As much as I want to love and support this local place, the owner is completely oblivious and has no self-awareness. I honestly have no idea how they've stayed open so long. Possibly for some on a budget to dine out because they are inexpensive compared to other breakfast places around, but the quality matches the price. The service is basically nonexistent. We walked in on a Monday morning around 11:30 and there were three tables occupied. The owner was the only one working, I'm guessing because of how he treats his staff after reading other negative reviews that all sound strikingly familiar. My friend got one egg over medium, bacon, potatoes, and a biscuit and gravy. It looked disgusting. The egg was overcooked, but she seemed to be happy with it otherwise, so I won't make any other comments on her food. I on the other hand had already had breakfast earlier in the day so I decided to take a chance on a salad. Terrible idea. I ordered the grilled chicken salad, which is supposed to come with lettuce, tomato onion, cheese, green bell peppers, and dressing. I asked for honey mustard on the side. My salad did not come out until 10 minutes after my friend's hot meal came out. When it did, it only contained lettuce, tomato, cheese, and he gave me Italian dressing on the side. I immediately tried to stop him and ask him for honey mustard instead, but he dropped it and bounced without asking if we needed anything else. He proceeded to go up to the front counter, check out all three tables consecutively, make conversation with each as they were paying, completely ignoring my friend who was waving her hand and yelling to him. He kept saying oh I'll be right over! After a good 10 minutes, he came back over and handed me a ramekin of 1000 Island and told me, "Here try this one, I think it's honey mustard." Like seriously? Where the heck did that even come from? He didn't go to the kitchen on his way to the table! I took one look and could clearly tell it was 1000 island. I asked him if I could please just have honey mustard as I had originally asked for, and a side of tomatoes and green peppers with my lettuce, chicken, and cheese. This man tried to take my plate back to the kitchen to add those things instead of just bringing me a side dish. Make it make sense. At this point there are fruit flies buzzing all around our table because we're the only table now. My sad salad has been sitting there for 10 minutes and now you want to take my plate back? Anyway, my friend likes the place so I shut up and ate my unappetizing salad. This place is such a disappointment. I hadn't been in a while so, I had high hopes that it might have improved since I was last there. Honestly, I'm pretty sure it's declined. I wouldn't recommend it. read more

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I got breakfast for lunch and I order scrambled eggs, crispy bacon and wheat toast with breakfast potatoes. The quantity of the eggs was a little under normal and they were cooked a little too long. The bacon slices were big but nowhere crispy. The breakfast potatoes were a big clump which caused uneven browning. Perfect wheat toast and orange juice. Jonathan was my server and he was awesome. The vibe is small town diner. read more

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Went for Breakfast, seated immediately and coffee came Quick, ordered a Ham & Cheese Omlette and Biscuits and gravy , Both eere outstanding and very Plentiful! Service was Great. I will Definitely go back when in the area! read more

Affton Diner - Ham and Cheese Omelette and 1/2 order of Biscuits and Gravy - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Saw this place on channel 2 and thought I would try it. I ordered the eggs Benedict. Sauce was broken and no seasoning. I couldn't even eat it. There was only one waitress and she was on her phone the whole time. Never offered to fill up my coffee. Never coming back her ever!!! read more

Solid. Delicious. No waiting. This is a small solid place to get some breakfast. The omelettes are loaded! And the French toast was excellent and the coffee was on a constant pour. What more could you ask for?! read more

Affton Diner - Swiss and mushroom omelet - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

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Excellent food! Lots for the price. Good American diner food. Nothing fancy but it doesn't need to be. Definitely a go to for us.

do not go there!! trust me! too many cameras and owner is mean to staff. food is sloppy. read more

Amazing food and service! I bring my mother-in-law here every Wednesday and they always remember her standing order! Maia the server is the sweetest person you could ever meet, and Jonathan is so funny! Stop in! read more

Affton Diner - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Food is excellent and owner is very nice . I had the Mediterranean omelette, it was amazing and the best potatoes! Highly recommend!

We go there regularly. Very good food and the nicest owner and staff you could find, love their blt, their rueben, and pretty much any of their dinner itemsl Cannot say nice enough things about this super diner on Gravois at HWY 21. read more

awww man! disappointment. we go to AD somewhat on a regular basis. this last visit is worth a mention. sunday, 11:15am my wife ordered the blt, i ordered the chopped steak no onions, side of salad and corn/green beans. the waitstaff we're doinga good job of keeping up with the tables but the food we got was totally sub-par. i barely ate the salad because quite a bit of the lettuce was brown and had otherwise unappetizing pieces in it. the gravy on the chopped steak also was unappetizing. it was coagulated, very dark, and had a slight burned taste to it. the corn/beans was good. the blt was more of a t without much of the b or l. we don't normally hit totally sub-par food all at once like this but this visit was worth a mention. will we go back? of course read more

