Reviews of One Twenty Six (Restaurant)

Matthew Frazier

No wifi for a working lunch but if all you need is food & wine, this is an excellent choice. I had the fries as an appetizer and a bacon cheeseburger that comes with a simple and tasty salad.

John Tokars

A hidden gem in downtown Iowa City. Amazing food, attentive staff and management.

Andrew Adamczewski

A little expensive for a lunch but expected from an organic local sourced food restaurant. I also wish there was more than one soup option. The mushroom sandwich was very good

Michael Tomasson

Friendly service great food wonderful place for dinner. Especially appreciated the bartender could make an outstanding martini

Margi Stephen

The lamb is the best. Great presentation. Portions just right. Innovative recipes. Best service ever 5 stars

D Martin

ok once you wait 10 minutes for pretentious staff to actually show up at table. Pass on artichoke salad, must be a epic shortage of dressing because salad is drier than my time in Iraq. Everything pretty much overpriced but honey butter & bread is free with just sitting down. Grab a somewhat over priced bottle of wine & bread and people watch. Only nice for that.

kyle williams

Server barely talked to us. The steak was sub par. Quality of overall food was not worth the price. When we asked to speak to the owner it took over 20 mins. When we finally spoke with the "owner" he was very rude and disrespectful towards my wife and I. Two years ago I would of recommended this place to anyone but now the quality of service and food has taken a turn for the worst.

Jai Chambers

Blue crab gnocchi was AMAZING!

Miranda Krueger

This place is a gem! The service alone makes you want to come back but once you taste the food you realize you could have just eaten the best entree you have ever had. The food is more expensive than your typical restaurants, but this place is extraordinary! Absolutely fantastic!! Can't wait to go back!

Tami Rowell

Wonderful service and deeelicious food! Highly recommend!

Renate Schulte

Great chef, service and food!!

robert miller

Horrendous

Nick Sparr

One of the better restaurants in town, but there are still better options for the price. Our food was cold and the service was so-so. I would recommend Orchard Green.

Sam Pelelo-Ray

Got yelled at for being too near the empty patio. Saw someone else get yelled at for standing too near the patio. Never been there, and now I never will.

Richard Paxson

My salad was excellent. The service was quick and efficient. Our visit was quite enjoyable!

Joshua Moe

Fantastic food, reasonable prices (for fine dining) and easy to get in.

Jamie Landers

High end restaurant in Iowa City with unique offerings.. Can be a little cramped and disorganized.

Josh Sebring

Simply amazing!

karnig beylikjian

Nice ambiance, enough choices.

Josh Falk

Good food, great atmosphere.

Lindsey Kinsman

This place is so special. Intimate setting and the food is perfection.

Jaime Delevere

126 is one our 3 favorite dt restaurants. We drive to IC several times a year and have been vusitirs there since the restaraunt opened. I highly recommend 126.

Sofonda Logic

Perfect in every way. Food, staff, interior... A hidden gem of AMAZING, quality, delightful food. We always come here when in town.

Sean Malone

It never fails to amaze me how well this place creates such amazing flavors from the simplest, local ingredients.

Mike McKeon

Not impressed. Ordered Salmon medium rare, was dry as dust and took 45 minutes. Way over priced. Cool decor; but food sucked and took way too long. I was 1 of maybe a dozen people in the place.

D S

Cute, intimate, and cozy place. Service was great and there is a good menu. Except I ordered potato soup but there was no potatoes in it. Maybe that's normal, first time here.

Jay Keniston

This place was really "different". The outside of the building looked old & worn down, and the inside didn't look much different. As I entered the dungeon, I felt as if I was in an alley between two really high ancient brick buildings cause that's what the walls of this place were: just solid raw brick, no paint, dark, simple wood tables, no decorations of any kind. A very tall, slender, guy approached me. He greeted me. I asked him for a menu. He explained they were no longer serving their lunch specials and that I was there at kind of an odd time. I told him that I just wanted something that "tasted good" that was "filling". He said, "I got just the thing for you. It's a sandwich we make called Cuban Pork". I said, "I'll take it". He said, "Would you like any fries with it?" I said, "Yes". He asked me where I'd like to sit and suggested that it would be nice to sit outside cause it was a nice day. I smiled and said that I'd rather sit next to the open window. He grinned broadly and said wherever you'd like. He didn't ask me if I'd like anything to drink, but said he'd bring water. I hate water, but I didn't say anything. He brought the water. It was in a nice large very clean looking glass. I took a sip half expecting to taste chemicals (city water). I didn't. I actually liked the water. He brought my food. I don't really like pork too well, but if someone says something is good, I just get it. The Cuban Pork was so awesome that it was out of this world. Wow, I thought. I wasn't too impressed by the fries, but I'm not really a frie person anyway. You'll just have to try them yourself. The fries came with ketchup, but I hate ketchup, so I asked if they had any hot sauce. He said they had Sriracha. I said that's even better. The meal was a good portion of food and it costed under $15. I was real impressed by my waiter though. He was a very nice guy with a very friendly smile. Another guy from the back even said hi and gave me a wave. They make you feel like you're home at this place, so I gave him a $3 tip for the hospitality, and the really awesome sandwich. You're probably thinking, "Then why not 5-stars?" Cause I wasn't crazy about the fries. Poor excuse, I know, but I'm very very picky about what I eat. I highly recommend this place though. All my 4-star and 5-star reviews are worthy places. Stars are just what my personal experience was, but yours may be better. Not everyone is going to have the same experience. Try this place out today.

