★ 4

They need more staff. The host was overrun taking orders cleaning tables and running food. I love this place always have. They need more hands on deck

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★ 5

Always perfect! Small town diner feel. Great food and great prices. Portions are huge! Love this place!!!

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Terrible service. Waited 35 minutes, while they took orders from multiple people that came in after us.

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★ 5

We love Marge's! Great food and wonderful service! The portion size is good as well.

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Great food! HUGE pancakes!! Wonderful service.

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Food is slow but good. Cheap too and lots of it.

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★ 5

Food doesn't look perfect but it tastes amazing!

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Food good and plentiful.

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★ 5

Older cafe vibe on the North Side of La Crosse. Counter or table seating available but it's a popular spot and can be busy. Omelettes were amazing and our server was fantastic and friendly. Amount of food for the money was insane!!

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★ 5

Stopped in on a road trip through the area, good food and nice people.

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★ 5

Old school diner. Rustic, but the food is always good and the portions are big!
Unk's Mess is Legendary.

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★ 5

We got the breakfast burrito challenge. We did not get the t-shirt. Excellent food, amazing service. The staff and the other guests were very friendly. Fun place to eat. My whole crew left very full

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As soon as I got into the restaurant it smelled like a musty basement, I knew that wasn’t a good sign. Got seated and the window was covered in flies, by then I lost my appetite. I ordered steak and eggs anyway and my steak was super rare and tasted like iron and was bland, egg whites weren’t done and were slimy. Hashbrowns only had a few crispy parts. Went to the bathroom and it smelled heavy of urine and there were about 20 flies in there. This place was nasty. I do NOT recommend!!!

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Delish and super friendly waitress.

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★ 5

Small town feeling, food is amazing 👏 🤩.
Marge is a complete sweetheart 💕. Definitely my top choice in town.

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★ 5

Good food very fair portions as it should be. Thanks for that.

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Americana restaurant in all its finest and ugliness. They can't help the clientele

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Clean service was 4.6 out of 5... Food was served hot We had eggs and pancakes between the two of us.. They served sausage links and made lots of potatoes and lots of pancakes.. My wife likes this... Priced somewhat below average for most breakfast places .. We Cookies very average but fresh... I'm somewhat of a cookie snob there isn't a good cookie in town that I'm aware of... See my review of La Baguette In Madison Wisconsin the best place to have a baked goods in the state.. I'm going to try them out for lunch sometime in a couple of weeks I'll update my review

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★ 5

Visited on Saturday 6.28.2025. The Bacon Omelet and French Toast was Amazing and Delicious. Definitely will return the next time I am in La Crosse. Highly Recommend for an outstanding home cooked meal from a local establishment.

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★ 5

Best place for breakfast in lacrosse

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I truly don’t understand how this place has so many positive reviews. The waitress slide menus on our table and walked away without saying anything. There were only 5 other tables but it still took 45 minutes for 2 pancakes and 1 omelette. The pancakes were flavorless and not fully cooked. The only positive thing about it was the cinnamon roll, but even that took 30 minutes. It wasn’t even warmed up, so it took half an hour to put it on a plate and pour on some frosting?? We watched people who came in after us get their food before us. After reading other reviews, this seems like a common occurrence. The waitress was also watching as my partner was signing the receipt almost to see if he was going to leave a tip. I genuinely don’t um how this place is still in business.

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★ 4

Always loved this place.
Don't know what has happened.
But Atmosphere no l9ngercas it use to be.
Food quanity is still good, but quality has seriously slid downhill.
Seems the covid crap is still kicking their buttons.
The waitress was great.
One major issues over the years are the undersized non handicap compliance rest rooms still are a bad thing here.
😞 hurts me to say this.

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★ 5

As a Black Man in America, going to places where no one in the room looks like you, can be challenging at times. In this case, everyone was so kind, graceful and just happy to be at a homey spot eating great food.

I am here in town for the state track meet and I walked to this breakfast joint all the way from campus and it was totally worth it. The server was phenomenal and made me feel at home. This place has great food, prices, and people. Get here as soon as you can because they close at 3pm.

