The Great American Diner & Pub

Fun place reliable diner food. Small bar area which is a nice suprise. Friendly staff. Right on route 1 near I95. Nothing awesome but very nice

This place has rats and gave my friend AIDS. She ate the pancakes and literally started vomiting at the table. I also used to work there and I think it may be moonlighting as an underground nazi club trying to start the 4^th reich.
AVOID AG ALL COST

This is my first time here and I have to say it’s not all that bad. They have a bar plus your typical diner menu. I get the same thing at every diner I go to, which is chicken salad and French onion soup. Call me crazy, but I judge how good a place is by how they make their French onion. Although, I was disappointed with my soup here, I would still come back again. It was a little too sweet for me, I like mine more on the saltier side. Overall, the service was great as well as the food.

Poor service. Waited for over 10 minutes to be acknowledged on a slow night. Owner told us someone would be over which never happened. As an owner, he might have given us some water while he figured out his service staff. We walked out.

Not a bad place for the price. It’s what you’d expect. Waitress was friendly and she continuously filled my coffee up… that’s half the battle. I visited the establishment on a Monday morning so it wasn’t that busy. Food was accurate to the pricing.

Great food great service. Haven’t had anything bad here and you can grab a cocktail!

Everyone needs to remember this is «diner» food so don’t expect it to taste like a 5 star restaurant meal. I love this place, sometimes the food is a hit or miss though. Some night my four layer cheese fries are amazing with so much bacon and chives, and then some nights theres no bacon or chives. Guess it depends on the cook. I always crave this place! Super yummy and GREAT portions for decent prices!

Five minutes and counting. Waiting for a waitress to approach the table in an empty diner 10pm on a Sunday… will update.

It’s taken a few trips to realize that the service has gone downhill. I used to go here with my friends in high school which was several years ago and it always seemed fine with no problems. Ever since I’ve gone here recently the last few times the service was not great, not terrible but definitely a little bit annoying periodically. There is often food missing from a dish or just something isn’t right every time I went. Today finally myself and my girlfriend went and ordered breakfast. She got some kind of bruschetta sandwich and somehow it had no tomato in it. I ordered a combo meal with an orange juice and they gave me a large orange juice accidentally when it should have been a small one for it to be included with the meal but the lady at the front with the wacky eyebrows would only give me half off even though it wasn’t my mistake that the waiter who was very nice brought out a larger orange juice and it seems very petty to make such a big deal out of it.
When I showed my receipt her she immediately said «oh well you must have ordered a drink before you order the food» She (lady at front desk) immediately assumed what I had done which wasn’t true at all, I ordered the drink as a combo with the meal which was included in the price (glass of O.J. Is $ 3 here BTW) — this is a very bad sign when eating at a restaurant. When you treat customers that way it’s going to benefit no one, people might get angry and not leave a tip and it’s unfair to the waitress and other staff.
I’m just glad I got out of there without becoming sick after eating the food. It’s usually just the very tip of the iceberg when you see these kind of problems so you can only imagine what is going on behind closed doors especially with food preparation. Will not be coming back again. It’s a really poor way to spend your time and money.

My boyfriend THREW UP after eating this place’s disgusting sh*t they call food.
He ordered a blitz thing or whatever breakfast crêpe thing filled with «soft cream cheese» which looked more like cottage cheese. I tried it, it was appalling.
I had eggs toast and bacon, the bacon was undercooked and so were the «homefries» which were like raw potatoes. on top of that, the service was horrible. we waited 45 minutes for our breakfast. Needless to say we will not be back here.

Diners are the best spot late at night to get Great sandwiches, Great breakfast or even to share a huge plate of fries. Great American Diner you need to have the Great removed from your name if the meal we received is now the norm.
My dining companion’s omelette wrap set the tone for the meal when it arrived and smelled like bad fish. Yikes ! Why didn’t we leave? I guess we wanted to think it would get better.
The waitress agreed it smelled bad and replaced it with a mediocre turkey club. The club was supposed to have guacamole but was in fact mayo with a dab of green.
I ordered gnocchi and didn’t expect anything homemade but did think it wouldn’t taste like soggy raw dough. They seemed to have a rough looking crowd at the small bar who knew not to order food.
We debated on bringing the leftovers home to the dog but decided we love him too much to expose him to this crap…(The dog drinks from the toilet)
The food was not eaten and we got our check and left. We will not be returning.

