Marshall Diner

This restaurant is a good place to stop. Note: three stars from me means that this is a good, solid, uncomplicated restaurant with good food and nothing fancy or precious about the place. The Marshall Diner is not too far off of I-​66, and it is especially good for breakfast. If you are on your way to or from one of the local vineyards, it would be a good breakfast spot on the way or a good place for lunch on the way home.

This restaurant is one of my favorites. It is about thirty miles from where I live, but I gladly make an excuse to go there. The staff is always friendly, the food is always good. The place is not a fancy pretentious country restaurant. It is an honest to goodness diner that serves good fresh meals. The owner does not serve any pork products so the bacon and sausage is made from beef. It is absolutely delicious. The prices are extremely reasonable. I am a motorcyclist, and the Marshall Diner is a great place to meet up with friends for breakfast before we head out. This place is so much more enjoyable than the bland national chains.

What a find. Place is very clean, including the bathrooms. Had the open faced turkey sandwich special, real roast turkey, great gravy. Wife had omelette, lots of bacon, very good. Biscuits were great. Will stop here whenever in area… you should too. Owners/​servers were very nice and attentive. Wish we lived closer.

America’s Favorite Diner! That is what it says in the menu. I had to chuckle. Has all of America voted this their favorite diner? We were driving through Marshall and decided to stop for a late breakfast. What a treat!
We couldn’t decide what we wanted so we tried a number of things. Waffles, eggs, cream chipped beef were ordered. All were great. And the service was fantastic. The place was busy on a Sunday morning but we got all sorts of great attention from the staff. We told our waiter it was our first visit and he went out of his way to make suggestions for us. He even brought us some samples to make sure we came back to try their other foods.
Our visit to Marshall Diner included a pleasant atmosphere, delicious food and great service by a staff that knows how to take good care of their customers. Special thanks to our waiter, Domingo and to all who offered us coffee, brought us food and generally made sure we had a nice visit. I will put in my vote for America’s favorite diner!

Food is great with good parking. What I like best is that it is a nice distance out of DC (I-​66) congestion but still not close to my final destination.
Strongly suggest you try it.

Hi we were passing through and stopped here a cpl of days after the 2016 snow storm. The pkg lot was plowed nicely so my 80yo mom could walk easily… When we entered we were the only ppl there, except staff. It was warm the two gentlemen were welcoming!
It IS a diner… Do NOT expect ihop, applebees or bww!!! Bc its older a lot of their decorations are faded and the lighting isnt LED… Im not sure what the other reviewers saw… But i thought the place was clean, just older.
The bathrooms were clean…
The menu was all over the place… I liked that bc i could have breakfast lunch or dinner plus a few things i would have never thought of in a diner! It was a great surprise!
Ok food… Mom had a burger, hubby had the buffalo chicken sandwich and i had the cajun chicken… Destroyed!!! All of them were great!!! Even mom took what she could eat home… And ate the leftovers later on!!!
The service was great he had his head on a swivel and constantly asked us how were doing. When other ppl started to flood in he still kept asking!
If youre expecting a modern facility and newer stuff you might not like it here… If youre looking for a place thatll learn your name, answer obscure questions from ppl passing through, genuinely care if you like the food… This is a place to stop!

This is a small town diner, and is exactly what you’d hope: inexpensive breakfast fare in a laid-​back spot. My uncle and I stopped by on the way to Tennessee and were glad we chose this rather than fast food or something. I had scrambled eggs over sausage gravy and biscuits, which was massive and tasty, and my uncle had a combo with eggs, sausage, toast and so on. The coffee was tasty and the nice waitress kept it coming. The place is small but surprisingly spacious — as we were there, it was just us and a couple who seemed like regulars came in and one of the staff chatted with them, but then a bunch of college kids came in and there was room for them in the back.
If you’re looking for a little home-​cooking, this is the spot.

The Diner is as big as a gas station really. I was surprised it was so small and simply impressed with my breakfast. We walked in after a 2−½ hour hike nearby and were starving. The place was packed. Only one empty table. We were a party of 2 adults, 3 children. Order was taken quick enough. Took 37 min for the food to arrive.
I had the homemade chip beef gravy on biscuits (2) with scrambeled eggs (2) and a side of bacon (4). I ate every last bite of everything and even tried a bite of my daughters waffle. Everything was delicious! I was so very happy with the chip beef gravy! Can’t wait to go back and get it again. I’d like to try lunch but that chip beef will be a struggle to avoid!

