I have always wanted to eat here when I lived in shadyside because it looks adorable. I went one day after class with my friends and I ordered a bagel breakfast sandwich it was ok nothing special. I would come back and try something else on the menu next time. The service was good and fast. It's a cash only restaurant which can be inconvenient but there is a atm inside. read more

Ritter's Diner - Cute little jukebox! - Diners Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Proabably the worst dinner I have been to, but my experience wasn't completely terrible. The recipes were incredibly easy and made with cheap ingredients; you can honestly make better food at your house. The food was cheap and waiters were kind but the diner had the most unsatisfactory food I have had at a diner. Not to mention that my silverware was dirty and I had a stomachache the rest of the day. read more

Terrible, slow service. Waited 50 minutes for food to come...in a diner...before we decided to leave. We will never patronize this place again. read more

I'm kind of upset that it took me this long to discover Ritters Diner. My parents had told me about it, but as I'm getting ready to leave Pittsburgh, I finally dined here. Perhaps the best thing about it is the hours. It's hard to find restaurants in Pittsburgh that are open until the wee hours of the morning. I ordered a bacon cheesburger with fries which were delicious. The restaurant is rather old-fashioned with the booths, but very clean. My friend ordered mozzarella sticks. It was the perfect meal and very quick. Just make sure that you have cash on you. read more

Great diner! Visited while in the area. MASSIVE menu. Our group came at lunch and seated right away. We had a spinach omelette breakfast, a turkey club (real turkey not lunch meat), and the Salisbury steak dinner. With sodas and coffee thr total was $29. They only take cash but have an atm inside. Service was a bit slow and we didn't get refills but our waitress seemed to be extremely busy read more

I will always love this place, mostly because it is one of the few places open 24 hours a day where I can always get a bacon cheeseburger regardless of the hour. The price is always right, too. Highly recommended! Cash only but they do have an ATM inside. If you need separate checks be sure to mention it up front, though. Our waitress was a tad rude when we asked her to split the cost at the register because she had already added it up and when she gave us change didn't even give us small bills. I might have cared more if the food wasn't always so delicious. read more

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I don't know how it took me so long to post a Ritters review. One of few diners in Pittsburgh to begin with and my personal favorite. Exactly what you want in a diner. read more

A little overhyped as far as I'm concerned. It's not the cleanest place and the service is average at best. Food is pretty greasy, but not all that bad. Would revisit, but wouldn't be my first choice. read more

Delicious Greek food and a whole bunch of diner classics. The Greek lemon soup is absolutely delicious and I had a Greek feta cheese omelette. Many breakfast options and a good lunch and dinner menu. read more

Ritter's is a classic diner. They cook really good breakfasts and I love their milkshakes. They feature good hash browns, omelettes, and eggs cooked any way you like them. It's fun to sit in the booths or at the counter. I also like their convenient hours. Parking is around the back. read more

This is one of my favorite places to get traditional diner food! Ritters has been around for years and they have not changed one bit. If you are looking for a fancy dining experience, look elsewhere. This is as diner as they get! The food selection here is vast. While I've only ever visited for breakfast or lunch, their food is as you would expect. Breakfast is cheap and delicious, with options varying from omelettes, pancakes, grits, and breakfast meats. The portion sizes are quite large and make for a super filling meal. Ritters is not usually overly busy and I've never had problems being seated. It is a cash only joint so be sure you have some on you. Otherwise they have an ATM at the front you can use. Parking is pretty easy with street options as well as a parking lot of patrons. If you love diners, this is the spot to be! read more

We were ushered into and got seats pretty quickly. The area is huge compared to my regular go-to place, Pamela's. Our orders were taken shortly after. It took more than 50 minutes for our food to come. That is just unacceptable. If you have a big place, it is your responsibility to hire more people to serve. Granted it was busy but having guests wait for that long is just bad for business. And the food was average and no way made up for the long wait. I won't be coming here anymore. read more

Had breakfast here with my girlfriend, they have more than adequate parking, super great!!! Seated fast, food we had was very good. I will be back!! People just kept pouring in all morning, a good indication that this is a great place to eat. read more

Ritter's is definitely one of the best diners in Pittsburgh. The bacon is on point, chili is good, fried green tomatoes is bomb, and my personal favorite is the honey-dipped fried chicken, which is the best I've had in this whole city. At one time, they were open 24/7, but this is sadly no longer the case. Their pies and milkshakes are worth trying too. read more

Ritter's Diner - Ritters' twist: fried green tomatoe, bacon and horse radish sauce - Diners Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Spotty service at best. Carry out service at best? Bad. This place is lukewarm. If you have better options, seem them.

