Philly Diner

The good part: it’s open late in an area where not much is. The bad part: I ordered scrambled eggs and sausage. The eggs were oily, the sausage was not great, and the potatoes were even worse. It’s hard to mess up scrambled eggs. Not worth it.

The best part about this diner is that it is very near the airport. So if you need a quick bite before heading to PHL, or you are looking for a good place to wait for someone you are picking up, this would be a great option. You can even get to the airport without getting back on I-​95, which is a great plus depending on the time of the day.
The Philly Diner is obviously a Philadelphia-​themed diner. They have a really cool etched glass mural in the dining room that’s worth a gander. The diner itself is the kind of art deco mirrored type. Food-​wise, it was just OK. My husband didn’t like his corned beef sandwich very much, and he was kind of flummoxed when the waitress told him they only had brown mustard. No yellow. I ordered what I always order at diners — two eggs over easy with scrapple. The scrapple was OK. The potatoes were OK. The eggs were really greasy, overcooked and one yolk was busted when they were delivered to the table. They also had those weird stringy bits of fried egg that look like egg celophane are leftover from the grill and should not really be served. Honestly the best thing on the plate was the rye toast. Service was lackluster… we went too long for refills and were told when we requested water that yes we could have one, just as soon as there were some clean glasses available. Really? When we left and went to pay, we asked if we could split the check two ways — not split up by what we each had — just literally split it 50 – 50 down the middle. Apparently, this is difficult. It took three people and about 10 minutes to get that done. Not sure what the difficulty was. But not the best impression. On the plus side, the coffee was good and strong.

Very very slow service and not so great food. Unfortunately very few options on this end of the city.

Nestled among Super 8 and other bargain motels in Delco lies the Philly Diner. I guess if you are a patron of one of these hotels then the Philly Diner is a solid spot. However, if you are not, you may be disappointed.
The service is very good, but this is likely because they aren’t terribly busy. As nice as our waiter was, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention his heinous body odor. All the niceness in the world doesn’t mask body funk.
The one good thing I encountered here was the pumpkin pancakes. A nice take on a seasonal favorite. The sausage, however, was another story. I think it may have been frozen, thawed, and refrozen a few times as the texture was totally off.
My friend ordered a meat filled omelet and said it was delicious, and she also was a fan of the hashbrowns. However as far as my experience is concerned, funky odor and funky sausage is enough to keep me away.

Stayed at a hotel close by to here so went for a late night dinner.
The foot and cleanliness of this place… Not good!
The burgers were frozen patties. We’re dried out… Even with the 4 slices of cheese they put on.
My daughter had pancakes which almost were hard enough to bend the knife.
Turkey on the club is deli meet. The bread was so burnt I had to pick the meat off it.
And don’t even think about trying the broccoli soup!!! Yuck!

I wish I could give it less.
The food quality has fallen off since new management has taken over.
My most recent meal had watery mashed potatoes with a color I’ve never seen before…(greenish), cold broccoli, the gravy on my open face turkey was setting up and the bread was soggy and effectively glued to the plate that had a large chip missing from the rim and mystery finger prints on the plates rim. The turkey was warmish… The soup was meh as it was as if the fat was coagulating and the starches were breaking down… The noodles were mush… and the soup had cold spots making me think it was microwaved to heat it up.
The highlight was my waitress… A kind young girl that made me an awesome Arnold Palmer to drink.
My complaint was registered with the shift manager and they did nothing, meaning I paid full price for that terrible meal.
I used to be a regular and remember when the food was good. There’s so many places that offer better at the same price that I will go elsewhere.

I ws in philly for a convention an went to th Philly Diner for dinner. The food was ok — I ordered a Philly Cheesesteak and a side salad. The cheese was not melted on my sandwich and my salad was half brown. I also ordered a water with lemon — I got the water but had to ask my server for the lemon a second time. My salad I asked for oil and vinegar and my server only gave me vinegar. My salad plate was not removed from the table and when my server brought me cheesesteak to the table he placed it on the opposite side of the table from where I was sitting. I had to ask the busboy to get my server so that I could get my check because he was too busy talking to the female servers for me to get his attention. I would seriously think twice about returning here.

I’m only giving this place a one star for the convenience since it was next to my hotel. I should have either saved my money or eaten at the gas station down the street! I ordered the Asparagus soup with crab meat, green beans, and chicken salad wrap. Well I couldn’t even swallow one taste of the soup, yes I had to spit the mystery goo out. Tasted spoiled! The chicken salad had no flavor at all and was very dry. As I picked through it I found a lot fat. A total waste of money. The food ruined my appetite!

My wife and I loved everything about this diner. The décor is lovely & the food was great. I had the cheese steak and it was much better than Geno’s. Our server was awesome

Absolutely horrible the only place that was open and I would rather starve next time bad food bad service the chip beef smelled and tasted like fish!!! Not even edible would never go there again!!!

Sad to say I could of tried dog food and it would of probably been better matter of fact my dog ended up with a $ 16 dollar steak take home cause it was mostly fat. I ordered an Florentine eggs Benedict well needless to say if you don’t know how to make something on the menu say so. They gave me a salad on a English muffin with 2dippy eggs far from any kind of Benedict. The manager Barb could if cared less took only the Benedict off unapologetically. Went to McDonald’s after cause I left there hungry and disappointed.

