Charlie’s At Sunset Cove is a fabulous restaurant set along side the Illinois River. Offering some of the best atmosphere and food around. Try one of our amazing pizzas, or stop in for a full menu of delicious meals and daily specials. Stop by with friends, Light up a camp fire and enjoy the evening! Boat rentals and primitive camping are also available during summer hours.
Based on 175 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
1111 Sunset Dr, East Peoria, IL 61611
Phone: (309) 822-1800
Hours
| Sunday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–12 AM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–12 AM |
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Reviews
Sally EVANS
First-time here. Great selections of beers and drinks. Started with the Gouda bites. Hot, crispy and creamy inside. We both had the tenderloin with fries for husband and tots for me. Nice crispy crust on the tenderloin . Not too thick but not thin either! Fries and tots were crisp and hot. Good meal, service and atmosphere. Well worth the trip.
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Julie Williams
Waited over 20 min before a sever even come to our table! And barely seen her the whole time we was there! The food tasted great! For the food we did get! Got the ribeye special and the steak was cooked to perfection! But was supposed to come with mashed and a side but only got the mashed! The pizza was amazing! The pontoon burger was just ok! The chicken strips were just ok also! Fries and waffle fries (that we had to wait till we was done eating… and was told would be taken off our bill and was not) but they was good! Lemonade shake ups were good! And got meatzza rolls were delicious but only came with 2 feel could be more for the money! If it wasn’t for the food being so good I would say we would never return! But since the food was delicious will possibly try again see if maybe the service was just an off day!
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Katie Gallagher
Good experience overall. The views of the river were excellent. The food was delicious, but the menu lacked cohesiveness. The atmosphere was fun, but the music was too loud inside and on the patio. Our experience was especially pleasant because of the service Jaeden provided us!
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koko& leah
The staff was friendly. It’s a busy place, we took our 4 & 6yr olds with us and we sat outside. We got there around 4:30 and finished eating by the time it was really picking up. My hushpuppies weren’t cooked all the way through other than that food was delicious.
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Shyanne Thomas
We’ve heard a lot of great things about Charlie’s, but had the opposite experience. We arrived around 7:00pm and was told there was a 45 minute wait, so we decided to sit outside and wait for a table to open up. Once we got sat down, we saw it was super busy, but it took a little bit to get our menus, drinks, and food order placed. We didn’t get out two appetizers until almost an hour later along we our food an hour-hour and a half later. The amount of food you got for your appetizers compared to the cost didn’t seem right (very little for $8-$9). Our food wasn’t very good and we could tell our waitress was flustered but also had been drinking. For someone who’s in customer service, she wasn’t very professional with how she handled situations.
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Andi Butler
We stopped in after seeing an advertisement on facebook
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Jesmin Lundquist
In hindsight, trying this place out for the first time on st. Patrick’s day was probably not the smartest idea, but we ended up getting the last high top available so that was a nice surprise. We ordered cheddar bites and a chicken bacon ranch pizza. Both were delicious and felt worthy of the higher price tag.
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Teresa Plymale
Waitress was new and did a good job. Food was for some in our party of 6 good and others not so good. We got over charged on our bill for several drinks(which we should have checked before we paid). My husband stopped by and talked to the Owner yesterday and he said we did get over charged and told my husband here’s your money back and how about you don’t come back?!? How inappropriate for the Owner to tell a customer that!!! We had been there several times prior with no issues the food was great and told some people about it. We are very disappointed, won’t be recommending them and obviously won’t be back!! PS I didn’t know you could delete reviews what is the point in giving a review then?!?
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Sharon Sivers
Ordered nachos. They were very bland. My husband ordered a beer and we had 2 plastic glasses of water. Charged 1.50 for water. Asked waitress and she said she had to put it thru the bar. Said she was sorry but didn’t offer to take it off. We won’t be back. Left a lot to be desired!
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Holly Cihla
The food was standard bar fare, limited menu, but they are a new place. It was decent food and priced well. Food came quickly. We did feel that the fishbowl drink our group ordered was overpriced for the size. Our waitress was pretty good, and we sat on the back patio. The river view is what it is for this area. Not sure I want to drive this far out into East Peoria for this again. Should be good for those local though.
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