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We omelette was way over a cup and ridiculously bitter and nasty. The potatoes were stale and nasty. Even the OJ tasted nasty. It was also fun, listening to the waitress, talk about her personal woes to another table and also about being hungover. I haven't eaten here in months and this was just a bad experience. I probably am done with this place. read more

Very good service! Excellent French Toast!! Waitress very attentive. REFILLS on very good coffee. Very friendly workers. Have returned many times! To go boxes . Large servings. Enough to make several meals. LOVE this place. read more

Ordered the Cheeseburger and initially it was good. After some digestive investigation I realized they use frozen patties. Toppings were fresh and service was good. read more

Affton Diner - Cheeseburger - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

This place makes me sad. We waited 15 minutes with zero acknowledgement, yet we're walked past a dozen times. Friends of a waitress were waited on and had their order taken after we had been sitting in a booth like overly patient morons. I was excited to try this place. Hopefully the 13 cameras they have plastered all over caught a glimpse of my "I'm done and never coming back here" face. Too bad too, I spend a lot of money patronizing local businesses. I'll be sure to tell anyone I know to NOT go here. Breakfast and burger is a walk across the parking lot and their staff likes business and treats customers well, because they like money and business. Don't waste your precious time on this Earth with the b.s. of this place. read more

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If you are tired of overpriced "foo foo" food at ridiculously high prices, this may be the place for you. It's very old-school no potted plants no New Age music just good food at a reasonable price with friendly people. It's not for everybody. But for an old codger like me it's perfect. God bless all! read more

Best food ever. Went with my wife and 13 kids. We all ate good for $20.00 but forgot to leave a tip.

Food was fine, but the cook (owner?) was rude and yelling at the server (his wife, I think). That made it uncomfortable. It was an unpleasant experience. read more

My kinda diner/hangout spot. Nothing to look at from outside, inside was clean but dated. Menu on the placemat. But who cares when the food is this good and the service friendly? Had a huge omelette for breakfast- the Philly with steak, cheese, peppers and large eggs, served with a mound of their fabulous home style potatoes (recently featured in the Post-Dispatch's food section), which came without salt so you can flavor to taste!! Perfection to start my day!! My friend's short stack of pancakes were light, fluffy, and had a ton of the added chocolate chips! My second friend had the farm-fresh large eggs with smokey bacon and a tasty (if smallish) biscuit. I've been looking for a locally owned casual (dive-y?) place for a great breakfast for almost two years - and this is it. Hallelujah, and pass the coffee!! read more

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Had a great Mediterranean omelette! There was an issue with my order and the man waiting tables and bringing food out immediately remade my food and it was even better than the first one they made! Food is HOT and they use farm fresh eggs. Prices do NOT reflect that, and I don't know how they keep their prices so low but for the food and the service it is so good. read more

We aren't usually in this area but decided to give it a try for breakfast. I ordered biscuit and gravy combo with scrambled eggs, house potatoes, and three strips of bacon. My eggs came covered in gravy, my potatoes tasted burned, the 3 bacon strips were just pieces thrown on top if the potatoes. Nothing tasted good, and the burned taste of the potatoes overwhelmed everything else. Pictured is my husband's omelet (????). It was just supposed to have ham and cheese, but there were green peppers throughout. The cheese was hard and crusty instead of melted, and it was also overcooked and tasted burned. We asked the server if this was supposed to be how it looks and she said she was new and didn't know, so she brought over a veteran server. The veteran server agreed it looked gross and said she would take it back. Funny thing is, she was the one who delivered it to the table. They were apologetic and discounted his replacement scrambled eggs, but we won't be back if we are in that area again. read more

Affton Diner - Ham and cheese omelet with house potatoes. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Unfortunately, I was completely unimpressed with this diner. The service was pretty good but the food was tolerable, at best with some subpar coffee. I ordered their farm fresh eggs selection: 1 egg over-easy, house potatoes, corned beef hash and choice of toast. My potatoes were borderline burnt and lacking in flavor, the egg was OK and the toast never came. The saving grace was the corned beef hash. That was actually good and I ate every single last bite of it. My dining partner had the biscuits and gravy with ham amd potatoes and his biscuits were burnt. They tried to cover it up by dumping a lot of gravy on top. Needless to say, the order did take a while and they couldn't even get us all the items we've ordered nor deliver something of better quality than what we were served. Based on this particular visit, I doubt I'll be back. read more

We have been here for breakfast a couple times. The omelets are available as burritos or quesadillas as well as regular omelets. The home fried potatoes are different every time we've been here. read more

This is such a friendly place with great staff. I had a jalapeno burger with fries and hubby had the BLT with a peach cup. The cook came by to check on us and we had a nice conversation with him about great BLT's and burgers. The portion sizes were great and I loved the crispy fries and the fact that they appeared to be cut from real potatoes and not dumped frozen out of a bag. My burger was very good - flavorful, cooked perfect and lots of jalapenos! Hubby said his BLT was really good! This is a wonderful diner and if you are ever in the area, check them out! read more

