Original Market Diner — Restaurant in Dallas

The food at this place is awesome. I get the same thing all the time and it's always delicious. However, my experience with the hostess Marie was disappointing. When I arrived, the place was packed. No seating was available. Yeah the food is that good here. I kindly told the hostess that I would gladly wait outside until some seating was available and asked if she would let me know when something opened up. She agreed. I was outside maybe a few minutes and saw a couple leaving the restaurant so I was excited thinking I will surely be hearing from Marie any second now. Meanwhile, another couple arrived to have brunch. As they passed me and went in, something told me I'd better go back inside. Low and behold Marie was seating the newly arrived couple not far from the bath room. When she came back to the front she just looked at me like nothing happened. I told her I saw what she did and did not appreciate it. I asked her why she sat that couple before me and that I was waiting for her to let me know when a table was available. She was very nonchalant about it. - "A table is coming up. They are cleaning it off now". I told her that was wrong. She was supposed to let me know and seat me. She didn't want to hear that. She insisted that a table was ready and that I could go sit down. No I'm sorry. No apology. No nothing. Just totally unprofessional. After I was seated and settled in, I saw her talking to a male employee while standing close to the front door. He glanced over at me during their conversation. Totally unprofessional. Lord I just hope no one spat in my food. You can tell it's a close knit group that works there. Shout out to Bobbe who listened to my grievance and apologized. She also gave me excellent service. She's the best and a...

Our family recently moved from El Paso to the Dallas Area, now its time to experience new places and new flavors. All will be based on a family of 5. Not knowing the area, Mr G provided options and this one stuck out thanks to the menu. When you arrive its a throw back style restaurant with a 50's feel. Its located in a corner with plenty of parking. As we entered, an employee saw us walk up and was preparing our table. The style sure was retro and the employees very friendly making us feel welcomed. The diner menu is vast and plenty for everyone to chose from in our family. My 2 boys had the pancake and bacon. Wife had traditional eggs and bacon to share with my little rhino 1 year old. I had the omelet. While we waited for our meal I took my 2 sons to wash their hands ( can't imagine what unexplained germs live in the hands of my 2 monkeys). The bathrooms are very small and challenging for someone who is gravitationally challenged like me. Our server talked about the celebrities who had frequented the place and brought our food. The portions were large and filling. The boys bacon was crisp yet the pancakes were heavy and with a doughy taste. They didn't finish the pancakes. My wife and little rhino ate their plate no issues. My omelet was large and fresh. The flavor was full and enhanced with sour cream and home made salsa. The final price was affordable and well a good meal was enjoyed at an affordable price. I do recommend this place for not only food...

Let me just start out with the host wasn’t very talkative or friendly. In any business you want the first face you see to be friendly, groomed, smell good and always smiling. This just starts the experience well. My husband and I wanted to order the Two egg omelette ($8.95)That came with one choice of meat or vegetables. No cheese included. Hash brown or grits and toast or 1 pancake. We wanted two extra meats and veggies. Our waiter suggested we order a different omelette $17.50 and added the veggies. Now she didn’t mention that the veggies were extra she just added away. We also wanted hot sauce. We did the math and as you all can see on our ticket, the vegetables came out to be $24.50 just for the veggies. I felt like we just shopped at Central Market for our vegetables (and not even central market veggies) and we didn’t even get to bring the rest of the veggies home. Very disappointed. Other than that presentation looked well and omelette tasted ok. Grits were flavor less. Cold unmelted cheese was yucky. Same thing for the cheese on the grits. Gravy wasn’t really flavorful and tasted like it came from a packet. Definitely not a first good impression. Took forever to get refill on water and took a while for them to come get my card so we could leave. But as soon as saw me getting ready to leave, they came to collect the money. $63.76 for two omelette… COME ON. You have...