A very pleasant experience... Welcome sign at the door said to seat yourself... we had plenty of choices, so we sat in a booth by a window... Our server came within 40 seconds to take our drink order... This was most impressive... We order the same breakfast as to compare apples to apples for each review... I have 3 eggs scrambled soft, wheat toast, and hash browns... Wife had French Toast and bacon... Breakfast was served in a unique style... Everything tasted pretty good... The only issue was that I asked for the toast to be dry... It came buttered... Things happen so I had no real problem... Just that the cook should pay closer attention to the order... All in all... I would recommend this restaurant for a visit to experience a nice atmosphere, friendly staff, and a good meal... read more

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Trash. This place is terrible.. the only reason people return to this place is because there's no other food available at the truckstop. Seriously, overpriced and the quality is terrible.. the service was the cook and the waitress was cussing each other out in a nice way, but still cussing and swearing in front of your customers not a good look. read more

This Iron Skillet has been really good lately (the last year or so). Service,Food,pretty clean. The only problem is the prices are high. Actually very convenient over the last year! read more

Well... the first thing I have to say is the price is very high. Especially when you get a burger and fries with a drink and the bill was over $21 plus tip!!! And the burger wasn't that great... but it is a truckstop and they know drivers are limited on places to park. read more

Iron Skillet - Smash burger with fries - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Ok the reason I'm having this a a low rave is for the prices because holy crap was this expensive, it cost $18 before tipping, but over all the food was good and the waitress was excellent she was very friendly and very attentive, the waitress gets 5 Stars read more

Iron Skillet - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Carlisle, Pennsylvania

The ribeye steaks are always awesome. Service is always great. They always treat you like your family. Nice and clean environment always recommend iron skillet anywhere. read more

We came here for lunch. I had the fried fish and french fries. My wife had chicken tenders with french fries. Both dishes were delicious . The service was good. The total cost of the lunch was $40 and this was reasonable. read more

They no longer have the salad bar and buffet. Prices like everything else have gone up.service today was very good. Large portions are the normal here. Food quality for a chain truck stop restaurant is constantly good. The only thing that surprised me this visit.I was charged 3 plus dollars for a cup of coffee. For this area that is freaking crazy. I like the food and service. Not a go to place. But it is not the worst in the area. read more

New salad guy in town here. Nice small sizes of salad fixings on the bar there. Always fresh too. We just got soup n salad tonite with fresh fruit for desert. Doing laundry also. So I'm hopping back n forth inside. Waitress was great. We sat in the Club room at two club chairs at a round table. It was pretty comfy. I could lean back when I wasn't eating and stare around. Lol. The tv was On in the room which was nice. I had the laundry done and we were on our phones when some loud trucker started talking about all the drugs he has taken and what kind of high u get... really???? So basically he was the killjoy in the room... time to go!! read more

Iron Skillet - New salad guy!! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Carlisle, Pennsylvania

We had no complaints. We came in around 8:00 pm. They only had one section open due to having only one waitress there, and she was so friendly and efficient. The food was perfectly prepared, wonderful sweet tea, and the chocolate peanut butter cake was awesome! read more

The Southern BBQ Burger was grossly undercooked, the side salad had wilted lettuc, overall experience was crappy. Had to wait over 15 minutes to place food order. The waitress was kind enough to discount the bill. I'll never go to This restaurant ever again and I will tell everyone I know the dining experience was terrible and over priced for what you get. read more

On Sunday May 23, 2022 a group of us totally 9 went in Iron Skillet for breakfast. The second the cook seen us come in she said out loud so we can hear her"I'm not cooking for all these people". What a turn off. We were on our way back to Philly and thought we found a spot. The black cook had rings in her mouth looking very unkept. She would not cook for us on a bad day because appearance is everything. My group all work in customer Service so we know how to act. The poor little waitress was so embarrassed and said sorry. One of us gave her $10 just for sayin sorry. They lost a great tip. We are all government workers and some of us are Vets. Here's a tip, stop cooking and find a job you like to do. We didn't no who the manager was. Will never stop there again. We went to diner up the road and left a great tip as we always do. And do better or cut your ties. read more

