Reviews of Gwen's Restaurant (Restaurant)

Marra Pienta

Gwen is super friendly!

Ruby Elena

was in the area and went here based on the reviews. walking in the door there was a faint urine smell. a little off-putting. Maybe it had something to do with the fish fry buffet. I had a bacon cheese burger and fries. My boyfriend had the buffet. Food was good, fast and reasonably priced.

Rick Balvanz

Always a great meal and people.

lenny baker

Love

sam diani

IT SUCKED I GOT FOOD POISONING

Mike Scanlon

Always a fun family atmosphere

Gretchen Feldman

The food is always excellent and the owner is awesome!!!

Melissa Holdefer

Best buffet I've ever had

tina builta

It was like having a home cooked meal but at a restaurant everything was homemade and fresh absolutely great place to eat

Mark Montgomery

Always been one of my favs

Tricia Albaugh

Loved the buffet. So much food, lots of choices. And homemade! Great staff, even the owner walks around checking on everyone. So worth the drive. Definitely one of my new favorites!

Mary Burchers

Excellent food, 2 buffet lines, less than $15. Need reservations on holidays. Well worth it!

Wanda Detert

We thought everything was good! Full Buffet ! We were the only ones in eating at 2:30 pm do was like private dining.

Shannon Constant

The food and service are amazing. I'll be honest though, the place needs a deep cleaning and updating. I didn't have my hopes very high once I walked in, but was very wrong. I'm glad I didn't use the bathroom until after I ate. Maybe it's the water in the area, but the toilet didn't look like it's had a good scrubbing in years. (Not fun when you have a 3yo but who insists on touching things and standing too close.)

Jake Bishop

Great food, great people.

Carolyn Walantus

Great food and service

Daniel Miller

Just like mom cooked nice place food made from scratch

Cathie Rouse

Excellent food and service. One of our favorites

Sarah Owens

Looked for a nice little place to catch a bite to eat prior to the high school football game. I drove well over an hour to eat at Gwen's. I promise you this, I WILL be returning. I rate Gwen's as one of the top home cooked restaurants in Iowa. Price was exceptional, food was to die for. Our waitress was so pleasant and friendly, the atmosphere was warm and inviting. I can't say enough good things about this place. I give a 10/10 star. If you haven't tried Gwen's you are missing out!! Friday all you can eat Seafood. OMG!! Its fabulous!! I wish I could tag photos that I took of this place so that you can see exactly what I am talking about. I guess you'll have to go to Gwen's to find out for yourself. Make it a date night with your sweety. You wont be disappointed, I promise!!!

Peter Clements

Love the buffet

Mary Conklin

Great food at great prices!

Steve Struck

Saturday morning buffet has good selection of food. The staff there keeps the food in the buffet well stocked with hot well prepared items. The waitresses are prompt with juice water and coffee and keep the coffee cup full. Buffet cost and tip will hit you up for about $10.00. Excellent value.

Chandra Craig

Food was ok. Small town atmosphere.

Sawyer Baker

This place has the friendliest people and i love eating hear foods awsome.

Joe Hunter

Always great

S k

simple and the best.

Lee Templeton

Another great family restaurant highly recommended

Peggy Mcallister

Great food , nice place and reasonably priced .

Alexis

I’ve been eating at this place since I was a kid, great food!

Laura Zimmerman

Truly like a home-cooked family meal; friendly atmosphere and delicious food.

Pat Miller

Love Gwen's!!! Food is always excellent and very friendly service

Deb Wiebbecke

Food was pretty good and had good service

Brad Booher

Unique old time general store atmosphere. Food reminded me of lunch at Grandma's house. Excellent Sunday lunch buffet. Staff was friendly. Price was fair.

Sheryl Southern

Excellent food and very friendly staff.

Dixie Mackie

Food was home cooked and wonderful!

Colby Avis

Gwen is a fantastic person, and her restaurant has a great hometown feel and flavor.

Barbara Dolan

Great place to eat. Best hot beef sandwiches and creamed chicken and biscuits.

Susan Selk

Very good food.

Luminedia G

Extremely friendly staff! Great homemade tasty food! Cant wait to go back.

Jennifer Gaunt

Great down home food and the best atmosphere. Friendly and comfortable.

Malena Clement

Great food and service

Matt Boerjan

Always a wonderful time with great food and service.

Bill Loecke

1st time there, arrived late, buffet and service was very good, some different things from the ordinary!

DavidD P

Great place. Always cares about their customers. Buffet outstanding.

Kolby Slife

Amazing food!

Jim Conklin

Small town feel. Awesome.

Michelle Schoon

Great buffet

Fred Mikula

Great food and atmosphere down home old time feel, wonderful staff!

Hugh

Always have a great experience!!!!

Diane Siegle

Always great food and plenty of it!

Rosemary Appleby

Wonderful small-town atmosphere and homemade food.

David Bulgarelli

Great fish night

Marv Bowler

Great food, old time atmosphere

Kathleen H

Fantastic like always, with lots of locals enjoying the buffet.

Jackie Duncan

Great breakfast this morning, very friendly server. Gwen came and thanked us coming. Super!

Peggy Butler

Love Gwens.always excellent food and excellent service

Michael Schmidt

Nice hometown restaurant. Buffet is a plus. I would go back again.