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★ 5

On Wednesday morning about 7:30 my mom and I stopped in for breakfast. Small parking lot but big restaurant. I think we could have parked along either side of St James had we not squeezed in to a spot, so parking shouldn't be a problem and shouldn't scare you away if it's full...there is plenty of space inside! We had told Lori twice, to come back...we needed more time w the menu. As my mom and I perused the menu, I was going to just opt for two eggs and toast. My mom asked if I'like to share a bacon omelet and apple fritter french toast? Server Lori assured my mom they were delicious. I obliged For how not busy it was it felt like it took quite a bit for our food to come out. But.....once it did... worth the wait! I unfortunately had no room for my apple fritter french toast, my mom ate hers and exclaimed "this is the first time I've ever had french toast and didn't drown it in syrup.... I didn't even need syrup." Some bites she ate just the french toast, some she dipped the bite in a little syrup. It wasn't loud in Marges; not sure if it's because it wasn't busy or they just have great acoustics, either way, it's appreciated. I don't know what it was about the omelet... the bacon? The oil the eggs were cooked in? I didn't discuss w my mom her thoughts, but I thought there was a bit sweet taste to it! I liked that the tables all had small ads for local businesses! Way to keep it local/small! There was a white board on the wall w the delicious sounding daily Specials and quite a selection of pies! Thanks Marges for a delicious meal served by friendly staff in a welcoming and comfortable setting. Will stop in for lunch next time I'm in town, cheers!

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★ 5

An honest cafe. Good food .

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Good local business

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Currently sitting here for over an hour. An ederly woman trying to do everything. Was told they prioritize door dash over the sit down customers. I wouldn’t come here again if you paid me.

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★ 5

It's a MUST to eat at Marge On Rose!!!
GOOD PEOPLE THERE!!

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★ 5

It's worth the wait!

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★ 5

Great homemade chow to write home about!👍

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★ 5

One of my favorite places to get breakfast! It is a smaller restaurant but well worth the wait. Everything on the menu is amazing and the daily specials change every day. The pie is heavenly and they have homemade cookies at the counter for sale. I will purchase every single cookie sandwich they have every time I go there. Chocolate chip cookies with frosting in-between oh yes, they are mine, sorry but not sorry.

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Love it everytime

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best breakfast in lacrosse

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A little bit hood, but the food portions are huge and fairly delicious. Breakfast buritto and unk's mess could be a food eating challenge. At least three separate meals. Biscuits and gravy are really great and will stretch your stomach.

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I love the people there. Amazing food. Good service. Good prices.
It's usually busy on a weekend morning. The food is good and fairly cheap, plus Marge's is a La Crosse staple. So expect to wait a while to be seated. Because on any given Saturday morning, you'd swear half of La Crosse's population were there for breakfast. But staff always bustles to get people serviced.

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★ 5

Delicious breakfast. Loved everything bite. Don't forget to save room for pie.

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My boyfriend and I were visiting the area and wanted to try some local restaurants. We tried Marge’s for breakfast and regretted it. The restaurant itself is dirty and run down. The waitress was rude, and there were 4 hairs in my boyfriend’s food. 4! The only positives were the cost and the portions. It is an affordable place to eat if you don’t mind what’s previously mentioned.

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Great food friendly service. Reasonable prices. Need I say more?

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★ 5

The food is always AMAZING, and the staff is always so friendly! Definitely recommended the S.O.S over hashbrowns!

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Hash browns were great. Sausage gravy was great. Didn't like the biscuits one but.

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We were seated and then forgotten. The waitress began taking another tables order and they were seated after us.
The food was ok. Nothing to write home about. Portions were huge in my case. I got three meals out of it.

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★ 5

The food was plentiful, and so delicious. The hash browns were some of my favourite I’ve ever had. Also so affordable. The staff was kind and friendly to out of towners.

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Ordered a burger with some cheesy fries and my girlfriend ordered biscuits and gravy with hashbrowns and bacon. I didn't get my cheesy fries that i paid extra for and my gf didn't get her $4 bacon. Instead we received a nasty excuse for hashbrowns. Plus I asked for my burger to be medium not so well done it's almost burnt.

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This place ain't fancy and don't expect gluten free options. If you want some good grub and a forever full cup of coffee...sit at the counter, be ready with your order and simply be polite. Haute cuisine it ain't. Tasty and filling it is...BIG portions w low prices.

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★ 5

Classic diner, classic diner breakfast and lunch. Love that, done well. Waitresses are nice and are there when you need them. Good place.