If you've lived in or around PIttsburgh for more than a year, you should know Ritter's. We've gone there for early morning breakfasts, late night snacks, super late night meals and lunch. All good all the time. A lot of what they serve is homemade. They have a lot of Greek dishes, but you will find mostly diner food. My favorite...the fried chicken!!! The dinners are inexpensive, come with 2 sides and taste great! They are a cash only establishment, so be mindful of that before you walk in. They do have an ATM there if you forget. The wait staff are really friendly-you can tell they have been there for years. They know everyone!! Check it out! You won't be disappointed! read more

Ritter's Diner - Diners Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

An iconic Pittsburgh diner. Maintaining its customer base on its laurels. Breakfast is ok, coffee a bit on the weak side and bathrooms could be a little cleaner. Still one of the places to experience in Pittsburgh. read more

Ritter's Diner - Diners Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Wanted pancakes with a side of sausage patties and scrambled eggs. Pancakes came out ok. a bite of the eggs and sausages and they were both dry like they'd been in an oven for a while after being cooked. the waitress was a bit intimidating and I told her that things were dry. things felt awkward. She put in an order for scrambled eggs that were more softly scrambled. The bus boy who came to give me the new eggs showed up with sausages and made comments about how I didn't know what I was talking about. I'm the one stuck with eating the food buddy... if i don't want to eat them because they taste too dry, then they're too dry. The waitress put the sausages on a plate to be sent back (to the next customer I assume). they over corrected the eggs and were way too runny. I'm stuck cause there aren't many diners near Oakland open at 7am. read more

Pretty basic diner offerings, with very inexpensive prices in a classic setting. The staff here was very friendly and on a Saturday morning, it was busy. My bill was less than $7 for an omelette and home fries. I had the vegetable omelette - nothing impressive, and I thought the home fries tasted very plain. Area for parking so you don't have to search on the street. Not sure I'd return with all of the other great breakfast/brunch options in the area, but gets the job done if you're in a diner mood. read more

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Old school diner with great classic diner breakfast. I had a tomato and onion omelette with toast and potatoes. Potatoes cooked perfectly with nice golden crust. Omelette was well done as requested. Service was good. Waitress was friendly and efficient. Coffee a bit weak. Ample parking. I would come here again when I want diner food early morning or real late after going out. Great prices. read more

Cash only and rather unpleasant servers. The food is decent diner food and the parking is ample. Don't forget it's cash only. read more

Not particularly clean and it took 47 minutes (!!!!!) for our food to arrive once we ordered it. And then of course there was the wait for menus, for coffee, and for our food orders to even be taken. Totally unacceptable. I mean it was busy, but not THAT busy. Three of us came for breakfast and by the time our food arrived we were "starving". But even with that, nothing tasted particularly great. My chocolate chip pancakes had barely any chips, and they were barely warm enough for the butter I put on them to melt. Eggs were bland and not at all fluffy. Corned beef hash was overly salty. Breakfast steak oddly tough. The coffee was good, though, and it was frequently refilled by our friendly waitress. But, that alone is certainly not a good enough reason to ever come back. read more

I literally just got robbed by the fucking cock. By cock I meant cook but there isn't spell check on yelp and it's funny so anyhow. I was using their shitty tabletop jukeboxes that are always wonky but kitchy enough to keep trying anyhow cuz sometimes you get lucky and Springsteen knows the words you need at 3:30am on Easter Sunday when your mom doesn't even wanna hang out. The quarter got stuck per ushe and I hit it. KA-CHING!!!! Out came like 9 quarters!!! Nine! But then the cook came over and made me give them to him. Atleast I told him that 75 cents was mine so atleast I'm leaving up but dang that's fucked up and while I will always love this place I will never forget the night I got robbed by the cock at ritters. I didn't misspell it that time!!!! read more

Ritter's Diner - Fuck this jukebox - Diners Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

First time here. Had an upset stomach and wanted some plain toast and scrambled eggs and randomly hot chocolate? Who knows why. But came in and sat down at the bar around 930, immediately was waited on and had hot chocolate in front of me in 30 seconds. Ordered eggs toast and bacon at 934 and it was in front of me at 939 plus some classic breakfast potatoes for like $6. Awesome value. There was an angry guy a ways down the bar from me on the phone but it was more comedic than anything that he had the energy to be that angry in public so early in the day lol all in all great classic diner atmosphere and the waitress Heather was really nice. Solid Pittsburgh breakfast joint. read more

