Franks-A-Lot — Restaurant in Waterford Township

This is my first time here as I was again visiting and in the area. Very pleased we stopped in:) Small Mom and Pop type diners are becoming a thing of the past in our area. Of the few some have become “tired”,however, here at Franks-a-lot you will experience what you remember from your fav old school diner! The restaurant is very clean, in great repair and decor. Of all the glass partitions between booths I saw only one fresh fingerprint! I did NOT see one booth with cracked vinyl. Amazed at the standard of upkeep and cleanliness! Here you do not walk in and smell an old greasy grill. Your fried onions do not taste like green peppers/sausage from the previous order( one of my pet peeves). It is a clean grill! Staff gave stellar service! Our waitress was kind and attentive. Good coffee too. It was as if my coffee cup was charmed and automatically filled itself at just the right time!!! LOL My friend ordered the grilled chicken salad. It came with a nice sized piece of chicken that could have used a little more cheese but we have found some restaurants we frequent have cut back too. The grilled chicken was not over cooked and yummy. AMAZINGLY the salad was prepared with fresh cut lettuce! NO bagged lettuce that tastes and smells like formaldehyde here. Thank you Franks-a-Lot for putting in the effort!!! I ordered my most fav item at a diner, a plain old patty melt. Onions well done please! Yep, this was not the 1/2 pound patty that shrinks to a thick chunk of meat ,sitting off center leaving the majority of the bread empty. This is the traditional thinner patty that just covers the entire sandwich. Beef in every savory bite. The bread was generously buttered, evenly crunchy, with both gooey American and Swiss cheeses. So yummy. I enjoy both flavors on my melt. I always taste my food before salting and typically need to salt/pepper my burgers. I was pleased to find that I did not have to add anything. The burger and onions were already well seasoned. I will take a good burger over a steak any day. The burger was not hard as if over packed and the texture was not that of a pre made and commercially frozen product. Good burger pickles too. The entire meal for both of us was reasonably priced and very very good.Oh,they make homemade cookies in about 6-8 different varieties and serve Koegel hotdogs. They have footlongs too! I can’t wait to go back again! The breakfasts look delish. The hash browns:)See you...

Really poor service the waitress forgot to bring me a menu and when she came to our table to ask what we wanted I said I don't know I didn't get a menu my wife did but I didn't she didn't say sorry I forgot your menu instead it was well sharing is caring my New York style hot dog was horrible my buns were soggy the sauerkraut didn't have any flavor my wife's toast had cooked onions and her food didn't have cooked onions horrible place to eat if you want a good coney don't go here I would recommend super chief on Walton and telegraph best around I will never be back to Frank's a lot we gave this place a second chance on Jan 28th 22 ordered by phone was told 15-20 minutes got there 27 minutes later food wasn't even on the grill had to wait an extra 28 minutes to get our food told the waitress I wasn't tipping she never even told me our food wasn't ready just left me standing at the counter wondering if our food was ready when I said to I wasn't tipping she then looked at me and I don't care it doesn't matter to me I said really I will never come back there she said I well don't care as we were waiting for our food a little kid was running all over the place flapping his arms in front of the prep area a lady came out from the back kitchen area wearing her winter coat carrying take out containers put them on the shelf in front of food preparation table in front of the grill and her coat was rubbing all over the prep area where the food was being prepared horrible place horrible horrible place dirty and nasty food I wish the original owner was still around it was great then I will never go back and I really hope the health inspector is really looking at this nasty place very dirty do...

Was hungry, and was passing by, decided to try their dinner menu. This business has been around since the '60s from my recollection. I'm sure it's been under a different owners since that time.

Back to the review, Since it is fairly recently that they started serving dinner the place was not very crowded.

I ordered the stuffed cabbage even though I was uncertain if it would be any good. It came with super salad. I chose chicken tortilla soup and it was outstanding. Very much recommended.

It took a while for my stuffed cabbage to arrive, I am a very impatient person. The waitress assured me that the wait would be worth it, she was correct.

The stuffed cabbage plate came with a choice of corn or green beans I chose the corn, in mashed potatoes.

That was some of the best stuffed cabbage that I have ever eaten, and I have eaten some very good stuffed cabbage.

If you're in the area, I highly recommend stopping for their dinner,...