For many years we have stopped and gotten a pizza here on our way through Dubuque. Did that exact same thing last Saturday night but the pizza made us very sick. Called the manager 2 days later to ask for a refund and she refused to do it..said we had to call the night of. Well, we couldn't because we were sick! The pizza used to be fantastic. Now it tastes like cheap ingredients on top of cardboard with a bad twang. Disappointing to say the least...especially for $25!!!! Very unprofessional management! read more

In full disclosure, I only came in for a beer but after chatting with my sister (who was in NYC on her laptop looking up where I should stop) and she suggested this historic spot! I was there at an off time, 4pm on a Wednesday, so there were only three other gentlemen there but the atmosphere was comfortable and welcoming. A couple games were on tv and the bartender quickly welcomed me. She then went through the draft beer options and gave me a sample of one I wasn't familiar with. So friendly and helpful. The bar was clean and the space smelled yummy (and I wasn't even hungry!) As an out of towner, I appreciated the experience! read more

I consider myself a pizza aficionado and the Shot Tower is definitely in my top five in Dubuque. The pizza is just GOOD. It's filling, delicious, the crust is great. If you and some friends want some good representative pizza in Dubuque, this is a great place to go. Also good for tourists/guests--the place will definitely give them the Dubuque feel since it's located in downtown. read more

Not many choices for food here in dubuque. Found this in yelp, ended up being a gold mind! Ordered a mushroom and Swiss burger with Frys. It was cooked to order in about 5 minutes! Tasted great! Good service! Will return when looking for good grub in Dubuque! read more

I ordered from my favorite pizza place again and it was great! Ordered at 7:30 on a Saturday night,said delivery time would be 45" to 1hr. It was here in 40min. It arrived hot and the delivery guy was very polite. Yay Shot Tower! read more

Love this home town restaurant, they have what you want for almost any mood. Garlic Parmesan Bites are a must have appetizer, they are lighter than air and SO delicious. I get down with the Bianco pizza, it's not like anything else in town. Great service and different atmospheres in restaurant and they deliver! read more

Another old downtown Dubuque pizza institution. For you trivia buffs, the Shot Tower used to be Shakey's way back in the early seventies. I give the place three stars for sentimental reasons. They have a little walk-up where kids can watch pizzas being made in the kitchen - pretty cool - and there's also an interesting hodgepodge of antique toys on display in the dining area. The food is nothing special, but it's a good place to get a beer if you're downtown (like the Town Clock Inn, the restaurant is divided in two: dining area on one side, bar on the other). read more

Family friendly, great value, quick, and clean with solid service and food that pleased the kids. Sure, there are better tasting pizza's out there but they did what they were supposed to do and we walked away satisfied. Nothing screams out "best ever" but I would definitely come back here if I was in Dubuque. read more

We ordered a basket of chicken and fries for delivery. The chicken gets delivered but we were missing the fries. I call, am immediately placed on hold. After a few minutes the manager gets on and says we didn't order the fries but they will delivery. When the fries arrive they are raw and soggy. Not going to be order again anytime soon!! read more

Great beer selection, huge menu, fast & friendly service, tasty pizza, very kid friendly, reasonable prices, good atmosphere, plenty of parking, football on tv. Couldn't ask for more. read more

Stopped in for some pizza after the races before driving home. It was excellent pizza, very fast, and we were taken very good care of. We'll stop again when in the area. We had the thin crust and the 16" fed 3 of us perfect. read more

