A diner visible from highway 88, they're open daily from 7a-8p: Stop by for coffee and excellent cheesecake (or a slice of baklava!); warm up with hot sandwiches and soups. My teenager couldn't finish his chicken sandwich: That's how large the portions are! My spanakopita with a side Greek salad was outstanding, and my husband loved his chicken parmesan sandwich. Our waitress was very attentive, and checked on us without hovering. The booths can seat eight; you can also sit near the kitchen in single seats. It's very family friendly, and a great bargain. read more

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Tasty food, quick service, and a family-friendly environment. The restaurant interior & music are pretty dated - 80s vibe, but it didn't bother us one bit. I appreciated that they installed a baby changing station, as not all restaurants do this. read more

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Wanted to go somewhere for cake for birthday. We went to the Blue Dolphin. We have eaten many meals there but bot usually dessert people. Well they learned we had a Birthday and went above and beyond. Staff sung to us. The cake was amazing. We couldn't finish it all and took it home. Great experience and wonderful place. Will be back again for meals soon read more

Blue Dolphin - Mint Chocolate Cake - American Near Me - Apalachin, New York

Arrived at 12:10. Got sat right away. Three times someone said, "she will be right there.". Other people say after is, got waited on immediately. Asked hostess for a server: "she will be right there." People behind us, sat after us, got their drinks. It is now 12:50. We are out. read more

Service fast, (food good, we all had breakfast and the homefries were a perfect blend of well done, not so well done and everything between, sausage links and patties were served and both were excellent, clean and inviting a win for all, I think server's name was Jen all good read more

Blue Dolphin - Delicious - American Near Me - Apalachin, New York

No problem here is everything was good. It's been 30 years last time I stepped in here. So nostalgic. Like nothing ever changed. Friendly staff and fast service. Big truck parking next door is a positive read more

Blue Dolphin - Greek lemon soup - American Near Me - Apalachin, New York

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The food is always great! However the restrooms are a nasty nightmare. If your seated near the hostess station, you'll get a whiff of my meaning! I think port-a-potties in the parking lot would be a vast improvement! It makes me wonder about the kitchen! read more

One of our go-to places when we're anywhere near Owego. Best omelets, home fries, waffles and other breakfast fare in the area at very reasonable prices. Prime rib on Saturdays is BIG and GREAT! Pasta dishes are all delicious, with mammoth portions and side choices include the best Greek salad I ever had. Desserts are likewise great, and turnovers are well worth taking home. Family atmosphere with the best food at working class prices. I could go on... read more

I visited this place nine months ago and did write the review. I was reminded about it again and decided to write about it. It was during still heavy mask required time for Covid-19's and I had to visit this hotel property next door for a listing so money talked and took a chance with masked meeting and stopped in for a late lunch. My photos reminded me of what I had ordered being vegetarian since almost none fitted my choice. Grilled cheese without bacon or eggs was the order and for veggies of course no meat version . Waitress had to make sure before serving the food !! As you would notice that both items came out really appetizing and enjoyed the stop before heading home. read more

Blue Dolphin - Tossed salad fresh bun and of course wine - American Near Me - Apalachin, New York

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This place is right off the highway. My boyfriend and I stopped here on our way to New York City for a quick bite because it was the only thing around. It was around 4pm and we were within the time frame of the early bird diners. I ordered a burger with no bun, wrapped in lettuce. It was ok. It is a burger. You can't really screw up a burger. My boyfriend had the spanakopita and didn't really care for it. The service was fine. read more

So went to eat there today with my family had the worst experience ever. We waited for over 45 mins for our food 52 mins before our waitress came to check on us. The bus girl got our drinks and food. Our experience was like this before but we wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt. Too bad we really liked it there. Also the smell in the back room where the tables are had a bad smell. Just my two cents take as you may... read more

Blue Dolphin - a plate of food and a fork - American Near Me - Apalachin, New York

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Food is out of this world good Kind staff clean in and out fast service! great prices and desserts oh so good

This restaurant has a heart of gold and to sum it up "it is what it is". It's a large diner with a menu covering Greek, Italian and American fare. Garlic chicken tortellini- very good Greek salad- ok Turkey dinner- so bland Fried calamari- frozen, not crisp Greek lemon soup- bland Tuna melt- don't do it. Mush. Service- excellent Price- excellent Cleanliness- excellent Food- hit or miss. Fresh components and spices lacking. Overall, once or twice a year for convenience. I'd love to see this restaurant downsize it's menu and focus on fresh because you can feel the love. read more

