Square Lake Diner

Good food from good people, heck I should know I use to work there… long live Albanians !!

A solid 4 out of 5 stars. Came here for dinner last night after church, I have lived in the area for 15 years now and I think that this is only my 2^nd time here. Had the fried perch dinner for $ 9.99, I think it was ocean perch, the menu didn’t say. They a sautéed perch dinner for $ 14.99, not sure what the difference is.
Anyways, the fried perch was good. Cabbage soup was excellent. Dinner comes with a bread basket. The side portions like the fries and rice were huge. Someone else in our party had a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, it looked excellent. The ham was sliced super thick.
Dining room was clean and updated, the ceiling chandelier was very cool.

Great place to eat and really good big portions of food. The food is honestly worth much more than what You Pay for. The waitress was so polite and nice.

Ate lunch on a weekday, this place draws the senior crowd but you shouldn’t let that stop you. Our waitress was very attentive and friendly. The menu is vast and offers meals for all times of the day.
I ordered the chicken parmesan. This came with a salad and bowl with bread, crackers and breadsticks. My entrée arrived piping hot and with a side of spaghetti. I anticipated a frozen chicken patty with sauce but this dish included real breaded chicken breasts with shreded cheese and sauce… very, very good.
My dad ordered a burger and quite frankly it was as big as his head. I forgot the name of it but it had two thick pattys, cheese and fresh fixins. I can’t believe he ate the whole thing… but what I think it means is he liked it a lot.
I wasn’t anticipating much from this place… kind of assumed it would be like a Ram’s Horn but I was clearly mistaken. Square Lake Diner is a diamond in the rough and the next time I’m back in Troy to see the folks I’ll be sure to stop in.

Fast and friendly service with a wide-​ranging menu, some unique items. Great family place.

Our visit was okay — nothing too spectacular. We had the fried pickles for an appetizer. They were good — I think they were better than the entrees. To tell you the truth, I don’t even remember our entrees… I guess they were that lackluster. The bar did help though — we enjoyed a nice glass of Pinot Grigio. The service was great — drink refills came on a regular basis.

Have been there before. Food is ok. Went on Mothers day. Everything was fine until we were almost finished eating. Our server was fine, but another one kept hurrying us. We were NOT those kind of people who like to linger. But rushing us was too much. After a couple hints (4, or 5), she even asked us to sit at another table. How rude, and disgusting. We will not be back, but we will tell all to avoid this place.

I agree with previous posters that this is like a high class coney. I would pick this place over a National any day. Reasonable prices. We have had the burgers and breakfast so far and all has been good. We have had good service every time and all the food looks great. I am excited to try more. I would recommend this place for casual dining to anyone in the area!

I like this place. Honestly my best description is a high class Coney Island. I don’t mean to demean the place because it’s great but that’s how I think of it. The same foods as Coney except your coleslaw is fresh made instead of coming out of a 5 gallon bucket. Your Hani comes with romaine instead of iceberg. Your server is happy to be there. Theres a nice little bar area where you can buy liquor and probably some higher quality beer. The place is clean and doesn’t look like 10,000 teenagers ran through it. In fact you probably won’t see many teenagers in there. I was very impressed with the food and service. When I was there they had servers and then there was a lady there going table to table just making sure everything was okay and actually helping the servers. They really got it together. Go there!

Usually get the breakfast specials regardless of the time of the day. So far I have tried the Original Breakfast Skillet and the Italian Skillet. Both were very much to my liking and the quantity was well worth the price. Great to see a diner-​type atmosphere in a suburban area. Will definitely look forward to trying out other items on the menu.

Must update menu. It’s been the same since ever!!! It must be more rich. Food there is okay. If your hungry it’ll do. Usually and older crowd hangs out there.

I recently discovered this diner and came back in the next week with my husband. I’m very familiar with many of the diner type restaurants in the Troy and Rochester area. Both my meals and service were great! I’m not sure what the other reviewers on this site had but I will definitely be back. The tuna melt was excellent and those with me had breakfast. They were very pleased with their meals. On my second visit we had the gyro sandwiches. Very good. My server both times was attentive, our food arrived very fast, everything was great!

I love this place!!! By far my favorite diner! The grilled chicken Greek salad is amazing! The service is great too even thou I always get a carry out… Thumbs up!