Don't expect any good food here. The quality is piss poor. This mainly a truck stop restaurant. Over priced. read more

Iron Skillet - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Shame that you can't go with a negative star, seems to get worse and worse now it seems they only open when they feel like it, 7:55pm and it's closed 9:30am and not open yet read more

The reason I am giving one star, The waitress didn't write it down my order and she Arguing. It's better to make sure if she got your Order right.. It's Monday I guess read more

Not one clean table in the open section. The Judge ‍ has been a very 6th year and is intended to help the family grow in the Winnebago and

Oh stop, it's not THAT bad. I mean, it's a truck stop buffet/restaurant. You expect edible, you get edible... you're not going to like everything, because it's a buffet. Indeed, I wasn't a huge fan of the hush puppies or the beef stroganoff... SO I DIDN'T EAT THEM! I liked the onion rings and the clam strips, the salad bar was surprisingly fresh and bountiful, and even the fried chicken was quite good. It made for a filling meal, for sure. One of the ladies working tables asked me often how I was doing, and kept my drink full. So I was attended to from when I showed up until it was time to pay the check. read more

We stopped out at this truck stop to drop off an item to be embroidered at Truck Stop Embroidery and, since we hadn't yet eaten and the item would be ready in just 20 minutes, we decided to have a meal while we waited. We weren't sure what to expect but thought, "eh, how bad could it be?" Actually, the food was awesome !! We both had seats in our freshly cleaned booth and were promptly greeted by Ashley, a very upbeat, friendly and seemingly well-seasoned and efficient server. Our drinks were brought quickly and she brought a pitcher of water to help ourselves with after the first refill. We both had the chickenstrips meal and they were amazing. I mean it's hard to mess up chicken fingers -- one of the reason we got them -- but gosh were they good. $10 and it looked like we each got about a half of a chicken. There was also a very tasty looking hot foods bar that we will go back to try. All together an amazing meal -- the service was ridiculously friendly and efficient and the food was wonderful. The place was packed and I understand why. What I don't understand is all these bad reviews because we drive through the area and visit Truck Stop Embroidery every few months and the restaurant is always crowded. We'll be back !! read more

Well I for the buffet and I came at prime time. Yes it's a truck stop and yes I drive a truck. The lasagna is quite good. I had some fried chicken it was also good. The beef out there as long as u pick nice prices and add a little salt it's good. The bad. Well them mash taters are instant and nasty the canned gravy didn't help them much. I won't be getting seconds of them. They had a tortolini and mushrooms that wasn't great but I think it had been there for awhile. I've noticed that the food isn't really upto temperature and is prolly a Heath code violation. Over all for 13.77 with tax and a whole salad bar I didn't look at I'd say it's a pretty good on the road value. Is it classy no. Is it awfully overpriced no. But everything I had beat the hell out of Dennys. I also ate more food then I should but it's all I can eat. All in all nice people pretty good food and I'd go back again. I think most people are just looking for something to complain about. read more

I agree with other reviewers. It's a truck stop. Our experience was almost entirely positive here. The waitress was great - attentive, informed and pleasant. We arrived around lunchtime and had the choice of a buffet or ordering off of the menu. We don't usually enjoy buffets, so ordered from the menu. The three of us chose a corned beef hash skillet, a sausage skillet and biscuits and gravy. The corned beef hash skillet was the best of the three. Good taste, hash browns were nice and crispy, eggs done perfectly. The sausage platter was excessively salty, but otherwise okay. The biscuits and gravy had pretty scanty sausage content, but were otherwise fine. We enjoyed the facilities. Nice hunting theme throughout. The place includes all sorts of things for truckers and other travelers - even a barber shop. The location is absolutely perfect. Right on that weird little stretch of highway 11 between two major interstate highways. Great place to stop for a meal break midway between the East Coast and destinations in the Midwest. You have to slow down anyway, might as well grab some food, and this is a solid option. read more

