We were staying at a local hotel and their Continental breakfast was inedible, so we looked online to find some place else to go. My sister found Tony's, I remembered passing it, so we decided to go. They do quite the business. LOTS of carryout orders -- perhaps more than dine in. But, the problem with this is that they seemed to prioritize the orders being picked up. We must have waited a half hour for our meals. But...the servers were friendly, and one would occasionally burst into whatever song was playing on the radio. I ordered the eggs and sausage biscuit with gravy. It was pretty good and very reasonably priced. The iced tea did not taste freshly made, though; I'm guessing it was probably a mix. Still, this is a great little neighborhood diner and I'm sure that, if I lived near here, I'd be back. read more

My experience at State Street Tony's was a very good one. I enjoy restaurants that take on an older ambiance. The food portion were really good size and the service was spot on wonderful. The only issues was the spacing there wasn't really a lot of room for a family of more than three. I recommend anyone who passes this area to check out Tony's. read more

i ordered a farmer's omelette and it was absolutely terrible. It was made with no cheese and undercooked hash browns. I patronized this lactation a couple weeks before and cancelled the order, because I waited over an hour and the food was still not prepared. I will never go to this location again. Terrible food and service. read more

State Street Tony's - New American Near Me - Saginaw, Michigan

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Best breakfast ever!!!! I come here when I really want a hefty breakfast after puts me right to sleep

Great staff! Great food. Always more than enough food to fill you up! Always treat the kids well!

I ordered the grilled cheese with Italian bread, and a large french fries with ranch on the side. The Italian bread on the grilled cheese had a good flavor but the cheese was very thin and made with processed cheese. The bread to "cheese" ratio made the sandwich super dry and unsatisfying. My french fries were placed in a paper bag without a takeout container, making it a solid lump of greasy soggy mess. The amount of fries and how it was served made it inedible and was ridiculously wasteful for the restaurant and the customer. One takeout container of fries would've solved that problem. And finally, the 2 ranches I ordered were missing from the order. It's not likely I will be back or recommend this place to anyone. Sorry, but this was a very simple order and it takes an incredible lack of care to screw it up. read more

State Street Tony's - French fries - New American Near Me - Saginaw, Michigan

We stopped in and had dinner. I didn't see anything walking past us that didn't look tasty. Great folks working there too! read more

State Street Tony's - Spaghetti and meatballs. Half order. - New American Near Me - Saginaw, Michigan

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Service is terrible. If you are by yourself. Don't expect to be waited on promptly. They may even skip you to wait on a larger group.

One of the OG Tony's locations in Saginaw. My go to is a steak and cheese with mozz and mushrooms, grilled, with an order of onion rings. Absolutely nothing healthy or low calorie, it has to be a day of hard work or not giving a single eff and just enjoying it for what it is. I grew up with these being a treat and they still are. read more

We both ordered the western omelette add jalapeno. Food came out and I said oh we wanted jalapeno because they put banana peppers on them instead. The waitress said oh I think he out of jalapeno. So you just assumed we wanted banana peppers? just irritated she didn't ask us first. Had she, I would have said no. I think she actually wrote it down incorrectly because she seemed confused taking our order. Good thing we don't have allergies. read more

Dad recommended a late breakfast/early lunch here for our first day visiting michigan. He used to eat here while growing up in the 70s. I can see why. Atmosphere is very vintage, and food is absolutely amazing. Was very much worth the understandable wait time for our meal. They have great service and a great cook. Every bit of our meal was delicious. read more

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Went here for the 1st time in years .... Was greeted by Rude Waitress ... Had to tell her to calm her attitude.... Usually good Service but I'll got to the one behind FSM in the future read more

Call it nostalgia, solid choices (for breakfast at least), or overall good value, but whenever I am back in town, my father and I make a point to stop by for breakfast. What other restaurant can you still get a coffee for around $1 or 3 eggs and toast for $3? The cook will even poach the eggs! Overall, the place has the food you would expect for the price. If you want something fancier, there are plenty of other restaurants to go to, but if you're looking for a great value, superb service, and dependable food, I'd recommend this place to start your day. read more

