Gab & Eat

This place is amazing! The food is greasily great! You can see the workers cooking your food but they will still talk with you and every single one is friendly. The parking is a parking lot so finding a spot is not hard at all. The place itself is like a little hole in the wall. It is very little and compact which may bother some people but it is not bad at all. This place is always full which tells you that it is good. The food makes up for everything, trust me.

Best I can say is that it’s ok. Very small and compact. I went with my one and a half year old daughter and the booths are so crammed in that there is no room for high chairs (pretty sure they don’t even have high chairs). They did have booster seats, but it was not ideal.
Food was ok. Nothing special. I had sausage and cheese omlette and got a pancake for my daughter. Again, just ok.
It was hot in there and I don’t think they have AC. There was a fan in front, but that did little for us who where sitting in the back.
This place is cash only. I didn’t see anything on my way in stating that, but I could have missed it. It doesn’t say Cash Only anywhere inside or on the menu either. There is an ATM, but it has a $ 2 charge to use. Can’t believe a place in 2016 doesn’t take cards.
Probably won’t ever go back since there are similar breakfast places closer to where I live that are more kid friendly, have better food and AC and accept more than just cash.

Trash.
If you’ve got time to explain to me for 2 minutes why you’re too busy to take a to-​go order, you’ve got time to write down my order and start making it.
Guess who wasn’t too busy, Carnegie Coffee Company down the street.

Breakfast was real good. Toast was great. 3 of us all liked our food. Plus got sandwiches to go. Lots of food for a reasonable price. May have to wait to be seated. Great small diner. Will return again.

I would give this a solid one star. Let me tell you about my experience…
I walk in to a nasty glare by one of the waitresses before seating myself at a table covered in advertisements and a woman throwing menus at us before walking away.
The waitress was a sweet old woman.
She was nice, but hard of hearing and unattentive.
Here’s what I ordered:
Two egg whites scrambled, links, Italian toast, and a half order of home fries.
Here’s what I got:
Two scrambled whole eggs, Italian toast, and home fries.
I addressed the missing links with the waitress and she asked me if I still wanted them. I was starved by this point and said yes. I heard her to go the chef and ask for them, to which the woman behind the grill screamed, «For what? Do you have the slip? Where is it? Where does it say links?» in a considerably nasty tone.
The eggs were mediocre, the home fries were unevenly cooked (mostly uncooked potato chunks, some practically ash), the links were so tasteless I stopped eating them as soon as I recognized I was full, but the toast was lovely.
The prices are ok, but I’d prefer a college student’s hungover cooking to coming back here.
Update:
30 minutes after leaving I got a vicious headache.
500 milligrams of acetaminophen later, my headache has gotten worse, new unpleasant symptoms have come along, and I may have contracted food poisoning.
Update 2:
I have food poisoning. 100% definitely food poisoning. I haven’t eaten anything but pretzel rods and nutrition bars before breakfast here since 1pm the day before. I obviously haven’t eaten since. There’s actually no other place I could have contracted it.

Very cute, little dive place (with an emphasis on little). Breakfast meals are my favorite. So, I thought everything on the menu looked delicious. I ended up ordering a breakfast bagel sandwich. I couldn’t have made it any better myself. My mom ordered the half portion of the mixed grill which was a medley of sweet and spicy sausage, egg, home fries, and peppers. I also ordered a half portion of French fries, and they were absolutely perfect. These are my definition of the best kind of French fries. They’re fresh cut, with the skins still on them.
We were in and out within 30 minutes with our stomachs full and happy. They only take cash though. So make sure you have some green in your wallet before you stop by.

I stopped in here due to a change in luncheon plans. Upon arrival the wait to be seated was horrific! Someone pointed to an empty counter stool so I sat there. I perused the menu fairly quick and decided to order half portions. I hadn’t had a waffle in ages and I love home fries.
Since they both came in half portions I went with those. My waitress made sure I always had a fresh cup of hot tea since I was sitting near the entrance. It seemed like a long production line to wait for your order but it did not disappoint. When I got my half orders I was overwhelmed at the size!
The waffle was thick and fluffy and the home fries which bore a resemblance to hash browns were hot and greasy. Ketchup is on the counter as well as syrup. Yes they use real butter here since I could observe one of the chefs using a giant slab of it in preparation of orders.
I definitely plan to revisit this place when I have more time to try different things. My advice would be to prepare to take home a doggy bag since they give huge portions even if they are half size. The best part is that prices here are very reasonable and you can get a lot of food for what you order.
Gab and Eat is located in a small strip mall just on the cusp of the entrance to Carnegie. It is easy to miss if you are looking for a particular building.

