Halfmoon Diner — Restaurant in Town of Halfmoon

They put the 'sour' in the sauerkraut.

Being a big fan of Turkey Reubens I was excited to try a new location's version, especially since they do not call them 'Rachels', which is a version that uses coleslaw instead of sauerkraut. A terrible idea.

Put my order in over the phone, going with a turkey reuben (comes with fries), a grilled cheese sandwich, and a basket of onion rings. Coming to a total of a little under $28, a pretty good deal.

While I was not inside very long, I will say I loved the classic diner atmosphere. Mini jukeboxes at the tables, a smattering of arcade machines at the entrance, colored neon lighting and mirrors inside, it was a nice little nostalgia trip.

Back home opening everything up I was very excited as it smelled great and looked pretty amazing, I couldn't help but snack on a few onion rings and take a bit of my grilled cheese almost immediately. The rings were the panko breaded type, my favorite, as they hold up the best during travel and have the best flavor profile of any onion ring. Their accompanying Russian dressing dip was a nice touch too. The grilled cheese was a bit on the soft side, likely due to being wrapped up so tightly, but the flavor was still there and I polished off both halves in record time. So far so good.

Sadly, the turkey reuben, my most anticipated part of the meal, was... well, let me explain. On top of also being soft like the grilled cheese was, due to the packaging being to well insulated, their flavor was nothing short of sour. The kraut to meat to cheese ration was skewed far in favor of the sauerkraut, which itself was the most sour sauerkraut I have ever tasted. It was over powering, and I could hardly stand the taste. I couldn't even detect the turkey or Swiss cheese it was so strong, and because there was so much it had the added effect of making the texture of the sandwich very fibrous. Not a pleasant experience.

All said, the majority of the meal was good, the price was good, the diner was cool looking, and heck, even the fries that came with the reuben were yummy. Just, tone down the amount of sauerkraut, and we might actually have something there. So technically I'd give this location a 3.5 out of 5, but google doesn't do half stars, so I'll round up to a 4 for...

We were recommended the diner after a medical procedure by two of the nurses at the surgery center. Even though there were closer eateries they sounded like this place was the bomb. I have to say it was worth the drive! When I got there the parking lot was all.ost full but we found parking right away. I had to wait 10 minutes to get a booth but again well worth it. The place was kicking! Filled with diners! Families and friends and couples and everyone! It was definitely busy! It didn't take long before our waitress got to us . The menu was filled with delicious dishes...4 pages filled! From appetizers to salads galore. Burgers, sandwiches, soups ! There was do many things to choose from I felt like a kid in a candy store! They also have a well stocked liquor assortment and get this...$6 bloody Marys all day everyday! Six dollars folks! And they were delicious! Garnished with celery and olives and a coiled straw wrapper around the straw and two slices of limes! Yeah I'm gonna say it again...six dollars!!! Made me feel special reminiscent of awesome brunches you'd expect in a movie like breakfast at Tiffany's! I ordered a cheese burger deluxe platter which came with delectable fries and a well dressed burger made to order. My only complaint was my fries were supposed to come with two onion rings which they forgot but given all the other awesome stuff happening it was easily forgiven. So with two deluxe platters two bloody Marys and a nice sized Pepsi everything came out to $39. Wow! I couldn't believe it given that usually for two people in any given eatery you expect to spend over 50 bucks especially with anything alcohol! I was tickled pink! 5 stars from me...no 10...wait 20! It sucks that I'm 45 minutes from this place cause I'd be here everyday! Go...check it out. You won't be disappointed I promise! Enjoy! I...

This place left a lot to be desired. We’ve past this diner a handful of times and decided to try them out instead of going to our usual place, Triangle Diner (Triangle diner is phenomenal by the way!) It was moderately busy but we were seated quickly. Our server was a middle aged gentleman. We ordered our items, bagel sandwich for my husband, pancakes, eggs, bacon for my son, and I got a corned beef omelette. The server was scarcely around which usually isn’t that much of an issue for us, we don’t like to be hounded. However, we never got a drink refill while we were there, even after asking. My son didn’t get his eggs or bacon so when we asked if it could just be taken off the check, he looked at us like we had three heads. I know accidents happen and people forget, being a server previously believe me I get it! However, don’t look at me incredulously and get an attitude when I ask to take something off the bill that we did not receive. The bagel used in my husband’s sandwich was awesome apparently, he would be interested in buying a dozen of the plain bagels since they were fresh and tasty. My omelette was pretty terrible same with the home fries. The omelette had no cheese which it desperately needed to cut through the half burnt eggs. The home fries needed to be cooked on the flattop or something longer since they are basically boiled potatoes at the point that we got them.

Did we catch Halfmoon diner on an off day? Possibly since the reviewer are so positive. However, due to staff attitude and the overall taste impression of the food it is unlikely we’ll ever come back in to try...