Ritter's Diner - Classic Pittsburgh breakfast - Diners Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Back in the day the place was great. Now gets worse and worse, actually very sad. Beyond dirty and they only have one great waitress, the rest are terrible. Tonight my waitress put a saucer with creamers on top of my coffee , so the bottom of dirty saucer was actually in the coffee. And floating piece of meat in the water. Floors are filthy and owners no longer care. They have shortened the hours, hardly anyone there, Just sad really.... read more

Cash only is not an acceptable policy in 2016. This trend has to stop, it is not ok. I refuse to patronize any business that only accepts cash. We ate our meal (the food was good, by the way, and the service was nice) only to be told at the end that they didn't accept cards. Had to then pay a 6 dollar fee to get cash out of the ATM in their lobby. This is a scam and highly unacceptable. If this ridiculous and offensive cash only policy is changed I would gladly change my review to 5 stars. If the card fees are a concern, raise your prices by 2% and no one will know the difference. read more

I live off of Liberty Ave and everyone kept telling me I needed to try this place, so after 4 months I did. When my wife and I walked in I thought, this place doesn't look too bad, actually kinda cool. WRONG! After being seated it probably took 5 minutes for the waitress to come over and another 5 minutes for our coffee to get to the table. Our food took about 45 minutes, which is absolutely ridiculous for standard breakfast, but I though, everyone thinks this place is great, I guess I can wait for perfection. The food gets to our table, it looks good, it looks like breakfast, but it is cold, well mine was cold. So I'm sitting at the table, empty coffee, cold breakfast and quite pissed off, because of the situation and I'm hungry. Finally after about 10-12 minutes the waitress comes by and asks how everything is, I tell her my food is cold, and I'm fine and don't need another plate, we had already been there over an hour, we had placed to go, ya know. When the waitress brings the bill over she doesn't just tell me she took my food off, she says, I figured I would take the food off even though you didn't ask (really? should I have to?). Wife's food was hot, but she thought it to be just average breakfast. I never want to go back, but I will, because I always give places another shot. Terribly slow service (server was very nice though, probably home from college), and food took forever. I doubt this place puts out cold food on a regular basis, because this place wouldn't be so packed and highly regarded. read more

Ritters is my favorite diner. If I get time in the morning, I love to stop for corn beef hash. They also have a great gyro and sausage and cheese omelette. Lots of local gossip to be heard. Jukeboxes on the tables are nostalgic, remind me of "Happy Days". Open all hours leads to sightings of interesting characters. MAC machine inside is convenient and necessary as they don't take credit cards. read more

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The food at Ritter's tastes like I made it at home, and this is not an endorsement. I had the feta and tomato omelet, and it tasted skunked, like it had just been cooked in a dirty skillet. It's a dirty diner with meh food, but it is open 24 hours. If you're drunk, I bet the foood is great. read more

I love Ritter's. The fried green tomatoes are my favorite. And judging from the very long lines on the weekend, I am not alone in my love of this place. Yes, it is a million years old inside and out, and so are the waitresses. There are 3 or 4 waitresses and they share as many teeth. But this place is old Pittsburgh and you gotta love it. The food is good, not amazing...unless you're drunk. Then it is f---ing fantastic. As per Pittsburgh standards, even bad food is pretty good if served in large quantities. You won't leave Ritter's hungry. You may leave with an infection or rash, but you won't leave hungry. read more

Not bad not bad at all, went on a late sunday morning and it seemed it would be too busy to get us in and out fast. Just as we were walking out the door an older gentlemen ushered us in and right to a seat. The cash only sign almost scared us off. Anyway food is typical diner food I had a bacon egg and cheese bagel sandwich and it was fine for the price 5.85 with home fries. Waitresses were very attenative with coffee and water refills and brought us our food quickly. You can't always get nice service in busy places so that was a big plus. I can tell this has been Pittsburgh oldie for a while, its not a new age vegan vegetarian friendly joint. although several vegetarian options (with egg) on the omelette portion of breakfast menu. Also several greek american type salads and dishes (gyros) if you're into that. If you're looking for a cheap greasy nostalgia this is it, if you're seeking a spectacular garlic potato, red roasted peper and asiago cheese omelette you're not gonna find it here. I liked the people owner and wait staff and food is decent so I gave it four. Sometimes you have to know what you came for and just be happy with that :) read more

