Carnival Delights

Knoxville, IL · Family restaurant

Rating
4.2/5
★★★★☆ 4.2
Reviews
20
Rank in Knoxville
#6
of 9 restaurants
City Percentile
25%
rating percentile
Address
Carnival Delights, 234 E Main St, Knoxville, IL 61448
Phone
(309) 351-5865
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

Carnival Delights is a restaurant located in Knoxville, IL. It is one of 9 restaurants listed in Knoxville. Its 4.2-star rating is above the Knoxville city average of 4.0 stars. It ranks #6 of 9 restaurants in Knoxville. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Carnival Delights

Welcome to Carnival Delights, a charming family restaurant located in Knoxville, IL. Established in 2024, Carnival Delights offers a delightful array of carnival-inspired treats such as corn dogs, deep fried snickers, deep fried Twinkies, Elephant... More

Hours

Saturday11 AM–7 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 cheryl · Apr 2025

Food is delicious. So many delicious items to choose from. The Italian beef is my favorite. Staff is friendly. Love the theme. Only thing I could critique was if an order is to go and someone wants ketchup and mustard on a sandwich either put it on or put packets in the bag. Or let the customer know they need to grab some.

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 Emily D · Jun 2025

Cute, unique and an option in a very small town (that has minimal options). Despite this none of us were impressed and left underwhelmed. The good: funnel cake, burger and fries, and onion rings were tasty (and made to order). Burger was more of a smash/thin burger, but good. The lemonade shakeup was good, but overpriced in my opinion. If you get entree and drink, bill adds up quick! The bad: corn dog was hot, but breading was soggy and very thin. I like thin, but this was very minimal to where you didn't get the bite/little crunch you do when I think of a carnival corn dog. Maybe this is why it was soggy? Personally, I was really turned off with no complimentry water. Ok, fine, but TWO DOLLARS in Knoxville, IL? It's a regular cheap bottled water, that should be a dollar. I recall it wa

★★★★★ 5.0 Maureen VanBrooker · Feb 2025

We drove one hour to get here. 1st Dining experience. Wow! What an awesome lunch. Everything, from the time we walked in to the time we left was absolutely wonderful. We were greeted with smiles and energy! This is a family owned business and you can tell they sure do love it! We brought in our granddaughter for her 7th bday. She missed out on her birthday cone because she wanted cotton candy instead. There were 4 adults and 1 child in our group. There was an assortment of tables, benches and chairs to choose from. Semi busy lunch rush. We had a big order of a Garza Tenderloin Sandwich w/Cheese Fries, Smashed Burger w/ Fries, Sloppy Joe w/ pretzel, Cheeseburger w/ Fries, a Giant Knoxville Dog w/ Tots and Fried oreos. Now... I normally take pics of all the food, but three were dug straigh

★★★★★ 5.0 Katy Rose · Mar 2025

Great little place to get your cravings fix! We tried carmel apple funnel cake, a stores funnel cake, the Knoxville dog. Fries and onion rings and a tenderloin. For all of it was around $60. We will come back again soon!

★★★★★ 5.0 Aaron · Apr 2025

Fun place with Carnival/Circus vibe. Smashburger and fries were $13 with generous portions. Burger was cooked perfect! My son loved it and we will be back to sample the other goodies like funnel cakes, ice cream, corn dogs and the Phil Garza named sandwich!

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot

Services

Family restaurantIce cream shop

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