Shelly's is a great local place to eat. We were taking a trip west on I-44 and heard about this…read moreplace. It's not right next to the interstate but worth the find. It's small but service is great and the food comes out fast. I had some great biscuits and gravy, coffee was good, one of my friends had eggs SSU and bacon, said it was good. Worth the stop.

The food was great me and my girlfriend enjoyed it we will come back for sure highly recommendread more

This cafe has limited hours, but it's worth the drive from St Louis (90 miles or so) to get here…read morefor lunch! Our server was so sweet and attentive, it was a pleasure to dine here. The prices are very reasonable. I had the pork tenderloin sandwich with fried mushrooms, and both were very good. The tenderloin was on Texas toast-unusual, but a great idea! My lunch buddy had a burger and fries, and he enjoyed both. Nothing fancy about the decor, but who needs that when the food is so good? We split a cherry fried pie, and that was the perfect ending to a great lunch! Check them out if you're in the Ironton/Arcadia St Francis (Francois?) Mt area!

Blueberry turnover was beyond amazing. Very sad when I passed through I only bought one for the…read moreride home. Very kind staff and a solid breakfast plate can't ask for much more:)

We have found that this is a wonderful place to eat, both booths and tables, chairs your choice…read more Waitresses are mostly very friendly and knowledgeable of items on menue, choices for breakfast, lunches are all really good, very nice portions are good, presentation of your order is very nice and smell's great. We have found everything we've ordered to have great taste and never leave hungry, most of the time take home left over because it's that good. It's a small little resturant very Quant and friendly. It's one of our favorite go to for breakfast, but has great choices for lunches as well. This is one of three where the have two sisters branch resturant, on the original downtown Farmington, Mo. And I assume #3 is downtown Park Hill, Mo. And we can tell you all three are about the same, we don't think you will dislike the food and any three of them, we have ate at all three and recommend all three in all areas. Thank management and owners for excellent shops and staff. We continue eating at all three in the future.

Ate here for breakfast after moving my son and his family to town…read more If you're looking for a good ole fashioned diner/cafe, then this is your place. I ate classic eggs bacon and hash browns with English muffins. It was great. It came out cooked exactly like I requested. My favorite part is they have apple butter! I love apple butter. Anyway, the service was great. The staff was friendly. It's a normal cafe so the atmosphere is exactly what you'd expect. The only part I didn't care for was the taste of the coffee. It's not bad by any means. I just didn't care for it. It wasn't bitter. It wasn't old. It's just different. Other than that, prices are fair. I'll definitely eat here again when we are in town visiting the grandkids.

Is it okay to come out and yell at your customers HELL NO!!!…read moreThis place DOES serve Shit food!! At least one dish anyhoo. I don't care how long you've cooked. That andouille was horrible and was NOT cooked properly. the sauce was soooooo bitter My husbands ribs were chewy too!! The toasted raviolis was good and our waitress was good as well.

Food has always been great for me. Unfortunately due to what I believe are staffing issues it can…read moretake a little while sometimes to get your food. The onion rings are on point and your drink never goes empty!

Wow. Glad we did a search and found the Riverside Grill -- we all loved our lunch. It was clearly a…read morelocals place (off major highways and all) and the food is freshly made in-house which is so uncommon now. I asked what they do best and the waitress confidently recommended catfish and proceeded to talk about the breading and all. A woman at a nearby table said "it's so good" and held up a piece to take a bite. I was sold and the crunch of the breading was awesome and the fish was amazing! The hand cut fries were great too. And because I needed more fried food, I ordered a side of fried pickles. Yum with ranch! My sister had the ribeye sandwich and wouldn't stop talking about how awesome it was. She loved everything about it. Made each of us try it. Talked about the marinade, the fresh mushrooms that were sauted and all the things. And the onion rings were so good she gushed. My brother-in-law had a brisket pastrami that he loved. We had a great server who was friendly, quick and knew the place inside and out! They have been traveling for three weeks and said this was the best meal of the trip! That definitely rates stars and a Yelp review!

Food was pretty decent , table was clean and it had a diner vibe…read more Service was not very good tbh , place wasn't crowded when I came in only a few customers, took a bit before the waitress brought me a menu took awhile more before she came and took my order. She didn't bother checking on me for coffee refill ect I got tired of waiting to pay and walked up to counter to see if I could pay and leave. Had to wait for her and the cook till they finished arguing with another patron about a sandwich wrap. Took a few more minutes to get her to ring me up. The cook seemed irritated and told the lady "I'll remake it" If it was me seeing how annoyed he was I wouldn't eat that wrap. I won't be going back , my omelet was decent and would rate a 4 star but the service was horrible. Waitress seemed more inclined to gab with other staff or checking her phone than tending to customers.

I got the Chicken special which had four pieces of chicken, a roll, dressing, and two sides. I got…read morefried portobello mushrooms and cheese curds. Everything was excellent. Chicken has amazing batter. Mushrooms are addictive. My husband got the catfish meal and fried green beans. We loved everything. Our server was attentive. We had full drink glasses and she made sure we had everything we needed. It is a cute, clean, friendly restaurant. Highly recommended for excellent food and great service. We will go back soon.

We stopped at Carla's for lunch, and were so glad we took a chance!…read more It's a nice, unassuming Cafe in downtown, right by the railroad tracks and station. We had the all you can eat catfish lunch and fries. Everything was freshly fried, very hot and very good. I don't normally like hush puppies, but these were excellent! They're more like little corn muffins, not too greasy or oniony. Service was very quick. The server was very friendly. The only thing I'd warn folks about is they allow smoking. Thankfully, the ventilation was working well. We'll return!

I had a terrible experience here. The wait time was absolutely ridiculous--we waited over an hour…read moreafter ordering and still didn't receive any food, while tables around us who arrived later were already being served. To make things worse, our waitress was extremely rude and dismissive the entire time. Her attitude alone made the situation even more frustrating. At one point, some of her comments even came across as inappropriate, which was completely unacceptable. Overall, the service was disorganized, unprofessional, and honestly one of the worst dining experiences I've had. I would not recommend this place to anyone.

The service was wonderful, absolutely the best waiting staff. The food was awful, took so long to…read morearrive just to get there raw and bland. DFAC food was better than that even during Covid. And $44 was a wild price for the lack of quality to be honest.

Great place and great people. The food is good and you get a good amount. Breakfast is especially…read moregood. Their salads could use a little fixing. The prices are reasonable.

Great mushroom omelet... heads up, be sure to request it if you want cheese…read more I got it for carry out in less than 10 minutes.

Checked hours online, but closed earlier. Correct hours posted by door/entrance…read more Waitress was super kind about it.

Very good food and it was well seasoned. The waitresses were very nice and helpful. The table was…read moreVERY sticky though.