Ritter's Diner Menu - http://imgur.com/a/ISC7b (They don't have a website or a menu online, so I uploaded one on imgur). I just went to Ritter's, if for nothing else than to put a menu online for everyone to see. Yeah, that place is that old and that outdated. My Order : Eggs/Sausage/Potatoes/Toast, Fried Chicken and French Fries and finally, Chili Cheese Fries. The good: - They have parking, though their lot is a bit odd. No parking = no visit from me. - The eggs were pretty good. Can't say anything bad about them and they were some of the better eggs I had. - The potatoes/home fries were also pretty good. - I really like the consistency of their french fries. Their fries are long and taste good. - The breakfast prices are reasonable. - They do have a wide variety of options on their menu. They have seafood, burgers, hot dogs, chicken, steak, breakfast food, ice cream and other stuff. The bad: - It's 2015 and they have no website or menu. Think about that. I have no idea how they could ever find customers not from the local area. They could put up a website for free and a menu as well. It would take less than 1 day of their time. There's restaurants from third world countries that have menu's online. - They want $1.75 for cheese on their eggs. I can almost buy a full pack of cheese for that price - The fried chicken is so so, but they want $7.70ish for one chicken wing sized leg, a mostly small breast and an even smaller leg. Not worth it at all, since you can get a better deal at Popeye's or KFC, who I both find expensive. Their chicken is better too. My friend got an omelet of some sort and seemed to really like it. Would I return there? I could see myself returning for a quick breakfast once in a while, but I don't see myself going there for dinner. Recommendation: I can't say I recommend you going out of your way for this place. There's really nothing special about it, but they do have a wide variety of options on their menu, parking and the breakfast prices are reasonable. It's no Peppermill(a chain of diner restaurants in the west that are fabulous) though. read more

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I'll be the first to admit: don't come here for the food. It is not for those with delicate sensibilities or a snobbish palate. That said, I love Ritters. Its a Pittsburgh classic (my parents used to eat here) and is pretty much the standard place to go after emerging from an East End dive bar covered in sweat and cigarette smoke, drunk, and seeking some greasy awfulness. The clientele can get belligerent but I think this is all part of the fun. Its a Den of Shame - bask in it, put something on the jukebox, and relax...or don't go here. read more

I used to live around the corner from this place and worked across the street at the hospital. Ritters is a great 24/7, greasy spoon diner with adorable vintage juke boxes at the booths, waitresses who have been there forever and patrons who have been lifers as well. Its certainly not a place to go for health food or fine cuisine, but its great breakfast food and even greater place to be for late night, after the bar, drinking. read more

I hate writing this review but I feel like I must. I go here frequently but wouldn't call myself a regular. However after waiting for almost 15 minutes for a waitress while they were all talking amongst themselves and those that are regulars I just say something. That is a good way to lose customers especially when you practically greet you regulars with open arms and leave others sitting. read more

I moved to Pittsburgh a year ago and only came here for the first time this past weekend. I live a few blocks away and I can't believe i didn't try sooner! Everything we ordered for breakfast was delicious, plentiful, and affordable. The staff were very friendly, and it was a quick and easy Saturday morning breakfast. I'm so excited to make this my new spot, looking forward to the next time. read more

This is a nice dive diner, great if you need food in the middle the night. It definitely has a kitschy old-school ambiance, perfect for the hipster set Or the actual, old-school set. The side salad that came before the entree was regrettable and superfluous, though I wasn't expecting much in the first place. It was definitely pre-mixed long before we arrived, which wouldn't have been bad except they also mix in the croutons, were become gross and soggy after sitting in a bowl of salad. My fried chicken was excellent. Perfectly crisp with a great batter, and not too salty. I had home fries on the side which were well cooked but very much under-seasoned. The service was rather basic and inattentive, but you can't expect much more from a place like this. All in all we enjoyed our visit and we'll be back when we need some late night comfort food. read more

They don't take credit cards (cash only), but damn do they have some good food! The server we had was funny as hell. It's just a good old fashioned diner that's open 24/7/365, and you can have whatever's on their menu 24/7/365! lol. Early one recent morning (still getting caught up on reviews!), I had their fried chicken, and it was excellent. Moist and flaky. I loved the Strawberry Shortcake too. The portions are huge! We didnt find the place to be dirty when we came. They have their own free parking lot and have an ATM inside. read more

Just ate here today for the first time, the meatloaf was awesome. The waitress was very attentive and the price was great. Will definitely be coming back for more read more

Oh, local greasy spoon... I'm so torn on how to write this review. If I were reviewing you on the atmosphere alone you would definitely get a big hefty 5 stars. The people watching is second to none and at any time of day since you're open 24/7. The staff is probably a 3 as I've had less than stellar service here on more than one occasion. The food. Hmmm. Well, it's dinner food. The breakfast is right on par with what one would expect from a diner like this. It's far from good for you and generally sits in your gut like a cinder block. It's not BAD by any means though. Also you only take cash and have one of the shadiest ATM machines I've ever seen... I'm going to go with a middle ground, dear Ritter's Diner, and give you a 4 stars. You're local, you're not a disgusting chain restaurant, and you've always been pretty good to me. read more