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This diner has been around for quite a while. The building has been remodeled but the main frame…read morewith the big windows, the breakfast bar and the booths are still there. The smell of fresh coffee is everywhere and a positive vibe is present. We sat down quickly in the farthest booth, our preference. I had a nice view of the patrons, the street, and the kitchen. I noticed the amount of dessert on the counter, and later learned they were made in house, and if I am not wrong, this place is known for their desserts. We ordered a pretty standard diner breakfast and everything was perfect. As usual, and not to say that I am complicated, I had my order customized, and the server graciously accommodated me. After all, great service means a bigger tip. We were very satisfied. I got to visit a true diner, have a good meal, get a feel of the community, and the chance to help that community with my business. After all, diners, just like breweries, are traditionally American institutions for community exchange, much like the town's inn or the pub, if we were in the British lands.

Golden Gate Diner is located on Union Blvd. in Allentown. They are open every day from 6AM - 9PM…read more I drive by this diner all the time and I haven't been in since I was a kid, so I had to stop in for a nostalgic visit. I ordered French onion soup and the Golden Gate special (1/4 lb burger and fries). The soup was savory and the burger was juicy. The fries were a bit undercooked, but $6.50 for a burger and fries is a great deal. Pickup and delivery are both available. French Onion Soup - 8.2 Golden Gate Special - 7.5 French Fries - 7.2 Food - 7.6 Service - 7.6 Value - 8.4 Restaurant score - 79

Sunday breakfast

Golden Gate Special

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French Onion Soup

Billy's Downtown Diner

3.9(443 reviews)

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I'm so sad it took me this long to try this restaurant. Ordered the Papas Rancheros through…read moreDoordash. Huge portion, seasoned perfectly, absolutely delicious! It was breakfast, lunch and dinner. Can't wait to try it again!

Billy's Downtown Diner is open for breakfast, brunch, and lunch. This location can be found in…read moreBethlehem on E Broad St. They are open every day from 8:00AM - 3:00PM. I've been to this diner several times now and never had a bad experience. The food is unique and delicious and service is always fantastic. My most recent visit I ordered Huevos Rancheros. It consists of grilled corn tortillas topped with refried beans, chorizo sausage, and Monterey Jack & cheddar cheese. It's accompanied with over-medium eggs, smashed avocado, and classic papas. I could have did without the beans, but other than that this dish was a winner. My favorite item on the menu is still the Sriracha Bowl. The tortilla bowl is filled with classic papas, pork carnitas, scrambled eggs, bacon, diced tomatoes, Monterey Jack & cheddar cheese, guacamole, jalapeños, scallion, and sriracha. Billy's has indoor and outdoor seating. Pickup and delivery are both available. Sriracha Bowl - 8.2 Huevos Rancheros - 7.8 Food - 8.0 Service - 8.4 Value - 8.0 Restaurant score - 81

Wall of rewards

"Vegan" Esque Omelette, SO good!!

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Back dining area

The People's Kitchen

4.5(405 reviews)

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Food - 5/5 Service - 5/5 Ambiance - 5/5…read more Mac & Cheese - potato base, bacon sausage, and, of course, mac and cheese, with the option to add an egg. Super heavy, but absolutely delicious! 8.6/10 Shoutout to Ashley for the great service!

I returned to the People's Kitchen with another first timer! My wife, Melissa…read more My daughter Maddie and I have been here twice this past month by ourselves and raved about it until we had an opportunity to bring Melissa to experience the great food at the People's Kitchen. It once again lived up to all of our own hype and should live up to yours as well. Great build your own omelette. Amazing breakfast sandwich on French toast. Smooth and flavorful coffee and delicious OJ. Thanks again for a wonderful start to our 4th of July morning. We will be back again soon with another newbie. Spread the word. It's at the People's Kitchen.

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Egg whites with vegetables

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Omelette with cheese, sausage, bacon and ham. Yummy!

Hill To Hill Grille

3.6(7 reviews)

2.5 mi

Hill to Hill Grill is a restaurant which is part of the Comfort Inn. Looks like this is the…read morebreakfast area then turned into nightclub during the evening. Overall, it was certainly better overall than most restaurants of this type I have been too. Parking is on site and basically ample, but gets crowded in the evenings. Plenty of seating plus a well stocked bar. The night I was on hand "Paller and Rose" performed and their musical offerings matched the audience age quite nicely. Food was of very good quality and reasonably priced - highly recommend the "Lehigh" burger which was quite filling. Service is a touch hit or miss which even some regulars admit, but this was not a major issue for me. Overall a pretty good spot for beer, burgers and alike on southside.

