A friend and I were wandering around on Sunday searching for the perfect spot to grab some brunch. Where, oh where, on the glorious Upper East Side could we find such an establishment? From across the street we saw Silver Star, and decided to give it a shot. It's a diner, for crying out loud; who doesn't love a diner?! Silver Star has good food - hearty helpings and an extensive menu. (My favorite section of the menu is the Italian fare, because the heading reads: "Let's Be Italian!" It's just so... inviting!) Omelets are fluffy and MASSIVE (although, let's be honest, despite the size you know I polished it off) with plenty of toppings/fillings available (albeit nothing out of the ordinary). I'm usually never a french toast kind of girl (traumatizing childhood experience...) but I sampled some (with fresh strawberries, which never hurts) and it was actually tasty. What I did not like was how rushed we were made to feel during our visit. Sure, a Sunday afternoon is peak time for places like this, but a customer should never be made to feel as though the waitstaff can't wait for them to leave so they can fill the table again. Pretty sure within 5 minutes of arriving we were asked three times if we were ready to order. Sheesh. ALSO - major point buster in my books (although many places do this) - they only bring out the grape jelly. And WHO likes grape jelly?! Ew. They do have a lot of great daily specials (and a pretty sweet looking brunch deal) which may or may not be worth checking out. Oh, and free delivery. read more

It looked promising from the outside, but from the looks of it, the focus is more on quantity (huge seating area, tons of tables, huge capacity) than quality. The Greek salad is mostly iceberg lettuce, with mushy domatis. A very generous portion of bland feta cheese attempts to offset the dish, but it's just salty. The matzo ball soup is nicely salted. They don't have Greek orzo chicken soup everyday, which was disappointing. But I don't think we'll return to try it. The mushroom omelet was so so, but the breakfast potatoes (homefries) are mushy and flavorless. I should have listened to the Foursquare tip to skip them - and I'd advise you do the same. The pancakes good. Thumbs up: Nice service. Brunch specials on the weekend. Good place for groups, families, kid-friendly, and old-people friendly. Thumbs down: Overpriced. The cleaning staff mopped the floor with a very cleaning-product-smelling mop solution that made us not want to finish our food. And the most disgusting men's room on the UES. read more

Last week I had this massive craving for some fried calamari. Nothing special, I just wanted a decent size basket full of your standard "bar type" of fried calamari. I was near Silver Star, and decided to try theirs. On scale of 1-10 rated soley on all my past impressions of deep fried/ battered calamari, it was about a 6. It JUST barely fulfilled me with satisfaction. A 5 would have been disappointing, and 9 is the best I have had. The reasons for the low score: the batter they used was a bit thick/heavy, which made for a bit too much crunch and over took the squid's flavor. And the quantity was a little bit frugal. I guess it wasn't "basket" size since this wasn't at a bar. read more

If you're looking for the ultimate classic New York diner, the kind you see on TV and in the movies, where the hostess doesn't speak English and the waiters are all newly immigrated to America from places like Greece Romania Armenia and various locales in South America, where you're bound to see a couple of cops sitting at the counter, surrounded by the usual cornucopia of every other profession and nationality that lives in the thriving city that never sleeps, THIS is that diner. Ridiculously large and spacious yet never super crowded or loud, the interior reflects the fact that this diner has been here since 1965 and yet it isn't dirty gross or super old looking. In terms of food this place literally has EVERYTHING. And I mean 24/7 EVERYTHING. From Greek to Italian to breakfast to classic American to seafood...you could eat here three times a day everyday for a year and never eat the same thing twice. It's the ultimate comfort food local joint. read more

I stopped in here after the final day of Electric Zoo with my friends for some much needed nourishment and relaxed conversation. After three days and almost 46 hours of partying with minimal food intake...it was time to chill out. One of the boys was staying at a hotel near here, some were staying on 92nd & 1st, and we were meeting friends coming up from SoHo, so it was a good mid-point. I ordered an egg white veggie omelette with feta cheese, and a side of bacon. It came with toast and home fries. My friends ordered: chocolate milk (which was AWESOME), pancakes and eggs, an eggwhite denver omelette with Canadian bacon, a bacon cheeseburger, a cheeseburger and a cheese omelette. None of us finished our meals because the portions were ENORMOUS. My omelette was really good, but I could only get through about half (it filled the huge plate and then some) and about three bites of the homefries and three pieces of bacon. Most of us left half or more of our food. My bill came to about $22, a bit expensive, but it's Manhattan and it could've been 2 (or 3) meals. All of my friends enjoyed their food from what I gathered. It was at this point we split ways...in a very teary way. I spent three days with these amazing people, and I didn't want it to end. So with a full tummy and watery eyes, I jumped in a cab to Chelsea to crash for the night and finally end the best weekend of my life. If I'm in the area again, I'd probably come back in because the menu is ENORMOUS. read more

