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It's so nice to see that after nearly 2.5 years of leaving my last review, my photo of my delish Belgian waffle with bananas and strawberries is the cover shot!! And I have to say, my review remains the same at 5 stars...JJ's Diner does not disappoint! Our awesome server was Mary Ann with an M ....she gave us friendly and warm service and she was very attentive. Our food came out hot and was delicious - - i had another waffle, but this time with just bananas - -and hubby had scrambled eggs and hash browns covered in cheese - - and he LOVED every bite as did I. And the coffee is just perfect! JJ's is a bright light and such a heavenly oasis. Everyone should be as happy and positive as the people that work at JJ's. They have worked hard to provide this consistently good food and service over the years. We will make it a point to be back again next time we are in town.
JJ's is one of our favorite places in town and tonight reminded me why. We stopped in for a quick bite and I enjoyed one of my best dessert treats, the banana cream pie. It isn't always available so when you see it you ask for it. It's creamy, light, and just perfect. My husband had the Manhattan clam soup which is always a great starter. You can't go wrong with it and it's one of his favorites. The atmosphere is warm and the staff makes it even better. All the waitresses are personable, they greet us by name and they seem to know so many of the repeat guests. It feels like a true neighborhood spot where everyone is welcome. Just wanted to share two of our favorites from a place we always enjoy. JJ's never disappoints.
Representing 2022 in alphabet series, J is for JJ's Diner. I visited one time on Friday, July 15, 2022. I had NJ work travel, one of 3 times ever when I was helping with the NJ market in 2022. I drove from my home in Maryland up to Trenton area first for work travel & then the 2nd was kind of close to Atlantic City. I needed to find a place to WiFi as I had some work to do and was unfamiliar with the area. I figured when in Rome, I might as well go to Atlantic City to walk the boardwalk & look around. Also, when in Rome, New Jersey is known for diners, so I wanted to eat at a diner while here. Additionally, it works out I should get the diner badge on Yelp for 3 diner reviews this year. I drove from my 2nd work travel east and stumbled across JJ's. I was hungry too. I asked if I could WiFi here and that I'd order food. The server was very nice and accommodating getting me a good place to WiFi to take photos of documents to send to the team from work travel to email them. Ultimately, I was hungry and opted for an omelet with potatoes. It was a great omelet with mushrooms, spinach, & maybe a couple of other things. Service was friendly & efficient and great food too!
Bang for buck, this homey little diner is a pleasant stop for a weekend brunch. Very easy to find off the highway. We had my 95 year old mother who tottered in and everyone was very kind and gentle with her. For my meal, I opted for the hot turkey sandwich which came with a giant pile of mashed potatoes. The turkey was fresh off the bone. The gravy was delicious. Huge portion, enough for two meals.
My wife and I had breakfast here on October 21, 2025. First time trying this place and we were expecting much more based on the Yelp reviews. First off, our server was OUTSTANDING! She was helpful, checked in often and anticipated our needs. Thanks Paula M! We ordered the Breakfast Quesadilla and a Bacon, Tomato and Onion Omelette. Added cheese at an extra cost. I've never seen that before. The Omelette was very thin and large so the contents were way spread out. Cheese was a small blob in the middle. Breakfast Quesadilla was a big portion but it was soggy on the bottom from too much fat. Very greasy for what should have been a "hand held" item. Loaded with BIG pieces of green pepper which overwhelmed the dish. We both had home fries with our meals and these were under seasoned and should have been crisped up a bit. Coffee was good. We won't be back.
Decent place for us out of towners to stop for a late breakfast en route to the Cape May ferry. Large place with a pretty full parking lot at noon on a Saturday. Clean & bright inside Breakfast was really good - plenty of food & good prices. I had egg, corn beef hash patty - came with grits (pretty good) & toast. Our server was nice & made sure we had what we needed. Good decision to stop here!
Our waitress was great and it was an above average diner experience. I think the food quality is better than most diners and the service was exactly what we needed. She was there anytime we needed something. I would definitely return to JJ's Diner!
