I had such a great experience at Metro Diner! Their breakfast items are amazing. I ordered the eggs Benedict with a side of crispy hashbrowns with onion and cheese -- it was actually our waitress's recommendation, and wow... it was SO good. I will never order my hashbrowns any other way again! The atmosphere is fun and lively, and it's always busy, which says a lot. Definitely a breakfast spot worth the hype. I'll absolutely be back! read more

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Metro Diner is always so chaotic feeling lol. Got seated quickly though and our breakfast food came out quickly as well. Atmosphere is very casual and it's always loud in there. Food was VERY bland. Like extremely. Service was ok. Waitress was nice but it was like she was checking in on everyone except us and it took forever for her to get our payment so we could leave. Saving grace for my visit was my free birthday dessert that I decided to go ahead and get. The chocolate cake is GREAT! This is the second time I've had Metro Diner though and I'm still not impressed. read more

Friendly staff and great service. Love the ambiance and music. Food was made to order and fresh! They have a great menu with lots of choices. read more

Metro Diner - Avocado Breakfast Sandwich with home fries and Grilled 3 Cheese sandwiches - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

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This place isn't the worst or the best. The service was decent. The ambiance is stale, not very welcoming. This was my first time visiting and I wish I had ordered dinner food instead of lunch. My food was very bland. I had to sit at the table and utilize every possible seasoning visible to me...annnnd still didn't like it. My daughter said dinner food is better so I'll try it one more time at least. The food came out really quickly. That's a plus. read more

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My husband and I went there because our son wanted a Monte Cristo sandwich. When I looked online this was listed as a place that sold them. When I didn't see it on the menu, I asked our waitress who said she had worked there for two years and had never heard of it. She did go ask the manager who said it was a seasonal item. We stayed because we're tired and hungry. I ordered the shrimp and grits with a biscuit on the side and my husband ordered the fish and chips. We called in a pickup order for my son at Cheddars for his Monte Cristo. My shrimp and grits were watery and there were hot spots/cold spots in the grits confirming it was just microwaved. The shrimp didn't seem done to me, there was very little sausage and it was chopped into tiny pieces. The biscuit was hard as a rock and was served with no butter, although there was jelly on the table. My husband said his fish was fine but the fries were cold and inedible. Columbus has some great places to eat, but we won't be back to this restaurant, it was an all around bad experience. read more

Awesome breakfast! Had a meat lover skillet bowl. Excellent food. Great service. I'll be back.

Nice diner! A lot of choices! We had dinner and it didn't disappoint . Service was average, could have been better.

Stopped in to have dinner Tuesday night......should've kept on going...... I was there when Metro Diner came to town....Great Service...FANTASTIC food.....boy how I miss those days.....half of what I remember is no longer served...and what I did order........How do you F₩€K up Eggs, Sausage (Turkey), Grits and a Biscuit‍‍......The grits were so cold the cheese just sat on top like sprinkles on an Ice Cream cone, the "Brick"squit ....nevermind‍.....First Watch is my First Choice now and forevermore!!!!!! read more

The food was excellent with Joanie letting me know the fries would not be gluten free because they are cooked with all the other fried options. She was helpful and was a wonderful waitress. I will definitely stop by when in the area again. read more

Metro Diner - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

First time trying - had chicken and waffles. Chicken (good size) was seasoned well and done. The waffles had a nice consistency and complimented the chicken. Chicken and waffles hit! Service was good. I will be back. read more

It's a Tuesday evening around 7pm. At first the was no hostess, just had to wait a short moment while she finished help a customer that was seated near the front door. She was nice and seated me right away. A short moment later my waitress arrived and asked what I would like to drink and I ordered a sweet tea with lemon. I also ordered an appetizer of onion rings. They came out literally a minute or so later! I was actually surprised at how quick it was. Heck I hadn't even figured out what I wanted to eat. I went with the meatloaf and mashed potatoes with brown gravy and green beans. First off back to the onion rings! Man I love me some onion rings however usually they are sieved super oily/greasy, this were very crispy! Well cut homemade'esk size and plentiful, a huge side dish plate! It was served with a chilled house ranch, which I usually don't touch but it seemed like a house made as it wasn't watered down and looked a little thick. It was very good and different than the normal horseradish sauce. Excellent I highly recommend the onion rings!!! The meatloaf dinner arrived shortly afterwards. Presentationally it looked good just maybe a touch to much gravy but over all it looked very appealing. The green beans were not from a can and seemed fresh. To my likening they could have been cooked a minute or two longer but to most they would have been perfectly fine. I knew I could have ordered the meatloaf and mashed potatoes without the gravy but it's was their( metro dinners recommendation) not my waitress Alana. The gravy was very salty and I like my salt. It in my opinion ruined the mashed potatoes. They were mashed with the red skins included. Perfect texture! The meatloaf was a huge let down in my opinion. It didn't even look like real meat, didn't taste like it either! Looked like a prefab concoction from the freezer or something. Not that I know for sure! My waitress, Alana was a very sweet and helpful young lady! She made sure I had all I needed and replaced my iced tea with a completely new cup and lemons without refilling the previous like some places do. She was knowledgeable able the menu and answered all my questions and even afterwards we discussed the meal. It was pleasure having her as my waitress! I hope to see her on a future visit! I knew going in the meatloaf maybe questionable as I like mine a certain way. I've eaten here before and know they have lots of good food. I was blown away by the onion rings if you can't tell! I left my waitress a great tip 11 bucks for a bill that was slightly under 30! I wish more waitresses and waiters had her professionalism. She wasn't having a great day either and still had a smile and performing top notch service! I would recommend coming here just stay away from meatloaf lol! read more

