Millvale Diner

Pancakes and home fries are the best around. Very nice people! The owner/​chef will make you practically anything you want. Quiet and quaint little diner.

Definitely go here!!! The food is absolutely amazing. We went here because Pamela had too long of a line and actually liked the food better than Pamelas. We had the steel worker breakfast and the pineapple upside down pancakes. Everything was delicious! Especially the pancakes, the regular pancakes were delicious to, crunchy on the outside and moist on the inside. Definitely recommend! We will be going back for sure.

Definitely tasty and we didnt have to wait for a seat! You have to be a little patient with the service but it’s worth it. We’ll choose this over Pamelas from here on out! Give it a try!

Line at pamelas was way too long. We sat immediately at this place, friendly service, good food.

I was in Millvale to do laundry at the 24 hour laundromat. Intended to eat at Pamela’s but they were closed. I am very glad they were. I was greeted warmly by the owner/​waiter/​chef, and shown to a table. Drinks were promptly served. So many delicious sounding things on the menu made picking one thing difficult. My daughter and I decided on the Steel Workers Breakfast. It comes with 3 eggs your way, choice of meat, choice of potatoes, choice of bread and two pancakes. I chose over easy, sausage, home fries and white toast. My daughter went with scrambled, ham, home fries and rye toast. The food was amazing. The best thing was the home fries. So crisp, yet soft, the bell peppers and onions gave them a wonderful flavor. Both my eggs and my daughters were cooked perfectly. She is very picky about her eggs and usually whines that they are over cooked. These were not. Everything really was above and beyond any breakfast I have had outside my grandmothers kitchen. The service was great as well. The only drawback is the wait time from placing order to the arrival of the food. This time delay is because nothing is precooked. However, for the quality of food I received I will go back over and over. Totally worth the wait. When the person in the kitchen has a passion for food and enjoys cooking quality food it shows. I highly recommend a trip to Millvale Diner very soon.

Breakfast at the Millvale Diner is wonderful! The omelets are light and fluffy and stuffed with meat cheese and vegetables. The potatoes are crispy and hot. The breakfast menu is extensive from eggs and bacon to a reuben omelet. Every comment about the food has been very positive. On the negative the service has not always been the best. On our most recent 2 visits there were new servers who did their best to provide us with a positive experience. We will be back.

Came to Millvale to visit family and attend my brothers wedding. We were looking for someplace to eat that was within walking distance of my parents, and my mom mentioned Millvale diner. We walked down not knowing what to expect. Walked into the diner and a nice older gentleman greeted us with «Welcome, we’ve been waiting for you all day, what’s kept you? Table one is all set for you.»
We came in, sat down and the server brought us our menus and took our drink orders. It wasn’t too long after that we had decided on what we want to eat. We ordered the Rodeo Burger and fries. The gentleman that greeted us went back and cooked our food, and it took a little longer than usual to prepare, but the gentleman, whom I assume is the owner told us that he makes all his burgers are prepared and cooked to order. He doesn’t buy pre formed patties. That alone makes this place worth it. The food was outstanding, and very filling. The bill for what we got was pretty decently priced. When we come back to Millvale we WILL come here to eat again.

Similar to other reviewers, went to Pamela’s but a huge wait prompted a walk across the street to Millvale diner. The ambience was poor, felt kind of old and dirty. The wait staff was pleasant but service slow… Should’ve stayed at Pamela’s… Would not have taken much longer. They «ran out» of pancakes and hashed Browns!!! Unbelievable for a breakfast joint. Once the food came, it was good. Price was reasonable.

Above decent food, impressive, detail focused and diligent service. Totally fits the bill for when you don’t want or néed the hoity Pamela’s. Would def go back. It felt very clean and not the typical greasy diner. Happy we found this place!!!

