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    Wehrle Diner

    2.9 (60 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    WEHRLE DINER ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Fox E.

    If this diner were frequented by sheep, it would be known as the Woolly Diner. What to get: Chicken Souvlaki Dinner, or Open Chicken Souvlaki for the smaller appetite. My recent experiences here were nothing short of infuriating, but I still have plenty of respect and love for the diner despite the price hikes, oftentimes horrendous service, and mediocre tasting food. It should really get a 3 by now, but I'm going to stick to supporting these local souvlaki places even though they can't all be Apollo on South Park. Mixed reviews so I went here not knowing what to expect, but I came upon one of the best diners in Buffalo. Recently I went back for a sit-down meal and it was even better than it is for take out. Some of the waitresses are "ridiculously good looking" but that has nothing to do with why I like it here. Every bite of the food was decent. The salad wasn't bad. The chicken was hot, large portion, juicy, not too bad. The prices were cheap. The Greek Oil was fantastic. Buffalo specializes in Chicken Souvlaki, and this is one of the very best examples of it. The only thing I wasn't into at all was the chocolate milkshake. It tasted a bit too much like chocolate milk and didn't do it for me, so I'd skip the shake if I were you and focus on the food. But seriously, ignore the bad reviews. It's a typical Greek Diner, and Buffalo has many of them, it's not bad but it's not the best. Apollo, Family Tree, Towne, Alton's are the other really good ones but Apollo is a class apart. Buffalo Joe's and Lake Effect are the best all-American non-Greek diners. If this diner was owned by BMX experts it would be known as the Wheelie Diner. For take out, I've only had one thing, and that was the Open Chicken Souvlaki. It reminded me very much of the food at Spilios, one of my favourites, which closed down. If this diner were frequented by cunning spies, it would be known as the Wily Diner. And if this diner were frequented by country star Mr. "Beer For My Horses" Nelson, it would be known as the Willie Diner. As for the price, it was under $10 for this, the dinner is a little more and you get a larger portion of souvlaki and some potatoes, but I haven't tried that so I can't comment on it. But now it's more like $12 for a much less impressive dish, sadly. If this diner were frequented by kids in plastic boots it would be known as the Wellie Diner. My last point is that two of the waitresses here are super cute, including the one that served me, who came in to work right when I was walking in, and even though she hadn't even taken off her coat yet, quickly rang me up so that I wouldn't have to wait. If this diner were frequented by South Park's own Ms. Testaberger, it would be known as the Wendy Diner. So definitely give this place a try. Keep the little local places in business. Unfortunately, this diner is frequented by escaped inmates from Alden, NY, so it is changing its name to the Wende Diner.

    Wehrle special that I asked to have without ham, which came with toast. I liked it, and the restaurant was very cozy.
    Wendy B.

    We came for breakfast today. I liked the Wehrle special, and ordered it without ham, which was good. My husband liked the vegetarian omelette. Very cozy neighborhood restaurant.

    Nicole R.

    I've only been to Wehrle twice. The first time was a while back, I don't remember what I ordered, and I couldn't tell you how it tasted. But it must have been somewhat decent for me to randomly think of this place one morning, and think, "wow I haven't been there in a while, let's go!". I recently came here on a Sunday morning. Online I read they open at 8am, but when I was reading the signs coming in, and the front of their menu, it read 7am. Waiting in my car a few extra minutes I guess wasn't too bad. You could tell walking in they had their regular guys - who sit up at the counter and have coffee. We were told by Christina, who was our waitress, we could sit wherever, and we picked a booth along the windows. Even though it was seven in the morning, I ended up ordering the open chicken souvlaki which ended up being a very good size. The chicken was tender, light on the feta cheese, ended up asking for an extra side. You only receive two small pieces of pita bread, it's more like half of a full pita and then cut in half again. I also ordered another side of pita bread as well. I opted for tzatziki sauce instead of their dill sauce, which is apparently different from one another. The tzatziki was flavorless, I ended up adding salt and pepper to it. It tasted like flavorless thick Greek yogurt with chopped up cucumbers, and it looked bland too. Maybe I'll try the dill sauce next time? I also asked for a side of Gyro, which was good. I ate mine with mustard. I believe I received either three or four pieces. My first complaint is the Greek dressing situation. It's shared. They put it in those ugly, greasy, dressing bottles, where the cap doesn't fit all the way on, and your left there wondering how you're supposed to mix the dressing together when all the seasoning is on the bottom, and the oil is floating on top. Was that considered a run on sentence? Is it too hard to give someone a side of it, like maybe in a plastic cup? I ended up holding the cap tight and shaking lightly, hoping it mixed thoroughly. It's honestly a pet peeve of mine, that I won't shake. My last thought is how long does it sit in that bottle before they clean it out, wash the bottle, then put fresh in? OK rant about ugly dressing bottles, over. Our waitress was attentive, she wasn't busy, had a few tables as well as ours. I wasn't made to feel like family, as I expected to feel from a somewhat small diner. I guess there was a customer service interaction lacking. I'm very needy as some would put it, I ask too many questions, I seem to always need something, if I say thank you, I don't expect an "your welcome" back everytime, but at least once would have been nice. I like to feel acknowledged, and I kind of felt that, that was lacking. I don't know if they expected to be massively busy that Sunday, but when I was cashing out, there were about four waitresses who had just got on the clock when two were already on. It felt somewhat too many for such a small establishment, but who knows, maybe they get those kinds of crowds.

