course delivery, but, wifey had a medium well steak and that takes some time. However, it seems to be taking much longer than expected... The food DID show up, just before it became a seriously long wait. My food: Most things were not quite hot enough. All the flavors were great, but, it feels like the food was under a heat lamp that didn't work for too long, or maybe not under it for too long of a time.. At a steakhouse as "high quality" as this one, I expected better. Since our server was uber busy, we didn't voice our complaint. He was truly running hard up and down the stairs so we have no complaints with his service. But we are both disappointed that it was very not hot. And we were hungry, and the flavors were good, so we chose to eat it as is. Wifey said all the flavors of her steak and potato were on point but admittedly the not hot part took its toll on the overall. We are sad to report all of these very unusual mishaps but we really still swear by the place for the great food and for the many, many experiences that were consistently on point. We also know if we would have complained or asked it would have been fixed no holds barred. But it was pretty busy and we did not want to wait. So if one experience out of maybe 50 was a bit sub par, we are still going to consider it a winner and well worth looking past. It just seems everything happened at once. So hopefully we are all good for another 50 visits!

I live in Mattoon and always see a full parking lot. I decided to give it a try since haven't eaten…read morehere in a while. My mistake. I ordered the beer battered cod and my partner the plank salmon. We waited a reasonable time to a bit long for the entrees to be served. The server did come to the table a couple times to tell us it would be out soon. When the food was served the waitress said she would be back to check on our dinner. I looked across the table and from there could see the salmon was way overcooked. My partner took a couple bites and agreed the salmon was overcooked and quite dry. I tried piece one of two of the cod and found it was a bit greasy with an over abundance of breading but tasted OK. When the server came to check on the food my partner told her the salmon was overcooked. She replied "sorry, I'll tell them" and left. We expected someone to come to the table and offer a redo or substitution but *surprise* no one and nothing happened. I thought my dinner was going to be OK until I tried the second piece of fish. It was tough and rubbery. The server finally came back to the table and asked if we wanted dessert without mentioning anything about the overcooked salmon. By this time we were so disappointed with the experience we didn't want to take a chance on a bad a dessert. In closing let me just make a couple points: 1) when food and service are good I willingly pay a good price for it 2) when food and service are not good I expect for the establishment to make it right by replacing the food or discounting the price - Neither happened! In this instance it was a $60 lesson. Needlessly to say I will not go back!

Good sub and great price. It is one place we love to have delivered when we are in town!read more

The food is pretty good, although all I've tried were the hot dogs. My problem is I think its a…read morelittle over priced.

I have never had a bad meal there, everyone is friendly and nice! I would recommend to anyone who…read moreis passing through or staying for a visit, breakfast, lunch and dinner are all very good!

I had the pork cutlet lunch special. It's $7.99. That's a pretty good deal. Tables were clean,…read moreservers were friendly.