Girard Dinor — Restaurant in Girard

On the street parking only. Narrow building with hard, uncomfortable booth seats, or counter stools. One table. Cute novelty decor. Many pictures of historical Girard. Very decent menu. Ordered their "The one" breakfast with biscuits and sausage gravy, and fried potatoes with grilled onions, with coffee. The coffee was good, although just a tad weak, but I like my coffee stronger than most. The sausage gravy was tasty and had a good amount of sausage, not overpowered with spice. The fried potatoes were surprisingly good. The "biscuits"... When a person orders biscuits and gravy, you expect the biscuits to figure prominently. You should SEE the biscuits. When you stick your fork into the biscuits, you should feel at least a little resistance. When you bite into the biscuit, you should taste the biscuit. When you chew you should be able to say "That is biscuit with gravy". None of the above. The "biscuit" was so ambiguous that I asked for a biscuit with a little butter on the side. I was brought two tablespoon sized drop biscuits, as Renae (sp?) said, "because they're so small". They were split, grilled, and already buttered. I actually felt sorry for those two tiny lumps of flour, salt, and milk. They had been raised in some third world underfunded orphanage. No substance. No personality. Nothing. Service. There were frequent and extended periods of nobody on the floor. My coffee cup spent a lot of time on the corner of the table with nothing in it. Eight of us customers were left alone to our own devices for most of our meals. Three of five stars for not bad,...

My husband and I were disappointed this time around. This is the first time my husband and I have been there since the new owners took over. Our waitress was nice but had to keep checking and double checking with us as to what our order was. Then there was a hair in my cottage cheese. I order a breakfast sandwich and asked for bacon instead of sausage. So she brings me out a bagel with just bacon on it asking if that is what I wanted. I informed her that I also asked for the egg and cheese on it. So she took it back. My husband got the pancakes and while they were big, we could kind of taste the remnants of what was on the grill previously (like onions). There were also a bunch of burnt pieces in the pancakes. My eggs on my sandwich were really runny and the bacon had zero taste. After our meal, our waitress brought us our check. She totaled everything. I then informed her that we had a coupon, she scoffed and gave me an attitude that now she had to go back and redo the check. My husband and I have been there multiple times before the new owners took over and it was much better. Now, I will give it another chance after the owners fiancee gets back home and is feeling better. Hopefully its...

First time visiting the dinor. A group of us rode our bicycles here from Lawrence Park area on a Sunday morning.

We were greeted by a friendly waitress who instructed us to sit wherever we wanted. There was plenty of seating available at the time (but the place filled up quickly after we arrived).

The waitresses were very friendly, attentive, and prompt with service. The coffee mugs were bottomless as the staff was frequently making sure the coffee was hot and fresh inside our mugs.

I had the steak and eggs. Dinor steak can be hit or miss with quality. I asked for the steak to be prepared rare. It was cooked perfectly to my liking. The steak was a good cut off meat and tasted amazing. Kudos on the steak and eggs!

The dinor looks like it is a staple within the local community. I recommend ppl from outside the area to make the drive to Girard to have a quality meal here. ...