Sometimes all you need to make you feel better is a hometown diner that's clean and friendly and serves up a big plate of eggs, potatoes, bacon, and toast. Is there much more you need in life? Gardenview does this in spades in a retro 50s diner environment. read more

Poor service, food not hot, prices not in reality.. what more can you say? You roll the dice. read more

Fast Service, large Portions, Server speed was a bout a medium. We did have somewhere to be after and it was hard to flag someone down when it was time to pay. I ordered a Bacon, Sausage, cheese, and Mushroom Omelette with wheat toast. I don't usually eat breakfast food but the mood struck me and between quantity and taste it was a worthwhile order. The gf ordered 2 pancakes , 2 eggs, toast, and I believe bacon. She had to take the pancakes to go. She also said they were sweet even without syrup. We'd go back :) read more

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We entered a very clean warm blue toned diner with several smiling greetings and told to sit wherever we like. We found a warm 2 seater booth well away from the door and the chilly weather outside. Many local regulars they all chat and add to the ambiance. The food was huge and delicious! First time I found local cheesy grits made with real grits and cheese not instant. Italian toast several choices of juice with large glasses. The frittata is big, very big, be warned. So packed with everything and 2" high covering a full 12" plate. Service is pleasant prompt and always checking back to ensure everything is good. We will definitely come back. Can't believe we have never been before!! read more

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They have redone the interior with fresh paint and reupholstered booths. When I first went there was only 1 server and then things started to pick up quickly. She was friendly and kept the coffee refills coming. The food didn't take that long and was tasty. Table has almost everything you could need (ketchup, 4 different kinds of jelly, creamer, sugars) and when the food is served they offered hot sauce. read more

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Sensational! From the service to the cleanliness to the fantastic food, this diner is a gem! We're not from the area but we've tried this place several times as every visit is as good as the last. I try not to judge a place based on one visit. Everyone is entitled to a good or bad day, but based on what I've seen in numerous visits here, the five star rating I'm giving is well earned and not a coincidence. Try this place. You won't be disappointed. And if you want to have your day brightened, ask for Melissa to be your server! read more

First time I went to this restaurant. I am always interested in trying new places. I ordered a large Julienne Salad. I was disappointed when they said they were out of hard boiled eggs, but ordered it anyway. It looked beautiful and tasted great. However, underneath the top layer was a half bowl of old brown lettuce! I should have said something but didn't want to make a stink in front of the people I was meeting with there. However, I feel this in inexcusable. There is no way that the person who made the salad could not see how awful the lettuce was that they were using. I usually give restaurants a few chances, if something is just not quite right. I also hate to disparage a non-chain local restaurant, but something this deliberate makes me not want to return. The server was very good though. read more

Gardenview Diner - Old brown lettuce - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

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Restaurant was cute & very well maintained. Inside was clean, open, very welcoming. Staff was wonderful, they were so nice, & always checked up on you. Food came out hot! Large portions and tasted good! Will return & definitely recommend. read more

Gardenview Diner - Philly steak sub with fries - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

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This diner is right off old Liverpool rd. They are very friendly. We stopped in for the first time and wow great service. Immediately we are getting drinks the waitress was amazing it was really nice inside kinda home feel to it. I ordered a frittata. It was massive and I had 2meals out of it. It was very tasty and very good. I am definitely going to be back. read more

Gardenview Diner - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

We are really loving this classic, old school diner that's a hot spot in Liverpool. Once you step in the door it really is like stepping back in time, servers interacting with customers and many are regulars known by names and regular orders. The cooks viewable through the open kitchen windows prepping a smorgasbord of tasty entrees and dinging the bell once orders are up! The servings are enormous, we both had the double play and always leave with enough for a second meal. I love the scrambled eggs, with bacon, toast, and added home fries with onions for only $1.50! The pancakes are mammoth, covering the entire plate! They are always hopping but we have not waited for a table and the service is great! Servers are circulating and keeping coffee, juices, and water full throughout the meal. Check out at the register also prompt and great prices, around $35 with two coffees and two orange juices! read more

Gardenview Diner - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

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Always great food. Owner is always present and making sure things are done properly. Very few family businesses in CNY anymore that care.