Excellent coffee and quick service. The pancakes were perfect — slightly crunchy on the outside, with a soft, slightly gooey center. I highly recommend this spot over Pamela’s P&G across the street. I was very underwhelmed with the quality of food, service, and sub par coffee from Pamela’s. Millvale Diner not only offers better quality food and coffee, but is a better deal all around. We will definitely be returning.

The only reason this place gets any business at all is because they get all of Pamela’s over flow. The waitresses are nice but slow and probably over worked. The owner who is also the cook in the kitchen is a freaking jerk. I orderd the steak with eggs and my entire steak was gristle. When I asked about it the owner simply said «that’s just how it comes» would you eat that crap? No. Horrible service, awful food. Plain and simple.

I have been to the Millvale Diner a number of times. It is a friendly place with the best omelets. I have always ordered omelets and never been disappointed. The home fries and pancakes are done perfectly.
The ONLY thing that bothers me is the 8 AM open time. I would love to see a 6AM or 5AM so I can visit before work. Love this place

I’ll start out with the good, my husband loved his pancakes, and I loved my home fries… other than that? Shannon the waitress was totally stressed out because she said it was busy… it was not, I’m a waitriess, I should know. She was awkward, and made me feel uncomfortable, not a pleasant experience. The whole time we were there, empty tables were not cleared. The other waitress albeit young and most like inexpericenced asked us an another table if we saw someone take a tip off of another table, that was empty, but not cleared, and she should have cleared it as she walked by because I couldn’t see hide nor hare of a bus boy. When I went to pay, this same waitress was flustered because she said the other waitress made her ring out customers at the register. Seriously? It’s a small place! Oh and when I brought up my check, she actually said to me, «Do I have time to take the drinks over to my table?» I ignored her and just stood there… they both verbalized comments that should have been kept to themselves.

It’s hard to even give this place a single star. It’s a sad excuse for a restaurant. I went here for breakfast and waited 40 minutes for my food. It took the waiter 20 minutes to clean the surrounding tables and the people coming in had to stand in the lobby for a while. Someone who I was with had to leave because it took them so long to get their food. I watched two tables of people leave because they only got a menu and were never waited on. DO NOT GO HERE. They aren’t friendly and do not know how to work with paying customers.

Bizarre hours and negative reviews had kept me from trying Millvale Diner, a start-​up canteen that replaced Kayla’s Café recently, but another Mr. Smalls concert left me with little choice for a fresh Unilocal,so enter its doors I did.
Alabaster walls and traditional diner stools are essentially all one sees in terms of interiors, that and a man with an accent, a moustache, and a mission.
«You keep it fresh, you can’t go wrong,» the man whose name I can’t recall told me with a glint in his eye as I eagerly devoured a Mountain Man Burger, something he seemingly concocted with me, the warrior eater in mind.
Members and crew of several other bands including Affiance and Protest The Hero charged in shortly after I seated myself. We all ordered simultaneously, and within 5 minutes, food as on my plate and in takeout boxes for the musicians and roadies.
«Do you have any help back there?» I asked the middle-​aged gentleman.
«No. I do it all myself. You see, it’s all about timing.»
All I could do was stare.
From here on in, I shall refer to this man Burra Sahib.
And he had a challenge for me to complete…
«You may use silverware, young man,» Burra Sahib advised.
Two patties of hulking ground chuck, an over easy egg, raw red onion, onion rings, lettuce, tomato, American cheese, bacon, and mayonnaise were held together by a sesame seed bun and accompanied with exemplary battered fries. My teeth opened the morning godbeast with a gash that bled molten yellow yolk before I reached for weapons, realizing that my bare hands would not ensure victory. The meat, cooked to a sublime medium-​rare astonished with its freshness, savory beefiness, and soft texture, contrasting beautifully with the crunch of the vegetables and deep-​fried, breaded halos, the bacon adding fat and brine. All told, this was a giant of a burger, one worthy of the heartiest carnivores.
Dessert was a humble cut of spongy, fudge-​laden bake-​sale variety chocolate cake garnished with a dollop of whipped cream and chocolate syrup.
Burra Sahib was pleased, cheering my win like a king would a gladiator.
«Ah, a clean plate. I take it you didn’t care for the burger,» he joked.
I wished Sahib well, promised another visit, and headed off into the brisk air for…

This place is ok. This is the second time. It’s not a flashy place just a basic restaurant. The walls have kids drawings and chef pictures. The one waitress is ok and the other is really nice. The omelettes are made are ok but the cook puts way too much cheese in it and it lacks flavor. You only get one slice of bread with your order.