Stopped in here after a flight, ordered the Italian roast pork sandwich and was not disappointed, it was outstanding! The waitress brought out a bowl of au jus gravy to dip in, this sandwich reminds me of something you'd get in Philadelphia at a side street deli. The waitress was very nice, will make it a point to stop back soon.
Quick stop on a wintry Saturday afternoon. Chose the BLT club and for a few extra bucks, added fries. I thought the sandwich was good, a nice ratio of the bacon and other ingredients. Waitress was friendly and checked often. Easy access from highway.
3 years ago
Go on Sunday for the chicken and waffles with maple gravy. You haven't lived until you've let that clog your arteries. The French onion soup is the best on the planet. What takes the cake is the service, our waitress made us feel like locals. read more
2 years ago
Customer service is awesome!!!! Food is great prices are better lol. Very clean and quiet, even the customers are nice I'm just visiting read more
2 years ago
Breakfast was amazing! Server sweet & quick! I loved the eggs Benedict (our server's favorite!) Meat lover's omelette wow! Cannot wait to get back down to south Jersey for JJ's! read more
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3rd time coming here and the food is always good. I really wanted to try the chicken and waffle, which only is served on Sunday. It was something that was worth the wait. The chicken is white meat but the skin and the gravy made the chicken so tender and moist. The skin was flaky and crispy. The waffle was soft and buttery. The waffle soaked up all the good juices of the gravy and each bite was delicious. Definitely get this. I think I usually like my chicken and waffles sweet but this is something worth trying read more
Great food: tasty, well cooked, and visually appealing. We went twice in a week: First visit: It was busy. Despite this service and food were great. The location itself is off the main road, and the sign is easy to see. The inside of the place doesn't look like a traditional diner. The decor is very modern and clean. Second visit: Went there 90 mts before closing. Waitress was distracted and we had to ask for our utensils, water, napkins, etc. The bacon was char burnt. And we returned it. We were told that the bacon is precooked and reheated in the oven. So if you are not ok with hard and toasty bacon. Stay away from the bacon and order anything else. Everything else was fantastic! read more
The food was delicious!! You have to try the chicken and waffles. The gravy sauce was amazing and matched perfectly with the fried chicken and waffles. Absolutely amazing. The service was pretty slow - we went on a Sunday morning and waited for an hour at our table before getting our food. The tables around us seemed to be served before us even though they got there after, but I have to admit we were a large group of 7 people. But one hour was a really long time to wait for our food, and we also had to wait a long time and ask multiple times to get water at our table. read more
2 years ago
Nice diner came here for breakfast and their "Mexican Omelet" was pretty good. They have a kids menu but it doesn't come with any sides or drinks which I've never seen. read more
I love diners. This is a definite one you should try. The place is clean and big. The staff was very nice. I sat at the counter, where I try to always sit. The waitress that I got was awesome. She told me that they were Known for their corned beef hash and grits. Great, cause that's exactly what I wanted. I ordered eggs over med, hash, potatoes and a side of grits. Everything was awesome. Eggs were perfect. Hash ( dog food, as my kids and I call it) and home fries were good. The grits, well, they were good but not the best I've had. I thought they were good. So good food. Good service. Clean. What more could you want? I recommend this place. read more
2 years ago
Our server Mia was great and personable! My spinach and feta omelette with a side of grits, yes you can get grits instead of potatoes was made to order.Atmosphere was typical dinner but clean! read more
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1 year ago
Same name new place? The first time my wife and I are eating inside a restaurant since March. Last minute shopping so we thought, what the heck. We miss dining out and JJ's so we stopped by for breakfast at the new place. Wow the inside looks great and we saw some familiar faces behind the face-masks. The coffee is still the best and the food was as good as I remembered. The only thing missing was the owner coming over to say hi and ask how we were doing. Oh ya, almost forgot, place is clean, staff all have facemask and they clean the crap out of the tables when someone leaves. So there's that. read more
4 years ago
