Went here on a Sunday afternoon when we were in this area. Disappointed that our visit wasn't better. The service was ok, they were not rude but weren't really hospitable either. The food was horrible! I ordered the chicken strips and fries and both were cold and gross. Strips were really hard as well. My sons barely touched their fries as well and did not finish their food as it was just "OK" they said. The Oreo shake was the only good food item we received that day. The atmosphere of the diner as you would expect was overall cool and my boys loved the jukebox. Overall the food was a big turn off, we will not be returning. read more

Missing part of the meal. No hollandaise on the eggs Benedict. Thoroughly dissatisfied

I've been going to 5 & Diners for about 15 years and especially this location. I have seen the quality go down as the prices go up. On this particular visit, I was appalled to see that a burger is now just shy of ten dollars. So I ordered a bacon cheeseburger, pretty basic, no special instructions. I ordered it medium. When I got it, it was half cooked. One half of the patty was cooked and the other half was pink on the inside. I am not sure how that happens. I was with my brother and we both got burgers. I stopped eating mine after I saw that the patty was cooked in that odd fashion. My brother's was prepared fine, but he also stopped eating his because it was just didn't taste good. Service was slow. Even though they were fully staffed and they weren't busy, it was still painfully slow. There was puke in the sink in the women's bathroom. I spied this on the way to the men's bathroom as the women's bathroom door was open and an employee was attempting to clean it up. Unfortunately, I saw this before I got my food so that set my appetite into a spiral downwards. As for the men's bathroom, the urinal was broken and leaking water. Their solution for this problem was to put a Tupperware container under the leak. It was perched precariously on top of the urinal and was about half full of toilet water. Looking about ready to fall right on the customer who was using the urinal at that time. This is the second time I have posted this review up. This is a legitimate account of my experience at this place and a warning that the food is very mediocre and the prices are getting crazy. For some reason it was taken down even though I plainly told my experience. read more

My friends and I went over to 5 & Diner recently to grab some late night grub and we had a great time! The atmosphere, decor and ambiance is probably the best part of this diner. It is a classic setup with all the vintage artwork and lighting. The music; however, is modern, which wall it may appeal to a larger audience, somewhat takes away from the diner atmosphere. Our server was a busy young guy, who's name is passing me, but he did his job well and us rowdy college kids with poise. My main critique may seem overly critical, but the omelette I ordered, and asked for no onions on, came out with hundreds of slices of sautéed onions. While I just asked for them to redo the order, it was a hassle and can't be given a 5-Star rating because of it. Through and through, 5 & Diner is a great dive for anyone who is looking for a traditional styled diner. 3.8 Stars read more

This place is dangerous! We live a block away and let's just say there have been some late night chocolate milkshakes orders. The milkshakes are beyond delicious. We love the cute decor and the food is what you'd expect from a diner. We're super happy to live so close! read more

All 5 & Diners are not equal. This location is one of my favorites--they just seem to go the extra mile. It doesn't matter what time of day I stop in...middle of a weekday, after midnight on a weekend...the place is friendly and busy. There is another closer to my house, but this location wins my heart every time. Another bonus? Their table side jukeboxes actually work. Our most recent visit was for post-fireworks dessert. We finally tried the new menu. The Waffle Wonder was a hit. Half a waffle (by the way this location's waffles are superior to all others) covered in cinnamon sugar, vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and caramel. It tasted like a supercharged churro. So yummy. My friend got the Diner Split which might seem run-of-the-mill, but it had a large scoop each of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream, with all the requisite sauces plus a deep fried banana. Yep, you heard right, deep-fried freakin' banana. I had a chocolate malted and could not have been happier. Next time you need a great way to cap off a late downtown night, check this place out. read more

Not a bad place when you want diner fare and don't want to be severely disappointed yet again by Denny's. The 50s themed diner car sets a unique atmosphere and the food is alright. The overall size isn't too big so the staff is able to provide good service and they typically have good attitudes towards customers. Worth a stop if you're hungry in the area. read more