My husband and I used to go to Gab and eat all of the time, and would always take out of towners here. That last time we went we did something we’ve never done before and that was walk out! My omelet was not cooked and it was runny, I asked for cheddar cheese and got american, my husband ordered a medium rare hamburger and got a burnt paper thin patty. When we told the waitress she sent the cook over and he gave us attitude and was a total jerk. He wanted to put my omelet in the microwave. If I wanted a microwave omelet I would have gone to burger king.

Used to love this place. People are nice and friendly. Excellent food great pancakes Only stopped going after finding a roach in my potatoes It’s a shame the place was one of my favorites. Bit can’t go back after that experience

This is our favorite breakfast spots. Fast friendly service. You get more than what you pay for. Awesome!

Cheap and delicious breakfast!
I know it’s strange to say, but they make the best toast. I typically do not eat my toast at breakfast, but here, it’s my favorite part. I either get the ham and half waffle or ham, Italian toast and 1 egg scrambled. The wait staff is very casual and friendly.
Just be prepared to go for the food, not the atmosphere.

My favorite breakfast joint of all time. Awesome coffee, pancakes, waffles, sausage… you name it. The service is what you’d expect it to be. :) love love love this place. You will more then likely have to wait for a seat on a weekend. Well worth the wait.

Old and needs remodeling, but the food is good, the workers are very friendly and we love going there !!

This place is by far the best place for breakfast… but today… I decided to get lunch. {Only because it was lunch time… but they do serve breakfast at this time, too.}. I got the turkey club on wholewheat… OMG…it was delish. Too much for me to eat because it came with a large plate of home made French Fries. If you are really hungry and don’t count calories… make a stop here.

This place is great. Best ham and cheese inlet I’ve ever had! Their burgers are also delicious. Nice flat-​top crust on the burger. I only wish they were open for dinner too!

My friend and i stopped in yesterday for breakfast. We originally came to Carnegie to eat at another new breakfast spot, but they had an hour wait and we had some retail therapy to handle stat. Gab & Eat crossed my mind since i had bookmarked it on Unilocal.over 2 years ago.
There was a tiny wait here. about 2 couples in front of us. Finally 2 seats at the bar opened up and we decided to eat there.
Surprisingly we both ordered the same thing. mixed grill. Mine had sausage links and she decided on bacon.
It was a blast watching all the food being made right before our eyes. Giant club sandwiches, super thick pancakes, eggs eggs and more eggs. it was a fun time.
The restaurant is literally a hole in the wall but had good customer service and delicious food.
My only complaint is that i ordered my mixed grill with cheese. I thought it was going to be shredded cheddar, but they put 3 slices of american on it. Eh i’ll know better next time.

Great greasy spoon!
Arrived early, around 7:15 am on a weekday. Had no trouble finding a seat. Just as we were sitting down, a waitress asked if we wanted coffee. Of course, and how lovely!
We had a couple of questions about the mixed grill sizes because we didn’t want too much, as the reviews here stated that the portions were huge. The waitress was super nice and answered all of our questions. We ended up splitting the half-​sized mixed grill, and it was PLENTY!
Great diner quality, but I think I’ll try the same dish without the cheese next time-​it was an American cheese, and I don’t think the grill needed it.
Coffee was always hot, and service was so quick! This place is a hot spot!
Cash only — be prepared.

What a great diner! Yummy food, friendly staff and a welcoming atmosphere. This is a place you have to try. Then you will keep coming back.

One of those places you only hear about from a friend… tucked in a strip mall… only open for breakfast and lunch. The local atmosphere surpasses the food and that’s a helluva compliment.
Mixed grill is the choice for breakfast. They will mix and match meats and how you want your eggs along with toast.
Their burgers are up there with the best in Pittsburgh.
A hidden gem. Don’t miss it.

This place is divey but cute. The food is obviously not five-​star, but it’s a great place if you want to get a good, hearty breakfast. We went there for lunch and got burgers… oddly enough the server said that they don’t sell French Fries on Sundays??? So we had to settle for home fries. I thought it was a little weird at first, but damn, those home fries were good! I didn’t even care after that. The coffee is great too!
It’s a unique little place. It’s basically one long strip of a kitchen, then booths set up right beside it! They also have a pretty cool breakfast bar where you can sit and watch them grill all of the food to order. The coffee cups didn’t match — they were all Christmas mugs lol — they have a wall in the back where you can sign your name with a dry erase marker, and they have little trivia boards on the wall just for fun. It’s definitely a place of it’s own kind. The prices are very reasonable, and I would definitely go back again.