Golden Diner — Restaurant in New York

BEWARE THE RESERVATIONS ARE RIGGED! You can just say you have a reservation and they won’t even care, check to see if it’s true or check what time it’s for.

Got there at 7:43pm. Sat down at 8:55pm. Left at 10:07pm. The Service is so terrible. For 2 people eating - Expect to pay over $80. Not worth the wait nor money. The food is overhyped.

The wings were alright nothing fancy or WOW about.

Pancakes, what pancake it’s POUND CAKE with lemon zest syrup! After eating it you would need at least 2 bottles of water, it was so sweet.

The home fries are basically Dunkin donuts hash browns. Just deeply fried, terrible.

I asked for water, I got a bottle of warm water. They put the bottle under the faucet and serve it right to you. Along with a Mexican coke, No ice/cup or straw. Terrible service for the price you pay.

The service is so horrible. I came in as a walk in. Waited along with other people who had no reservations.

Someone on the side of me said I don’t have a reservation, the guy said okay it’s an hour wait(I was given an hour and 10mins wait). So, the lady goes outside and the friend saids that she’s going to make a reservation for 9pm, that’s 2hrs later. She put her name down for the reservation, the friend goes inside, and tells the man, I have a reservation. The guy, then proceeded to sit them down before us (@8:25pm)knowing we were there longer than them.

I go up to the guy, and say you did that 3x to us, I’m not understanding what’s going on here. I explain to them they were walk ins just like I was and that they just added them selves to the list of reservations. He tells me reservations comes first then walk ins and walks away. I was so close to walking out but I couldn’t, the exit was blocked off. He comes back and tells me you have 1 min left. And i said for what? He said a table should be free in a minute or 2. Which is terrible..

Tight space over crowded. 2 people working taking orders/checking people in. About 25 people can sit and eat in the place. 1 bathroom for all. If you’re at the corner tables where the entrance is, expect someone’s butt/body close to your table while eating and talking.

Someone checked on me 4x . To order, to drink, to giving me a sauce, and the check. I can feel they just wanted me out.( Not once did I act snotty or disrespectful towards them I kept my cool)

Super upset that I experienced this. Won’t be going back to this...

Golden Diner was definitely worth the wait and lived up to the hype. As I write this review, I can’t stop thinking about the honey butter pancakes and the Korean fried chicken. When we arrived, we didn’t see much of a crowd, but we soon discovered that we had just joined an ever-growing waitlist with an estimated wait time of between one and a half to two hours and fifteen minutes. Since trying this place was one of our goals for the day, we decided to stick it out. Before long, the crowd began to gather, and the line grew longer. It all made sense when we saw people arriving with their tables ready; we realized they had gone off to explore instead of waiting around the restaurant.

I had read that they offer reservations but also that they were booked out for a year, though I’m not entirely sure how true that is. Just be prepared to wait. The restaurant staff mentioned that the wait times are much longer on Saturdays and Sundays, but it was still pretty long for a Friday. So, we waited, and waited, and waited.

In the end, we waited about one hour and forty-four minutes. I heard my name called, followed by the four magic words: “Carmen, your table is ready!” The hunger was setting in, so the timing was perfect.

Thankfully, we were seated inside, as it was starting to get hot outside. They offer both indoor and outdoor seating, but when you're called, you don’t have much choice in preference. We were seated at the bar, which was perfectly fine with us. Inside, it’s a tight space with a total of about eight tables, bar seating, and one bathroom. From our seat at the bar, we had a great view of all the action in the kitchen.

Our waitress greeted us, and we ordered two golden punches, an order of honey butter pancakes, eggs, and Korean fried chicken. The food is cooked to order, so there was a slight wait, but it was well worth it. While we waited, our golden punches arrived, and they were refreshing and delicious—definitely will sneak up on you, if you were as hungry as we were!

When our food came out, it was piping hot. The melted butter on top of the pancakes looked decadent, and the Korean fried wings were fried to perfection. My husband and I enjoyed every bite and agreed it was well worth the wait. We cannot wait to visit again in the future! Be sure to check it out, if you have the chance, but carve out plenty of time for the wait!...

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Well, if you're interested in having Golden Man as your mascot all you need to do is paint your front door with gold leaf and he will appear in the meat locker the next...