Stopped in to try the pizza after getting done with work early. Never having been here and hearing dome great things from locals, I was looking forward to a positive experience--this was anything but. We arrived a little more than an hour before closing and promptly asked the employees on the "self serve" side to make sure we weren't cutting it too close in respect to inconveniencing the staff. The waitress approached our table to take our drink order very quickly(I hadn't even grabbed a menu yet) and then immediately returned to ask us what we want to eat. I asked for a couple minutes, as I had never eaten there and while I was speaking, she walked away. Pizza was brought to the table in under 7 minutes and was undercooked on the inside. The entire time, we simply felt like we were in the way and an inconvenience to their business. As someone working in the restaurant industry, this is a huge and detrimental mistake. Pizza was subpar and lacking in taste. I had to ask the waitress to bring us a spatula to eat our pizza. While we were eating, the owner was leaning over the bar and unrelenting in his glaring looks. The waitress mentioned that she was going to start her car while we were in the middle of trying to find a glimmer of something positive about our entire experience. We left 15 minutes before close and she was standing at the bar on her cell phone with her coat on. The restaurant also seems to be in need of some cosmetic repairs (the ceiling near our table appeared to have been patched and primed but was never painted, dusty and generally unkept). I would try this place again once, but only out of desperation. The best part of the experience was the Thank you we received from the young guys on the self-serve side as we were leaving. read more

Great pizza and great beer. Especially the taco pizza. It has a great atmosphere that you just can't find in chain places.

Hadn't been here since my college days 15 years ago. Still a great place! Good prices and the pizza and sandwiches were excellent. Wife had the Bianca Pizza which was awesome. Nice crust and the toppings were tasty. I had the Rueben which was great also. Brought back a lot of great memories. read more

This place is terrific. We stop there every year on our way to visit family in Wisconsin and it never disappoints. Pizza is great, beer is ice cold and staff friendly and attentive. I look forward to our meal there each and every trip. read more

Great pizza and garlic cheese bread! I would only say they have thin or thick crust. we choose the thin crust because we love thin crust but its more like a hand tossed with a crispy crust. Very good though! read more

Artichoke Dip and Pizza are both excellent. I saw their meatball sub and I want to drive all the way back from Texas just to try it.

Went for the pizza, which is always excellent. However, we are glad we added an order of boneless wings. Great decision on our part. Excellent; the best purchased wings we ever had. Be sure to try the sweet chili sauce, too. read more

Overall not a bad place. I was hoping for more old school pizza with fresh toppings. Plus a full order of ribs is only three bones. Place could use a little TLC. But other wise a fair place to go. read more

We always enjoy Shot Tower. Good food. Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadilla is great! Nice local place and staff is always friendly. Sometimes they are a little slow but there is tons to look at and enjoy there. read more

Ordered a large delivery order. Order was messed up, immediately contacted them with no reponse. Overpriced pizza and terrible customer service. read more

Food was cold, and the glass had a bug in it. Didn't receive the correct change, and when the manger was notified was very rude. We will not be returning. read more

Horrible meal! Taco Tuesday was tasteless and the Nachos were a joke! Tostitos chips and canned nacho cheese with shredded cheese to hide that mess? Are you kidding??? Our party of 6 was so disappointed. You can tell everything was dumped out of a jar and the taco's shells were cold like they were uncooked or never heated! Never again! read more

Just ate lunch here. Food was gross. Meatball sandwich wasn't actually meatballs, it was some kind of orange mush (probably 85% breadcrumbs and 15% low quality ground beef), not even shaped like meatballs, plus it had canned mushrooms on it. It was seriously the worst sandwich I've had in many many years. The fries were fine, just normal skinny fries that come frozen in a big bag... fine. The hubby had chicken quesadillas with some sort of sad processed cheese - which is unforgivable, being so close to Wisconsin and it's fabulous cheeses. Cheap ingredients = bad food. So sad we came here. read more

Pizza wasn't good and French fries tasked like they had been sitting there for hours. The pizza had canned mushroom which were gross and the crust wasn't good at all. It was some of the worst pizza I have ever had. Some of the friends I was with didn't even eat it because it was so bad. read more

Food is ok, service is terrible. I have been here twice in the past two weeks after just moving to town two weeks ago. Pretty good wings , but both times we waited over 10 minutes for service. We received our bill less than half way through our meal and felt like we were being rushed out. Considering we sat at the bar and not a table we figured we would be able to kind of hang out and talk. After ordering over $35 worth of food an even mentioning that we might want something to go the bartender ignored us and spent most of the time talking to the waitresses who were standing around. All in all , I think there are probably a lot better places to go in this beautiful city that are worth the money you spend to go out to eat. read more