Mary Kolar

Location, food and service are all good. Terrific wine choices.

LinnEast Kennedy

Excellent service, delicious meal

Peter Zavislak

Great food, great service, quiet atmosphere. Standard mid to high-end American fare.

mary kay kusner

Best wood fired pizza! Meatballs pasta was so good.

Abby R

Great food plus a nice wine and drink menu. The crab cakes are good. I also always save room for dessert.

Anna Dengler

I got lunch to go today and it was quite possibly the most wonderful thing I've ever put in my mouth. I got the County Salad, which you would think is just a salad but it was heavenly! The shrimp was cooked perfectly and the flavors just melted together. The grape (or cherry) tomatoes are the tastiest I've ever had! They took something simple and made it phenomenal! I will definitely be frequenting this establishment!

Josh Hammel

Excellent service. Appetizers were so-so, but entrees excellent. Good ambiance.

Anna Harris

Went for a friend's birthday party and had an amazing meal/time. Had the steak frites with an Italian red blend which was lovely. Wait staff was a good level of attentive while not hovering so much as to feel excessive.

Email Email

In from out of town for work alone. Wanted mussels and a cheese plate. Found One Twenty Six from Google and so happy I did. Very cute, quaint restaurant. Food was delicious, staff was on point and I'm extremely satisfied! Definitely recommend. Parking was a pain but that is not the restaurant s fault. Try it for sure for a small, local spot!!!!

Vamper Man

Excellent food and great service have been several times and always a good experience.

Lisa Roberts

The crab cakes were great--delicate with three interesting sauces. I had the lamb osso bucco with polenta and broccolini. It was particularly delicious on a cold evening. I want to go back soon for the gnocchi with blue crab and the creme brulee.

David Rosazza

Good food

Sasha Chackalackal

The food was absolutely delicious

Greg Johnson

Great food!

Emily Fox

The food is delicious, though a little expensive if you are a student.

Judy Nauseef

Excellent meal as usual. A nice, quite restaurant where we can hear ourselves talk.

Leah Norris

This is billed as an upscale French restaurant. I don’t know if we caught them on an off night or what. The lamb was passable but I didn’t like the watery texture of the polenta. My husband had the hanger steak which was way overpriced for chewy meat and a huge plate of French fries. The desserts were delicious. They have an extensive wine selection and a full bar but no cocktail menu.

Matt Theriac

Made our reservation through Open Table after careful consideration of the many choices in Iowa City and Coralville. This was our "nice" dinner while at the University Of Iowa attending continuing education classes. I lived here for 11 years nearly 30 years ago, return every few years to attend class to maintain my dental license. Reservation was for 6:15 on Friday the 11th of October on a football weekend. Arrived at 6:10, seated right away. Water was brought and drinks were ordered. Drinks served, and appetizers ordered, a cheese plate with three very good cheeses, dates, walnuts and perfectly toasted French bread. We also had the marinated olives which complimented the cheeses very well. Order another glass of wine and dinner. Wife ordered the steak frites medium and I the tenderloin medium it was complimented with whipped potatoes and broccolini. Or I should say I think it was. Original entree order was placed at approximately 6:30-6:35 also ordered the bread basket (it's not complementary) bread came just a few minutes later. At 7:20 our young lady server brings two simple dinner salads explaining that another server had inexplicably taken our order to another table. Please accept these salads and of course the wine is also on us. Salads, simply greens with a nice vinaigrette. No bread left but that's fine. The trek to the bathrooms go directly by open kitchen up a long flight of stairs. After the salads went to the bathroom up the very tall stairs for the second time we've been here nearly 1 1/2 hours with cheese and bread and wine........ coming down the stairs there is NOTHING on the grill? Get to the table there is still no food. It's almost 8:00pm. Olives, bread, drinks (the cocktail not the wine she said was comped) cheese. We decided to put $40 cash on the table and left. We did briefly say we had to leave, to our waitress as she stood running another patrons tab. We told her we had left some $ on the table and she just smiles and says oh really? Then we went to find food. I would have thought when our order was found to be lost every effort to bring our dishes as quickly as possible would have been afforded. Or at the very least kept updated. Nothing no communication after the salads were given. We ended up at 8:15 pm trying to find a place to eat on a football weekend in Iowa City. So disappointed.

Bhupesh Shetty

Great food..

Marcelo Aruani

The only real "fine dining" experience in town.

Becky Mitchell

Food was exquisite!

Peter Chanthanakone

Take search candidates here. When I interviewed, it was bad but went again and it was tasty. Moist, lots of unique flavors. People say it's expensive but I don't see the bill.

alex chino

good food good taste good atmosphere

Amir Shaban

Nice place for a quiet meal.

Karra Jones

Delicious and cozy atmosphere!

J L

Interesting dishes.

Aaron In Cambodia

Great Food. My favorite restaurant in Iowa City

Skye Z.

Really good food, had the pleasure to try most of the menu(cause it was that good) I dare you to try it once I doubt you'll leave unsatisfied.