Ari's Diner — Restaurant in Columbus

My family and I have been coming here for years. But the last 6 months his service has been less than desirable. A few weeks ago my wife and I came in on a Saturday , they were moderately busy. There were four or five waitresses on hand. We came in sat down waitress came over to the table asked what we would like to drink, she promptly brought back to Waters which we ordered and then we sat there for 48 more minutes without anybody coming to our table to ask for our order. after 48 minutes I stood up left a $5 tip and left. Today the three of us came in to eat some breakfast we all ordered, two of our meals came out. Started eating them, they were three-quarters of the way done with the meal before the waitress came over and noticed that my meal hadn't been served and then said I don't know what is going on with your breakfast. She went into the back came back out front and said that my breakfast would be done soon. at this time the other two people in my party were finished. I asked her just to take it off my bill. I try to shop small, i am a business owner myself, but i just had to give my...

We had a great experience in our first trip to Ari's Diner. The service was extremely friendly and attentive. The vibe was definitely "American diner" and had plenty of chalkboard specials to choose from. We decided to go with breakfast and I got the "House Breakfast" and it was served hot and fast. The chicken and gyro meat was a great addition to the more traditional breakfast items like crispy potatoes and eggs. Instead of toast there was toasted pita wedges that went great dipped in the tzatsiki and Cajun sauces. My wife got the breakfast bowl and was equally impressed with her meal, although she was definitely eying my meal. We got my son, who is special needs, a pancake with extra syrup and napkins and he was loving it.

On top of all this, we were informed by our waitress that another anonymous friendly patron in the restaurant picked up our family's tab. Wow! That was a great unexpected surprise.

This place has definitely been added to our list and is one of the best breakfasts we have had in a very long time. We will definitely be back and can't wait to try other items...

1st time at this restaurant and the last me and my 5 year old daughter stop here with some friends for lunch 1st it took an hour to receive our food other guests had come in after us and ordered after us but received their food and were about done with theirs before our food even came out At the time I placed my order I had asked for 2 separate checks because my daughter eats slower and I knew my friends were in a hurry when they came with the check everything was on 1 check when I went to pay I was OVER charged so I asked why they replied we don't do math its taxes as im still confused how an $8.50 meal and a kids $4 meal and 2 drinks comes to $22.04 and when the waitress couldn't explain and starts cussing around my 5 year old and this is supposed to be a (family restaurant) id expect it if I took my kid to a biker bar waitress covered in tattoos and cussing around kids Has some kind of issues wount be coming back nor did I bother to leave a tip with...