Sure it's definitely got some extra attention due to being featured on a few tv programs, but long before so - was such a place, serving the local community with staple diner eats. And they deserve credit for what appears to be consistently good food coupled with what impressed us even more than that - their hard working staff and service. The food was good, but nothing amazing. It's classic diner eats, and it's hard to go wrong with a few eggs, bacon, sausage and toast. But that much more - it means all of the other things matter. Atmosphere, value, quality and service. Our server was lovely. Professional, seasoned and friendly. Service was prompt and food came out fairly quick, especially for a packed weekend morning. Their coffee is actually really great. They brew with freshly ground beans as opposed to using commercial sized cans of grind and you can taste the difference. Food : Cream Chipped Beef Interesting to say the least. Sliced meat with a white creamy gravy. Had to try it. But nothing amazing as far as taste. Fun though! French Toast Standard and good. Classic 2 slices cut in halves. Housemade Corned Beef Hash This was very good. Real corned beef meat. Recommend. Omelettes Standard and average. Can't really mess this up. But portion size is average, not very big. Sausage Not sure where they get theirs, but it was very good. Definitely get this, or add on a side order. read more
My husband love love loved this place. The waitresses were exactly as you'd expect at a popular diner--friendly, sassy, and fast. There were lots of options, and portions were large and prices very very good. The food was as expected--all American and good. read more
3 years ago
My girlfriend and I stopped on a Sunday afternoon. It was very busy, but the seating was fast. Our server did a good job even though the place was packed. We had the eggs Benedict and French dip. Both were full-flavored and filling. The atmosphere is typical Jersey diner. read more
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We visited family back in NJ and knew we needed a good diner breakfast. We stayed overnight in AC, and our family brought us here for breakfast. We were seated in a HUGE booth - thank you, as two big guys, we hate getting stuffed into tiny little booths. So, for the four of us, this was awesome. Breakfast started really slowly as none of us had coffee yet, and it seemed to take quite a while for someone to get to the table. We soon realized our server was training a new server, too... been there, so I definitely cut her some slack. The coffee is fantastic. Our family actually tracked down the roaster and started buying their coffee for home. Living in Florida, we REALLY miss scrapple! So both of us went for Eggs and Scrapple. The Eggs were perfectly cooked. It was nice to see Home Fries with some color, and the Scrapple was AMAZING. Nice and crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. All of us enjoyed our meal, the food was delicious, and the server was definitely the right person to be training new staff. Great job! read more
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Five big, shiny, red Yelpy stars! We stopped at JJ's Diner for breakfast prior to the start of our Sunday NFL games. We were warmly greeted at the entrance by JJ himself, donning a big smile, and ribbing us over the opposing football jerseys that my husband and I were wearing (Eagles on him, Giants on me). The line was about 8 people deep, but it moved quickly (at 10:15 AM). JJ kept us all engaged and laughing with silly jokes, while providing us with some tidbits about what the restaurant had in store for us. You can review the menu, you can search for something to tickle your fancy, but I am telling you...put the menu down and order the Chicken and Waffle. There is no point in searching for anything better. Juicy fried chicken, light and fluffy Belgium waffle, topped with a maple gravy. Not syrup, but GRAVY. Hot damn! The portion was plentiful and we weren't sure how to prepare our leftovers to recreate the magic the following day. It was as if JJ read our minds. He swung by our table and recommended reheating it in the toaster oven rather than in the microwave. He was on-point with his recommendation. Lucky me, as I got to enjoy this fantastic dish two days in a row. Thank you, JJ! Please note that the Chicken and Waffle is only available on Sundays, and only until they sell out of it. If that's not incentive enough to get your hiney out of bed early on a Sunday morning, then I don't know what is! read more
