Esquire Diner — Restaurant in New York

What a shame! First of all, I should warn anyone who reads my review that this is NOT about the food whatsoever! This is strictly about the horrible owner who is such a turn-off to the establishment. The food may be good, but I’ll never know because I know for sure I will NEVER eat here. The owner is a miserable, wretched little person, if you could even call her that at all, because she has no heart whatsoever. Ok, so this diner is located right next to a preschool, where 2-5 year olds attend. I don’t know if this lady hates children or what, but she has a HUGE parking lot and some parents quickly park there to drop-off/pick-up their children. I personally have parked there (in the morning for drop-off) only 3 times. Twice because I didn’t know how to get to the back of the school, and once when I got lost trying to find the back of the school. Now, I understand her concerns about pick-up (as that’s in the afternoon and more busy), but I’m the morning? Each time I’ve gone, there is literally only 2 cars or less! The place is empty! And I heard her that day I was late screaming at the principal of the school (who’s the nicest lady ever)! How dare her! No compassion for the parents! Her wicked character tells me about the type of establishment she runs. I’d like her to try to speak to me like that. Just because you own a diner doesn’t mean you can treat people anyway you want. And if she came correct at the parents, I bet they wouldn’t even park there. Horrible, terrible woman, just completely nasty! Her attitude is what turned me off from...

If I could leave this place no stars I would. I have never been to a restaurant so blatantly racist. When we walked in we were immediately seated which was about 7:40. Upon entering we realized we were the only African American there, yet this did not stop us from wanting to try food from a diner in our neighborhood. We had great hope with quickly came to a holt. This is because after being seated we waited 25 minutes to be serviced. As we waited to be serviced we watched waited constantly check in on other customer pour coffee and take orders while they continue to act as if we were not sitting there. It became more aware that we weren’t just over reacting we the lady across from us and the cop beside us kept shaking THIER heads. This experience was completely disappointing as this is a community where my grand mother brought and owned a house for over 40 years. A community where I spent a lot of my childhood until my grandmother moved back south. Just to think that all we wanted to do was experience some of the food that we read such great reviews about and was denied is heart breaking. To make it worst when I confronted the lady at the host booth she began to argue with me that we didn’t wait 25 Minutes when she wasn’t even there when we came in.

I guess Esquire is a great diner as long as you are not of African American decent. My people please be aware and spend your...

Oh boy, where to begin. The booth was dirty. Crumbs were on the seats & table was a bit sticky. It was around 330am. Literally empty. Staff sitting around. You’d hope they’d use this time to clean up. However, let’s move on. The waiter was ok. He didn’t seem to know much about the food or what was available. The bacon egg and cheese was bland. Ask for a toasted roll, not toasted. Coffee was luke warm. Told the server it was cold and he replied would you like some hot water in it. Like, what? The hot water for our tea was also Luke warm. Think they need to get their coffee machine fixed. The silverware were spotty and not the cleanest. The waffle was good. Now, this is where it went down hill. There were flies flying about and There was literally a ROACH! - crawling around the booth across us. They called the server over and he said ... “it’s ok, this happens.” Then proceeded to get a napkin and kill the roach on the chair they were sitting on... that killed our appetites and the other guests. Literally the worst dining experience I’ve ever had at any diner...