I'm surprised that I don't have a published review of this establishment since I have been here several times. I even brought my mother once. In previous occasions It has been weekend drive stops. I can not remember if it was a menu item or a Special, but I tried their Prime Ribs cooked to order and there were delicious meals. I liked the Lemon Greek Soup. A whole small round loaf is brought with plenty of butter to the table. Very good. When Mom came we had the Spared Ribs Dinner. We enjoyed that and a very big piece of Chocolate Cake my Mom's favorite. I started with the Lemon Greek Soup. This time I had the Chicken Garlic over Tortellini. Delicious. Even cold the next day left over as a salad. A refreshing Raspberry Iced Tea to drink. Service has always being nice and friendly. read more

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DO NOT COME HERE!! Go to Perkins next door! ************************************************* When we first walked in, there was a line of people waiting and we were told there would be a wait. Obvious. There were plenty of booths open though. We just sat at the bar. Our waitress was Marissa. She brought our drinks out and took our order. My boyfriend ordered the spaghetti and meatballs and shrimp cocktail. She said their sauce is a sweet tomato sauce. I don't like sweet so I didn't want that. I ordered the gyro after tasting the sauce and sending the disgusting shrimp cocktail back. My boyfriends friend ordered the breakfast omelette. The pasta came with a Greek salad. The Greek salad tasted as though the lettuce was not washed. The leaves were slightly browned and not fresh. The only good thing about it was the feta cheese. The spaghetti was typical diner spaghetti. Nothing special. The tomato sauce is on the sweet side, just as marissa said. Personally, I didn't like it. The two meatballs it comes with were flavorless, small, and dry. We didn't eat them. His friend ate them and didn't like them either. Just hungry. We can't recommend this dish if you make the mistake of coming here. His friends omelette was average. It's an omelette and it's pretty hard to mess that up (unless it's undercooked or over cooked lol). DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ORDERING THE OVERPRICED DIRTY SHRIMP COCKTAIL!!!!! She brought this out and I immediately noticed one of the shrimp was not even cleaned. Inedible. How could a chef serve this?! We sent that one back. Upon trying the other shrimp I thought were actually cleaned, found ANOTHER shrimp that was not cleaned. WTF. Done. Sent the dish back. My boyfriend asked a different waitress if it could please be removed from the bill and we would get the gyro instead. Gyro is average for a diner. Again the lettuce was brown and not fresh. Otherwise it was ok. Fries were plain. Didn't eat them. The coleslaw was brown, visually could see it's not fresh. Didn't touch that either. Marissa never returned to check on us. She was absent a majority of our visit here. Bad service guys!! Come on now. It's their job to check on their customers and make sure everything is okay. Ridiculous. We had to stop other busy waitresses and ask for their help. Felt bad for them. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone!!! Especially with Perkins next door. Our mistake coming here. We ask a waitress walking by if we could please get our check. Marissa gives us the check and bolts in the middle of my boyfriend saying he will give her his card right now. Good thing though because we notice the shrimp is clearly still on there!!!! A different waitress comes over and says "Marissa is very busy and she will be taking over for her soon anyway if she can help." He says the shrimp shouldn't be on there since we couldn't eat it. She replies "the girl with the glasses at the register can help." So we go to the register. The girl with the glasses said "you ate them all though." We say no we didn't because there were uncleaned shrimp and we had to send it back. She goes to confirm this with the waitress. Comes back and says she "can't take that off the manager has to but he left to take a nap at home since he was there since 5am." So we had to pay for the shrimp we didn't eat and sent back because they were full of feces. $51 for three people. Too much for a P.O.S. diner!! HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. A manager should be present at all times for quality control. If I could give less than one star, this place has earned it today. Shame. The three nice women sitting next to us were unsatisfied with their dishes as well. It was nice we all got to share our disappointment together! Lol ****PS. Go to Perkins next door!!**** :) read more

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The food is delicious and the portions for the amount of money is fantastic. Their homemade cakes are giant and one slice is enough for 3 people to split equally. Their service is wonderful and their staff is always so sweet to my kid. read more

Old tyme diner ... great food and great time. We took our granddaughter by request for dinner. Food is home made especially the desserts. My husband had the monte Cristo. My grand daughter was freaked out that he put jelly on his sandwich. She had her go to chicken fingers. But the best part was going to the dessert case and choosing your homemade dessert. So good and big. So glad we tried thours place older but worth it. read more

Very good food and good service. Lamb chops were done perfectly. Was passing through town and at the hotel next door.

