The Diner — Restaurant in Aberdeen

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

My party and I wanted to dine at an all-American-greasy-spoon for breakfast. We read that the Diner in Aberdeen got four-star rating. We arrived at about 10:20 AM. As walked into the diner from the parking lot we noticed the patrons (all White people) were staring at us through the window. Upon our arrival inside the restaurant, the ENTIRE patrons continued staring at us. One of us in our party waved to everyone and said, "Hi!" They held their stare for a few seconds...we felt very uncomfortable. The restaurant was filled-to-capacity. The server said we could sit anywhere, we took our seats. We noticed the table wasn't wiped down, and we could clearly see syrup drippings and crumbs. The server took our drink order. She brought our coffees and waters, and she took our orders. We waited nearly 1 HOUR AND 45 minutes for our food to arrive. As one of the kitchen staff was exiting the restaurant, she apologized for the long wait and she explained that she could make only two pancakes and hash browns at-a-time, and that she had called for more help. We continued to wait. The server came by several times to refill our coffees and waters, and she kept apologizing for the long wait. Two members of my party told the server to cancel their orders, and they mentioned they weren't hungry anymore. We all noticed 3 other sets of patrons being served their food, as they arrived way after we did. We then decided it was time to leave.

Congratulations are in order to the staff of the Diner Aberdeen: you have succeeded in not serving us, and I highly doubt our food orders were even started.

My party consisted of 3 females and 4 males; and we are of African-American and White and Marshallese and Hawaiian and Filipino descent. It's very sad that in today's world racism still exists. We will NEVER be back to the Diner in Aberdeen. ZERO (0) stars. Although, Google asked for at least one...

We stopped on our way thru town looking for an affordable breakfast. Staff was very friendly, food was good. It was not quick, they even have a sign on the wall that says 'we are not fast food'. The main part of the restaurant has maybe 5 small booths and some stools at the counter - there were 5 us us, so we sat in a little room to the side at some tables that were all pushed together. That room was piked high with empty boxes, random items, and bags full of stuff - like a forgotten storage closet, it didn't feel like we should be eating in there. We could hear lively and friendly conversation in the other room, like they are all family, staff and patrons. It just took about 45 minutes to get our food from when we ordered, and noone else was served in between us ordering and us getting our food - so if ypu want a quick meal, don't come here. But if you have time to wait, and want good ole diner food, this place is where its at. And inexpensive. 2 adults, and 3 big eating teenagers, we had 2 cfs meals, a side of biscuits and gravy, a full meal of biscuits and gravy, a giant pancake (which they said was a small 😲), and 2 club sandwiches with fries and after tax our total was under $90 -and we were all STUFFED! Portions are GIANT! Food was good - typical diner food. I would come back if I had extra time, but not if I was in a hurry and just...

We were traveling through and we were looking for a sit down restaurant that wasn't fast food. We were seated in a room seperate from the main dining area. The atmosphere looked questionable, but we were already there and just wanted to eat and be on our way. As we sat waiting the waitress asked, " Who ordered food that actually needs silverware?" Ok, strange question. A man came and delivered a box of groceries and sat them on a table next to us, (we were there about and hour and 40 min. food took an hour +) the box was delivered about 30 min. after we arrived, and was there when we left. It had produce and a package of bacon that we could see. In a corner was a pile of garbage, boxes and broken toys, wal mart sacks among other things. The cook (didn't know she was the cook until we paid the bill) walked out 40 minutes after we arrived to smoke. Fine, she deserves breaks, but in the middle of fulfilling an order? Also a zip loc bag of biscuits was laying on top of a chest freezer, and a loaf of bread was laying on a chair at another table. The longer we were there, the more we noticed, the grease build up on the table and chairs, general filth. My pancake tasted sour, and I don't want to know why! 0 out of 10, DO...