Punchy’s Diner

I love going here for breakfast. Food is great, service is great, and the price is great.

Good Food. Delicious Strawberry Cheesecake!

The food was good but Luke warm of 4 breakfasts 3 were not very warm. Too bad as the place was really neat and busy. Huge pancakes but the butter wouldn’t melt.

Excellent service. Chocolate milkshakes were excellent, too. That’s why they get 2 stars. We ate there for my birthday dinner as I have always enjoyed that place. However, meat in hamburger was thin, previously frozen, not thick at all or even fresh. I asked for no cheese but got a slice of American (fake) cheesefood, whether I wanted it or not, melted on so I couldn’t get rid of it. The fish my husband got was in his words «scraggly», thin and unappealing. All in all, a very disappointing meal. We won’t go there again. What a disappointment. This place used to be so good.

Never had a meal here, I come for the ice cream! They get their ice cream from a Gastonia place called Tony’s and it is homemade! You can’t beat the chocolate shake! You’ll be hooked! The servers at the counter and register attendants are always delightful and helpful. I’m usually asked by no less than 2 – 3 servers if I have been helped while waiting for them to prepare my milkshake. These ladies are as great as the ice cream!

Very good food. Quick friendly service. Clean atmosphere. I ordered the grilled chicken entrée that was everything I expected. Wasn’t gourmet but it was good as others had gotten breakfast in the early am.

Found Punchy’s on Unilocal and I have to stay our family was very disappointed – we walked out trying to figure out how the reviews on Unilocal equal the place we just visited. I don’t see how it could be one in the same. First off, they weren’t that busy when we arrived and had plenty of staff, yet we had to wait 15 minutes+ for a waitress to even come to our table to take our drink order. We had asked for kids menus up front and received none (nor an explanation as to why there were none). Way later the waitress arrived with some paper and crayons and said they were out of kids menus. Really? A diner? Out of kids menus? Who runs this place? So we had to order blindly for the three kids. One of our daughters ordered hashbrowns with her meal and she said they didn’t taste like real potatoes. She didn’t like the biscuit either – said it didn’t taste like it was homemade. She didn’t receive any butter, and neither did I with my waffle (which was just passable – nothing special and not real hot). For the person who said it was clean, I guess we hit an off day. The coolest part is the car collection. Service was so spotty and definitely not friendly. We won’t be back. There is so so so so so much better out there. Surprised they are still open.

This was a great find, we had family and friends with us. The waitress was funny and spot one with our orders, plates were close to being cleaned but portions were very large. Anytime you can stop in an enjoy a perfect breakfast out with the family is great but this place added a great memory for us.

My wife, daughter, and Ilanded at Charlotte Airport, was headed north to China Grove to visit family, we were craving breakfast. Saw Punchy’s on Unilocal and the reviews were great! Stopped in, we had a wonderful waitress and the food was great! The décor is so 50’s Diner Cool!

Our first time here, came for breakfast. Pancakes were very good and large serving, bacon cooked to perfection and egg omelet was delic. The prices were right and service was great. Atmosphere was ok. but def would come back for good food/​great price.

Hands down one of the best places in Concord. Huge serving sizes. Best fried pickles. Onion rings are incredible. If you like ranch dressing I could drink it. The staff is super friendly and awesome. I will be back.

I love Punchy’s. I have been 4 or 5 times for lunch with co-​workers, but this visit was on a Sunday with my Wife and Daughter. The females in my house can eat breakfast anytime of day or night. Me? Nope. Breakfast for me ends around 8 AM, then the countdown to lunch begins. Now don’t get me wrong, I can do lunch at 10 or 11. Or 2 or 3. I just can’t do breakfast past breakfast time.
So what did I order at Punchy’s? A double bacon cheeseburger and fries, because it was lunch time. My Wife ordered the Hungry Man plate, which is strange because the last time I checked she wasn’t a man. Although it’s been awhile, maybe I need to check again. My Daughter ordered a double stack of pancakes with blueberries and chocolate chips.
When the waitress delivered our meal, I knew what to expect, because I had dined at Punchy’s before. My girls were amazed at the serving size, especially how large the pancakes were. My burger was great, the fries crunchy, the slaw tangy. Oh and the Diet Coke was tremendous. The Hungry Man plate was made up of eggs, bacon, sausage, 2 pancakes and a large bowl of grits. Wow, she had to be a hungry man to finish all of that. Now I’m beginning to worry. Alex loved her pancakes and grits. She really loved them. Will we go back? Oh yeah, we will go back. And btw, cool cars, toys and knick knacks from the 50’s and 60’s too.

