A blast from the past retro look for this diner, plus awesome sun room they have. Service was pretty friendly and pretty quick to get your order and bring the food. For the food itself, really like to see a breakfast special section where you get a drink with your meal if either coffee, tea and a small juice, appreciate not having to order a separate drink. Honestly it was decent breakfast, eggs were fluffy, hash browns had a lot flavor and were well seasoned a nice surprise, toast kind of wished was hotter since the butter was unmelted on it, for the ham slice nice grill marks and thinly sliced, not heavy. read more

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Where do start! Sliced London Broil was AWFUL just awful. The Sliced London Broil were chucks of over done meat. It was like chewing on a shoe. Philly Cheese Steak meat chewy and no flavor and they charged me $1.14 for extra onions!!Fries & Mozzarella Cheese the french fries were stale and the cheese was one clumping the middle. My last meal here was bad also, but i wanted to give them another chance. SAVE YOUR MONEY!! read more

I'm still confused as to what exactly was served to us... the chicken parmesan was served with orange slices and raisin bread. The Greek salad was full of BONE-IN anchovies (gross on many levels) and olives with pits. The French dip had tons of diced tomatoes. In addition, the chicken Parmesan was so overcooked it was hard to cut. The chicken wings were also very dry/overcooked. The Greek salad was supposed to be served with bread and a soup and it came with neither. I had to ask for the soup. Still never got the bread. This was a crazy waste of money for food that wasn't even inexpensive. read more

i'm sorry to say that the food quality has really gone downhill not happy with my meal at all. It used to be so good better get with it guys. read more

Nice find off crazy 84! BIG portions. Great, friendly wait staff. Would definitely stop here again!

I ordered a couple meals from the Colonial diner and was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the food. They packed in plenty of cutlery and sides (coke slaw and pickles) to accompany our meals. The food was packaged perfectly and was ready within 15 minutes after ordering. read more

Colonial Diner - Ranchero Wrap - A wrap sandwich filled with lettuce, meat, and sauce, served with a side of French fries in a white takeout container. - Diners Near Me - Middletown, New York

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The place looks nice the average diner look, not too busy. My server is very sweet, you don't get that kindness much these days. The split pea soup was ok, it had small chunks on ham and the croutons tasted good. Broiled fillet of flounder was soggy and salty. The baked potato was good but they gave me margarine instead of butter. The string beans and red pepper were well cooked. The staff so nice and friendly so don't get me wrong this place is nice I just won't get fish ever again. read more

Colonial Diner - Boiled tilapia - A square white plate holds grilled fish topped with chopped nuts, lemon wedges, green beans with red peppers, and toasted bread slices, served with butter and condiments. - Diners Near Me - Middletown, New York

Parking is good. Pancakes are as dry as an old muff. Surprise ending when they add 4% for using a card. I guess they haven't heard that the 2020 China Flu Global Pandemic ended in 2023 and have become accustomed to having the customer pay their 4% merchant fee for accepting cards. read more

Ordered a burger fries and matzo ball soup , food was great service was on point but the ladies rooms are so dark and booths are too small , I am tall and I couldn't use the facility with the door being closed ! read more

Food was delicious. The service was amazing great customer service. Lots of parking outside. Restrooms were very clean. read more

Colonial Diner - Breakfast was amazing. Everything seasoned perfectly. Customer service was great. Not a buys diner had lots of parking available - A breakfast setting at a diner with two plates of food, coffee, and tea on a table, with utensils and condiments. - Diners Near Me - Middletown, New York

Great food and service. Like that it's a relaxing meal. Love Carmen our waitress. Eat there a lot.

Great breakfast place. Place is clean, service is fast, portions are plentiful And the menu is simple and straightforward. Even the coffee was decent in terms of diner coffee. I would have breakfast here again. read more

Colonial Diner - Eggs & bacon - Diners Near Me - Middletown, New York

The Colonial Diner is a classic diner on Dolson Ave in Middletown. I might even say that it is one of my favorite diners in Middletown! It has its own parking lot and plenty of seating on the inside. The menu is extensive and the staff is always friendly. Some of the items that I recommend is their soup or their rice pudding. It's seriously that good. read more

Colonial Diner - Matzoh ball soup - A white bowl contains clear broth with a large, round matzoh ball in the center, placed on a textured surface. - Diners Near Me - Middletown, New York

Waited three minutes to be seated. No Biggie. We were seated with the menus. We pretty much were ready to order in a minute. We didn't see a waiter or waitress for twenty minutes when he told us "I'll be right there". My wife used the restroom. Then I did with my son. Still no one took our order. We proceeded to leave & then the young dude who was our waiter looked at us as if he was shocked we were walking out & said "I was coming over..." About thirty minutes & we couldn't even get an order in. I wonder how long we would have waited for our food if we were actually able to get an order in. Sucks when you go somewhere hungry with a child and have to leave due to BAD service. You've been warned. read more

