Cute family restaurant. I met some friends for breakfast and it was very nice to sit together in the sunny dining room near the windows and the extensive holiday decorations. I had the Bananas Foster waffle which was great. Sliced bananas and whipped cream on a round waffle covered in a caramel sauce. Not too busy on a Monday morning. The staff were cheerful and efficient. read more

Merk's Place - Bananas Foster waffle - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Farmville, Virginia

The food was great and generous. Our waitress was on top of things. Nice place; not fancy but clean. I would go again for sure and highly recommend. read more

Merk's Place - Belgium waffle with eggs and bacon. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Farmville, Virginia

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Breakfast pizza is so delicious. Such a treat for office or party. Order ahead-day before. I've had all the varieties and all are fabulous. read more

Merk's Place - Veggie breakfast pizza - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Farmville, Virginia

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Tasty omelet, quick and friendly service. Exactly what you're looking for in a diner.

Charming local mom-and-pop restaurant with a small-town feel. The food was delicious, and the menu is filled with great choices. They have homemade desserts that will make your mouth water. The service was reasonable for the time of day. Many choices for dessert cakes and pies read more

Very bad I still taste the Stale hamburger bun what a waste of money wasn't very good at all on a Saturday 2 years ago.

Stopped in for a quick bite. Hot dog and a cheeseburger. Actually short staffed, who isnt these days - patience required, great service & fairly quickly. Good read more

First time customer and I came with my wife, sister and her husband for lunch. My wife and I will certainly add Merk's to our list of places to eat in Farmville. The food, service and staff were all outstanding - as the price very reasonable. NOTE: sister and her husband were visiting from Tennessee. read more

Good food and friendly service. Clean. Gluten free wrap available. Would definitely come back.

Looking for a gluten free cake? This is the place to call! This literally is the best gluten free cake I have ever had! read more

Merk's Place - a birthday cake on a table - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Farmville, Virginia

Great place with great food. Good service. Nice quaint restaurant Great local food. read more

The breakfast is great , the service is quick , the servers are great, quick , knowledgeable, funny ! The cakes look great but we were too full to try maybe next time! Great location. read more

the food is always good at Merck's Service at Merck's is excellent the best thing about Merck's is the customers. I believe they are all from FarmVille. but they're always friendly, as is the staff. read more

I know people who have been coming/going to Merk's for decades, but I only managed to start coming within the last 4 or so months. I've had their pizza (delicious), garlic knots (extremely delicious), and chicken & dumplings (also extremely delicious). I think they're closed on Mondays, and I honestly keep forgetting to look their hours/days of operation up, but I've shown up a couple of times on Mondays really craving some Merk's food and they aren't open. That's my fault, but I thought it was nice that they're the type of place to develop a craving for so I figured I'd mention it. I haven't been there in over a month or so, but the last time I was there, they were running the place with the bare minimum amount of employees. Conveniently, on the days I've visited, I wasn't in a rush to get anywhere after my meal. That being said, if you have a limited amount of time for your meal, you probably shouldn't try to dine in at Merk's. If you know what you want ahead of time, you might be able to call in an order to go and wing it that way? I just enjoy getting to eat outside of my car, honestly. So you need to have a ton of patience (and topics to discuss to fill the time) if you choose to dine in. read more

Yummy food - fast service! Attentive server and was just a little bit of comfort for our breakfast!

Food is ok, service is ok. A choice when other places are closed or full. Needs a menu update.

Great food, friendly and caring service. I definitely recommend it especially for lunch. The sandwiches are delicious especially the BLTs and Burgers. If you're looking for a quiet, calm place to enjoy a good meal check Merk's out. read more

Our favorite steak and cheese subs in Farmville. Their breakfast pizza is really good too.

Have never ever had bad service or a bad meal here! Throwback diner to the 1950s... everyone who works here is pleasant and kind. They continues to try to meet your needs! Merks has over 100 items on the lunch/dinner menu... And a solid 50 on the breakfast menu! WARNING YELP ELITE SNOBS!!!! THIS IS DINER!!! IF YOU WANT 5-STAR WHITE GLOVE GO ELSE WHERE!!! read more

Went window shopping in downtown Farmville, VA, and asked the locals where to eat and they recommended Merk's Place, and that's usually a good sign. It's your typical small town locally owned family restaurant, but we were impressed with the wide choice of menu options, everything from burgers and dogs to fried catfish and chicken cordon bleu to prime rib and a seafood platter with oysters. My wife's fried chicken sandwich was a real chicken breast and not a patty. My 1/3 pound mushroom burger was ample and had plenty of mushrooms. Everything came out of the kitchen HOT and we both had plenty to eat. I think both of our plates were under $8.00 each plus $1.95 for a soft drink. The server was friendly and pleased to hear it was our first visit. There were a number of locals there even around 3:00 on a Saturday afternoon. Our server said the place had been in business for 15 years, so they must be doing something right. My only ding is very minor, as I ordered a side dish of cole slaw and it was okay, but next time I'll skip it. Overall, we left very full, very pleased and not very broke. Good value for the money. Better still, they're located on 15 North, which is our route home. We'd go back again. read more

SAY "YASSS" This family owned southern diner makes world class working mans pizza.. not fancy dancy pizza .. yup got that right!! The pizza rocks!! read more

Mediocre food. The garlic knots are so garlicky and I love garlic, the garlic had too much of a raw taste to it and the marinara sauce was bland and acidic. The fried mac and cheese was good and the combo salad plate was ok. The wait was pretty long for a take out order, said it would be 15 mins and took about an hour. read more

