Best chicken parm I've ever had! They have a nice selection on the menu of various types of food. The spinach dip is probably my favorite. Love the place. Love the people. Would recommend. read more

I love Jersey diner food. Problem is they are all not the best. The Rainbow Diner in Brick though is one of the best. Always very good consistent great tasting food and service. Every time I come back to Jersey I always Make it a point to stop and have a great and very satisfying meal at the Rainbow. Oh and if you go you got to try a Pizza Burger. All NJ diners have it in their menus but the Rainbow's pizza burger is the best. read more

I agree with with the huge portions here. And many of the specials Include salad, soup and selected desert. And prices are very reasonable. The past couple times I ordered the seafood combination. I must say the seafood was better here than many seafood establishments. I was amazed. The only negative we're the side vegetables. I think they were from a can. Wait staff can be hit or miss but for the price and huge portions along with the quality of most items it can't be beat. read more

Went there for breakfast yesterday morning. I was surprised to see they did not have eggs Benedict on the menu, so I asked our waiter and said they do have them. The order came with 3 eggs Benedict and a huge portion of hash browns. Very, very good! The thing we didn't realize is that we left an envelope full of money on the table. Our waiter Carlos handed in the envelope to management and they waited for us to call. Since we did not call, they reached out to Brick PD. Fast forward an hour... the door bell rings and there is Officer Chris with the envelope. He tracked us down through the store receipts, in the envelope with the money, that had the shopper # on it. The look on our faces, seeing the envelope, was priceless. Way to go Officer Chris and Carlos for stand up jobs. Rainbow Diner has great food and great staff. We'll be back. read more

Good food, good service, actually plenty of food. Reasonable price. Free cookie :) big smiles for me.

I am surprises by the bad reviews. I'm glad I didn't read before going. I went because it was open at 2 am. I had no expectations. The service was great and so was the food. I have only been once but I'll be going back. Good diners are hard to find but greek owned usually makes for yummy diner food. read more

Two huge problems. First, Manager not flexible with swapping vegetables. Requested Broccoli for Cabbage or Glazed Carrots. Was told there was none. Offered Cole Slaw (if I hate cabbage, not wanting Cole Slaw) or Apple Sauce. REALLY, apple sauce as a vegetable for an adult! Then said he would have to charge me $4 for an equivalent order of broccoli. Contradicted availability of broccoli. Blamed policy on the owner. Certainly a true manager could have accommodated my request. Went to men's room to wash my hands, one of the employees came out without washing his hands as evidenced by the lack of water and bubbles in the sink. Tested it out myself on both sinks. Hope he wasn't my food preparer! read more

Terrible. The orange juice was good. Service, and all the food was not so good. Our waitress looked like she was either high or just delusional. I'll probably never go back. Loved this joint as a kid but it's obviously gone downhill since the 10 fires the place has had. read more

Excellent service. DELICIOUS food. So many great options. Huge servings. I can't imagine going to any other diner when this place has it all. I really feel like so much consideration goes into every detail of my dining experience. read more

We have been eating here for years, and have always had great food and service, until tonight. Tonight was the worse service we have ever had. The waitress was abrupt, food practically thrown on the table. The waitress was moved to another section, so no one came back to check on our table. We were finally able to get the waitresses attention to get the check. While paying the bill, we complained. The woman cashing us out was very rude, cold and also abrupt. Apparently she did not care about what we had to say. It will be a long time before we return. read more

Don't come here late nite to long wait food not good , not enough help unless this is a new owners ??

