I honestly have to give a very mixed review for this diner. First and foremost the place was filthy. The dirty floor in the entryway should have turned us around but we continued in. We asked to be reseated because of the number of flies in the main dining room. The floors were filthy with a poor overworked woman trying to vacuum with a worthless vacuum while she waited in people. There were three waitresses and at least four grown men doing nothing much more than waiting to seat people and then for the ticket to be paid. There were two other men clearing tables. The waitresses were phenomenal they were cheerful and ours gave extremely good service and attention even as she had to rush around. Our meals were just okay. The menu was too large for a restaurant to be able to serve fresh foods. The shrimp was frozen and undercooked. The steak tough. While waiting for our check I used the most disgusting restroom I have been in. My shoes stuck to the floor the entire time and I had to step over a sign laying on the floor to keep the entryway open. Upon my return to the table the check had not arrived. I went to the counter to pay and the useless man standing there asked which waitress. She promptly came from the back with a huge tray of food for another diner. She apologized as she went past me. I asked useless man for a cup of hot water to go. He mumbled something and went back to shuffling the paid tickets next to the cash register. I went over to the waitress that was figuring up our ticket at the time and asked her for the hot cup of water because it may have been above useless mans pay grade to get hot water for customers while the waitresses are running their tails off. So my mixed review is mostly that this place has awesome waitresses. read more

Family friendly diner with delicious, home made food. The broiled flounder with crab stuffing is light flaky, and worth many times the super value price listed. It is part of the Two For $ dinnerl read more

Sage Diner - Inside - Diners Near Me - Onley, Virginia

Was not so impressed. I love mom & pop places so was looking forward to checking this out. When I walked in I didn't mind the outdated decor as long as the food was good. Being a diner I went with a good ole home cooked breakfast (served all day). My food must have been cooked before the rest of my table's as my eggs came out cold and there's not much worse than cold runny eggs. I was disappointed by what is listed as "home fries" as I was really looking forward to cut Potatoes fried to a crisp. What I got was a disorganized pile of hash browns on my plate, with clumps of burnt potatoes and undercooked potatoes all mixed together with no seasoning/flavor at all. The service was nothing to write home about either. I was constantly smiling and saying thank you to see if she would loosen up some, but she kept her tough exterior and continued with her short quick answers. read more

Food was great ..... service just as good. Very friendly waitress, who obviously had experience. Waited the right amount of time to check in after food was placed .... refilled coffee at the exact time I was thinking about it. Would definitely stop by again ! read more

We stopped here for lunch on a 13 hour trip from the OBX and were extremely happy. It looks plain on the outside but the service was super fast and the proportions were very generous. The chicken souvlaki was so fresh and the Greek salad dressing was light and delicious. The turkey club was delicious with generous serving of turkey breast, fresh lettuce and light on the mayo on perfectly toasted rye. Even the coffee was perfect! The best part was three meals with soup included, unlimited coffee , and rice pudding was only 26 bucks! Do not underestimate this place by it's plain outside facade. This place is a must stop! read more

Sage Diner - Chicken souvlaki - Diners Near Me - Onley, Virginia

The liver and onions was amazing! Cooked just right. A very comfortable environment. Friendly staff; server didn't over ask if you needed anything. The she crab soup was also delicious, much better than actual seafood restaurants. I would definitely return! read more

Sage Diner - Diners Near Me - Onley, Virginia

Unimpressed! Food was blah service was acceptable. Hostess was prompt but either couldn't hear or wasn't listening to our request to sit at the counter. Milk shake was weak. read more