Metro Diner - The best onion rings in entire area! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

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Great mimosas and grilled cheese. Great place to pop in for breakfast or brunch with some friends on a weekday.

Gross! My over medium eggs I asked for were runny and snotty. There hash browns were cold and the biscuits and gravy tasted sour like the gravy was spoiled. Also the service was almost non existent. Waited forever to get our check as well... Don't go there. Waffles house is 1000% better. read more

Metro Diner was a disaster. My food came cold, flies were on it because I had no silverware (and I'm not eating sticky food with my hands). My friend's meal was 15 minutes late, and there's avocados everywhere on the menu but none to be found. Also, no syrup with waffles? Never coming back. Complete letdown. read more

Metro Diner - Flies eating your food after 15 minutes with no silverware? Yeah, that's a problem. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

My second time going to Metro dinner since I moved to Columbus Ga and I will have to say this is one of my favorite spots to go with my family. All The food was good as always. I can't complain at all. The food come fast and everyone is nice there. Good customer service. read more

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steak & hash bowl is the only thing I come back for it's flavorful & they always have the best tomatoes!

Thanksgiving food pickup was perfect. We had way too much food (yay for leftovers!!) and it was all very tasty. The staff couldn't have been nicer. My elderly father wasn't able to go out to eat so we chanced a pickup order. It really made a stressful and emotional Thanksgiving day so much easier to get through. When I went inside to pickup my order, the place was packed. All employees were working hard and being SO kind! read more

Food was good. Served recommended the steak bowl and it was amazing. Now the coffee could be stronger. Service was fast and decent,

We were pleasantly surprised since we have driven by here many times, and decided to stop in for breakfast on New Years. Excellent choice! Diner has old time feel with attentive wait staff. Large portions and good food! read more

Metro Diner - Biscuits and gravy, eggs, hash browns - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

Went here for anniversary brunch tried the apple pie mimosa the sunrise mimosa the orange mimosa and a bloody Mary all the mimosas were very good. The bloody Mary was not even in my top 10 favorite. It was just very lacking a flavor and there was so much ice. There was hardly any liquid in the glass. We ordered the poutine appetizer we had to explain to the waitress multiple times that there is a poutine appetizer on the board. She stated she was new but when we said we wanted poutine, she kept saying cheese cards and we said no poutine so there was a little confrontation back-and-forth once we got the poutine. It really suffered from gravy and needed a lot more gravy a lot more poutine as you can see in the pictures however, the ranch sauce that came with it was sublime highly recommend. Husband got the huevos rancheros's breakfast and it was not even a great sea in flavor. It just tasted bland with a couple burnt chips really no filling it was 99% chips and the rest sour cream just not good would never order that again . Plus, I had a very sloppy presentation. I have the San Francisco eggs Benedict the positives are. It was a great poached eggs and hashbrowns were well and the components were there. The negatives are that was not holiday sauce that is nacho cheese sauce with some hollandaise powder in it completely smack in the face of true holiday sauce the tomato was so thick. You could hardly taste anything else besides tomato . The menu stated that there was sliced avocado, but I got mushy avocado on top of an eggs Benedict. Overall, not really impressed with this establishment only would come for the ranch sauce, which is really nothing compared to what we ordered read more

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The service was great. I sat at the counter and watched the kitchen staff cook. It was actually quite entertaining. The food however was mediocre. Nothing I would go out of my was for. read more

I recently experienced eating at Metro diner because of an invite from a friend for breakfast. The food was fantastic and the portions were substantial . The service was excellent, professional and friendly. I enjoyed it so much, at my next opportunity, I recommended it for lunch with friends. Lunch was consistent like breakfast for the quality of food and service. read more

So Alyassa (I think that's how you spell it; was our server and she was absolutely FABULOUS. They were busy when we got there, but we only had to wait about 15 min to sit down (there was 11 of us) and we all still got greeted as soon as we came in! the food was amazing, it came out super quick and tasted delicious!!! I'm from Va but wish I lived here so I could frequent that restaurant more often. Absolutely wonderful and I loved everything about. I ended up ordering the burger bowl and subbed broccoli for the fries it was supposed to be served over..amazing. No or hassle with the modifications. Absolutely wonderful. I wish I could give them 10 stars!! read more

Love their service and food is always fresh with a variety of options! The environment is very old timey diner like!