My girlfriend and I came here for a quick sandwich. She ordered a blt. She got 4 slices of bacon, 2 inches of lettuce, and 2 tomatoes. Cost? $7.95. This place is a total rip off. The owner is rude, and after all this they added $5.00 to the bill since I didn't order anything. Needless to say, we walked out, never to return. Stay away from this place at all costs. Due to yelp's review filter, you probably wont see this. It's a shame yelp is not letting people be warned about terrible businesses to protect them from honest reporting. This pretty much destroys yelps credibility, and wastes all of our time. read more

What happened?? I used to rave about the quality of food, portion size and service at the Rainbow. However, we visited twice in the last month and were very disappointed in our experience. Once was my wife and I and the second time included 2 friends. I assumed the first time was a bad day so I did not worry about the second trip. Big mistake! It was Sunday 12/2 around 5:00 pm and we were pleasantly seated without issue. Almost all the servers were very young (high school age?) and inexperienced. They were very nice but were horrible waiters. Wrong details on orders, 3 time requests to refill beverages, missed items, served instead of a take home dessert as requested, etc. (Felt sorry for them and they got a good tip anyway). So much for the good stuff. The food sucked. The Onion soup was watery and cold. The onion rings ordered for the table were obviously out of a frozen package, were tasteless and had no texture at all. French Fries were too cold to eat and were left on the plate. The Chicken stir fry was greasy. My Yankee Pot Roast was dry and tasteless. The chocolate pudding was watery (powder mix?) and the Rice Pudding was bland. Table next to ours was served cold Turkey soup that the patron said was "congealed". They sent it back and had to ask for the replacement twice. As my wife was paying she casually asked if "something had changed in the past several months, like the owners or chef?" What was interesting is the man took her money and did not even bother to ask why she wanted to know. All he said was "no" and put the money in the till. Well I hope 2 lousy trips here does not predict the future. I think it may be time for the professional reviewers to "check again". read more

This place is a good, no frills, true diner. We go often for dinner and there has almost never been a wait. The place is clean and nice, service is fast and friendly, the menu is quite extensive to satisfy even a very picky eater like my wife, and prices are quite reasonable except for sodas (drink water with lemon - is better for you anyway). I like how waiters always accommodate your meal choices and easily swap or switch items as you request. I've seen a lot of people (especially older ones) have full blown dinners of steaks or chicken with all the fixings as if this place was a high end restaurant. There is definitely something there for everyone. Bone appetite... read more

Great diner food. Lots of choices in there menus. Comparing to all the diners in a 25 mile ratios this is definitely top 3 in my book.

Rainbow Diner is one of the worst Diner I have ever seen. I would have seen better food at a iHop and a McDonalds. The stupid angry "greek" mexican jew would not give me my f****** change! The Disco Fries and Greek Burger were okay. But the choclate cake did not have enough f****** Chocolate on it. I heard from others that Rainbow Diner has gone just as downhill as Verizon's Customer Serivce. I assume this is true since everyone I saw in the Rainbow Diner was complaining that all of the food sucked. The main courses I ordered were not as bad as the other items. read more

Went for breakfast. A friend with medical issues ordered an omelette, instead of potatoes and toast asked for fresh fruit. She was told, no substitutions and the charge would be an additional $5.95. She said that ok, I said I'd ask to speak to the manager. So when her food came the plate was gross, greasy, pieces of onion and potatoes and the omelette slapped on top, so they evidently scraped off the potatoes. GROSS.. never going back read more

This was my favorite diner with huge portions, great food and fast service. Yesterday was my last visit. Slow service, bland food and a manager who didn't take my concerns into account. Has changed drastically over the last 2 months. Don't waste your money here. read more

I have been going here most of my life. Tonight was the final straw. I ordered spanikopita which came with a small Greek salad and a small cup of soup. The spanikopita was BURNED. The spinach was wet and disgusting. It took the waitress ten minutes to get to the table. During this time I ate the soup and SMALL salad. She took back the spanikopita and said she would replace it. The receptionist woman comes over and said the spanikopita was entirely burned and they could not replace my meal. They said they would only charge me for a soup and salad. THE THING IS the small soup and salad was somehow MORE EXPENSIVE than the entire spanikopita meal! They said "well you ate the soup and salad so we must charge you." In what universe is a small cup of soup and SMALL side Greek salad the same price as a full meal! I was shaking I was so upset because they gave me attitude and I hate confrontation. I paid the $13 and said they lost a customer. They clearly didn't care. DO NOT EAT HERE. They are not nice people at all and the food is clearly not good because she admitted to serving burned food anyway. read more