This place has okay food, and my server provided prompt and courteous service. My server did, however mess up my carry out order. I ate in the restaurant and ordered 10 barbecue wings to go. When I got home (across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel), I learned that my carry out meal was liver and mashed potatoes instead of wings. I detest liver - I detest detest detest liver. The restaurant is about 60 miles from where I am now, and I would have to pay $26 in tolls to go back there. I had my receipt, so I called the restaurant. I offered to send them a photograph of what I received. The woman who answered the phone asked who my server was. I have no idea, other than WF maybe mid 30s. Luckily for me, the receipt indicated I had server ID number 21. She informed me that they did me no good at all because they use the same ID number for everybody - I had to be able to ID my server. I told her I could indicate what time I was there and my transaction number from their receipt. Didn't matter. I'm not getting a refund. I asked to speak with the manager, and the woman said she was the manager. Next time I travel across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel I go to the Eastern shore I'm supposed to go by that restaurant and say hey I'm the lady who didn't get her wings - and she'll give me a set of wings. Seriously poor customer service. It is not my fault that their receipts provide useless information to them. It is my not my fault I cannot ID My server. It is not my fault this restaurant doesn't take the step to actually use the server ID numbers that the receipts provided for. I particularly appreciated her "I have no F's left to give" tone of voice. Her reaction was pretty much I can't help you if you can't identify the transaction or server. The receipt I have provides a server ID number, a reference number, and a transaction ID. Apparently the receipts just spit out fake information because they can't be bothered keeping their stuff up to date. I know it's only about $10, but I've never had such poor service when someone messed up my order and I have a receipt. I offered to take a photograph of the food and send it to them. Anyhow their food is OK (but it's nothing special) - but the customer service sucks. So I won't be back. read more

I get breakfast there whenever on the Virginia shore near Onley. Great food.

Food is completely unseasoned. Rude hostess. Would never recommend or eat here again. Very disappointed. Service terrible had to get up to have coffee refilled .most importantly the food literally had no flavor. read more

Stopped on the way to North Carolina, not expecting much. We were pleasantly surprised! The fried flounder sandwich was simply delicious, and a huge portion. The breakfast portions were also huge. Everything was perfect! read more

Amazing food amazing staff eating there was almost like eating in your grandparents home very welcoming and the food was delicious me and my wife went on our anniversary and all the staff wished us a happy anniversary including some of their customers amazing place would definitely recommend to anyone who wants to have a good home cooked meal read more

Great food and great service. If you are hungry and are watching your wallet, you better stop here. They are a no frills diner. I won't ever pass them again! read more

Stopped here in the midst of a ten hour drive from the Outer Banks back to New Jersey. The menu is gigantic, literally hundreds of options. I debated getting an appetizer and am glad I didn't given the size of the Philly cheesesteak I got. Nothing spectacular but it was a solidly executed sandwich, the fries and pickle were tasty as well and it was fairly inexpensive. Triple win! read more

This review is a bit out of order, time wise. We stopped here on our way from Ocean City Md. I have a number of reviews to write from Ocean City. But, I loved this Diner. What I loved was the fried Flounder w/ cheese "sammage". WOW! How good was it? I rate it the best I've ever had! Yep! From Fla. And up the coast, this was the best. Kat, my wife, had an excellent crab cake sandwich. I saw a chocolate cake and bought a piece to go! It didn't make it make to Richmond. It was eaten on I-64 W...lol. The 5 stars also always has to do w/ service and we had a young lady by the name of Jessica, she was terrific! read more

First let me say a meal on the road that doesn't kill you is a successful one. Success! I wish I could give this place 3 stars for the charming waitress, being from Boston it was nice to experience a bit of sincere hospitality. However.... The Sage diner has several locations in this area we ate at the one in Exmore near the Best Western. Being Boston centric snobs we didn't expect a Greek style diner in what we would call the middle of nowhere. But there it was the six page one thousand item Greek menu. I ordered a special, fried flounder and shrimp, my wife ordered a lump crab casserole, the sister in law ordered a crab cake on a serving of macaroni and cheese. Our meal came with a serving of corn bread ( yum, less sweet then in the north) and soup chicken bow tie noodle. We tried a couple of pieces of pie, apple and lemon meringue First lets get to the hits, the flounder was one of the best pieces of fish I have had, lightly breaded and wonderfully fresh, shrimp were also very good, the macaroni and cheese was well worth ordering, oh and again the corn bread was good. And now the flaws. The soup tasted as if it was straight from a bullion cube no real attempt to mask that nasty Lipton cup of soup taste My wife's crab casserole lacked the tender sweetness of fresh crab, it was rubbery and drowning in straight butter. The crab cake was bready and my sister in law didn't finish it so I new it was not good. Most disappointing was the pies, the apple pie was stone cold and the crust was pasty I flipped the crust and ate the filling which was straight from a can and mediocre. The lemon meringue was also a big disappointment the lemon filling was grainy and curdled with an odd lemon like flavor the meringue was almost undercooked or some kind of non-cook product. All sitting on that bad crust. Would I come back again yes if I was staying in the area but I would chose the local seafood probably fried or straight diner fare like hamburgers only read more

