A dive diner on the rise! Every year I come here on a family visit and enjoy their fare a couple time during the visit. The staff is friendly and the owner is often floating around d to help. I like a diner that is on the rise. They inherited from their uncle and are adding youthful energy to improving. Lots of locals with personality coming and going, families, and dads with kids. Coffee is god and mild where you can drink a ton. read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - Shot out at the sign. - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

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decided to try them since the recently opened this location on the north side and will NEVER BE BACK. First off the food was very basic and not with the price being charged but the reason I'll never go back was because of how terrible the service was , when we gave the waitress the money to pay and told her to keep the change she responded back with " dont think about stealing my money from my apron " , her shoes were literally falling off her feet and her appearance looked like she just rolled out of bed. read more

We sort or stumbled into this place looking for a quick bite on the road. We really lucked out! Her cheeseburger was solid, and my club sandwich and fries was great, and so large I could only eat half. The second half really came in handy a couple hours down the road, though. The service was also very friendly. A hidden gem! read more

Merry Christmas!! I couldn't figure out how to add a side of gravy on Uber, the crew added one to the order for me. Thanks so much! read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - Philly Cheese Steak Hot Sandwich - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Today we had breakfast at Uncle Rusty's and boy was it good. Two of us had their biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns and toast. Another had eggs benedict which he was very good. My only issue was I didn't need toast on top of the biscuits and gravy. Thought I had enought bread with the biscuits. Told the waitress I didn't want anything else but she said it comes with the breakfast. They may want to change that as not everyone wants to eat a lot of dough. read more

We had the biscuits and gravy and country fried steak and eggs. The food was great and the service was amazing. The coffee was really good. It's like a very old style diner. I would definitely recommend this place. I love supporting local businesses and this was one of them. read more

Finally tried Uncle Rusty's Dinner. In a word...WOW!! Wonderful! Delicious!!!! Super friendly like dinners used to be. I had the French toast sandwich (Monte cristo in steroids) was out of this world! My husband had the Taco omelette and he said it was delicious, I didn't even get one bite lol. The hashbrowns were perfectly crispy. We will be back for sure! read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - French toast sandwich - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

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We went to go to franks diner for breakfast on Saturday and the wait was 1.5 hours. Couldn't wait that long so went two doors down to Rusty's. The place was amazing. Great simple breakfast food. Wonderful people. Family run! No wait. They had some locals that clearly come in weekly. We will be back. Don't wait for franks when Rusty's is just as good with no wait and fabulous people. read more

I used to walk by until both owners at different time, Ran out of the business screaming at me because I walked my dog in front of their business. Even though I was on a city sidewalk and always cleaned up after her and more time then not cleaned the area of all dog stuff. read more

The food is amazing! the Country Fried Steak can literally be cut with a fork. If you don't mind interesting people and old school atmosphere, its an epic place to dine. Enjoy! read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - a view of the dining area - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Unfortunately I wouldn't recommend this restaurant. The restaurant looked dirty. The staff looked dirty. We got a cup of coffee which was not brewed but from a liquid packet of some sort. We left without ordering as well as another couple. read more

Uber Eats order. I paid extra for priority delivery so it would arrive hot. My driver sat at the restaurant for 10 minutes while they were "wrapping up". The driver came straight to my house after finally getting the order. I live less than 10 minutes from the restaurant. The food was cold. The chicken fried steak was one of the worst I've ever had. More breading than steak. The hashbrowns looked like potato peelings, paper thin peelings. They were oily and somehow not cooked all the way. The gravy tasted like straight up milk. Thin, and no seasoning. Everything lacked seasoning. I've ordered other items from here before and not been unhappy, but I don't recommend the CFS breakfast. read more

Amazing service. Every single person was so kind! The food was hot & delicious. Pancakes are great and the French fries were actually the best I've ever had. read more

Well, I kind of was disappointed a little. I've thought that they would have better breakfast than Molly's or dollies. Molly is by far better comment on breakfast. Other than that my wife did like their club sandwich. She said it was OK so that would give them three. read more

We went in for Father's Day. We were quickly seated. I had steak and eggs with a side of waffles. He had eggs Benedict with hashbrownes. I had 1/4 the steak even after sending it back to be cooked. I ended up eating the things I don't like from his plate because the rest was not edible. read more