We went here for dinner on our way home from shopping i had a broccoli cheddar omelet the food was fine but the service stank my wife and I were seated at a table with one place setting that my wife had, neither the guy who sat us there nor the waiter and his waitress trainee nor the manager who passed by our table a few times noticed i was lacking a setting when the food arrived it was still not noticed until my wife mentioned it then a setting was grabbed from a nearby table and place by my seat while i held the hot plate no apology at all, I am in the service industry and this is not a simple oversight but rather a lack of caring about ones customers. read more

Can't really ruin diner food. The service however is terrible. Was getting an omelet and asked what type of potatoes it came with ( sliced, hash, cubed etc.) the waitress proceeded to look at me dumb founded and respond with "THERE POTATOES" so I replied yes I'm aware but how are they cooked like what type? And same response. At that point I was so annoyed with such a nasty woman and response I said just accepted the fact she wasn't understanding read more

Nothing special. Nothing insanely yummy on the menu. Service is just mediocre and the prices are eh. But it's your average diner and will certainly suit if you're hungry. read more

It's not what we found in the food that was so distressing (and believe me, no one wants to know what it is, we even took a picture because it was so disgusting) it's the way it was handled that had me shocked. the waitress asked us if we wanted another one - and at this point we wanted nothing else from the kitchen. we tried to be discreet about the whole situation since we didn't want to alarm other diners in the restaurant and cause a scene, but other than an apology from the waitress, nothing further was done to try to remedy the situation. they brought us our check, which i honestly thought was incredibly ballsy of them considering what had been served us. we promptly brought it up to the manager, and he reluctantly, without an apology or any kind of explanation, only took off the food item where the "thing" was found and proceeded to charge us otherwise. this is not the way to handle your customers, rainbow diner. read more

Will never go back. Waitress was nasty when i simply asked for a side salad instead of fries that came with my meal and she right away said no so i thought she was joking. She brought no bread to table or crackers with soup. When i got bill she had the nerve to charge $4 for a stupid lil salad. I complained up front to owner and he huffed and puffed cause he didnt wanna have to adjust bill which he never did. Then when i proceeded to ladies room waitresses were on floor complaining about customers. This place is poorly run and very unprifessional! I suggest you get new management before you lose bussinesd read more

The people that work here are some of the nastiest people ever. I'm pretty sure the staff is tenure though so I guess that's why they feel they don't have to be courteous. The food is of course diner food but it's really the waiters and waitresses that make the experience horrible. Also, they up charge for EVERYTHING. I only go here for convenience usually but I try my best to stay away. read more

Everything is great! Great staff, great food, great atmosphere!!!!! LOVE IT!!! Awesome HUGE burgers, pancakes and entrees.. Cant beat it!

This diner became a staple for my family and many others in Brick back in the day. As a kid, it was always our go-to restaurant for any occasion for many years. The portions sizes were amazing compared to the prices and the food/service always made us feel welcome (although I'm glad now they removed the smoking/nonsmoking sections.) Now as an adult, I cant tell if the original charm of the place has faded due to nostalgia or how the business has changed. The portions seem smaller although the prices are mostly the same. I was VERY disappointed with their chicken park dinner. When I cut the cutlet the meat looked like it was a combination of assorted chicken meat than a fresh slab of chicken. Its the little things that make a diner stick out and sadly, for me, the charm isn't there anymore. The food is average, service is either good or average, and its still a good diner nonetheless but not the place I would go to for the best diner experience in Brick. read more

