Malibu Diner — Restaurant in New York

Severely Overrated.

I'm a truck driver from Los Angeles and have been to every state and every major city. So you can imagine I make good money and have sought out really good places to eat.

This place is the opposite of really good. It is a deception. People with low food standards and dead taste buds must have rated it because everything about it was terrible.

My co driver and I went in early in the morn for the simple stuff. Waffle Combo and a Burger Combo. The burger was of the lowest quality for a diner. Comparable to one of those Big Azz burgers out of a vending machine. Pickles were stiff and flavorless. My co driver would have rather had a food ration.

My waffle plate descusted me. The bacon was thin and see through, obviously frozen food. Scrambled eggs came in the form of a slab, like an omelette with very little flavor. Most likely powdered. The ham looked like lunch meat. At that point I didn't even touch the waffle. Forget that. I want a refund.

Ooooooooohhhh Snap. Don't do that. Don't ask for a refund at a New York diner. The waiter went from pleasant to moronically disrespectful. The manager was dismissive, combative and showed a slight bit of insecurity because he knows the quality of food he orders.

I didn't pay for my plate, but my co driver ate 2/3 of the burger so they charge us $10 dollars just for the burger.

In the end, I still tipped the waiter $1. He gave me the dollar back and said I probably needed it more. He then said, "Here in New York we have a saying, Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice..........." You know the saying.

This guy is a complete idiot. He used the expression wrong. How is it that HE was fooled? If anything, WE were fooled by the misleading reviews and rating. But they won't fool us twice. They are marked on Google under BS Restaurant.

I balled up his tip, threw it and rolled out. They should shut this place down and open a Chipotle or something.

It is possible I caught them on a bad day. But it is also possible they could have handled everything differently. So they earned this...

A buddy and I decided to stop in and get something to eat after a long day of spending time in New York City and all the boroughs. We were greeted and told to pick a table which we did without any issues and the place was not very busy. There was maybe a total of 25 patrons in the entire establishment. A quick glance in the menu and a quick conversation with the waiter and our meals were ordered I ran to the bathroom to wash up before my food arrived only to come back to the table to find that my food was there. Now everybody loves when you come back from the bathroom that your meal is on the table ready for you. I don't care who you are so I was very excited. What I was not excited about was the fact that there was a weird cream sauce all over my eggs which I did not ask for and which I did not believe were part of the menu item and the discussion that I had with my waiter that I wanted just cheese on top of my eggs. I then explained to the waiter thad. I didn't order it this way and I didn't want it this way. They offered to remake it and unfortunately I do not send food back to have remade. I simply just said that's okay. I'm good. Please cancel my order and do not make me anything else. The waiter left and then came back and told me that I'm still going to have to pay for my meal to which I said for what? That's not how I ordered it and I explained that I'm not going to eat it that way. The waiter then went back over to the manager. The manager says that I have to pay for half of my meal because that's the only thing they're going to do for me. So I said whatever I paid for my half of the meal that they made incorrect and then I left their establishment.

I'm sorry but anybody can be upset about what I am saying but when you clarify with someone that this is what you want from the menu. It should come that way. I mean it's very simple. The only thing I wanted omitted was just no tomatoes and covered in cheese. That's it. It's not very difficult. But I guess their version of s* on a shingle gravy...

When is comes to diners in NYC, there's really not a lot of difference from one to the next. Generally, I like to look to the service and people, and sometimes comment on the freshness of the food. My visit to Malibu Diner was marked by both the friendly and attentive staff and the food presentation. On a cool rainy day, all I really wanted from a diner was a bowl of soup and cup of coffee...but sitting down in the Malibu, I was tempted by a bowl of pasta more than anything. When you want comfort food, pasta usually hits the spot. I ordered a basic spaghetti with marinara and garlic bread with house salad. Too often a diner salad means a wedge of coarsely chopped iceberg lettuce and a slice of hard tomato. Malibu took side salad to a higher level, with a mix of greens, hearty slices of ripe juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and more. It was a very nice turn from the typical. My spaghetti though, was a little overdone and had that "sitting in a pot of water too long" texture. The sauce would have been a nice finish -- robust garlic and herb flavors -- over freshly prepared pasta, but the lunch was satisfying nonetheless. I'd suggest working on the idea of garlic bread -- a little more butter and garlic and less time under the toaster! Across the table, I received a positive report of the house chicken noodle soup that had a homemade taste and composition. With chunks of chicken, chopped carrots (that were not mushy) and the right touch of salt, the soup was just the thing to chase away the rainy day shopping blues. A baked potato ordered with the soup wasn't quite as good. It arrived tough, hard, and cold and had to be sent back. On the return -- it was hot, but still not soft through and through. Though the food was mixed, the friendly service helped alleviate some of the...