Stopped in on a whim for breakfast with my daughters and have always felt that nothing beats a diner breakfast. However, our experience at Phoenix Diner was disappointing. The pancakes had absolutely "NO" flavor! The syrup was gooey, had "NO" flavor and was not sweet. The French Toast was burnt in spots. The scrapple I ordered tasted like "EVERYTHING" else fried in the same oil. I was given a choice when I ordered a side of bacon. Regular or crispy. Should've known better. I went with regular, but it came so crispy that it was breaking into pieces just by picking it up. So I sent it back for regular. Not a good choice. That came back so greasy, that the saucer had a bed of bacon grease. Horrible! Being a caterer and restaurant owner, I admit that I do not like bad reviews, but it is all a learning experience and you cannot please everyone. My advice to the cook, preppers and owner...caring about what goes on in the kitchen before sending it out to the customer, will provide a better dining experience and less negative reviews. It is always room for improvement. read more

Very clean place including the bathrooms. the food was fantastic good size portions great prices. I recommend a waffles and the mexican breakfast the number 9. read more

Phoenix Diner - Nice place - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Absecon, New Jersey

For the money that we spend and food quality we got it is not forth it. Booths need to be updated. Waitress was ok. I'm very suprised there are so limited places for breakfast in the neighborhood. read more

17 and change for two of the worst eggs sandwiches I've ever had in my life. The nerve and charge a dollar extra for a microwave bagel. No wonder why no one goes here. And get an attitude when you ask how much. Just awful way overpriced food never paid almost 20 dollars for small disgusting egg sandwiches really how do you mess up breakfast so bad. read more

Very clean and pleasant environment. Food was awesome and service was exceptional. Seated right away. Fantastic experience! read more

Phoenix Diner - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Absecon, New Jersey

I stayed at the holiday inn express in Absecon Nj since it's close to Atlantic City. Stopped at the Phoenix diner at 12am for a late night meal. Definitely a nice place if you want comfort food., diner was clean and acceptable parking. read more

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Stopped in at dinner time; 5-5:15pm. Not busy at all, maybe a handful of customers. Took a few minutes to be seated. Once seated my experience was pleasant. Waitress immediately took the drink order & the food came out quickly. I ordered the stuffed cabbage which was phenomal & was two large cabbages which was a surprise. Also ordered a baked potato and brussel sprouts. The dinner came with a soup, salad & dessert. Overall a good experience. read more

This diner was great! On our way home from the casino we stopped in for breakfast. The place was clean, the people were very friendly, and our waiter was amazing. I do not remember his name, but omg! Probably one of the best waiters I have ever had. Oh, and the breakfast was great. Definitely will be back for sure! read more

The food was fantastic and the service by Denise was spectacular! Try the crabby eggs Benedict!

Excellent food and great service. If you leave there hungry it's your own fault!! Plenty of food well worth the money!! The waitress was very friendly and very fast. She kept our glasses full and she came to the table often making sure everything was ok. I will return here. The food is delicious. I ordered a fat Greek which is a roll up with gyro meat, chicken fingers, lettuce, tomatoes, and gyro sauce (not sure how to spell it). And French fries....I was stuffed!!! read more

Bacon had no flavor resembled rubber, pancakes came almost burnt, toast was burnt and syrup was like a stringy texture...probably the worst diner I personally have been too read more

Place was not cleaned, they are sitting people next to each other not doing social distancing, The Waitress was rude and was on her phone 90% of the time, read more

Phoenix Diner is everything a Jersey diner should be: cheap, cheesey, and open 24 hours. The location is perfect for those of us needing a pick-me-up after a night in the city, which I have frequently done. It's also very close to boyfriend's house so this is the diner we end up at for all of our breakfast and 2am coffee needs...so much better than Galloway. The food is your typical diner food. The menu is literally the same menu that's presented in every other diner around here. What impresses me about Phoenix is their breakfasts. Typically, I've found diner breakfasts to be very bland at best, and tasteless at worst. Not so with Phoenix. I had a huge Golfers Omlette yesterday (turkey, bacon, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese), and I could taste every single ingredient. They used an ample amount of bacon and cheese, which I was honestly suprised to see. Boyfriend had some kind of omlette with bacon and sausage...I don't care for sausage, but he literally ate EVERYTHING, home fries and toast included. He also ate my leftovers for lunch. I appreciate that they actually put onions in their home fries, it's not just a slab of potatoes on your plate. Their coffee is also very good for being diner coffee. The decor is what you see at every other diner. Obviously not the place for fine dining but it certainly serves its purpose. I've had some slammin' grilled cheeses here. The one complaint I have about Phoenix is the service can be super spotty. I've come here and had a great server who was friendly, prompt, and knowledgable...and then I"ve come here and had rude servers who act like they can't be bothered. The first time boyfriend and I came here together, it was around 1am and we just wanted to sit and have some coffee. This is a COMMON practice in a NJ diner, however the waitress acted like we were doing her some kind of disservice by lingering. She actually brought the check after our second cups of coffee, despite the fact that we had not asked for it, nor did we WANT it just yet. Boyfriend had actually planned on ordering some food, but she had pretty much infuriated him with that thoughtless gesture. It's not like we weren't paying for our coffee refills, and it certainly wasn't like the place was mobbed and she was busy with other tables. Just rude. She could've made a decent amount of money off of us had she done her job correctly, but instead she got a $1 on a $4 bill. Her problem! Look, if you're going to a diner, you need to be conscious of the fact that you don't order off of the "Dinners" section of the menu. Generally you want to stick to something that is either breakfast or comes between two pieces of bread. Diner conniseurs know this, and we happily abide by the laws of diner...dining. This is a clean, convenient, and inviting establishment. If you stick to the rules, you will have an enjoyable experience at Phoenix Diner. read more

