Four Star Diner Reviews Summary

Category: Diner

Address: 543 32nd St, Union City, NJ 07087, USA

Phone: +12018660101

Rating: 4.0
based on 133 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was always fresh and delicious and the staff was always helpful and friendly and they kept the place clean."
  • "Their streak brisket and plantains is delicious!"
  • "Food is fairly good and a decent price point."
  • "The gyro platter with fries and Greek salad and a chicken soup. The platter is so tasty and fresh."
  • "Food was great, quick, hot and exactly how I ordered it."
  • "The pancakes were fluffy, the potatoes fluffy yet crispy and seasoned perfectly, sausages perfect, overall a wonderful experience."
  • "Very good drinks (margaritas) and food (guac and pico de gallo, chicken quesadillas and yankee pot roast)."

Cons:

  • "The cook is the worst. Food is over cooked. Burgers dry."
  • "The food was dry and plain."
  • "Food was very dry and didn’t taste fresh at all."
  • "I ordered a baked lasagna and it was cold in some parts and you could tell it was frozen lasagna."
  • "Do not order the nachos. Legit the worst nachos ever tasted, soggy, used a couple pieces of American sandwich cheese and some basic salsa."
  • "The chicken soup has no chicken & the lasagna had no flavor at all."
  • "Food is bad doesn’t taste good and the omelette was way too dry."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was great! Not only was I greeted at the door but as I passed every waitress too."
  • "Our waitress was friendly and attentive."
  • "The service was amazing."
  • "The service is great! We had the same server both times. This young man was very attentive."
  • "The staff was super friendly and the food was amazing!"
  • "Such great service and great food!"
  • "Service was great! The lady was very friendly & so was the manager."

Cons:

  • "They let anyone walk around without a mask, even the manager didn’t have his on all the way."
  • "the waitress are mean and they have a big attitude, they gave my husband an attitude when he just wanted to change his order from home fries to fries."
  • "Service was terrible.... Waitresses seem to be clueless."
  • "The older woman who waited on us was extremely rude...she kept saying 'whatever the menu says' whenever I asked her a question."
  • "Service is slow. Forgetful waitresses."
  • "Waiter forgot to put in our appetizer, didn’t bring butter or syrup for my Belgian waffle."
  • "The waitress forgot my juice and gave me the wrong order."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "The diner was very clean and well lit."
  • "The diner was very clean and well lit."
  • "We loved the vibe and the decor."

Cons:

  • "The table next to us was not cleaned until we were leaving and it had been dirty from before we sat."
  • "this place needs to be cleaned up a bit."
  • "Dirty glasses and silverware. You have to beg for napkins."
  • "Second, the place was pretty dirty."
  • "Dirty floors and Quesadilla was so not what they advertise Just be aware. No pride."
  • "the chicken soup was not fresh at all it had the taste of can, the lentil soup also tasted like canned soup and the worst is that it had no lentils smh it was just mixed vegetables."
  • "Found a plastic bag in my soup!"

Price

Pros:

  • "The prices are very different from back in the day but the place still feels very family friendly and easy to enjoy the diner experience."
  • "the best part is how low the prices are and how the staff was."
  • "It’s an okay place to eat at a fair price."
  • "The prices were very reasonable for what I ordered for breakfast."
  • "Price is great and service too."
  • "They offer a broad menu for relatively decent prices."

Cons:

  • "Please, if you are really gonna go dine here, check your receipts. They tried ripping us off by adding more things to our bill."
  • "Expensive food. 3 kids ordered scrambled eggs with cheese and 1 meat. The total for the 3 was $41.70."
  • "Can someone explain to me how come a side order is the same price as breakfast order?"
  • "The outside does have its appeal, and the inside keeps up the pretense but the prices are sincerely a rip-off for the quality AND quantity of the food."
  • "it's over priced."
  • "Also, 11.95 for a Belgian waffle with nothing on it and 3 sad slices of Taylor ham isn’t worth it."
  • "Customer service was horrible, waitress did not know what she was doing, she over charged us and the man on the register knew about it and did nothing but laugh."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Nothing like going back home, and going back to a very familiar place like the 'Four Star Diner'."
  • "Great old diner with the original look, booth seats."
  • "The atmosphere so warm and cozy I felt like Christmas came early."
  • "This is a location that has been around for awhile and brings lots of nostalgia."

Cons:

  • "Honestly, everyone in the area knows this diner isn't anything extraordinary and that's okay."
  • "I’m honestly surprised to see many good reviews as I had a horrible experience but it was quite entertaining when an argument erupted."
  • "the only thing the manager did cared about is that I paid, even if the food was bad, last time I eat at the Four Star Diner, the quality of the place went down ......."
  • "Four Star has just gone downhill and appeared to have not even attempted at recovering."

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