Delicious! Beautiful environment with the waterfall and surrounding pond. Service is fast and friendly.

We stumbled upon Bluff Lake Catfish Farm when leaving Maquoketa Caves State Park. It's further down some dusty gravel roads, and drive through the middle of a farm. Food was pretty good. Service from the young teenager waitress was also pretty good.

Very nice place, clean, modern, and organized. We arrived early so they gave us a buzzer. As soon as the restaurant opened we were seated. Food was good and if you get the all you can eat special you will leave full!

I love this place. Travel over an hour. Setting is beautiful. Food is good and prices reasonable. Worth a drive off the main road.

This is a beautiful hidden little gem! It's certainly strange to drive a few miles on gravel roads but you're rewarded with a beautiful location. We saw a huge snapping turtle, fish, mallards in the pond while waiting for our table. We got a table with a waterfall view. The food came out hot and was tasty. This place is pretty popular and perfect after cave spelunking! It's very casual dress and dining.

Behind Maquokata Cave State Park, you have to drive through a farmers lot, which is a dirt road, to be reconnected to a well paved road that leads you down to a large parking lot. My child works at the Caves. We both came immediately after work so it was only a 20 minute wait. The special was all you can eat catfish and shrimp for $18. The meal was waffle fries, deep fried shrimp, breaded catfish, and creamy coleslaw. We requested 2 refills of catfish... it was that good. Their slogan is "Somewhere in Iowa" and it's true. Definitely worth the trip.

What a great spot! Our party of 20 just bombs in unannounced on a Saturday night, they could not have been nicer trying to accommodate us, thanks guys! Oh the food... basically most of us had the fish special and frankly it was great and I would definitely recommend it to all.

What a sweet little gem! I'd been wanting to check this place out forever and finally got the opportunity with a group of gals from work. I am not even remotely a fish eater, but they're known for converting folks apparently. The drive from Cedar Rapids is gorgeous, but be prepared for gravel and a pretty steep hill depending on which route you take. When you're close, it will feel like you're driving through private farms and took a wrong turn, but then suddenly you're there. We arrived about an hour after they opened and were seated right away. Highly suggest getting there early because the line developed quickly. The special on Saturday was haddock, which was offered as a sample before we ordered and surprisingly tasty. I was bummed no one wanted to get the catfish to try with me, but my fried chicken dinner was very satisfying. We ended our evening on the decks outside, drinks in hand, enjoying the scenery and watching the fish. I really enjoyed my visit and can't wait to bring more people here as well!

Seriously. If you want good fried catfish (with or without bone) this is for you. If you want tons of options for sides and such, look elsewhere (but miss out on REALY GREAT fried catfish). This place is always busy from my experience. I'd say come early and be ready to wait. This is "somewhere in Iowa" because you won't be discovering it without hearing about it and being told how to get to it. The GPS got us near the place but had it been up to my wife we would've turned around and given up. It certainly does not look like continuing down that rode would lead to anything but more houses. I'm so glad we stayed the course. We took my mom last time and she's still raving about the fish.