Lloyd’s Diner

Had time to kill after getting my son to a morning hockey game at the nearby rink. The friendly waitress took my order as soon as I sat down. Ordered the standard 2 scrambled, home fries, sausage, toast, and watched the cook scramble and cook the eggs on the flattop loaded with piles of home fries, hash, sausage and bacon. Did not expect 3 good sized sausages and 4 eggs and a half pound of home fries. I would go back for s sure.

Why haven’t I come here before? Came here in November 2014. Good food, good service. They gave me more bacon on my plate than I have ever received at a breakfast joint. Ever. It was crunchy and perfect. The pancakes were delicious and so was the french toast. Although I rarely eat out for breakfast, I must return at some point.

Excellent portions. …great service, but it is a very chilly place. I did love my omelet. The home fries were plentiful and delicious and my Sunday breakfast was delivered hot and quickly. …just a bit cold in there.

Since most breakfast spots are the same, I judge them on the coffee, service, and corned beef hash. All are great. The portions are huge so u can make two meals out if. Only open on weekends and can get pretty tight if its busy.

My husband and I are visiting from PA, as we walked in we didn’t expect much– the atmosphere was uninpressive but let me tell you the food is amazing! Huge portions, and quick, friendly service. Highly reccomend this diamond in the rough.

Great character. Original 1940 building with added seating behind. Unique views of train tracks adds character. Counter service as authentic as it comes. Very friendly staff. Go around 10 for crunchy awesome home fries. Coffee will likely not impress, but delicious home fries and sausage make up. Just grab a coke too. Dont go expecting fancy or something its not. Its a great diner with well executed food. Pancakes at the next table looked worth trying as well!

I’m originally from Framingham so I had been showing my husband the town I grew up in before we embarked on our journey back to DC. We had left our hotel w/​out eating breakfast, so my husband suggested we stop somewhere in my town. I immediately searched Unilocal for Lloyds.
It still exists! Success! The 1^st time I came here was 1991. If I’m correct, that was the year Lloyds opened. I’m an original customer, and ya know what? Even though this place apparently became something else and went under new management, it still looks exactly the same.
We parked and my husband voiced his doubt, who wouldn’t when you pull up to an old, divey looking, red rail car? I assured him this place was great and we went inside. We were welcomed immediately by the guy at the stove, and then by our waitress, and immediately seated. Their menu is basic, kids. No eggs benedict. No crème brulee French toast, just simple, honest working man’s breakfasts.
We both ordered the eggs, sausage/​bacon, and potatoes and settled in to wait. My husband was enthralled by the conversation the 2 obviously older blue collar men, were having at the table next to us. It wasn’t so much the exact conversation, but the way they were having it. His 1^st taste of the kind of characters I grew up around. And they were hysterical.
Our food was in front of us about 10 minutes later, and it hit all the right spots. The potatoes were hot and homey, the eggs cooked just right, and the sausage had just the right amount of snap. Our waitress was the sweetest, and was extremely attentive.
I would come back here every time we visit MA, if the trip affords it. The only disclaimer Ill give is if you decide to go here on a cold day, sit at the countertop. Their heat isn’t great and that will be the warmest seat in the house. Or just dress really warm, to each his own.

I don’t want to dump on this place too much, because lloyd’s has a rough history, and a somewhat bad location (you really won’t know it’s there unless you look it up, or go to the tech HS). However, there’s been some conflicting information here, so I wanted to take a second to post up a couple facts.
1) as someone else pointed out, the whole diner/​Brazilian hybrid thing is over. I never visited lloyd’s during this period, but as of December 2012, this place is just a standard diner.
2) The eggs exist in a plainly displayed plastic egg beater (or some other premixed egg substitute. didn’t see the brand) carton on the kitchen counter. Some people seem to really like faux eggs, though I do not (especially since my omelet could only be described as soupy). So make your own judgement.
I’ve talked with some locals, and some people think that you couldn’t find a better breakfast, where others would rather eat rusted nails arranged in the shape of a pine cone. Regardless, I hope these two bits of info help you make up your mind.

I just don’t understand any of the negative reviews. Lloyd’s is one of, if not the best, breakfast places I have been to. Nothing fancy, just well made, huge portioned, delicious breakfast, run and staffed by great people.

This place is not for everyone, locals seem to like it but if you are checking Unilocal for a new diner to try this is probably not the place. We were disappointed with the cold coffee, the poor service and the filmy potatoes.

We drive by often and the kids have always been curious so checked it out last week with the 5 year old. Food was good, coffee was strong, portions were huge, place was clean, love that it’s family owned. The owner’s daughter waited on us and could not have been nicer to everyone. She was the only waitress there I think and without complaint, worked her you know what off, kept everybody’s orders straight and arriving hot, and even took the time to bring us a fun kid toy, which ended up being such a surprise.
The booths in front are authentic and tiny. The memorabia is a welcome touch. Basically this is a diner trying to be a… diner. Good food, fair prices, service with a smile. In the ‘ham where we’re innundated with soul sucking chain restaurants, We loved every minute of our visit here.

