Doug's Day Diner - Downtown Loveland — Restaurant in Loveland

This past Sunday we had brunch here & it won't be our last! It's a popular restaurant so we had to wait a bit, but there was a comfortable bench for us in the shade out front..and THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT!! The menu is QUITE varied: various and creative eggs, salads, burgers (maybe 8 oz? & delicious!), sandwiches, a dynamite Reuben (w/lean corned beef), Mexican, and these are just a few of your categories of choices! They offered a wide variety of sides with our sandwiches at no extra charge. We chose fries (and received an enormous pile of tasty ones) & a terrific side salad (lots of fresh veggies & nuts on top!). Their Ranch salad dressing is homemade & THE BEST we ever ate; wish I could buy jars of it! They make their own blackberry jam, too!! Many of the dishes are served with "breakfast biscuits", which are freshly homemade, hamburger-bun sized rolls, actually...delicious!! My burger was served on a homemade roll; I think made from the same dough...kind of a mildly sweet bread dough. They also make and serve slices of their own dill pickles with the burgers... yummy!!! The coffee was hot and delicious and the service prompt and friendly. The portions are huge; you'll satisfy hungry people and definitely get your money's worth at this reasonably priced diner. All 3 of us who ate there enjoyed and appreciated our food and our experience at Doug's! No, I am NOT related to any of Doug's owners or stockholders & I'm not receiving anything for this glowing review. It's just that we had such a delicious and delightful meal there that I can't wait to go back to Doug's!! My son and daughter-in-law recently moved to Loveland. Now I have two wonderful reasons to drive up from Denver for a visit....or maybe just drive up on my own for lunch at Doug's (and to visit family, of course! 😘) . It's THAT good!! You won't regret trying...

This diner has decent breakfast options and I love supporting local eateries. The wait staff is super sweet and nice, they interact with you and make you feel at home. Everything was cooked well and the ingredients are fresh but flavor wise not anything exciting. None of our food was seasoned at all so it lacked any flavor. If you like bland food though, this is the spot for you. Fresh, fast, and well cooked. They have an item on their menu called carne asada papas. Please do not order this dish if you're expecting anything that remotely resembles the look or taste of carne asada. This is more like a crock pot tasting kind of meat, also very bland. The description says Tri-tip but Tri-tip isn't what carne asada is made out of, it's skirt or sometimes flank. Either way, we though we'd try it. Wish we hadn't. Coffee was good and hot. The best thing we had was the Funnel bacon, described as bacon dipped in pancake batter. Well, it was awesome BUT don't expect bacon fried in pancake batter. It tastes exactly like beignet batter. We said they could easily fry up that batter and have awesome beignets covered in powdered sugar! Imagine beignets with bacon stuffed inside, YUM! Dipped in the syrup they provided, double yum. When they came to the table they looked overfried at first glance because it's a darker fry but they did not taste butned at all and the inside texture was perfection. We'll probably return just for the "beignet" battered bacon in the future paired with some good hot coffee. Check out this sweet and salty...

So went in with folks from out of town on a Tuesday AM! It was my first time, and chosen based on opportunity of no line out the door!

Three orders of Breakfast Burrito (did not know of the size - 2nd time around was good too), One order of Eggs Benedict. The food was good! We sat outside on the back patio - what a great spot!

A group next to us was sat after we ordered... Got their food (2x breakfast burritos) and our waitress looked puzzled. Seems as though our burritos were not fired (totally ok, it happens). She brought out the Eggs Benedict - this was part of the problem. I paid the bill, tipped the standard so I'm not complaining to complain here, however my expectation as a customer is as follows:

1. Kitchen mistakes happen - when they do, re-fire the order, don't bring me cold Eggs Benedict, so I can wait even longer, knowing it wasn't re-fired .. until the rest of the order arrives!

2. Don't make me ask for a manager... do the right thing and ask for something off the bill (anything) "I took care of the (whatever), sorry about the issue you had..." -This is where the wait staff works for their tip, this is where the manager supports their staff, this is where I write a review about how I was taken care of and will return...etc. etc.

Food was decent at the end of the day, ambiance was nice, but ultimately commitment to me as a customer is what would have enticed me to come...