State Street Tony's - Menu with Prices as of 1/19/2020 - New American Near Me - Saginaw, Michigan

Trying to support local small businesses but this location just keeps making it harder to do so. The service is getting worse and worse as times progresses. Here I thought it was because of COVID but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. read more

I was very unhappy with my recent order. I told I wanted my chicken wings mild they gave me spicy. They were not cooked like I wanted. I told them well done, they gave me half cooked.. and the fries they gave me were disgusting., they had no flavor at all.. when I called to order my food the person on the other end was rude. The only positive thing I could say about this experience was the cashier she was really nice. read more

Traditional, Diner-style, Comfort-food at its finest! Great fried jumbo shrimp and fries! Mozzarella sticks (and marinara) oozed gooey-deliciousness! A trip down memory lane and worth the drive! Reasonable prices, large portions, no frills! If you want to better understand what makes Saginaw tick, eat here! read more

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Decided to try Tony's again after 2 years. Realized why I stopped visiting this location. A Door Dash employee was waiting for food. She asked for an update and the food prep staff started going off on her...while she was standing there and more after she left. One of the waitresses mentioned they were unprofessional and loud. One prep staff person mentioned he didn't give a %#*% and she should stop coming here. Very classy prep staff. The last time we were here, it took 1 1/2 hours to get food and there was only two other customers here. Used to be good food but the employees do not care about anyone but themselves. Good luck to whomever visits here. read more

The food is great (and plentiful), and the servers are wonderful people! Try the Ton's steak sandwich, or ANY of the breakfast items there. I go there quite often, and am always pleased! Pat Kennedy read more

Stepped in the door, saw an open table and was going to sit down when the worker standing in the kitchen doorway said, " We are an hour out for food orders! - an hour out!" He just stood there looking at us and waiting for us to leave. We turn around and walk out and another table got up and did the same. The whole back area was closed off and no seating was allowed which left very few tables to wait on. There was an open table, why would they not want to feed you? He could have said they were short staffed, overwhelmed with take out or anything else. I have eaten there many times over the past 30+ years and will never go back. read more

I was in Saginaw for a wedding and had a couple of hours to kill, so I decided to try out whatever restaurant had some good reviews on Yelp. Stumbling upon Tony's was great since downtown Saginaw is a little more barren than most downtowns. The place has that family owned, no muss no fuss charm to it. Everyone looks like a regular, and they all know just what to order: Great Steak with pizza cheese and Mushrooms Sandwich. It was a monstrous sandwich (mostly thanks to the large slices of thick Italian Bread, which i would have liked buttered and toasted, and if not that, at least toasted... it doesn't seem right to put cold bread on a hot sandwich, but that's how they eat it there!) The steak patties was delicious with marinara and mushrooms piled high... although i do have a gripe about the mushrooms too: they definitely weren't freshly sauteed, more like sliced canned mushrooms. The sandwich was still good overall, but I would have liked 1) The bread toasted and 2) fresh sauteed mushrooms, those two things would have made the sandwich EVEN better! The fried mushrooms were perfect though! I saw some other people around us ordering their pizza's and breakfast items....they all looked delicious. One thing I can definitely say is, they have gigantic portions for the $ you pay. I like a joint that knows how to feed hungry fat arses! read more

State Street Tony's - Sneak Peak of Menu - New American Near Me - Saginaw, Michigan

Phenomenal service. Liz is the best. Amazing cod, best we've ever had. Even tho they are very short staffed right now, they are trying their best and bending over backwards. 10/10!! :) read more

This place is awesome for breakfast. The waitresses are friendly and are always ensuring the coffee and/or drinks are always filled. The inside is clean and the tables are comfortable. read more

Love the people there. !! There always down to earth and friendly. I'm a Grubhub driver and they have always greeted me and was nice the whole time even with a wait. read more

