Daily & weekly specials, great specials, lots of entries to choose from,very varied menu.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
n b
Order buy one get one free only received one dinner called and spoke with the owner he was horrible, needs training how to speak with people I promise you I'll never order or go there to eat .
Food: 3
Service: 1
Jennifer Cruz
I hate that I have to write this review because this diner has always been one of my family’s favorites — we’ve ordered from here weekly for a long time. Their buy-one-get-one-free catfish special has always been our go-to.
However, our most recent experience was extremely disappointing. I placed our usual order through DoorDash, but when it arrived, only one meal was included instead of two. The dasher explained that was all she was given. When I called the diner to clear things up, the owner got on the phone and immediately became rude. He told me I was “crying over fish” and said he was too busy to deal with me. When I mentioned reporting the issue to DoorDash, he said he didn’t care and that he had more important things to worry about.
I tried explaining that we’re loyal customers and that, as an owner, he should treat customers with more respect, but he told me to take it up with DoorDash and stop wasting his time.
Sadly, we will never order from here again — and yes, I did report the incident to DoorDash.
Food: 5
Service: 1
Melanie Ray
We loved the atmosphere. Service was excellent and food was delightful. We had a huge Bacon cheeseburger and a Hamburger steak with fried potatoes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Home Fries or Hash Browns, Hamburger, French Fries
Karen Williams
Very nice and the food is great...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Werner
It doesn't look like much from the outside, inside is old dinner vibes, a bit dark. The food was amazing and came out very fast. The best fried catfish I have ever had in a restaurant, my son loved his burger and wife had a BLT and ate the whole thing, which means it was good. Will return.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Peggy Ware
Great environment great food
Casual Explorer
Not sure about food quality as we stood for several minutes at the host stand which had a sign “Please To Be Seated” and no one came so we left. Hope this is a one time situation. Looks like an interesting place so will try again sometime and will update this review at that time.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jimmy Stan
Rarely do I give five Stars. Price is good the portions are large. I would recommend shepherd's pie or the all you can eat fish. Yhe old-time Diner offers the best in Comfort Foods. With a large menu selection. The atmosphere,is of course old-time Diner Style. It is handicap accessible, wheelchair, Walkers, canes, crutches. Plenty of parking, the owner is quite a character however he takes the ownership of his Eatery very serious. To describe it I would call it quaint and nostalgic the decor is Old vinyl records most of them autographed along with many other posters and signed by the artist I would be a myth not to mention that it's been an operation 80 years it was established in the late 1930s
They close at 8p.m. Lots of different closing times on the net. It's clean. Friendly staff. Hot delicious food. My hamburger was juicy, well done as ordered. Lettuce was fresh. Onion was awesome - sliced kind of thick just like I like it. Bacon was excellent. Cheese was melty. Cannot wait to go again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kevin Dunham
This place was actually amazing; it's like being on the set of Happy Days. It's good for the soul because you can cerebrally relax and remember a world before it went sideways, and everyone started getting offended at everything. Times when life was easier, right was right, and wrong was wrong, when evil was called that and corrected, not celebrated and given a trophy. You have a moment of rest, reflection, and good food, hopefully with good people.
k kkk
In my opinion this owner needs the doors to this establishment closed permanently, it honestly almost cost a customer his life! Seriously please don’t go here!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Stacy Whittingham
Today 8/19/2025 my husband and I went here for the first time! We had cheeseburgers and let me tell you…. We can’t wait to go back again! They were the BEST BURGERS WE EVER HAD!!! The onion rings and fries were fantastic also! The staff was just as amazing! It’s 20 out of 20 for us!!!! See yall soon!!
Kim Seeland Foley
Wow where to start! So I guess the main thing other than bad service is we were first verbally then physically attacked by the owner for asking for a box then told we were trying to steal from them! Whatever you do if you go here don't under any circumstances ask for a box !
My 73 yr old companion was physically knocked to the ground when trying to leave after being accused off stealing after being told we were taking advantage of him!
Let me explain. We made the mistake of ordering the catfish dinner (all you can eat) and after watching 2 waitresses try to take care of the entire restaurant alone (12 tables with 3 large parties during this time)and play hostess ,waitress, bus person and finally cashier with no help from said owner I might add! We ended up in the Trama center hospital in Ocala over a dinner here.
