The food and the service is amazing great atmosphere very expensive ...... read more

Came here with a group of friends and appreciated the casual atmosphere. Good and filling breakfast with quick service to match. I'd return again for sure! read more

OV's - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

Came here after a trip to the zoo. The people that work here are so warm, easy to connect with and make the entire restaurant experience feel like you're coming home to family. The food was incredible. Sizes were large and easy to share. Definitely will be coming back here in the next zoo trip. read more

Great breakfast cooked to perfection and daily lunch specials have all been very good . Fast and friendly service

Classic family run breakfast place. Ignore the location and the decor and focus on the service and the food. Super friendly and helpful staff. And with so many places focused on being fancy, this place is amazing. omelette was stuffed and fluffy, home fries were perfect. Linguica was cooked perfectly. Portions were great and the price was fantastic. Our stop here was an accident but we WILL be back read more

Good food and prices. The service was really slow but very friendly. Some items are good and others are a miss. They are no longer cash only. read more

Great place for delicious simple breakfast! The inside is a cozy diner style small but perfect place. Coffee is solid. Home made hash is really a must have! Very flavorful. Definitely recommend and plan to return to try other dishes. read more

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From the outside, it's not much. Ok even from the inside! But let me tell you - amazing! Great breakfast, perfectly cooked! Attentive servers! Topping off your coffee the whole time. Had bacon, eggs, and French toast! Great prices! 100% will be back!! read more

Well my experience at OV was a good, but interesting one. The waiter came over, followed by this lady. He was really nice and doing a fine job, but this lady, whom might have been an/the owner followed his every move. I guess he'd been working there for a while, but was new to taking orders. This same lady shouted demands at the kitchen, from the kitchen and whoever. The food was good. It's a nice breakfast place. We came in at around 8am on a Friday and it wasn't busy at all. I got an apple juice and it came in the biggest glass, which I highly appreciated. Most places serve juice in these tiny glasses, so it was a nice change. I got a simple breakfast. Pancakes, sausage, home fries and apple juice. It was all good. Prices were decent as well. The place we wanted to go to was closed, so this was a good alternative. There's some sketchy parking and this place is seriously tiny. Not sure what the peak hours are and haven't tried anything else but breakfast. Place closes at 3pm. So breakfast and lunch only. read more

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The best kinds of places are where the staff know people's names. There were like 3 regulars in there this morning who the staff knew on a first name business so I immediately knew I was in good hands. Food was good, coffee was hot. Great spot! read more

OV's - Italian sausage, 2 eggs, loaded home fries - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

Visited Ov's. My experience was good. Food was fresh. Old time name for this kind of breakfast type nook - "Greasy Spoon" . Though nothing we had was like that. It was a comfy experience. Unique wall design, ATM was in view along with pictures and a "JWU" shadow box (see pix) that the server said was from/of his brothers. read more

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I had a very bad experience at this location with the owner. I ordered my food over the phone like I usually do and when I went in to pick it up the owner refused to take my credit card because it did not have a chip, so I explained to her they always take my card without the chip at this location, now she wants my license and took my card with an attitude and told me this would be the last time she will be taking my card with no chip, I could not believe how rude an owner will act towards a paying customer, I cancelled my order and went down to seaplane just 1 minute down the road and paid with my card with no chip without an issue and the food is much better and service I received at seaplane was awesome! Will never visit OV's again very poor customer service and my experience was with the owner. read more

Just down from the Seaplane Diner on Allens Ave in Providence RI sits OVs in a non descript red building/shanty whatever. Id driven past this place literally hundreds of times and never stopped but The GWA asked if i had tried it for breakfast and she raved soooo..one day after a beating at FF son Zvck and i stopped in. Talk about right up our alley. Traditional and non traditional breakfast and lunch fare done very well and for the right price. The staff is very friendly and attentive (ask about the paintings that adorn the walls) the food is solid with some interesting choices. The smothered grits? Wow. A big bowl/platter/dish of grits and chopped bacon and breakfast sausage. Good coffee too. Give the homemade hash a run. read more

Perfect place for a quick, inexpensive, and delicious diner meal! This place is pretty unassuming by the roadside but you only have to walk inside to get a classic diner feel. I grabbed a seat at the counter and ordered the breakfast pot pie (English muffin, corned beef hash, eggs, and sausage gravy with a side of home fries). Fast and friendly service and food was as good as it sounds! Looking forward to making this place my go-to breakfast spot. read more