This is such a mixed review for me! I recently stayed at the hotel next door and the check in clerk said he would recommend the Philly Diner over the Denny’s a few steps further. Since it was late and dark and this being not the best of areas, I opted for the Philly Diner. Upon entering I questioned my decision. There must have been no more than 4 people dining, in the weirdly lit, almost gray? quiet diner. There were more young wait staff than patrons, and they were sitting in various booths behind the cash register on their phones seemingly uninterested in my being there, standing waiting to place a to-​go order. Yeah. I should have left after a good 5 minute stand where one guy told a waitress in the kitchen to come do my order. I waited another 3 – 5 minutes. WHY do I do that ?! This lady comes out, NO hello, she just stood and looked at me. so I placed my order. Then she moves 20 feet with her back to me … I don’t know whether to follow her or stay put! She then says in a unfriendly, almost barking manner over her shoulder, ‘I’ll ring you up over here’. and shakes her head at me. Yeah, because I read minds? Off she disappears to the kitchen again. A few minutes later what appears to be the owner or manager comes out and he greets me and asks if I am okay. Well, that is better! BUT then proceeds to argue with the young staff about who is off and who is staying to work. They argue back. This is actually getting humorous. The grumpy older lady appears with my food, and I ask about utinsels since I am in a hotel room. She snaps, ’ I always put those in first!’ Simmer down, sister. It’s a basic question.
The food: It was actually very good. I had a Turkey Melt and switched the cheese up. It was hot, seemingly fresh, and an ample serving that I could not finish.
It gets a 2 star because customer service is important. This place has so much potential and just fails in professionalism. That alone makes my return factor, meh.
Know going in, that you will wait; possibly not be waited on, because what is on those waiters smart phones is clearly more important than doing the job you were hired to do; and when waited on, it may be nice or it may be the ’ YOU are disturbing me!’ factor.
No. Thanks.

Let me first go over the pros of this diner: reasonably priced & open 24 hours.
Now on to the real reason why I’m giving them two stars. This was my first and LAST visit to the Philly Diner.
Right from the get-​go I was grossed out by the sticky menus. It’s not hard to make the host or hostess or even the servers wipe them down… come on.
Continuing — the service was subpar. Unfriendly, inattentive and unsatisfying. Waited extremely too long for drink refills… I would estimate 15 – 20 minutes. And this goes hand in hand with the particular server I had. They would drop off the plates and never return.
Got a bowl of soup… never came by to ask how it was or if I needed napkins, etc. Second time around to drop off the meal… finally was able to get a refill but then they ran off and didn’t come back until I was 90% finished my meal… at which point I wanted the check to leave. As a general rule of thumb, in every single restaurant I’ve ever worked at in the past, servers were instructed to check back on the guests within one minute of dropping off the plates or after the first bites because it makes a huge difference in the experience.
But the reasons for this one star doesn’t stop there. On to the food — I must admit the soup was good and the chicken noodle didn’t look like it was chicken out of a can. However, the main meal was a disappointment. Burger was overdone and dry and the fries were undercooked and not seasoned.
I believe it may only be busy on the weekends because of the airport travelers are first-​timers and when they realize it’s too late to back out, they get stuck with a bad experience. While there menu was substantially large and I was contemplating on ordering a breakfast item as my dinner (those meals are rarely messed up anywhere), I chose the latter.

This Philly diner (out near the airport) is nasty.
Philly and Jersey are chock full of outstanding diners. This isn’t one of them.
Went in for a simple breakfast. Got a waffle that was worse than the free ones served at places like Holiday Inn Express, had eggs that tasted like plastic, and sausage that was burnt and dry.
Nasty. Just nasty. Not sure why I didn’t give it only one star. I’m guessing their has to be something worse out there but this was pretty damn bad.

I would not recommend this place to anyone. Absolutely horrible service. Waited 20 minutes before they asked what i wanted. Waited another hour for my food. I ordered philly steak and french onion soup which came out cold.
The place was not even busy. I cannot believe the comfort inn would recommend this horrible place.

Visited: Sunday — April 5, 2015 — 10:30 AM
I was expecting crowds on this beautiful, sunny, Easter morning. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised by the remarkably quiet room of empty tables.
A young woman asked if we’d like something to drink. I specifically asked for COLD orange juice and black coffee. I received WARM OJ and NO coffee.
The regular server cheerfully took our order. She was about to leave when I asked for the COLD OJ and coffee. She explained that the OJ was delivered in the morning and didn’t have time to chill. She offered ice as an alternate. I accepted. She returned with the ice and a hot cup of coffee. After several minutes, my coffee cup was nearly empty and I could not locate the server to request a refill.
As usual, the food was delivered within a reasonable time and was good.

We stopped in for a cup of coffee, waiting on a business meeting at Boeing. The waiter told us there is a $ 5 service charge per person for not ordering food. This is a business that does not «get it.»
I recommend you AVOID this place.

This place is a disaster. We were first served over salted chicken rice soup. filet mignon was first undercooked and then dried out. Tasted not fresh. tuna steak was over cooked and completely in edible. The ice cream tasted very cheap and artificially flavored. Although the restaurant looked clean I was a bit taken aback by the strip of flypaper hanging in the men’s room.
Service was good and the waiter really tried. I would not come back here at all ever.

If you are drunk or hungover, it’ll probably do, but overall the food is uninspired, even for a Diner.
Also, there is ½″ of water in the bottom of my salad bowl. That kind of shit really is pretty gross. I don’t understand it.

A Friend and I went here since we were starving and it’s super close to our hotel. Service was very good since we came at an odd time (3pm)
I got a waffle that was very good but the home fries weren’t that good. My friend got an egg sandwhich which was good but it was $ 7! Fries were also very good.
I got ice cream and a brownie Sunday for desert and the brownie was AWFUL. STAY AWAY. Over it was an okay meal.