This was our first visit to the Colonial Diner. First thing that I noticed is that there is plenty of parking. We were greeted with genuine friendly smiles. The diner is clean with a pleasant ambiance. The wait staff was very nice and did everything to anticipate our needs. Our coffee was always refilled without asking. As to the food, it was very fresh and delicious. Even the bathrooms were clean and well maintained. Will be our go to diner when visiting New York. read more

I love coming here the food always tastes the exact way I want it to be and the service is always speedy rush hour or not. This is my 5th time coming back and having had a bad experience yet read more

This is honestly the worst experience I have ever encountered in my entire life of eating out. My co workers and myself ordered French toast with homefries and bacon, pancakes homefries bacon and sausage, and a chicken quesadilla with French fries. $52.62 total. Which is insane. We are not even 5 minutes down the road from the diner, and the food was all ice cold. My coworker called explaining the situation and they asked what we wanted to do because it'll come out the same way. After an exhausting conversation they said okay bring the food back and they'll remake it. My coworker went back and the owner started arguing with him saying since there was 1 piece missing from quesadilla she wouldn't remake it, when on the phone the man said they would. She took back the quesadilla and the bacon with homefries from my French toast and never gave them back. When my coworker came back we were missing his chicken quesadilla and my bacon and homefries. My co worker went back again and asked for new quesadilla or refund and the owner laughed in his face and said no and handed me back the now 45 minute old quesadilla. I then called myself and explained the situation and the man on phone said okay he wants to help but doesn't want the owner to know, and he said "Don't send the 2 guys that came here" I said what do you mean? He said "The Spanish one and the black one was rude and acting loud". I have all of this on recording and would gladly attach the voice memo's to this review but I can't. I'm sick that someone could be so openly racist and unhelpful over a simple solution which would be to just remake the food or offer a refund. I didn't expect a simple order to turn into this unacceptable situation. There's a reason this place is for sale and empty all the time, I should've took the hint when there was only 2 tables with people in them. read more

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This is One of the few diners I been to in Middletown. I came for brunch and ordered a custom omelet and pancakes. The omelet was sausage, cheese and tomatoes and it was really well seasoned and delicious.The pancakes were a bit dry and just your average everyday pancakes. Overall, it was a good experience coming here. I'm looking forward to try their fish and chips some other time. read more

The Colonial is a staple in Middletown - if you grew up here or have lived here long enough, you've probably been here at LEAST once. If not many, many times lol The longevity of this diner is absolutely part of its charm. Food-wise - pretty basic diner food. They can get very busy, especially on weekend mornings, and as with any similar diner, service and speed/quality of food is sometimes dependent on how busy they are (which is why some of my favorite meals here were very late at night when I was a teenager and we had the place to ourselves lol). Servers are generally very friendly and attentive. Definitely worth a visit, especially if you've never been. read more

Food was good! Fries were alittle cold otherwise, everything else was fine. Service was quick. Will be back.

Perfectly average diner in Middletown, New York. They have all the usual diner offerings and the service was extremely friendly. I ordered the Matzo ball soup and the diet turkey breast platter. My girlfriend had two eggs. I will tell you that I do understand the criticism of an earlier reviewer about the soup - it really didn't have much flavor. I ordered it with that pre-warning - but I still wanted to try it for myself. I wouldn't order that particular item again. My turkey breast was fine - and the eggs were good but nothing to write home about. So would I come back to this establishment - yeah, I would - but I would probably try another diner first. read more

I come in for breakfast ordered over easy eggs , sausage & home fries.Eggs fried hard ,sausage hard its terrible at the colonial .Service man in black had a bad attitude he offered us a seat next to the bathroom go figure ,the service was awful.Down hill .The should already close down.Americana Diner is great , service is ok I get what i order over easy eggs etc. read more

Love the food love the regular waitstaff but that women seating people is horrible. The worst attitude I've even seen. She's such an angry mean person. Ever since the man seater left they went down hill. I will not be going back because the seater is the rudest person Ive ever encountered. They really should do something about her. Terrible attitude. She even rolled her eyes at us. Horrible. read more

The serv is HORRIBLE. The lady at the register gets a attitude with you beca you want to pay for your food and the food isn't that good The owner looks like she just judging you from the moment u park it's a very racist and uncomfortable place to eat for a black man and his family and I will never go back there read more

Horrible place, food ok, bad waitstaff. Used to be good not last month. I dont plan on returning anytime soon!

The food is consistently delicious and well prepared. The service is fantastic. I enjoy visiting there whenever I can for a great meal.

Had Carmen as our waitress. She was great as usual, prompt service. I had the turkey & bacon triple decker club, & my husband had the roast beef & cheddar paninI. They were delicious. read more

Of course the Colonial Diner is a staple in Middletown. It has been in the same spot since I can remember. I have never had a bad meal there. Everyone that works there is friendly too and what is most important it is CLEAN! I believe it is more affordable than the other diners in town. I would recommend Colonial Diner any day to anyone. read more

The Colonial Diner is a good place to go when you want variety, but as we know when there's a lot of variety there's not much of anything down great here. It's also at an advantage as your go to eatery because it is open 24/7. It's a place you go to for convenience but not really for great food, the food is just ok, it's too over priced to be considered good. I think the food is better during breakfast times, but as soon as it hits darker hours it loses finesse. $13 microwaved nachos with cheap, greasy, clumped up cheese with a side of Aldi's brand salsa and NO guacamole NO sour cream or even refried beans is just not even worth half the amount it's priced. read more

Colonial Diner - Sausage and over easy eggs that come with potatoes (front) Spaghetti and meatballs (back left) Cheeseburger w/ French fries (back right) - Diners Near Me - Middletown, New York

Food was so delicious- I am stuffed. We just happened upon this diner and are so glad we did! Huge portions, good prices.

