Rick’s Diner

I actually like this diner. Good food, good people, simple but comfortable dining area…
Unfortunately there are some things that keep taking away from our experience. Both times we’ve come here, they’ve told us that French fries weren’t available. Offered us home fries instead. No thanks.
And now it’s cash only, no credit cards. Watching people stroll across the street to the ATM. Not cool…
It’s feel like they’re trying to find their pace but not quite. Too bad, with very little effort this place could easily be 4 or 5 stars…

Nice place. I bring my kids sometimes on the weekends.

dreary, dingy, disgusting… smelled of old grease… toast was burned (i can burn it at home for free)
pancakes were yucky and most went in the trash. dont wast any good money here… yuck! atmosphere is very old and depressing… all customers looked depressed…

Though it appears divey from the outside, with an old, red sign that simply says «Diner» to signal it’s presence, Rick’s serves some of the better breakfast food in the area. The service has been uneven at times during past visits, but at other times, it is very good. The food has been consistently excellent every time. You really can’t go wrong with any of the breakfast food served there.

The food is excellent, and the ambiance is what you would expect from an American diner.
The waitstaff seem extremely busy and rushed all the time. However, as soon as they stop at your table, they’ll treat you like the only customer in the whole restaurant.
When I get the bill, it’s always a bit higher than I’d have expected, otherwise this would be a 5-​star review.

I stopped back in here this past weekend and had a less than stellar experience. The food was still good which is why I’m giving it 2 stars but the service was less than acceptable. I’m not sure if our waitress was having a bad day but she seemed to want nothing to do with us from the moment we walked in. She never smiled, and just took our orders as quickly as she could and disappeared.
I was also disappointed with the amount I was charged. There were two nearly identical items on the menu that were the same price and I wanted to combine them. One was a breakfast sandwich with cheese, ham, eggs, peppers, and onions. The other was was a wrap with cheese, eggs, and a choice of ham, sausage, or bacon. Both were $ 5.99. I essentially wanted the first one but with sausage instead of ham. Or the second one with peppers and onions added. Either would have resulted in the same thing. Apparently making that substitution costs an extra $ 2.50! I was never told this when I ordered. I assumed since A) I wasn’t told, and B) I was asking for a very simple substitution, that it would not cost any extra. When I asked the waitress about it she did her best to make me feel like I was wasting her time and could not understand how I was surprised by the charge.
Anyway, I’d like to come back here eventually, but I hope the service is better the next time around.

Good food, large servings, fair price. Just wish the coffee was a little better

Standard (and decent) American greasy-​spoon fare. Very good value for the price. Though there are no ‘specialties’ per se, the eggs Benedict (with or without sausage) and omelettes rank among my family’s favorites. Coffee is good, and hot, and plentiful. The home fries are good, but used to be better. Service problems (which have been copiously documented in previous Dylan’s Diner reviews) were indisputably present, but mostly a carryover of the previous management — the new crew (‘new’ includes two November 2013 hires) are timely, and very attentive. Venue is very kid-​friendly, down to juice-​refills and menu-​customizations and such.
Bottom line: Rosie’s (in North Chelmsford) has better food, as does the Dream Diner (on the Chelmsford/​Tyngsborough line) — Jessie’s Place is about neck and neck with this establishment — but all of the aforementioned have high (er) prices and lo (ooo)ng waits for seating. Rick’s holds the unquestioned price-​quality plateau, and seems to fill a much-​needed niche: convenient local eggs/​bacon/​toast/​hotcakes, at a reasonable rate and speed, without too much muss, fuss, or pretension. I give em 3.5 stars, with the possibility for improvement (s) as time goes on.

Rick’s is better than the owl in that they have plenty of parking, it is quiet and they offer nice, fresh fruit in place of potatoes. Good breakfast although the bacon was cooked long before it was served so it was a bit dry. My eggs had a slightly off flavor which the owner blamed on a spatula used for the potatoes. My husband had the Greek Omelet which he said was very delicious and quite flavorfull. We will try it again since Rick came to our table to apologize for the off flavor in the eggs. Prices are really inexpensive, too.