Pretty good food and price for a lounge restaurant inside an Inn. 4 of us ate here and it was only…read more$45. The portions were pretty big. I got a cheesesteak with onion rings. Everyone got a caesar salad (size of a large entree), chicken strips and fries, crab cake sandwich (you can see the jumbo lump), and pierogis. Not bad at all for a roadside restaurant. Waitress was super sweet and helpful. The pickles were amazing and they brought us an extra bowl. There was also a surprise band performing.

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Sibris Restaraunt

4.0(93 reviews)

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We LOVE sibris. Never had a bad experience. The service is always amazing and the food always is…read moredelicious.

What can I say? A classic American, causal dining option that is not a chain restaurant. It is a…read moresmall, local, neighborhood favorite. The staff is welcoming and accommodating, friendly, and efficient. I have nothing negative to say at all, we had a an absolutely positive experience. The food was good. Service was good. Portions were fair, prices reasonable. Dining room is rather small, tight. While it was quiet when we were there (we were only one of three tables), I am see potential that it could be loud when the dining room is full.

French Dip Sandwich

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Borderline Restaurant

3.7(89 reviews)

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Clean and friendly establishment…read more Food is great especially the lentil soup and the Greek wrap! Oh so Yummy!! Service is slow sometimes, so come with some time to spare. Updated review: go for the New England Chowder soup (crazy good)

This is a good old fashioned diner with long time local customers. Good food, friendly get to know…read moreyou service, ambiance is a retired Perkins Restaurant style. I love this place.

Interior

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The dude with the spiked hair has got to be 80! Awesome!

Darto's Restaurant

4.3(72 reviews)

3.0 mi

Went during Musikfest. We were staying at the hotel across the street and missed the hotel's…read morebreakfast. So glad we did. This is a family run business and you can tell by the excellent staff and friendly atmosphere the moment you walk in. We actually ended up talking to a former local who said he used to come here all the time and another local at the counter who was very friendly and funny. I ordered a breakfast sandwich with egg, potato, onion, and cheese on a roll and a side of has homefries with onions. The sandwich was big and delicious. The homefries looked like typical homefries I've gotten elsewhere, but for some reason these were soooo good. One of the best tasting breakfasts I've had.

On a few of my videos I had a bunch of people continually suggesting to stop in and check out a…read more"pork roll" (I don't care what you call it) egg and cheese sandwich from Darto's in Bethlehem. Today I did just that, and I'm happy I did. The girl who helped me was very friendly and helpful. It was almost like a house inside, dark wood all throughout and the kitchen nearly looked like a residential kitchen. This was $4.70 and had 2 big slices of the Jersey meat on it with egg and plenty of cheese on a pretty solid Kaiser. I was shocked at the cost for such large slices of meat on there, and the roll makes or breaks the sandwich for me and this passed the test. Video is going out tonight, but it definitely Didn't Suck

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Bethlehem Diner

3.0(179 reviews)

5.8 mi

As an out-of-state visitor who comes for Musikfest, it's always nice to drop by the Diner for some…read moregood comfort food. This is a standard big dinner which big portions and a bigger menu. With such a big menu, you'll sometimes find something they don't excel at, but everything I've had here has always been excellent. Today, I had a steak wrap with fries and I added their AYCE soup and salad bar. The salad was so-so but the soups were hot and delicious. With some melons and cantaloupe for dessert from the salad bar, I left happy and well-fed.

One of the busiest diners in the Lehigh valley. It's rare to see the parking lot less than 3/4…read morefull. The main reason, I came to discover, is the price. Everything is really inexpensive. It's like the 99 cent store of diners. Pancakes, eggs, nothing special but, again, cheap. Typical diner food. Type of place with professional waitresses. It's an experience. Felt very 1970s. I did see the waitress poor old coffee, from a mug, into a new coffee pot. I might be missing the larger complexity of coffee service at this diner but that was enough to make me skip my refill.

Front counter with desserts in case below.

Burger and fries

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Anatolian Kitchen

4.5(291 reviews)

4.4 mi

For perfectly grilled meats and other Turkish specialties this is the place. Service is always…read morepolite and never a wait for food to arrive at your table. Not sure what to order? Keep an eye on the dishes parading out of the kitchen. Just one picture on this visit, we arrived absolutely famished. Tonight's dinner we started with the meat Manti. I'm a sucker for dumplings and these little packages topped with garlic yogurt, chili oil and sumac are hard to stop eating. Mains were our favorite -the grilled lamb chops-don't be afraid to use your hands. Definitely leave room for dessert, the warm Kunefe paired with Turkish tea are great to share and nicely finish off your meal.

