Diner By-The-Sea - Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Florida

Marc Quirion

Petit déjeuner avec des portions généreuses la serveuse est accueillante. C'était délicieux.

rivoli83

Passage obligatoire lorsque l'on se trouve à Lauderdale by the sea un vrai dinner des années 60 il faut le faire impérativement je vous conseille les oeufs benedict ainsi que les muffins anglais

Jessica

I found a Groupon for Diner by the Sea while in town on vacation, so we gave it a try. It did not disappoint! The best homefries I've ever had! They are cooked to perfection with grilled onions and I don't like onions, so that is saying a lot. If you are in the area give Diner by the Sea a try. There is limited seating, but we had minimal wait.

Michael Long

Just an ok breakfast spot. definitely not a 5 star place like others have said. Friendly staff with an old diner like experience.
Online prices are different than what are on the menu. Portions are large though.
Potato's needed a longer cooking time, IDK my 3 egg omelet.... I could have cooked it better. And for less than the $15 they charged for it. The Biscuits and gravy were good though.
For the prices and quality of fare, we probably won't return. For the 2 pictured dishes, coffee and a side of grits it was $38 bucks before tip. Not worth it.

Kristen Daley

My husband and I had our first visit to your establishment on Friday, January 17th, 2025 at approximately 8:15 AM.

We entered the restaurant and sat at the counter. There was one other gentleman at the counter and another individual ordering take-out.

We were greeted by Cheryl who was an absolute gem. She got us coffees and water. I would have had no reason not to think she she was my waitress and would be taking my food order.

Over time, the restaurant was filling up so, so prevent a wait, I caught Cheryl’s eye and said that I was ready to order. Another woman, northern accent, somewhat stout, brown hair pulled back if I recall, had her back to me, writing something and answered curtly, “I’ll be right with you” without turning around. I apologized for assuming Cheryl would be taking my order.

The woman who had her back to me left from behind the counter and went over to a table of four who had come in after me. I thought to myself that perhaps the waitress didn’t realize I was before this group. After taking four orders she returned to behind the counter and proceeded to continue her paperwork and then butter some rolls. She busied herself for the next few minutes, clearly ignoring me. It was obvious to me she was purposefully doing whatever else she could besides asking for my order.

Finally, she turned to me. I asked very quietly why she had been ignoring me. She snapped, “I was at Publix”. I asked what did that have to do with me? I told her I was before the party of four and had been waiting for an uncomfortable amount of time for someone to take my order.

She snapped again, “I’m not going to stand here while you talk rudely to me” and again, turned her back to me. Cheryl witnessed this entire exchanged and it was totally unwarranted. By now, it was about 8:30 AM.

My husband, who had left to get cash, would have been very inconvenienced if I had stood up and left the restaurant as I wanted to do. So I stayed.

She took my order and poor Cheryl took it upon herself to be overly considerate to us to make up for how uncomfortable the situation was. She is the very best thing about your restaurant; what an incredible asset.

I am not in the habit of writing poor reviews online. I do want to say that this woman was very, very rude, not at all welcoming and treated me very poorly. She was an extremely negative representation of your establishment; this situation bothered me enough to write about it all these days later.

*This review was originally sent directly to the establishment and I asked for an acknowledgement and received none. I tried to email but the email listed is not functioning. Only as a last resort did I submit this public review.

Ann Hildreth

5/6//24- Greeted when we walked in, breakfast and lunch only. There are a couple of high top out front and of course the counter and booths.
We sat at a booth,we both ordered the turkey off the bird club sandwiches came with good french fries and a little ramekin of coleslaw, which is pretty good.

Charita Mayo

Since we were staying in Lauderdale By The Sea, we thought we would check out some of the local restaurants in the area. First was Diner By The Sea - the food looked delicious, but was not that great. One of our friends ordered breakfast she did like hers, another friend ordered a cheeseburger, which was practically bleeding because he cooked it so fast. He did remake the order. I ordered a fish sandwich. I picked up to take a bite, and the entire fish slid out and crumbled on the plate. I asked for shrimp instead, but it was also cooked to fast it was crunchy on the outside mushy on the inside and not well done. My suggestion was that the fish should be served on a bed of rice and not put in a sandwich because it doesn’t stay in there.

Brent Hochstetler

Let me first say this is the kind of restaurant my dad would really like. He goes to several local restaurants where we live in Indiana, and the wait staff know all the regulars by name. This is that place.

My wife called it “charming.” It’s a long narrow restaurant with a counter on one side and booths that seat 4 people on the opposite wall.

Our server called several customers by name, and I knew this was a place the locals must enjoy.

We decided to share two dishes: a three-egg omelette and French toast. Both dishes came out on large plates. The serving size was massive. And neither disappointed. As a side note, I’m not a huge fan of home fries, but they came with the omelette. This place has changed my mind. Large cut potatoes seasoned and grilled perfectly. Yum! Too bad I was too stuffed to finish them all!

Apparently, the place just changed ownership. We were listening to the conversations between the new owner and the staff, and I think the new owner will do just fine. One concern he had was the variety of coffee cups they had, a disjointed and unmatched assortment. He thought it’d be nice to get the cups most of the regulars liked. But our server noted that one particular lady liked a certain mug, which he agreed they should keep. Who can argue with customer service like that?