Caroline's - Dubuque

My Cobb salad was excellent and so was the service.

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.

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.

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!

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.