Metro Diner

United States Florida GainesvilleMetro Diner

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2130 SW 34th St, Gainesville, FL 32608

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(352) 353-2889

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metrodiner.com

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Local diner chain serving classic American breakfast & lunch fare in a warm atmosphere.

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I stumbled upon this Diner when I was visiting UF at Gainsville, and what a find it is. Located on the end of a small strip mall on SW 34th Street just south of Hull Road, it would be easy to pass it by. Don't pass it by if you are an inkling of hungry. It so impressed me that after I ate breakfast there, I picked up my wife from her appointment, and I took her back to eat. You are greeted at the door, seated quickly, and if you're lucky, Kyle will be your waiter. I'm sure they're all great, but he was professional, and added insights to our order that only would come from someone who truly cares about their guest. Now the menu: I ordered one of their specialty's, Corn Beef Hash with Poached eggs, toast, and one pancake on the side. I've been eating corn beef hash all of my life, from a can no less, and this is the first time I've had it made from scratch. It was fantastic. With it laid two perfectly cooked poached eggs which ended up on top of my corn beef hash. It was complemented by wheat toast and a GREAT, though very large, pancake. Oh, the coffee is of a medium, yet robust blend, just to my liking. I thoroughly enjoyed that meal. My wife had a breakfast special, which included Eggs Benedict over sliced avocado and tomato, on an English Muffin. Complementing this was home fries with onion and colorful bell peppers, which were fresh and very good. You can usually get a feel for a place when you walk in the door, and this is one of those places. It complements the college town that surrounds it, the food is good, and the people are happy; my kind of place. Oh, my wife had a swipe at the Eggs Benedict before I could get a picture, so the picture reflects what this place is about....good food and good vibes.

Chuck Johnson

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Update Review: 4 Stars Following the original poor experience, the owner kindly provided me with a coupon to give Metro Diner a second try. I visited for an early lunch, ordered a Southwest style chicken wrap with coffee, and was genuinely surprised at the difference in quality. The wrap was hearty, well-made, not soggy, and a large portion size. I'd be happy to visit again for lunch or dinner now. Original Review: 2 Stars This was my first visit, but Metro Diner seems quite popular and there was a 30 minute wait for a table. It was thus surprising when the meal was honestly the worst breakfast I've ever been served in my life, and I'm not a picky eater. The dish was on their breakfast favorites menu, described as breakfast pie with layers of egg, onion, green peppers, cheese, and potato. In reality it was appeared like an open-face breakfast burrito that had been topped with an enormous handful of pre-shredded cheese and microwaved. The scrambled eggs were off-color and soggy. The green peppers were grey-green mush. Potatoes and onions were also overdone. The only good ingredient was mushroom. Besides looking unappealing, the dish had no redeeming flavors, far too much cheese, and was SO WATERY! The only reason I know of for a breakfast dish to be that soggy is if it was frozen and reheated, probably by microwave. Serving a dish like this is an embarrassment and I hope they figure out what is going on in the kitchen. If a simple breakfast dish can't be made fresh it shouldn't be served and charged to customers. Breakdown: +1 star for pleasant service +1 star for decent coffee, especially while waiting for a table - 3 stars for the worst breakfast dish I've ever experienced