Ya'll got some tasty meat!I love the meat there it makes me wanna just eat some more. Your dedication and hard work you put into your food is amazing! Your meat just gets me going and makes me wanna com back for some even tastier meat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

While everything used to be good, the service has been very poor recently. Our last experience was not positive at all, and there was little assistance from the management with our situation. Not likely to return. read more

I was there last night, place was pretty busy, found one clean table. Ordered the BBQ ribs, ribs were fair only sauce over the top of them, I thought a half rack would be more than 4 bones. The fries were over cooked and yet cold, the coleslaw was sickeningly sweet, the dinner roll was very hard. Now paper towels in bathroom, had to dry my hands with napkins back at my table. read more

Great bartender making great drinks. Sexy manager running around. Miss Victoria Secret.

Went in for lunch on a weekday. After my boyfriend and I both ordered the french dip we sat patiently and waited. With some confusion of whether or not our number had been called my boyfriend went up to check rudely getting a response that no that was not our order. Upon walking away we overheard one of the other workers say, "AWKWARD". Once we finally did get our food the fries were old and had been over-cooked and the meat was old having a green tint to it and was purely fat, 90% at least. While looking over our food we heard employees talking profoundly and decided it would be best to let the situation rest. With employees who are so rude it was hard to believe that anything would actually be done about their disgusting food that was served to us. To say the least, I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. Extremely displeased with food and service. read more

As someone who grew up in Dubuque I can say with some degree of authority the quality of their food has gone way down. The second last time I went there I noticed it, but just chalked it up to a bad night. This last time, our group of four all commented how bad the food was. One person got a small taco pizza, one a small sausage, one some sort of chicken sandwich, and I had the Blackened Catfish. None of us finished our food. It really is just horrendous now sorry to say, because the atmosphere is great and has a great set up for private parties. But really, the food should be the most important part of, ya know...a restaurant. Won't be going there any more. read more

My wife and I get Shot Tower pretty regularly; usually once per week. We oftentimes go for pizza, sandwiches, lasagna, and/or wings. All are good in my book. We like the sauerkraut and Canadian bacon pizza. As far as sandwiches go I usually get the French dip. It comes with au jus and coleslaw. The lasagna is a great value dish and very fulfilling. I also occasionally get wings. They are usually pretty meaty, however, my biggest qualm with the wings is that oftentimes the bones are broken. That makes them difficult to eat sometimes. Overall, I like the restaurant and would recommend it to friends. read more

I'm in Dubuque from out of town, staying in a downtown hotel. I ordered delivery pizza, it came within 30 minutes, was nice and hot, and tasted pretty good. I wish they had thought to bring a couple of paper plates, napkins, etc - they knew they were delivering to a hotel. Overall pretty good, but certainly not screaming good. read more

Was in town for business and wanted some pizza. So I pulled up Yelp and found the Shot Tower Inn. I really liked the thin crust pizza and the boneless wings. Try the sweet chili sauce for the wings...delicious!!! I'd go back again!! read more

Good food. Good service. Low key atmosphere. We loved it. We'll be coming back. We definitely had judge it by its outside appearance before trying it. Just goes to show you, you can't judge a book by its cover. Had the burgers which were delicious but the pizza smelled so good that I think well try it next time. read more

Three words: Supreme Italian Grinder. Yes, the pizza is good, but the grinder is GREAT. Spicy ground pork sausage with peppers, mushrooms, onions, and cheese. FANTASTIC. Really unique. You won't be disappointed ordering this! read more

I dont understand how people can say this pizza is bad. Ive never had an experience in the 11 years of eating there where i had a bad pizza. There sauce is so great as well as there crust. Id recommend getting the thin, not thick crust. Its delish! read more

The fries were soggy, the chicken was over cooked and dry. I got the black and blue burger and I looked like a dog threw up. And it didn't taste good either. I paid $35 total for my order and I will not be going back. I called and complained but he said there was nothing wrong with the food and they will not remake the order. Poop I'd give them half a star but it won't let me go below a full star. read more

Ordered pizza to go, very good. Didn't think it was anything special but still very good. A little bit pricey but that's normal considering it's not a chain pizza place. read more