When the family and I didn’t feel like waiting forever at J & M, we Unilocaled this place and thought we’d give it a try. As you can see from the pictures others have uploaded, it’s a true diner, with the old-​fashioned diner car and all. Inside, Lloyd’s is a bit cramped (as you might expect), but that doesn’t take away from the character of the place or detract from the good food.
Even though we walked in around 11:45am on a Sunday (when the place closes at noon), the waitstaff treated us kindly and didn’t seem to mind at all that we were just sneaking in before closing time. The menu is your basic diner fare — everything you’d expect but nothing more than that.
I had the scrambled eggs and salsa special (minus the baked beans), and it was really good — an excellent way to spice up plain old scrambled eggs. They should make that meal a regular item on the menu! The home-​fries were a bit mushy and the toast a bit soggy, but the salsa scrambled eggs combo is still worth checking out.
One of the best parts of the meal was the giant pancake that one of us got. Unlike other diners’ pancakes, this one was light and really fluffy. We all agreed (after we all had sampled it) that it was one of the best diner pancakes we’ve had! The one downside was that Lloyd’s didn’t have chocolate chips to make chocolate chip pancakes (here’s to hoping they had just run out of chips, because what diner can’t make chocolate chip pancakes?).
Overall, I’d head back to Lloyd’s if I’m in the area again. Just go in expecting the old-​school diner atmosphere (accompanied by the limited-​space interior) and you’ll be happy you stopped in.

BEST diner around. Good prices, large portions (I took most of mine home and ate it for the next 4 days) of delicious diner breakfast. The hash browns are the best in the universe! Rich and Joan are back and all is good. Try the eggs and corned beef hash.

This is a «seat yourself» style establishment which apparently means you have to bludgeon a waitress to get a table. Have a kid with you and it’s busy? Not worth their time. Looking for a table but not finding any? Obviously looking lost? Nope, better luck next time. Feel free to ask and you will get lip about how busy they are. I don’t mean apologies I mean actual angry retorts, NOT a way to treat customers.
I prefer local establishments for the kindness, comfort, and service. I encountered none of these here.
I have never been treated so poorly as a customer.

Came in on a Sunday morning and the place was packed so we waited by the bar. No one was paying any attention. A family came in after us and the waitress seated them immediately at a table that just freed up as they came in. When I said we were there first, she proceeded to very rudely tell me that she didn’t know we were waiting and we should have told her. I thought it was obvious from the fact that we were standing in the hallway. After words were exchanged, she slammed the door on us and said «Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!»
One of the worst experiences ever. Will never go there again.

I stopped here recently while in the area. It looked like my kind of place. It is. The breakfast was very large, three fresh eggs made to order, sausage the size of my forearm, bacon, toast and enough hash browns to feed a small village in Chad. All for $ 6.95. Coffee, of course, made the check come out to a bit more. A great price for a large, very good meal in a fun little dining car. I am not sure of their hours and they are not posted on the door (contrary to one of the photos below), so call ahead.

For most of 2010 this place was under new management and had sort of a half Brazilian half diner type menu. The service and food both suffered.
About two months ago I noticed the old management had returned. Since then I have been back a few times and I am happy report it is back to the way it once was with a few updates inside as well.
Still great prices and huge helpings with fast friendly service. My only gripe here is that they are still cash only. If everything wasn’t so cheap this would be a much bigger deal for me.

This is the dirtiest, rudest, unwelcoming place that I have ERVER, I repeat EVER ate.
The tables where dirty and when we asked to clean them the waitress, with a Huge attitude washed them with a dirty cloth so it was worth then before.
When they brought silverware it had leftover meal on them from WWII… it was disgusting. I have never seen dirtier waitresses in my life, and have been to Cambodia, and seen Russian Market. Those places looked sterilized comparing to the diner… Do not go there until they disinfect the place and change the staff.

After many frustrating, unsuccessful attempts to get in this place over the last few months,(thankfully the old management is back!!) I was finally in today. I was the first one in the door at 6:00 when he opened. After a little small talk about the history of the place, I ordered my breakfast.OMG. what a meal it was! Marinated steak tips and a couple of eggs over easy, with a huge pile of home fries too. There was enough food for 2 on my plate. Sadly, I couldn’t finish it all. These were by far the best tips I ever had, tender, juicy and a lot of them-delicious.I really should give it 4 ½ stars ’cause they don’t have my favorite dish… home made hash on the menu.
If you love old diners like I do and want a great meal, go here, you won’t be disappointed!