Merry-Go-Round Restaurant

The BEST spaghetti and meatballs anywhere! It’s nothing fancy, but the service is fast and friendly. I would recommend it to anyone.

This is an old fashioned breakfast place right out of 50s, nothing fancy but that old diner feel, portions not big but great value. The service is very country friendly and was excellent with a genuine smile from everyone and they definitely have a local following they know and welcome

Great breakfast and good coffee! Service was good too. Had the special breakfast. Biscuits and gravy were awesome addition.

Um, well I’m not sure where all the racing reviews are coming from. Its a restaurant and the food is average. The service is average. The décor is back country, we just don’t care, which is fine, but overall an average place.

I love this place. Was working in Evansville for a few weeks and was really getting tired if restaurant food. Then I found the Merry go round. Home style diner food at its best. Made to order and served with a smile.
Don’t let the rough neighborhood scare you. The place is clean and he staff is friendly.

Friendly service, Norman Rockwell style. Indeed, this establishment could have been the model for a Norman Rockwell painting. If his paintings could talk and the food in those paintings could smell and taste, this is probably what it would be like. Old School Americana! No thrills, no frills, but the friendliest, cleanest and freshest of everything. Even the coffee is what you’d expect if you went back to the forties: weak but piping hot.
I had the $ 4.97 breakfast special, to pancakes, two eggs, two strips of bacon and a small juice. Plus, I added a smoked pork chop as a side. Everything was delicious other than the coffee, but that’s probably because I’ve learned to like coffee Ethiopian, Italian, Turkish or Cuban style – strong.
Before I close, if your looking for a gourmet breakfast experience this is NOT it. As such it would rate only one or two stars. This is a first class, old school diner experience.

The food was great! I ordered fried catfish with a side salad and green beans. The green beans were awesome! Flavored well (down south taste) and definitely not canned! The catfsih was seasoned well, fried and flaky. The dinner rolls were yummy. The side salad was just iceburg lettuce but its like saying Paula Deene is known for making salads and she isn’t! I asked for vinagrette and you would have thought I cursed the lady — she said we have creamy italian!
Now, the place looks like Mel’s Diner — it even sits in front of a pay by the hour type motel. I debated getting out the car, but decided to go for it. It definitely has a Mayberry feel. The service was horrible. I walked in, no one greeted me. The one lady kept stapling the daily specials to the menus. I spent most of the time talking to the back of my waitress’s head as she walked away because she never made eye contact, brought me extra napkins, a straw, refilled my drink or anything else.
HOWEVER, if you look like you belong in Mayberry then you will receive awesome service! However, if you are just passing through or happen to have a designer shades or a handbag expect to be treated like an alien! There is no southern hospitality to strangers at this diner!

It’s the best and probably last place you can have a GREAT little breakfast at a modest price here in town or at least on the north side.
And definitely, it’s the place to be if your a retiree!!!

The best Home Cooked meals you will find anywhere. They have an excellent selection Too many items to list. Great service and great Diner like atmosphere. You get lot’s of food and it is always hot and tasty.

I spent seven years living in Evansville, Indiana and just about every weekend from the time I was 6 until I was almost 15, we went to Merry Go Round for breakfast or dinner. It’s nothing fancy, but they serve some of the best food around. When my sister and I went back to Indiana after 7 years away (having moved to Tucson, Arizona with our parents in 2001), we made sure to stop in at the Merry Go Round. It brought back childhood memories and we both ordered some of our old favorites. A grilled chese and fries for me with a cup of navy bean soup and a bowl of chili and a hamburger for her with coffee. All for under $ 15 (including the small price for switching fries for chips on the sandwiches). I’m not kidding, this place is really good. Make sure to stop in if you’re ever in Evansville.