Horrible horrible attitudes there! My friend and I stopped in because I have always had a nice meal in the past at this diner. Every two minutes the waiter came up and said "are you ready yet, are you ready yet?" in his broken English! I had gone to the ladies room and just sat down and not even opened my menu and he was there again..."are you ready yet?" When I was finally was ready to order, I asked him nicely how the pastrami looked. I couldn't understand him completely but I did get the word "its regular." I repeated... I just wanted to know if it was fatty or not today. He walked away and came back from the kitchen with a cook who proceeded to bang down a saucer with two slices of pastrami on it in front of me. The cook said "here you try you try!" I said "wow it does look good I'm sure it will be fine" then he felt the need to pick it up and bang it down again! Needless to say I stood up after I banged the plate one more time and said "I will not be eating here ever again and we walked out. Never again Will I set foot in that diner again!! read more

Went for dinner with Mom and my 2 kids tonight. I had a corned-beef reuben, the kids had hot dogs from the kids menu and my Mom had chicken Souvlaki. The plates came loaded with food, no skimping on serving size here. The corned beef was delicious, but there was no Russian dressing on my reuben. My mom enjoyed her food, but the server didn't bring out the tzatziki sauce until she asked for it, though it was included on the menu. The kids were turned off by their hot dogs because the brand they use has thick skin on it and my kids aren't used to that. Also, they served the hot dogs on large hamburger rolls (?) so it was awkward for the kids. Our server leaned over the table at one point and the bottom of her tie dipped into my mom's cup of greek dressing which came with her salad. Awkward! The poor girl didn't notice it happened until we pointed it out to her. Then she didn't bring us a new cup of dressing until we asked for it the next time she came back to the table. Overall, not the best experience I've had at the Rainbow. read more

Last time we went here the waiter used his hands to put bacon on our dish. This visit there was some white mushy stuff in my coffee. The management and waitress were unconcerned. They accused us of putting something in our coffee. No apology given. Gave our coffee money back after complaint to 3 people. No other restitution. And now we can wait to see if we get sick. Would not. recommend nor return to diner ever. read more

This place used to be my favorite for greek food but I always get the worst service I have ever had in the food service industry so I stopped going. The servers are all rude. Forget about the customer always being right...they will argue tooth and nail that you are wrong. The managers get involved and always take the servers side. One time I asked for a side of sauce for my meal and they said we had enough to share at the table. I argued with the server that I wanted my own side of sauce and he brought it out with an attitude and charged me $4 PER side of sauce. Then the manager argued with me that he deserved a tip. Sorry, not tipping someone who can't even do their job... take food orders and bring it to the table. Worst dinning out experience of my life. read more

Our server was nasty, kept rolling her eyes and got mad because the person I was with didn't eat. I ordered pancakes and they were by far the driest pancakes I've ever eaten. The Brick Diner is the way to go.... and it's literally right across the street. read more

I have been dining at the Rainbow Diner since I was a small child. It has been a more frequent place for me and my friends for the past four years. I have always loved their food, decor, and service. Within the last two years they have slowly gone downhill. One week ago a friend and I had gone there for lunch and waited a good hour or so(we ordered chicken fingers and a burger) for our food. They also weren't busy. While waiting for our food the people at the table next to us had a child that was roaming around the restaurant, throwing plates off of their table and breaking them, standing in the walk way between dining rooms kicking and punching in the air, and he almost hit two waiters in the legs and neither his mother nor the management did anything about it. As the people started to leave this women's child stood in the walkway once more directly making eye contact with my friend and I and started to spit on the floor. Once again the wait staff and management did nothing about it. Four of my friends and I decided to go back last night for dinner, bad choice. They had been packed so I was expecting that we had to wait awhile for our food, but not an hour and 15 minutes. The waitress kept refilling everyone's drink besides my coffee after I had nicely asked her 3 times within an hour. She refilled my coffee as we got our check. At one point my friend had to ask repeatedly for a water refill. My friend had ordered banana pancakes. The last time she had ordered them they had banana slices on top not fried into the center of them. The bananas were slightly burnt and the inside of the pancakes practically were still liquid. I ordered a chicken cesar wrap with mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes had obviously been made by a powdered mix and the bottom of the mashed potatoes were hard almost as if they had been stuck to the bottom of a pot. My chicken cesar wrap was terrible. The chicken was cold (defiantly not at the temperature it should be served at). The first half of my wrap, the bottom was drenched in dressing and the top had no dressing at all, the other half had no dressing on it whatsoever. My other friend ordered something with a side of bacon and a side of toast which came out roughly 15 minutes after our actual food. When we questioned her about the banana pancakes she replied with "you need to request them to be made that way". My friend kindly told her she was not eating them and showed her it was barely cooked. To which she replied with an attitude "well I guess I'll take the pancakes off of your receipt then." Upon receiving the check, even though she took off the banana pancakes, she charged us $7.65 for my friends add on of bacon. For those of you who don't know, when you order breakfast with bacon or a side of eggs, the TOTAL of that dish is supposed to be $7.65 not an extra $7.65. When we looked for the owner to tell him about our dilemma's he was no where to be found. So to say the least, go to the rainbow diner at your own risk. Extra charges, long waits, incorrectly made dishes, and poor service may occur. read more