It took a lot for me to come out of Yelp retirement to write a review, but this place did it. Immediately upon exiting my vehicle, my life may have been threatened by a bum telling me he was going to "fucking kill me". That should've been a red flag. Said bum proceeded to prowl around the druggie looking motel next door, yelling various threats to anyone in the vicinity. Now about the restaurant. When came in on a Friday early afternoon for lunch. There was one other party of two. We were seated immediately, and then waited for a very long time time to get menus, drinks, etc. After we were sat, another gentlemen came in solo, was also seated. While waiting to give our order, we noticed he already put his in, and another party of 8 were shown to their seat. This proceeded for 15-20 minutes until it was clear we were either being completely ignored or forgotten about. Finally, after seeing these two other parties (one guy, group of 8) get their food served, I had had enough. We finally go tour order in. The waitress seemed to not understand that this wasn't good, but I get it these things happen. We then waited close to 45 more minutes to get our food. During which we had been told a "couple more minutes" many times. To make a long story short. My kid had the chicken burger/sandwich. I kid you not, she picked that thing up, and ounce and ounces of fluid poured out of the burger.It reminded of a Gordon Ramsey Kitchen Nightmares episode. On top of that there was a very long hair in my wife's food, all I could do is laugh at this point. Since we were on a road trip and were there over an hour, I decided it was probably a good idea to use the restroom. GROSS. If a restroom is nasty, I can assume other parts of the place are nasty too. To be fair our waitress finally realized how much she/they screwed up and did take off a solid 33% of the bill. Despite that I will never be back here. read more

The food is excellent! We came for breakfast and had an omelet! Great price and the customer service was delightful! read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - Ham and cheese omelette with hash browns - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Two of us stopped in for breakfast, we both ordered bacon, eggs and hash browns from the reasonably priced light menu. There were no drinks listed on any menu. Service was fine. The food was mediocre at best. Too many good places in the area to eat here again. We won't be back. read more

Aside from the exterior look, the ambiance is no different than any other place. With a few, quick-fix renovations and inexpensive renovations, the outside and inside could definitely attract a busier crowd. My dad wanted to try this place and the cable car diner across the street. Sometimes we may just do that though specifically about the food here... It is GREAT. The food is superb, if not amazing. On a trip to visit family and friends, this was one of two places that I was overall impressed by. So, don't feel foolish thinking this place may be look a little-bit run-down. The food was hands-down a lot nicer than most places I've ate from in the Spokane area. read more

I haven't been in this building in a few decades . . . it used to be a semi-regular night spot for us when it was a Denny's and we needed a late nosh . . . And a few years ago is was a Jenny's. Now, Uncle Rusty's. Well, the seats look the same but the tables are new. A quite place mid morning, so we ordered and got food quickly (a few to-go orders popped up pretty quickly afterwards and a man and his girls came in too. Waffle and Hash Browns for me . . . the hash browns were outstanding and the waffle was very good as well. Scott had a combo and also raved about the hash browns; a hint of pepper, very little salt, just to my taste! Looks a little like a dive, but it's an older building, so . . . Hope the new ownership makes a go of it because I am adding this place to our breakfast rotation! read more

Ordered take out, they were really friendly and the food is great! Club was huge AND came with a side of fries. Easily can feed 2 people. read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - Club Sandwich - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Fiid was great and Rosie wauted iur table. What a delight when she greeted us coming in the door

Personification of the 'A-Ok, 3-star Yelp review' in my book. And granted, they have to do it with two hospitality hands tied behind their back. Hand one....it's a very beat down ancient facility, that may have been modern in the 1960s, but will never be clean enough in the eyes of many. Hand two...the single most overrated place in the metro, that is a mecca to all the middle-aged hipsters and bamboozled tourists to the city, right across the street (all patiently waiting an hour to be seated as they stare down at their phones). I was in the area, I wanted diner food, I wanted it quick, and I wanted it to be more than I could eat. The food was fine, and all squares were filled. Very, very nice staff in there, and they will engage you in conversation, whether your are looking for it, or not. Can't say I'll ever be back, but I had to try them. Just like I had to try them when it was Jenny's Diner...or 2nd Ave Grill...or Rooster's Cafe...or, whatever else the place has been called in the last 30 years. It's a tough place to make it. Made demonstratively tougher by competing with that stinkin' train car across the street... read more

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I feel 1 star is accurate. We ordered to go from DoorDash and pricing, and timing of delivery were perfect! I get this CFS and I get this at every place I order breakfast from, this thing is harder than a hockey puck! And the gravy is this wet, milky looking liquid wouldn't even call it gravy sitting on top and in a Poole around the steak. The potatoes were barely yellow and still HARD, toast wet and soggy. I mean some of this is to be expected on delivery but I didn't even eat any of this but one bite of the CFS. Very disappointing when I was just trying to support a new local business and I call them first to ask about this meal and they go "you can bring it back and we can remake it" okay... yeah let me do that FOR YOU. Awful awful customer service and you ruined my breakfast read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - SHITTY - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

