Metro Diner
“My sister, a resident of the Upper West Side, recently introduced me to the Metro Diner on a Saturday morning.”
“This diner's remedy for any hangover, are their lumberjack pancakes, which also come with the savory ham, eggs, and bacon.”
“Quick service and such a retro environment.”
Metro Diner
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Classic diner makes me feel like home. Had the lumberjack breakfast. So much food i couldn't even finish it. Standard diner food, don't expect more or less.
Metro is a great diner. The food is good, service good and fast and the prices are reasonable.
The only complaint I have is that the quality of their cherry pie has slipped. Ordered it this evening and it had more gelatin than cherries. But our omlette (which I ordered for dinner) was good.
The atmosphere is homey, vintage, a traditional no-frills American diner. Cream, butter and smuckers jam comes in self serve packets. I know it's breakfast, brunch, diner food, so I don't expect bougie but the quality isn't that great at the price with most mains being $12+. The menu is extensive but perhaps they'd do better at paring it down and nailing a few dishes. The food tastes really bland and flat in flavor. Waiter was fairly nice and refilled my coffee quickly. They were fast at getting the food out quickly with no errors after we ordered. I didn't experience any sourpuss waiters, he was quiet, not too pushy, and nice.
I ordered the special lunch, goat cheese, and asparagus egg white omelette. The portion size is generous with a heaping pile of sweet potato fries. Ingredients tasted dull and not fresh or flavorful. The best part was the goat cheese filing inside, savory light but very salty and perhaps too much of. My friend's frittata seemed overcooked and similarly flat as well. Egg dishes aren't that overly complicated and if I'm paying for convenience, there's got to other diners on the scene that can nail the basics.
Metro Diner is just a diner. Nothing special. The service is fast but not friendly at all.
I ordered an omelette. It was nothing special, but the omelette was good and hot. Half of the plate was full of potatoes, and the toast was… toast. I'm trying to tell you something outstandingly positive or negative about this place but nothing. A-Ok.
Safe option but nothing special.
Service is friendly and lightning fast. Most of the breakfast food–like french toast, waffles, and potatoes–is good. Nothing special, but you can't go wrong with that stuff! Stay away from the bacon though. It's undercooked, totally fatty, and almost inedible. Typical diner food, quality is pretty similar to Tom's.
Totally passable diner food. Nothing out of this world but if you need a quick breakfast at semi reasonable prices, go for it. Our waitress had wings on her feet. The only real criticism I had is that it was hard to track someone down to get our check due to the meager number of wait staff.
Came to the Metro Diner on a typical hangover Sunday wit some friends. The food was actually pretty satisfying, and while it is diner food, I'd consider it a level up. I had a frittata with leeks, prosciutto, tomatoes, and CHEESE. Pretty tasty and fresh–3.5 STARS. The service on the other hand is where my solid THREE rating comes from. Service was unusually slow– to be seated, to order, to get our food, and to pay. While the place was busy, it felt more chaotic and confusing than it needed to be. I didn't particularly mind on the gorgeous Sunday afternoon that it was, but overall, I've had better brunch experiences in just as crowded restaurants.
Before we left our touristing in New York, I told my partner that I simply had to have breakfast in a proper old-school diner, so after some searching, he came across this place. We went for breakfast, and I had a smoked salmon bagel deluxe thing, and he had a pastrami sandwich. I also went for a chocolate milkshake, which, to my delight, turned out to be melted Häagen-Dazs ice-cream! Sooo good…
The portion sizes were plentiful (though, that said, being European, all American portions seem to be huge), and there was so much salmon spare to put in the bagel that I couldn't physically fit it all in the bagel – the helping was really rather generous. The pastrami sandwich was also packed full of meat.
It's only a diner, and there isn't going to be any culinary wizardry that knocks your socks off here. But for a good, hearty, filling breakfast in a fun retro setting (and a chocolate milkshake that will make you drool for hours before and afterwards), this is a cool place to go.