Good food, nice place, helpful staff. Very similar to the Cracker Barrel, but not commercialized.read more

"Dedicated to the American Farmer." That is The Machine Shed's creed…read more Today (August 1st 2025) my wife and I stopped in for lunch, and I'm glad we did. It was our first visit so we weren't sure what to expect. I now know you can expect: friendly service, reasonable prices, and good food. When you walk in the front door it is a little confusing. There is a gift shop, and the restaurant is past the gift shop; but the hostess stand is in the gift shop. You also pay your dinning bill at the gift shop counter. The gift shop got very congested, but it was not a big deal and won't impact my rating. We started with a cup of French Onion Soup. It was very good, they top it with some thin french fried onions which was a nice twist. It has been awhile since I've been in Iowa and I was craving a breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. The sandwich was good but not up to Iowa standards. I'm accustomed to a breaded pork tenderloin that is pounded nice and thin and is way bigger than the bun. This was not pounded thin. It was a thick cut of meat. But, I repeat it was good. My fries were delicious. My wife had the Classic Burger and it was excellent. She said her sweet potato fries were good (I did not try them). Service is friendly, and prices are reasonable. One word of caution: If you are on a road-trip and hoping for a quick stop (as we were) be warned it won't be quick. Everything is made from scratch, which is great, but it definitely takes longer. If you are in Davenport and looking for good food at reasonable prices you might want to stop by The Machine Shed.

Just tried the Brunch this Sunday Oct 2024, it was horrible for us. Not that much of a salad bar…read moreselection. Short for wait staff (one waiter and waitress) service suffered. Only one person working the Brunch itself and he was trying to serve sliced roast beef, sliced ham, made to order omelets and make waffles using a single waffle maker to try to keep the pan full. He tried, but one person to do the job of at least two? The gravy wasn't bad but some sort of dried rolls, hard dinner biscuits or something to use for the biscuit and gravy. There wasn't any other bread anywhere. Sort of difficult to make a sandwich with the pulled pork, not possible. Scrambled eggs and sausage, but it was cold. About everything in the pans was basically cold. No flame or heat source to keep it warm. And this wasn't long after it first opened, go figure. Cubed potatoes with skins left on. Hard, dry, overcooked and cold. This all needs some more thought and effort put into it. I will say the roast beef was pretty tender, but lacked any flavor, taste or seasoning. Even with the server dipping it in the aujus before putting it on the plate, no flavor, no taste. At $23.00 per person + tax for what was edible, not worth it to us. Not a good experience at all to for, we would not return again.

Since I was only eating from breakfast bar associated with hotel, this is all I can yelp. Staff was…read morevery friendly and full of energy. Breakfast bar was the standard food available in most bars I've been to. The heat was cranked so high it was drying out food, but they brought out fresh refills and flavors were great restaurant looked clean and had an old feel about it. Nice for a free breakfast.

The food was delicious came out quick good service, big breakfast selection. Convenient if you live…read morein area and worth the stop if you are in the area!

I was so excited to see a new restaurant open in Park View, had to get take out opening weekend! I…read moregot the Greek skillet. great proportions. I didn't remember to ask for condiments in my phone call, but they had syrup, ketchup and tzatziki sauce in the bag when I arrived to pick up. Great service imho. Inquired if they would open the old drive up window for pick ups and they said they are pondering a patio/seating outside over there. Which would be super cool if it comes to fruition. 10/10 first experience.

Was looking for a breakfast spot during my staycation and found Flips. Fast service, yummy food,…read moreand beautiful decor. Looking forward to returning with family next time.

Flips definitely has good breakfast. Four of us have been here at least a couple of times and it's…read moreconstantly good. Weekend morning wait time here was about fifteen minutes. This trip I had their chicken and waffle. It was served hot and was clearly cooked with care. The fresh squeezed orange juice is delicious. All up, breakfast for four was just over eighty bucks, $100 tipped.

We love coming here with our family for pizza and wings! Love their options and their quick…read moreservice! This review was made in connection with a Toast promotion.

Great location and love the remodeling that was done on the building. The service was excellent and…read moresuper friendly. The pizza is filling and has a great flavor to it, the crust on the deep dish is amazing. The Chicago dog taste was great but it did take two times to get it right( 1st one came out cold and the bun was hard). The 2nd one was hot but the bun was still a little hard( thinking the buns were a little stale). I will definitely be back for the pizza.

