The Other Place

Very average bar experience. We were there in the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday, so it wasn’t very busy. Nevertheless, we had to go to the bar several times to order, because our waiter was MIA. We had a quesadilla appetizer which was good, but nothing special.
I wouldn’t have a problem going back, but it wouldn’t be my top choice in the future.

I love this place. Their chicken salad is huge and there subs/​pizzas are delicious. Lots of tv’s for sports. Not alot of drink specials, but they do have daily food specials. I’d recommend checking it out.

We go here twice a week and I get the Spinach Dip with chips. Love! Drinks are great and the service is good. Wish they wouldn’t blast the air conditioning though

We love The OP. One of our favorite places to eat. Good food, good service and home of the Iowa Hawks Alumni club. What more can you ask for.

Pizza to go was undercooked and took better than thirty minutes to get. Sad because the bar wasn’t but half way full. Service at the bar was adequate, nothing special. They had what appeared to be a pretty good selection of tap beers, but no way of knowing anything about them unless you can recognize the tap handle yourself. A quality bar would have some sort of description of the beers on tap.

I love this place! I was so excited when I moved from our old place where we had another the other place restaurant to our new place where we have this other place! The food is awesome and the service is always quick. I would definitely recommend this place to others!

Food is great. They have great little wings with a variety of flavors. Nice change from the delicious but gigantic wings from the conpetition accross the street. I ordered a salad that was HUGE seriously great value, it was a Cobb and they were not shy with the avacado which is fantastic. The service is mediocre at best. It’s never phenomenal here but I can deal. It seems like I always get the same unethusiastic waiter. My boyfriend had a buffalo chicken wrap and he loved it. The beer on tap here always seems a little warm so I ordered a bottle, much better. Maybe the plastic cups contribute to the beer temp. Try it. You’ll like it. Good bang for your buck and an easy in and out dining experience. Don’t come here for friendly service. The staff is not smiley or chatty, and your iced tea may not be refilled promptly but your food will come out pretty quick and tasty.

The food was mediocre, the service was mediocre, and the atmosphere was mediocre.
We had no idea what this place was and made the mistake of coming on a day of an Iowa college football game without being sports fans. The place was nuts.
It took a very long time (about 25 minutes) just to have someone take our order. After that, we waited another 35 min for food and sat with empty glasses through our meals. The food was just ok. I can’t say that there will ever be a return visit.

The hostess was so rude! She asked if a high-​top table was ok. I said yes because she was acting like that was my only option. When she walked us back further into the restaurant, there were at least 5 booths available, so I asked if it was ok if we took a booth instead. She huffed, and said «I guess», and tossed down our menus and silverware on the table, said nothing, and walked off. She didn’t even place the silverware or menus in front of us, just sat everything in a pile on the edge of the table, and walked off without saying a word! I was extremely disappointed in the service, and felt as though they didn’t even want us there! I will not go back. There are too many other options in the area that are a lot better! The hostess I’m speaking about is a young girl with shoulder length brown hair, glasses and braces. She shouldn’t even be working in customer service with an attitude like that! There is food at other places nearby that is just as good, and the people are actually friendly.

This place should receive ZERO STARS!
I’m sorry. .. but if your hours say, «OPEN TILL 2:00 AM» (NOT ONLY ON Unilocal, BUT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE). THE KITCHEN SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED AT 1:20 AM! This is horrible customer service and business practice!
Your job as a food provider, is to provide a customer with food! Since, you cannot seem to do that, you SHOULD NOT be running a food business!
This place has, forever, lost my service and SADLY, lost out on making money!

Decent OP pizza that you expect from this and the other OP’s. However, this place could use a good cleaning. Tables were dirty, menus dirty and and waiter didn’t do anything we said our table was dirty. Service was pretty lack luster bordering on bad. Wrong drinks coming out, slow on drinks, we got a pizza that was one size bigger than what we ordered so it was more expensive. Whole general feeling of the place was a big don’t care too much and don’t try too hard.

I was going to defy the ratings trend, and go with four stars, until I tried the pizza.
My unlimited lunch included salad, soup, and single topping pizza slices for $ 7.99. The salad was just okay, but the chili was very tasty, with plenty of beef. I found the pizza crust to be doughy, and flavorless.
The service was friendly and attentive, while the interior was clean and wood-​toned. A-​OK.

Where to start. It’s hard as hell to get a drink in here, short of going behind the bar and pouring it yourself. But be careful, this place is pricey. Much pricier than what you get. Places were much cheaper in Austin, which has a natural disregard for your money.
Next up, the service. My god, I said it was terrible. My friend said, can you really say it was terrible if it was non-​existent? Good point my friend, good point.
Food. We had some Pizza. It wasn’t terrible, that’s where the 2 star comes in. The pizza is serviceable. It kind of tastes like Casey’s Pizza, which is awesome. I got the big one for 12.99. If I had to pay the 16.99 menu price, I’d probably have shot myself.
Overall, I’ll only go back to try that ½ Pork Sandwich they have. Otherwise, I’m going around the corner to Papa Keno’s. They have better pizza, better deals, and cheaper beer.