My family will always love 5 & Diner, my wife and I met working there at the diner in Tucson which is no longer open. Whenever we visit Phoenix we like to visit the original location. The food and service here is always great. They still let me order the Joes special even tough it's off the menu read more

Good food, attentive service. I had the waffle breakfast and it was delicious, really delicious. Everything on my plate was cooked to perfection and I felt all warm and fuzzy inside. My partner in eating crime went for the chicken fried steak - and was very pleased. I stole a bite or two and it was really good, the gravy was top notch - and isn't that what life is really all about?! read more

This place is the classic example of a 50s throwback diner! The food is epic, the staff are friendly, and the atmosphere is fun. If you like burgers, you'll love the 5 & diner. read more

This is, hands down, some of the best service I've had in a long time! A group of us walked in during the wee hours of the morning. There were a few other customers as well. Our server was friendly, helpful, and just all around awesome. The food was exactly what you'd expect at a diner - a little greasy, full of flavor, and made with love. I'd definitely go for one of their new Skillet Sensations! read more

Best chicken fried chicken with gravy, loved chicken pot pie I tried for first time. Save some space for dessert waffle wonders it was wonderful. read more

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Okay so time to spill the tea on this place. Basically I ordered a Benedict and it was nasty af. When I got my meal I genuinely want to vomit. The hollandaise sauce was the color of a yellow highlighter. Had I not been starving for 24 hours I would have sent it back, but I ate it and my stomach felt assaulted. This place killed my energy. I shit myself afterwards and not it a good way. But the employees were not vibing and looked that they just wanted to go home which I guess is understandable if u have to serve crap to people all day. I did not vibe with place. read more

I am a regular (few times a week) and I can tell some waitresses are so nice but the majority are rude and disrespectful and do not appreciate the customer for stopping by and eating at their restaurant. A week ago I have been greeted by this young gentleman and I asked him to sit outside but he refused and claimed the patio is "closed". And I believed him and sat inside. Yesterday Nov 5th I went there and was greeted by the same waitress and asked him to sit outside @ 6-7pm and he said no please sit inside. I said "I want to sit outside" and then he said "no I prefer if you sit inside." I said "ha?" he said "prefer if you sit inside." I did not want to argue with him because I went their to enjoy my time and the food so I just went and sat inside. This way of treating customers is not acceptable let alone me being a regular and he was my server for 3+ times and he knows me well. Good luck in your attitude and congratulations for losing a regular. Too sad. read more

Horrible experience! I'm not sure where the 5 star reviews come from...came here for late night food. There was 4 of us total. To start off there was 2 place settings for 4 people. So after ordering our food we asked for another 2 place settings and the waitress "Malaysia V" literally walked away and came back with sour cream that looked like someone licked the top off of it with there tongue. Then when she placed it down in front of us she says "that's what you asked for right???!" With an attitude. No...actually we asked for 2 place settings, she laughed, walked away and came back. No guacamole or meat on what they call nachos (no tortilla chips, just French fries with cheese and jalapeños) Gross! My husband handed her a small plate that was full of old crusty food and asked for a new one for the appetizer we ordered. She again laughed, walked away came back with a clean plate this time. My pregnant friend ordered a waffle with strawberries and powdered sugar, no whip cream and syrup on the side. Her COLD waffle came with whip, powdered sugar, old funky smelling strawberries that seemed to be expired or just flat out rotten, and no syrup. She asked waitress for syrup twice, finally received it and started eating. She took about 3 bites and made me try it. The strawberries tasted rotten and the waffle was cold. My husbands chicken salad was full of iceberg rotten lettuce, and just fried chicken. No bacon or anything else that was supposed to come on it. He didn't complain because he's not that type of person. My pregnant friend on the other hand gave her plate to the waitress Malaysia and said "I'm sorry but I can't eat this". The waitress grabbed the plate and said in a sarcastic tone "don't worry I'll take it off the bill" and walked away. Didn't offer her anything else or to give her another menu to pick a different meal. I winded up sharing my turkey club and French fries with her instead because she was hungry. The pickles had mold on them (see picture attached) Never asked us once if any of us needed or wanted refills. The Philly cheesesteak was a joke. This place has completely fell off. The health department should be aware of there food and the cleanliness as well. Also, I don't believe waitresses with 2 inch fake nails should be serving food. She practically had her nails almost in the food when putting it down on our table. Definitely won't be back! We were all pretty disgusted. Would've been better off at Denny's or ihop. Go elsewhere! read more