Food - 4/5 Service - 2/5 Ambiance - 3/5…read more Mix Appetizer - includes hummus, stuffed grape leaves, eggplant salad, babaganoush, ezme, haydari, kabak tarama, havuc tarama, and crushed wheat salad, served with fresh homemade bread. Everything had so much flavor, and I loved the variety. 8.3/10 Chicken Soup - filled with tender chicken and vegetables. 8.1/10 Mix Grill - includes chicken, lamb, and Adana kebabs, served with rice, a mixed salad, and pickled red cabbage. The meats were well seasoned, and the sides were fresh. 8.1/10 Chicken Kebab - 8.0/10

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Mixed grill

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Turkish coffee

Roasted Bethlehem

4.4(193 reviews)

2.4 mi

I was invited here by my son and future daughter in law, they had been here before, and it was…read moreAWESOME!!!! The food was Absolutely Amazing!!! Everything came out Fantastic!!! And Yes, my son ordered the Oreo Encrusted French Toast, and WOW..... Amazing stuff!! The atmosphere was great!!! Our server was AWESOME and came back several times, but not too overbearing!!! Just a GREAT place all around!!!! I recommend you try this place..... A will not be sorry!!! I'll be going back!!!

What a fun spot!! I came during parents weekend so the wait was over an hour but it was worth it…read more The ambience was quite intimate and small diner no-nonsense. I sat at the bar and loved watching the super talented chefs cook the meals. It was impressive because they cooked so many varying options - everything from oreo crusted french toast to veggie chili and pancakes! They had a system and took such care with everything they made. You could tell the place is run like a machine where everyone knows their job and gets orders out accurately with very little communication required in between. It was fascinating to watch! I had the tacos and they were a little bland for my liking - a sauce like a chipotle aoli would have taken the dish from standard to stand-out. The chili was so good, I would absolutely order it again, especially on a cold day. The breakfast potatoes were seasoned perfectly. Overall I would come back, maybe when it is less crowded and I would opt for something more adventurous than tacos! The menu had something for everyone so it's a real crowd pleaser. Great people, great food, and great place overall.

Veggie Quesadilla

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Emily M.

9 years ago

Late night road trip to Waffle House with my sister, we live in lansdale so it isn't a super close place to come by. We decided to try Waffle House tonight, and in all honesty; I have no complaints. The food was amazing. We both got the All Star Breakfast and ate every last bite. We were greeted as soon as we came in through the door and all of the Staff looked very polite and friendly. Our waitress, didn't quite catch her name(she has purple hair!) was over the top friendly and sweet. We enjoyed our visit and next time we're in the area definitely will stop back! If you're in the area, you should totally try this place out! read more

Mark A.

11 years ago

I knew my girlfriend would be stopping at this particular Waffle House on her trip back to Massachusetts. I called ahead and spoke to Sasha who was very sweet, friendly, and helpful. She was a great waitress and its apparent that she loves her job and customer interactions. Will definitely stop in again for some SSC Hashbrowns I agree with Denise S. 5Stars because its the freaking Waffle House read more

Brian M.

14 years ago

The food was pretty good. Just don't go after midnight. We go to this waffle house quit a bit, unfortunately our last experience was very unpleasant. There were a group of hoodlums being very disrespectful to the customers and staff. A manager definitely should have kicked them out or called the police. I will never go back, it was a very uncomfortable atmosphere. read more

Duncan P.

7 years ago

So great, we stopped in here on our way back to NYC, where we don't have Waffle Hice, after visiting family. Fast efficient service (a little bit of a wait, but that's to be expected on a Sunday, and was not as bad as it could have been), great food. Our waitress Dom was a delight. read more

Lane P.

5 years ago

They are not open 24/7. I drove 1 hour and get there and they were closed. Told me to go to another location. Nothing on their website or here on Yelp about being closed. read more

Arthur K.

11 years ago

It is a great chain to grab a quick consistent bite to eat. Staff friendly here. Place is clean. That is what you expect from a Waffle House n read more

Nora M.

10 years ago

Delicious awesome customer service. You can try to dinners but it doesn't add up to the waffle house clean and amazing break lunch and dinner read more

Brian A.

3 years ago

Store 4003 did not want to serve my family and I once we walked in the store. It was said that "you could only make reservations."

Wally A.

4 years ago

Not open 24 hours. They lied. Not open 24 hours. They lied. Not open 24 hours. They lied. Not open 24 hours. They lied.

Ed R.

300

6 years ago

Stopped at this 24/7 location at 1 a.m. to get something to eat in the restaurant was closed.

Maurice C.

4 years ago

Great food but every time I come here it's closed or closed early. To Allentown I go.

Jack H.

15 years ago

You wanna waffle? Go to the waffle house. Mhmm load the syrup on and go to town!

Michelle R.

13 years ago

who knew there was a waffle house in pennsylvania? well done, waffle house.

Laura F.

6 years ago

Was here with my friend last summer and the staff and food were impeccable.

Kyle R.

10 years ago

Yuk!!! Like Bagel Basket I would not eat there!

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