Lester’s Diner

Nice diner breakfast options with very efficient service, however the restroom remained most unpleasant. I will likely return with a pit-​stop first. Coffee, oatmeal made for a healthy meal, until nature called.

The worst restaurant you will ever go to. If you like cold eggs cold bacon and Luke warm waffle this is the place for you. If that’s not enough to make you want to eat at this over priced poor service restaurant then order two piece of toast and wait for the 2.49 cent bill for that. Oh but it gets better address it with the lady at front and she will brush off your comments and ignore you. Do yourself a favor go to McDonalds the service will be warmer then the eggs at this
I can only assume by the other positives that these people have never eaten at a real restaurant Time to close this place. It’s well past its reputation of the past.

I feel as though Lester’s is a place you need to go and check out if you are ever in the area. It is basic diner food, but really a staple in Margate. Coffee is hot and fresh, service is always on point, and you really can’t beat the prices. I admit that I need to try more things on the menu, but I wasn’t disappointed!
You must have a slice of pie or cake as well, it’s mandatory if you are going to Lester’s/

Today I had the meatloaf sandwich. The meatloaf had a nice consultancy firm and twisty. The slaw not be other hand was overly sour, and a little on the premade and processed. Overall, a good meal.

massive diner disappointment. Large portions do not make up for poor quality. Greek salad dressing was horrible (bottled for sure), Gyro meat was packaged. Turkey dinner — slices did NOT look or taste «off the frame» as we were told. Blech.

My brother took me here during my visit from Michigan. And to think, I wanted iHop. This diner blows iHop out of the water. I had the apple cinnamon waffle, hash browns, and bacon. The waffle was incredibly tasty. The hash browns and bacon were cooked perfectly. I dislike going to a place that serves greasy hash browns and bacon still covered in grease. The food here was not like that. I cannot forget the service, which was very good. I would definitely return!

Can’t go wrong with Lesters. Always consistent food and customer service. This spot in East Pompano is all new, clean. Good stuff. The eggs Benedict today were better than ever.

Lester’s has great, traditional diner food and service. This is not four or five star eating — it’s a great place to come for a yummy omelet with real eggs and a good cup of coffee. They have pastries at the cash register (haven’t tried them but just saying this to show it’s a traditional diner). Perfect weekend breakfast spot!

If you want to take a trip back five decades or more, this is the place to go.
When you walk in, you’ll see a pastry case and the obligatory dessert carousel. What else would you expect from a diner? Each table has a small juke box. Sadly, they were all out of order last night, but I hope they have the system fixed when we go back.
After being we were given our menu of traditional diner offerings, from breakfast to chicken livers to pie. None of the comfort food options were missing. But I was there on a mission — the French toast, which I had been assured by my husband was the best he’d ever had. So that’s what I got. French toast and bacon. Making the perfect French toast is a science. Everything has to be perfectly balanced. If you leave the bread in the eggs and cream for too long, it’s a soggy mess, if it’s not long enough, it’s dry and chewy. The cook here has it down. My three thick slices of toast were perfectly custardy inside, brown with crisp edges on the outside and just sweet enough. They were big enough to almost make two meals. The bacon was a bit on the thin side, but cooked to a perfect crispy crunchy texture.
My daughter had already had dinner, so she opted for a piece of chocolate cream pie. They brought her a full quarter of a pie! It had about an inch and a half of filling, an equal amount of whipped cream, a smattering of chocolate sauce, and the edge was crusted with chocolate jimmies. The only issue was that filling needed to be more chocolatey.
The waitress was very friendly, attentive, and had a great sense of humor. Prices were quite reasonable. I can’t wait to go back!

I just got back from eating here and it will be the last time.
I was greeted by a server bitching to a manager. Then I asked if Ami was working/​back from maternity leave. I was told «yes they hired her back then fired here, you have to follow the rules» REALLY! How about telling that to the owner who had 30 violations from the health department in February and the most recent was 28 violations! that’s who needs to follow the rules. the food I ordered was disgusting burnt and not made properly another person who needs to follow the rules on how to make the food

I love biscuits with gravy. I am having breakfast and I I dont come so often here, but as soon as I seat the waiter knew what I wanted. Aside from my hot chocolate I got water without even asking for it, my dish included the b&g and got them first without asking and I was starving. When I was done with the biscuit my plate already came. I didnt get served this time, I got rekt.