Their food is FANTASTIC.... And the staff is friendly and courteous... it's "family" food and you can relax to enjoy your meal. In addition the costs are reasonable and a bargain for what you get... read more

This place has the perfect little fast pace diner feel. Our waitress was quick to take our orders and with us both ordering a good classic breakfast the food was out very fast. Our coffee was never low or cold. These also had to be the best home fries I've had yet in the area and for our giant plates of food you couldn't beat the price. I'm very picky about my eggs and these were cooked perfectly to order. Couldn't be happier. Thinking it's our new fave! read more

Gardenview Diner - The traditional eggs breakfast with 3 eggs over medium, home fries, bacon and Italian toast - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

The best biscuits and gravy - the bowl is big enough to go swimming in. Been there twice and went home happy both times! read more

It's been a few years since I've been in the area and my girlfriend said let's stop. As we remembered it is a warm and friendly place, but a few things have changed... The choices are better, the service is better, everything seemed better. I got the fabulous Stuffed Cakes-two good sized pancakes with a thick layer of fruit between...apple, cherry, strawberry or - the one I got - blueberry heaped with whipped cream and excellent coffee. My girlfriend got a half order of Stuffed French Toast Supreme - filled with cream cheese and strawberries. I told her it was too big to finish...but we did. Definitely cozy and friendly. The stop only made the day better. read more

Gardenview Diner - a stack of pancakes topped with whipped cream - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

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First, they do not have enough staff. At lunch today, there were only two people waiting on tables while also working the cash register. Besides waiting a long time to be seated, this meant that service was slow and the servers' attention was fragmented. Not the calm lunch that I had hoped for. Second, I ordered a gyro, which described on the menu as being wrapped in pita bread. What I got was a wrap, not what I would consider a gyro. They were too busy for me to question them...and yes, it was good...but it was not what I expected. I wish the server had told me that it wasn't going to be a traditional gyro so I could have decided if I wanted something else. read more

My husband and I decided to try a diner in our local area, gardenview diner. We arrived at 10:15, our orders were taken at 10:36. We ordered a "traditional breakfast" & a breakfast wrap. We received our food around 11am. We were both out of our drinks. When a waitress finally came over to ask if we needed more drinks, we didn't not receive them until we were done with our meals. The toast with the traditional was a 4 tiny pieces of mangled bread and the home fries were cold in the middle and didn't taste great. The wrap was sub par but we did not receive the home fries that were suppose to come with them. Around 11:15 we started waiting for our check. We received it at 11:25, not a place of recommendation. Service slow, food just blah. read more

We weren't sure what to expect when trying Gardenview for breakfast, but we're happy we gave it a try! We ordered the supreme stuffed French toast, biscuits and gravy, and corn beef hash. The French toast was amazing! The bread was thick and the cream cheese strawberry filling was tasty! The biscuits seemed to be homemade and the gravy was very rich. We will definitely be back! read more

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Great food - plentiful and very reasonably priced! Very friendly and attentive staff. "Homey" vibe. Will definitely return!

Original Liverpool location. We came here for lunch after seeing the loaded menu online. Unfortunately, much of it has been discontinued "since we stopped serving dinners." This killed the 2 dishes that I wanted, plus, we were told they were out of another one that I might have ordered. The fried shrimp, fries and slaw were pretty good as was the creamy chicken & rice soup that came with it. The hot turkey sandwich "made with our roasted turkey" sounded good, but the amount of turkey was shockingly skimpy. That and the slightly off-tasting mashed were mostly covered with the usual YELLOW gravy seen on most similar chicken dishes. This was our last visit as the rest of the menu is just the usual diner stuff. We had a great waitress, though. read more

The best breakfast I ever had it was sanitary and the food was the best food I ever had.

