Lloyd's Diner — Restaurant in Framingham

Oh my. Finally, finally, I found the quintessential diner here in East Mass. A perfect, beautiful, tasty greasy spoon as it should be, at an incredible price. $13 for the Big Breakfast, and a big breakfast it is This is untouchable, in these days.

If I walk in into other breakfast places and I will easily spend over $20 for the same thing and it would be lightly salted, minimal oil or just fake spray for that matter... the meats would be a meat product, and smaller portions.

Big, real sausages, tasty too!!! My order had like 6 eggs!!! You might think like why do I even say that the food is tasty, well if you're only used to eating at Chipotle, Panera, Qdoba, etc., any of the fast food places it is a different level of taste, they inadvertently palette train you to 'want' food products which aren't even qualifying as real food anymore. Go to Europe, have a tomato there, or a local cheese and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

By the way do you know why Crumbl Cookies did so well although it's going to close soon, it's because it's Instagram-able. We're not even listening to our tastebuds anymore. We are eating through marketing.

Back to the tasty sausages and bacon, holy cow who does that today? Toast with a slab of real butter, all real and nothing fake, no 'food products,' or chincy. This is like me growing up in the '70s and '80s - honest real food at a decent price that's not trying to jack you.

I might be remiss in saying what isn't good, well the reason why I haven't been here for the last 15 years is that it seems like it's closed a lot, or anytime I go there it's closed, even so much that I thought it wasn't open anymore. It's my fault, I didn't pay attention to the hours and I realize it's only open in a small select window which is understood, so it's operating error on my end.

The people who work there, friendly, charming... I have this feeling that a lot of people don't engage in small conversation anymore, so it was refreshing to have a couple of the locals talk to each other in the restaurant, me and the server bantering back and forth, it's so lively. I feel like a lot of people don't do that today, and just recently too, like in the last 8 years (today is 2025). It's like it's normal for people just being in their silo, in public. It wasn't like that before.

Yes the place is very small because it's inside of a train car, but Lloyds has more charm then most things in this corporate city world that we live in now. I suggest, it's only my suggestion, cater to the small businesses (RIP CJ's), keep your town thriving with vital communal and local energy instead of the corporate mega beasts.

Cash only, but you have to respect that, they're not paying for the privilege for every transaction that corporate mega beasts asked for, which I'm not saying is good or bad.

Okay I'm still ranting, lol...

I spent half my life in the west coast and a lot of time in New York city, food is simply incredible there. But in Massachusetts although it's my favorite place, they don't really do food here. Mass is about schools, colleges, hospitals, pharma and biotech... I'm constantly disappointed with most of my meals here, overpriced, "healthy foods" that aren't even spice or salted. Let me be the judge of what I consider healthy (which is anything I can grow, hunt or catch), and Mass just not really deep understanding of cultural flavors, like fish sauce, meat with a bones in it, variant of chili sauces, eating opal and innards, it feels like what everybody is eating today is pasta, pizza and chicken products with no bone in it.

Being partial to Mexican food as I grew up with it, been to Mexico numerous times eating tongue, brains, cow feet, tripe - I had a conversation once with a business owner in Boston, making what he calls authentic Mexican food, he said he doesn't use lard, innards, makes his own pico, salsa or sauces, etc., how is that authentic?

Kudos to Lloyds. Thank you for making amazing, real food for an affordable price.

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Had an excellent meal this morning. Got the Eggs Benedict, side of bacon, and cold brew coffee. All were excellent. Eggs were perfectly poached, ham slices were thick and juicy, bacon cooked perfectly crisp without being burned. Biggest thing about the food was the home fries. You can judge a breakfast spot by Hou good its home fries are. If the home fries seem like they came from a bag in the freezer, you’re gonna have a bad time. These were awesome. Fresh cut, perrfectly cooked, and just the right amount of delicious seasoning.

Last but not least, the service was excellent. Fast, sociable, and genuinely happy to have you. Will...

Honestly it was so good. The portions are much bigger than my family and I expected...I hardly made a dent! We were skeptical at first, honestly. Its really small and looks like a shack. But we were pleasantly surprised to find a cozy amptosphere with plenty of space and it felt like a good mix between 50s and a small town shack. The food was fast and the waitress was very kind. As left, the staff waved goodbye and were absolutely lovely. I would definitely recommend to anyone. This place is a prime example of don't judge a book...