OV's - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

Delicious food and excellent service. I was nervous based on the reviews but everyone was kind and super helpful. They have a wide variety of foods on their breakfast menu. My mom and I especially enjoyed their blueberry pancakes. It was an amazing little spot. read more

OV's - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

OV's may not be fancy, but holy smokes is it good. The coffee is always hot, servers are always attentive, and the regulars are always happy. I like to come here on weekday mornings and sit at the bar, watching the news and debating current events with the others there. Since OV's opens at five, it's the perfect option for when you wake up too early and your usual place isn't open. Yes, it's tucked away on Allens Ave., but no matter. Make the five-minute drive. This no-fuss diner has amazing omelettes but my current obsession is the breakfast pot pie - two biscuits with gravy and corned beef hash, topped with two eggs and cheese. Oh, and you get their amazing homefries, too. Get a coffee and you're still below ten bucks before tax - not too bad! read more

OV's - Breakfast pot pie! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

I think the people reviewing negatively have wayyyy too high of expectations from a small, family operated breakfast place. If you want food with "more flavor" or "prompt service", go downtown or IHOP where they'll give you shitty food in half the time. OV's is honestly my favorite breakfast place that I've been to in providence. Their pancakes, French toast, and waffles are simply awesome. I don't eat eggs so I have no opinion on them, but people I have gone with have said that their omelets and egg sandwiches are just as good! Also have gone there for lunch but only once or twice...and their burgers are very good. Being from jersey, I'm used to this diner style type of food and OV's does it well!! read more

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I hang out with strippers and eat the best reuben in town. I pine over Armenian sausages and Turkish prisons. I am wedged between a flaming trash pile, a titty bar, a Portuguese cohort, a handsome gangster who likes his eggs runny. I whistle Dixie out of my anus and eat the Loaded Grits. If you are tired of run-ins with everyone you have slept with on the West Side, come on over to OVs. You will meet the nicest hookers in the Lower South. The Brazilian Beetlejuice (an omelet, not a hooker) will cure what ails you after a night drinking warm Gansett under the harvest moon. The service is mediocre, but you knew that. Patience is a virtue. Stop complaining and be a fly on the wall of the best diner in Providence. Also, if you have taste and think Franks Hot Sauce is garbage, Bring Your Own Tabasco. (BYOT) read more

My boyfriend and me have came here twice for breakfast in the last two months. We love it here! Each time I have gotten the Eggs Benedict which has been very satisfying with the loaded up hash. It is perfect to mix all around with my hollandaise sauce and egg yolk. My boyfriend gets the 2 by 2 which comes with pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, and toast. He loves it. It is very reasonably priced too. I recommend trying this place out. It may look a little strange on the outside but this diner is worth it! read more

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Traveled to East Taunton to have my car worked on. They recommended that I go here to wait and enjoy some food. The waitress was very nice, however the restaurant was very outdated and dust was everywhere. I pulled my water bottle out of my backpack to get my charger and this angry man walked up to me and said "You can't have that water bottle in here, put it in your car.". I started to say that I didn't have a car with me because I was having it worked on and what I now believe was the owner said "I don't give a shit where you are from, you can't have that in here.". I let him know that I understand and what could I do but he clearly didn't want me there. My guess is because he didn't know me, as it seemed to be 3 regulars in there. I walked to a nearby gas station and they let me know that they are known for being rude. Once of the customers let me know he would have never suggested that I go there. Wish I knew that before I went! read more

To me, just the perfect place to go and have a great breakfast at a great price. All the coffee I can drink nice and hot and my breakfast is always absolutely perfect. I like my catch-up and my hot sauce on the table if I need extra butter for my pan cakes They're always right there ready to bring it. Just my favorite place to go have a no-frills delicious breakfast. Right off Highway 95 easy off easy on. read more

Wow! I was visiting Providence for the weekend and wanted a diner breakfast before I left and this place did not disappoint! It doesn't look like much from the outside but inside it has that classic movie feel diner. I think I was the only one there who wasn't a regular! The breakfast was delicious and very cheap. Very cozy with friendly staff. Would definitely come again! read more

The food is much better than my last review. This place is a much better choice over the seaplane diner. The seaplane food seems to leave your body within a hour, if you know what I mean. The biggest problem is there hours, they don't open until 7M read more