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If you're not a regular don't expect service. Some tables were served their food before ours and they came in 15 minutes after us. Breakfast is not hard and they were not packed. Rosie's is better.

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★ 5

Delicious food! Charming diner. Can't wait to go back!

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★ 5

Always fantastic every time I stop in, great good, service, and all at an amazing price! My new favorite spot in La Crosse.

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★ 5

Been here multiple times and every experience was great. Nice and helpful staff, large portions, and delicious food. So good I finally had to make sure you guys knew.

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★ 5

Visiting the area. Exceptionaly tasty food, great portions, reasonably priced and friendly atmosphere! Will 100% eat here next year when we come back to the area!

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★ 5

Nothing fancy, but good food and portions. Friendly atmosphere.

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★ 5

Mt fiance says the eggs are really good. We ate break fast here and every thing was great. It's not like your usual restaurant. The menu was paper. Lol. And the silver ware she individually hands you. Not wrapped or anything. Different but still not bad! Food was great! Oh and super cheap! For 3 people we spent 35 dollars. That's basically the price of food

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large portions for affordable prices

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Small town dinner feel. Generous portions. My veggie omelet had plenty of veggie in it!! The prices were nice too, and we were treated like we've been coming there regularly and it was our first time there.

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★ 5

I love the food, best breakfast.

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★ 5

Awesome breakfast. Large portions. Reasonable prices. Great staff.

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★ 5

We had great service. The food was really good too!

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Everything was good. Waited a little longer to get our food. The two ladies in there didn't stop moving.

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★ 5

Is good experience in family restaurant

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★ 5

Every time I go to Margie's the service is great and the food is also great. Very fair prices.

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Food was excellent, only complaint we have about this place is they sat us in the back by the restrooms and all we could smell is Urine smell. It was a not a pleasant oder at all.

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★ 5

Looking for down home breakfast..this is a great place for it! Laid back everyone knows everyone atmosphere!

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★ 5

Really good food, loved the veggie sandwich, grilled green peppers and onions on grilled cheese. Wonderful idea. Will definitely be going back. Thank you for great food and happy waitress. 😊

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Except the order took a lil longer as it was freshly prepared, it was worth the wait.

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★ 5

This place is always busy. The breakfast is soo good and you get plenty of it. One of my favorite breakfast places in area

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The biscuits and gravy were the best I have had at a restaurant! Don't forget to try the apple fritter French toast.

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Love stopping here every time we are in La crosse! Large portions, great food, and reasonable prices. No one in our group walked away hungry!
Wife had a ham & cheese omelet that was STUFFED with ham, and I had a portobello & Swiss omelet that was very tasty.

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Delicious and affordable. Homemade pie!

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Food is always great. Always plenty of food!

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★ 5

Amazing breakfast!
Huge portions!
Low prices.
Family owned.
We will be back for sure !

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★ 5

Love Marge's nuff said

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★ 5

Quaint little place. The owner and patrons were very nice too.

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★ 5

Great 👍

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★ 5

Best quiet diner in La Crosse. Fantastic service, Fantastic food, Fantastic people!

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★ 5

Always a great place and never hungry after eating.

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Friendy service coupled with good food. Toss in very reasonable prices and you have this quaint little restaurant.

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★ 5

Our men's Church group always enjoys coming here for Saturday. Great food and Sue does an awesome job even when busy.

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★ 5

What a nice place to go. The food was fabulous. The service was quick and personable. A very enjoyable experience.

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Breakfast was gosh darn good! Staff was very nice! I’d go back! (Very very reasonable prices)

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★ 5

Excellent! Best breakfast (all day) in the area! Worth the trip, you’ll not be disappointed one bit!

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We came in for breakfast at 10:30 on a Friday morning. We seated ourselves and were quickly given menus. Our drink order was taken and the coffee appeared almost instantly. That’s where the good service ended. We sat for a half hour to have our order taken. The waitress callously said she forgot about us- no apology whatsoever. We then waited another 40 minutes for our meals. Three other tables came in and had their food before us. Were they regulars? We don’t know, but our waitress offered no explanation when I asked about this. She just said, “We have one cook.” That wouldn’t explain why others received their orders before us. Once we did get our food, it was lukewarm. The steak was overdone as were the American fries. It was plentiful and the price was good.
Both restrooms definitely need a thorough scrubbing.
Try this restaurant if you have the time. Maybe you’ll have a good experience. We were sorry we didn’t.

