The Irish Shanty - Speisekarte

The Shanti is an icon in Northeast Iowa. Don't let the small town of Gunder fool you make a reservation here on the weekends to be sure that you get a seat! The staff is very friendly and accommodating, and they work so hard to keep up with the busy crowds. The menu includes a variety of sandwiches, burgers, and dinners. The Gunder Burger is what the Shanti is known for, but all of the food is good. Serving sizes are plentiful. I always tend to order the hashbrowns as my side dish, and love to get them smothered in cheese. Daily specials are posted on the board inside the door, so be sure to take a look when you walk in.

We arrived around 5:30 on a Saturday night after an hour drive up from Waterloo. The place was about a quarter full and were asked if we had a reservation. Very curious. After being led to our table, the waitress quickly informed us that the joint was under new management and a few of the items on the menu were not available. Uh, oh. I ordered the loaded Gunderburger while my wife and son ordered more reasonable sized burgers. After all the hype of reading Best in Iowa Burger, we were really looking forward to the meal. Short story: Dried out, overcooked burger with little flavor and skimpy fixin 's. A mountain of fries which were actually pretty good. But the burgers were sorely disappointi...

We stopped by here a few years back and were floored to se that the place was super busy on a Tuesday afternoon for lunch. After driving around in the middle of nowhere in Clayton County for a while, we finally arrived in the hamlet of Gunder, home of the world famous Gunderburger. This place is hard to miss. If you have arrived in Gunder, you 'll find it. Not much else in this tiny community other than a cool cemetery located just south of the restaurant. This place is basically a small-town bar with the typical small-town feel to it. The have a decent menu which includes a few Irish favorites (they had corned beef and cabbage when we stopped in) and a fairly impressive-looking breaded pork...