First visit. This is an upscale Cracker Barrel, which is a good thing. There's lots of comfort food choices and a nice selection of salads. We started with the brisket filled potato skins which were excellent. I had the Heartland Combo which was a 5 star meal. It's smaller portions of menu favorites which includes a slice of their stuffed roasted pork loin, a smaller version of a parmesan crusted pork loin, and two heartland delights.All meal starts with an excellent coleslaw, warm apple slices, pumpkin spice bread, and rolls. I didn't save room for a desert which was unfortunate because the pie selection looked outstanding. I'll be back!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Dan Didier
Everything was top-notch from the atmosphere to the food to the Service that was top-notch for a party of 13 and only one waitress, we were very well taken care of. Well done, Machine
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jayna Poster
They took the burnt ends off the menu!Why???
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Plowman's Meatloaf Dinner, Salads, Chicken Pot Pie, Catfish, Smoked Prime Rib
Tiffany Seymour
Food was divine! There was a problem with our order coming out initially, but our server Arianna more than made up for it in customer service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: The Shed's World Famous Baked Potato Soup, The Fixins, Gift Shop
Mary Diamond
The food is okay, portions huge - but we went on Easter for the buffet and it was overcrowded to the point that I wondered about capacity. The tables were so close together and there were so many chairs I had to weave a path through and still ended up squeezing between chairs and a wall just to get out of the dining room. Unpleasant atmosphere.Wheelchair accessibility: Not unless it's very slow. The gift shop outnfront is also crowded with merchandising and difficult to navigate even without accessibility equipment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Plowman's Meatloaf Dinner, The Fixins
KD
Our waitress was Liz and she was amazing. We had the kicken chicken ? family style dinner.It hit the spot on a cold evening. Great place for a home cooked dinner, when you don’t want to cook.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ann Skurkis
We love the restaurant and their food is AWESOME, we went yesterday to the Easter buffet brunch and everything was delicious!! And we had a great waitress. We will be coming to the Easter buffet next year! We come here for my birthdays and comfort feel home cooked meals . Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Sandwich, Gift Shop
Rick Wallin
They changed $35 for a buffet plate $4 for a cup of coffee and after the tip I paid a total of $50 Overpriced and really wished I would have stayed home and cooked but the family insisted we go here for
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Angelic Mohr
Went for Easter Brunch. They definitely have a system down. We were promptly seated. Food was continuously rotated. Everything was delicious!
I called to make reservations for Easter and wasn't told that all they were doing was a buffet. At thirty five dollars a person, the food was horrible.Breakfast sausage leaves a funky after taste in your mouth. Scrambled eggs were watery.Just the worst experience ever going to Machine Shed. Will definitely never do the buffet again, but will definitely go back for made to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Amy Ambacher-white
We went for Good Friday Fish Fry and it was anything but good. All the fish was dry and my daughter’s burger was raw! With so many things wrong the waitress didn’t let the manager know and charged us for everything, even though we couldn’t eat it. I am been to the Machine Shed in Wisconsin and it is so much better. Please don’t waste your money at the one in Rockford!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Sharon Beegle
Accommodated 10 guests with ease. Menu choices were mouth watering. No complaints on the food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Biscuits and Gravy
Joshua Toscano
Servers have always been amazing. Big portions for breakfast and the country fried steak and chicken fried chicken are both amazing. Gotta love the tiny mason jars for syrup and the hasbrown casserole has great flavor. This is our go to rockford breakfast spot.
Great selection and portions.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
First visit. This is an upscale Cracker Barrel, which is a good thing. There's lots of comfort food choices and a nice selection of salads. We started with the brisket filled potato skins which were excellent. I had the Heartland Combo which was a 5 star meal. It's smaller portions of menu favorites which includes a slice of their stuffed roasted pork loin, a smaller version of a parmesan crusted pork loin, and two heartland delights.All meal starts with an excellent coleslaw, warm apple slices, pumpkin spice bread, and rolls. I didn't save room for a desert which was unfortunate because the pie selection looked outstanding. I'll be back!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Everything was top-notch from the atmosphere to the food to the Service that was top-notch for a party of 13 and only one waitress, we were very well taken care of. Well done, Machine
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They took the burnt ends off the menu!Why???
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Plowman's Meatloaf Dinner, Salads, Chicken Pot Pie, Catfish, Smoked Prime Rib
Food was divine! There was a problem with our order coming out initially, but our server Arianna more than made up for it in customer service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: The Shed's World Famous Baked Potato Soup, The Fixins, Gift Shop
The food is okay, portions huge - but we went on Easter for the buffet and it was overcrowded to the point that I wondered about capacity. The tables were so close together and there were so many chairs I had to weave a path through and still ended up squeezing between chairs and a wall just to get out of the dining room. Unpleasant atmosphere.Wheelchair accessibility: Not unless it's very slow. The gift shop outnfront is also crowded with merchandising and difficult to navigate even without accessibility equipment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Plowman's Meatloaf Dinner, The Fixins
Our waitress was Liz and she was amazing. We had the kicken chicken ? family style dinner.It hit the spot on a cold evening. Great place for a home cooked dinner, when you don’t want to cook.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
We love the restaurant and their food is AWESOME, we went yesterday to the Easter buffet brunch and everything was delicious!! And we had a great waitress. We will be coming to the Easter buffet next year! We come here for my birthdays and comfort feel home cooked meals . Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Sandwich, Gift Shop
They changed $35 for a buffet plate $4 for a cup of coffee and after the tip I paid a total of $50 Overpriced and really wished I would have stayed home and cooked but the family insisted we go here for
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Went for Easter Brunch. They definitely have a system down. We were promptly seated. Food was continuously rotated. Everything was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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easter buffet was borderline
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
I called to make reservations for Easter and wasn't told that all they were doing was a buffet. At thirty five dollars a person, the food was horrible.Breakfast sausage leaves a funky after taste in your mouth. Scrambled eggs were watery.Just the worst experience ever going to Machine Shed. Will definitely never do the buffet again, but will definitely go back for made to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
We went for Good Friday Fish Fry and it was anything but good. All the fish was dry and my daughter’s burger was raw! With so many things wrong the waitress didn’t let the manager know and charged us for everything, even though we couldn’t eat it. I am been to the Machine Shed in Wisconsin and it is so much better. Please don’t waste your money at the one in Rockford!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Accommodated 10 guests with ease. Menu choices were mouth watering. No complaints on the food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Biscuits and Gravy
Servers have always been amazing. Big portions for breakfast and the country fried steak and chicken fried chicken are both amazing. Gotta love the tiny mason jars for syrup and the hasbrown casserole has great flavor. This is our go to rockford breakfast spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5