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Fantastic and plentiful food. Not enough staff to keep water/coffee filled though. GREAT prices!

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Took forever to get out food then the next time we saw the waitress she was giving us out bill, had to walk up and get our own carry out boxes and take our own ticket up. Very disappointed. But the good as always was good and plenty

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A fun local breakfast spot. Mostly regulars. Some of them help out. The cowboy at the counter went behind, got the coffee pot and poured refills for everyone. Service was good. Very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was great. Just down home cooking. Will definitely be back.

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★ 5

We had a group of 11 every one had a very delicious meal and service was great you get alot of food with your order and the price is very fair we will go back and would recommend this place to anyone thanks marges

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It's a nice place for home cooking. It's laid back, and slower atmosphere. The food is good. Nothing overly special, just good comfort food.

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Breakfast was good

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★ 5

Great greasy spoon restaurant. Big portions and good service a Northside staple.

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Food was good with large portions, took 45 minutes from order to serving. And it was not busy at the time.

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Have not been there since 2019. Outside and in has deteriorated. Older folk now are the main setting compared to what it was the last time I was there. Waitress was not so attentive but did just enuf. On the bright side, breakfast was superb.

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★ 5

Stopped in for breakfast. Had deluxe omelette and hashbrowns and lots of coffee. Fast friendly service

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★ 5

Best damn breakfast in the state of Wisconsin!!!! I said what I said!!!

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Every time I go to here I get something else besides what I want. The food is pretty good, if it's the food you ordered. Ask for fried and you'll get a pile of something potatoes. Order rye bread and you won't get it. The staff has had it up to here with people and it shows.

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★ 5

It’s hard to find a good place to eat without emptying your wallet. This place has the best prices I’ve seen in probably 2 years! Great tasting food with an even better price!

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Long wait for the food, but there's plenty of it when it comes. Staff needs a reason to be reinvigorated.

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★ 5

Decided to try this place out after hearing lot of people rave about it. Great coffee. The food was excellent. Plenty of seasoning and flavor unlike some of the other breakfast places we have tried in the city. I got the #20 southwest omlette and my fiance got the #19 cheesesteak omlette. A real greasy spoon type diner. Nothing super special about the inside but that's how you know the food is good. We did have to wait a little bit (maybe 20 mins or so) for our food but it was well worth the wait.

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★ 5

I take my diners very seriously, and this one blew it out of the water! The gal up front we learned was the owner, and her husband was in the kitchen. Everything was fresh, made to order, and so delicious. Whatever you get, they will not let you walk out hungry. Not only was the food delicious, but the owner was so sweet and hilarious, and everything on the menu was very affordable. Could not recommend this place more, and will definitely be our breakfast spot whenever in the LA Crosse area. (Picture already has some bites eaten because I couldn't help myself!)

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food was good took forever i waited like 30 minutes when it wasn’t even busy.

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★ 5

Best place to get an omelette or biscuits and gravy in the area hands down! The decor is outdated, but the service is the best too! I highly recommend coming here!!! Their customer service is amazing as well as their food.

Laurie is a great waitress and makes you feel right at home. They get to know their regulars and take care of you. What more could you from a Ma and Pa restaurant.

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Cheap and good prices

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Little bit of a wait but it was lunchtime.

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Great as always!!

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★ 5

This is the place you want to get breakfast/lunch. It’s worth the drive off the freeway. Delicious burgers and sandwiches with great ingredients. Staff are great. Lots of space. Nice big windows and cafe seating area. Thank you.

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★ 5

A great place to eat breakfast.

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Always a great experience. Friendly and caring staff.

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★ 5

I always love going in for lunch. The service could be better. Unless you are regular.

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Had bad service the 1 time. Took 45 to get my food .not happy so I give it another shot and this time it take a hour for our food to come out .nope I'm done .don't waste your time

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Dirty run down where is the health department

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★ 5

No better place for value of a buck. You won't believe the portions on your plate if you know when and what to order you can eat that meal three times lol.

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★ 5

Took a while to get our food but it was excellent once we did!! Not a fan of all the flies, but that is hard to stop when the doors are opened constantly!