This is a little divey, hometown, restaurant but the breakfast foods were really good. My husband really liked his steak omelette. It was Chopped steak (like minute steaks) with peppers and onions –delicious. Really good portions. My eggs are done perfectly and came with a short stack of fluffy, perfect, pancakes. Only complaint came from my husband, he thought the place could be little cleaner. Service was great and price was low.

I was not impressed, biscuits and gravy were cold and extremely bland, sandwiches were made on very thin cheap tasting bread, with artificial tasting cheese. The restaurant itself is very small and dirty. Their bathrooms were clean, which was shocking based on the cleanliness level of the rest of the place. The service was slow and not very friendly, like you would expect at a small diner. Can’t say I would ever stop here again, and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone really. Oh, and don’t drink the water.

Stopped for a bite after spending the afternoon on the Skyline trail. It’s small and unassuming but gives you fresh good home cooking.
I had a chili cheese dog and onion rings. Hubby had grilled cheese w bacon. My chili was housemade and awesome. Onion ring batter was a tad heavy. Hub said his sw was just ok.
Décor is old and faded but the bathroom is newly renovated. Single waiter but he kept up w the growing crowd coming out from the park.
Nice slice of small hometown Marshall.
Would return, would recommend.

I live in Fairfax and was meeting a friend living in Strasburg and Marshall seemed to be the midway point so we decided to get breakfast here at around ⁹³⁰⁄₉₄₅ on a Saturday. The place looks small from the outside but had plenty of open tables. Had a lot of different choices that you would expect from a diner. I got the French toast combo and it was huge for the price I paid. It was pretty good– I wouldn’t say it was innovative or the best thing I’ve ever had but it was good. Definitely on the same level as other breakfast places (ihop) in regard to food. The service was friendly and we weren’t pushed to leave (we were those people who sat around and talked for an hour… or two). Honestly from the outside I wasn’t expecting much but it’s a nice little diner!

This dinner is so comfortable and quaint you feel like your at home in your kitchen. You must stop by if your in the area either picking fruit at nearby orchards or visiting wineries. Everyone local knows it and that’s your first hint that if you need comfort food after a long day and are dreaming of kicking back with home iced tea, this is the spot! I had two chili dogs and onion rings and they were great. The chili actually had visible ground beef and large kidney beans, they were really good. The onion rings were crispy and the iced tea was so good I was looking for my grandmother to come out of the kitchen! Yes it is in a small town away from everything, but I say thank God it’s there because it was a perfect ending to a long day in the hot sun at the orchards.

My sister and I stopped here on the way back from sky meadows park. We always like trying little hole in the wall places and that’s just what we got.
Atmosphere– it’s a small diner in a small town, not some fancy New Jersey diner. There is outdated «art» on the wall and the tables and chairs are nothing fancy. It was clean, although it seemed like it hadn’t been updated since the 1950s. The bathroom was clean.
Service– our server was nice. He wasn’t overly friendly or outstanding. He was kind and answered our questions and brought us everything we needed.
Food– I had the steak and cheese with onion rings. I ordered the kids chicken fingers and fries for my 2 little ones. My sister ordered the chili. The steak and cheese was good– I ended up taking the filling from 1 half of the sandwich and putting it in the other to make a more meaty half sandwich. It was good… Just what I expected. Kinda greasy but it’s a diner! The onion rings were battered and fried, so we’re the chicken fingers and crinkle cut fries. They were out of chili, so we didn’t get to try that.
Overall– this was pretty much exactly what you would expect from a small little diner. There wasn’t anything that made it bad but there wasn’t anything to make it amazing either. It’s not ever going to be one of those that gets put on Diners, Drive ins, and Dives, but it was a nice little place to stop and grab a
cheap bite to eat!

Love this place. Only giving four stars because it is diner food but the service is always lovely and the food is exceptionally good for what it is.