Hair in the pizza and still charged full price for replacement meals… which was a $ 4 basket of fries. The manager did apologize, but denied anyone in the kitchen having the same color of hair we were pulling out of the pizza.

Last tuesday around 8pm I had left a leather business binder at the restaurant and called the restaurant to verify the binder was still there.
The Staff that night had verified over the phone that they had it and said they would hold it for me and even asked me for my name and phone number to put a post it note on top of the binder, and I was under the impression that i would be getting my leather business binder back that happened to have important documents and a few blank checks and credit cards stashed in the binder.
I called on Thursday, called on Friday to ask about the binder and waited on hold for 10 minutes both times while they located that nights manager and they said to call back the next day, \I even stopped by on Monday night and to my astonishment, they somehow claimed to know exactly where the binder was placed, but they claim that a cleaning crew may have misplaced the binder and weren’t able to track it, nor were the employees to give me the general managers contact information, but said I could leave my contact information which i left a business card and my name number and email and still have had zero contact from the management about this situation
Being involved in the local business scene and involved in leadership positions with various local boards and organizations, I would never recommend this restaurant to anybody looking to hold business meetings over lunch or hold company functions in the private room next door because of the lack of professionalism and integrity from the employees of your restaurant over this situation.

The Other Place feels like the best bar in a small town. It’s got a pretty good beer selection, an expansive menu, bar games, but in the end to me it’s just another sports bar.
They have TV’s everywhere, but unless it’s an Iowa game (Other Place is an Iowa bar), there isn’t a ton of sound piped in and games sort of blend into the background.
I’d recommend the pizza, as I think it’s what they do best here.
One cool thing is that they partner with the nearby farmers’ market during their summer evening markets and have beer available for you to walk around and shop with. It’s pretty nice having a beer on the steps of the clock tower patio listening to some live music.

We had to track down a waiter to order. I ended up getting the nachos, only to be extremely disappointed. The nachos included corn tortillas, melted cheese, chili, lettuce and tomato with a side of salsa and sour cream. The chips were extremely thin, and they put chili on the bottom of the plate, so by the time it gets to the table, the chips are completely soaked. The melted cheese was comparable to that of movie theater nacho cheese. The plate of nacho was huge, yes, but it was honestly some of the worst nachos I have consumed. I ate about ¹⁄₈^th of the plate and asked the waiter to take it away from me. I went home with an unsettled stomach.

«Bar Food» are edible items that enhance your experience while enjoying a fermented beverage (Example: Pizza and Beer) Bar Food is something I crave occasionally and when I do The Other Place is my top choice to get my fix.
My wife and I have become regulars on Sundays for football games and I have sampled a quite a few of their Bar Food items. My top picks are the taco pizza, chicken tenders and the onion rings. The taco pizza is exactly as billed and is delicious. The chicken tenders seem to be hand breaded and quality white meat. Last but not least the onion rings are the king of Bar Food, hand made, fried to perfection, piled high on a plate and served with ranch dressing.
Service is always top notch as well. Never an empty beer or stomach when we visit. Our regular visits on Sundays may continue long after football season is over!

Gotta bring it down a notch. Let’s discuss why…
I have no idea what is happening with this place and service lately but it’s not leaving customers very happy. I’d call myself a regular since the boyfriend drags me here on Saturdays to tune into the Iowa Hawkeye football games but the service absolutely sucks recently.
Aaron no longer serves our large group (I have no clue why because he’s the most social and nice guy that I’ve met) and we’re stuck with a ditzy young girl who can’t even remember to refill our drinks every once in a while. It’s not like we’re sitting at a table all day, not ordering food or drinks and not tipping. Majority of your tips come from good service. How hard is this concept? We should not have to go track down a server because we have not seen her in at least 15 minutes.
Please don’t hire a girl just based on her looks and how far down she can pull her shirt. There’s obviously not much intelligence because after ordering a taco pizza our last time in and it getting to our table we asked for cheese and peppers. She looked at us with a confused look on our face and said, «Like… shredded??» No.
Just one example of the things that we’re not happy about. Fix this, please.

The Other Place is inching closer to a four star review. Their food continues to improve after some lackluster quality about a year to year and a half ago. Always a good place to catch a game or play some trivia. Servers are friendly and attentive.
All of the offerings here are the epitome of bar food. Sandwiches, burgers, pizza, wings, etc… With their recent improvement, TOP is quickly gaining a better quality than most bar & grill establishments. Good choice of beers available and a feel good environment to enjoy.