Went in for the Friday night fish fry. This is your typically Midwestern style fish fry. Service was very friendly & fast. Had ordered the cup of clam chowder to start off with but it seemed to be a bowl size although on the bill it was deemed cup size. Chowder didn't have much flavor to it at all. Just thick, white & creamy with a few pieces of clams. Not impressed have had much better. Before I could even complete eating my bowl of chowder my Friday night fish fry single serve ($7.99) arrived. It had 4 large pieces of fish with french fries (could have ordered baked potato or mashed) with a side of cole slaw & a roll. Fish was very fresh tasting & the batter was not greasy at all but the batter lacked flavor. Points for batter not being greasy as most places have greasy batter fried fish. Cole slaw lacked flavor as well. Seemed that it was just thinned out mayonnaise with cabbage. Tarter sauce could have used some thinning out as it was just mayonnaise with relish in it. Fries were soggy & cold & lacked salt. Salt wouldn't stick to them since they were cold. Didn't try the rolls since I already had enough starch on my plate they were soft though when I did touch one.
Although this review seems rather negative I am giving Peoria Cafe 3 stars based on service & the fact that the fish tasted extremely fresh, was not greasy & such a large portion. THe batter just needed a bit of seasoning & since I wenmt there primarily for the fish I think I would go back for the fish again but next time I would get a baked potato.