Woke up with a waffle craving. Maybe it was more of a carb craving. Walking down the street I popped in and ordered waffle with fruit, home fries and coffee. The coffee, taste like cheap bad coffee. The rest of the food came at record speed and it was clear why. The potatoes as well as the waffle we're barely room temperature. The butter never melted on the waffle. I would have liked some Tabasco sauce for the potatoes since they were very bland- no onion, no salt just 2 small slivers of green pepper that seems to have been thrown in after as their was no flavor to the dry crumbly potatoes. I never got my tabasco sauce because I was nearly finished by the time the server came round with more coffee, so I never had the chance to request it. The waffle with fruit was $15.25, fine if it were fresh and tasty but everything was a disappointment. 2 star is generous but the water was kind in spite of being inattentive. I won't return- too bad as it's very local to me. read more

One of the most expensive and over rated diners there is. The food and service is under par. I don't understand how a breakfast for two in this cheap looking diner cost 43 dollars. All we had was eggs and pancake. I guess thats how they rob people and pay the rent. read more

Discovered Silver Star during the pandemic, easy to order and pick up was ready in 10 minutes. Great food, great dinner!

Silver star is our go to for diner food. It is on our block so it could not be closer. The food is good but it really needs to be better. I have had so many things here and have never said " wow that was delicious" Silver Star we love you -just make better food read more

How can you mess up breakfast? 2 eggs over medium with bacon and home fries with a short stack of pancakes. Received 2 eggs over easy with over cooked chewy bacon and mushy nasty home fries, plus deformed burned pancakes. Needless to say I didn't finish my food. The coffee was decent but I had to wait and wait and finally ask for a refill, which I then had to wait for some more. If you mess up breakfast I can just imagine the rest of your services. Skip this place there are a few more diners in the area. read more

Silver Star Restaurant - Yarrrrr!! - Diners Near Me - New York, New York

Expensive, but delicious. Great California omelet. Fresh orange juice. Friendly and flirty service. I would definitely return.

I was pretty amped to be ordering a whole brunch extravaganza for only $17. A mimosa! A waffle! Fruit salad! Sausage! AMAZING. OK, sort of. The mimosa was straight-up lovely. It was really well-done, a nice starter to the day, very tasty. They brought us two fruit salads accidentally & let us keep the other at no charge (cool). The sausage was perfectly greasy. But the waffle, the main part of my brunch feast, was the part that was seriously lacking. It was, like... gritty. I can't even think of the right word. Mealy, almost. Very weird, a terrible, greasy consistently (& not in the good way, like the sausage). It was like I could FEEL my arteries constricting while I ate this waffles. I ended up not finishing it, leaving half of it to be swept away by our busboy, all the day mourning the waffle that could've been great. Atmosphere is nice, though --we had a snazzy window seat, perfect for people-watching on a Saturday. I'd go back -- I just wouldn't get the waffle. read more

The joint is huge, so you never have to wait, ever. Solid matzoh ball soup and grilled cheese. Good late night diner fare. Silver Star: Wub read more

Me and my sister went here, and let me say it is a disgrace to American comfort food. I had the turkey burger with fries and the turkey was sweet and nothing else, it was a plain unseasoned burger, the fries are just Burger King fries. The omelette and hash brown my sister ordered were also terrible, the hash browns was over cooked and partly burnt, and the omelette in the other hand was undercooked. The toast that you served were also very sad, they weren't even toasted properly. Also for a burger,fries,omelette, and hash browns for 34 dollars is wayyy overpriced. The only thing that I will say that was amazing was the service and location, they really make you felt comfortable and check up constantly on how your doing, breaking the New York stereotype. -unimpressed Chicagoan read more

Just ordered for delivery a plain omelet no fries, no lettuce and tomato and a dry English muffin. The total was $ 22.75!!! $3.00 delivery fee which doesn't go the delivery guy so you must tip....all in all costing almost as much as if you ordered a complete breakfast room service at a half way decent hotel. When I called to double check the check they confirmed the price for these 2 lil eggs was indeed $22.75. He actually said "That's just the way it is!!" Well, the way it is is other restaurants also happen to have 2 lil eggs:) read more

