Little Bohemia — Restaurant in Cedar Rapids

Our sandwiches were very good. And the kraut salad fabulous. Hence the 2 stars. I wish I could leave more. It appeared the lack of help created tension/frustration/unpleasant employee help. Drinks were delivered but when we asked for menus the 'gentleman' waiting tables told us, 'I assume you were here just for drinks. How was I suppose to know what you want!' Why the snotty attitude over a simple polite request? A few minutes later he was back - this time telling us 'That table of people was here first, we are shorthanded, we have just 1 cook, they just keep coming and coming thru that door and I can't do it all!' What was the purpose of that? We were very aware of those ahead of us and hadn't said a thing. Some time later he was back, left a couple of bottles of condiments, offered me more coffee and continued his rant. 'If you want to get up and help, that would be fine with me.' he said. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Again I said nothing. What he doesn't know is I'm well trained in restaurant work and very capable of doing everything I watched him and the cook do. I didn't ask for a job and am still pondering the entire experience. When our sandwiches finally arrived he delivered them with even more venom. "Well, here they are even though we thought they'd never get here.' I didn't have doubts; why did he? Today was our first visit to Little Bo's. My husband says it is also our last. We didn't feel at all welcome. We paid our bill minus the...

I have a Czech heritage, and so while in Czech village, I was looking for some authentic Czech food. They had 3 things on the menu they advertised as Czech dishes. I chose the pork loin over dumplings. I was very disappointed when I got it. Growing up with Czech grandparents dumpling means a small round mushy potato mix (potato dumplings). I've never even seen a bread dumpling... before Little Bohemia anyway. Not at all what I was expecting, but that was just the start. The pork was dry, and the gravy tasted like something straight from a can they bought at HyVee. I've never had bread dumplings before, so I don't know how it's supposed to taste or the consistency. What came with my dish seemed to me to nothing more than a heavy slice of bread. When I asked about the "dumplings," I was unapologetically told that's what a dumpling is, and that's what comes with it. Good service would have said something like, "I'm sorry it's not what you expected, would you like the mashed potatoes instead?" Which was the other choice with this dish on the menu. All in all, a poor experience both in food and service. Also, the wooden chairs are pretty uncomfortable. Oftentimes, I like to give a place a chance to redeem itself. This was a poor enough experience, Idoubt I will give Little Bohemia...

I’ve wasted a lot of money in my life, but this was by far the worst $50 I’ve ever spent. The fact that this place has ratings above a 1 tells me that their drinks must be strong. We were visiting from out of town for the holidays and stopped by for a late lunch. Their fried mushrooms tasted like fried sink sponges filled with water, food was microwaved (they don’t even hide it). “Czech goulash” tasted like spaghettios from a local discount food store and a bowl of kraut had a long hair in it right at the top. Very disappointing, the owners must be counting on a drunk crowd to stay open. This place would be a great candidate for Kitchen Nightmares. Gordon would have...