Wings were delicious and chicken tacos were spot on! Tater tot's cooked to perfection -- but the…read moreatmosphere is what wins! Great place and service! Hard to get into parking lot but worth the maze!

Good is always amazing and still hot if not warm when it arrives through DoorDash! Always quick and…read moreefficient too. I'm picky so if I call and make a change to my order that I wasn't able to do through forecast they're always super nice and helpful with meeting my requests!! I always order from here, definitely recommend.

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!

Food is Decent Price, a relaxed environment and THE FOOD IS AMAZING!!! The staff is the level of…read morehelpful without being overbearing.

Absolutely the very best Fish Tacos anywhere in the central Illinois area. Service is great and…read moreselection of food is great. Always fresh and delicious. You have to try the chicken strips Jerry's style. Yum.

This is my favorite place for breakfast as a local. The corn beef hash is textbook. The staff is…read morefriendly.

Stopped in a LONG way from home while on the job…read more Had a pork sandwich and fries which was good Service was good Price was good And an active pool table kept people entertained if needed Nice place

We had breakfast, the food.was good.and.the service was fast and kind. Nice hometown diner…read moreatmosphere. We will go again.

Ate here right after Christmas with my adult daughter. We had brunch. It was delicious ! We got…read morethe typical breakfast food, and it was amazing. We especially liked the fried mashed potatoes. Prices are reasonable. Waitress was pleasant. Also- the baked items in the case to purchase looked AMAZING!!

We were at this location this past Saturday morning. Our waitress was very nice and attentive…read more... She returned to our table after taking our order to tell us that there was a huge To Go order and there would be a delay... 1 hour later we received our simple orders that were barely eatable... I'm not sure how pancakes could be cooked so hard, couldn't even be cut with a knife. The bacon was totally burnt and the waitress did ask if we wanted it replaced. We were on a time crunch after waiting over an hour after sitting down so couldn't wait for replacement. Very sad and what a waste. Kids left hungry.

What's my guilty pleasure.....going to Cracker Barrel on a Sunday morning for breakfast. Now this…read moreparticular day there as a wait time of about 30 min due to the kitchen being behind. But no problem....we'll just shop around lol. The store has the best times for purchase. And they are all of good quality! The store is so always a stocked with plenty to purchase and browse through. And the restaurant is always clean with plenty of seating. My waitress name was Grace and she was the sweetest worker biggest personality! We really enjoyed her. I pretty much get the same thing every time I go but that's because Mommas Breakfast is so darn good!! Maybe next time I'll try something different....maybe lol. I always order a to go meal for dinner to take home. It's $5! You can't beat that. And they have about 3-4 meals to choose from. It's always a great experience when going to Cracker Barrell.

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 is the first time I have been to this Texas Roadhouse. I have been to many others and have…read moreloved it. The food is always so yummy and service is great. With that being said, last night we went for a girls night and it was not a great experience. It started out strong but slowly went down hill. Our waitress honestly did the best she could. Our food came out in 2 different rounds, 20 minutes apart. She did apologize for that. But again, she did not being us the food, it was runners. Around 6 pm, all of sudden the music was cranked up like we were in a bar. The waitresses could not hear their customers and we couldn't talk. Our waitress apologized saying that one particular manager always does that. I asked to speak to the manager and she was pretty rude to say the least. She told me that it was "company policy to turn the music up 96% at a certain time. We are a sports bar that's how it should be." I just kinda looked at her and explained that I had never been to one that was like that and asked if she could possibly please turn the volume down a little so we don't have to scream at each other. She rolled her eyes and said "I'll see what I can do." The volume did get turned down. Will I go back.... It won't be my first choice.

Was a good experience ,Sunnie was a great waitress ,food was excellent fast and efficient…read moreservice.My steak was tender and very flavorful