Englewood Diner

I can’t believe this diner was able to successfully make all the food taste horrendous!
The service is normal like any diner but seriously the food was just atrocious. How do you screw up a veggie burger? Take a look at this pathetic attempt at a veggie burger and the fries as so gross !!!

If I could give 0 stars I would. Not only was the service horrific but the food tastes disgusting, the coffee was like water and the eggs were burnt to a crisp! I have no idea how this place is even still open!!! They need to be shut down. Also, just a side not… The ketchup wasn’t even Heinz… But they had it in Heinz bottles. Imposters.

This place is a disaster. Terrible food, terrible service, not clean at all. The list can go on and on. I came here with a buddy of mine last week and we ordered mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, and chicken wrap. The sticks and fingers were microwaved and still half frozen. I really think this place should close down.

Stopped by the Englewood Diner before reading any reviews. We walked in and the place was half empty. If blue is not your favorite color, turn around and leave. Everything is blue. and I mean EVERYTHING. First clue. My grandson’s iced tea had a terrible taste. How do you mess up iced tea? The food was mediocre. Hot pastrami sandwich was luke warm on cold bread. The French fries were also luke warm. The side of cole slaw was tiny… hardly enough to for 1 fork full. Grandson #1 ordered wings. He got 3 pieces of chicken, 1 small leg and 2 unidentifiable pieces. They were crisply fried and he reported they were good. Grandson #2 ordered a cheese steak thinking he would was ordering a Philly cheesesteak, but got a roll with steak and cheese… not what he expected. The winner on the food selections was my husband who got the grilled cheese deluxe, which he reported was very good.
I think the bathrooms in a restaurant say a lot. The urinal in the men’s’ room was out of order and the toilet wouldn’t flush. The ladies’ room had no hot water. I wonder how employees wash their hands after using the bathroom?
On a positive note, our waitress was very nice and helpful. The problem, I believe, is in the kitchen, as we waited a long time for our food.
With all the excellent diners I the area, I’m not sure how they stay open. I you’re looking for excellent diner food, this is not the place to go.

Truly the worst diner ever. Not wanting to wait in line at IHOP down the street, my friend suggested we try this disgusting place, as there didn’t seem to be a line… which I thought was strange for a Sunday morning, when diners usually have lines out the door. One step inside this dump and I knew why the parking lot – and dining room – were practically empty.
First off, the entire interior is baby blue. Booths, counters, chairs, walls, floors, ceilings – all baby blue. I realize diners generally aren’t known for their fine décor, but this was beyond tasteless, as was their food, which I’ll get to in a moment.
As we were led to our (baby blue) table, we noticed a few things right away: there were only about 6 customers none of whom had food in front of them, there was no music playing which created a weird quiet that made people speak in hushed tones so others couldn’t hear their conversations, and the air was so stuffy and hot that even my friend, who is always complaining about being cold, commented on how uncomfortably hot the place was.
We sat there for a few minutes before anyone came to our table, during which time a table near ours received their food and immediately sent it all back, got up and walked out, grumbling about being made to wait 30 minutes for «a couple of plates of crap.»
Here’s where an already weird experience got even weirder. When our server finally came to our table, she not only had her 9-​year-​old daughter with her (I know she was 9 because my friend asked her), but she made the little girl wait on us! The adult server was not doing this because she thought we’d find it cute to be waited on by her young child. She was actually training her 9-​year-​old kid to wait tables there. Made her take our drink orders, then pour and bring us a couple of cups of (lukewarm) coffee. Keep in mind the place was empty, so her mother wasn’t putting her to work out of desperation for another set of hands to help with some kind of lunch rush, as the only rush happening there was people rushing for the door to leave. No, this woman was making her underage child work in a diner. Aren’t there laws against this? Not only is it probably illegal to make a little kid wait tables, but it makes for a really crappy service experience for paying customers.
Now, about the food… it was nauseating. We ordered easy diner breakfasts… scrambled eggs and sausage and toast… and after waiting half an hour for it to finally arrive, all of it was either overcooked, undercooked or just plain gross. Like the couple who left earlier, we got up and made a beeline for the door. I think a lot of people just get up and leave that place. My question is: how the heck do they stay in business?
BTW, after we escaped that crap shack, we drove 10 minutes to the Plaza Diner in Fort Lee and enjoyed a delicious breakfast, snappy service and free valet parking… and their prices are exactly the same as that nasty, baby blue, child-​labor-​law-​breaking Englewood Diner.

I wish I’d read the reviews before eating here!
Service was good but the Lumber Jack Breakfast I ordered tasted like dish water.
The coffee was too strong and horrible.
I feel ripped off when all I wanted was a nice, old fashion Greek diner kind of breakfast.
Yuch!

I had a lot of expectation for the diner with the name of the city. As a new mover to the city, I thought this would be a place I might stop by from time to time for a decent comfort food. Well, doesn’t look like that is gonna happen.
When we went in there was only one table filled up on a Sunday brunch. The service was a little slow. We ordered omellet and something else. They were very bland literally. Toast were soggy with butter. It has been a long time to do it, but neither of us could finish the dish because it was tasteless.
At least people working there were adequate. It has a chance to be «the diner» for the city, but it is a bummer that I just don’t see it happening unless something dramatically changes in this restaurant.