We stopped in to Granite City as it is right next to our hotel. Easy…read more. A hostess will seat you. No greeting arriving (or departing,) other than "just two?". She was efficient and smiled. Our waitress came over in good time and took a drink order which showed up in very good time. I also asked a menu question which she got the answer to right away. As another reviewer stated it is *cold* in there! I keep a sweater in my bag for this purpose but still, I was cold. 86 outside, 66 inside (at a guess of course). They may keep the air cold to cool down that hot open kitchen. Bring a jacket or sweater. Our food came out in good time. Portions were generous. Plenty of cheese on my burger. I can understand how another reviewer mentioned the food is salty. The burger is mixed w/a GC spice blend that does seem heavy on the salt. At first it was fine, but I couldn't finish my burger. After a while the taste just stuck in my throat and was too much. May want to pull back a bit on the amount of spice blend being added. The crinkle fries were really good. Nice and crispy. My dining comlanion got the buffalo chicken wrap. Plenty of meat, spicy sauce and veg in this wrap. Trouble is the wrap barely holds the filling in and as the sauce makes the wrap wet, it inevitably fell apart. It is very tasty though, and he happily ate it with a knife and fork. Maybe a bigger wrap is available? 'Cause that portion size is excellent. Staff do seem to congregate in the kitchen area with the expediter. As the dining room got busier, we naturally saw less of our waitress but she did check in a few times and was sure to keep the water glass full and offer drink refills. The ladies room really needs a visual make over and deep clean. It does have a bit of a swampy smell. A machine by the sink, that I believe is a dehumidifier, had a light on it blinking "empty". So the tank was full of water? If it had been running, that may have helped with the smell but I don't know. It wasn't offensive, just a humid bathroom smell. The beer is good, as one would hope from a brewery. They have a selection from Irish Red to pilsners. The menu says to ask about sours. The interior is comfortable, casual with a mix of booths and tables. A couple of the booth seats are in serious disrepair (torn/split material exposing the foam cushion) and need to be fixed. A bar with high top tables is on the other side of the hostess stand keeping the areas seperate. A glass wall seperates you from both the brewing tanks on one wall and the kitchen on another wall. Restrooms by kitchen. Plenty of parking in their private lot. Those entry doors (two sets) are *heavy!

The food was amazing. The waiter was extremely helpful and the ambiance is very nice for a good day…read moredate with your partner.

the waiters are great they were all so nice and the food was even better. I definitely recommend…read morethis place. The environment is great for families.

The view from outside was nice. Theresa was was a 30 min wait and there were empty tables inside…read moreand out, but I could only see 2 servers total. Shame on management for under staffing. A couple with a child next to us were never attended to and wSited at least 30 minutes then left. I was served red chicken enchiladas when I ordered enchiladas suisas. I didn't say anything because we waited so long to get our food in the first place. My food was cold. The food was just ok. Arbarrotes Carillo is 10x better all around.

So glad they are back open! They were my favorite coffee place in QC, and going back after a year…read moreconfirmed that it's still my favorite. They also just make a caramel apple frappe without any energy drink, which was absolutely delicious. The barista was nice and quick. No complaints!

The lattes were delicious and staff was so friendly super cute place comfy cozy place for an out of…read morestate visitor to caffeinate, regroup, and take on a day.

So friendly people in the restaurant and the store. Great hires!…read more GF is lacking. I ended up with mashed potatoes and salad. And the salad had iceberg lettuce. How do you survive on that? The chicken looked awesome and the side of apples could have been dessert. Restaurant was quiet but also quite empty

I've been going to Cracker Barrels since the 1980s. This is the first terrible experience I've…read moreever had. Arriving an hour before close, we waited at the abandoned host's station for over five minutes. When the woman who would become our server (Amanda) finally meandered past, she vaguely waved at the empty tables and told us to seat ourselves, and she would get to us. This three-starred apron-wearer then told us, when we asked for a breakfast menu, that everything was already included on the back of the lunch/dinner menu; fortunately a good server heard us, and brought us the actual fuller breakfast menu. This allegedly-experienced server then didn't understand three different menu items about which we asked, brought food wrongly-prepared, didn't understand what 'over-cooked' meant, and was actively snide and put-out when we asked for biscuits/cornbread before our meal--as the franchise has been doing forever (and when we pointed this out, wondering if perhaps it was a recent change, we were flatly told that we were simply wrong). I've never before even had sub-par service at this chain, much less an actively hostile server. The food was fine-to-good, if mildly incorrect to what we ordered, and accompanied by things we **didn't** order. The restaurant and store were as expected, even if the registers were wholly unmanned alongside the empty host's station. It was nigh-empty for our whole time here, which tracks if the locals have had similar experiences. The capstone was Amanda telling us about her awfully long shift and how a boy was very sick here earlier in the day; wonderful imagery with a glass of whine for dessert--who could ask for more‽ (Don't ask for more.) This experience was sufficient to get me to redownload Yelp, log into Yelp, and write all this. I think that's noteworthy.

Good coffee and their French toast muffin was very good. Really nice atmosphere wish I wasn't on…read morethe run for work or I definitely would have spent more time there!

Nice to see a coffee shop and cafe, but disappointing pastries…read more Good for groups. Bit awkward to find as location. Outdoor patio.