The Purple Door

Excellent food and atmosphere! If you are anywhere near Harlan, IA it is worth it to eat here!
Apr 11th, 2024

Apr 11th, 2024

This is a wanna be classy restaurant. You can tell by the atmosphere. Also the food was average at best. The cod was heavily battered and not seasoned. The fries were not seasoned.
Mar 24th, 2024

Came in to celebrate a birthday. Restaurant had 2 other patrons. We brought in a small cake to celebrate after we ate. The owner immediately said, "they would charge us $7 a plate to have cake (we brought) after we ate." Are we in California??? No, in a restaurant in small town Iowa with no business trying to nickel and dime customers to keep the doors open. How pathetic!! Now, to the food, ordered the cheeseburger for $18, which was Happy Meal size portions. Beautiful presentation until I picked it up. The burger was on a pretzel bun (possibly to try and soak up the grease from the burger). The bottom bun was so greasy it was like it was dipped in au jus. Ordered the burger medium rare and was char broiled. Both burger meals ordered were the same greasy way. Another guest had the fish, and the spicy seasoning on it was like eating lava. Their were streaks on the glasses, and I had to track down the staff to get a refill. The bottom line is that this place is pretending to be high-end and serving very low quality food with piss poor service. I give every place I review a fair chance, but You Get What You Give!!! You were rude, and your food was terrible and overpriced by long shot. Save your money and eat elsewhere.
Mar 20th, 2024

Amazing, just amazing. Can't wait to go back
Mar 11th, 2024