I was really shocked to see such low reviews because we had a great meal here. Like the others, we were heading to Pamela’s but didn’t want to wait over an hour to get seated. We decided to try this place, as it is right across the street. It was pretty empty, but worried me at first, but Pamela’s has a big name and a lot of locations throughout the city, so it’s easier for them to draw a crowd. We had a party of 8 and they seated us immediately.
Our server was great and even took orders for each of the 4 couples on separate checks. Yes, I know it’s an inconvenience and yes, we should have all brought cash, but it happens! I’ve experienced some unnecessary eye rolls and attitude in the past and was very pleased when our server had the complete opposite reaction and didn’t mind at all!
We had a mix of omelets, pancakes and some lunch appetizers. Everyone was really pleased with the portion size and the food. I definitely took half of my gigantic home. Plus, they serve breakfast all day which is #1 in my book!

We were actually headed to Pamela’s and noticed this diner across the street. We decided to give it a try since we like trying new places. I left wishing we had gone to Pamela’s instead! The restaurant itself is kind of weird inside. Very bare, odd tables/​chairs that look like they were from the 80s… it didn’t look like an established restaurant… reminded me of a pop-​up or temp place. Anyway, there weren’t many people there… the restaurant was probably only ¹⁄₃ full and it took more than a half hour to get our meals… and we didn’t order anything more than standard breakfast fare… eggs, potatoes, pancakes… things that don’t have a lot of prep. After waiting all that time they also forgot my side of sausage that was part of the eggs combo meal I ordered.
The food was average and didn’t make up for all the other area’s this place lacked.
Our waitress was nice, but there was a busboy who was really loud at clearing tables. He’d toss the ceramic plates and mugs in his bussing tub carelessly and he yelled across the restaurant to his coworkers… all of which were really distracting since the place was otherwise very quiet.
If you’re in Millvale looking for a place to eat, just go to Pamela’s across the street!

This joint looked like something straight out of kitchen nightmares. My friend and I were originally going to go to the really busy diner right across the street, but since they didn’t take credit cards, we came to the Millvale Diner instead.
We walked in and the place looked like a ghost town. The décor was bare, the walls looked like an institution, there were a few tables scattered here and there, and the floor was not terribly clean. Now the diner RIGHT ACROSS the street was slammed, so I was a tiny bit concerned about what I was getting into from the moment I walked in the door. I asked the waitress to seat us somewhere cool since it was a 94 degree day, and the woman stuck us by the window. After two minutes there, I asked if we could be moved away from the window as the heat was making me nauseous. She moved us to a table closer to the kitchen.
She politely took our orders, informing me that to add blueberries to my pancakes it would cost an extra $ 1.50. I shrugged, despite knowing that a pound of blueberries were only $ 2.99 last week when I bought them.
I ordered a breakfast that consisted of two eggs (sunny side up), two pieces of bacon, two pancakes and home fries. I saw the cook in the kitchen eating a bowl of cereal as I waited for my food.
I received my food about twenty minutes later, and my eggs were over-​easy (not sunny side up), my bacon was over cooked and flavorless, my home fries had this disgusting reddish spice oil covering it. The home fries also contained green peppers and onions. I also had no pancakes.
I waited a few minutes before asking for my pancakes. When they finally arrived, they were crumbling apart, and I couldn’t spread butter on them without them turning into butter/​blueberry/​flour paste. What a joke.
Next time, I’ll go to P&G right across the street. Never again.