This was our third time coming to eat and it was horrible. The meal I ordered was huevos rancheros. Which was nasty. Service was not great I had to go up front to pay . Why when there was 6 servers standing around chatting it up . This was my husbands birthday breakfast which turned into a let down . Do better read more

Great Food & Service. Enjoyed the crab soup and a house Dallas. Waiter provided wonderful service read more

My nieces and I love touring in the summer. The 2022 season began here @ Metro!! Great service!! The wait servers were excellent, Jacklyn was training, and both were extraordinary. The food was excellent. My waffle and eggs weren't hot, but I'm sure it was timing, so I'm not complaining, just making a note. My nieces loved their food. One had what I term the basic Egg Breakfast, bacon, egg, and grits with toast. We love seasoning, so the grits needed salt and butter. No debate here. We are team salt, not sugar on grits. My other niece had Charleston Shrimp and grits. The dish looked amazing, and she said it was delicious. Jacklyn explained the dish as it comes with a twist, FRIED GRITS!!! Unfortunately, we took no food pics. We were hungry. read more

Metro Diner - Love the mug - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

Metro Diner is one of the best family dining places in town. The menu is wide and everything is good. The veggie omelet is second to none, their hamburgers are big and tasty. They have an incredible hot honey chicken sandwich and the chicken and waffles are incredible. It's reasonably priced and the service is excellent. read more

Alexis was the best server. She was on top of refills and bringing food out. I will request Alexis each time I come!

Food was delicious and service quick and pleasant! Will eat here again when visiting the area!

This place was AMAZING my fiancé and I came here 2 times within a span of 2 days! We ordered twice of the same steak and eggs bowl because it was just THAT GOOD! The waitresses were awesome and super funny! The area is super clean and cozy and welcoming, I love this restaurant and will 100% be returning in February for his last graduation! Our fav restaurant in Columbus ! I wish it were back where we lived in hawaii haha read more

Metro Diner - Fried Chicken & Waffle Steak & Scramble Bowl Avocado Toast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

Hannah was awesome she was very friendly and extremely enthusiastic. She had one of the best attitude I've ever seen at a restaurant. I would recommend her and Metro diner to my friends and family. It's refreshing to see young people with the attitude and work ethic. The world needs more people like her. Columbus needs more establishments like this one. So please if you are in the Columbus GA area come by and give Metro diner a sit down. The chicken and waffle are so good . We eat here almost every week now . The prices are extremely reasonable. read more

Metro Diner - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

Ordered the Steak Tips and could not even chew these veiny cuts that I was served. Some cheap veiny and stringy tips of some kind of meat. Just gross. Will never go there again. read more

Took 15 minutes for the server to get our drink order, then tried to rush us through our food order. This place used to be awesome but something major has shifted the work ethic in here. Our server is Jessica, so far, not impressed. Waiting for our food to come out, she's gone by at least 4 times and my husband's tea has been empty the last 2 passes but she ignores us. Steller service (being sarcastic). Food came in a timely manner but Jessica decided we needed BBQ sauce on the burgers we ordered, we never said the word BBQ. Way to listen to your customer. The overall flavor was good but their cheese fries have very little cheese. Food was decent, service was subpar at best read more

Metro Diner - Cheese fries - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

7]\This was a nice and popular restaurant. Comfort wise, it would have been a lot better if we hadn't been put in the back room under the air conditioner vent. It was FREEZING! The waitress agreed that it was terribly cold in that room (in November!). 5/5 - Fried Chicken and Waffles: I didn't think this could beat out my favorite fried chicken and waffles, but the chicken breast was so tender and juicy that it would have passed for a thigh! That was amazing! Combine that with the excellent crunch and flavor and the strawberry butter and this is my new favorite! 3/5 - Biscuits and Gravy: Good biscuits but just okay gravy. Food comes out to 4 stars. I would totally bump it up to 5 for the amazing chicken and waffles, but then I'd have to drop it down 1 star for the freezing cold room. My advice: go for the Fried Chicken and Waffles and DO NOT sit in the back room and you should have a 5 star meal! read more

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Had a good time recently at Metro Diner. Hannah was our server and she was very sweet and overall kept our needs met while visiting.

Never been disappointed with the offerings at Metro Diner so far. Personally I liked their Eggs Benedict. read more

The chicken was so hard and dry.When I sent it back Joan looked confused . I showed her how the chicken was crumbling. she said it's a 15 minute wait time to prepare the chicken. I said I will pay for the waffle it was $8.13 for 1 waffle. This all happened on June 4, 2025 @ 10:10am, table 25. I will not return. read more

Service sucked my coffee stayed empty. Food wasn't nothing special I should have hit waffle house. The steak in my egg bowl wasn't seasoned. I'm not sure if it was microwaved or boiled. All I know is was trash. Pretty sure that the worst thing on the menu because other plates looked alright. Don't order the steak end egg bowl you will leave hungry and disappointed. read more

Great service and friendly staff. Western omelette was passable. Seems as if the components did really meet until they were plated. Classic burger was lean but had little flavor-didn't like the bun. Might try again for lunch. Ambiance was warm, welcoming and spacious. read more

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