Pleasant road trip brunch. I struggled to choose between sweet potato waffle and fried flounder sandwich. Ended up with the second and enjoyed it lots. My travel partner chose the chicken special and ate through the huge moist and meaty portion (although our server noted it came with stuffing and then, upon delivering the plate, explained that she had been mistaken). Overall very nice--and a bargain! read more

The story of how the Sage Diner landed me in the HOSPITAL... Came here in July of 2018. The restaurant smelled terrible [EDIT: not to mention that the place had more flies than people!] and the water tasted dirty, but our server was very kind and courteous. I ordered pancakes and bacon, which tasted fine. Nothing exceptional, but by no means did they taste awful. [EDIT: the people who I came with received salads with rotten greens, and a dish of frozen, improperly cooked shrimp...5 minutes from the ocean! Seriously?!?!] Unfortunately, I found myself throwing up after leaving. In fact, I was throwing up for 3 days. After being admitted into the hospital, I found out that I had gotten staph borne food poisoning from the meal I had at the Sage Diner. It was my only full meal on my trip from NJ to OBX, but 3 days and 15 pounds of lost weight later, it clearly wasn't worth the quick bite. If I make the trip down to OBX again, I'd rather not eat the whole day than have another life threatening meal at the Sage Diner. read more

If your driving on Rt 13 on Virginia and your looking for a place to eat, do yourself a favor and just keep driving. Awful lunch. Gyro, Chicken sandwich, and prime rib sandwich were all bad. Understand, my expectations when stopping in at a diner aren't high so I want expecting farm to table concept and a celebrity chef, but this was bad. What I was expecting was gastrointestinal illness. Though to Sage diners credit nobody got sick. With such a large menu and little business there is no way the food was fresh. I was hoping for frozen. There is not much in the area, but just keep driving. read more

Diner food at its best. Stopped three times while traveling. Too bad it's not close to home because the portions are so large it is a shame to not have a place to eat the leftovers next day. Very good home-made tasting specials- 3 course lunch $5.99. The highlight was a very hearty cream of crab soup. Only disappointment was that the specials are always on the same days of the week, so that while I was anxious to try their chicken and dumplings, the travel schedule did not match the days they serve it. read more

Standard American fare. The menu is huge. Breakfast served all day. Plenty of seating and great atmosphere. Excellent customer service. Highly recommended. read more

Staff is lovely, food was good. I got the stuffed flounder and it came out as an art piece, was delicious. My gf got the fried shrimp basket and thought it was ok. It was the 3 course dinner for 18 bucks and was quite the deal. I also had some french onion soup that was really really good, like so much cheese good. I'd give it five stars but my gf wasn't too fond of her choices on the two for 18 menu, but you still can't beat a deal like that. read more

Good American, fresh food in an unassuming atmosphere. The service was great. The parking lot was loaded with cars from Virginia, so you know the food must be good. It was a pleasure to listen to all the southern drawls as everyone came and went. The crab cakes were huge and served croquet-style. They were filled with massive amounts of blue claw crab, and very little filler. Vegetables were fresh and not over-cooked. Portions are grand, a hidden gem. read more

Decent diner with a pretty big menu. I had eggs, scrapple and home fries and my wife had chocolate chip pancakes. Everything was fine but pretty unremarkable. Nothing blew us away. It wasn't too busy and I was surprised by how long it took us to get our food. read more

I couldn't believe how bad my luck was today... I live and work on the Shore, and pass by this diner several times a day. There are always lots of cars in the parking lot. Today, I decided I'd give it a shot. NEVER AGAIN... Service was super speedy. Portions were very ample, prices are great... All for not... I ordered a meat lovers omelet, which came with home fries and toast. ALL chefs need to be informed that "If the eggs turn brown, they're burnt." Yep, mine were dark brown. Also, while I'm sure it was an accident, my omelet had a couple of tomato pieces in it. Not normally a problem, unless you're allergic to tomato's. The manager, sensing that something was wrong, approached me and insisted on getting me another omelet. It came out of the kitchen in record time... UNFORTUNATELY, it was also burned. SO, if you don't mind burned eggs, delivered in record time, at reasonable prices... this is the place for you. read more

What a nice place! Watch out for that cream of crab soup, I got a bowl with my chicken fingers basket and all of it ended up in a go-to box (well, almost - had to do a quality check, of course). My husband ordered a calamari basket, he reports it was also tasty. Cannot say enough about how sweet the staff is - Amy was our waitress and she was great. read more

Crab soup was good! Besides that it was pretty bad. Everything is definitely frozen not fresh and the coffee was old. We hardly ate a thing.

