Silver Diner

The food was great and the restaurant was very clean. It has a great atmosphere and my family and I would love to come back.

great food. awesome staff. and everything is from a local farm. fresh food to your table

I came to this Lakeforest location twice. Once was just for a yogurt smoothie and the second time I sat down and was served at the location. I wouldn’t recommend this place on a Saturday or a Sunday because it gets packed very quickly. The second I went, it was in the middle of the week where it was just myself a few other patrons. It might be a little difficult to locate, but just
Staff: Very pleasant and very accomodating. Attended to all of my needs and requests.
Food: I ordered something from the breakfast menu. The meal came with scrambled eggs w/​american cheese, two pork sausage links, nice portion of red skin potatoes, and a toasted english muffin. I must say the breakfast was highly delicious. I was happy to hear they had american cheese for my scrambled eggs because many restaurants don’t ever have american cheese available to it’s customers for scrambled eggs. The sausage links were nice and hearty and not those small pencil looking ones places like Denny’s and iHop serve to you. The potatoes were seasoned perfectly and cooked nice. The english muffin was actually toasted with brown marks to indicate that it had infact been in the toaster in oppose to english muffins from many other diners who serve them luke-​warm.
Atmosphere: This is what really turned me off. The place didn’t have a fresh smell. Usually a restaurant will have a food smell present in the air, but it was like a stale smell that didn’t sit well with me. The carpet was disgusting and I’m wondering to this day who was the bright genius to put carpet down in a high volume restaurant like that. The windows were dirty. The restroom was disgusting and didn’t look inviting. I left a comment card with the restaurant telling them they needed to do a better job with cleaning up. In the future, if I walk past the restaurant and it still looks dingy, I think that will be my last time because it’s unacceptible that the manager would allow this to continue.

I had a good experience here. I know it’s just a restaurant connected to a mall, but sometimes it’s alright. The atmosphere was great, clean and the service was spot on! Our waitress Afua. Was an absolute treat.
I ordered the roasted vegetable ciabatta (but added turkey because that’s the kinda guy I am). I have never thought about putting Brussel sprouts on a sandwich before. It was a fun idea.
So, if you’re ever near the Lakewood Mall. Stop in and ask for Afua (make sure you ask what her name means).

I am so thrilled that they have a Vegan section on the menu! I ended up ordering the Hibiscus Mango Soy Shake, and the Portabella Pesto Veggie Pasta. Both were delicious! I can’t wait to go back and try the other Vegan options. The service was friendly as well, and I loved the vintage jukebox machine at the booth.

My parents went here recently and we’re served burnt vegetables. .that looked disgusting… my Dad emailed them the pictures and they never responded. So they not only serve horrible food. but obviously don’t care to even report to compliants from customers.
Our family will never eat here again that’s for sure.

I actually go very early in the AM, there are a few early birds by service is fast and polite. I’ve always enjoyed the food and the have great healthy choices that still taste great. Not sure if they still have the crab cake omelette but that was so delicious that was my breakfast choice for a long time.

Every time I come here it is great. The food is always so fresh, the variety is wonderful and service is beyond exception. I wish they would have one of these in Frederick County, I would come here much more often.

Use to like this place until I came in a few days ago with 3 of my friends. I ordered the caramel french toast with the maple chicken sausage (which my server CLAIMED was the best sausage there) quit dissapointing, because the sausage tasted like (how to put in words) … Greasy ground beef and Oh yeah my Scarmbled eggs had hair in it… As I politely asked for a re cook, my friends didn’t want to eat without me so we waited. The store manager comes over nd gives me a sorry excuse for an apology which didn’t seem sincere nd tosses me a complimentary coupon for next time… Oh WAIT! It gets worse… As we sit there waiting for my food to arrive my two friends JUMP up in panic… You know why? Because they see a Fat ass RAT stop infront of them nd run under the jukebox ! Ummmm EWWWWW! As the waitress comes over with my food we immediately inform her nd it seem to not really bother her. As if this happens on a daily, the manager once again comes over gives our whole table complimentary cards and saids «it’s normal for restaurants to have rats its in every place in lakeforest mostly in the food court! Well thanks for letting us know that sir but no thanks! You won’t see us coming back there at all and for his side note you won’t see us Eating at Lakeforest ANYMORE! So lastnight me and my friends go to the Silver Diner in Rockville «BEST FOOD!» Great experience, no Rodients, happy smiling servers. And my friend said she had the Best steak there ever. It melted in her mouth, so go to the one in Rockville! It’s better. Plus I couldn’t post this without giving it a review! Don’t get excited guys I HAD to give you 1 star

I love this place and the variety of foods on the menu. I love being able to go to places that easily accommodate vegetarians. Also the service was friendly. Will definitely go back.