Food & service are good when they are open. Multiple times they close unexpectedly for no reason. Last time, I took my wife elsewhere for several months. Yesterday, they closed at 7pm on a Saturday. Since it's a little out of the way, there is no point is driving here to see if they are open. Had been going to this diner for decades through multiple owners. read more

We had lunch and were so disappointed . I ordered a cob salad, I'm not sure what I got but it wasn't what I ordered, it comes with a side of soup. I asked for motza ball which I paid extra for, it had no flavor. He had meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy. He said the meat was like fried bread you couldn't taste any meat and very dry, the potatoes had no flavor. The iced coffee and iced tea were good. we won't be back read more

Been here before it's nothing great but usually ok. The host was our waiter. It was dead with only three tables. Told him our order I could tell he was not paying attention. Kept playing with his diamond tennis bracelet. He brought the food out it was wrong. He argued with is and wouldn't take the food back and fix it. Burger was plain as always but I am ok with it. This was ok him. He didn't refill our empty drinks and ignored us. I had to go get him for our check. It's definitely my last visit that. Used to be good there. R.I.P colonial diner. read more

I've eaten here many times, but only once in the last 45 years. Visiting friends in Middletown, one of them suggested the Colonial Diner, and we all thought that was a splendid idea. We came for lunch, and the staff was a bit harried, but friendly. We eventually got served nicely. The menu selection is extensive for a diner, and I had one of the lunch specials (see photo); scallops, which I liked a lot. Everyone else liked their food as well. Convivial and approachable, the Colonial showed why it's been around for so long. They expanded from the last time I visited, but I recognized the booths immediately. No wifi, but a decent parking lot. Decent prices, okay coffee. read more

Colonial Diner - Scallops, a Monday special. Colonial Diner 6/19/17 - Diners Near Me - Middletown, New York

We just had an amazing lunch there with my family. I had French toast and sausages. The French toast was sooo good. My son had eggs and pancakes and barely scratched the top of those pancakes they were so big. My husband god French onion soup dripping with cheese and a gyro. He asked for extra tzatziki sauce and it was a generous portion. My daughter got a bagel and ordered watermelon. She got a quarter of a watermelon. read more

Colonial Diner - A quarter of a water melon. - Diners Near Me - Middletown, New York

A little expensive but the food is good and the service is nice. Large interior so you are not crowded. Extensive, large menu. The soup is good, it does not seem like it's from a can. Real pieces of chicken. One minor drawback was that you can't substitute things like dessert; my child's meal came with ice cream and mine came with pudding or Jell-o, neither of which I wanted, but they would not let me sub for ice cream... Convenient location and off-street parking lot. Will probably be back here in the future. read more

Wonderfull food and staff open 24/7 grandslam is my go to for breakfast :).................... ... read more

We had breakfast at the Colonial Diner this morning and I highly recommend it to anyone in the Middletown area. This is a nice old-fashioned diner that is clean, happy and nice and airy. We happened to go during a light snow and it was so cool to see people of all ages having a great time. All of the servers were "a kick" and had worked at the diner for years. The food was terrific and I would highly recommend their corned beef hash. read more

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This place has gone downhill. I've been coming here since the '80s 's. At one time it was the only diner I would go to in Middletown. Americana diner was packed so I came over here cuz I was so freaking hungry . The Food SUCKED. French onion soup was tasteless and The cheese wasn't great. They must have put an entire cup of breadcrumbs which sopped up most of the soup. Anyway, then they brought me the French dip. Who the hell makes a French dip with American cheese and tomatoes? Open-faced? These dummies do. I had them send that back. I was nice about it of course and said instead of that "just bring me an American grilled cheese sandwich with sliced tomato". Guess what came instead? Grilled cheese sandwich with mozzarella cheese. I'm so glad I just ordered that dumb sandwich because I can't imagine having had the French dip. I did taste the sauce for the French dip. It tasted like soy sauce. I won't be coming back here anytime soon. The service was pretty good though and I did give a tip because it wasn't her fault. As a side note, the woman with the wide hips and large butt with really bad roots and her fake blonde hair gave me a really dirty look instead of apologizing for a crap meal. read more

It's the place where everyone knows your name. It's a place of yesteryears with the Spirit of Home is felt. Waitress are the best especially Ms. Carmen. I was brought here my the Monhegan's Elite "The Untouchables" My Precious Fire Department Board's of elective. Warm and cozy with a bit of sassy. Price are reasonable and food us delicious. Please Make Yourself At Home. read more