Matt Borden

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Where do I start? This place is hands down the best. Yes, it really is - and for so many different reasons. We were there about 11:30-11:45 on a Monday. There was no wait for us even though it was busy. Our waiter was really great. #Garrett made sure we were taken care of, nothing but politeness and manners. This dude deserves a raise or some praise! Maybe both? he keeps an eye so you never even have to say "excuse me?" for anything. We never felt forgotten or rushed. That's huge nowadays. Mahalo Garrett! For the food! Dear lord, I'm a BIG girl and I couldn't even handle the Metro Diner Challenge. Lol no! It's not a challenge but the food portions are big. Hey, none of us are complaining though. It means we don't have to cook later. 😁 My husband had the fish & chips - it came out FAST, HOT and tasted so so good. Yes, i sampled. Lol I had ordered the chicken plate that came with veggies and mash potatoes for $15 something. What I didn't realize...was it was not one, not two but FOUR pieces of chicken. Yep, you heard me right. Which again was hot, fresh and moist on the inside. The potatoes were awesome (red potatoes? Are we right?) And the gravy as well. Biscuit was obviously made fresh and I'm not usually a biscuit kinda girl. (Sorry!! From Hawaii! Lol) We ended up taking home leftovers for dinner with us. Happily. Would we go back again? Long as we aren't broke next time! Lol it was just such a great place & atmosphere. Clean too. My husband has social anxiety and he was completely fine here and looks forward to the next time. Do it! Stop in :)

A. M

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My father and I pulled up to this unassuming little diner and our hopes of a delicious breakfast grew when I saw the line of people waiting to get in. Little did we know that this place would blow our high hopes out of the water. It was Sunday around noon and the wait for 2 people was a half hour so we grabbed the first two seats at the counter that opened up. Sitting at the counter was the right move because it gave us a view into the kitchen. I’ve worked in a few well run restaurants but if restaurants were orchestras, this place was the philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. The line chefs put out perfectly cooked waffles, pancakes and poached eggs. The expo’s timed everything perfectly, and the runners rotated from line to table with a smile on their face every time. I had the fried chicken benedict with a side of bacon. The chicken was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it was served over biscuits which were light and fluffy and absorbed the rich and creamy hollandaise sauce with ease. The side of bacon was crispy and fresh. My father had the fruity waffles which he proclaimed were light and fluffy and stacked with fresh fruit. Working in a kitchen is grueling, hot, hard work but this team made each meal with the care of professionals in a Michelin starred establishment. Bravo to the Metro Diner crew.

Josh Rosenthal

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If I could give 6 stars I would!!! Hostess were FANTASTIC, Server was Great and the Food was Out-of-Sight!!! NEW POST!!!! We returned this morning this morning and once again everything was GREAT. The food portions here are outrageously LARGE! We will be back again! BACK AGAIN!!!! This time I'm rating something that I've never rated anywhere and for this I will give it a Minus 3 stars!!! -3☆'s IT'S THE DISGUSTING STRAWS!!! I'm not sure if this is an attempt to shame people onto never using straws again but this is ridiculously pitiful and unappealing... Thing is it will not stop anyone from using straws it will show people to bring their own "plastic" one. See photos added today. ▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎ October 14, 2022 We stopped in for a late breakfast this morning and we were hit with a surprise... The menu has shrank noticeably. Numerous of the big braw items are now absent and these were items that made this restaurant atand out from all the others. Instead of getting up and leaving when we saw the menu had been butchered we talked about it and stayed and that was a mistake. My cinnamon roll pancakes tasted horrible and my wife could only eat a few bites of her fish and chips.... We hope it was just an off day. We will try again

WildSanta

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This was the first time we'd ever been to Metro Diner and boy were we incredibly surprised! The food is nothing short of amazing and the wait staff all smiles and on point. Hats off to everyone in the kitchen -and especially the manager for running a top-notch restaurant! Now for the food - Big Mike's Double Decker BLT is loaded with perfectly cooked mouth-watering bacon and the fries are some of the best I've tasted in Gainesville! The Avocado Breakfast Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheddar, bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and mayo on 8-grain toast - PERFECTION! Next time, the husband and I are splitting our plates in half so we get more than a couple of bites of each others food. 😁 I got the Fried Chicken Benedict - buttermilk marinated chicken tenders, two poached eggs on a biscuit, topped with creamy Hollandaise sauce with a side of home fries. People, I can't possible express to you just how fabulous this dish is. So freaking delicious! And a ton of food! I'm so glad I had an entire half of it left to eat for lunch the next day! YAY!!! We'll definitely be going back to try everything on the menu. 😋

Melissa Woolard

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