This diner was awesome. Good quality food with awesome customer service. Stopped by in our way back from Atlantic City! Next time I think I'll drive out here for the breakfast rather than pay $20 for some Runny eggs and prewarmed bacon at the hotel we stayed at. Definitely not worth the price there. But here price is right for the money. Couldn't ask for more. Thank you. read more

Great food and great service. The woman at the register was amazing. I will absolutely be eating here over and over again!!!! I am new at writing these reviews but I will be doing one at each place we eat. The food portions were awesome and the servers seemed to really love their jobs. Try their French toast its to die for !!!!!! We didn't get a chance to eat the desserts because we went for breakfast but I will be trying some next time! We will be making this our go to breakfast spot. read more

Nothing special but decent diner food. Had the broiled seafood platter with stuffed shrimp, clam, flounder and mushroom. The stuffing was the same through the whole dish and was made with imitation crab (which I expect for a diner no issues there), it was just that there was so much stuffing on the platter it was about another meal when I took it off the top. Meal came with the standard choice of soup, bread and a side. The desserts and baked goods is always the best part of a diner as was the story here. Banana cream pie, do it. read more

-Good food -Spotty service After our Phish Halloween extravaganza we headed home and decided to take route 30 instead of the AC expressway. All being cranky and tired this diner was the first to appear and we jumped at the chance. It seemed so promising as we walked in, the hostess was on her shit and seated us right away. The place looked hoppin, all tables pretty well filled and waitresses scurrying about. We sat down and placed our drink orders, from this point on it pretty much all went downhill. Our waitress filled our coffee order and then disappeared for awhile. Came back about 10 minutes later to take food orders...various omelettes and other breakfast items were ordered. About 15 minutes went by and no food, no coffee refills...but another table seated after us got their food and with that our waitress said ours was coming. So we continued to sit and I decided to serve us some coffee. No one even noticed what I was doing until I had the pot and poured 2 cups, then I had 3 waitresses hovering trying to take the pot away. I get it, probably a liability but if anyone was around to serve it to us I wouldn't have had to do that. There were tons of busboys around, have them serve coffee if you guys can't keep up. Food finally comes. my omelette was great, it was a cheesesteak omelette and it pretty much consisted of all the items of a cheesesteak, thinly sliced beef, weird white cheese, and onions. It was deeelish. Husband got the chili omelette which they left the chili out of womp womp, a friend got corned beef has which looked canned, other friend got eggs and an order of fried mushrooms (which I've never seen before random but were perfectly fried and delicious). Check came, $42 and change, we tipped and left. The food was on point for the most part, our waitress was very sweet but overwhelmed--we're not sure if it was the time change or what but service was def lacking. I would go back here tho for the food cuz that was worth it. read more

Great hearty omlettes! love this place!!! Really friendly and amazing food!

Terrible service. Me and a group of 4 decided to stop here in the afternoon for a bite on our way out of AC. The food took a long time to come out and was barely warm for many of us. Not once did our waitress come around to ask us how our food was or offer refills. It began getting comical when I noticed NONE of the food brought out to the tables around us was steaming or appeared warm. Finalizing our visit, the waitress never offered us the check and didn't even bother to print it out after walking up to her and asking for the second time. I'm never coming back. I posted a 2 star rating because the food looked to be pretty good if it came out warm. read more

Service was friendly. Food came out quickly, but toast was burned, eggs were cold. Pancakes and farmer's omelet were the only high points. Can't recommend. read more

We were a party of 11 and the hostess seated us a 2 different tables. We have eaten here several times before (only because the location is convenient for us all to meet) and have always sat together with tables pushed together. I asked the hostess twice if we could sit together and she said no they could not do that. I was polite the first 2 times I asked but then on the third time when the room was still empty and could accommodate us I asked for a manager. I believe her name was Roe and she said she was the manager. She refused to allow us to sit together. I would have walked out right then but it was my moms birthday and didn't want to make her more upset. We will NEVER go back. Besides the awful customer service from the hostess the food is mediocre at best. Our waitress was very nice but apparently afraid of the mean hostess. I understand it is more difficult to accommodate large parties- we worked in a restaurant at the beach for 15 years and had the rush after Mass to deal with too. We were far busier than this place but the customers always came first. Shame on you! We came from Mass your "rush" never came. No wonder! read more

