Cliff's Place — Restaurant in Manning

Me and my wife came to visit west Iowa and wanting to stop by for lunch in Manning. We thought Cliff's looked like a fine establishment but we were wrong. When we first stepped inside building we looked through the menu and salad bar looked particularly appetizing that day. So obviously me and my wife both got salad bar. The total was $22 which is fair I guess. The problems started to emerge when we began to eat. There was plenty of options don't get me wrong but after going back for more soup the waiter stopped me and practically cut me off from the salad bar unless my wife and I wanted to pay DOUBLE! Me and my wife had gone up around four times because we were starving. I've been to hundreds of restaurants and not a single one has been a stingy as Cliff's. Con artist like them are the reason small towns like Manning struggle to...

Good old small town bar and grill where everyone meets up evenings and weekends. Good salad bar, great prime rib on weekends, historic location. My great-grandfather's locker plant and butcher shop was housed in that downtown Manning, Iowa location until the 1960's and the original brick walls have been exposed and restored.

And if you're fairly local, or they like you, they may take your check. They don't take...

Cliff's place is your classic midwest lunch and dinner diner. Fantastic food and service, a wonderful atmosphere, and you can tell that the locals love it.

I had the pork tenderloin sammich, and it was divine. Highly recommend.

The salad bar looked like it had seen better days, but it was later in the day so it may have already been ransacked.

Overall, I highly recommend Cliff's Place. It was...