We got a table quickly and it was busy, but we saw a few tables sit down after us and leave before we got our food. Once we got the food, it was perfectly okay. The hash browns were not good and everything was under seasoned. We won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Dizzie
If you want Hot Rod Diner, I'd highly recommend going 7 miles down the road to the Hot Rod Diner in Hilmar. My family and I went to this Turlock location for brunch, and everything overall was pretty subpar. All of the breakfasts were very filling, however the chicken tender lunch and the sampler platter was really dry. On top of that, after being asked if we'd like any sauce for our food, we were charged 25 cents for EACH of these tiny thimbles of sauce. I have no problem paying extra for something, but a full sized sampler platter and a chicken tender lunch should come with just a little bit more than maybe 3 Tbsp of ranch, blue cheese, buffalo sauce, etc. especially considering the price of the food compared to the quality of the food.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
leonardo ramirez
The best of the best excellent
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vioryny V
Great breakfast!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
thebeatmuse
Service was too slow. Food was decent. Kind of fun
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
James Allinen
In town for work and wanted a non cookie cutter place to have lunch. We found this little gem of a cafe and definitely will come back. Cool hot rod atmosphere. Nothing Vegas like but better than sitting in your local McD’
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Sandwich
jeff horan
Fun 50's 60's themed diner with great food and friendly servers!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Scrambled Eggs, Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs, Gravy, Country Fried Steak, Fried
Tracy Cook
Food here is usually good. Called to place a to go order and was placed on hold for close to 10 minutes. Ended up hanging up and going some place else. Guess they don't need the business.
Service: 1
Tim Stewart
Ored soup got it a few seconds after my dinner plate ,just about to take a spoon full of soup when I see a black dot,so for me to see I had to put my glasses on, and my thoughts were right.the reason I was thinking flys is because of the flys flying around my head as I was waiting for my plate .I show the waitress the fly in my soup,and she asked if I'd like another soup or salad,that's when I had enough of Hot Rods .ya I love another bowl of fly soup,
Annie Vang Machado
Great place to eat. The whole family loves the menu especially my more picky eater.Kid-friendliness: I always have my toddler with me and we all have a good experience.
We have been here many times and normally enjoy it....but today was the worst service experience ever! Complete chaos everyone trying to do other people's job...literaly walking in circles... didn't ever know who our actual server was..no menus for 30 minutes...Asked 4 different people 4 creamer...all forgot... got our food and had to wait several minutes for silverware...food was cold and I never got the rest of my order...no TP in the dirty restroom....and all that and waiting almost 2 hrs for our food... not sure who is training the staff or if anyone is at all. Unfortunately we will not be back to this location.
Service: 1
norma fernandez
You all have always given me a good experience, except on my birthday 9/25/2023 our waitress was not friendly and was rude ...I'm going to still keep going cause hopefully she won't be our waitress ever .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak
Truckrr Trent
Crowded, but fast service. My coffee cup was never empty. Great prices. Wonderful.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heather Rojas
Unfortunately the food was very salty. I think someone put salt in the pepper shaker. And the server was just as salty, never a smile it was like we were an inconvenience to her.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Elle Eastwood
Starting with the positives - atmosphere of this place seemed pretty good, looks like an old diner which we liked as we are not from America and loved the music playing inside and outside! Unfortunately the food was pretty bad, the chicken tenders and chips were very dry and the hot dog with chilli was scary to look at. Being English and too polite for our own good, we nodded when asked if everything was ok (maybe everything is ok for American standards?) but then didn’t tip. When walking out our waitress shouted to have a good afternoon and thanked us for tipping! Didn’t really appreciate the sarcasm - sorry it’s because your food was horrific! All in all, the worst food we had on our 3 week road trip.
We got a table quickly and it was busy, but we saw a few tables sit down after us and leave before we got our food. Once we got the food, it was perfectly okay. The hash browns were not good and everything was under seasoned. We won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
If you want Hot Rod Diner, I'd highly recommend going 7 miles down the road to the Hot Rod Diner in Hilmar. My family and I went to this Turlock location for brunch, and everything overall was pretty subpar. All of the breakfasts were very filling, however the chicken tender lunch and the sampler platter was really dry. On top of that, after being asked if we'd like any sauce for our food, we were charged 25 cents for EACH of these tiny thimbles of sauce. I have no problem paying extra for something, but a full sized sampler platter and a chicken tender lunch should come with just a little bit more than maybe 3 Tbsp of ranch, blue cheese, buffalo sauce, etc. especially considering the price of the food compared to the quality of the food.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
The best of the best excellent
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great breakfast!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Service was too slow. Food was decent. Kind of fun
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
In town for work and wanted a non cookie cutter place to have lunch. We found this little gem of a cafe and definitely will come back. Cool hot rod atmosphere. Nothing Vegas like but better than sitting in your local McD’
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Sandwich
Fun 50's 60's themed diner with great food and friendly servers!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Scrambled Eggs, Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs, Gravy, Country Fried Steak, Fried
Food here is usually good. Called to place a to go order and was placed on hold for close to 10 minutes. Ended up hanging up and going some place else. Guess they don't need the business.
Service: 1
Ored soup got it a few seconds after my dinner plate ,just about to take a spoon full of soup when I see a black dot,so for me to see I had to put my glasses on, and my thoughts were right.the reason I was thinking flys is because of the flys flying around my head as I was waiting for my plate .I show the waitress the fly in my soup,and she asked if I'd like another soup or salad,that's when I had enough of Hot Rods .ya I love another bowl of fly soup,
Great place to eat. The whole family loves the menu especially my more picky eater.Kid-friendliness: I always have my toddler with me and we all have a good experience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
We have been here many times and normally enjoy it....but today was the worst service experience ever! Complete chaos everyone trying to do other people's job...literaly walking in circles... didn't ever know who our actual server was..no menus for 30 minutes...Asked 4 different people 4 creamer...all forgot... got our food and had to wait several minutes for silverware...food was cold and I never got the rest of my order...no TP in the dirty restroom....and all that and waiting almost 2 hrs for our food... not sure who is training the staff or if anyone is at all. Unfortunately we will not be back to this location.
Service: 1
You all have always given me a good experience, except on my birthday 9/25/2023 our waitress was not friendly and was rude ...I'm going to still keep going cause hopefully she won't be our waitress ever .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak
Crowded, but fast service. My coffee cup was never empty. Great prices. Wonderful.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unfortunately the food was very salty. I think someone put salt in the pepper shaker. And the server was just as salty, never a smile it was like we were an inconvenience to her.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Starting with the positives - atmosphere of this place seemed pretty good, looks like an old diner which we liked as we are not from America and loved the music playing inside and outside! Unfortunately the food was pretty bad, the chicken tenders and chips were very dry and the hot dog with chilli was scary to look at. Being English and too polite for our own good, we nodded when asked if everything was ok (maybe everything is ok for American standards?) but then didn’t tip. When walking out our waitress shouted to have a good afternoon and thanked us for tipping! Didn’t really appreciate the sarcasm - sorry it’s because your food was horrific! All in all, the worst food we had on our 3 week road trip.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2