Service was excellent and the place is what you expect out of a small roadside diner. I had the auburn special which is eggs, sausage and biscuits and gravy. The eggs were cooked perfectly but the sausage was dry and the gravy was really salty. read more

Great Diner!!! We always eat breakfast here on the way to our farm and never had a bad meal. Service is great and so are the prices. We'll continue eating here as long as they're open for business! read more

Food and service excellent. Our favorite place to stop for breakfast or lunch. Homemade bread !!

Awesome. Great homade style food I will always go back .... Great good, Great people read more

food was amazing!! everything was cooked perfect, it's an old place but they sure do know how to cook a burger... service was also great and everyone was polite. if your around the neighborhood i'd highly recommend you stop by and grab a bite, even the price for the food was good. read more

We are not from here and stopped in for breakfast on Sunday Morning and we had the best breakfast we've had in years. Like my Grandma used to make type of breakfast! The biscuits were the absolute best. Wednesday we came in for lunch and had yet another great lunch! I don't think there is anything on that menu that could disappoint. This lil Mom & Pop diner should be a must if you come this way! Great staff whom today got me 2 biscuits to bring back even though they no longer were serving them! Thank you! read more

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Ask for the breaded tenderloin with gravy and eggs. Excellent breakfast!! Thank you for great service and food JR Diamonds!

After reading reviews we stopped for supper while traveling through area. My husband had the breaded tenderloin dinner, which was average, but in all fairness we are from Indiana where the tenderloin are amazing so for most the one at Jr Diamonds would probably be considered good. I ordered pork chops after waiting for about 10 minutes waitress came back and told me they were out of them. I then ordered the special of the day, which turned out to be a bowl of dried up macaroni with some kind of sauce that consisted of hunks of tomato in plain tomato sauce, totally awful. When I said something to waitress she said sorry about that and walked away. Needless to say we paid our $29 bill and left. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. When you serve something nasty you should offer to replace it. Maybe locals are use to this type of food and think it's great, we certainly don't recommend wasting your money here. read more

The prices are good, they enforce masks, and the food is delicious. I got the breakfast bowl with a biscuit and it was about 7 dollars. The best part was their soft HOMEMADE biscuit. The service was still quick even though it was a Sunday and it has a very cozy feel inside. This is a great stop for anyone traveling wanting to skip out on the big chains. You will not be disappointed stopping at JR Diamonds. read more

J R Diamonds - Breakfast bowl (hash browns, eggs, gravy, and sausage) - American Near Me - Silex, Missouri

The western omelette was very weak not enough meat too many green peppers and had cheese sauce.The biscuit was the star excellent.Service was awesome. read more

Service: 4 Stars Food: 3 Stars Pie: 4.5 Stars Value: 3 Stars Total: 3.6 Would I Return? Yes Service is always very good here. Everyone is super friendly. I've had breakfast, lunch and dinner here. I've tried quite a few different dishes here. None stood out as exceptional, but all were adequate. Several steps above Denny's, at least. The pie, though, the pie is excellent. My favorite is the coconut cream; my wife loves the chocolate cream. You can buy whole pies if you call ahead, and the prices are very reasonable. I would go back and keep trying different things. I haven't found my favorite dish yet, but I will definitely order more pie. read more

Let me start by saying that the food was great, but the wait staff and locals are racist. I sat down with my girlfriend and a customer sneezed twice and the waitress walks up and says "I think you're allergic to something in here" while they looked our way. Had to beg for water basically. Terrible way to treat black ppl and other poc in my opinion. Food was good nonetheless. read more

Clean restaurant. One server managed the entire place (customers at 10 tables). Excellent food. We got breakfast bowl and 2+2+2. Both included homemade bread (rye toast - French toast). Easy parking for 31 foot RV. read more

Western Omelet was big disappointment. Mostly green peppers and onions with a little sausage. I didn't want hasbrowns and the server offered to substitute fruit. She brought a small bowl of canned fruit and charged me for it. Server was nice. My husband got the breakfast buffet and he was disappointed too. We've eaten there in the past and it was good, not today. read more