Merk's Place - Mac n cheese bites, pretty good. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Farmville, Virginia

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Great breakfast spot! We came here for breakfast while visiting the area. I was pleased to find out they have gluten free toast! They also have other gluten free items for their lunch menu. I got scrambled eggs with bacon and gf toast. My family got omelettes and home fries. The food was delicious and the service was good. We will definitely be back next time we're in the area! read more

Came across this place through Yelp while traveling through the area. Menu had a lot of choices! Ordered garlic knots and a supreme pizza. The garlic knots we're huge and straight out of the oven. Pizza had fresh ingredients and also served fresh out of the oven. You can tell the building has been there a while and could probably use some TLC. And some of the wait staff at the counter was talking about a customer who had called in an order where those seated could hear so I imagine the actual customer could hear the negativity, hence the lower rating. read more

Merk's Place - Supreme pizza - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Farmville, Virginia

Great little diner on the outskirts of Farmville! Open early, closes late! Everything here is homemade and served in plentiful portions!!! Nothing is pre-cooked so if you have any certain way you want it prepared they are more than happy to accommodate you! The menu is extensive and the wait staff is wonderful if you should have any questions! I am crazy for their tuna fish subs. It's chunk albacore and mayonnaise. Super simple but served on a homemade hoagie roll and toasted! It's just perfect! You can get French fries or chips or fruit on the side but the sandwich is so big, I can only eat half! Much less any extra sides:) My partner orders the club sandwich which is stacked high with mounds of meat, cheese, bacon, crisp lettuce and bright red tomatoes! He's a club sandwich guy and says it's the best he's had anywhere. If you can, save room for dessert. Not only do they make their own shakes and sundaes, but their cakes??? Oh my.... Not only are they beautiful but they are luscious as well. They even make GFCF cakes for people who have allergies. Prices are incredibly fair considering the amount of food that you receive. Locals eat here to include first responders, farmers, Farmville residents and people traveling through. You are always greeted with a smile and the people from Farmville are always friendly. Merk's has to be in my top two favorite restaurants in this area of Virginia! Try it! read more

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Food was good, but service was terrible Sat at a table for 20 minutes, waitress looked our way but never acknowledged that we were there. We left without being served. read more

Locally, this is one of my favorite places. Good food, and we've always had excellent service. They make a lot of their own breads too -- the kaiser rolls are fantastic, and their salads are great. They have some gluten-free options too, for anyone in your group with that sensitivity. read more

I accept Merks for what it is. A small town diner, with little personality, but plenty of charm. Everything I've had there has been very decent. The feel of the place is a little awkward, which I think comes from the fact that I believe this place was a car show room before a restaurant. Besides the strange ambiance, I will say, even at the busiest I've seen it, the service was still quite efficient. Um... and that's all I have to say about that.... read more

Love Merks! We go for Breakfast all the time! It is great! They are very sweet, sometimes it can take a little longer then others, but over all it is a great experience. The staff is wonderful and the food it yummy. read more

Merks is your typical greasy spoon diner. Nothing is bad, nothing is great, huge menu selection. Everything I've tried in several visits has been decent. Service is good. Decor could use an update but you know what you're getting when you go there. read more

Merk's Place - Ice cream bar. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Farmville, Virginia

I had the breakfast pizza today and it was very good. No green peppers for me but they are available. Merks has a very good crust that is not too thick. I wish I had known about this place a long time ago. Their lunch/dinner menu is almost too big and I have yet to see their breakfast menu. read more

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Had lunch a d first dine in experience since shut down in March. So nice to sit cool a d be served. We enjoyed the food. It was as expected. The half capacity didn't seem to hurt as tables were turning over well. read more

Great food and service, comfortable atmosphere. Menu has almost a little TOO much variety, though, there's so much stuff it takes forever to read through it all and decide what you want. I also don't like that I was charged extra for a topping that was listed in the description of the burger I ordered. read more

Great breakfast , super coffee clean Nice atmosphere service good.will for sure come back

We've lived near the Farmville area and never had a chance to come to Merk's Place! Now we're in love! Great prices. Great food. Great asset to Farmville! read more

Merk's Place - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Farmville, Virginia

This is one of my favorite places to eat in Farmville! Great food(especially breakfast), service and people! A must try for all visitors and students! read more

The waitress was very nice even tho the service was slow. We came in right at the 11am for breakfast and were told they stop serving at 11am while the table next to was ordering breakfast. Several people who came in after us go their food before we did. We ended up ordering a BLT and a steak sub. The BLT had no lettuce and only 2 small pieces of bacon, and came with chips and a pickle. The steak sub apparently did not come with a side and was cold from sitting in the window for so long. It's very difficult to support small business when the service is and quality of food is worse than the chain restaurants. read more

You need a lot of time to eat here. When you order an appetizer and 2 cold plates and it takes an hour and then you get excuses, that is not kosher! Take care of your customers! Last time we were here a person at our table didn't get his meal when the rest of the table did- he was told their was no more shrimp! So we were finished with our meals and he finally got his cold sandwich 30 minutes later! No apology! Made him pay for it! Hmmm read more

On top of being a supporter of the local spca, the food here is great. They have a huge menu so all of your favorite diner foods are available. Prices are also very reasonable, they have daily specials that are around 6 bucks. The owner is also very friendly, and the wait staff is attentive. read more

Nothing to write home about . . . clean, service was great, food . . . eh. Definitely diner fare with a few "restaurant" choices. Not someplace that I would definitely return to . . . read more