Osteen Diner

We had a good experience here. Just passing through and never been before. Food was good and the staff was nice. Come for lunch on a Saturday.

My husband and I love to try new breakfast places and we always pass this diner on our way to new Smyrna beach. reviews weren’t great, but still wanted to come and see for ourselves. I’m glad we did! fastest service I have had for breakfast. food was out before I could take a sip of my coffee. meal was simple but good :)

Excellent down home food. 2^nd trip to this dinner. This time I got the blackened fish sandwich. I highly recommend it. The service was very good, attentive staff. Drinks were refilled quickly.

Horrible food! My husband and I own a contracting business and had long hours for many weeks in Osteen and had to be subjugated to this diner. I am convinced the only reason they are still in business is that they are the only eatery in Osteen! Due to the work we where doing there and bad home lunch planing we tried this place out many times, trying may dishes on different occasions hoping beyond hope that something would taste good. My husband was excited for the all you can eat catfish, the catfish was rubbery and slimy not good at all, another time I tried the omelet… they made it with American cheese yuck… one time I ordered chicken that was not cooked through. then I order taco salad which it seemed like they took tortilla chips and re-​fried them it was so greasy, this is to name a few of all the dishes we ordered, they were all consistently horrible. It seems that they practice extensive microwave cooking methods since I see rows of them in the cooking area, I am sure nothing is fresh, just –opened out of package then put in microwave– type «cooking.» If you like your food super greasy, under cooked, TV-​dinner type food then Osteen diner is your place of choice!

Our favorite place for breakfast! Always busy, but service is fast and food is exactly the same every time. That’s what we like when it comes to breakfast. Worth the 20 minute drive!

We are heading back tonight. Food and atmosphere are awesome. Great vibes. Good down home cooking at very reasonable prices.

We didn’t have to wait long at all for our food to arrive. The service here is quick! The food is pretty basic diner food and the sweet tea was delicious and refreshing. I say this diner is A-​ok I just wish the utensils would have been cleaner…3 out of the 4 utensils we were given to eat with appeared to be dirty 2 of our forks had what appeared to be crusted on old cheese and the other looked like it was just wiped off with a napkin…

Classic local county Diner. Good food. Good service. Small Zoo out back for the kids.
Located at the end of the new Gemini Bicycle Trail with a bike bridge over the road to within 100 yards of the Diner. Ride from Gemini Springs, along Lake Monroe, to the diner. Eat and drink. And ride back burning off more calories than you eat.
The ladies enjoyed their salads. The guys had a buffalo chicken wrap and a club sandwich to die for with turkey, ham, bacon, etc. What’s not too like?

I didn’t get a chance to check the Unilocal reviews to deterimine if I wanted to eat here. We were brought to the Osteen Diner by friends that live in the area.
The food is not good relative to the diner food we are used to eating.
The atmosphere was very local. There were a lot of local people in to listen to the blue grass entertainment.
Prices were average for what you got, but quantity doesn’t make up for quality which was lacking.

Loved the breakfast here!!! Definitely gonna be our new weekend breakfast spot. The traditional eggs and bacon meals are just so good it’s hard for me to go and try anything else. Everything looks good and I’m looking forward to trying their lunch/​dinner options.

All in all, it’s just another diner down the street.
Went here today in a whim because my father fancies mom and pop locations just like this. Upon arriving we noticed that the place was halfway full, and being where it was, all of the people there were locals. I would assume they have built up a good rapport with the community.
Prices were fair. My father ordered the fried catfish with corm hush puppies and fries, me and my mother ordered the club sandwich, I roast beef and my mother turkey. One thing we noticed immediately was how quick the service was! We had our food in what felt like no time! The club was okay at best, it is only that there was nothing that made it stand out. The catfish looked good but I personally think that $ 11 for one fillet is a but much. All of us got French fries that were nothing special, they were bagged then fried. The sweet tea was the oddest color though it almost tasted watered down and way to sweet.
The crime de la crème though was the pie! I mean, dang! I got the peanut butter and my mom got the coconut crème, I’m still craving it!
I think we’ll be back, the service was nice and there wasn’t anything that made me not want to return!

FIVE STARS for excellent food and good down to earth folks! First time there and we were made to feel like seasoned patrons by Ruth & Ken. Had a wonderful meal. Our sweetheart of a waitress said their liver & onions was well liked and we know why ~~ it was so tender and flavorful! Their fried chicken was crispy and juicy. You’ve GOT TO try the hushpuppies! The portions were generous and we left very happy! EVERYTHING is home made and definitely NOT out of a box or can. You HAVE to have a piece of Ruth’s home made strawberry-​rhubarb pie even if you can’t breathe because you’re so full from your meal. Prices were normal. We asked for extra gravy and GOT IT at no extra charge. Our drinks were filled before we even ASKED for them to be! All in all a really nice place for a good home cooked meal. Maybe next time we’ll stay for the entertainment!