I've been very sick & today wanted mashed potatoes. You did not disappoint!! The coleslaw was excellent too. I had the hot roast beef sandwich. Yummy!! read more

Literal trash. This place has nose dived so bad in the last 5 years. Grub Hub just delivered and I hoped it wasn't from the State and Center location... it was. Sadly, in the trash it went. read more

You can't beat Tony's. It's a Saginaw classic! Great for any meal and the take out is fantastic especially during these tough COVID times. The service is always top notch and the building is clean! read more

Was eating found 2 hairs in my food I told the waitress expecting a refund and she only offered to have my eggs remade why would I want my eggs remade when they'd just have hair in them again. read more

This shit was trash. Let me start by saying I typically have eaten from a lot of good and bad places and my stomach can typically hold anything down. Anyways, my boo went to go get us breakfast as a carry out. I had scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon, and American fries with toast. Immediately when she got here we could both tell something was burnt in the bag. When we opened up everything, turned out it was the American fries with the string burnt smell. One side was pure black, while the other side was clearly undercooked. The bacon was hard yet under cooked on the edges and the eggs with cheese were soooo runny. It was absolutely rough to eat. How you still melt cheese but undercook eggs is beyond me. The crazy part is as soon as I finished, I immediately threw it all up. I felt fine before I ate the food and felt fine after I threw it up. I don't know how people typically feel about their food but don't buy breakfast from an Italian restaurant. I'll never get anything from there again. Even if it's free. read more

Good restaurant. Large portions and great prices. Environment: feels like a old-school diner. If you get lucky, you'll see the regulars sitting in their usual spots. You'll know who they are when you see them. Food comes out fresh. Always ordered the steak sandwich without cheese. The bread is cut from a large baguette and is buttered and toasted. Patty is ground steak and covered with a marinara sauce. Fries or chips are not included If you order the sundae, make sure you're not the only one eating it. 9 mounds of ice cream (3 each of chocolate, strawberry, vanilla) with bananas, pineapple, whipped cream and chocolate syrup. read more

This is a good, local and authentic Italian-inspired diner with an old middle American working class charm to it. There's breakfast, some pasta dishes, VERY yummy looking NY-Style pizza, burgers, sandwiches and some nice dessert treats on the menu (among other stuff). As it was my first time here, I made sure to order what the place is best known for, their "Great Steak w/pizza cheese & mushrooms Sandwich." It had big soft authentic Italian bread on it - very big, thick sliced, fresh and hard outer rim crust. The bread is not toasted or buttered - which some may complain about, but I think it's more authentic this way. Personally the main drawback to the huge Italian bread on the sandwich is that you need more meat in the sandwich to make up for it. If you don't wanna cough up the extra money, then you can request smaller sliced bread. The sandwich has "pizza cheese" (mozzarella?), tons of mushrooms, and a decent sized juicy ground steak patty on it. It was all brought together in the sandwich with their house "red sauce" which seems to be nothing more special than some mediocre marinara sauce. The sandwich was pretty good but with the bread being sliced so thick - the patty was kind of undermined in it, so coughing up the $3 extra would probably be worth it to improve the meat to bread ratio. You could always take the cheaper/healthier route and just ask them for thinner sliced bread too, but I would rather have the big bread with more meat. The mushrooms were from the can - fresh sliced and sautéed to order would be much tastier. Double the steak in the sandwich, and I would say a side to the sandwich is not even necessary, as you will leave full as hell! Anyhow, if you're in Saginaw for a couple hours like I was and want to try the best local eats on a budget - there's no contest that Tony's Original Restaurant is your bet. It's a cozy, hometown diner with an appealing menu. While their famous Great Steak sandwich can be broken down into mediocre ingredients - the sum of its parts are greater as a whole. The "Intermission Deli" right next to it looks like it'd be a great 2nd choice though! Check it out! read more