The best chicken fried steak I have ever ate. Sausage gravy to die for. Would definitely eat here again. read more

We found this gem via yelp. I wanted to stop somewhere for diner flair and this was where we went. The prices are reasonable, staff nice, restaurant clean, and food delish. The Ruben was fantastic, the buffalo chicken sandwich good, fries AMAZING. The best thing was our coconut cream pie. So good we had to order another. Check out this diamond! read more

J R Diamonds - The Rubin and fries - American Near Me - Silex, Missouri

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Stopped in for lunch with my motorcycle club (Shadow Riders of STL) today. I had a rueben w/fries (good), many enjoyed the buffet, and they all raved about it and gorged themselves to a near coma. Nice to know I have a good option for dinner on the way to the farm. read more

Best side of the road breakfast I've had in ages! The gooey butter cupcakes are amazing - take one to go! read more

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This place has hands down best burgers, but tonight. I ordered a 3 PC. Chicken with 3 sides n catfish nuggets with 3 sides to go. Drove there n very nice young man took my money n gave me the order. Get home n fries are so soggy n chicken is fried so hard can't even break it apart. This is what I got. Won't be ordering this again. Doubt we order again. Very disappointed tonight n to tired to drive back read more

This is a great independently-owned diner with a friendly atmosphere and good food. It's usually more crowded during breakfast hours, but both breakfast and dinner are good. The diner is in a plaza with a gas station/ repair shop and is popular with locals for breakfast. Overall it's a good place to eat and I recommend it. I recommend the breakfast bowl. read more

Our second time stopping in was last weekend. We've had great food and service both times. Prices are definitely reasonable as well. We live two hours away, but pass by once or twice a month and plan on making this a regular place to stop. read more

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Great place to stop. Best breakfast on Hwy 61 by far. Also great lunches and dinners. Nothing fancy, just great home cooking.

We are regulars to this restaurant. Always hot, great food. Friendly servers. Perfect portions. If you're a breakfast eater this is a must stop place. Diner food the way it use to be. read more

Part of the vanishing Americana. Great place to stop for a nice homestyle dinner at an independently owned diner. We showed up 1 minute before they closed at 8:00pm and they were nice enough to seat a party of 5. Our server was polite and the food came out fast and hot. Menu is Mid Western home cooking, everything was kinda light not greasy or too salty or over boiled. All 5 of us agreed it was a really good dinner stop. read more

This place is exactly what I love about getting a meal from my moms house- they care. All the food is not only delicious and from scratch, but also large portions. The pies are AMAZING. I stop here whenever I'm in the area. read more

Down-home atmosphere, great service and everything on the menu is very good. Excellent hot wings and onion rings. Worth the drive!

Great little diner! Patti meld was great and so was taco salad. Friendly waitress - Lisa.

Always delicious any time of the day. Best breakfast for miles. The desserts are amazing.

Clean, nice, family style restaurant with good service and even better food. Loved the bourbon burger and their ice cream is homemade! Menu is extensive for all homemade food. Right off the highway for travelers. read more

J R Diamonds - JR Diamonds - American Near Me - Silex, Missouri

Excellent traditional diner style food, friendly service and good home cooking. Came this way on a road trip, found it on yelp searching for a diner and we had a delightful meal, including real, homemade potato chips. We got to talking with the owner afterwards, and when he found out we were on a Midwest road trip, gave us a delicious sweet cheese muffin and one of the best cinnamon buns I've had, both baked in house, "for the road" read more

Simple, friendly highway fare. Great waitstaff and pretty darned good food. Breakfast is better than pretty good and gets a regular crowd. "Her Highness" and I went in for the "catfish buffet" on a recent Friday evening, and were not disappointed. Prices are quite reasonable, and happily, it's a non-smoking establishment!! read more