Late at night perhaps once a month, just before approaching the George Washington Bridge, I stop by Englewood Diner for good, piping hot breakfast. Tonight I had three eggs poached, on small mound corned beef hash, topped with 1 ½ tablespoon hollondaise and fresh chives. Except for a hint of too much lemon juice in the sauce, it was good and satisfying. Most of the time, though, I order from the menu. I find the staff consistently attentive and hospitable. Every now and again, I want to order what I would for a late night meal. This diner continues to please.

My experience here was absolutely horrible
1. Found a piece of paper in my coffee
2. The mushroom omlette was so soggy and tasteless
3. Other omellete the seasons were undercooked.
4. Food is overpriced.
5. Service start off good then gradually goes to being rude and abrupt.
6. Waffle was undercooked and tasted like spam
Absolutely horrible. No stars deserved

The food was mediocre. Not bad nor good. I understand why everyone is complaining now after i tried the place myself… The waitress doesnt even know whats in the menu.

i don’t think this place deserves 1 star, nor do i think it deserves 3. but the fried chicken, rice and beans were really good my 1^st time here.
my bro and i had breakfast there today. my shrimp mifongo was ok. and you can’t really judge a place by my bro’s eggs and corned beef hash (which were also ok).
not great. but more than 1 star.

horrible horrible horrible! don’t waste your time people!!! disgusting greasy food that gave me food poisoning! never ever again!

This place is not bad, its actually sad. Sad empty tables, sad mushy noodle soup, sad cold fries, sad greasy panini. The wait staff was nice though. I feel sad for them.

This place is the worst place I have ever eaten. I truly hope this place burns down so no one else has to endure the instant mash potatoes, the mushy wraps, and bland and oily fries. I just ate there 1 hour ago, and am scared of what will come out of me in a bit… pray for me.
Where is chef Ramsey when you need him?

I have only ordered from here a handful of times and each time it took forever to recieve the food and we are litterally only 5 mins away if that. Each time I’ve recieved my food it was cold. I usually get breakfast sausage and an order of grits with extra cheese both times it was ice cold and I had to reheat it. The delivery guys comes by bicycle and I always feel bad for him because he rides that bike rain or shine. I wish they could step up their service a little better because clearly by these reviews the public isn’t happy.

The only good thing about this place is that it was so hilariously awful that I couldn’t wait to get home and review it.
I was with 7 family members in New Jersey for my grandfather’s unveiling. We were the only people in the diner. Literally.
The ordering process took awhile, and the waitress could not seem to answer basic questions about the menu. Then the procession began.
45 (!) minutes after ordering, the waitress came over with two shot glasses filled with butter, put them on the table, and walked away. Alrighty. A few minutes later, she brought out three dishes and gave them to the wrong people. They included bad pancakes, disgusting pesto sauce made from oregano and parsley, instead of basil (?) and cold french fries.
After a good ten minute gap, the rest of my family got their meals, with the exception of a missing pancake order that came 15 minutes after everyone was done.
We had to ask for the check three times before getting it. I am totally sympathetic to the delay, seeing as a second party of two had since entered the restaurant.
I think we could have gotten better service at the cemetery.

Seriously bad, they tried to give my son raw sausage. The bottle of hot sauce they gave me was expired. Home fries were cold and burnt. I’m not a fan of IHOP but if you are in the area, please go there instead.

Loud annoying music, nasty coffee and ultra mediocre food. Service weak. Next!

The first indicator should have been the flies hanging around the table. Still in all we decided to give this diner a shot. Huge mistake. The service was mediocre, but the wait for the food was unacceptable. Now I am the half glass full type of person so naturally I am doing my best to convince my family that it would be well worth the wait. Boy was I wrong, not only did we wait for almost an hour for ham and eggs, a montecristo (which consisted of old meat and smothered with cheese in an open faced style??) bacon and grilled cheese and an order of chicken fingers; the food was disgusting. They should really think about hiring a new cook. The eggs were cooked in the same grease as the ham, sometimes that works but not in this case and to add insult to injury they overcharged on items when we should have received some kind of adjustment just for the wait.
I would not recommend this diner to even those I don’t like very much.

I grew up in New Jersey. I have eaten at a lot of diners. Seriously, a lot. I do not, then, take it lightly when I say this is the worst diner I have ever had the displeasure of patronizing. First of all, the service was abysmal. We were a table of 8 (7 adults and one toddler), so I would normally make allowances for the difficulty in serving such a large group. However, we were literally the only people in the place. Still, it took over an hour to get the first bite of food (unless you count two enormous slabs of butter, inexplicably served in shot glasses). Before we ordered, a couple of people asked the waitress to explain a couple of menu items with non-​obvious names and no descriptions (seriously, what is in the Funky Panini?) and got no answer beyond a shrug. When it was time to leave, it took another 15 minutes to get the check, despite still being the only patrons.
When the food finally did come, it was in no way worth the wait. The orders ranged from a Monte Cristo to a Reuben to a Vegetable Wrap and ranged from generally mushy and tasteless to awful. They even screwed up pancakes. Who screws up pancakes? The topper, for me, were the unsalted, mushy, greasy french fries. By the end of the meal, I was waiting for Robert Irvine to come out and tell me we were eating the «before» meal on an episode of Restaurant Impossible.
This was truly an awful dining experience, and one I would enthusiastically recommend to someone I really hated.