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Great service. Old school diner style setting. Friendly staff. Great milkshakes, but sub-par food. Regardless, if my kid is happy, I'm happy. read more

Good food, okay service! For the pricing, this diner was great! I loved the retro, old diner vibe. The service was a little slow, and the waitress's weren't the friendliest. We were their for an hour (from 1:45-2:45am) which was kind of long, but the retro music and the environment made up for the slow service (although the food did come out decently fast!). I had the Turkey Club (w/ chipotle mayo) and a side of coleslaw and which was pretty good! I tried my friends pancakes, topped with blueberries, they were good; although, it's unfortunate they don't have fruit syrups (like blueberry syrup). I will be back, to see if my second experience is any better. read more

I've been here a few times before and each time I ordered THE BEST HOT DOG I'VE EVER HAD! It's called the FRANCHEESE. What is the "Francheese," you ask? Well, it's a simple hot dog injected with cheese, topped with cheese, and served on a toasted bun. Simple enough, yes? Seriously, it's delicious! Along side that, I also ordered a side of a newly discovered favorite of mine (which I initially discovered here my first time): Wet Fries. What are "wet fries," you ask? Wet fries are french fries topped with a brown gravy. Most people thing "Ew, that's gross," but think about it for a minute. What are french fries? Mashed potatoes. What typically goes on mashed potatoes? Gravy! It's perfect enough to work, right? (Just as my similarly strange love for ketchup chips) Well, it's an east coast thing, or so I hear (though I had trouble finding it most of the places I went on the east coast). Regardless, the two items I've listed above made for an incredibly excellent meal the few times I got to order it. Now, why on earth would I give a 3 stars on one of my top favorite meals? Because I went back a few months ago (Mind you, I live 6 hours away from the nearest 5&Diner) and they had entirely REMOVED the Francheese from their menu and it's not just this franchise, it was all of them that I contacted. They all got rid of their cheese injection machine and now my favorite dog is nowhere to be found. 5&Diner has potential to be a five star restaurant if they would only just bring back the Francheese [Please!] That aside, they still carry the delicious "wet fries." They also have delicious ice in their drinks (I like ice that has more air bubbles in them because it just break really easily in your mouth. Give it a shot, great ice. The service is okay. They don't come by all the time to fill up your drink, unfortunately, and sometimes they let you sit for too long waiting to order or for a bill, but I'm never in a rush because I typically go there passed midnight. And, best of all, most of them are open 24 hours and they have a pretty sweet diner theme with juke boxes and all the works. If you could all help me, maybe we can coerce them into bringing back the Francheese. Haha. That'd definitely help me change my review back to a 5-star. read more

Friendly staff, reasonable prices, fast service, hot coffee and good food. What else could you want? I ordered the eggs Benedict. Def recommend if you like that kind of stuff. read more

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The service is wonderful!!!! Each of the servers always speaks so kindly and they are always on their toes. Been here dozens of times and never had bad service. read more

I eat here sometimes & love the atmosphere, however my order for delivery was cold & not prepared properly. Never again from this place.