It was a late night and no where to go in this area so we stopped here. I knew I would probably order something in the breakfast area since I knew I would not go wrong. Entering this place immediately I saw the day’s special and was surprised to see many different varieties I did not expect even some lamb specials. Of course it was late and we did not have the choice of these only the late night menu. I opted on an egg bacon sandwich and matzo ball soup. The soup was warm but not hot, I was to tired to complain because it did taste good. The sandwich was just ok but how could you go wrong with that, although I have tasted some incredible tasting egg sandwiches before at other places. So over all this place it decent. No fancy décor, kinda dated but that has never been a factor for me. I would like to try this place out in the day time with all the menu available. On the plus side everyone at this place was super friendly and warm.

Same excuse… don’t feel like cooking so let lesters make my dinner! Started off with soup (it’s an all inclusive dinner: soup entrée dessert and a drink. Dad got the split pea soup and I had matzo ball. I got the fried chicken and pops got the Greek combo. My matzo ball soup was really good… dad ate all of his split pea. He may have lost his mind but certainly not his appetite! I would have liked a soup spoon as I got a coffee spoon to eat soup with. the fried chicken IS DELICIOUS. Dad’s Greek combo looks good. He’s chomping away at it. This was my first time having the fried chicken. .the crispness and coating is cooked to perfection. We both got rice pudding for dessert. Thsnks again for saving me from the stove… lol Carmen who started last week was our server… she was very nice

Mediocre at best. Hostess was very unfriendly, I truly believe this was my first restaurant experience where the hostess walked us to the table, dropped our menus on the table and turned her back and walked away. Her demeanor was almost as if she were angry with us. Our server was nice, he took our orders quickly and the food was also out quickly. My husband asked for hot sauce and he never brought it, but that’s okay. sometimes you forget.
The food was decent. Nothing spectacular, but it satisfied my «breakfast for dinner» craving. They have a lot of options on their menu from breakfast to country fried steak with mashed potatoes. If the hostess wasn’t so terrible I would have given 3 stars.

I come here now and then with my family on Sundays after church. It can be pretty busy during that time but the wait isn’t more than 15 minutes and the waiting area has a long enough seat so that many can sit and wait. The waitresses here are always smiling and friendly. My favorite thing about this diner is their dessert! They have delicious cheesecake and chocolate cake that I believe are made here, by them.
Another item I love to order from here is the meatloaf. It’s pretty good and the dinner meals come with really big portions and lots of side items. We always leave with a box or two because it’s a bit much to finish right there, but im not complaining. lol
Today the four of us all decided to order burgers. When it arrived, we were very pleased that the waitress got all of our orders right, since we all wanted something different with our burgers and side items. Food was hot, delicious and again pretty big! The fries are tasty and they give a huge slice of pickle and a side of coleslaw with your burger meal.
My only not so good experience here is when I came in to order out. Ill walk up to the counter and 2 or 3 people will seem so excited to have us and ready to seat us but once we tell them that we’re not staying and that we’d just like a dessert to go, it’s like they all disappeared. It wasn’t busy at all. We stood around just looking around in circles to get someone’s attention but the only attention we got was when we were asked how many are dining in. Once we told them that we only want to order 2 slices of dessert from the case to go, one would say the other is coming to help and then the other would say the same thing about the other person. Luckily the cheesecake here is pretty darn good so I did my best to ignore this but hopefully next time won’t be such a hassle.

Not my best eating experience. The hostess seated a couple who came in after me, then asked what she could do for me. Very off-​putting because I was there to be seated and have lunch. Waitress was pleasant, but inattentive. Chicken croquets reminded me of a cafeteria school lunch. (Take that how you will, I don’t necessarily mean that as an insult.)
On the positive side, the prices were pretty fair and the food was fast in coming out.