OMG I wish I would of taken the advise of my fellow Unilocalers and only gotten the «pie» and only the «pie» but no it was breakfast time I thought for sure this little diner in the middle of nowhere had to be good since they cater to a local crowd to survive.
The two star review will allow me to return and try the PIE!
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy — I’ve never tried so hard to eat anything so horrible but I couldn’t do it it was absolutely the worst looking and tasting biscuits and gravy I’ve every attempted to eat. It was apparent that the biscuits weren’t fresh and had been microwaved on the max setting for an extended period of time, the interior of the biscuit was so hot I burnt the insides of my mouth. No conventional oven can heat a biscuit to those temperatures, the gravy was lukewarm slop out of a bag or can from some food service supplier (I don’t think food service gravy could be that bad) it was not only horrible to look at it was disgusting. (You have to look at the photo to believe it)
Veggie Omelet — flat and bland there is no need to say anymore.
Hash-​browns — meh (who can’t open a bag and throw some on the flattop
Coffee — extremely weak like the grounds were used twice.
Service — just okay
Although I was extremely disappointed I have to try the pie so I will stop in again if I’m in the area and grab a slice but I would never drive a block out of my way to come here. I waited all day to write this review so I would not be reactive and I hate writing this type of review but they need to understand this is unacceptable and it was $ 20.00 to boot.

Decided to take a buddy out for dinner and it ended up being the worst dinner I have had in over 10 years. I ordered the chicken fried steak. It was awful. The waitress brought the dish and said that I needed more gravy. She came back with a huge bowl of gravy that I could have turned upside-​down and it would have stayed in the bowl. My corn was cold and the applesauce definitely came from a jar. I will never be dining there again, nor will I recommend this restaurant to anyone that I like. :)

Good, straightforward diner fare, terrific service! The bacon on my turkey club was perfectly crisp, and I was able to sub cucumber salad for the fries. We ordered their fried pickles and they were good too– light and crisp, not too heavy or greasy. One slight downside, my husband’s turkey Reuben was only okay and the fries were not as crisp as we tend to prefer. The iced tea was fresh though and the décor was charming and quaint. We really enjoyed ourselves!

Pie! Pie! My Oh My! Everything else was mediocre diner food, but the pie. The pie was made by someone’s grandma. Not my grandma because she’s senile and thinks a horse lives in her bedroom, but someone’s grandma made this pie with butter and old arthritic hands. It’s made with love and you can taste it, unlike my hashbrowns. Stop for the pie, and maybe a cup of coffee. Skip the rest.

We have just discovered this place place and have been going once a week. OK, the food is on par with any diner food around, nothing spectacular, but nothing wrong with it. The pies are great! The staff is super friendly, the owner and his wife are charming and chatty.
The music on Saturday nights is outstanding. All in all, I love going here. Even if sometimes something is absolutely perfect, it still «feels» good, like going to grandmas.

The Osteen Diner is alright, not spectacular but alright. We stopped here mostly because it is about halfway between the airport in Orlando and my girl’s grandparents place in Daytona.
It was still morning and we got breakfast, the eggs were done just right but the bacon was like a rock! I like it crispy but not rip my teeth out crispy. The service was quick and friendly, the prices were about standard for a diner in the middle of nowhere.
It will do the trick if you’re hungry and the menu is large enough to satisfy whatever you might be hungry for.

I stopped and had a meal here several times a couple years ago (pre-​Yelp). The food was more than adequate, service was good, and overall it was an enjoyable place to stop.
I keep seeing that they have added music with Folk performers and jams regularly, so I am going to have to get back there and see what it’s all about. I’ll update this with a current review when I get that done.
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Add-​on: Went up for dinner on Saturday, having heard that Dell Hoyt was going to be playiing. Dell has been at some jams i’ve attended and he’s good, i think, so it was a good chance to see the Diner.
It’s changed some since I was last there, new owners and improved layout. They have an outdoor seating area and two main areas inside. The music was sey up in the side room and it worked out well. There was a pleasant crowd and service was great.
They had a list o specials on the board and I went for a plate of pork roast with sides. Good comfort food on a cool evening. The menu is diner fare plus. Lots of choices and from what I saw othrs eating, it all looked good. Plenty of breakfast choices and others. They apparently have beer and wine, but I didn’t check the selection or prices.
Dinner for two with desert and coffee was more than rteasonably priced, adding in the entertainment made it extra good.
I’ll stop again when I’m out that way.

They have good pie.
And chicken wings.
And sweet tea.