Longtime customers 10 yrs or better and hoping to see our favorite server (Vanessa) apparently she no longer works on Thursday. Their had to be all of 11 people in the restaurant. There were 2 servers one newer one. It went down hill from there. Our server was lax to say the least and very unattentive. It took close to 25 minutes to get our order which was not hot in fact our server was talking to the other server while holding our food. We had to ask for creamers and the food was mediocre. Not sure if we will be returning read more

I haven't been to this restaurant in many years. Then my wife says let's give it another try. Now the time before I found fruit flies in my salad. This time it was just as bad or even worse. I ordered the breakfast platter with chicken fried steak. I ate the scrambled eggs then proceeded to eat the steak. It tasted vinegary that's kinda weird. I called over the waitress (Sandy) she said it must be the gravy. Who makes gravy with vinegar? I sent it back she took it off the bill. Then I had French toast and I pulled out a 4 inch hair out of the toast. Like that grossed me out. I don't even have a hair on my body that long. All in all i still left a $5 tip just to be nice to the waitress even though I had a crap meal. She was very snotty to me afterwards probably Because got a shit tip for a shit meal. Shouldn't have left her anything. But I'll guarantee that's the last time I'll ever go into that hole again. Oh this doesn't pertain to the Garden View on 31. That's a decent place the food isn't hairy and the service isn't snotty. read more

Just a regular old diner. Food is good, quick, regular diner prices. Interior is like any other diner, as you'd expect. Service was good, friendly. read more

So good!New location on Oswego rd is a must visit! Excellent parking, service and food! read more

Gardenview Diner - Excellent waffle with apples! So good!New location on Oswego rd is a must visit! Excellent parking, service and food! - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

My coworkers and I went to the Garden View diner on our work schedule to grab a quick breakfast. Waitress Donna, I think that was her name was very acquainted with one of my coworkers. She talked to him for minutes and minutes exchanged phone numbers and all, she then forgot to put our order in, because when other patrons came in she took their order and 2-3 tables got breakfast before us. She started us off with coffee and Hood single pack creamers that was spoiled. Once I told her, she brought out cold Hood single creamers that was also spoiled. We spent over an hour waiting for our breakfast. I am African American and I got my plate approximately 10 minutes after my coworkers received there's. I got up and left. I will never go there again. Racism is still alive. I give Garden View diner a big fat 0. read more

***DO NOT EAT HERE*** I ordered the "obviously microwaved" Biscuits and Gravy. The large meat bits in the gravy were ice cold. While I waited for the waitress I recieved a work phone call, very important. As I was talking, she arrived, I wasnt able to answer her properly and she left. Next time she came by I told her it was cold and she has the audacity to berate me, saying "That's why I come over to check, why didn't you tell me when I was here?" I replied "I was on a work call and couldn't speak." She is now giving my girlfriend and I a nasty look. I tell her "I don't want another" and she takes it away. Seconds later I hear her complaining about me to co-workers. This is not how you treat people. I don't always agree that the customer is always right, but there are different ways of doing things. They wonder why all there clientele are elderly couples. You need to be blind and deaf to not see this place is an unsanitary, spiteful, disgusting diner. PS. Your forks have old spit and mashed potatoes encrusted on them. read more

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Traditional style diner (Rte 31 location) with a nice varied menu. Service has always been great. The one area though that needs attention is the restrooms. Every time I've gone the cleanliness is lacking. Trash cans overflowing and the toilets in need of some serious cleaning. read more

Service can be slow and this place is packed every weekend. Food is great and comes in good portion.

Walked in, sign said to wait to be seated and I was asked to sit anywhere. After about 5 min of watching several employees chit chat, do nothing, we still had no menu.. waitress finally came to take our order and we left. Still no menus. See attached photo, I took this in their lot, they allow their customers to park like this, and I don't want to go anywhere that has customers that park like this. read more

Gardenview Diner - Ignorant parking by some moron - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

Nice little diner. The server was friendly and funny without being overbearing. Super surprised at how fast our food arrived. Turkey club was huge! Tasted great, fries were fresh out the oil and fantastic. Price was waaay reasonable. read more

I have a love affair with these old fashioned diners. We don't have them in London. Unfortunately for me, I'm in the process of losing a few pounds at the moment so I couldn't stuff my face as I normally do. I settled for the French Toast which was as good as anywhere. I do have just a couple of minor gripes. Parking is tight and because they are fairly full in the morning, we had to sit for 10 minutes at an unbussed table which I didn't like. I think they need more staff in the morning. My other problem is the bathroom. Just one toilet with no urinal so you can be caught short. The waitress was pleasant when she finally arrived and we were fed quite quickly once we managed to order. I think it's a mite cheaper than other diners, especially the overpriced and in my opinion, overated, Stella's. Certainly worth a visit but only if you want a leisurely breakfast. read more