I usually go to the Lester’s on SR84 but I was in the area and I was hungry and I figured it would be the same. It couldn’t have been farther from the truth. The demographics in this area of town is more of the 65+ variety and by the pace of the movement of the wait staff it seems to fit. I made the mistake of not being ready to order the minute I sat down. I had to wait another 5 minutes before my order was taken. I ordered breakfast. 3 scrambled eggs, 4 strips of bacon and grits. I said hold the toast. Sometimes I think that servers go through the motions and have habits that cannot be broken. My food came out cold. How is that possible? The bacon was soggy and greasy and the food was Meh. To top it off the server brought me toast that I didn’t ask for.
When I got the check there was an additional $ 1.99 on the bottom of the check. I asked the server what the charge was and he said, «oh, that’s right. you ordered water» –again with the habit and routine thing. I wonder how many times this has been added on other checks and gone unnoticed. It was clear that the server had a lot on his mind.
The Lesters on SR84 is night and day from this place. I probably won’t go back until I forget that I had this experience. Britt Zs review of this place was spot on.

I like to find new diners to enjoy a good meal at and I came across this place… it’s pretty good. Although, it was extremely cold up in here, the atmosphere feels like you are transported back in time, very large, nice and clean. The service-​was cool but could of been a notch better. The food-​really tasty with nice portions, which will fill you up pretty quickly. The coffee could have been a little warmer. Anyway, they have a large menu and good prices.
**Note: If you are dating someone who enjoys a good portion of food at odd time of the morning and night then check this place out.
So, check it… I ordered the apple cinnamon Belgian waffles breakfast, which was so flavorful, fulling and rich… so good, the waffles was nice and fluffy and the apples on top were nice size chunks. Also, their coconut cream pie was smooth with a nice creamy flavor. Good place to have a fulling dinning experience and at a good price.

I stopped into Lester’s on memorial day for «brunch» as we wanted breakfast and it was noon. We ordered the traditional breakfast with two eggs, home fries (you could chose home fries, hash browns, or grits) and toast (white, wheat, or rye) and sausage (links or patties or you could also chose from ham or bacon). We also ordered a Belgian waffle.
Waters and coffee came out quickly, the food took a bit longer than I would have liked, but maybe it really wasn’t that long and I was just hungry. I found the eggs to be cooked perfectly and tasted great. The toast was served buttered, which I don’t mind, the sausage was cooked well with a little bit of a crisp to it, and the home fries had a good flavor. The waffle was also quite good. Overall not complaints about the food and the service was friendly. The menu was quite large but in my mind diners are really for breakfast foods so I’m not sure I would stray too far from what I had this particular visit.
I held back on the a fourth star because Lester’s is a little dated, which isn’t always a bad thing, but here it has sort of crossed the line from dated to old/​dingy. The coffee cups were supposed to be white but were tinted with the stains of probably twenty years of coffee. I get that some of these things are part of the diner vibe, I just kind of wish things were a little bit cleaner. It wasn’t dirty in the way that I wouldn’t eat there again, but it wasn’t clean and welcoming in the way that I’d eat here all that often.

Ok, I’ll be honest, I came here on New Year’s Day at 10am in the morning; the place was frantic and packed with hungover partyers and hungry families. It also looked like they were understaffed for the holiday rush. So I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that my experience is probably not the norm (just by looking at the other reviews).
First off, this is the largest diner I’ve seen. Seriously, don’t expect to walk into a small mom ‘n pop when you dine here. It’s got that typical diner feel though — laminate everything and bouncy vinyl booths. A little outdated, but everything is kept up and clean. They also have wifi (yay), but it wasn’t working that morning (boo).
Service was friendly enough, a little rushed and impersonal, but the section seemed understaffed, like I said earlier. It looked like there were only two servers for the entire area (needed at least three, especially since it was a holiday). Our water glasses were never refilled and our server took forever to bring out our drinks — my hot chocolate didn’t come out until the end of our meal. He was kind enough to comp it though, since it had taken so long and it was in a smaller cup than usual.
The food was good. Everything was cooked perfectly and tasted the way it was supposed to. My boyfriend ordered the Plain Waffle with Sausage, I ordered the French Toast with Strawberries, and our friend had their Ham Steak and Eggs Combo (came with Hash Browns and Toast). The Waffle was good, a little average, but it’s made well. The French Toast was perfect; thick cut slices and fluffy. I really loved that they gave me fresh strawberries and not the syrupy canned stuff — it really makes the breakfast a lot fresher. Props to the ham steak for being brined instead of sweetened; not only did it hold up really well, but it tasted great!
Verdict? Average — good for a diner. I wouldn’t say no to coming back for another visit the next time I’m in the area.