Hollywood Diner — Restaurant in Great Yarmouth

My family are not 'foodies' by any stretch of the imagination but we have never wasted this amount of food ever in our lives. Truly a dire experience from beginning to end. Specifically we are talking about the breakfasts as other food here might be better. In truth it's hard to imagine anything else being this bad. On arrival the queue to order was 10 minutes and Joanne behind the counter was the only high spot of this visit. My diet Coke was very flat, my son's 'fresh orange juice' was poured from an off brand, long life, made from concentrate carton and a perfectly simple cup of tea was £2.60! My son (12) said the OJ was "foul" even before I brought up my suspicions that it might be. Things then took a turn for the worse. My breakfast arrived, missing toast. My Mrs. didn't get the bacon she had ordered as an extra but my son's plate arrived with no bacon either and it was part of the meal. Another server then returned with one piece of bacon on a plate. She was then retasked with getting my son his bacon and then a third trip for my toast. Sweet enough servers but clearly not supported by a well functioning kitchen. That said, the ketchup we asked for never appeared at all. Toast arrived and then the true depths of this experience were revealed. First the highpoints, bacon was good, beans were good, fried potatoes ok but a bit undercooked, this concludes anything positive I could say. The sausages were like my Nan described during the war 'shaped like sausages but without the meat'. These were clearly the cheapest sausages money could buy; meally, dry, flavourless and with a thick tough skin. If you can imagine a mouthful of a meat product so bland as to be completely overwhelmed by flavour from a little baked bean juice on your fork from a previous mouthful then you are ready to enjoy this sausage. The scrambled egg was worse. Mounded high, a pile of dry flavourless rubber so vile as to be difficult to swallow. Utterly devoid of taste we could only conclude they were watery powdered eggs blasted into submission by some industrial microwave. Sure, a treat in 1944 but 2021? Not so much. The tomatoes were plum tomatoes straight from the can, they weren't even dignified with a taste at this point. My Mrs described the one mushroom she took a risk on as "What I imagine eating a slug must be like", she went on to elaborate that it was rubbery on the outside and bland and slimy inside. My son's pancakes were fine, a little thick and a little cold but compared to the slop we were faced with we looked at them with envy.

Sad and hungry, I picked up my limp slice of warm bread that some accept as that almost impossible to ruin food called 'toast'. A large mouthful was defined by the taste of slightly rancid cheap margarine. Well played Hollywood Diner, well played. When you can ruin toast the only remaining skill left to master is figuring out a way to burn water.

Despite no appetite, feeling almost dirty and slightly revolted by the food, I had to get a little snack to make sure the absence of any flavour wasn't a sign I had caught COVID. I wasn't, it was just that bad. All that for only £24.70.

I have given 2 stars because 1 star reviews tend to be angry people overreacting and because not everything on my plate was inedible. That said, don't eat here please, there's a good place...

We were in Great Yarmouth for a holiday, staying at Richardson's Caravan Park. One of the days we spent at Hemsby beach with our daughter (2 yrs) and decided to go to the Hollywood Diner for lunch. The food was ok, nothing special but was edible. The staff all had different ideas of covid guidelines and face coverings 🙈🙈 a couple of staff wore masks correctly over mouth and nose, majority either had them just on their mouth (and most of the time down around their chin) or no mask at all, especially those on the service counter!? After standing in line to place an order it was very frustrating to get to the front and find a sign tapes to the till stating cash only and with no cash point available I had to use the one in the arcades and be charged for my money! We heard staff complaining they were bored, and whatever you do don't sit in the booth before the gap in the wall!! This is where we sat and quickly discovered this is where the staff congregate and chat etc!! The biggest thing for me however was the blatent ignorance for GDPR rules and data protection when it came to the covid track & trace!! There was an A4 notepad on one of the tables which asked you to write your full name, contact number and date of visit. This pad was left for all to see, line after line of people's...

Attended today was not impressed. Sat eating and noticed a chef walk out of the kitchen jn a plastic apron with a towel on her shoulder, she went in to the toilets and was there a while. A few minutes later we witnessed her come out with her hands in her trousers sorting her leggings out. And then reenter the kitchen with the same plastic apron and tea towel on her shoulder. I was absolutely gobsmacked and alerted staff and there attitude did not give me confidence to them having resolving the issue. Also, the fire exit has a padlock on with a chair in front, the toilet atrium and main doors literally have no doors so you can see straight in, the air con units are filthy and the ceiling is covered in dust around it. Furthermore, the staff wear gloves so as to not spread germs but seem to forget to change them and wash their hands. They do all jobs with them on, cleaning, serving at host point and serving ice creams and drinks and folding napkins. I have even witnessed them touched their faces whilst wearing gloves which is a big food safety risk. As a result I do not recommend this venue and urge you to choose...