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Excellent home cooked omelette, hash browns, cheeseburger soup and cheese sandwich. We had lunch with a tip for $20.00. I highly recommend Marge’s.

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Very nice Mom and Pop type restaurant, cozy with a breakfast counter to sit at as well as tables. Food was excellent and had huge portions. Prices were very reasonable and service was very good. We will be back here again on our next trip to La Crosse!

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You have to love when you ask about a certain item and the waitress remembers your group from a year ago, just based on that. Our waitress was telling us she'd been there X number of years. I said considering you're only one year older then that number how is that possible? This place is a hidden gem if a place!

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★ 5

Wonderful place, best bfast place in town

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★ 5

Good food, huge portions, friendly staff but understaffed, building has seen better days but wouldn’t hesitate to go back if I’m in town again.

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★ 5

We just had the best lunch at Marge's on Rose!! They have such a great variety on their menu, super satisfying portions (had leftovers to bring home for another meal) and we had the best service!!

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Poor staff sorry to say but very unfriendly did not know you seat yourself ,.food is OK long wait

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Food was good. Unfortunately, very short staffed. Took a very long time.

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★ 5

The food is always excellent. The portions are generous and the atmosphere is relaxed.

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★ 5

This diner is the best!

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★ 5

Waitress was hilarious! The portions of food were huge. Great prices. Sweet treats at front counter too. Highly recommend. Nothing super fancy. Smaller establishment. Plan on waiting a little bit for food. I mean it takes time to cook all the food that will show up on your plate.

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★ 5

Stopped in for a late lunch and had breakfast. Got enough food for two meals. Very tasty also. Fun servers. Definitely will stop again. Recommend anything on the menu!!

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My grandma owned this place Marge she is rolling in her grave,walk out after tasting food ,food burned potatoes cold soggy toast , flies every we're ,poor service, waited little over hour for the food,sad 😭😭😭 eggs 🥚 look terrible $18 we paid walk out shame shame shame. 2 bites gone ,greasy taste in my mouth only 2 bites reck my morning.

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I know the world forgot to show up to work but you should either close down until you have enough staff or just seat enough tables so that the staff you do have can handle it...

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Lots of Flies and get no food.

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We got sat by the window that was covered in flies. Waited 15 mins to order and we waited another 30-45 mins for food that never showed up. We get to watch a couple that came in after us finished eating. Ofc we ended up leaving with no food and didn’t leave a single dimes for them!. (No one told us our food will be slow or even that it would be delayed) If I could give them 0 stars I would.

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★ 5

Awesome, classic, greasy-spoon diner. Perfect place to nurse a hangover. Haven't been since I started eating plant-based, but I've eaten here many times. I used to love the chicken-fried steak. Try "unk's mess" if you think have what it takes.

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★ 5

Waitress was great and prompt. Atmosphere is old fashioned and calm and I like it that way. The portion sizes here are incredible compared to anywhere else. I thought my kid was getting a "kid's" pancake. Their pancake was HUGE. No complaints. Omelet was delectable

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★ 5

Everything was GREAT!!! Potions were HUGE!!! DEFINITELY RECOMMEND

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★ 5

Love Marge's huge portions great food. Friendly servers.

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The place is nothing fancy, buy it has great breakfast at very reasonable prices.

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★ 5

You absolutely get your money's worth. It's like going home.

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👍 food , had to wait a half hour between six down and eating. Wasn't super busy but only one waitress and she was overwhelmed.

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The food was excellent and the whole place was very quaint. Loved it!

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★ 5

Everything was very good. I would be a regular customer if I lived in this area.

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★ 5

Home style food and some.

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★ 5

Generous portions of home cooked food at a reasonable price. Friendly people with very attentive wait staff. Food was excellent.

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Hot beef is my favorite here

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Breakfast was great with huge servings, prices very reasonable & the waitress had a great sense of humor😆. Definitely going back when we are back in town!

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★ 4

Cozy atmosphere and great food, service can be a while so it's a nice place to chat with someone but not if you are in a rush.

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★ 5

A classic American diner.

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The food was delicious! Breakfast was the best this side of Wisconsin! Prices are unbelievably great too. The Restaurant was like a welcome come on in feel and felt like moms food. Very pleasant server. She was the only server when we arrived and she had a house full of guest served everyone with a smile. Highly recommended.

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