Plaza Diner

I’ve eaten here plenty of times hoping the next time it would be better but it never gets better unfortunately. Burgers are always so dry it’s tough to swallow! After confronting one of the people who took my order the following time about it he said «well did you say well done?!» I said «um no, it even if I did it was way past that!» So I ordered a burger again and asked for medium well this time… Guess what? It came back as a dry tasteless patty, once again! Their food has no flavor at all! Oh and another time I went to eat there, inside this time because I usually do take out, there were fly’s everywhere! All over the salad bar, hovering us, it was disgusting! I ordered a Chicken cutlet parm sandwich and fries, the cheese looked like it was melted then put in the fridge and then taken out to be melted again… After eating there, I had the worse stomach bug ever. I was violently sick! I never called to report it but I should have! I definitely got food poisoning! My husband still continues to give them business but I’d much rather walk a mile or so to another diner.

Hard to screw up 3 eggs over easy, ham & Homefries but they did. Overall service was good as was the food. Typical diner but with booze:)

First let me say that we have gone to this diner in Hudson for many decades when we were in the Hudson area and needed a place to get something to eat. We have noticed a long slow decline but last night was the end of the line for us. We went there at around 4:45 for dinner on a Thursday. They already had no vegetables for serving with dinner except corn which was cold and out of the can. I suspect the offered beans which they were out of would have been canned beans as well. Did this place enter the 21^st century. The food was below average even for an old diner and bad given current diner fair. Then on top of that the food provided an intestinal nightmare later that evening. I have what one would call an iron clad digestive tract and never have issues. I do like to eat and I can handle a lot. I have a simple rule no internal organs and if it wiggles, crawls stay away and if it jiggles be cautious.
Stay away I am done here.

Absolutely, positively, the worst meal I have ever attempted to eat. And I am not very picky. Gross.

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE PLAZA DINER… I have been going to this diner consistently for 3 years, at least 3 – 4 times a month. The food used to be very decent, good quality ingredients and sizable portions.
Sadly, tonight was my final meal. My wife orderd a burger with fries, the hamburger used to be juciy, thick, and loaded with flavor on a high quality bun. What she received was a pathetic excuse of what it used to be not even a month ago. The burger was on a half stale smushed bun, a thin lifeless dry grey flavorless burger patty cooked to death, the whimpy lettuce and tomato were thicker than the burger just awful.
The fries used to be your average crispy diner fries, they sadly have been replaced with a larger steak style. They might as well not even be considered fries, since there is ¼ of a potato in each fry. They pale in comparison to what they ever were. 100% unenjoyable.
My omelette was okay. The potatoes had a considerable amount of dried parsley, and the toast was comically small. I was never one to eat out as I always preferred my own cooking, The Plaza was an exception but is no longer.
Change is a good thing, but in this case it’s a tragedy.
RIP, PLAZA DINER YOU WERE A GOOD FRIEND.

Been going to the plaza for many years. Seems like the past year it’s been getting worse. I will not be going there ever again. The place is ran by foreigners, not that I have a problem with that, but there’s more Mexicans in the back cooking Italian entrees that they know nothing about … The waitress are always rude or can’t speak English well … And what really did the cake topping for me was, me and my fiancé went there before the movies and he ordered Garlic pasta and I got stuffed shells. The garlic pasta was so oily it literally was dripping with every bite he took, took is home for left overs and our dogs wouldn’t even touch it. My stuffed shells had no CHEESE in them it was pathetic … Our waitress was so rude she acted like she didn’t even wanna serve us, I always have a way of making people smile I have a bubble personally and this lady just couldn’t crack a smile, if u hate ur job that much u shouldn’t be working there … Not to mention there way over priced … Just not my kinda dinner. When I think of dinner I think of a warm friendly family enviorment. This places décor looks so cheap and mediocre

There’s no better way to put it: Communication stunk today! When we first walked into the establishment, everything was going fine and the communication during the order-​taking process was rather mediocre, the stuff that stands out where communication says «woah!» (and the gap starts) is the fact that we had gotten served on several chipped plates. Communication worsened as the experience continued going forward. At the very end, we told one of the employees (who could potentially have been the owner or manager) that we had requested an additional desert. He should have in turn told our server about it. Minutes later, our server came back with the check (she obviously didn’t have enough time to make the adjustment to the receipt, but because only half the additional stuff had arrived at the table, we had to open our mouths (we are law-​abiding citizens).
Personally, when it came to the menu, there was no information as to their proportions. Although the menu never told us that a short stack of French toast would have only been one piece (versus the traditional two) they told us (that should have been mentioned that short stacks of french toast were only one «sheet»). The other iffy communication was the real size of the OJ that was relatively-​sized by our server. If you are in the mood for orange juice, for a healthy serving glass, go for the large size OJ, though the large size is comparable to small glasses elsewhere). Everything else is tiny! When I was told about the size of the small OJ, I vouched for upgrading to a medium and was sadly disappointed. It was nowhere close to an average medium size glass as compared to most diners elsewhere.
It’ll be a long time before i head back into this establishment again. Thanks to this experience.
Although this place years ago used to be a favorite for us to stop at, this place has turned into something we don’t want to stop at regularly. About a week ago, my parents went through there and received a chipped glass and a cheap bill) But then hoped the same not-​so-​much issue-​type of day would transpire yet again, and apparently, we got more than we could bargain for.
The place wasn’t very busy, so the problems couldn’t have been a result of that type of issue. If there were 5 people in that restaurant during this morning, I could have easily said that the amount of people there were causing a hassle, but it wasn’t that.
I don’t like to give places 3 stars or less or under at first «writable» experience, but this one just did me in!

