never again

   Norazza - 07/03/2008

I've gone here numerous times and it doesn't matter what time of day it is. The service is lousy, food usually cold and just try and get another cup of coffee. After my last visit over the weekend, I've had it. A simple order of toast couldn't be made. I've spent too much money here and have left disappointed every time.

Wonderful Breakfast!!!!

   Cbeard2002 - 07/01/2008

We eat here several times a week. The deep fried french toast is over the top, and the bacon is the best I've ever eaten.

The staff is very friendly and the patrons come from every corner of St Louis. Great people watching.

Amazing

   Lnphantom - 05/30/2008

After eating at City Diner one time, I was hooked. I am from out of town, but every time I come to visit my fiance', we have to go! The biscuits and gravy are divine. You also never know what kind of interesting characters you will see there! It's a great place to go after a show at The Pageant.

Don't believe the Hype

   madfoodluver - 03/17/2007

We don't have a frame of reference about how it was before 2005 but the Diner really seems to have it together. We eat out at least 4 times a week and the Diner is a regular haunt now. They even have a handle on the busy Sunday brunch. Yes, it has staff turnover but that happens when you try to give your customers the best. The bad reviews sound like disgruntled ex employees that did not make the cut. We will always love City Diner. Keep up the good work.

   kelgray77 - 03/08/2007

A Diner or Restaurant?

   lochlan - 02/27/2005

When is a diner not a diner? When it serves lemon-spice chicken breasts, mushroom-chicken pasta, vegetable burritos, grilled Italian sausage over polenta, crab cakes and other assorted treasures one can only dream about at the Courtesy or Uncle Bill's. If you're hungry after midnight on Friday or Saturday this is the place for you! Shuts down by 10 pm the rest of the week.
The service can be unpredictable depending on the server, many of whom are enthusiastic amateurs in the restaurant biz. Food quality can be inconsistent due to new cooks constantly added to the mix.
Overall this comfortable little place is a gem on South Grand.

bad food

   durangobob1 - 01/26/2005

if you like cockroaches crawling all over you go there

Good food but bad service

   rbrownes - 12/21/2004

I am a black male and I first started going to this diner with a female I met. Really liked the food. But when we stopped seeing each other and I started going alone, I noticed that I was not treated in the same way as when I was with the female. It was quite blatant. I went once and it was a white female waitress and one that appears to be half black and half white. They went out of their way to give me bad service. Would walk around asking everyone around me was everything alright and did they need anything and would not come to my table and ask me anything. No doubt in my mind that it was racially motivated. I'm an intelligent black person and gave them no reason to treat me like that other than to come in and sit down. I stopped going after that. I sure hope this wasn't something that the management condoned. But, like I said, I stopped going after that. I don't like going places where I'm not wanted. But the food was very good. I don't know if anything has changed but I don't know if I'd like to find out. It appeared to me that black people, and particularly black males, were not welcomed there. Maybe things have changed. This was several years ago. But it left a bad taste in my mouth.
richard676@ameritech.net

best breakfast in..

   playadachess - 11/14/2004

St. Louis!!! The best breakfast in St. Louis bar none!! From the blueberry pancakes, with real blueberries!, to the tiny delicious fried potatoes and eggs and omlettes cooked perfectly every time. SW