Well, when you're starving and on a long trip on the PA turnpike and don't feel like eating at the usual rest stops, almost anything tastes good......almost anything. To be fair, this wasn't the worst place I've ever been to. It is a truck stop style restaurant, so it is what it is...as a matter of fact, the experience was memorable. The kind but steriotypical waitress said: "we're serving steak and shrimp at the buffet tonight for $12.99." The "steak" had that liver-like taste and the shrimp was your basic frozen breaded variety; I enjoyed the shrimp. They had a bunch of other stuff to...salad, various potatoes, soups, pasta, deserts, etc., not bad but the place is....indescribable...go there and consider it a piece of Americana! Enjoy read more

We stopped for a quick bite on our way out of town. tried buffet for breakfast was decent enough, nothing surprising but the fried chicken which was very good . read more

I was visiting from out of town and looking for nearby restaurants at my hotel. I saw this place and thought it looked pretty good, so I called them by clicking the phone number link directly from Google, and then a woman answered the phone and just said "hello" and I said I was just calling to see if they were still open for dine in and had a full menu like I saw online... then the woman said oh you must be looking for the restaurant yeah I think they stopped doing the buffet. I said OK but they serve food and they're open? And she says, " Yeah but I don't know if they change their hours or anything you might want to check." Confused at that point I hung up the phone and never went there. read more

We went in to have lunch here and within two minutes of being inside, we were yelled at by the same waitress twice. She barked at us for sitting down at an empty booth that she said was occupied (other patrons immediately told us she was wrong and they the people had left) and she made a big deal of us asking for a high chair. Sadly, we didn't get a chance to sample the food, but this was such a negative start to our attempt to eat here that we have no intentions of coming back. read more

I've been coming here for 20 years. As a truck driver I eat out most of the time. All across the country. This particular place has gone from one of the better places to perhaps the worst breakfast buffet I've experienced in over 10 years. Poor selection. Not coy cooked properly and for all this you get to pay $10.49 Deep fried bacon that now tastes less like bacon and for like breaded crispiest. Raw shoestring potatoes, sausage with zero flavor. Gravy was runny but still Tate's like flour. "Grilled onion" for egg topper were half cooked. Unfortunately I'll be back due to my job. I'll update if improves read more

Today I ordered sausage peppers, onions. came with unordered cheese went back came back perfect and hot. also had veggie beef soup. well portioned of meat veg. Service was slow but they were understaffed. You'd think for a Sunday brunch they would add a few more staff. read more

Iron Skillet - Veal patty fried chicken. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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These idiots serve eggs that are half cooked at best. Egg whites shouldn't be clear when served. They also can't cook a steak worth a damn, I ordered medium rare and was served was past well done and the amount of time it took for them to bring out the first steak made me not want to wait for them to screw up again with another one. It is a shame I can't rate this place lower than 1 star. read more

Staff was friendly but service was slow. I ordered shaved steak an cheese breakfast. 35 minutes to get it and when I did get it, it wasn't even hot enough to melt the cheese... read more

Iron Skillet - Pretty sad you order and it takes 35 minutes to get your food and when you do it isn't even hot enough to melt the cheese... Wow - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Will not be going back. Been here several times over the years but this time I'm giving myself a reminder. Literally could not eat my food it was so bad. Waited 25 minutes for it too. Two stars because the service was friendly and the Diet Pepsi and buttered toast was ok. read more

Great for a truckers stop, bad for a real restaurant. Do not take a date there, don't do a business meeting there, just no. Good for a quick stop during a road trip. I wasn't surprised when I saw a lot of truck drivers sitting in the restaurant. The plates are literally iron skillets, very fun. However, I noticed when we entered that the staff was a little slow. It was about 30 minutes until the waitress got to our table. She was very polite. I got the buffet. Now, when we walked in, it looked very appetizing. When I actually got a closer look, I was not impressed. Let's start with the pastas and bread etc. Some of the things were not labeled and I almost ate pork. Thanks to another fellow kind citizen, he warned me that they didn't taste good and that the bacon tasted raw. The bread was cold, and the butter looked funny. The fried chicken was good, but the rotisserie chicken was raw and tasted like boiled chicken. Was not happy with it. The pies were cold and the cookies were not edible.. Burnt to a crisp and left to get stale. The salad bar was messy but good. The thousand island dressing tasted like straight up mayonnaise. The 7 pepper fish was raw too and the sides were small. Not worth the 12 dollars. Overpriced, most definitely. I will reccomend the McDonald or Arby's or Wendy's next door. read more