Worst breakfast sandwich I have ever had. Burnt bagel and dry home-fries. Over priced and slow service. Forgot my drink and hot sauce. Avoid at all cost. read more

Perfect after a late night of dancing and gambling. Huge menu with plenty of options and it was very affordable. The staff was really accommodating and we were able to get in our party of ten within 15 minutes. My only recommendation would be to add a chicken and waffle meal in the breakfast section. read more

Very good diner! I get a Farmer's Omelette every time I came here and it's been delicious. Prices are good and quantities are huge. If you've had a rough night in AC, don't go to Dunkin or any other breakfast place down there to get ripped off.. Just stop here off of the expressway and enjoy a great meal to ease the hangover. Last time we went, they even had Fat Sandwiches which is obviously gross after thinking about what you ate, but the most perfect comfort food. No complaints - What I want in a diner! read more

Cleanest freshest diner with great food. Great staff. Pastry to die for Love it every time

I was at this diner once about a year ago and had promised myself never to return! Today, over a year later, my husband and I decide to get lunch here on our way home from the casinos! We decided to give them a second chance! Unfortunately we where quickly reminded why we shouldn't have stopped there! Poor service and lousy food! I don't expect gourmet food from a diner but I do expect edible foods and a more friendly waiter! read more

Good diner with good diner food. Its in the armpit of absecon so dont expect all the high class ghetto glamour of an atlantic city buffet at this place. I ordered my go to diner meal- hot open turkey. Believe me it was great. Came with fries and applesauce- my choices over mixed veg-gag or baked zuchini with tomato sauce-gag gag. Remember its a diner. Most diners are the unloved stepchild of the restaurant world and wish they could be real classy food joints but its never gonna happen. Dont order italian food at a diner or seafood. Order breakfast type stuff, grilled cheesey things or hot open turkey or roast beef. That shit is impossible to mess up and u will leave happy and really full . The turkey is on point in this place- ask for a side of cranberry to go with it and get all thanksgivingy for $11.95- comes with soup- again always order chicken noodle- thats diner 101- thats the go to soup at any diner in nj. So give it a try and dont bust the waitresses balls- they probably are one step away from going into the porn business and at the end of their rope havin to serve your broke casino goin self turkey at 2am on a saturday night. read more

What a great diner experience. Waitress was terrific. Food was very tasty and great value. One of the few diners that gives you soup and salad with dinner. Also don't leave without getting their home baked desserts. read more

Good diner close to AC, food is average, service good, a little bit pricey for breakfast specials.

Delightful find in Absecon. Was here on business and tried it out. Classic old-school diner with all the usual options but also several healthy items as well as some classic Greek entrees. Down home service and good prices. read more

Great spot for a bite to eat before heading home from Atlantic City. Had breakfast here and everything was fresh and tasty. Also noticed how clean and organized everything is here. Staff were great. Prices very low too. $8.00 for breakfast. Excellent spot to check out for a quick bite. read more

My friends and I went here for a weeknight dinner and it was very tasty. Service was good (we had something missing from our order and they fixed it quickly) and friendly. Portion sizes were kind of HUGE. I got one of their wraps and it was so stuffed full that it was hard to keep it together. Messy but delicious. read more

Not too shabby. Interesting decor. Fast and friendly service.

Whenever I need to eat quick, this is the place I go! The food comes out so fast, which is amazing if you're starving. I've never had a disappointing meal here. I love the large menu, it suits my random cravings. Not only do they serve breakfast and lunch, but they also have pastries for dessert. I was there yesterday and writing this review is influencing me to make a pit-stop at the Phoenix Diner after work today :-) read more

Server was friendly, coffee was hot, but a single cooked egg was $3.75????? No potato, no toast, still full price. I also ordered the fruit salad, which came out on a very impressive plate, but half of it was under ripe and half was over ripe. Mushy strawberries and an over priced undercooked egg... Maybe I should have stuck with pancakes. read more

Really good food and the service is great. I usually go for a dinner special. Be warned, it is a boatload of food. Really haven't had a dish I didn't like. Dessert here is king. read more

Excellent diner right outside of Atlantic City. We stopped here on our way home and I had french toast with bacon. It was delicious. Great food and great staff... Prices are good and the menu is huge. read more

This place is so bad. The hostess is rude and disrespectful to guest, and our server wasn't friendly and she acted like she didn't want to be there. The food was cold and not cooked well at all. I work in a restaurant. I will never come back here. read more

Great service, great food, great staff, big portions, clean. 110% recommend! Stephanie and Veronica went above and beyond, great employees!!

This was our second visit, to the Phoenix Diner, this time at lunchtime. Lunchtime wasn't as fun as our first visit which was late at night. The hostess and waitress were lively and eager to please, late at night. The lunchtime waiter was efficient and got our order right. But the lunchtime hostess was a bit aloof and not too warm. She made me feel sorry that I asked her a question, about a menu item, on my way out. Late at night, they gave us rolls and butter, while we waited for our order. Not so, at lunchtime. I will not go back to the Phoenix Diner very soon, especially at lunchtime. read more