Malverne Diner
Malverne Diner
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
2 reviews
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This is your typical small town diner spot. You're gonna get mediocre food, service, and prices.
I've been here a countless number of times, always before or after a movie. The theater next door is a great small independent cinema. The last time I came here was unfortunately one of the less pleasant occasions. My gf and I found ourselves 30 min early to our movie and we thought to stop in for a quick bite. We were sat down and our waitress took our drink order. We were then ignored for the next 10 minutes. When she did come back to our table, it was to tell us that she'd be right back. She was on her cell phone when she said it. By the time we had a chance to order food, it was already too late. It would have taken to long to order and eat. She was apologetic, but it was still a disappointment.
Honestly, this is not that bad a visit, things happen, but when you come here, you have to curb your expectations. It's likely that you'd never come here if it wasn't directly next to the movie theater and the place seemingly exists more out of convenience more than purpose. Should be named a Catch 22 – you'd should only come here if you have plenty of time, yet if you have plenty of time, you'd go somewhere else.
We stopped in around 230pm on a Sunday with about 35 minutes to spare before a movie at Malverne Cinema. We only wanted a cup of coffee and some pie so we thought it would be plenty of time. Wrong.
The diner was busy, but there were open tables so we were seated right away. The waitress came right over to take our drink order – then disappeared for 15 minutes. Someone else brought out the drinks but still no waitress. With 20 minutes to spare before the movie, we made eye contact with the waitress across the diner, and we got ready to say "1 slice of apple pie" as she walks towards us. She continued to walk right by our table, cell phone to ear, with an "I'm sorry," and disappears for another 10 minutes.
This situation could have been made better if management put another waitress on the floor, or our assigned waitress asked the one behind the counter to help her out.
Our waitress did seem sorry she disappointed us, but we just asked for the check to pay for the drinks and left. I will not be coming back here. I'd rather just walk around the town until my movies starts next time.