Stopped here on my way out of town because my usual place in Soulard didn't open until 8am. What a happy accident! This place is what you think of when you think of the quintessential diner. Simple food, prepared exceptionally well, with excellent service! I went as simply as it gets with a two egg breakfast. It includes toast, your choice of meat (I chose bacon and they over served it - probably 4.5 slices on a promise of 3), and skillet potatoes to which they added onions. My eggs were cooked perfectly and the potatoes were nothing short of awesome. My coffee cup was never empty and the amount of attention paid was just right. I'll be back! read more

I love breakfast and Affton Diner does it right! The location itself was a little tricky to find and it is located in a strip mall, but I am so glad we found it. We arrived a little after 11 on a Sunday and were able to find a table for two. As soon as we sat down we were brought over coffee and water (we didn't even have to ask)! The restaurant is definitely cozy and there are probably 11-12 tables total which means the place will fill up quickly, but we lucked out by finding a table when we did. Our server came over and took our orders. I ordered blueberry pancakes and a side of biscuits (I always try biscuits when I go out to eat). The bf ordered some kind of egg dish. As we were waiting food was coming out of the kitchen and everything looked delicious and smelled great! There were 3 servers working the floor that day and each of them made sure we were taken care of my refillin gout coffee and water when needed. They were all friendly and I could tell they enjoyed their jobs because they got to chat with customers! By the time our food came out I was starving, there was a little bit of a wait...but that's okay because the kitchen is small and there is really only 1 grill I think so it is going to take time to cook each order. My pancakes looked great and the biscuits were grilled and pressed with butter-so good! Throughout our meal we noticed that the other diners were just as pleased as we were. By the end of the rush the kitchen was able to slow down and the owner came out to check on tables and make sure we were all doing okay. The owner was also the guy on the grill so he was woring his butt off for us! I was impressed that he found the time to mingle wiht customers! Overall, I really liked Affton Diner and I will be going back. It's a cozy mom & pop place and they know how to make a good breakfast! read more

We love Affton Diner! The service is awesome (thank you, Melissa and Maya!). Everything we order (faves: French Toast -- hold the powdered sugar -- with eggs and sausage; Dixie Mama; Vegetarian or Mediterranean omelettes) is delicious, with generous portions (thank you, Jonathan!) and very reasonably priced. They open super early: 6:30! We eat here nearly every week. It's like a small town diner with regulars and people who really care about the service and product they provide. Give it a try! You'll love it. read more

Fun throwback to old fashioned diners. Simply put nice folks decent food and quick service. For those complaining about the cameras I ask what are you doing there that you are afraid of having viewed. The owner is simply securing his place of business and his future income. This will not be an every week stop but is one we would be happy to come back to. read more

Went in for breakfast about 10:30 on a Wednesday. Not many people at the time, so after placing my order the food came up pretty quickly. Big portions!! I got the double up....... which was 2 eggs, 2 French toast, fried taters, and bacon. Also got a half order of biscuits n gravy. The taters were crispy but soft, As the bacon was also. My eggs were perfect over medium, runny yellows but cooked whites. Biscuit and gravy had a large biscuit with lots of sausage gravy. Let's not forget the French toast ..... The French toast was without a doubt, THE BEST I'VE EVER HAD ANYWHERE!!!! No syrup needed. Superb breakfast !! I will definitely return again. read more

Affton Diner was Plan B as Breakfast and Burgers next door has moved and apparently not yet reopened. But it worked out as Affton Diner very much got the job done. Breakfast was hot, pretty tasty, came out quick. Good portions. Service was friendly and attentive, no problem getting coffee refilled. It's certainly not fancy or gleaming, but that's okay with me. St. Louisans are lucky to have quite a few good old school and new school breakfast options. Affton Diner was not on my radar before, but I'm glad to have given it a try. read more

This particular visit was a pick up. The food was good, but I didn't really care for the up-charge for p/u, but I will return.