Have to wait a very long time to receive your food. And the food is so so it's not the best I like it used to be. read more

The promise of great Greek food drew us in, and we were not disappointed. Walking past the dessert case was a pop quiz in self-restraint - an assortment of gorgeous 6-8-10" tall layer cakes, lemon merengue and coconut cream pies, the last slice or two of a once 2' long-ish whole napoleon cake, cherry cheese puffs the size of bacon cheeseburgers, oh ma gawd. Lunch was very good: Fried Green Tomatoes, w/fried spicy cauliflower & onion rings Lamb Souvlaki sammich, w/fries Chicken Parm sammich (HUGE), w/fries & coleslaw Greek Combo Plates (Pastichio, Moussaka, Spanakopita, Dolmades) I was told that this restaurant has not changed a bit in decades, which is good to know. Next time, I'll come back fully prepared to try the desserts : ) read more

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This is a lovely classic Greek diner. My mom likes their broiled seafood combo and I usually order the spinach pie with Greek salad. We're sad that Moussaka is no longer on the menu, but we still love coming here. read more

I have some friends who grew up in Apalachin, NY and when I told them Apalachin is "Home of the Blue Dolphin," they were pretty amazed I knew that tidbit of info. Well, I dined here in the 1990s with a large group of Scouts on our way back from Ohio. I really enjoyed the food here and the friendly staff did a great job in serving the needs our large group. Conveniently located off Route 17 (Future I-86) at Exit 66, the Blue Dolphin Restaurant has been one of my standby choices for a good meal when I pass through the Southern Tier. There's a large blue dolphin statue on the roof that's hard to miss! Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the place is very casual and offers a good selection of typical American and Greek diner fare and homemade baked goods. The prices are reasonable. I stop here in particular for the Greek food and usually get the Chicken Souvlaki or Mousaka with rice and salad, very tasty and filling. So many other choices to try next time! read more

Blue Dolphin - American Near Me - Apalachin, New York

Decent diner. Had a chicken wrap and fries, which were fine. Fries were ok, not great. Plenty of room and parking. Service was fine. The decor looks like it hadnt been updated since the 80's. So nothing really exciting to look at. Its a diner, you're not there for the ambiance. My daughter ordered a fruit salad. Shouldnt be hard to do. Cut up some fruit and put it in a bowl. It was awful. For some unknown reason, they cover the fruit in actual granular sugar and then some corn syrup or other sweetener. We asked if we could have some that wasnt ruined, but were told no. Tried to dip it in water to rinse at least some of the pieces off, but it was gross. read more

I have enjoyed going to the Blue Dolphin to eat for many years, the food is good quality and reasonably priced. Today I was disappointed before I even placed my order, I was informed that they are no longer making the homemade bread, the bread is one of the reasons why I frequently come here. The homemade bread reminds my significant other of his grandmas bread, we often end up recalling memories of good times spent with family sharing a Sunday dinner with family. Please listen to one of your loyal customers and do whatever you have to do to bring back the homemade bread. I am sure that we are not the only ones who feel this way! read more

lasagna was awesome, service was amazing, waiters were nice and food was nicely priced

The food is affordable, delicious and the staff are always very friendly and welcoming! Definitely recommend this place wether you are passing by or live nearby! read more

The Blue Dolphin hit the spot! Have driven by numerous times driving from Hudson River Valley but this was the first time we stopped. We had the Yankee Pot Roast special which included soup, mashed potatoes and warm bread. We ordered an additional salad. It was enough both of us and it was delicious. Our waitress was friendly and efficient. A new favorite spot on our journeys from NY to Chicago. read more

4 stars because the place looks run down and shabby on the outside. But the inside is nice, quaint. Decor is old school nautical themed. Restaurant and bathroom clean. Lots of parking. Food: ordered marinated chicken. Very good. Nice flavor, juicy, cooked perfectly. Fresh. Large portions. They make their own homemade salad dressings, so delicious. Menu isn't that lengthy, but I'm sure there's something for everyone. Service: friendly, nice waitress. Food came out fast, it was hot. Prices are average, some items are below average. I would definitely return to try other dishes, and I would recommend. read more

