Great food! Great people! Small town atmosphere!…read moreAlso a great place to just hang out with your friends or by yourself.

My mom owns a small greenhouse outside of New Berlin and on Fridays I'm in town. She orders fish at…read morethis establishment. I was super amazed that the fish is not greasy at all, and the fries are spot on! They have a catfish dinner and a walleye dinner and both are amazing. And coleslaw is actually very good!

Great food! The steaks are seasoned great, grilled shrimp was awesome!…read moreWent back for breakfast and it was superb! Belgian waffles were huge! Western omelet was great! Big menu, great prices!

I have to say the best pork chops I've had great owners and great atmosphere love it and I think…read morethey are on the road to great success

Great place, great people. Went with a small group and brought a larger group next time. Headed…read moreback again. There's a lot is good stories here, too.

I always see a lot of cars here when I'm driving through town and heard the food was good so I…read moreplaced an order for carry out today and was not disappointed. The breaded pork tenderloin was not huge but still delicious and very filling portion, seasoned and cooked perfectly. The French fries were the batter type and were hot and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I went to the bar to pick up my food and was quickly greeted, My order was ready earlier than promised and was less than $12 total. I will definitely stop by the next time I'm traveling through town around meal time.

Very small traditional old style diner. Very casual. Grill right behind the counter. Hamburgers are…read moreoffered in different sizes. Chocolate malt was excellent!

Great service with home cooked food. Open 24/7 they have great prices and delicious milk shakes!!read more

Amazing spot! Love the interior. We stopped in for dinner last week and so happy we did. The inside…read moreis gorgeous and the service was outstanding. Aja was out waitress and explained that Firefly is farm to table. We tried their spicy pineapple vodka drink and it was stellar, had two. For entrees, we both had the wrapped filet. Cooked to perfection. We also split the brussel sprouts and they were amazing. Lastly we had the brownie with ice cream and it was decadent and delicious. Everything was a 10/10. Highly recommend!

We returned to Firefly last night for dinner and I'm left with overall good feelings but a few…read morehiccups. The bread service, cocktails, and entrees were great. Service and dessert both left a bit to be desired. Our waiter, while friendly, took a very long time to return anytime we asked for something including about 10 minutes between bringing us our check and coming back to get our payment. The fried chicken entree was great as was the bread and beer cheese, and we would order these items again. The banana cake dessert was a big disappointment. The cake itself was dense and dry and it was honestly surprising they'd serve this, given the quality of other items.

Best food in the area! Everything is fresh and made from scratch. Brandy, our server, was great…read morewith all of our questions and we loved everything we had. The burgers are delicious and the options and sauces are fun! Try the black garlic aioli on your burger!!! Mmmm. The mozzarella sticks are addictive! They have tons of specialty house drinks and typical Midwest American cans and bottled beer, one IPA and Guinness. No draft beer. One dessert on the menu, fried cookie dough and one daily dessert special. They also have a small stage, slot machines and volley ball courts out back. The whole place was very clean and plenty of level parking. There were customers of all ages, so that says a lot!

Service was abysmal and the food had no flavor. Stood while the waitress talked to the cook with…read moreher back to us for at least 10 minutes before getting the check to leave. Fried pickles just tasted like grease, and same with the burger. Really disappointing with how expensive it was. My wife had the chicken salad and said the chicken was soggy and underwhelming as well. Their ranch doesn't taste like ranch. It tastes like tzatiki sauce... I really don't understand the positive reviews for this place.