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I came across JJ's Diner on Yelp trying to look for a place to grab breakfast on our way back from Atlantic City. Located just off the Atlantic City expressway it reminds you of the spot that the locals go to. It has the old school diner feel with table and bar settings. I loved that it had a nostalgic feel and lots of cute decorations. I decided to grab one of their specialties, the creamed chipped beef. This dish was thin pieces of beef mixed with a nice peppery white creamy gravy topped on four halved slices of bread with a choice of home fries or grits. I loved every bite of it. My husband got grits with his platter and I had to try them. It was seasoned perfectly and had just enough of a creamy buttery flavor to it. Service was great by our waitress and we will return back in the future if we are in the area. read more
5 years ago
Boy oh Boy, this spot is a gem to the area. Came across this place with friends in the area and now every time I'm in town after a long night of drinking this is the 1st place next morning. Great service every time I have been here and yet to fail. It can get pretty packed here especially on the weekend. Great dinner food, my favorite meal here has to be the biscuits and gravy with home fries and eggs. Definitely the meal to have to help the body soak up last nights drinks. read more
5 years ago
JJ himself greets all his customers and keeps an eye on everything so you know the food and service is very good. Grandmothers recipes and cooking. Large portions and excellent food. Great new location with plenty of space and parking. Located in Egg Harbor Township right off the Garden State Parkway and Route 40 Black Horse Pike, just 15 minutes to Atlantic City. His old restaraunt (now called the Little Goat) in Pleasantville is being run by his daughter but doesn't have his grandma's cooking. read more
5 years ago
As good as it gets for breakfast ... anywhere. Period. South Jersey is truly lucky to be the home of one of the best hidden gems in all of the tri-state area, if not the country. On a recent trip to Atlantic City, my wife and I decided to have breakfast here on a Sunday morning. It was only a 10 minute drive from the heart of Atlantic City. After reading the rave reviews and that it was named People Magazine's New Jersey pick for "Your Favorite Breakfast...In Every State" and was on Yelp's Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. 2019 our expectations were sky high ... and it not only met those expectations, but exceeded them with ease! We swung by at 11:30am and the diner was at capacity, but lucky for us seats were constantly turning over, so we didn't have to wait a minute. We ended up at the counter, which was exactly where we wanted to be. Having already looked at numerous photos of the amazingly awesome-looking food, we were ready to order from the moment we stepped in. I ordered the famous Chicken & Waffle and my better half ordered the Steak & Eggs. All I need is 2 words to describe both breakfast dishes - Freaking Amazeballs. The Chicken & Waffle was their most popular breakfast dish and the pictures of it look great online, but to actually eat it was an out of body experience. Without a doubt, it was the best variation of chicken and waffles I had ever tried anywhere. The chicken was a piece of country fried boneless chicken breast and it sat on a single waffle that was able to withstand the weight of the delectable goodness above it. It was actually the 1st time I had ever seen a boneless chicken breast used for a chicken and waffles dish and it was the perfect choice. The chicken was fried to perfection, crispy, juicy and would have been awesome dish just by itself. The crunchiness of the chicken was really ridiculous, but what put it over the top was the delicious maple gravy. Another first in our books as we had never seen gravy used on top of a chicken and waffles dish, but it was absolute genius. Each and every bite was so savory and I honestly did not want the experience of enjoying the dish to end. The Steak & Eggs were also excellent too. Not as instagram-worthy as the Chicken and Waffle and the eggs and home fries were average, but the sirloin steak was cooked exactly as we had asked for, medium. The steak was surprisingly tender, juicy and very flavorful for a diner steak. It had a nice thickness to it too. The food couldn't have gotten any better. As for the service, it had a little room for improvement. The waitresses were friendly, but our order took a bit more time to come out than we would have liked. Also, it took a good 10 minutes before our food order was taken after our seating. I understand it was busy and waitresses were flying all over the place, so I will cut them some slack. Just a minor gripe and it in no way ruined our experience here. The bottom line is that the Chicken & Waffle dish lived up to every bit of hype that I had read online and tasted even better than it looked. It'll be really hard to top this one anywhere. read more
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6711 Washington Ave
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08232
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