Stopped in by chance off the interstate. Generic diner menu, but the food was all exceptional. Best biscuits I’ve had in a while. My steak omelet was the best I’ve ever had. As I pulled each bite away with my fork, a perfectly layered omelet remained in tact. My wife found the French toast equally exceptional. This is basic food, perfectly prepare with simple, fresh ingredients.
We stumbled on Marshall Diner the first time. We will go out of out way to eat here if ever in the area again.
Don’t miss Mom Made Cookies on your way out!

This is a good spot after a trip to the AT. This is my third or fourth visit. Home fries are phenomenal, toast is good, and the steak omelet is fair.

10÷19÷14 There aren’t a ton of places to eat out near Delaplane, VA (land of wineries, Sky meadow state park and lots of farms). One of the «closest» is 10+ miles away in Marshall, VA. Starving after the drive from the DC area and a visit to an orchard, we headed to Marshall Diner.
As we pulled up to the place, the enticing signs of the adjacent shop «Mom-​made Cookies» reassured us we had stopped at the right place for some delicious home cooked diner food (birds of a feather, right?). Upon entering, we found the place bustling with business. Tables pushed together to accommodate large groups, people of many ethnicities, kids, elders, families all crammed into this little diner for sustenance. A sign stated we should seat ourselves but waitresses noting the size of our group and our bewildered faces came over in spite of the sign to assist in our seating needs.
A table was cleaned; we were seated; drinks were brought (they had SWEET TEA and it was GOOD). I had coffee (standard diner-​quality and fresh) that was refilled appropriately, as were all the drinks at the table. Our waitress was all the things a diner waitress should be– prompt, slightly sassy, and amiable. She recommended most things but mentioned today the turkey and ham weren’t their typical home cooked variety.
The myriad of food was ordered: baked tilapia entrée, chicken souvlaki plate (touted by our waitress as «the best thing on the menu»), cheeseburgers, a biscuit, lemon meringue and apple pie.
The baked tilapia was perfectly cooked (not a single bit of dryness), tastily seasoned (nothing too special but flavorful), came with a salad (believe it or not French was a salad dressing option to my husband’s excitement), veggies (mostly celery, carrots, string beans with a smoky essence to it), mash potato with brown gravy (gravy just ok, potatoes real).
My chicken souvlaki tender chicken in warm pita with lettuce, feta, yogurt, tomatoes. Tasty, well cooked, satisfying but a far cry from actual greek food which isn’t hard to believe in a town of less than 2000 people in the middle of no-​where Virginia.
Burgers were substantial (the kid’s burger was the same size as the regular), cooked well done, clearly home made and partnered with golden crispy fries. All who ate them at the table stated they were good burgers (clearly evident from the emptiness of their plates). Pie slices and biscuit were also devoured and the check dropped before we had all even gotten our food (lol).
Marshall diner is a great little diner that makes you feel like you pulled up a chair at your old white grandmother’s formica kitchen table after a tiring day (in fact, I think grandma was working the register). The food isn’t something you pine for into the wee hours of night but it is most definitely comforting in that predictable home-​cooking kind of way. The service is swift without feeling pressured or rushed (despite the ridiculously early check drop). The clientele warm and friendly (a lady with dogs in the car outside encouraged us to keep her pooches company while she tried to grab a quick bite). Another perk: NO ONE stared at us although were were a multi-​racial group (a rarity in small-​town Virginia).
I would go back.

If there’s one thing that’s important to me when it comes to food, it’s cleanliness.
Marshall Diner gets 0 stars in that regard. *0* The building interior has a greasy «feel» to it — you just know that the walls haven’t been scrubbed and painted in quite some time.
But the rest room? Had I gone in there before I ordered instead of after I finished eating, I would have left without doing so. Disgusting. I felt the need to wash up after leaving it.
The food was typical diner food, my burger properly prepared to my liking, I wasn’t crazy about the crinkle cut fries though.
Personally, I’ll not be returning until I hear that they’ve put some bleach to work and cleaned up their act.

Food was OK.
Exactly what I’d expect from a diner.
I had a burger, it was acceptable.
Service was polite, knowledgeable of the menu, and fast.
Ambiance was that of a diner in rural VA.
But the RESTROOM.
Marshall Diner? Why is your bathroom such dirty mess?
THE RESTROOM WAS FILTHY.
Marshall Diner needs a sanitary stand-​down day …