Charlotte's Kitchen

Altoona, IA · Fast food restaurant

Rating
4.2/5
★★★★☆ 4.2
Reviews
20
Rank in Altoona
#16
of 64 restaurants
City Percentile
59%
rating percentile
Address
Charlotte's Kitchen, 109 8th St SE, Altoona, IA 50009
Phone
(515) 513-0919
Website
charlotteskitchendsm.com
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

Charlotte's Kitchen is a restaurant located in Altoona, IA. It is one of 64 restaurants listed in Altoona. Its 4.2-star rating is above the Altoona city average of 3.9 stars. It ranks #16 of 64 restaurants in Altoona. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Charlotte's Kitchen

With love of food and a passion for creating, Michael and Robert started Charlotte’s Kitchen. Charlotte’s was inspired by Michael & Rob’s, Grandma Charlotte. Though she is only “technically” related to Michael, her unconditional love and compassion... More

Hours

Saturday11 AM–8 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 AsIowa · Jan 2026

I am so upset. This restaurant probably had the best food ive had in altoona in years. And when i went to go give it a great reveiw, i see people saying that the chicken is too oily even though they ordered nashville hot chicken that requires it to be coated in oil or that it is too dry and chik fil-a is better. I think that speaks to those reviewers’ poor palattes rather than Charlotte’s food. I thought this was the best chicken ive had since i moved away from Nashville. The brussel sprouts were incredibly seasoned and tasty when the places around here don’t care about vegetables. The chicken was actually seasoned and crispy, and the chicken sauce paired well. In a town where our best chicken came from Raising Canes, which has very dry chicken, Altoona should be lucky to have this place.

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Dale Roberson · Feb 2026

Many great experiences, but tonight ordered grilled chicken on mac & cheese with no hot sauce and char's sauce & pickles on the side. They repeated the order perfectly. Got home to breaded chicken drenched in hot sauce & pickles. Ended up throwing it out as too hot to eat.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Logan Kellogg · Oct 2025

Quite a disappointing experience. Ordered a #1 and the sandwich was incredibly dry. There were literally 3 dots of sauce on the entire sandwich. Very unlikely to come back.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 ashley b · Apr 2025

Spent $25 on 2 chicken sandwiches and a side of cheese curds at 5:30pm with only 1 car in front of me. There's literally a pile of grease in my basket and of course the sandwich is soaked with grease. Tried to eat around the part that wasn't dripping in grease and it's all breading, almost no chicken. Had to throw them away. Don't waste your money. Chick-fil-A is 100% a better option.

★★★★★ 5.0 Todd Hanrahan · Sep 2025

I had the four piece chicken tenders with fries. The fries were perfectly seasoned and the chicken tenders were definitely tender and excellent dipped in ranch dressing!

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot

Services

Fast food restaurant

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