We received cold side items that were inedible. Warm milk in a chilled cold glass ,we could not even get refills on drinks or send cold items back, she never came back to check on us .(she was totally overwhelmed) finally after the 3rd time waving her down to get more fish and drinks, condiments etc she finally came back over with the fish and nothing else, so to save some time I asked her for the check and a to go box when she had a second when she brought us the fish. They had a singer starting so we were going to stay and listen while we waited for the fish to cool off. Up until this we had just had the bad service and bad sides but you deal with it we were not letting it ruin our dinner and night out! Anyway she said no about the box so we were surprised but said Ok. Honestly we didn't think much about it but after waiting for the fish to cool off( it was extremely hot) unlike the sides obviously it was freshly cooked and we were waiting to eat it the owner appeared at the table with a major attitude! Telling me I was taking advantage of him and his establishment and we were stealing!
I was totally taken aback and surprised at his behavior I mean how do you steal food when you haven't left or hid it etc? I mean I didn’t even have a purse or anything so how were we taking advantage? When I asked his name he got very angry telling me he was the owner and that is all that mattered and stared me down! I felt very uncomfortable at his demeanor towards me to say the least. He flat out refused to tell me his name. (Actually really weird!) This is when my companion stepped in to get his attention off me. He was just staring me down in a bad way !And he explained to him that he was crossing the line over this.
Now let me explain my companion is a 73 year old Va. veteran amputee with severe heart problems and PTSD and I am his VA appointed caregiver! He stood up on his prosthetic leg to protect me! He then told him he had no right to accuse us of this and that we were not stealing or taking advantage of them and would not be spoken to like this and before anything else bad happened we were going to leave. And wait for the police.We still had not received our bill or refills on drinks etc yet. This is when things went crazy!
As he is yelling that we are stealing and he is going to call the police we were trying to get away and flee from this very unstable man they end up at the door which the owner had locked one side and then was physically blocking the other side. Then the owner physically pushed then knocked him to the floor as he was trying to flee away from the assault we were under ! His PTSD was majorly kicking in now and he just wanted to get out! He would not let him out!
He bounced off the wall then hit the floor with his head bouncing I finally got to him! Some people offered help and got the owner off and away as I gave him his nitroglycerine pills and tried keeping him awake till the paramedics arrived!!!
Can you say nightmare? Horrible experience to say the least .He was taken by ambulance to the Leesburg Hospital and then medivact to the Trauma Center in Ocala!
If you honor your life at all don’t go here. We have had bad experiences here before but it was jus
Good eats
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Daily & weekly specials, great specials, lots of entries to choose from,very varied menu.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Order buy one get one free only received one dinner called and spoke with the owner he was horrible, needs training how to speak with people I promise you I'll never order or go there to eat .
Food: 3
Service: 1
I hate that I have to write this review because this diner has always been one of my family’s favorites — we’ve ordered from here weekly for a long time. Their buy-one-get-one-free catfish special has always been our go-to.
However, our most recent experience was extremely disappointing. I placed our usual order through DoorDash, but when it arrived, only one meal was included instead of two. The dasher explained that was all she was given. When I called the diner to clear things up, the owner got on the phone and immediately became rude. He told me I was “crying over fish” and said he was too busy to deal with me. When I mentioned reporting the issue to DoorDash, he said he didn’t care and that he had more important things to worry about.
I tried explaining that we’re loyal customers and that, as an owner, he should treat customers with more respect, but he told me to take it up with DoorDash and stop wasting his time.
Sadly, we will never order from here again — and yes, I did report the incident to DoorDash.
Food: 5
Service: 1
We loved the atmosphere. Service was excellent and food was delightful. We had a huge Bacon cheeseburger and a Hamburger steak with fried potatoes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Home Fries or Hash Browns, Hamburger, French Fries
Very nice and the food is great...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It doesn't look like much from the outside, inside is old dinner vibes, a bit dark. The food was amazing and came out very fast. The best fried catfish I have ever had in a restaurant, my son loved his burger and wife had a BLT and ate the whole thing, which means it was good. Will return.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great environment great food
Not sure about food quality as we stood for several minutes at the host stand which had a sign “Please To Be Seated” and no one came so we left. Hope this is a one time situation. Looks like an interesting place so will try again sometime and will update this review at that time.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Rarely do I give five Stars. Price is good the portions are large. I would recommend shepherd's pie or the all you can eat fish. Yhe old-time Diner offers the best in Comfort Foods. With a large menu selection. The atmosphere,is of course old-time Diner Style. It is handicap accessible, wheelchair, Walkers, canes, crutches. Plenty of parking, the owner is quite a character however he takes the ownership of his Eatery very serious. To describe it I would call it quaint and nostalgic the decor is Old vinyl records most of them autographed along with many other posters and signed by the artist I would be a myth not to mention that it's been an operation 80 years it was established in the late 1930s
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
They close at 8p.m. Lots of different closing times on the net. It's clean. Friendly staff. Hot delicious food. My hamburger was juicy, well done as ordered. Lettuce was fresh. Onion was awesome - sliced kind of thick just like I like it. Bacon was excellent. Cheese was melty. Cannot wait to go again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place was actually amazing; it's like being on the set of Happy Days. It's good for the soul because you can cerebrally relax and remember a world before it went sideways, and everyone started getting offended at everything. Times when life was easier, right was right, and wrong was wrong, when evil was called that and corrected, not celebrated and given a trophy. You have a moment of rest, reflection, and good food, hopefully with good people.