Food was nasty chicken strips ain’t taste like others … Onion straws wasn’t fresh… not coming back

Great food and family-​fun! SD provides tasty vegan and vegetarian dishes too. My vegan-​favorites include: Mango Vegetarian Stir Fry, Roasted Veggie Ciabatta and Teriyaki Glazed Portabellas. Start things off with some delicious Ciabatta bread… YUMMO!!!

We love the Silver Diner chain, and usually go to the Laurel location, but have been here once for breakfast. Plenty of GF options, which is great. The food here was comparable to other Silver Diners we’ve been too, and was well prepared. The server forgot to bring one thing we ordered, but it got to us eventually.

I wanted to like it because I love going to the Rockville location. But the truth is the server did not know his menu, my burger came with pickles when I absolutely hate pickles and was very clear on that when I ordered it but the server said «oh no they come on the side» and then said «you can just take them out the burger», our shakes took so long even the manager asked them if anybody was already taking care of us, the food took a long time too and was missing items. The booth wasn’t really that clean either. And they were literally dead at that time. I rather drive a little more but keep my business to the Rockville location where I guess they hire servers that know what they’re doing.

Five stars here because my wife *loved* it here. She’s a recent convert to vegetarian and the fab menu of alternates to meat made her very happy. So many choices for locally grown and famed foods. Yay!
She went with the waffle, poached eggs and a veggie sausage. «Best waffle ever,» I was told. Not cakey or laden with baking soda. Yum.
My choice was a crimini mushroom omelet which had a ton of flavor and taste. Huge portion served iwth a small bowl of strawberries and excellent whole wheat toast.
Timing of the meal was excellent, arriving while we looked over the digital jukebox at tableside. Only a quarter, I wish I had some coins so I could relive the 60’s and 70’s through the music.
Refills of coffee were slow to come by, that’s my only complaint. Otherwise, it was a fab meal and I’d absolutely return.

Silver diner is the most surprising diner experience ever! They have a fantastic menu with lots of really good classy style restaurant foods. For example, quinoa and Sedona salmon. Or, shakes made with lactose free soy milk. How many diners offer that? Oh, they also have excellent hamburgers and fries! And, super friendly staff. Very attentive! If you try the silver diner at BWI airport, please be aware that one has a much smaller menu. You have to try one of the full-​size Silver diner restaurants for the best experience.

Woah. We came in for a late breakfast… and we actually… enjoyed it! WHAT WHAT???
…how is this possible? When did the Silver Diner menu get *decent*? And most importantly… how is there something NOT SUCKY in Lakeforest Mall!!!
Excuse me while I take deep breaths and try to make sense of my world again.

Totally solid restaurant. They have a wide array of options including vegan, vegetarian and gluten free. They source food locally, have a constantly changing menu and do interesting things to typically diner food (such as coconut quinoa pancakes).
Our group had a lot of substitutions and they handled it with no problems. Their omelettes are particularly tasty– especially with chicken inside.
Recommended for those looking for a nice simple brunch with many dietary restrictions.

3.5 stars! I’ve walked by the Silver Diner so many times while shopping at Lakeforest, but never bothered to stop in. The wait on weekends is approximately 5 – 10 minutes, so it does get pretty busy, but the tables clear up quickly.
Servers are extremely friendly, which admittedly caught me off guard. I’m used to politeness, but the waiters/​waitresses here really demonstrate their hospitality and great customer service to the utmost degree. They are also extremely attentive and make sure that you have everything you want or need, as soon as possible.
Food here is not measurably better than other diner fare I’ve had, but the portions are still generous and tasty. I had the basil tomato salmon which came with home fries and a country biscuit — the salmon had a little too much balsamic vinegar on it, but it was a hearty filet and cooked well.
Would be more than willing to give this place another try, but I would not go out of my way to come here with so many other breakfast/​brunch options in the area.

This was my first visit to this location. They are not as busy as the location on Rockville Pike, so I could not understand why it took so long to get our food. I guess you cannot rush perfection, because our food came to the table piping hot and delicious.
Our server Jorge was AWESOME. He was very attentive. He never let any glass on our table get below half full.
I would definitely go back to this location again. I would make sure I was not starving though, since the food to table part of my food journey was a little slow. The food to stomach portion of my food journey was lighting fast.