New York Luncheonette — Restaurant in New York

I don't recommend this place to anyone, as our experience was terrible.

I went there with my wife and baby as it was shown on the Internet as a cheap place to eat in New York, but we were shocked it was not.

When we arrived there, the waiter was pressurizing us to order the food as soon as we sat down. He asked what do you want and I replied I would like some water please, before we decided what to eat, and his facial expression spoke volumes! He was like water????? what are you doing here ??

Then we asked for the breakfast, over cooked bacon, and it was full of fat....

We asked for "home fries" but we stated we wanted "chips" as we don't call them "fries" He didn't listen to us and gave us mashed potatoes cooked with what seemed to be old cooking oil instead.

At the end he gave us the bill, 29.56 USD for 2 breakfast baps , just (egg and bacon) and 2 coffees and the mashed potato we didn't ask for , I paid exactly 29.56, and he demanded me to give him a tip saying Sir, you didn't pay the service charge, I responded: "the service".. aren't you paid here?. For me this was similar to begging and also I noticed the bill was suggesting me an amount to give him. I said I'm not paying that because my thought is... he wasn't working for free and he's...

Welcome to the NYC Diner Ballet! Totally on que. Yeah, the wait. The food. Coffee. The staff. But then, the locals on que ... start to filter in to fill the seats and entertain the out of towners. Dusty the prof egg salad sandwich with a newspaper he never reads. Muriem and Delores every mid-afternoon for soup and chat. A family of tourists who slip in to escape the New Yorkers happy to find a meal they might find in Duluth. Quick service and good food the background music. A chorus of take outs pass by en route to the regular neighbors too busy to bother stopping in. All the while the performance goes on perfectly ordered, delivered and executed. Olly, the doorman from next door saddles up to the short counter for a coffee and early dinner before running to the train to Bogota. Just then a young couple stops in with an array of bags for which sets the staff into a tizzy helping to arrange bags out of the way. And PUFF, coffees arrives seconds later a BLT, burger and salads appear as the waiters glide from behind the counters to deliver food, checks and change...all smiling and happy you're here ... to enjoy...

This place is an absolute nightmare. The restaurant was disgustingly dirty and unkempt, and the food was beyond revolting—horrible quality that left me feeling sick and robbed with its exorbitant prices. My server's apathetic demeanor and disdainful looks added insult to injury as she served me the inedible mess. The hot chocolate tasted like it was made from some cheap, watered-down powder, while the scrambled eggs were swimming in a repulsive, filmy juice that reeked of spoilage. The only saving grace were the mediocre potatoes. To top it off, the atmosphere was an ear-piercing nightmare, filled with incessant kids' cries. I wouldn't wish this vile experience on my worst enemy. Spare yourself the agony and avoid this wretched excuse for a restaurant at all costs. I'd rather scavenge breakfast from a New York trashcan than ever step foot in this deplorable establishment again. DO...