Silver Star is a pretty overpriced diner, but typical of the Upper East Side....so no complaints here. It's a great diner that is open ALL of the time. FYI The portions are LARGE! You WILL BE full when you're done. Funny story; like most diners the menu is extensive, pages and pages long. One thinks, do they ever really make half of this stuff (especially because everytime I order it's a toss up between their French Toast or Omelette's). One evening after much drinking we sat down in Silver Star for a meal; my friend ordered a wrap with mashed potatoes and other random stuff ... it sounded gnarly and honestly like a hodgepodge of stuff thrown into a wrap. Sure enough they brought out EXACTLY what she ordered, as written on the menu.....and she LOVED it. This is my favorite Silver Star experience and I had to share. read more

Best diner on the upper east side. There is plenty of space here so you never have to wait. Nothing like their breakfast on a lazy Sunday morning or afternoon. The omelets are awesome - I always get the same florentine omelet. Also good is the challah bread french toast. The service is fast, friendly, and always checking up on you. It is slightly overpriced for diner food, but you come to expect that on the UES. read more

Strong 2.5 stars. Expensive, below-average diner food. But, the service is friendly, it's always open and it's always quiet. read more

So I dined at this restaurant twice mostly because it was close to my hotel. The food was OK, I basically got the same meal twice, and it seemed expensive for a diner. I'd be interested to see the prices pre-Covid. I'm unlikely to visit that area again, so my two visits are my only data points, but unless really want dinner food I'd shop around. read more

Don't go here. Food was completely subpar and absurdly priced. For example - "mixed veggies" were soft tasteless mush piles in a wrap. Brown gravy was also tasteless and the mozzarella sticks came out room temp. Mozzarella sticks + chicken wrap and two sodas was $50. It was so depressing inside I felt like I needed to crack a Rodney Dangerfield caddy shack joke just so I didn't pass out. Overall horrible experience. read more

Met a colleague here after work. It had the typically diner feel. I had a pastrami sandwich and it wasn't anything special. The meat was tough but at least it came with coleslaw. Not coming back. read more

The place is super ultra pricy for a diner, but the food tasted really good there. I couldn't justify getting a chicken salad triple decker for $15. But, two eggs, sausage, french fries, and toast for $9 was pretty reasonable. Definitely stop by here for breakfast if you're in the mood, but some of the other stuff seems a bit steep. I've kind of poked around at other diners in the same area and they're all running about the same prices. So it's par for the course, but if you can get outside of the area, you can find some wayy cheaper eats. :) read more

The food is good, just way overpriced. Honestly, Silver Star is a glorified diner. And that's what I was looking for when I went there for lunch - not fourteen-dollar salads and skinny chicken fingers. If you want cheap, stick to their pancakes, waffles, and two-egg options. read more

Walked by this place with my husband and 8month old. The food looked great.. We stopped in and they were very nice, led up towards the back to a nice little kid friendly section.. Food was great! I had a burger and fries.. Hubby had a wrap.. Everything was quick, clean and yummy! We were in the area dropping my grandmother off at Sloan Kettering hospital.. Definitely a nice place for her or anyone else to grab a bite when visiting a loved one! read more

Sit at the counter there is a waiter who is excellent. Water glass full, cleans up quickly and offers coffee tea and desert asap. They have a good selection of soup as well. I had mushroom barley ( and I usually only select cream soups) I was pleasantly surprised with the texture and taste. read more

Silver Star Restaurant - Diners Near Me - New York, New York

A perfectly pleasant diner with solid food. I had to knock off a star based on their prices, but I was pleased and will be back. I got a chopped steak with sautéed onions and broccoli, with a side salad - all cooked correctly and tasting fresh. The service was efficient, if a tad brusque. But it's a diner, so I'm not looking for exemplary service. read more

Diner that has been around forever. Ate there 30 years ago and enjoyed it. The heyday of the Greek diner is long past. It's solid for breakfast. read more

Came here with a friend who was visiting; he'd eaten lunch while I was starving to death & hadn't eaten a thing. The portion sizes were huge; he got a salad & it was far more massive than I (and I think he) expected. It was okay; I remember it not being an uncomfortable temperature in here. Convenient enough if I were in the area & the prices weren't obscene. read more

Best place in the world if you need a self esteem boost. Even after just rolling out of bed, my friend and I were stared at by the waitors and called all sorts of pet names throughout our meal. Very interested customer service. The meal was pretty good, I enjoyed that the salads had lots of options. They had lots of different fruits and vegetables in them. I got a delicious salad with beats, nuts, rasins. It was very delicious. They are a bit stingy with their coffee though, I got two cups and then they acted really strange when I wanted a third cup. Like they weren't sure if that was in the rule book. I did get it though. Perfectly decent meal though, nothing too exciting. Lots of menu choices, decent coffee. Standard Diner fare. read more

