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I went there on a recommendation not really expecting much. Upon arrival, the parking was full and the restaurant was really busy. There was a wide variety of patrons too...young and old, families with young children, etc. It felt like a neighborhood gem. I ordered a half order of the raspberry custard french toast, the Dan's breakfast burrito, and an OJ. The french toast was amazingly good. It was sweet, but overly so. The burrito was tasty, but a bit too much to handle because they stuff it with fresh home fries. The servers/wait staff were super friendly and attentive. The table was wiped off, but the floor underneath it could've used sweeping. I cannot ding them too much on that because they were extremely busy. Everything else was up to par. I'll be back in the future. 👍🏽👍🏽
Keith BlackwellKeith Blackwell
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This was our first time going and it was ok. I ordered the Greek skillet with extra feta and extra tzatziki sauce. My skillet barely had a sprinkle of feta on it (in the picture is over half the feta that was on my skillet) and I received 1 tzatziki sauce. My husband ordered the meat skillet and liked it except the potatoes. I liked the potatoes a lot. We ordered biscuits and gravy to share. The server brought them early which was appreciated, however we didn't even eat half of them because they weren't good at all. We were really surprised when we got our bill and for a tiny cup of feta it was $2.05 and $1.05 for tzatziki. When I say tiny I mean a teeny tiny cup of feta. Not even a .5 ounce cup of feta. I'm aware that feta isn't the cheapest cheese but I know it isn't nearly that expensive and maybe they should actually put feta on a Greek skillet. Seems like a GREEK skillet would come with GREEK sauce. Also, the "large" orange juice is smaller than a small bottle of Frank's red-hot and it was $3.85. I would hate to see the size a small cup of juice is. In the picture, you can see that the standard pepper shaker is barely shorter than the cup of juice. We won't be returning.
Jessica HarmonJessica Harmon
10
Hopefully this review won't be taken as just a negative and will help push some change. This is my honest opinion: If you're going to eat here do not get anything that an elderly person wouldn't typically order! It will probably be stale or straight out of date? I ordered these jalapeño poppers and the breading was so stale there is no way these hadn't been sitting for a long time. They were greasy, falling apart and the breading just had a very bad taste. You can see in the photo how they crumble and if these aren't something that sell I'd truly recommend just taking them off the menu entirely. I also got the corn beef hash, it left a lot to be desired it truly lacked flavor, and tasted identical to the great value canned corn beef hash. The rice pudding was good and the chilli cheese fries were decent the actual fries were great but the chili did have a slight bitterness to it. I also need to point put cleanliness because the cups of water had chunks of food in them. The server was polite and I hold nothing against the server! Overall there was nothing that will have me coming back, my suggestion is to add some flavor, and pay more attention to the quality of your food.
Cherry BombCherry Bomb
10
Greeted by, I believe the owner, and was told I could sit anywhere, so I sat at the nearest table at the front. Almost 10 minutes passed of waitresses walking around and past me before one asked if I was being helped. I ordered a coffee while I looked over the menu and my coffee was luke warm. I ordered my food and waited again for a refill, which I finally got when when food came. My grits and sausage gravy were barely warm. It took forever for my butter to melt in the grits. The biscuits weren't hot but tasted good. The grits tasted fine along with the gravy. My 3 Sunnyside up eggs were more like over easy and 2 yolks were broken. The hashbrowns were awesome! The bacon had no flavor same as the sausage links. The ham a bit over cooked and dry but tasted really good. Refills of coffee were hard to get and my last refill was finally hot. The coffee cups are nice and thick and heavy but hold a small amount of coffee. Not sure it's worth going back.
Paul Whitlow JrPaul Whitlow Jr
10
Not a bad first experience. Stopped in on my lunch break, it was seat yourself. Staff was very friendly and present. I ordered a coke and an assortment of 4 of their signature hot dogs (Chicago, Rocky, Flint style coney, & Detroit style coney). It was lunch time, so they where a bit busy, but I felt a little neglected. Staff was constantly filling coffee, but only came to fill my drink once at the end of my meal when I'd been out for a few minutes. Food took was longer to come out than I expected for four hot dogs and so I only had about 15 minutes to eat before I had to head back to work. The food was good, the Rocky was a bit bland, but some sriracha sauce fixed that. All in all, I'd give them a try again, just not when I'm limited on time.
Brian “Bossman” DempseyBrian “Bossman” Dempsey
00
Dan’s Coney Island is a delightfully warm and charming locally owned and operated restaurant on Lansing’s South Side. It’s “Comfort Food Extraordinaire!” I had the French Toast breakfast pictured below. Apologies: (It was sooo delicious that I began eating BEFORE snapping this pic!) So you actually get TWICE as much French Toast as pictured here. The rest I devoured. Lol - The waitress was so kind and helpful that I was assured that even though I had limited time, I would be served very quickly! True to her word that is exactly what happened!! Counting calories? Don’t bother! Consider your visit at Dan’s Coney Island your well deserved “cheat day!” I’m looking forward to returning soon!
Miles T. FitzpatrickMiles T. Fitzpatrick
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5600 S Pennsylvania Ave, Lansing, MI 48911
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(517) 763-2720
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attractions: ABC Warehouse, Lansing Gardens, International Market One, International Food Mart, Myanmar Asian Store (win family grocery store), restaurants: King Ocean Crab, Fazoli's, 4 Tha Soul Restaurant, Happy's Pizza, El Oasis, Taco Bell, BIGGBY COFFEE, Arby's, Domino's Pizza, Burger King