Had a very disappointing experience here today. Started with ordering a cup of coffee for myself & my mom. Waitress said "you'll have to wait, there's no coffee ready" I should have left. Ordered a bacon cheeseburger, & only the burger comes out. Waitress tells me the bacon will be right out. I'm waiting, my burger is getting cold, I asked the waitress if the bacon was coming... "oh yea, they had to cook a fresh batch" She comes out with a plate of partially cooked bacon, shows it to me & asks if this is ok; I asked for it to be fully cooked. Now the burger is getting cold and I'm still waiting for the coleslaw as well (she forgot that too). After eating, I brought check to cashier, he asked "how was everything?" I let him know I was irritated about how the meal was brought out... he laughed. Yup, he laughed. I told him that he should ask the manager to come out. At this point I should have walked away.... I thought I would share my feedback, respectfully, with the "manager". That never happened. The "manager" was not interested in what I had to tell him. He was the most disrespectful person I have met, rude & speaking over me as I was trying to share with him the experience I had. I will not be going back to Rainbow Diner for another serving of ignorance. I now know why the waitress & cashier failed at service to the customer... it starts at the top For every customer complaint there are at least 26 others that have remained silent It cost 6-7 times more to acquire a new customer than to retain an existing one A dissatisfied customer will tell between 9-15 people about their experience read more

Let me start by saying that I have been here multiple occasions. I guess we were hoping to at some point get a better meal. The prices are high, probably because the portions are 4x the correct amount for a normal to large person. The staff was rude to the point of yelling at me for being upset that they charged $1 extra for a slice or two of tomato and not letting me know of the upcharge. The food isn't even worth the price they charge based on the taste. It is average to below average. Our napkins were given to us wet and dirty, and the one knife was dirty. We are done with this place. Unacceptable. read more

This is one of the best diners in the Bronx it's small and everyone is very sweet it's quick and easy and so good!!

Worst 1st experience ever. The customer service was horrible. The food wasn't bad, but for the price it wasn't worth it. I want to give the waitress the benefit of the doubt, since everyone has a bad day, but her service was a 2 out of 10 at best. Will not be going back. Would not recommend. read more

As diners go Rainbow is the best. I've never had a bad meal in many, many visits. The food is always prepared just right. The wait staff is efficient and pleasant. Rainbow was recently spruced up and looks good. read more

the worst coffee I have had in any diner,weak and flavorless.I had a Spanish omlette with "creole sauce" which was brown gravy with two inch pieces of celery and onion.My wife had scrambled eggs and ham,both meals were lousy and pricey.There are other options in the area read more

Just met friends for lunch and was very surprised by the quality of the food. Hubby had the prime rib and it was awesome. Came with mushrooms and onion rings with a choice of soup or salad, choice of a veggie and potato. All items were excellent and the prime rib, so surprised was excellent. I had the Cuban panini and it wasn't all thick bread like typical paninis, with ham, Swiss and pickles. It came with cole slaw too which was excellent. And French fries. Waiter was fine, I know other reviews complained about the service but no complaints here. As I said, very surprised and pleased with the quality of the steak and the price too. Definitely will go back!!! read more