We tried this place after a late movie. We ended up coming in a half hour before closing. To be honest, I wish they hadn’t served us. Here’s what happened.
I ordered a pizza burger deluxe. Comes with fries, lettuce, tomato, pickle and a couple onion rings. Typical diner fare. The other two that I was with, ordered a burger with swiss, sauteed mushrooms and onions, and a cheese omelet, respectively.
Let’s start with the omelet. It was runny. Rushed. The homefries weren’t very good. As for the burgers, we had both asked for medium rare, given the fact that restaurants usually cook the meat further than the order you give. What we received, were two fry and overcooked burgers. They weren’t hockey pucks, but they were sure as *heck* not medium-​rare, or anywhere close. My burger was fine. There’s sauce and a bunch of cheese to moisten it. I didn’t bother complaining. The other individual, did. And rightfully so.
First off, she didn’t even get what she ordered. The mushrooms look like they were just popped out of a can, cold, dry and thrown on the burger. They weren’t sauteed. Likewise, the onions didn’t show up at all. The hamburger was dry. Dryer than mine. And with nothing to camouflage it. We told management. The owner came over and looked at it. He basically said «Oh, it looks OK!». After he left, the waitress agreed that the burger was overcooked, and felt bad that she had to take heat for the chef’s mistake.
Evidently, this is not uncommon at this establishment. As I read the other reviews, I could see similar complaints. As of now, I wouldn’t really recommend this place to anyone. There are better places to spend your money, and on a far better meal. I hope things change around here.

4÷4÷14, My boyfriend and I went to have breakfast at The Plaza Diner, a place where we normally go to for breakfast. Our experience today was not what we expected to have. First of all it took approximately 25 minutes to come out and that was 2 orders of a combination omelet with bacon and ham and cheese, both orders had the same meat but different cheese choice. We started to eat and we both looked at each other like something is very wrong here, we opened our omelet up and it was just ham and cheese, no bacon, not even a scent of smell of bacon. We called our waitress over and explained to her that we did not get the bacon with the omelet. She was looking for it and I said to her that if you have to look for it, it is surely clear that there is no bacon to be found. She did offer to bring out some bacon on the side, he did not want it so he was already displeased with his breakfast, wanted to change the bill from combination to ham and cheese omelet. She came out with 2 very small pieces of bacon that has been sitting around, the bacon was cold, also stating this is what the chef gave me and he calls the shots. It was certainly not worth the money.
My boyfriend, is a quite man and doesn’t like to create any waves, but this was something that really annoyed him once he received the bill. He was charged for both omelets with bacon and he expressed his story to the hostess and she was very sorry as well as the waitress. So the chef, makes the calls as to what the customer gets charged for is what we were told. Unfortunately for Plaza Diner, we were both displeased and sorry that we will no longer be patronizing to our local diner anymore. Message to the chef, you may of called the shots to cheat your customers out of their money, but what you lost was a long standing customer, so I call that shot! My theory is, you cheat a customer one time, and one time is too many!

Mothers Day dinner included prime rib w/​massed potatoes salad w/​Italian dressing and new England clam chowder. Best part of meal massed potatoes and my milk drink. Prime rib was on the low side of warm, w/​plenty of fat & grizzle which I like but not cold. Dressing was sweet to my taste. Soup was more rice than clam. Server had a chip on their shoulder. Asked for bread, got a small cold bun in a plastic wrapper. Desert was again served w/​an attitude and not presented properly. Tried to charge me for a item I did not order. Overall I would rate it a C+. Would say that some at the diner did not bring their best that day.

Pretty good food. The service is fast but not overly friendly.

Pretty nice for diner food! I liked the atmosphere, our waitress was phenomenal with answering all our questions and making sure our orders were all correct. It was great! We had lunch, the desserts were even good, although the chocolate pudding was more like chocolate mousse and it was SO RICH, but good. Nice job, Plaza Diner!

Stopped in starving for lunch on a very busy Mother’s Day but immediately was seated at the counter. Gyro sandwich was delicious and hot, reall hit the spot! My companion’s lox omlette was a bit tasteless and looked overdone, but we left happy! Will be back.

Nothing could make me more happy right now than to be the first reviewer of the Plaza Diner…
1 star for being the only restaurant open between downtown Albany and Hudson ALLLL down route 9…(besides Applebee’s-ew)
1 star for serving alcohol! surprisingly decent margarita and red wine!
1 star for being all old time-​y like…
1 star for PERFECT turkey club with actually crispy bacon, fresh lettuce and tomato, deli turkey and big fries!
1 star for sweet, contemporary server boy who most certainly was an overweight, caked makeup wearing, beehive sportin’ diner waitress in a previous life…
That equals 5 stars… yay Plaza Diner!