Lake Varsity Diner — Restaurant in Lake Township

It is with absolute sadness and regret that after loving this Diner and all its staff for years, after taking friends and loved ones there and recommending all my loved ones go there for years, I will never go back or recommend it to anyone ever again. In short, a senior staff member I had always liked and trusted collected our cash payment along with a $10 cash tip that I intended for the wonderfully attentive brand new waitress who so delightfully took care of us. I specifically told the senior staff member that the tip was for the new waitress who served us so well. She smiled and walked away with our cash for our $50.00+ bill and our $10.00 tip. As we were preparing to leave, our young waitress came to check on us one more time. We asked her if she had been given our tip and she nervously repied "No, but that's okay! I'm not allowed to have tips yet!" We asked her to go get the senior staff member who took our money. She very reluctantly did. I thought it was a mere mistake or oversight. It wasn't. I told the senior staff member, politely but firmly, that if the waitress couldn't have the tip then I wanted it back. She said she'd have to "ask Joe" if the waitress could have the tip we left for her... She went to him, we saw her talking to him, and he promptly went out the front door. We promptly left without saying anything further, feeling totally shocked and disgusted. We did not get the tip back and are 99.9% sure the young new waitress didn't receive it. The point is, the senior staff member should have told me the young lady wasn't allowed to have tips instead of smiling, saying nothing, and keeping it anyway after I told her who it was specifically for. She should have handed it back to me and said the young lady wasn't allowed to have tips yet. Had she done that, I would have said, well, go ahead and consider it a tip for the establishment. But she didn't give me the chance to do that. So, instead of being honest and showing respect and integrity, she said nothing and walked away with my tip knowing full well she had no intention of giving it to the young lady I specifically told her it was for.

Enjoy the $10.00 you lost our business over. I am still shocked that happened after thinking so highly of them and spending hundreds upon hundreds of dollars there through the years, leaving 20% to 30% tips...

The atmosphere is just the greatest, such a fun place, has a great energy to it, just super cool and unique. And amazingly enough, the food is even better. Everything we had was essentially the best version of that particular thing that we’ve ever had. I’m not sure how you would make a better onion rings. And the fries are those perfect skinny type fries with just a hint of grease, great flavor and cooked to perfection. My daughter got the quesadilla and even the looks of it, blow away a Chipotle quesadilla. You can honestly tell it was made by someone who loves what they do. Again, it was cooked perfectly, had the cheese that would practically stretch across the room when you break it apart, absolute perfection. Finally to the star of the show: the meatloaf sandwich. It’s this perfectly cooked and delicious meatloaf with onion straws, a warm ketchup in between 2 pieces of grilled to perfection Texas toast. I gave the meatloaf a 9.6 and I can’t think of too many other things I’ve eaten in my life that I would rate that high. The onion rings weren’t far behind at a consensus 9.3. And I’m sure if I asked my daughter to rate the quesadilla she would say a 10…and in fact that’s what she said! Do yourself and your family a favor and head to Lake Varsity, good chance you’ll...

Hands down the best diner in Uniontown. The food was AMAZING. Sooooooo delicious and very filling. The diner is super clean - tables aren’t greasy, seats aren’t sticky, you can basically eat off the floor, and the decor is so cute. It’s like going into a Time Machine. Your really get the mom and pop feel from this place and it’s just so welcoming. Colleen was absolutely patient with me as I couldn’t make up my mind- very big menu and everything sounds so good. I’m also gluten intolerant and eat dairy free lol BUUUUUUT she was super accommodating. I had their June special: bbq chicken tacos on a bed of nacho chips (homemade)! She also gave me a side of black eyed peas that was AWESOME! Honestly I can’t tell you how great our first experience was. We are looking forward to coming back. Definitely won’t...