SunnySide Diner

Reviews

• Olivia K.

  star star star star star 26 June 2026

  By far my favorite breakfast spot! Food is always amazing and they never mind fixing any problems with it. The waitresses make you feel right at home and the playlist never disappoints. Recommend to anyone who loves classic local diner experience!

• Bebe J.

  star star star star star_border 24 June 2026

  Yelp led us to this neighborhood institution when we were looking for a quick breakfast on a trip to Maine.  Very family friendly - probably because it is family owned and run.  Old fashioned diner and car pictures decorate the walls and local business ads decorate the table tops. Easy off street parking.
  Service was prompt and attentive. I had a scrambled egg, Kielbasa, home fries and an English muffin. DH had the same except he had corned beef hash instead of sausage. My food was okay -nothing exceptional but he really liked his hash.  Less than $15 for both of us.  We will come back if we're in the area.

• Lisa B.

  star star star star star_border 22 June 2026

  This diner is good, neighborhood is a bit sketchy. I had pancakes with mms which I really enjoyed. I had never seen that on a menu before. The people who worked here were friendly, though service was slow. The coffee was good. There's not really any parking besides for street parking so it is a little hard to find a spot. If I was in this area again I would come back and try some other menu items.

• Stephanie G.

  star star star star_border star_border 21 June 2026

  This was fine but pretty basic. It'll do if you want breakfast on the road, but nothing any better or different than you could easily make for yourself at home for a much cheaper cost.
  
  There is street parking which was easy for me to find but I don't know if that's always true. I got the 2, 2, 2 special which is 2 eggs, 2 meats (sausage or bacon) and 2 french toast or pancakes with coffee. It was a decent deal and was pretty filling for about $7. It was almost impossible to get any coffee though, partially the one waitress seemed busy and partially there seemed to be a lot of regulars and they got taken care of first.
  
  The 50s decor was fine, but a little kitschy. Their photo on their site shows nice white tables but ours were completely covered in ads, which is typical of a diner but still a bit tacky. It's apparently a diner from 1928 but looks like the 1950s. Did the constantly update decor for 20 years then thought "nah this decade is where it stops." It really advertises it's old but that doesn't add to the ambiance which looks basic/fake old anyway.
  
  So the food was fine, for a diner it was fine, they are usually pretty safe/standard/basic/serviceable and this fit into that, but no more.

• Naldo ..

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 9 June 2026

  This place has tanked tremendously since I last went a few years ago when it was under a different owner. I'm never going back again.
  
  I took my girlfriend to eat there over the weekend and kept boasting about the deliciousness of their breakfast on the way there. However, the reality that unfolded at that crowded, Hispanic-over-run,  diner culminated in this review and a lost customer, for life. In fact, I will never visit a diner whose name is remotely close to anything "Sunny". I'm too scared. I'm Hispanic myself and have lost faith in my own people's ability to provide high quality customer service . If you're white, don't go here unless you're looking for a ghetto experience.
  
  I ordered two pancakes that tasted mediocre at best. I remember when their pancakes were fluffy and delicious. Not this time. I had to apply pressure on my fork to cut the damn pancake, almost as if I were trying to cut into steak. It almost felt like cutting construction paper with really dull scissors. Get the point? Good. But the real crux of this pancake horror story came when I went to pour the syrup. Warning, it's not syrup! It's some kind of sweetened slime.  You can pour out an inch of it and quickly tip the cup back and find that the slime will ooze back, without it ever touching the pancake. It's some kind of sorcery syrup whose taste is deplorable, abominable, ignominious, and outright disgusting .
  
  I left the Sunny Side Diner with a bad taste in my mouth. I also feel that I was overcharged but didn't dispute it because I just wanted to get the hell out of there. I've come too far in life to subject myself to such mediocrity. I left a piece of my dignity back there. What they're doing there is an affront to breakfast and diners everywhere. Do yourself a favor and steer clear of this pathetic diner. Your soul will never forgive you if you defy my warning. I feel that I have gotten some redemption from posting this review but I'm still reeling from sheer disappointment.