Food was obviously all prepackaged and frozen. They need to get fresh food and make some good meals. Every single salt and sugar shaker was full of wet salt or sugar. No butter on the buffet for the pancakes and French toast or at the table. Coffee was weak as hell. I wont be going back. read more

ok service, but food awful. Got a Turkey Ruben and could net even eat half. Will never stop again read more

I wouldn't suggest stopping here. I didn't get the buffet, but just by walking by it, it didn't look too appetizing. I got the chicken fingers and fries and it was sub-par. Fries were cooked too lightly and the chicken still had a slight pink color. Probably could have used 5 more minutes of cooking. The kicker was when I asked for a go box. I saw the waitress grab the box from under the one drink machine. The container she gave me was dirty and had some obvious residue on it. I asked for another box and examined it closely before placing my food in it. read more

I was expecting for someone to jump behind the wall and tell us we were on some candid camera show and that the food served was a joke. If Robert Irvine or Gordon Ramsey came to this place they would have a stroke. This was hands down the worst food I had. Not hyperbole. The "Swedish meatballs" looked like cat food. I tried to taste it and it tasted like cat food. Seriously. Every single item on their buffet was either old or overcooked. I am hot a picky eater or anything, but I couldn't find anything they had that was decent or looked like I was not going to get sick. They had BBQ ham that was all fat. They had seafood salad that looked like it was from a dumpster. Canned corn, instant mashed potatoes, and store bought deserts. I literally cannot believe this is a real business and that it is open. Besides buying terrible food you can go get some fake chrome, get a prepaid cell phone, get a hair cut, play some arcade games, and buy some ancient warrior type of weapons as well at this place along with a host of other shady looking businesses. I am still trying to figure out if that was real and if I was punked. If you want a side show check it out, but do not eat here. Ever. The snacks in the convenience store were much better then the prison food (served on aluminum skillets from the great depression) that were served here. I have reached a new low eating at the Iron Skillet and I suggest others to not make the same mistake I made. read more

Dinner oh my God I need a stomach pump. Over priced, buffet is not kept up. One of many Petros in the US I have been to and yes they and TA have gone to the dogs. This is from a trucker want go back read more

Ate here twice in the past,19 hours.Men's room messy with papertowels ,thrown around. Toliet seat in handicap stall was broken . Wait staff not very friendly. Kinda cold. Sorry I stopped here..Called TA,about this place,with in a half hour ,they called back. Buffett ,had food,that looked like it was cooked last week,on pleasing to look at. When I went to pay ,the GM was on the register,but was on the phone,during the whole,time .Do not plan , on stopping here in a while........Was here on March,20,-21 2012..... read more

Worst truck stop food ever. Would rather starve than eat here again. The Christmas music and plastic poinsettas only made ot worse! The only upside was the peanut butter pretzels in my car. read more

I should have walked out when I saw half the tables with dirty dishes still on them. The place was depressing and service was slow. We waited more than 40 minutes to get our food. The next day I spent half my time on the toilet too. We will not be returning. read more

This a complaint about customer service. We are locals and visit here at least twice a month. Ou bill 2as $32.84, we gave her a $50, and was handed $7 in ones. When asked about the remaining $10, she said she gave us the correct change. We had to call the manager, who counted the drawer and said we must have dropped it. Really? Then where is it! Not on the floor, not on the counter. I'm just hoping that whoever kept can sleep at night. We'll never be back... read more

I got stuck in the snow and decided to give the Iron Skillet a try. Very nice spread for Super Bowl did not expect. Wings, ribs, hot dogs, quesadillos, beef brisket, and fried catfish. Super friendly staff too read more