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    Dottie's Cafe

    3.8 (63 reviews)
    Closed 5:30 am - 1:30 pm

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    Quiet
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Melissa D.

    I love the local spots and Dottie's is it. We sat at the counter in this small restaurant which was packed! We had a great breakfast with super friendly service. Skip IHOP and come here instead.

    Cinnamon roll--only available on weekends--with perfect bacon!
    Mary P.

    Wow! What a fun place to eat!! A fun diner in a cool building! The waitress was awesome--energetic & humorous!! The food was fairly priced. Two had biscuits and gravy & thought it was good. Two others had bacon, eggs, hash browns & toast. The bacon was crispy, as were the hash browns. Friend's skillet was tasty. My cinnamon roll--only served on weekends--was yummy & big. Waitress kept us up in drinks. We'd love to come back!!

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    Steven T.

    This place has been on my radar for a couple years now but with so many choices in town it took a while to get here so I stopped by for lunch. It's nothing fancy with a breakfast counter and cafeteria cheap booths and tables. The menu is not huge but it's a simple cafe. I had the hillbilly surprise which I re arranged by removing the English muffin and adding biscuits, removing the ham and adding sausage patties, removing the Swiss cheese and adding American topped with two eggs and sausage gravy which sounds so much better. I had hash browns with onions topped with American cheese. WOW all that re arranging and they got everything right. My food came quickly and it was piping hot and delicious.

    Breakfast skillet
    Maria T.

    I love classic breakfast diner food, it is my favorite type of breakfast food and Doties has always pleased me. It's always consistent every time, cheap compared to other places and I'm always greeted by the same friendly servers each time. The only thing I wish was better is the size! It gets seriously busy on the weekends so plant to get there super early!

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    Stevie S.

    Atmosphere was amazing, lots of food for the low prices and the staff is so funny! Quiet place, not a lot of traffic going by. One of the only restaurants that doesn't have a single Tv, which is so nice

    Jeni H.

    Quintessential small town diner. Great food. Great service. Will definitely come back when I'm in town.

    Rohan D.

    I love this place. You might want to have some context to see if you'll also love this place. When I was a kid this sort of diner was where America went out for breakfast. When I was a young man, diners like this was where my workday started and finished (I worked 24 hour shifts). And now that I'm middle aged, my breakfasts at home have to be high fiber, low in fat and calories. Here, I can pretend it's somewhere between 1968 and 1978 and still don't have any idea what a cholesterol ratio is. Three women can handle a crowd filling every table and no one has to wait. Every order is perfect. Nothing fancy about the high octane bottomless black coffee, but it's fresh and hot and always topped off. Traditional American breakfast, and when I left I wanted to say, "You don't wanna get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." But I couldn't. The waitress wasn't named Dottie and I knew I would be back the next day.

    Marchal P.

    Just a very small old school dinner. It has great service and great food at a fair price

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    9 years ago

    Great little old fashioned local cafe. Love to stop for breakfast on our way through town.

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    8 years ago

    I am never disappointed at Dotties. Great food and service. Breakfast can be very crowded at times but worth the money.

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    13 years ago

    Great place, good people. Always make it a point to eat here when in Dubuque. Food is good, wait staff very friendly.

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    10 years ago

    Good food with a homemade flare. I had the skillet and a cup of chili and both were very good. The restaurant is set up as a diner style.

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    This was recommended by a friend so we stopped when visiting Galena. Food was really outstanding,…read morelots of menu options which I wasn't expecting from a brewery. They were quite busy for a mid afternoon weekday but servers were attentive and very patient with our large groups questions. Nice atmosphere and clearly not just a place to drink! Highly recommend.

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    We went here on 4th of July weekend after the kids baseball tournament (we are from out of state)…read more Inside is a good size, sports bar-ish vibes. Public parking is close by. It's probably a 15 minute walk from Grand Harbor hotel. We came for the burger variety and milk shakes. Unfortunately they were out of ice cream so not everyone in the party got to enjoy shakes which was disappointing considering that was one of the selling points. Server was very polite as we know it wasn't his fault. Burgers were fantastic. Breaded Fries had great potential but a bit greasy for me. My son ordered a plain burger but was served a fully loaded. When the kitchen server came out and asked whose burger it was, we said it wasn't ours because he ordered a plain burger. She stated that it must be this one and handed to him. No harm done as he's not allergic to lettuce, tomato or pickles (kind of...he's a kid!) but just a miss there considering it wasn't the least bit busy. While I appreciate the casual atmosphere and table graffiti, they were rather sticky. There was a film on them so thick you could scratch with your nail. When your arms stick to the table it's a little annoying but it was upper 80's and humid. If I was local I'd give it another go. If you're visiting and love burgers, try it out as maybe we just had bad luck on a holiday weekend. Burgers were A+, just minor misses but nothing deal breaking unless it's a common occurrence.

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    Timmerman's is one of those special locations that has managed to keep the ambience back from the…read more60s. I used to drive by this restaurant for years I was going from Iowa over to Chicago. It took my retiring to finally start dying dining here. It's about a 70 minute ride from Cedar rapids Iowa to this location but we do it over and over and over again. That should tell you something about how good they are. Their service is outstanding. The food is great never had a bad meal. My wife has Alzheimer's and she always enjoys the ride up in the view overlooking the river. I had to ask for tables along the outside to get the best view of the river. It was suggested I might want to make a reservation to be sure I would get one if available. We've eaten various items all over the menu you can't go wrong with anything it's all great. If you haven't tried it you should.

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