Kellogg’s Diner — Restaurant in New York

Man oh man was that not what I’d hoped for. That was truly one of the worst meals I’ve had in ages. I felt like Gordon Ramsey in the beginning of an episode of Kitchen Nightmares where he tries the single worst meal ever. Before I dive into how awful the food was, let me just say that the atmosphere was nice. They are clearly banking a lot of money on that fact so let me get that out of the way.

If I could save just one person their money and tell them to go anywhere else my life will have meaning.

We ordered the tall nachos to start with and I don’t have much to say about it. A perfectly neutral experience. I’m already forgetting about them as I write this. However after almost 40min of waiting, our food arrived. As my friend described it well, the food arrived looking sunken and sad. There was little to no consideration on plating and it just looked like a bland, mush of food shelved onto our plates. I wish I had a photo to show but my friends who had been taking photos all night decided that it was probably for the best not to document this.

My BLT was filled with so much shredded lettuce that I could barely find the trace amounts of bacon at the bottom. The lettuce btw seemed old and wilting. There were two massive chunks of tomato that domineered most of the flavor. I would love to say slices but it looked like haphazardly chopped pieces of tomato thrown in. It also came with an herbal mayo but either there was so little mayo that I could barely taste it or my sandwich had been left out for so long that the bread had totally absorbed it, rendering the bread slightly mushy. Further evidence to support that my food had been left out was that my fries came ice cold.

I will say that this was a record first for me. First time I’ve ever not finished a BLT.

My friend finished her chicken fried steak through sheer hunger however minor issue was that it was in fact BEEF, which if she had had a stricter diet could have been a massive issue but luckily for her was just disappointing.

My other friend ordered the omelet and didn’t have much more to say than that it lacked any resemblance of flavor.

To top off the slow service, when the bill finally arrived I found that I had been charged for the bacon on my BLT. When I asked about it the server said that bacon was not included. We figured out that he meant that when I asked for my bacon extra crispy he took that as add extra bacon. He graciously fixed this mistake so really it was a non-issue I just thought it was funny. But consider the trace amounts of bacon in my sandwich to begin with and the chicken-beef mixup , there is clearly a communication issue going on in the back.

If I could say anything I would plead that you overlook the glitzy atmosphere and go somewhere else. We went to a wine bar a couple blocks away that recommended Tina’s diner. They said she makes everything with love and care, two things Kellogg’s had absolutely none of. In fact, when a lady (possibly a manager) came to give us our bill she asked us how it was and we all sat in awkward silence she responded with a despondent “yeah….”

If anyone at Kellogg sees this and wants to help heal the burn from the dread that was my meal yesterday. I would...

I have said it already , a lot of these influencers are either getting paid to promote and rate a place or they just really don't know what bad service and food is like. The first indicator that things were not going to be great was the host at the front, when we requested a table for two she responded with "it would about 30 minutes and then smirked and said or even longer ". I normally brush these things aside because I chalk it up to inexperience or immaturity. The wait however was about 10 minutes, the waiter then came to take our order I wanted the Mexican Benedict , how do you not have any of the ingredients to make this , all the things in this order they did not have . You are a diner how do you not have these things do you not plan for orders like this , do you not order things like chorizo in bulk. I ended up with regular eggs , bacon , fries that were way more chewy than soft with a fair crunch, and I ordered whole wheat toast I got white toast. So there was that , then we requested the check , we asked our waiter for the check when he came to ask us how was everything, why did he take orders from about three tables and then came back and asked us if we wanted the check and then gave us the wrong check. If it was me I would have just paid that check which was much less money but my sister is the angel here and told him it was not ours. For a diner that small they should not have such little issues and for the life me I cannot understand why there are four hostess, the two inside was just standing around . You are too small to have so many hostess. So here is my overall thoughts , the front desk people really need to get better at how they handle customers. Two the food did not taste bad it is not top tier but it has the potential to be great if they take their time and fulfill the order properly. Three this place has a vibe so that is a plus . Four the drinks were good so if you want to get your drink on well you won't be disappointed. Five the prices are reasonable so at least we are not being overcharged for mediocre food. This is just my opinion but you can try it at your own risk maybe your experience would be...

came in alone. Sat at the counter. The long haired bartender/server (you’re very attractive, okay?) ignores me for about 15 mins. I’m just staring at him menu closed. He’s having full convos with all the women working there. He’s sexy, I guess. But I just want to order, sir. He finally addresses me and I order a burger. He’s mumbling at me. Like I have no idea what he said. But all his charisma washes away. He can barely make eye contact with me. I’m pressed to even call it a full interaction. I want just the cheese burger as is. Like whatever it is on the menu. He asks if I want fries. No thanks.

Burger comes a little later. They are slammed. I’m eating it…wait there’s only cheese on this thing? it’s so sad looking. I ask the waiter if I can get some lettuce and tomato on the side, whatever normally comes on the burger. So defensive, replies “you said only cheese”. I absolutely did not. Someone else intervenes. I’m like “look I can just take some lettuce and whatever else on the side.” The woman manager (?) is really apologetic and they take the burger and insist to give me a new one. Okay. They offer me fries. I say yes.🥴 Fabio standing there is like “you say only cheese.” Like 3 times. And finally I say “you literally mumbled at me. You might have said only cheese but I never said that”

Burger comes. Has fries with it. Which I didn’t really want but I thought the offer was free fries in what seemed to be apologetic. I feel the staffs eyes on me. I pay. And yep, I’m charged for fries. Fabio literally hates me now. I should stayed home and ate the sad impossible burger in my freezer.

Anyways. So stressed. Thought I was safe having a quiet meal at the countertop. So wrong. Straight men are truly terrible 85% of the time. This guy didn’t want to serve me, period. 🤯

NOTE: everyone that comes here is hot and rich. I may be one of those things but I’m def not the other. I’m literally the kindest most apologetic non-fussy eater. No modifications. I’m here to have a quick bite and be invisible. Why is eating alone feel...