I will never understand Affton Diner. I want to start off by stating the food is always good. What is not acceptable is the lack of organization and customer service from the Owner and staff. I called in this morning around 8:00 A.M. for the monthly to go order I do to support a local restaurant. The owner answers "Affton Diner what can I get you, we are very busy" I laughed and said "I would like to order some food from your restaurant" and he says "are you going to order food or not". Eventually, I ordered Eggs Benedict and my wife chose the Farmers boy breakfast. The owner states my food should be ready in a bit and quickly gets off the phone. No time expectation. I show up 15 minutes later just going off a good guesstimate and to my lack of surprise the food is sitting on the table by the door. The staff had the same deer in the headlights look of a restaurant at full capacity but there was a total of 5 tables. I waited around for a few minutes for the owner to come bag my food up and not acknowledge me. He leaves again to go drop food off at other customers tables. My food is sitting in a bag, other staff members standing around, and after a few more minutes the owner comes over and says to sign. I understand businesses are struggling but this is probably my 10th-12th time I have ordered carry out from this restaurant and I find the owner to be unpleasant. They're right next door to an identical restaurant and I feel that he should treat his customer base a bit better. read more

Whenever I visit Missouri we get breakfast here on my last day and I am always satisfied. We kinda pigged out got French toast, breakfast bagel sandwich and biscuit gravy and it was good. Usually I hate getting biscuits and gravy at restaurants because it's gross but I thought this was one was good. Next time my sister in law and I will be sharing the bagel sandwich because it's huge. read more

Food was ok.. owner is weird and creepy. Made my daughter and I SO uncomfortable. There are literally cameras all over the restaurant. So weird. read more

Waffle House is cleaner and has less bland food. Everything looked and tasted like it had been cooked in grease, including my plate, which was covered in it. The biscuits under the tasteless gravy were hard as a rock, and I had to use a knife and massive amounts of leverage to cut them. The potatoes had a "shell" on the top (from being cooked in grease). Same with the eggs. The $3 coffee was completely burnt. The only item that had any taste was the bacon...once you patted off the grease it was swimming it. I wouldn't have minded the extraordinary wait to get my food, if the food was good, but this was a complete strikeout. My wife couldn't even eat her french toast. She said it tasted too eggy. She made the comment that she's just looking for a good hole in the wall, that has great food. This place is not that...it needs to be a hole in the ground. read more

I had the biscuit and gravy combo, this one will fill you up. They have some of the best homemade hashbrowns I've ever had. Another well priced breakfast! Thanks for feeding me! #thehangry tradesman read more

Bottom Line: Expanded Booth Seating, Abysmal Biscuits and Gravy, Friendly Wait Staff Visit: 03.24.19 - Sunday Morning @ 10:45AM; Dine-In - Booth w/ Party of Four Order: 1x Biscuits and Gravy 1x Two Sausage Patties 1x Large Milk Restaurant Experience: Building and Parking: The diner occupies a couple spaces of a small strip mall. Getting in and out of the lot of this restaurant does not provide many choices as the storefront sits on busy Gravois road. The diner sits very close to a major intersection, so the exits of the parking lot are blocked by roadway medians. Parking is in the front of the building. We did not have too much trouble finding a parking spot close to the diner. Inside Diner: Seating is a mix between tables and booths. The entire dining space is open, but did not seem too loud such that you could not have a conversation at your table. It appears that the diner has undergone a change in ownership and has expanded it's dining room since my last visit. Waiter: The waiter we had was named 'Kris'. After I told him I spelled my name with a 'K', he said, "So do I!" He was actually the highlight of our visit. Very attentive and kind. Food: I was sadly disappointed with my order. My plate appeared to be simply a plate of gravy. Here and there you could discern some other shapes sticking out of the gravy, but otherwise, it was all gravy. As I dug in to the gravy, I noticed what appeared to be biscuits that were quartered. What? Yes. I did not come across one biscuit that was whole on my plate. It was odd. I could only guess that the diner keeps biscuits around that were made the day before or older. Not good. Other Folks' Orders: There were three other people at the table. The two ladies at the table seemed to be either satisfied or happy with their order. The other gentleman at my table ordered almost identical to me. He was just as disappointed. Pricing: Unfortunately, I do not have an itemized list of prices for what I ordered. However, I don't recall the pricing to be out of line. Summary: Some time has passed since my visit to Affton Diner. I recall my previous visit to be enjoyable. Unfortunately, that was not the case on this visit. If it had not been for the food, I would have rated this place three to four stars. Unfortunately, my order was very disappointing. So much so, that I still feel scarred by the meal almost thirty days later. Would I come back? Not unless I heard from other customers that their "Biscuits and Gravy Game" has improved. read more

We hadn't been here in a while and hoped it was still good. Yes indeed. Still just had breakfast bur great pancakes. Only two because they are huge. Crispy on the edges and soft in the middle very good. My wife had biscuit and gravy combo. She said it may have been the best ever. My bite was pretty good. The eggs are good she says and we both loved the potatoes. read more

Breakfast was good - blueberry pancakes were loaded with blueberries - yummy! Service however.......the staff was really crabby - I know it was 9:00 am on a Saturday morning but it's your job. Not just one person - they were all crabby. Not a smile to be found. 40 bucks for 2 people to have breakfast and we felt like we were putting them out. No thank you - there are too many other places to go that are happy to be there. read more

Never got served or acknowledged, while employees repeatedly walked by us and never said anything. Bad first and last impression. Appearance wise- booths have rips and duck taped holes. read more