Silver Star is an old timey diner, from the row of low stools lining a counter as you walk in, to the Melba toast they include in your bread baskets. (Does anyone eat Melba toast? I tend to think it just sits in the bottom of bread baskets patiently, hoping someone just gets SO HUNGRY that they need to fill their mouth with dry crumbs.) It has a wide selection and some decent specials, and like any good NY diner it has Greek undertones. I went with the chicken souvlaki wrap, which is essentially the ingredients from a Greek salad wrapped in a tortilla. It was surprisingly good, and I enjoyed dipping every bite into the tzatziki on the side, mmm. Although my mom liked her chicken caesar wrap and my dad enjoyed his fried chicken, my sisters who both got the Greek salad with chicken on top were borderline disgusted with their meal. Old lettuce and weird chicken seemed to be the problem, both of which are kind of glaring. I'm still giving Silver Star 3 stars because the offending food is hearsay to me, and like any good law student I'll wait until I experience it myself to deduct a star or two. read more

This place has been open forever! Love that they have a pay phone by the restrooms. bf and I stopped in here to warm up on a chilly afternoon. The menu is huge. It is pretty spendy (but i guess that's not atypical for diners in Manhattan). I had a bowl of chicken orzo soup, which was just what I needed, and not too outrageously priced at $4.40. bf had a western omelette, which was tasty and huge, but still, it's an omelette and it cost $11.95. We also had onion rings. Decent: crispy, not too well seasoned, but Heinz fixed that. Weirdly, the hot chocolate stood out. I'm sure it comes from a mix, but it was served in one of those glass mugs with a foot and a handle, and topped with tons of whipped cream (upon request, but at no additional charge). Nice touch. To summarize, it's a diner. It costs more than a diner in the suburbs. but the food comes out fast and is pretty much what you expect it will be. read more

Half decent diner around the block. How does a restaurant like this have such a large dining room in the upper east side? The food was typical diner food, with larger portions. Very friendly waitstaff. Nice and attentive waiters. read more

Standard New York diner with lots of tables (i.e., never a wait), never too loud and very friendly service. In typical diner fashion, everything for breakfast sort of tastes like the same griddle. Omlets, Greek salad and pancakes are the way to go here. They do it better than the other places in a 5 block radius (e.g., Eat Here Now). Open 24 hours, even during hurricanes that shut the rest of the neighborhood down. They finally got their health rating back up to an A so I'm no longer boycotting this place. Get a table near one of the front windows facing 2nd Ave for good people-watching. read more

Great Food and wonderful service! Always the go to spot for family after visiting MSKCC. The waiters always remember us and take good care of the customers! read more

I was totally shocked yesterday when my bowl of matzo ball soup came with almost no broth, so I requested a bit more and was charged $4.95 for a few ounces of chicken broth. I don't mind paying that for a bowl of soup but I felt ripped off by that charge. I am big soup lover and over the years have happily paid $1-2 for extra broth, but this was insulting and unexpected. read more

The Silver Star charges an additional fee for preparing your food beware if you pick it up or have it deliver

Great food and large portions, fast service, our go to spot in the neighborhood! Our favorite is the Chicken Kebab dinner, yum!

As a long term resident of the area, I have been coming here for years. However, this place has gotten worse. Tonight proved it too. Whoever the waiter that was working the night shift Tuesday, Feb 4th was incredibly rude. My friends and I were greeted by the manager and directed to go to the larger dining area, away from the bar. The waiter who was there mumbled something to us, which we thought he was directing us to a table. I sat down at a booth that had a stack of menus. The waiter's staring at me, so I'm looking back at him, and he's still staring at me. Then finally he says to me 'What are you doing? Don't you see I'm working here'. So I explained we thought he was telling uss to sit at this booth. Then he tells us that there's other tables to sit at. So we moved and the waiter's still staring at me in a grudging way, which made me uncomfortable. Then he plopped the menus on our table and said 'here are the menus'. By that point I was already annoyed so we walked out. NEVER COMING BACK HERE AGAIN. I should've bought that to managers attention, but I didn't see him on my way out. That waiter seriously needs to learn how to treat customers properly. Definitely don't stare down at your customers either. We all have bad days but don't take it out on people who don't deserve your attitude. read more

This place is horrible. Service , food and management. I don't know how they got an" A from the Health Department. The place is filthy. Don't wast your money read more

been going here for years. decent food but over priced for a diner; always tipped the delivery guys when placing the order, but now noticed there is a Delivery Charge added to the bill not sure if management is sharing the charge with the guys delivering, but someone is going to loose, and not going to be me. I refuse to tip and pay for delivery...delivery guys can talk it thru with their bosses. read more