Tanklord

Great local place

C. B. Hahn

Great homestyle food. We had the buffet and salad bar. Very delicious. It is like a restaurant run by moms and grandmas ... that style of food and they worry the same...they want to make sure you have eaten enough and they check on you fairly regularly... but not so much as to bug you. I loved that the first time we ate there they were worried we hadn't eaten enough, and the second time we ate there they kept calling my hubby and I 'kids'... as in "are you kids still doing good?"...it made us smile and feel very welcomed.

Ryan Hagen

Awesome home cooked food for a good price!

Vicky Slager

This is the kind of cooking my mom made. Gwen and Gary have a great place. If ypu want to be treated like family this is the place to go.

Aaron Luna

The family-style buffets we have had for our reunions were top-notch! Great food & great people!

D

Good home cooked food

Deb Hudson

Great home style meal. Will be back to visit.

MAN KICKIN

Good Buffet

Andrew Hosmanek

Really nice place with good home cooked food. Just like going to your Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Jeff Weldon

Nice place and good people

WJ Poduska

Great food. Great staff. Very family style.

Carylynne Jacobs

The food ward great! We had the buffet and everything was fresh and cooked nicely. It was also inexpensive and the people, very helpful and friendly!

Jamie Larson

Super good home cooking!

Rae Ann Schaefer

Good homemade food. Had crab legs (2 bunches) and all you can eat seafood buffet (Fridays) for $16. Its real comfort food

Dan Nelson

Gwen's is a typical small town small business restaurant. Had a small breakfast buffet, and a limited breakfast menu. However if there was something that you wanted all you had to do is ask and they probably would have it or make it for you. My wife and I have biscuit and gravy which I would give 2 Stars not that it was terrible it was just not the way that we would have made it. Does serving size on everything was big. My kids both had pancakes which were rather thick and fluffy and about the size of a dinner plate. They both said the pancakes were very good.

Roy Dale

Always the best food! Great service! Soup and salad bar are A-1!

Tiffanie Mattison

Love the chicken!

Peggy Brophy

Sweet local restaurant. Interesting interior, if you like model cars and tractors- here's the place to stop! The food is good and has nice portions.

Sharon Malloy

Superb home cooked food. Quant place.

Patrick Bracy

Great lunch buffet for the price.

Pat Green

Nice, friendly atmosphere. Wonderful people. Wonderful food!

raymond lucas

Good food and good prices

David Barnhart

Nice small town restaurant.

Terri Loutsch

The food was good and the price was good and the service was excellent

Tim Knott

Great buffet on Sunday for lunch. Polite, helpful staff. Nice atmosphere with old toy farm equipment, old signs, old movie posters and an aquarium with big fish.

Dan H

Awesome place and people! Well worth the few extra miles.

Debra Rudishsentelik

Excellent home cooking

charredskeleton

This is a place of pure nostalgia for me. The food is most if not all "home made". Last I checked a buffet is offered at least daily. The buffet is like a home cooked holiday dinner at a family gathering. Service is pleasant and attentive. The dining room is well kept classic, and whimsical with high ceilings and many nostalgic decorations. Last time I was there Gwen was still running the show. I see the place is for sale. I hope the new owner manages to preserve this wonderful place. As far as I'm concerned Gwen's is the crown jewel of Lisbon and a place that makes Lisbon a destination.

Kacy loves U

Food was amazing and very filling.

Nate Day

Love th ribs and Saturday breakfast buffet

helen riddle

It was ok the salad bar could hsve been a better.

Carol Walden

Good food and friendly

Jeffrey Megown

Great place. Buffet is oh so good. Lots of choices. A real treasure!

Brandon Peterson

Nice down home place with great home cooked food

Terany Drayfahl

I love Gwens!!! I could eat there every day! Gwen is so sweet and funny and the food is awesome! All the staff is very nice and they make you feel right at home.

David Mccrea

Lots of good food and waitresses are polite and helpful.

iaguy123

Quaint little place, had a buffet of comfort food. I'll be back.

Josh Northrup

Great food and wonderful service with friendly server's definitely will come back

Kathy KOHL

Good food.very nice help and friendly place .we celebrated my sister 60th Birthday party with family and friends at Gwen's Restaurant

phyllis maeder

Large variety of different types of food. Salads are fresh. Price is good. The people are friendly.

Lori K

Delicious home cooking and a great variety! The staff is amazing too!

John Hall

Very friendly and good food great service

Dave Kilburg

Good was excellent, a Lot to choose from.

Mark Williams

Thanksgiving buffet ! 30 foods and even more desserts ! All yummy. Great service.

Wayne Petersen

Very good place to eat. Have never had a bad meal.

Scott Pickering

Always good food. There's a good hometown atmosphere. The service is top notch. There's always an ever changing buffet.

Valerie Lambert

Very good home cooked meal in the ♡ of Iowa :) Clean...friendly....great staff and good food!

Wayne White

Excellent. Recommend highly

dan miller

It like sitting down to eat a meal your mom cooked recommend this place owner is very friendly

Jason Owen

GREAT homestyle food, excellent service and friendly, cheerful staff. HIGHLY recommended!!

Owen Nagler

Midwestern comfort food galore. It's not the healthiest place, but it may be one of the hardiest.

Janet Woody

I love coming to Gwen's! The staff is fantastic the food and the food is delicious! I brought my fiancé here all the way from Kalona for the 1st time and he can't wait to come back!

Ron Warren

This is an excellent place to eat. Food and the service was great.

kevHD 24/7

Good food and nice people working there.