Jeannie's House Diner — Restaurant in South Bend

This is not an accurate review, so please forgive me for my bias as it may be just an isolated incident.

My wife has been wanting to try this restaurant for a little while. We finally decided that today would be the day.

We arrived around 8:30 AM. It’s Sunday, so we supposed it wouldn’t be that busy as some people sleep in.

The place was packed, but my wife and I saw two empty seats next to one another at the counter.

We sat there for only 5-7 minutes before we got up and left.

I noticed only two workers and the one working the grill seemed to be cooking one order at a time. I actually saw her make a mistake on an order and had to throw it out.

It was then I took a good look around. No one, and I mean absolutely no one seated at the counter had a plate of food in front of them. There had to be at least 30-40 people inside at the time, and the only ones I saw eating food were seated at tables.

I have absolutely no idea how long the other people who arrived before was there before we got there.

We were not greeted, offered coffee, etc.

The food must be phenomenal if people are patient enough to wait that long for service.

I wasn’t going to wait that long. I have better things to do with my time. If we’d stayed; I’m guessing we wouldn’t have finished breakfast until sometime after 10 AM, judging on how slow paced the business is. (Again, we arrived around 8:30 AM.)

I’ll say it again; this is not a true review as I never even got to taste their food. Maybe this isn’t the restaurant’s “status quo”, but I doubt I’ll ever return based on this...

My mom and I went here for breakfast today 4/14/25 😡😡😡😡 IVE been coming here since the original owners (2001) i ordered a jumbo my mom ordered a egg bacon sandwich ALL THE FOOD WAS OVER COOKED my order WASNT complete i wait 35 after my food was handed to me for the rest of my order!!!! The worst part was watching the cooks touch RAW AND COOKED FOOD WITH THE SAME GLOVES WE WERE THERE OVER A HE AND NOT ONCE DID THEY CHANGE THIER GLOVES and when something was said I was told by gabby the waitress “I CANT MAKE THEM CHANGE THEIR GLOVES AND SHE SAID ALL I CAN DO IS APOLOGIZE FOR THE SERVICE we sat at the bar ALL HAD COMPLAINTS food was tossed and remade JUST TO BE TOSSED AGAIN THEY WERE TAKING FOOD AWAY FROM TABLES AFTER BEING MADE WRONG AND PUT BACK ON THE WARMER!!!!!

Once THE WAITRESS SAW I WAS RECORDING SHE TOLD ME I VANT DO THAT AND I WAS MAKING THEM NERVOUS!!!!

My response soni can record for a good review BUT NOT A BAD ONE!!!! I really hate Jennie’s sold their business and name to these ppl FOOD IS OVER PRICES AND NASTY the eggs were being cut like a well done New York strip cooked in water!!!! They need to be shut down Cross...

Went here for breakfast today for the first time. It was much more than we expected, the food was PHENOMENAL with my French toast NOT being overly coated in powdered sugar like most places, my over medium eggs were PERFECTLY cooked with the whites being fully cooked (!!!), the American Fries were fantastic !!!!! They have actual iced coffee (they don’t pour hot coffee over ice, watering down the coffee!!)!!!! They were busy with almost every seat full and the service never failed! The owner even stepped in to refill my coffee and help the servers out for a moment, very nice and humble gentleman that you’d never know was the owner and not another patron if you didn’t ask!!! So if you’re in the area and looking for a great home cooked breakfast at a very reasonable price from a place that strives to please their guests… THIS IS THE PLACE, HANDS DOWN!!! This is our new spot whenever in town!!!...