I got an eggs benedict with home fries! (Ask for crispy) Staff super friendly, unlimited coffee refills. Very happy :)

Gardenview Diner has an attractive exterior and a comfortable and clean interior. It is bright and cheery inside and has a counter, booths and tables. I visited on a weekend around 4:00PM and was craving a good diner breakfast late in the afternoon. After entering, I was invited to sit where I pleased so, I chose a comfortable table. The diner had a few customers spread out at the counter tables and booths but, was not packed. I was dreaming of chicken fried steak and hoped they had that on the menu. Fortunately, the did offer it as either a breakfast item or dinner selection. I chose the breakfast which is served with hash browns, two eggs, and toast. The server was pleasant, personable and efficient. She took my order using a small hand held device. Good bye paper and pen ! About five minutes after ordering, I was surprised to see my server approaching my table with my meal. That was fast ! Time to dig in ! The meal looked good and the portions were very generous. The hash browns were fresh, hot, mildly crisp, and tasty. The eggs, which I ordered as over medium, were actually only cooked to only over easy. The eggs were slightly browned on the outside which reduced their visual appeal. Someone used a grill that was too hot for eggs. I was mildly disappointed and perhaps I am being too fussy but, it is my choice. The rye toast was crisp and hot but, didn't have a flavor, texture or chewy firm crust one expects from a high quality rye. This is not a deal breaker as I still enjoyed the toast. I do know other places that have very good rye bread and if I go here again, I will order wheat or white. The center piece of the dish, the chicken fried steak, was covered in a white, peppery gravy and a rather thick deep fried crispy coating. Inside, where the steak lay, I found something salty with the consistency of soft ground beef. This was not a whole steak that was pounded flat and then lightly battered. This appeared to have been a frozen product dunked in the deep fryer. No wonder my meal arrived in 5 minutes. I must say that I enjoyed the atmosphere, the service, the customers who all seemed to know each other based on the conversations between tables, the family run atmosphere but, I got a bum steer when it came to the chicken fried steak. I will try this diner again and navigate away from this meal and try one of their other extensive selections and tempting specials. read more

Gardenview Diner - Chicken Fried Steak breakfast - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

My western egg sandwich was all peppers & the home fries were luke warm. My friend went to pay the bill & added the tip. She thought the total didn't look right, so she got her phone to calculate the correct amount, as she was doing so, the waitress walked by & said, "That's what you're leaving me? Thanks a lot. I need to get another job. " My friend put the correct amount in & we left. We will NEVER return. Better plan on leaving a hefty tip or you'll get the waitresses ire. read more

The only thing about this place that is terrible is it's hours! Lol the food is great! Take out is quick! Service is good! This is a hidden gem! read more

AC not working well. Food is mediocre. Service is slow. We won't be back. Walls are bare. Carpet is dirty.

Stopped in on a Tuesday evening around 7:00...not crowed at all. We each had one of the specials...chicken broccoli Alfredo and the meatloaf sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy. Oh my gosh, so delicious and more than we could eat. The Alfredo dish was loaded with chicken and made with bow tie pasta. The meatloaf sandwich was made with sourdough bread...yummy. The gravy covered both the potatoes and the sandwich. Had I known that, I probably would have ordered it without gravy on the sandwich, but it was great just the same. You can order from the breakfast, lunch, or dinner menu any time of the day! Lots if options and very reasonably priced! Love this place! read more

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The best breakfast/brunch spot in Syracuse. The strawberry stuffed French toast is one of the best things I've ever eaten. The atmosphere is warm and familiar, and the staff is always friendly. The menu is extensive, and exactly what you would expect from a hometown diner. read more

Gardenview Diner - a plate of french toast with whipped cream and jam - Diners Near Me - Liverpool, New York

Excellent Food. Eggs Benedict with HOME fries. Not greasy. Very clean and following Covid requirements. Service was EXCELLENT, fast and friendly. read more