Awesome! Large breakfast portions, super fast, and super cheap. Doesn't look like much from the outside, but the omelets were excellent.

Sage is a popular, local, restaurant with an extensive menu. Practically everything I've had has been good and the Italian dishes such as the lasagna are very good. The chicken pot pie is good as well and has a puff pastry crust on the top. read more

The whole experience at Sage Diner was a nightmare. We got seated near the bathrooms, which every time the door opened we got a nice whiff of it. When we finally could not take the smell of literal shit, we asked to move to a different table. The server told us that the smell was coming from another customer (rude and unprofessional). The food was absolutely disgusting. My boyfriend suffered from food poising for 3 days because of the food here. It's safe to say that I will never eat at the sage diner. I'm posting here to let others know to save yourself a hospital visit. read more

I suggest not even going into the parking lot of the Sage Diner, even if you have to just use the bathroom. So, allow me start with this painful review. Bathrooms are not clean. Well, at least the girls. Yes, the toilets work and so does the sink but nothing could make me want to puke more then the black mold-looking substance next to the toilet. Next, the food. After eating just half my meal, I was forced to the bathroom by my asshole. The food was either over cooked or under cooked. Whatever you do though, don't get the fish and chips. It includes onion rings that don't taste anything like onion rings, and fish that tasted freezer burnt and very old overall. Well, you have to expect it from a restaurant like that. If they can't even keep the bathroom clean then they must not have enough money for new fish. Lastly, headaches. After eating there, I have a headache. I'm not sure if it was the food or the bathroom or the voice of the waitress. So, before you walk into the diner I hope you take a quick look at your yelp and come across this message:) read more

From the moment my family walked in the door, we were greeted with a warmth. The waitresses looked out for everyone's best interests, going out of their way to make us feel at home even if that meant a few homemade butters and cranberry sauce. The food was served in a timely fashion and was perfectly cooked and seasoned. The atmosphere was welcoming and the staff were friendly. read more

It's all about expectations and options. We went with safe: salad and well done hamburger. The food was okay, the salad fresh, the meat all meat even if not from the low cal variety, the serving sizes consistent with the prices. The waitress was cheerful and checked back frequently. The retro ambiance and clean space and bathrooms were welcome. read more

There was a large hair in my food, but I was mentally prepared for it as another yelp reviewer also mentioned hair in the food. That said, if I was driving through and needed breakfast, I would consider eating there again. My girlfriend says she would not eat there again. I think if they fix the hair problem though they are an otherwise solid roadside diner. read more

Ate here a year ago. My hamburger was not seasoned at all. I mean a little salt is not bad. I have since heard the place used to be really good, so maybe new cooks or just an off day. Reluctant to go back read more

Sage Diner is a good all around restaurant with a very wide variety of food choices. The menu reminds me of a NYC diner. We have eaten there 3 times now and have never been disappointed. The Chefs Salad is made with fresh cut turkey and roast beef and not deli meat. It appears to be a family owned restaurant and includes some Greek dishes which I have not tried. While the food is good I give it 3 stars due to the decor and type of restaurant. It is not a 5 star experience nor should it be. The prices are reasonable and the service is good. It has a large number of seats and we have never had to wait. read more

Lovely find. Big portions on a Sunday morning. Must be a local institution - lots of people coming in and greeted with "the usual?" A friendly, welcoming atmosphere. read more

Amazing breakfast! Our server Amy was the very best. Amy was patient with our questions, sweet to our kids, prompt, and had great suggestions. Sweet Potato waffles....yummy! Our eggs were perfectly cooked, sausage was super savory, and pancakes light and fluffy! read more

Ordered poached eggs on English muffin that should've been toasted, but weren't. The home fries were lukewarm, my feet stuck to the floor and the overall cleanliness of the restaurant was poor. Also there was a used Band-Aid on the menu that was on our table. read more

Have never been to the one in Onley. Got the open faced meatloaf sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy. The meatloaf was soooo big and Sysco made even though the waitress said it was good.. it was bland.. about 49 minutes after eating it, I had the worst stomach ache, then gastric issues. My boyfriend had fried chicken and fries.. he had the same thing happen to him.. we haven't felt good since then.. won't be going back! read more