Caroline's Restaurant

200 Main St, Dubuque
(563) 588-5595

Recent Reviews

Shane Lundberg

During our stay at the Julien we wanted to try out the restaurant inside. As we entered a little before dinner on a Tuesday, we noticed that the place was almost empty.We were seated quickly. The waitress was pleasant and seemed flustered. We asked a few questions on what was good and explained that it was our daughters 12 birthday. This is the place we decided to celebrate.We ordered a few appitizers, adult drinks for mom and dad and mockitios for the kids. About 20 minutes in we had not received any of the beverages. I finally went to the bar and asked for them and was told he was making them now.We ordered 3 orders of the Korean Tacos. My kids love Korean so they were very excited for these. The waitress came out and told us that they only had enough for one order. We were bummed but said ok and ordered other items. She brought out the one order of the Korean Tacos, and told us that they had ran out of the kimichi so they can charge us only half after sitting them on the table...I ordered a NY strip Medium...it came out raw in the middle. My wife ordered the charcuterie board as it was reviewed well. It was pretty sad looking when received.I finally broke down and spoke to the manager (which I hate doing). He explained that the waitress should have explained that they are understaffed and out of quite a bit of items. All of this making a rough night for a 12 year olds birthday.They did discount the $200 bill by $7 for the issue and did bring her a free dessert for her birthday. The manager was pleasant but this night was rough.The breakfast was amazing. Our server was killer, the food was amazing, and we really enjoyed the coffee flight. If anything you might want to check out what the town has for dinner and wake up early to check out the breakfast at Caroline's.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Banana Bread French Toast

Mary Evans

It was awful we asked a gluten-free menu of three and she only brought one and then she proceeded to say that their internet went down we had to pay with cash awful experience by her and this was like 10:30 in the morning on Tuesday.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Patty Henry-Jungers

Ate there for lunch today. Fish was soggy and was way under cooked. I also had a roll and butter with my meal and I couldn’t even bite into the bread. It was like beef jerky. Highly disappointed as last year their Lenten fish was fantastic!

Amber Carsten

Great breakfast!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Hash Browns

Jonathan Bryson

We normally go to breakfast on Sundays here and have had good experiences in the past but this one was up there with one of the worst dinning experiences. They had a buffet that was way over priced and the food was cold, definitely not worth the money spent. If you’re going to have a buffet at least only hold the food for a certain amount of time before you rotate it out for fresh food.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Anne D.

We stopped for a quick breakfast after checkout and this checked the boxes. The food was good, nothing special or amazing, but certainly edible and filling. They carry the local Verena Street coffee, which was delicious. We actually came back for take out coffee the next day. The wait staff was nice and responsive. We were able to get in and out quickly.

Joe Davis

Ordered biscuits and gravy. Was good but they gave me chopped sausage links instead of ground sausage. Not sure if it's normal there but not what I would have ordered if I knew it was going to come that way.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Sean Wood

The first time I went here was not good, but sometimes it is just a bad night. We returned and it was worse. Only 2 servers, so had to go bar area because they can only have so many occupied tables. The bartender never came from back of bar. I had to go up to bar and place my order, get my drinks, rob silverware from another table. Steak ordered medium rare was way overcooked, sent back replacement was salty. Pricy menu that is not worth it.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Elizabeth Klingman

They have the most amazing white bean chicken chili! It did not disappoint for lunch today as usual. I also love their coffee flights and they are so fun, when they are hot! We were almost finished with lunch before it arrived and they were all cold. I did not drink any of them. What a bummer!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Soup

Andrew Scully

Very attentive service. Food was delicious. Enjoyable environment. Would visit again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad

Samuel S

Not to bad. A tad pricy but solid hard working staff. Good location downtown.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Cat R.

Service is mid af. The only food that tastes good there is the White Bean Chicken Chili but don't bother getting the bread that comes with it cause they are just dry and hard. The ambiance is what you would expect for a Hotel restaurant. On my lunch break one time, I had called ahead to get some chili to go and they said 5-10 minutes. I waited 10 minutes before arriving in hopes they would have my order ready but nope. I was waiting for an additional 45 minutes for a bowl of chili that is sitting in a pot. Barely an apology was given for the wait.

Kevin Crahan

Great food and service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: White Bean Chicken Chili, Paradise Salad

Ginny N.

the food was ok, didn't have their regular menu, since it was New Year's Eve , was disappointed in that, very expensive. we called a week ahead for. reservation, got there they couldn't find it but they got us a table.A couple tables around us complained about over done steak, and not getting the right order ( two different tables). We had to ask for our dinner rolls.

Molly Ekstrand

Nice venue for an elegant dinner with colleagues, friends or couples. Nice variety of food. All were great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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