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I only really eat here after a long night fueled by adult beverages, but it always serves the purpose. I don't think my sober stomach would agree, but my hungover one loves it. Steak sandwich, grilled, pizza cheese. Fries with gravy. Boom-cured. read more

I grew up on this mid Michigan staple. Any time I am back in the area I make sure one of my stops is for a GIANT steak sandwich. I like them with pizza cheese and mushrooms like Tom. I also agree with tom on the chocolate shake, but if you could get a wop salad and fudge Sunday down next to sammy and shake without barfing... that's talent! Here's a good tip- order the sauce on the side. I used to get it regular, but if I was getting take out it was totally soggy by the time I got to my destination. This solves that. I even get it on the side at the restaurant now because it's fun to dip. read more

Had my first steak sandwich with grilled onions and mushrooms here decades ago. A brick of mystery meat topped old school Saginaw way, onions and mushrooms is the way to go. People nowadays may opt for it with cheese as well. Don't be mistaken, this is no "steak meat" sandwich. Rather it's a meatloaf of some sort. Not the greatest thing ever created, but a hometown favorite that has stood the test of time. A Tony's steak sandwich or their nachos are the only ways to go and never lightly. If you've got an iron stomach to try something different, go ahead and bookmark it. Otherwise, save the trouble, it's an acquired taste. read more

Avoid Tony's on State. Lousy service. We waited 30mins after ordering and watched the waitress walk past us wait on at least two groups who arrive after after us. They were served and nearly done eating and were still waiting for our food. Will not go back and urge readers not to go there. read more

Every time I'm in town they pull me back in ... Every time I'm in the Tri-City area: this is the place that must be visited! I have never had a bad meal here ever. The Wop salad, to me, is what their steak sandwich is to most people: utterly irresistible. This is the best Italian salad I've eaten in my life, so far, but there was that one salad in New York City that I saw, but did not order ... Anyway, I do not understand the bad reviews this place gets, but you can be the best and there are those that go for the Jackwess. To each their own, those fools may never wake up to the pearls that they are offered, and will choose to dine with swine instead. If you are looking for a large amount of great Italian Family food, at an incredibly cheap price, that tastes so good your taste buds will have dreams about it; this is the place for you! Point to anything on the menu and it will be great. There are people that travel very long distances just for the steak sandwich alone ... The banana split is so huge; it should be an eating contest! Seriously, it could easily feed four people for dessert. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner; if you love the show 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' you will feel at home here, there is a table waiting for you ... read more

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The food was good as usual and large portions but the service was terrible. I stood at the register waiting to place my order and both girls behind the counter acted like I was not even there. After a couple minutes of them doing nothing but stand with their backs to me while chatting with the kitchen staff, one finally asked "what can I get you". This was with her still looking towards the kitchen with her back towards me. Both had saw me walk in and walk up to the counter before turning around and start chatting to the kitchen staff....there was no greeting at all. If I wasn't craving the nachos so much I would have left.... I was about 5 seconds from walking out as it was! read more

Ordered a side salad and large pizza take out. Salad was shredded lettuce and sour tomatoes. Couldn't even eat it. Pizza crust was dry, almost burnt. Darn it! Why do I order from this location? Lesson learned read more

Let me start off by saying this is my first time to Saginaw. Wasn't sure what to expect when we pulled up but the place is clean & staff is very friendly. The food is terrific & you get so much quality food for your $$ Woppy Burger is 1/2 burger $3.95 fries are extra at $2.25 but you get a heaping of fry-frys! Pizza is amazing too We ordered the 16" pizza & ended up eating it for 2 days!! ask them to cook it a bit longer, but amazing pizza for the $$ - not a deep dish but not a flat crust either. Wonder if they are affiliated with Tonys at Birch Run?? read more

A trip home means a visit to Tony's. Google the word "home" and you'll see a photo of Tony's Famous Steak Sandwich. Also great for breakfast. As a teenager, this was my second home. Double Yummy!!! read more

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Great salads to take out. I grab one on my way to work and its always so. Fresh . Good homemade dressings.