I come here with my friends almost every weekend; we've been doing this for over 3 years. Amazing atmosphere and delicious food. The staff are so nice! If you can, ask for Nitzul or Ashlee to be your waitress! They are both totally awesome people and will make your time there so much fun. For food, I personally recommend the Hungry Diner, Love Me Tenders, and the Tuna Melt! They also have the best fried pickles in the world! This has been our regular weekend hangout for years now; I don't see that changing anytime in the near future. read more

I have been coming to 5 & Dinner for almost 20 years now and have never been disappointed- until tonight. The food has definitely gone downhill. My husband, my son, and I all had different menu items and none of was particularly impressive. Our waitress was friendly and service was good but for the quality & price of the food we definitely wont be returning anytime soon. Sad because this is a Phoenix institution but if the food is no good there is really no point of spending my money there. read more

Cute theme restaurant. I had pancakes and eggs. My eggs were supposed to be medium, but were much closer to sunny side up. I didn't eat them, and my waitress didn't inquire about why. The pancakes were ok. I would give it another try for dinner or lunch. Definily not a good place for a large group..BTW read more

recently visited this spot, horrible service londyn was very rude and has lots of attitude when we asked for more cherry in our cola she came to our table about 4 times out of the whole visit. food was over cooked and bland. could definitely find a better spot than here read more

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I haven't reviewed this place yet? My mistake. Looks like I wrote a tip back around September of 2011, only to ignore this place until now. This ain't gourmet dining, but everything from the hot dogs to the french toast is comfort food, 24/7. Every time I go here, it's just plain fun. After a night of dancing at one of the clubs downtown, there's usually two choices for wee morning hour eats--Jenny's and here. This place is more original and cool, and there are more food choices available. You know, you've been boppin' your body to beats for hours, you're like a zombie, but you're still hungry. This is the perfect place. They'll have a seat for you ready. read more

I LOVE THIS PLACE!! open 24/7 great menu and amazing shakes!!!!!!!!!! love the theme always amazing service read more

Don't expect fancy and expect to wait during busy times. They are open 24/7 and I have never been in this location when there was not a crowd. That being said it's well worth the short wait. This is just basic mom and pop diner food with a 50s theme. We have never gotten anything bad here and the Reuben is outstanding. All of their classic breakfast fare is wonderful and served 24/7. The staff is friendly helpful and work together to keep your drinks filled and your food delivered. They also have limited patio seating if you choose to eat outside. This is our go-to restaurant when we've been out running around and just want to grab something and not have to cook when we get home. Ask them about their rewards card it'll earn you 10% back on your purchases it's not well known but it's there at the bottom of the menu. read more

I definitely found my next fav restaurant! I came here last week with my friend and I was already excited before I entered, they had apple pie on the menu so that was a plus for me! I enjoyed the decor of the restaurant. It had a 1950s theme and the waiters even dressed up to go along with it. We started out by having southwestern egg rolls, which was delicious! The dip that came with it was great too. Our waiter was very quirky, which made our experience interesting in a good way. I ordered their sloppy joe meal that was their special of the day. I must admit that it was a good quality sloppy joe, even if that seems like an oxymoron. Afterwards I had apple pie a la mode that was good and flaky. I will be visiting again and again, 5 & Diner has won me over! read more

This place is great, Always clean and busy. They work as a team to take care of their guest. We enjoy coming here, mostly early sunday mornings before the crowd truly hits. Have the sunday special! Trust me its a must have chipotle egg benedicts, also if you do a rewards card it will keep you coming back and you'll save a couple bucks. We only come for breakfast, so it will be interesting to try late night...I guess on Fridays they have like old historic cars come in and stuff...lol its a neat place. We dig it.. :) read more

5 & Diner - Couldn't wait, had to have a bite. They only do chipolte eggs binidict on sundays! - Diners Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Had an amazing experience at this dinner at midnight last night! We came in absolutely exhausted after working a 14 hour day. Our waitress was so kind and patient with us! We were tired to the point of having a hard time choosing what to eat :) not only did she spend time helping us, she helped me customize a meal to fit my preferences. She was sweet and the food was amazing! I had a breakfast skillet. To say the least- I licked the plate clean it was so good!!! Everything was efficient, delicious, and felt like home. Definitely recommend it! read more