Went there for lunch and never regretted it. Hostess was friendly and seated us right away. Waitress was very professional and served us right away as well. Food was delicious and generously portioned. Authentic Greek cuisine. I had fried calamari over linguine with Greek salad and it was amazing. Calamari were crispy yet soft to chew and homemade tomato sauce was reasonably spiced. My boys each had gyro wrap with fries and it was delicious but a bit dry. Nice place to go for lunch and breakfast. They follow COVID-19 regulations, tables are sanitized and social distancing rules are observed. Masks are required when walking in and all staff that I've seen was wearing them. read more

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The blue dolphin has been hit or miss for me. I've only been here for breakfast in recent years and while my last meal was decent I've had other ones where I left unsatisfied. On my most recent visit had had a pancake that was good, I liked the texture and the flavor but other times the pancakes were totally different. I think most diners buy a mix for their cakes, so I feel like the dolphin might just use different ones sometimes. The home fries were ok on my last visit, they needed salt and pepper (which I added) but the texture was good. I remember being underwhelmed before. The eggs were ok, I've had better, same with the sausage. I like the atmosphere here and the service has been pretty good, it's a lot better than the new place next door. Honestly, I'm never really in Appalachian for breakfast, if I am it's because I made it a point to go out of my way to try something, and I don't think the dolphin is worth going out of the way for. read more

Blue Dolphin - American Near Me - Apalachin, New York

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Cute old fashion diner feel. Prices are very reasonable and the service was good as well. The food was good and cooked properly.

Second time this has happened, sat at the counter, ZERO staff, no one seemed to care, finally walked out. Food might be good but who would know if the service sucks out loud to the point you leave. read more

Great food and lots of it! The service is very good and the waitresses and waiters are always pleasant. Plus it's a local business.

Good diner food and worth a try Stopped in for lunch and was looking for a varied selection from a diner. Decent reviews and lots of cars in the lot. Overall the meal was very good. I started with New England clam chowder which was flavorful with good amounts of clam and nice soft potatoes. The broiled crabcakes were very plentiful but a little too much filler for my taste. My guests got the Gyro with french fries, a Reuben on rye bread and a Montecristo sandwich. They were all pleased with their sandwiches. The French fries were nice and crispy, the Cole slaw was on the sweet side. In reference to another review the Montecristo was on Texas toast which might've been a little thick for my taste too. But the Reuben being on rye was a normal slice. Even though the restaurant warned of slow service I found it responsive; restaurants in general have service issues because they can't hire enough staff these days. The waitress was helpful and friendly and visited often enough to keep things moving along. read more

Amazing place good simple food prices are very affordable servings are huge good value and great staff

Blue Dolphin was recommended to my sister, so we went for an early lunch today. Our waitress evidently had trouble working up some enthusiasm for waitressing, since she just about tossed the silverware on the table. We both ordered NE clam chowder which was good and served hot. The rest of our lunch was ok, served by another waitress. Nobody came to clear the soup bowls, and very little attention was paid to us. I don't expect fawning, but a bit of customer service would've been nice. Our original server seemed busy doing other things, like walking around the back, speaking to people at another table, and doing paperwork at the counter. When we were ready to leave, I had to get somebody else to bring a to-go box for my 1/2 wrap, as well as the check. The young lady at the register was on a personal call and paid no attention to us. Not sure why there are so many 4- and 5-star reviews. We would never come here again. read more

Waitress served other people that came in first. We ordered and waited 50 minutes with no updates or refills. When I asked her for more coffee she said "I'm the only one in this area you'll have to wait." We got up and left.. read more

How can you not love this place. Sure it's old time-y and a bit run down, but atmosphere is relaxing, food is on point, selection is wide, prices are good, and service is nice. Plus that counter full of danishes and cakes just waiting to be devoured with a giant smile. read more

I've posted before about the Blue Dolphin and it was a negative...I must've caught them in a bad day. We recently went there and I have to admit their food was fabulous! I had the baked salmon salad and if your a cook, you know that salmon can be tricky to cook just right...it was beyond perfection! My husband had a burger and fries, he said they were great! Everything was fresh and quickly served. Gonna be a new favorite place to eat! read more

Ordered fish sandwich and shrimp basket for take out. Fish was way over cooked. Shrimp were over cooked and cold. Very few people working and had to wait longer than when it was supposed to ready. While there a woman was also waiting and said she hoped I got my food. She was supposed to pick up her club sandwich at 5pm and the time was 5:40 and she still didn't have it. As I was checking out an employee asked her what was her order again?? This place used to have good food and service BUT now they have NEITHER! I reccomend going elsewhere! read more