Best Casual Restaurants in South Bend

Actually tried to send the following public note to Rohr's. However, after writing the note (see below) the website screen would NOT allow me to click on Next. Only way I could get it to turn red/be usable was to write in this space. * Our server was excellent! * We question the choice of "background" music and its type for a restaurant such as Rohr's. Although my hearing is so poor, I could not hear it, my guest has excellent hearing. She found the volume and choice of music annoying and asked to have the volume reduced, which it was. And actually my guests last week had the same comments but did not ask to have volume reduced. A comment to consider? Management's choice.

Probably my new favorite restaurant in South Bend. Great location, right on the river, walking distance to the Morris, and with a spacious (and unexpected) parking lot. Food was great. We had: - Complimentary bread was excellent, served with warm whipped butter. - Oysters were pretty much what you expect, with an excellent cocktail sauce. - Wedge salad was overall very good, and the bacon absolutely outstanding. - Buratta "salad" was essentially bruschetta, and was excellent. - Grilled lobster frites -- lobster was excellently cooked, and fries were perfectly salted and very crisp. -- A5 Myazaki wagyu ribeye cap -- this is the best deal on the menu. $40-60/oz at other places, and $19/oz here, the best deal you'll ever get; it was lightly salted and simply seared -- impossible to screw up, and the best steak I've ever had. -- Mashed potatoes were very high quality, very buttery. -- Chocolate layered cake was delicious, and all the desserts are prepared in-house by the pastry chef. Overall a fabulous dining experience, up to the standard of more expensive restaurants in much larger cities.

Great post-basketball game experience. Jessie provided excellent service.

We love dining at Carmela's. The food is wonderful and service is outstanding. A friendly and welcoming setting for the two of us and also welcoming for the larger group that was there.

We really liked the environment, but the band upstairs was super loud, which was weird considering so many people were just having dinner. Definitely need to turn down the amps on the live music, but the food and service was very good!