One word: FRANCHEEZIE!!!! - A delicious bacon wrapped, cheese-stuffed hot dog that can't be beat. This is my favorite yummy snack at 5 & Diner. Great food choices all cooked to order in a building that looks like a train car (I think) straight out of the 1950's. The service was fast and friendly and the music was fun. They even have jukeboxes at the tables inside so you can pick some tunes to enjoy while eating. They have seating inside and out This place is open 24 hours so it is perfect for a bite after an evening of fun. read more

5 & Diner - Francheezie hot dog and cheese fries - Diners Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

We paid 35 dollars for 2 burgers and sodas. This place is a joke and waste of time. I would suggest you go to McDonald's for a decent priced meal with the same taste. read more

I just came from there and had a really bad experience. I was greeted just fine and was told to sit wherever I wanted. I sat down with my party of 3 and that's about as far as we got. Took us 10 minutes to finally get up and go, no one seemed to acknowledge the fact that we were there. No one came by to offer us menus nor ask what we were drinking/eating. Waiting for 10 minutes didn't seem that bad up until a couple walked in and within a minute, they were being approached and handed menus. It's a pretty small place to completely miss 3 hungry people. Funniest thing is that on our way out we were told to have a nice day . We were never disrespectful nor loud nor anything of sorts. I hardly get on here and rant like this but I really feel they deserve one star. read more

I really like this place the vibe is so retro and cute there food and service is good the chocolate strawberry shake and root beer floats are great highly recommend! read more

5 & Diner - Old fashioned jukebox - Diners Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

There isn't very many places open in Phoenix past 10pm for a bite to eat. This diner is open 24 hours and I've been here twice so far. It's a great place to go to get a snack or dessert after the movies or going out. I've only tried a few things here so far and liked everything. I've tried the hot fudge brownie sundae, chili cheese fries, and the appetizer sampler plate. All there were pretty good. It hit the spot when I was craving dessert and something greasy. yum! I've heard that the wet fries are pretty good too. It sounds gross but I've heard from two different people that I should give it a try. So, maybe next time! read more

This place is nothing to write home about. It is about as good as Denny's. Fries are not so great. Burger was ok. read more

They're food used to be excellent, now it's just good. What made it excellent was the hashbrowns, they were these huge freshly cut pieces and were AMAZING! The hashbrowns and the toast were the reason my wife and I kept coming back. But recently they started using some packaged hashbrowns, and they're just awful. Bring back the old hashbrowns! read more

Wow! Makes Denny's like like it deserves 5 stars. Maybe I'm a food snob, but this was some of the worst breakfast food I've ever had. I ordered an Eggs Benedict, and the sauce over it was frankly inedible. My wife's special scramble was equally bad. My 7 year old son did like his kid's meal. This place has two things going for it: an incredible nostalgic setting/rooms, and good to great service. Both of those are 5 stars. But if the food is terrible... it's hard to outweigh them. It really was a soft underhanded pitch I made to them... all they had to do was deliver food in the ballpark of Denny's and I would have been happy as a clam. But they didn't, and I won't be back. Damn shame. read more

I was craving wet fries (fries with brown gravy on them - you should definitely try this) and a black & white malted. So, we hopped in the car and drove the 15 miles or so down to the Diner. Glanced at the menu, but didn't need much time. The menu has all the staples from back in the day when we were regulars at 2am after work. Ordered wet fries, malt, cherry/vanilla coke, Blue Moon Burger & French Dip. Tossed a quarter in the jukebox at the table, then found out the wheel to flip thru the pages was stuck. Moved to a different table, tossed a quarter in as the flipper worked, played 2 songs only to figure out that the volume switch on this one didn't work. Back to Table 1. Waitress came by and informed us that the table jukes aren't always reliable (if at all) and to use the main juke for best results. I told her she should call "the guy" and seems it had never occurred to the staff that there must be a guy that works on this kinda stuff... Anyway, juke fiasco aside - the food was good. Wet fries and fountain drinks is why we were really there. No complaints on either. You can check it out 24hrs a day, so whenever is convenient for you; stop in! Upon leaving, I noticed they have a shiny food truck parked in the lot - not sure where you can find this around town, but keep your eyes open for it! read more