Been here recently, what a terrible meal I had. That is why the two stars. The server was very pleasant. Not a rating for her, or any of them ! Or for the actual place it’s self. This is for the cooks, not chef, I will not call them that !
Ordering early afternoon, I still expect fresh food, eggs done well, thank you, but that is All your getting from me! Bacon? How long ago was that cooked? It was crisp, yes, but cooked many hours ago, the hash browns? Sorry, had to spit those out, Cook… have you tasted them? YUCK ! Horrible ! Asked for crispy, were they cooked prior to my arrival? I think so. Now on to my main gripe. I only eat the Egg Yellow’s, I think a lot of people actually have a preference to what part of the Egg they like best, I’ve never done a survey, granted, but I do know many people who eat whites or yellows of the Egg only. Now your Eggs Were Perfect, like I said, I had asked for White TOAST. In my dictionary: TOAST, reads, 1: TO BROWN THE SURFACE OF (bread, cheese, etc) BY HEATING 2 TO WARM THOROUGHLY, to BECOME TOASTED — n. — SLICED BREAD MADE BROWN AND CRISP BY HEAT –TOASTER n.
In comes my toast after receiving my plate, I am hungry, can’t wait to Eat. My toast is set on the table. I look down, and it is the color of WHITE BREAD, but is slightly, Crisp. So I ask my server, oh wait I look inside, maybe it’s done right in there. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK I SEE ?
Enough Butter? Or whatever you use, to butter Six pieces of bread not TWO. Very unappetizing. So I ask politely if I could have my bread toasted Please, «No Problem» I think she said.
Just a few minutes later, my ««TOAST» reappears. Same bread, (with all that frickin butter crap) BUT. BURNT LINES ON BOTH SIDES, UN-​EDIBLE ! She politely ask, will this do?
NO !#*!#- NOT REALLY, …But I can’t say anything because, I am in tears, because, my partner has already scolded me for sending back my WHITE BREAD (UN-​TOASTED)
So for my lunch, when I was so desperately hungry, I ate, Egg yellows, with NO dipping toast, a bite of bacon that was cooked hours ago, and NO Hash-​browns, that looked good to the eye, but were deceiving to my taste buds.
THE OWNER probably won’t keep this Unilocal on as a review, which is a shame. Because I have eaten here many times and been SUCH A VERY HAPPY CUSTOMER.
Next time I try your Restarunt, «AND I WILL», because, I am a «TRUE UnilocalER», I will try and mix it up, to see if there is any improvement.
You won’t know me, as I use others photos
GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE
I know many UnilocalERS, that do read my Unilocal.
I eat out twice a day.
If I Owned this diner, I would be sure to send in my friends as spy’s once in a while, see what happens. If you need a new Toaster BUY ONE. EVERYBODY LOVES TOAST

I love this place!
I have celiac, so every time I eat out it its like playing Russian Roulette. Will I be violently sick soon after? But I refuse to give up!
The cooks in the back seem to be well educated on handling gluten problems, as I have eaten here several times and tried several different meals and have never gotten sick! More than can be said for a couple places in the area that even advertise as having good gluten free options.
The waitresses are hit and miss. Some understand what «I can’t eat gluten» means and are very pleasant, while one waitress made a face at me and said, «ew» when I asked her to make a suggestion. Umm, I’m sorry my autoimmune disease is unpleasant for you? For that reason I can’t give full stars. Just make sure you tell the waitress to let the folks in the back know what you need, and they accommodate wonderfully. (:

A very attractive and relaxing atmosphere. There was a wide variety of items on the menu and all were priced fairly. The service was excellent. I had a gyro and onion rings. Everything was served fresh and hot. The gyro was a bit on the plain side… kinda ‘Americanized’ but it still tasted good. the onion rings were thin but were cooked very nicely. I’ll be back for breakfast.

We had dinner here recently. I’d heard from friends how good the food was, especially the perch. The waitress was V-​E-​R-​Y slow, she took forever to get our drinks. The diner was only 25% full, so there was absolutely no excuse. We received our food and it was subpar. The perch my son ordered was hard as a rock and just plain awful. The rest, not much better. Will not be returning!

Great place to get a satisfying, tasty breakfast. The food is amazing and the atmosphere is friendly and inviting. Will definitely be coming back here to try their Lunch and Dinner items. This is a true winner in my opinion.

I’ve only been here for breakfast, but I’ve been a few times now. It is always busy, which I think is a good thing. They have a large menu with many choices. The service is fast, friendly and efficient. One thing I was impressed with was their corned beef hash. This isn’t the typical out-​of-​the-​can crap, it’s got a real, home-​cooked quality to it. I’ll definitely be returning.

I went to the diner on a Sunday morning for brunch. It was busy, and asking for a table for two took about 15 minutes. There was no list to seat customers, so my party of two got seated after a party of four that arrived after us. After the wait we were seated, and our order immediately taken by a polite waitress. Our drinks and food came out very quickly, and were high quality and yummy. However, after we were done eating, but still chatting a the greeter who took a long time to seat us, asked us to either go to the bar a talk, or leave the restaurant because he needed the table for other customers, so I ended up leaving.