In my opinion this owner needs the doors to this establishment closed permanently, it honestly almost cost a customer his life!
Seriously please don’t go here!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Today 8/19/2025 my husband and I went here for the first time! We had cheeseburgers and let me tell you…. We can’t wait to go back again! They were the BEST BURGERS WE EVER HAD!!! The onion rings and fries were fantastic also! The staff was just as amazing! It’s 20 out of 20 for us!!!! See yall soon!!
Wow where to start! So I guess the main thing other than bad service is we were first verbally then physically attacked by the owner for asking for a box then told we were trying to steal from them! Whatever you do if you go here don't under any circumstances ask for a box ! My 73 yr old companion was physically knocked to the ground when trying to leave after being accused off stealing after being told we were taking advantage of him! Let me explain. We made the mistake of ordering the catfish dinner (all you can eat) and after watching 2 waitresses try to take care of the entire restaurant alone (12 tables with 3 large parties during this time)and play hostess ,waitress, bus person and finally cashier with no help from said owner I might add! We ended up in the Trama center hospital in Ocala over a dinner here. We received cold side items that were inedible. Warm milk in a chilled cold glass ,we could not even get refills on drinks or send cold items back, she never came back to check on us .(she was totally overwhelmed) finally after the 3rd time waving her down to get more fish and drinks, condiments etc she finally came back over with the fish and nothing else, so to save some time I asked her for the check and a to go box when she had a second when she brought us the fish. They had a singer starting so we were going to stay and listen while we waited for the fish to cool off. Up until this we had just had the bad service and bad sides but you deal with it we were not letting it ruin our dinner and night out! Anyway she said no about the box so we were surprised but said Ok. Honestly we didn't think much about it but after waiting for the fish to cool off( it was extremely hot) unlike the sides obviously it was freshly cooked and we were waiting to eat it the owner appeared at the table with a major attitude! Telling me I was taking advantage of him and his establishment and we were stealing! I was totally taken aback and surprised at his behavior I mean how do you steal food when you haven't left or hid it etc? I mean I didn’t even have a purse or anything so how were we taking advantage? When I asked his name he got very angry telling me he was the owner and that is all that mattered and stared me down! I felt very uncomfortable at his demeanor towards me to say the least. He flat out refused to tell me his name. (Actually really weird!) This is when my companion stepped in to get his attention off me. He was just staring me down in a bad way !And he explained to him that he was crossing the line over this. Now let me explain my companion is a 73 year old Va. veteran amputee with severe heart problems and PTSD and I am his VA appointed caregiver! He stood up on his prosthetic leg to protect me! He then told him he had no right to accuse us of this and that we were not stealing or taking advantage of them and would not be spoken to like this and before anything else bad happened we were going to leave. And wait for the police.We still had not received our bill or refills on drinks etc yet. This is when things went crazy! As he is yelling that we are stealing and he is going to call the police we were trying to get away and flee from this very unstable man they end up at the door which the owner had locked one side and then was physically blocking the other side. Then the owner physically pushed then knocked him to the floor as he was trying to flee away from the assault we were under ! His PTSD was majorly kicking in now and he just wanted to get out! He would not let him out! He bounced off the wall then hit the floor with his head bouncing I finally got to him! Some people offered help and got the owner off and away as I gave him his nitroglycerine pills and tried keeping him awake till the paramedics arrived!!! Can you say nightmare? Horrible experience to say the least .He was taken by ambulance to the Leesburg Hospital and then medivact to the Trauma Center in Ocala! If you honor your life at all don’t go here. We have had bad experiences here before but it was jus
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