A great spot for some breakfast after a few drinks the night before. Expectations...easy to tell by the area and the building this ain't the Waldorf Sunday Brunch. But it was perfect for what we were looking for. Quick, friendly, great omelette, rye toast, some decent coffee... it checked l the boxes for a quick and good breakfast on the road. Sorry, no pics. I ate too fast. read more

Very solid and consistent no fuss breakfast, great prices, charming family owned and run. Omelette are especially great... If you go a few times you start to recognize the family which is cute All the food is good, I find myself returning over and over. Always short staffed so don't go if you're in a big rush, food always comes out fast but things like checks/boxes can be a little slower. Go in with chill and patience in your heart and you will be more than satisfied and likely return again and again! read more

Best sausage biscuit and gravy in New England! The gravy itself is delicious and there are pieces of ground sausage in the gravy not just flex. It comes with two sausage patties and a small grilled biscuit. You also get eggs and hashbrowns that I can never touch because I'm too full so I share it. We are always pleased with the friendly service and delicious food. Pro tip: I usually have breakfast then order the chicken souvlakia salad platter to go. read more

This spot looks like a small rinkydink diner straight out of an old movie (in a good way), and man did it deliver! It's always a good sign when it seems everyone there but you is a regular, with the servers knowing everyone's names and even their regular orders. I got the pot pie breakfast, which was basically scrambled eggs and corn beef hash over a biscuit drenched in gravy with home fries. It was so unbelievably delicious, and so was the blueberry muffin I ordered on the side - so soft and perfectly toasted with butter! The coffees were hot and refilled constantly, the staff was friendly, and the food tasted home-cooked. Highly recommend and will definitely come again if I'm back in Providence, RI! read more

Great place to grab breakfast. Eggs with cheese, bacon and French toast is so good here. Waiters are real nice and friendly.

Just tried this for the first time and it was great. Had a London Times omelet (ham, broccoli & cheddar), which is my usual go to omelet. I've come to find that a lot of breakfast joints don't have broccoli, which makes it hard to get what I want a lot. Needless to say it was nice that OV's not only had it but had a name for the omelet itself. Speaking of omelets, they have a page long list full of tasty sounding options (I am definitely going back to try the pulled pork omelet they have on the list btw). I also shared a grilled corn muffin (which I also order at a lot of places) that was very good and one of the better ones I've had recently. Service was quick and extremely friendly, kept our coffee cups nice and full and were helpful to bring over anything extra we needed. All that being said the main reason I gave this place a try (besides all the good yelp reviews of course) was it's convenient location right off I-95. I was heading north towards Providence and needed this to be a quicker stop so I wanted to avoid venturing to far off the highway. That benefit added with a decent amount of parking and the great quality of the food makes OV's a great breakfast spot. read more

OV's - Love the name.. my high school in Vermont had the abbreviation OV. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

OV's is one of 3 in a local family-owned chain that serves traditional American breakfast/lunch food on the cheap. This location is a diner car in a sort of desolate industrial nowhere-ville located within skipping distance of the recycling port and some strip clubs. When I visited, the cook/son of the owner was there, in a chatty mood with the funny servers and had all sorts of interesting things to talk about, including why there was a Johnson and Wales dressed teddy bear in a fancy frame on the wall (the cook's buddy framed his 3 J&W degrees. The teddy bear was proud of his tasty academic achievements). I digress, but you should know about the PANCAKES! Big, fluffy, yummy, fresh, non-greasy, inexpensive good old fashioned pancakes that bonus points for me you can order in increments of 1 pancake, 2 pancakes, 3 pancakes, etc. the assumption being you can order whatever whole number of pancakes you are willing to pay for. These pancakes were bigger, better and fluffier than the cheap good pancakes at IHOP for comparison. Yum. I'll be back for more. read more

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Wow! Really, I can't believe there are no reviews on OV's! This is a breakfast gem unknown by most. If you're looking for good, hearty breakfast in a diner-like atmosphere, look no further! This diner food far surpasses most I've had in Providence. They have pretty much everything on their slightly sloppy and grammatically challenged (they add apostrophes to the "S" everywhere they shouldn't. It drives me crazy! But that's part of the charm. haha) Just simple eggs over easy, homefries and toast are oh-so-satisfying, but their omelet selection is pretty impressive! A few of my menu favorites are the Huevos Rancheros and the Breakfast Burrito with shrimp. Huge portions, totally affordable prices, quick, hard-working and friendly staff. I'm telling you- this blows those other places out of the water! It's small, so expect a wait, especially with a group. But be assured they'll seat you as soon as possible, and try not to go in the height of brunch. Go here. You'll be thanking me later. read more

