Mini Mac Diner

Visited Mini Mac with my family for my mom’s birthday outing. After reading reviews, I thought it was going to be super tiny and we would have to wait for a table. There were a few open tables, so we were able to sit right away. The service was great; super friendly & efficient. We chatted with the owner (I believe) for a bit, and turns out she’s from my hometown! Small world :)
As far as the food goes, everything was delicious. I had the corn pancakes, at the recommendation of the owner, which were amazing. Unlike others I’ve had that are like flat cornbread, these were very light and fluffy. I also had the home fries and two scrambled eggs. The rest of the crew had a variety of items — Biscuits with Gravy, Scrapple, Fried eggs, french toast, GF pancakes, etc. Everyone was happy with their meal. I would definitely stop there again next time I visit Chester!

Best place to eat in all of Chester! Well, technically, its the only place we’ve ever eaten in Chester, but we are huge fans. Stopped off here after apple picking and had a delicious home-​cooked meal and chatted with the delightful staff. They were super sweet to my little ones. We got there just at closing time and it was fun to watch all of the cars turn in, then turn out when they saw the «closed» sign. Felt like we won something!

The kind folks at Mini-​Mac are willing to honor reasonable requests for items not on the menu. The food is filling – hash browns are strangely addicting and they are generous with portions. It is cash only, make sure you are prepared before you stop by for a visit!

This a terrific little spot. Had an omelette today and it was great. Looking forward to take the kids for lunch.

Expect to be in a tiny spot, maybe a bit cramped, maybe a bit noisy, but always great food!
I love the place, had to initially convince DH to go, he wasn’t sure, said it looked like a dive. Now, when we do have a chance to go for breakfast, it is to the MiniMac! He always wants to go there, loves the way they do eggs and french toast and everything. A definite place to enjoy breakfast,
Best coffee around, helpful servers.
Owner (or daughter) is into animal rescue, which is awesome.

I stopped by here for lunch while working in Chester last March. This is a nice little mom & pop diner! They have a lot of breakfast/​lunch options to choose from, all of which is modestly priced. I had a pork roll, egg, and cheese sandwich with home fries and a coffee. It was excellent.
The staff was very friendly too. When I got there I wasn’t sure what scrapple was, and when I asked the waitress about it, she gave me a small plate of it for free.
It’s a shame I live all the way in Monmouth county. I’d go there at least once a week if it wasn’t so far away, lol.

MINI MAC is run by a mother and daughter who are both very freindly. If you go more than a couple of times they will remember what you ordered last and ask you if you want that again. The atmosphere is that of a small town dinner because that is what it is, a very small and frendly small town dinner. The food is good, I mostly go for breakfast. They are open only for breakfast and lunch. Conversation is frequent among the patrons sitting at the counter along with daughter who usualy is running the dinning room. The cash only prices are reasonable. The coffee and egg dishes are very good.

Great for breakfast/​brunch. I recently had the corncake pancakes. They were incredible! I highly recommend them. The home fries are great as is anything else you order there. Consistently very good food as well as service. A nice little escape from the outside world.

Great food, friendly service ! Great local place to go for breakfast and lunch, I would recommend mini Mac to everyone

Excellent lil mom & pop diner!!! Delicious breakfast and friendly staffers. Don’t miss out!

Wonderful place!
I have been going here for over 20 years and it’s one of my favorite places for breakfast or lunch. They have the best pancakes around and they always have lots of specials.
The service is great which makes the experience even more enjoyable. 5 stars. Check this place out, you will be glad you did!

Mini Mac is great!
I have been coming here for a few years now enjoy the place very much. The atmosphere inside is very tight. I don’t think this place can sit more than 15 people maximum at a time. There is a small bar where you can get a meal if you are dining alone or you can take a seat at one of the small tables. I do not think a party larger than 6 can sit here at one table.
The food is good. I always have their omelets or other egg meals. The home fries are tasty and the omelets are always cooked just right. Coffee is average reminds me of standard diner coffee.
Toilet like some of the other reviewers have noted is outside and you might have to ask a key to get inside. You can sit outside too if you want although the seating is in the parking lot and is simply benches.
Service is fast and friendly. Cannot pay by credit card.

Do NOT eat here if you’re planning to sit outside.
We had our two dogs with us after a local hike and it looked like a great place to sit outside for a meal. Within minutes we had our first bee– one dog was trying to eat it and two boys were jumping around. This was even before the food arrived.
The traffic was loud and noisy and the vent from the kitchen ensured we enjoyed the true greasy smell of the diner even from the outside.
We just had tap water to drink — it tasted awful and no one could drink it (I was relieved the kids wouldn’t even touch it). The food itself wasn’t bad but we ate it very quickly as by then we had attracted 3 – 4 more bees. The kids finished their food in the car and we zipped off.
Maybe the key is — indoor seating!

