Broadway Diner
“If you have some late night munchies or just want to find a good place for breakfast I'd suggest you give Broadway Diner in Summit a try.”
“Also, come with some friends that you love way too late at night, and tip the college-kid server well.”
“It was staple during my childhood until I moved out of Summit.”
Broadway Diner
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
Rate and write a review Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
We were quite happy to find a good diner in the beginning. However, we just returned home after our second in a row bad experience.
Last month, my order came out wrong and I sent back. Took about 30 minutes to fix it.
Today, my toast was not delivered with eggs (I only eat eggs with toast) and after waiting 5 minutes and not receiving I got up to ask server. Also mentioned the underdone home fries. She took my entire plate and after my husband was finished eating his meal and another 5 minutes, mine was received. No apology from the manager.
Another diner crossed off our list. There are better in the area, not by much, but still better.
One would think that living in the diner capital of the world, which is NJ, the competition would spur some excellent grub. There are diners everywhere but to my surprise most fail to meet the mark. The Broadway diner has attentive service, clean tables and plenty of choices on the menu. However, the staple meatloaf was dry, texture was mealy and zero of the unctuous flavor that we all expect from diners. The whipped potatoes were too wet and thin. Burgers were overcooked and everything was under seasoned.
I was also told by our server that many of the items on the menu are not even made on the premises but at other locations than shipped there. Huh? What the……
Who does that? It's a bloody diner, which should cook everything on the premises. Totally disappointed with the lack of respect to the ingredients and the diner concept.
I can't believe I willingly went to a 2.5 star restaurant.
Desperate times called for desperate measures and because it was already pretty late, Broadway Diner was one of the only options. We got an order to go to bring back to our hotel.
As expected and honestly why I think diner's ultimately don't serve the best food, you could order literally anything. The menu was 12 pages, full of your favorite breakfast, lunch, and dinner options. I opted for a basic pesto chicken panini, which comes with fries AND onion rings! It took about 15 minutes for them to prepare everything, and we were on our way.
My sandwich honestly wasn't as bad as I originally thought. The flavors were tolerable, although it was a huge mess to eat. The pesto oil got all over the sandwich and my hands, and the filling kept spilling out over the sides. Napkins were futile, and I accepted the fact my hands were out of commission for the remainder of the meal. The fries were also just meh. The onion rings were too soggy and soft that I didn't bother eating the breading after the first one.
My experience wasn't that awful, but it stinks there aren't as many late night options in the area. Good luck to all you future diners!
So I've driven past this diner for over a year now and I knew that someday I would just have to come in and experience the claimed "World's Best Pancakes". I had been putting it off for a while, but I finally caved and stopped in a week ago and I have to say, they were some of the worst pancakes I've ever had. I tried the cinnamon pancakes with some coffee and while the pancakes were hot and came out quickly, that doesn't offset the fact that they were undercooked and still a little batter-y for my taste. They also tasted like cardboard and I haven't figured out how that can be, even after being drenched with butter and syrup. The coffee, not wanting to be left out, was very bland and tasteless even after multiple creamers and sugar (and this is a guy who's used to drinking Folgers at work). The service was fine, but that doesn't make up for terrible food. I would not recommend this place to anyone and there are much better diners in the area. World's Best Pancakes? Methinks not.
A-OK.
I'd go Summit Diner over Broadway, but since Summit Diner is always mobbed if you catch it at a bad time, Broadway isn't a bad local alternative.
Came here for a brunch with my wife one morning, and we got lunch orders since it was later in the am. The service was actually really good – the waitress was really friendly and amicable. The food itself also wasn't bad (Chicken Caesar Wrap for myself), but it wasn't the best. It's just average as far as I'm concerned.
Don't get me wrong – a 3/5 means I'd still come here when in need of a diner breakfast in town, but it wouldn't be a go-to. Summit Diner still holds the crown.
The pancakes really are all they're cracked up to be.
The service can be hit or miss, especially on a busy weekend morning / early afternoon.
They're very child-friendly and have "Mickey Pancakes" which are always a hit. In the fall months, they have pumpkin pancakes that are to die for.
Honestly I haven't tried much else on the menu, and we've been coming here for years. It's definitely our "go-to" for pancakes though. Parking can be a bit of a debacle, but we always find something.
A nice touch is that they offer free, fresh, flavored coffee with free refills while you're waiting!
I really don't see how this place is so bad. Service is not particularly fast, but everyone seemed friendly. I also had absolutely filthy silverware, but my server quickly replaced it. My husband and I both got sandwiches and fries, and my turkey panini was pretty darn good. They did put the dressing on the side, which I thought was kind of weird, as it required me to dismantle the sandwich to add the dressing. It was also a tiny bit less warm than I would have liked. But the fries were good and the pie is AMAZING. Seriously, I almost gave four stars just for the apple pie – the crust is really thick and buttery, and the filling is just… out of this world. Literally better than my mom's.
I used to LOVE Broadway Diner, but today was an eye opener for me. I've never had as bad of an experience at any other diner.
I ordered a ham and cheese omelette and what I received was a runny, undercooked egg blanket minus the cheese. I'm talking undercooked beyond belief, not my right order, awkward egg sheet with ham tossed in it.
They were super busy, and all the staff members were friendly other than our waiter, who we couldn't even flag down to let him know my order was wrong and gross. He dropped off our food and disappeared.
We'll stick to Brookside diner from now on.