The service here is absolutely lovely. They are very friendly and accommodating. The place itself doesn't look like much, but I think that's it's appeal. It's sort of divey with a mixture of old portraits, odd animal statues, and witty diner humor. So far the food has been spot on everytime. They perfect poach their eggs, their grits are creamy and filling, and their biscuits are griddles just right. The cat fish special was okay I felt as though the fish was a little dry and the beans tasted like they were bushes baked beans. Those are my only gripes and they are minor. I would suggest forgetting the actual menu and ordering from their specials. They are reasonably priced and serve you a pretty hefty portion. I would recommend this place to anyone that has a jones for consistently good diner food and the perfect hometown ambiance. Don't forget their pancakes too! read more

My go to breakfast spot when I'm in Providence. The food never disappoints. They have so much to choose from and its all good. read more

OV's - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

I love OV's! If there's ever a breakfast place that I just have to go to, its here. I've probably bored all my friends with how much I try to push them all into going with me to eat here. But everyone who does take my advice loves the food. My only concern is the space. There's not a lot of places to sit and pairs need to sit in a big booth since the smaller booths are basically for a single person. read more

Breakfast at OV's can be described in one simple phrase. Hot, Delicious, and plenty of it. If you can interpret their menu that makes 133t$p34k look like Shakespeare, you'll see that they have something along the lines of fourteen thousand different omlette offerings. Every possible comination of things you can imagine wrapped up in eggs is here. I prefer the Rhodekill omelette myself - sausage, bacon, ham, corned beef, and cheese in an omelette. If I wanted, I could get it with egg whites, cuz I'm kind of a health nut. The food is great, but it's not fancy. If you're the type that likes exquisite presentations and all sorts of exotic foodie nonsense - this probably isn't your place. This is a southside diner with great food for neighborhood folks. One warning - OVs is tiny and doesn't have a lot of parking. Even though it's not big with the brunch crowd, it still fills up really fast on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Plan to go early. read more

I stopped in today with some friends after our first day back at school, gonna write this before my nap! Myself and another guy had the Shepard's pie which was the best I've ever had, my friend thought so also. I've eaten there many times over the last few years and today was the best so I thought it's time for a review for a good place. Overall I can't complain, it's a diner, the foods great and the service is above perfect! read more

I don't dig this spot like the rest of humanity. Food just has never been enjoyable to me. Go to Seaplane Diner instead. It's on the same road (mile or so towards Cranston). Much better. read more

Being someone that works in the food industry, I can honestly say that there is something wrong with the customer service and attitude of some of the staff working at OVs. I have heard great things in regards to the quality of food and atmosphere, however this experience is not align with this praise. Me and my friend was seated and waited over 30 minutes to receive food-fine the place was busy and I empathize with having a rush of customers and the kitchen being backed up. However the waitress was not attentive to our table, neglecting to update us on the status of our food. I ordered the Dominican Diva omelette which comes with Cajun shrimp, cheese, and a variety of other toppings. I asked the waitress to have just cheese and shrimp which she replied that it was possible. When the bill came it was charged at 10.98 instead of 8.95 which was indicated on the menu. The itemized receipt indicated that it was a make your own and when I inquired the waitress replied- that woman is the owner and since you took those things out we gave your ten shrimps instead of the 3 that comes in the omelette. She said there's nothing she can do. I just do not understand why an up charge would be given if that is not what I asked for or was not told would happen. The owner than yelled in the back rudely in response to my concern. I will not be back due to the lack of care in this place and common curtesy. read more

A bit out of the way... But a fantastic breakfast. Old school diner decor... Trinkets and articles adorn the walls. So far everything I have had has been fantastic. Pancakes are hearty. Bacon is tasty and crisp. Standard home fries were cooked and seasoned well. Service can be spotty, but it's a small place that gets VERY busy. The end result of a potential wait is a huge breakfast for short money. That's fine by me. read more

Loved this place. I've never imagined liking corn beef hash. One of my friends turned me on to it. Now I can't get enough. And the staff is nice. Feels real homey. It will have to be my new Prairie Diner. read more