I have been driving past this little odd looking diner for 20 years. Today was my first time and had lunch.
Small, 9 tables and a counter that seats probably 7 people. Real country feel, like West Virgina in the woods.
Greeted warmly and food was served pretty fast. I had a Chicken Salad sandwich on multi-​grain bread with tomato and lettuce. It was very good. The bread was fresh the the chicken was perfect.
Simple menu. Looks like breakfast is a main stay here.
I will go back to try the taylor ham and cheese that a prior reviewer mentioned was very good.

Gotta love this no frills eatery!
You don’t expect anything other than good greasy food.
Fab place for your taylor ham/​cheese on a hard roll!

I have wanted to visit this place every since I saw the positive write up on Serious Eats.
The décor is more sports lodge with a few female touches rather than retro diner. I found the service more no nonsense as opposed to doting and friendly. This is fine by me, because I am not looking to be coddled when I visit a place, but the food needs to be good when lacking other amenities.
I can safely report that the food is good. at least the breakfast. The Scrapple was excellent and the poached eggs were well executed. Good home fries accompanied my plate and my wife’s Sunnies with Bacon. The Pancakes were light and not leaden like most diner Pancakes. I would not call them excellent, but I have my one personal criterion as to what constitutes a good pancake and I won’t impose it on this forum. Some components could be stand to be seasoned a little bit more, but I have found at most diner style places they generally under season a little and leave it to the patron to adjust. Especially, when it comes to eggs.
The kitchen is not quick, so if you are in hurry this might not be the best place for you, but if you are willing to chill out and relax for awhile you will be rewarded with Good Home-​style Cooking as others have observed here, and which this place tauts.

Delicious, homestyle cooking and ridiculously cheap prices. I had the Chaz omelet with wheat toast and coffee– YUM. My boyfriend had a cheeseburger and loved it. We can’t wait to go back and try other things. One disappointment– the «homemade» pie is actually frozen. Not worth it. It is very small but we like the homey feel. The staff is friendly and attentive too. Try it out!

Great place for breakfast! I have been here numerous times. Yes, it is extremely country and you feel as though you are probably in rural Kentucky. However, I appreciate the friendly service and you cant expect a fancy place when you look at it from the outside.
There is an older woman in the back who cooks everything to order and everything I have tried so far is excellent. Simple menu and thats all I need. You can also see her cooking so you know theres no funny business with cleanliness or messing with your food.
What I like to order is the oatmeal pancakes, crispy bacon, and a coffee.
I like the fact that its a very old place because theres not many places like Mini Mac these days. Its cheap and I hope it sticks around for years to come.

What people need to understand is that the Mini Mac is what it is. It’s a small little dive dinner, they aren’t trying to be the Nicest most elegant place in the world, they are trying to be what they are, which is a community diner for regulars and passer by’s.
Every time I have gone into the Mini Mac, I have been greeted so nicely, maybe because my father is a regular but either way they have been very kind. The food is not that of a 5 star restaurant, but those coming in to the Mini Mac probably could have guessed this already.
I wouldn’t say that you have to have extremely sub par standards to eat here, I have eaten in some of the nicest restaurants in the United States, but I am a normal person, and that’s what the mini mac is for normal people. Not pretentious people who assume normalcy is $ 100 steaks and marble walls.

I can either write an honest review or I can be nice. I think Unilocal is for people who speak the truth and tell it to you like it really is. A review that’s meant to be nice doesn’t benefit the consumer. With that said…
I had the displeasure of eating here recently. I had driven past it hundreds and times before, but never ventured inside. It looks tiny from the outside and feels just as tiny on the inside. Once you step inside you feel like you have been transported outside of NJ and into another dimension. Someplace else in the country it might be considered «homey», but around here, it’s just plain odd.
The restroom has to be accessed from the outside. It’s like you are using a gas station restroom and yes, it’s that gross and dingy. I was already committed to eating there when I used the restroom, but I really wanted to flee.
Are the people who work there nice, yes. Are they also from another dimension, a little bit. The food was extremely mediocre. The décor and entire atmosphere was a little like a scene from Deliverance.
You might be curious if you are one of the many people who have driven past this place… don’t be. I just told you the truth about it. Unless of course your standards are extremely sub-​par and you want to take a weird journey into oddville.