Punchy’s Diner actually fries eggs perfectly to order. «What’s the big deal?», you ask? Fast food done right is a dying art, and every time I’ve visited, they nailed it. Prices are great as is the food (4 a diner). Nothing upscale here: just old school, honest, gut-​busting, good food with smiling staff and clean facilities. Hard to do much better in Concord than Punchy’s!

Amazing place! Great food, prices and service. We eat here all the time. Breakfast served until 2pm. I don’t even like pancakes but theirs are so good and moist.

Cute little 50’s themed diner. I love their breakfasts, the Portions are huge. And the food is good. When I say huge, I mean it. You could even share.
I’ve also had lunch here. Food was good and prices were right. I do have to say that for a diner the menu selection is minimal. Who’s ever been to a diner where you can’t get a Tuna Melt.
The staff is nice enough, but can be forgetful. On two different occasions I had to chase the staff down for the check, and it took about 10 minutes to do that.
All in all, not a bad little family restaurant. I don’t think they should call it a diner though. Not enough selection on menu to be classified as a diner.

It’s a 50s styled restaurant with racing car models and a statue of Elvis. When I came the staff seem to be all seniors. Actually the customers seated were seniors as well. It seem to be a walk down memory lane for many. (myself not included) I’m a 60s child.

Great pickle chips. Mashed potatoes tasted like they came from a box. Grilled chicken was good. Burgers were good. Mozzarella sticks delicious. Club sandwich was ok. Fries were not good.
Great staff! Waitress was very sweet!

What an adorable diner. Unlike most diners it is clean, bright and nicely decorated. It follows a fifties theme with lots of classic cars painted on the wall and a few models on display. It’s a great place for families. They have several arcade games and a nice ice cream display case.
This was my first time visiting Punchey’s. I heard that the service was good, so maybe my expectations were too high. Our waitress was polite, but she wasn’t very engaged. We had to pull recommendations out of her.
We decided to split the chicken box (one of their staples): 8 pieces of fried chicken, two pints of fixins (sides) and dinner rolls for $ 13.99. We ordered white meat, fried squash and fried okra. It was a nice portion for the price. The chicken was prepared PERFECTLY! It was crispy, golden brown and very flavorful. I love the way it was seasoned. The sides were just okay (but in all fairness I’m not a big fan of okra). The rolls were also underwhelming. They were the same heat and serve rolls that you can get from the grocery store.
Overall, we were pleased with the experience, mostly because of how
good the chicken was. Stop by if you’re in the area and definitely try the fried chicken!

Came for breakfast and it was below par. Waffle House is cheaper and food is better. I ordered scrambled eggs with cheese and it seemed like the cheese was an after thought because is was a slice of cheese just folded in the middle of my eggs and not melted. The bacon tasted as if they had cooked a lot of it earlier that morning and left it sitting under a heat lamp.
The service was ok. They were really busy (it was a Saturday morning) and seemed understaffed. Won’t be back for a second visit.

The star of this place for me was service. However, the sweetest service ever couldn’t distract me from my disappointment with the food.
Everything tastes like it came out of a can. It’s got a very «over-​processed» theme. I had chicken fried steak, green beans and potato wedges. The meat was very greasy, the green beans had no flavor at all, and the potatoes were dry and overcooked. So, for country style food I’d stick to Cracker Barrel.
We didn’t complain to our sweet waitress, we just ate what we could and headed out. I don’t think this a «bad» place, it’s just not to our taste.