    Awesome giant burger with egg and bacon.
    Harrison C.

    Not sure why this little diner on the Harlem traffic circle between the 3 pharmacies doesn't get more business - especially when Lake Effect Diner's customer service is slowing down. Large parking lot right across from Walgreen's. Free wi-fi. This is truly a retro diner - booths and counters. The menu is straight forward, cost effective, and the service is friendly. This is a much more comfortable diner than Athens which is further south on Harlem. I had a beef liver dinner one night - beautifully pan seared tender. Most recently, I got a burger platter that had an egg on it. I had a choice of potatoes - fries, greek, homefries or mash. The greek potatoes was a give-away that this place must be another Greek-owned-originated diner. To my delight, a giant half pound burger showed up. They ask you how you want it done, and mine was done a perfect medium. We've also been here for breakfast where they have inexpensive breakfast specials before 10am. My only criticism is that the diner menu isn't particularly different than any other diner in town. At least Lake Effect has some interesting innovations on their menu but you pay for it in time and money. For a fast friendly local meal, definitely check out Wehrle.

    Souvlaki omelette
    Arthur H.

    I had a chicken souvlaki skillet for breakfast for the first time and it was pretty good. I love the way that they have the menu, one with specials on it and the other was a regular menu. I wasn't to much of a fan for the coffee, don't really know if that really mean a lot for some people but my over all experience was nice and the waitress was even nicer.

    This isn't somewhere we go very often, and tonight I was reminded of why. My son had an appointment up the road, so it was convenient. Too bad it was only convenient. There were only about 3 other tables of diners when the three of us entered, so the hostess told us to sit anywhere. Once we were seated, the server took our drink order pretty quickly, but that was the end of the positives. When she came back to take our order (close to 10 minutes after we were ready) she sat down next to my son. She doesn't know us. She smelled like smoke. My son was extremely uncomfortable, both because she was sitting close to him and because he has asthma and the smoke was starting to set it off. Then we waited. The couple of times we've been here before it didn't take more than 10-15 minutes for our order to come, and since it wasn't as busy as those other times both boys were annoyed with the 35-40 minute wait time. (2 omelettes and 1 eggs Benedict) The home fries tasted off. The hollandaise was obviously a powdered mix snd tasted more like powdered potatoes than hollandaise. The chicken in the Mediterranean omelette had some bits that weren't cooked through. All three meals were below temperature. As we were finishing up, our server sat at another table and began loudly discussing how "one of my doctors suggested I go to a support group." She sat there for several minutes discussing her objections before getting up and loudly asking if anyone needed anything. (She was the only server, and there were muttered replies from nearly every table -- now a total of 5 -- that they were all set.) There will not be another visit to this restaurant in the near future. In fact, while my sons are too polite to complain to waitstaff, I'm sure they'll remind me about this experience if I forget and suggest we eat here again.

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    Wehrle dinner soulvaki dinner is great. Tasty and very good. I love this place. Thanks

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    Tracy is the best server in Buffalo! The Wehrle serves a great breakfast and also great lemon chicken soup for lunch!

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    The waitresses were very nice. The food was just average, I got the waffle it was alright, I've had better.

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