OMG! I just happened to visit the Wooden Duck for my first time, during Blackburn Colleges…read moreHomecoming. The restaurant was packed and the staff hustled to provide good service. Lucky for me, I was able to get a seat at the bar. My adult beverage was a draft Flight by Yuengling. For lunch, I went with a Pork Tenderloin Sandwich with a side of Fries. The tenderloin was crisp and had good flavor. However, it had a perfect shape, so I could tell it came from a bag and was not done in house. I enjoyed the thin crisp fries. A roll of Paper Towels served as your napkin. Typically I prefer linen, but for a dive bar, paper towels do the trick. I also liked that the Wooden Duck has hooks under the bar. Hooks provide a safe place for purses and jackets. I got a giggle when I used the mens room and the owner showed his political views by having a caricature of the governor in the urinal. They even had a witty disclaimer, so you shouldn't be offended. I got a second giggle when I looked around the bar and realized, about 60% of the guest were an alternative lifestyle. So everyone is welcome at the Wooden Duck.

How did I get here. We retired to a small town that doesn't have a DMV office. So we drove the 20…read moremiles to the thriving metropolis of Carlinville (not really,charming for sure, but just big enough to have cheap plaza office space for a state govt. office). So of course although my wife had done extensive research on all the documentation we would need to pay a state to drive our car...we had missed one. So we went to the Wood Duck for lunch while we waited for our credit union to send us a lien release form. We had talked to the kind soul at the DMV and she was "all-in" on this place. She was so right. It is an intimate space, with a small bar out front, and then a few more tables in a back area. We took a booth right in front of the kitchen. It is a very "locals" place. There were some police having lunch (likely the entire force, at least by weight)...and one of them stared me down as if he had never seen a veteran, former DoD executive, in a collared shirt, and khakis in a public restaurant before. [Yes I was the only pepper in the salt]. The actual restaurant staff was excellent, and welcoming. Our server was a whirlwind of effecient hospitality. I got a pork tenderloin sandwich (and later the same day was invited to join a pork tenderloin sandwich group on FB)... ordered the fries, not clear if that came with them, didn't keep the reciept. My wife got a cheesburger that she was very happy with. My tenderloin was crispy, juicy and a bit too salty in a good way. This place is a definite keeper on the list of places we will be willing to travel to over time. Perhaps if I come back often enough, Barney will get used to "others" visiting his little fiefdom.

Got the breakfast horse shoe. A lot of food for the money. Very friendly staff and great portion…read moresizes.

Delicious food and great service don't let the outside change your mind. Clean friendly highly…read morerecommend

Good, small town stop. The menu is surprisingly full of options and specials abound. There's no…read morebeer tap here, but you can fill up and then stop be t door if you like. Or, order for takeout as we did. The chicken fried steak and breakfast bowls are good, but there are so many others too that you may have to try it more than once!

Everything was amazing! The waitress was very friendly. We ordered New York strip and it was cooked…read moreperfectly. Oh and don't forget to try their homemade chilli! I am so glad we decided to stop and try them out. I didn't get a picture because we ate it before I thought about it. Lol

This was, without question, one of the worst dining experiences I've had in Jacksonville, IL. The…read morefood at El Patron was absolutely disgusting. Everything tasted stale and poorly prepared, with no freshness or care evident at all. Portions were unimpressive, flavors were off, and the overall quality was far below what should be acceptable for a restaurant. The ambiance did nothing to help. The dining area felt unclean and uncomfortable, giving the impression that basic upkeep is not a priority. It's hard to enjoy a meal when the environment itself makes you uneasy. Service was just as disappointing. Staff appeared disinterested and inattentive, and any issues were met with indifference rather than concern. There was no effort to improve the experience or acknowledge problems. Overall, El Patron was a complete letdown in food, atmosphere, and service. I would not recommend this restaurant and will not be returning.

I'm writing to share a troubling experience my family and I had at your restaurant, which has been…read morea favorite of ours since it opened. We visit at least twice a month and were taken aback by how tonight was handled. After we were ready to leave, two employees approached our table and claimed there was a bill from a prior visit - one that supposedly happened on September 27th. They showed us a receipt and insisted we had left the table in question. When we tried to discuss it, the on-duty staff member implied the card was declined and wanted to let us know we owed them money, even though we believed we had already left with our bill properly settled. We ended up paying $46.00 to avoid further disruption. The experience left a bad taste in our mouth and we will no longer support your restaurant. Jeff Dawson