Before I write my review here is my disclaimer.
When I dine at diners my expectations are low, really low. Why because diners are just diners they give you some slop and are open ²⁴⁄₇. I also expect my server to either be some little old lady who has been hardened by the profession of being a server for all her life (poor thing-​honestly), or some high school aged kid or kid in their mid twenties who still trying to get his ish together… blah blah blah. Service and food are expected to be less than mediocre although the little old lady is usually great but when they are cranky beware but can you blame them… now onto the review
This place sucks because it’s a diner but wants to act more pretentious than a diner and I can’t stand that ish. Keep it true to yourself. The prices are higher than most diners and that doesn’t mean quality is better. I have had a better meal at old country buffet… hello! I had to laugh at my most recent dish, what was considered to be a fruit salsa garnish was a simple scoop of the good old fruit cup with large chunks of inedible fruit. They skimp on portions on some dishes and diners don’t usually do that. Their menu is big as hell like most diners but nothing to great to choose from. The best menu was the bar menu I had to get a lil tipsy so my taste buds could get a bit numb because the food is not appetizing! Service seems to always suck from forgetting things or forgetting your there or just not caring your there.

I have been here twice in the last week. I feel the wait service needs improvement. This time our bread was hard as a rock, where before it was hot and fresh. I asked for light sauce on my chicken parm, and got alot instead. I will say the portion sizes are big, more than enough for one person and the food is good though. I do recommend eating here but waiters/​waitress need to be more attentive and listen.

Great food. Pick anything on their menu it is great. The only complaint i would have is their breakfast is just so-​so… my family meets here for dinner around the holidays and we are never disappointed.

These stars are for the entire operation here, not just their food (which, to be honest, isn’t anything about 3 stars). There is no more welcoming place at 3am after working a 16 hour shift in the pouring rain than this place. It is ALWAYS open and the food is consistently good. Everything comes at a great price and the servers are all super nice.
The décor isn’t new, the food isn’t fancy and the place isn’t always spotless, but it’s incredibly warm and welcoming to so, so many people know. We always come here to support local business and I’m so happy we have it around.
If you’ve never tried a meal here, give it a shot after work. Get a cheap beer and their sandwiches or Mac and cheese bowls. Everything here is good and you will absolutely want to come back to.

After having eaten here, I now realize that their board of health record is rather alarming. Don’t take my word for it though, look it up for yourself.
I ate a few bites of the scrambled eggs and they did not taste like eggs, they had no flavor at all, this means that they use poor quality eggs. Their potatoes were inedible and their «rye» bread is 95% what. To top it off, the waitress had an attitude. This place is NOT great.

Went for breakfast and was what I expected — a typical NE diner with good breakfast and good portions. Service was great, food was good as well with good portions and well cooked. Will definitely go again when I am in the area.

Pretty good diner. Try the meatloaf, chips and dips, club sandwiches, roast turkey, or pancakes – all of these items are fantastic. This place also has above-​average Italian entrees (as far as diners are concerned).
Some dinners do lack finesse and flavor, such as the sirloin. The staff can also come across as rude and unconcerned. Generally, though, a quality diner!

The portobello sandwich had the smallest portobello mushroom in the world with roasted red peppers that where right out of the jar and frozen egg plant. With asparagus that was more like compost. If I could go into the kitchen and throw the good at the chef I would. Never again!

The Great American is what it is. The pancakes are really underrated here, they’re always so dense and rich and delicious. This place is an inexpensive way to release steam after a night out, or a trip back home from the city. Three AM has service as attentive as the afternoon shift.
And their coffee is seriously delicious.
That said, they really do not go out of their way to be helpful and sometimes you’re forgotten. The kids that run around Saturday and Sunday morning don’t always write everything down and more than usually lately my order’s been wrong. Sometimes I’m afraid to send it back, depending on who is at the till in the front.
Still, you get what you pay for. Cheap, fast, filling. Usually right?