Beach Diner Mandarin — Restaurant in Jacksonville

I loved this place years ago. The interior is nice and relaxing however the bathrooms really need to be cleaned. The plates of food were huge and the food was excellent. Sadly they are now skimp on the amount of food while charging more. The pancakes used to be huge but McDonald's has better and larger pancakes than the near silver dollar pancake wannabes they are now serving. Look at the picture of the eggs attached. That is what they call a sausage and egg omelette. It used to be big, plate filing culinary delight. The shriveled little egg in that picture is something I could actually finish and have room for other stuff. The English muffin is good but you gotta make sure you ask for more butter because it appears to be in limited supply in the kitchen. The buttery brush barely touched the muffin. I hadn't been here in a while because they changed their syrup and started skimping on portions. I tried it againg but this visit was very disappointed at what they serve for the price you are paying. The food at competitors is much better for the same price. I am sorry to see them go down hill. I'll miss the "Ultimates" that were so worth...

Let's talk about this hidden gem! I've lived in the area for 8 years and never noticed this diner. Today my world changed, I have a new favorite lunch spot. I walked in with no expectations, it's 2025 and no one really wants to work and are miserable when they do. So imagine my surprise when a nice young man greeted me, sat me, and got my drink swiftly. The menu had so much to choose from I was at a loss until I saw the specials, meatloaf with brown gravy. Skip the meatloaf (my husband makes a meatloaf no one can compete with) BUT do you know how rare it is to find a restaurant serving brown gravy??? Sign me up for a sandwich and fries with the gravy on the side. I'm from western Pennsylvania, we like fries on our salads and gravy on our fries! I would like to know management's secret because every employee I saw looked like they were having a great day, EVERY SINGLE ONE! Shannon you were amazing, she never missed a beat. I watched her multi task with skill and a smile that never left her face. I sat next to a regular and the banter he shared with the staff makes me excited to become a...

Suck ! Waited 30 min for a table when there are table that could have been cleaned & people to get seated that is ridiculous a couple people in front of us that we're still waiting for their table and then I could say literally five different sets of family some with for some seeding 6 I'm seeding 16 and they already getting tables that were after us not to mention you see the waiter sitting there stop cleaning the table to go outside and speak to people that they know very unprofessional especially if you're busy you need to just do your job talk to them when you're not working this is ridiculous 30 minutes we waited didn't even get a seat before we just finally gave up and left I'm very very unpleased with y'all Beach Diner at San Jose I used to live in Fernadina and their Beach Diner was the best the food is amazing the people that are friendly either carrying like that just doesn't make sense you have a totally different a different environment and different people and I hope that she'll change some of your ways whenever y'all read...