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Very good breakfast. Old School Diner food. Frankie was a great server and made our visit fun. Would stop in again for sure! read more

If I could give a zero stars I would. To start the booth we were sat in needed a good clean we felt gross just sitting in said booth. Then our food came and the biscuits and gravy were rock hard and had HAIR in it. The hash browns were soggy and tasted like they were made in a microwave. To end our dinning experience our server TOOK HER SHOE OFF at our table and walked away with one shoe came back put her shoe on and continued to serve other customers WITHOUT WASHING HER HANDS. The whole experience food and the workers was awful. And then after we left we made it 5 miles down the road and we had to pull over and throw up because of how the food made us feel. read more

Amazing soups and deserts. Family run and proud of what they do. Hash browns are cut heavy, the way I like .

Stopped here twice this week. Quick service. Good coffee. The Denver omelet was really good. The bread is yummy too.

Just had breakfast here & our server was Rosie, sister of Rusty. Their service was great, pancakes & waffles were delish. It's a family affair here with all their breads & rolls being home made- highly recommend read more

food was amazing. a good size plate. me and my boyfriend could both only eat half. we were staying in spokane on thanksgiving after a concert, and found this to be almost the only place open for breakfast. hollandaise is made in house, it's so good. and the hash browns? made in house and freshly shredded and onto the flat top, i've never had hashbrowns like these. service was good, at first we had one server, but as it started to fill up with locals we had 3 different servers come to check on us and fill our waters. i'm so glad we got to eat here thanksgiving morning. read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - a half eaten plate of food - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

3 of us had breakfast Sat morning 11/25. We all thought the service was excellent (seems to be a family run operation). We were all underwhelmed w/the food. Hashbrowns were literally wet, seemingly uncooked (my 2nd experience w/that issue), & the bacon was basic, thin, small, grocery store type bacon. There are so many delicious breakfast joints in Spokane, I don't think we'll repeat at Uncle Rusty's, but we wish the great staff well! read more

This is the worst restaurant I have ever been to. Between the awful service and the awful food, this takes the cake for being the worst place I've ever had the displeasure of wasting money. The quality of the "food" made me wonder how they aren't sending people to the hospital daily. This restaurant deserves to be shut down. read more

Best browns in town love this place is breakfast most underrated breakfast in Spokane thank you guys perfect every time

Had food delivered by DoorDash. I asked them to grill the sauerkraut on my Reuben and it was amazing! My daughter loved her burger on a perfectly grilled bun. read more

Used to eat at this place all the time when it was Jenny's. It was always packed with people, had excellent food with big portions, great service and a great menu. Immediately when we walked in this time you could tell it was dirty. While the service was still friendly the food seemed stale, like the hashbrowns were a day old and reheated. My omelette was pretty flavorful but very small and the whole meal seemed surprisingly overpriced for what we got. For the food alone there are plenty of better places to choose from. But the clincher for me is the bathroom. Probably one of the most disgusting bathrooms I've ever seen in a restaurant. The toilet had algae growing in it and had a lot of disgusting stuff crusted on the rest of the fixture, including the seat, that had obviously been there a while. The wall had a huge, dried smear of... never mind. Two of the three employees are men, one of them being uncle Rusty, who obviously has to use this restroom. If this passes for acceptable cleanliness I don't want to know any more about the cleanliness and hygiene of the rest of the place. read more

I should have read the reviews on breakfast. Undercooked bacon, overcooked eggs and horrible soggy hashbrowns all floating in grease. Never again! I should have taken a picture before throwing it out. read more

First time here, and it was mostly enjoyable. The waitress was very personable and talkative. The food portions were massive. 3 pancakes were enough for 3 people. Everything was hot and tasted very good. Prices are pretty good. Would definitely come eat here again. read more

Uncle Rusty's Diner - Menu - Diners Near Me - Spokane, Washington

It's an older place but the staff and food are A+. It was just enough to NOT make you feel sick full like chain diners do to ya and the prices are very good. I'll definitely be back! read more

I was excited to try this diner, as I had heard several advertisements for it on the radio. We were pretty disappointed. The cleanliness is lacking, broken windows, and just general disrepair. My husband said the bathroom was pretty bad. Likened it to a bad convenience store/gas station bathroom. Breakfast was OK. But not great. The best thing about the meal was the hot Thomas Hammer Coffee! The service was good. I recommend going across the street to Frank's Diner. You may have to wait to get in but it's worth it. read more

We saw the sign driving through town visiting and decided to stop in...glad we did! The waitress was friendly and funny! Food was so good! Waffles with strawberries yummy!! read more