Things to Do in Iowa City, IA

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🍽️Best Restaurants in Iowa City

Top-rated restaurants based on visitor reviews

1.

Coral Ridge Mall Food Court

2.

Mellow Mushroom

3.

Oyama Sushi

4.

Applebee's

5.

Buffalo Wild Wings

6.

China Star

7.

Iowa River Power

8.

Vesta

9.

Quinton's Bar & Deli

10.

Basta

11.

Los Agaves

12.

Thai Spice

13.

Thai Flavors

14.

Burge Market Place

15.

Mesa 503

☕Best Cafés & Coffee in Iowa City

Top-rated cafés & coffee based on visitor reviews

1.

Java House

2.

Starbucks

3.

Heirloom Salad Company

4.

Java House Coffee

5.

Deluxe Cakes and Pastries

6.

Fair Grounds

7.

Midnight Coffee

8.

The Encounter Cafe

9.

Power Cafe

10.

EMRB Cafe

11.

Fire Up Late Night Grill

12.

Food For Thought Cafe

13.

Pat's Diner

14.

Pat's Too

15.

River Room Cafe

🍸Best Bars & Nightlife in Iowa City

Top-rated bars & nightlife based on visitor reviews

1.

Dublin Undergound

2.

Flanagan's

3.

Brothers Bar and Grill

4.

Otis' Tailgators

5.

DC's

6.

Pints

7.

Shakespeare's Pub and Grill

8.

Pat and Fran's Irish Pub

🍺Best Breweries in Iowa City

Top-rated breweries based on visitor reviews

1.

Reunion Brewery

🎡Best Attractions in Iowa City

Top-rated attractions based on visitor reviews

1.

Old Capitol

2.

Stanley Museum of Art

📍Best Fast_food in Iowa City

Top-rated fast_food based on visitor reviews

1.

Raising Cane's

2.

Panera Bread

3.

McDonald's

4.

Chipotle

5.

Jimmy John's

6.

Chick-fil-A

7.

Snack Shack

8.

Dunkin'

9.

Tiki Tacos 'n Burgers 'n Wings

10.

Pita Pit

11.

Papa Murphy's

12.

Subway

13.

Milio's

14.

Donutland

15.

Bruegger's Bagels

📍Best Hotel in Iowa City

Top-rated hotel based on visitor reviews

1.

Travelodge

2.

Iowa House Hotel

3.

Hilton hotelVetro Iowa City

4.

Hilton Garden Inn Iowa City Downtown University

5.

Marriott Element Iowa City

6.

WoodSpring Suites

7.

Holiday Inn Express

8.

Comfort Suites

9.

SureStay

📍Best Dessert in Iowa City

Top-rated dessert based on visitor reviews

1.

Heyn's Ice Cream

2.

Aspen Leaf Frozen Yogurt

📍Best Gun_shop in Iowa City

Top-rated gun_shop based on visitor reviews

1.

Second Amendment Enterprises Llc

2.

Gobys Gun Repair

3.

Lehman Gunsmithing

4.

Iowa City Police Department

5.

M S Custom Gunsmithing

6.

Old Capitol Coins

7.

Cuykendall Engineering Co

8.

Fin & Feather Inc

📍Best Clinic in Iowa City

Top-rated clinic based on visitor reviews

1.

Free Medical Clinic

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