Eddies American Diner

quick service but a tad overpriced when we visited on 8^th august 2011. nice décor and great atmosphere. but why cant we have more restaurants over here like they do on diners drive-​ins and dives

Nice and lovely decorated little place for a quick lunch. The food is great and very tasty, I especially loved the curly fries.

I love this place even though it’s abit cheesy, as it’s nice to have a change and it’s really retro and in the style of an American 1950’s Soda Bar. They have really really good milkshakes and sell Coca Cola in glass bottles. Cool retro interior.

This is the closest thing to American diner food I’ve found since moving to the UK six years ago. The price is good for Britain and the food is generous and authentic: they have everything an American diner should (BIG burgers, American mustard, pickles, corndogs, chilli dogs, cream soda, root beer floats, decent sized portion of curly fries, apple pie, etc etc) that British places don’t. The décor is over-​the-​top, yes, but it’s funny and surprisingly comfortable. Not many places make the effort. It’s like what Eddie Rockets wants to be, only Eddie’s American Diner gets it right. The waitress even smiled. Definitely going back.

Eddie’s can’t seem to decide whether it’s a real fast food restaurant or a posher ‘novelty dining experience’. The pricing is the latter, but the atmosphere and the food is sadly a bit too much of the former.
The décor is fairly fun but hanging a few pictures of James Dean and Elvis Presley on the wall doesn’t instantly give it a 1950s feel. We’ve been in when they were playing 1960s music. The statue of Marilyn Monroe with a built-​in wind machine, stood on the edge of the counter (where it looks like it’s ready to fall on one unlucky customer one day), raises a smirk, but it’s not really like being thrown back into a time-​warp– just in case you were wondering.
The food is actually pretty decent though. It’s nice to see it prepared in front of you. It’s just a little bit greasy but you do get huge portions– one side order of chips is easily enough for 2 people to share.
The service was OK but I wouldn’t rave about it.

I went to Eddie’s American Diner after having an urge for a banana split. The serving was enormous and very nice. But sadly the waitress was really rude to us (admittedly it was a very busy period).
It made me think twice about going back there during peak times — but then I guess you won’t get the same atmosphere if it’s not buzzing with people. So I might return with a group of friends at a quieter time.
It does make a good pit stop if you’re in the bay as it’s very central and the prices are very reasonable. The décor is very 1950’s kitsch teetering on the verge of being tacky which only adds to the place’s appeal.

All American 50’s Diner! I love this sort of thing, very Art Deco. Quick service, the food was ok. It’s a bit greasy, but that’s what you go there for.
To complete the setting they really could do with putting the small coin op juke boxes on the tables.

I was hungry down the bay and didn’t fancy the Salt/​terranova food, so went next door to Eddies and was impressed. The furnature and music are what you would expect, half cars and Elvis etc They have an open kitcken so you can see your food being prepaired. Always a nice touch i think. And the staff are VERY friendly. The food was good if a little greasy with generous portions and the price was quite reasonable. The also have a nice cocktail menu. A pleasent alternative to Frankie and Benny’s.