Ole's Diner

18 N Austin Ave, Sugar City
(208) 359-9559

Recent Reviews

Glenn Stimpson

It's nice to have small restaurants like this in the community. It's a nice change from the typical fast food restaurants. The service was a little slow, but they seemed to be short staffed like everyone else. I got the Hickory Bacon Cheeseburger, and my wife got a Double Bacon Cheeseburger with fries. They were both very delicious meals. The pieces have gone up, so expect prices higher than when you go in.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger

Blaze Eckman

Short version:This is a small local place with high prices and decent but low quality service with higher than average wait times for your food, and while the food is good, there could definitely be improvements made with some evaluation of training and operating procedures.Long version:We came here for an early dinner and had an interesting experience. We ordered two burgers, mozzarella sticks, and a milkshake. The menu was just a billboard style with no descriptions. Most of it was self explanatory but there were some special options that you’d have to ask what they were to know.Total was around $42 which is high for what it was, but it’s a small local place so we weren’t expecting much different, you’ve got to cover your costs. We paid cash and had to wait for three or four minutes while they went in the back and got some change, not a big deal but an additional wait time.Once we got seated our mozzarella sticks came out in a regular amount of time for an appetizer, they tasted good but were more soft than crispy. Soon after we finished those we got our first burger with Tator tots and were told the milkshake would be out in a little bit. At this point we’d been here for about 20 minutes, not too bad of a wait time from order to getting our food.The burger was pretty good, decided to risk one of the unknown menu items called the single bypass, turns out it was a burger with an egg, bacon, and ham along with other classic burger toppings. The Tator tots were dark and very crispy, far more fried than our mozzarella sticks had been. My personal preference would have been a split difference between the two cooking times, but that’s just me.At this point I was curious because they mentioned the shake but not the other burger we had ordered. So we waited until we got the milkshake five minutes or so later. I asked about the other burger and the nice girl helping us looked really confused and said she’d go check on it.Now, this establishment is very small and has about 7 tables and a diner bar, so we were only about 20 feet from where the cooks were in the back. I could hear them discussing the missing burger and how it must have been made as an incorrect style that was then given to another customer who had ordered that option, so the correct burger for our order was never made. They decided to go ahead and remake our burger. I had overheard this and knew what was going on but no one came and said anything to us. At this point we’d been here about 30 minutes and split the one burger we had and ate it while we waited for anyone to come and talk to us about the other burger.We waited. And waited. And waited. At the point we’d been there about 55 minutes the nice girl who brought our first burger came and asked us if we’d ever gotten our other burger. I replied that no, we hadn’t. She then at this point told us the story of what had happened and gave a brief apology and said it would be out soon. It took another 10 minutes to get out to us, and when it finally came we just took it to go and left.Evidently it takes about 25-30 minutes to get each order of burger and Tator tots ready here, so be aware of that when you dine.Parking: There are a few parking spots in front of this place on the street

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

DJ Barney

The Food is great. still has the old dinner feel to it. It is a great family business.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marie Forte

Awesome food, awesome atmosphere, great prices and staff. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Basket of Fries Tots, Tater Tots, Cheeseburger, Fish Sandwich, Double Bacon Cheeseburger, Hamburger, Cheeseburger with Tots

Kelly Hansen

Wow ...if you have never went to this place it's a must...yummy cheese burger & home made Fry's probably grown right in sugar city..Best cheese burger I have had in

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger with Fries, Single Bypass, Steak Fingers, Basket of Fries Tots, Philly Cheese Steak, Basket of Onion Rings, Mushroom Swiss Burger, Cheeseburger, Deep Fried Mushrooms, Fresh Cut Fries, Chicken Sandwich, Hamburger

Cory Gardner

Just depends on who is cooking, I always order the same thing. (finger steaks) sometimes there very overdone, sometimes they are perfect. they are a bit pricey for menu items so I would expect them to be cooked perfect Everytime.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Tommy Palmer

One of the best burgers I've had. Great service and hospitality!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger, Triple Bypass, Fresh Cut Fries, Double Bacon Cheeseburger, Hamburger

R. Niemi

Highly, highly recommend the hamburgers, hot wings and fries!!!! Delicious thick meat with char on hamburger, fries are homemade... Skip the big city options and checkout this gem in Sugar City Idaho!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tater Tots, Mushroom Swiss Burger, Fresh Cut Fries, Hamburger

Lyla M.

I was absolutely starving when I ate here so idk if it was better because of it, but either way it was kinda gross overall. My food was ok and I ate a lot cuz I was hungry, but even the fries were bleh. I wouldnt eat there again but if i was starving and there were no other options i wouldnt mind.

Lisa M.

Fresh, thick burgers and yummy onion rings! Don't be in a hurry... but it's worth the wait.

Moki Jensen

Took over an hour to get our food. We called in and they said it would only be 15-20 minutes. Kids were running and screaming around the store. And workers were talking family instead of helping getting food done.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Riley Bradshaw

A great local spot for solid, "home town" burger and milkshake.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tater Tots, Fresh Cut Fries

Steve Earl - N7SGE Idaho Falls, ID

Burgers were great tots great frys were burnt. 38 min wait from order to

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Thomas Schlosser

Burgers were great! Lots of cool pics of local history on the walls.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger with Fries, Cheeseburger

Joseph P Anthony

Went for a simple burger and they forgot my order.....30 minutes later..."we're working on it"....place was NOT busy.... I said refund my money I'll go elsewhere.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

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