Old school diner experience. Came in for breakfast alone on a Sunday morning, sat at the counter and was greeted, given a menu and coffee shortly after. Had the eggs over easy, white toast, sausage and home fries with a pancake on the side. Everything was great, the home fries are like what I grew up with and portions were huge. A little while into my meal, the owner delivered rice pudding with cinnamon on top. Only complaint I have is no Splenda and only sweet and low. Will definitely return! read more

Very decent. Casual and clean. Family owned and run, it seems. Food comes out quickly. They had a decent crowd. CASH ONLY. Server was very nice. They could've used an additional server for the crowd as drinks were hard to get.. servers had a lot to cover. read more

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Amazing staff, the coconut pie was so good!!! And our server over-showered us with sauces!!

Yankee Kitchen is an old-time diner style restaurant that is famous for their omelets and burgers. This location on Market Street has been open for over 40 years. I have eaten here often in that time span. The food is good.... In fact this restaurant was visited for lunch by Barack Obama and Joe Biden when they were campaigning for the 2010 election. For breakfast today, I opted for a special that included two eggs, breakfast meat, home fries, and toast. I had the eggs over medium, crispy bacon, and Texas toast. Everything was prepared exactly how I requested. This was a very tasty meal, and it was satisfying. read more

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So I don't really understand the others rating of this place...we went for Easter breakfast and was not even close to being disappointed...How many places do you go to the owner actually come to your table and greets you...the breakfast at this place is top notch real ingredients not greasy and actually has taste...and the coffee isn't bad either....we will be going back for a visit. read more

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Yankiee kitchen is the Best Breakfast in the World the food is so good and the owner Phil Raptis he is the best ever. The food and service are top notch you will not be disappointed. Best omelettes and Best Rice pudding read more

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This place is the best the food is so good Ty Yankee Kichen Restaurant bye love David Wenger read more

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Yankee Kitchen has some good breakfast! 7:30 a. m. on a Springy Spring morning, two eggs, country fried steak, rye toast, and a big serving of Yankee Kitchen home fries! Which, you can get green peppers added for an extra .40 cents. Wife had a grilled cheese on Texas Toast. And she asked for and got it nice and brown-ily toast-woasty. Yippee, I mean, grilled cheese for breakfast? Commie! I on the other hand got a big delicious country fried steak with snausage gravy and rye toast and homey fries. And two eggs over medium. The eggs were perfect-o! Little brown on the outside. Oh, and the whole thing was on warm plates! Restaurants that don't have plate warmers are depraved loons. And I mean that. Cold plates for food that is supposed to be served hot, well, only commie places do that. Anyways, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, delicious hot breakfasts served on warmed plates that makes me happy! And Yankee Kitchen hits it solid. The country fried steak was perfectly cooked. And I mean PERFECTLY! Crispy, perfect amount of sausage gravy. Buttered rye toast. Wifey said best coffee she can remember eating out. Which I am sure is not a literal statement. But was for sure double def great. I give a hearty, happy, GREAT JOB! To Yankee Kitchen for breakfast. read more

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The food was really good and really cheap. (Only $1 for a coffee with your breakfast) The omelets aren't huge but they are flavorful. Would have given it a five but our waitress didn't seem interested in our table at all. She grunted every time we asked for something. read more

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Absolutely love the owner and staff food is great I eat there almost every morning!..

My favorite breakfast joint!! Great food with better prices. Hometown feel to it! Bring cash!!!

Not the best place for breakfast, and certainly not the worst. For those people who rate them lowly and bitch about their cash only policy, here's some news for you. They make these things called "automated teller machines", or "ATM" for short. They dispense this stuff called "money", or as it's also known as "cash". Credit card transactions cost the business owner 2-3% for each transaction, so because of your laziness and inability to carry cash, we're all paying higher prices for our food. You should always have some cash on hand anyways in case the card readers don't work, or for a place that takes only cash. Service was attentive without being annoying. Our server kept the drinks filled and brought ketchup and hot sauce for our breakfast unprompted. Two things that prevented me from rating them higher. One, for a place that's known in this area for allegedly having the best home fries in the area, I believe they're severely lacking. The best home fries are cooked on a grill with a mixture of crispy and well done pieces. The potatoes here are done to a consistency of boiled potatoes, as if you were getting ready to make mashed potatoes. They're kind of soft and soggy, so if you're looking for crispy home fries, look elsewhere. Secondly, the bacon appears to be deep fried, see the picture I attached. While bacon isn't exactly a health food, deep frying it doesn't help. It ends up so crispy that it disintegrates into a bunch of pieces, as if you took a hammer to peanut brittle. Bacon should be crispy, but grilled, not deep fried. Hell, you can get decent consistency on bacon in a microwave oven. That's all, folks. Give it a shot and see what you think. read more

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Had the biscuits and gravy this morning and became violently Ill, it was food poisoning. It was explosive diarrhea, and violently throwing up. Probably won't eat here again. Rest of my party loved their food. They didn't have the biscuits and gravy like me. Someone from my party loved their feta omelet. Even though they had a good time, I still got food poisoning. Just saying read more

Friendly little neighborhood place. I go to the Youngstown location more often but the one in Vienna is also great. The girls are always kind and service is always timely. Laurie is the best and always takes great care of us. Definitely worth visiting. read more

Good food and great prices! The Yankee Kitchen is an old school family restaurant in Youngstown serving breakfast anytime, lunch, and dinner. The place is home of the famous scooped out 8 oz burger. Free wifi is offered (ask for password). There's also another dining room in the back (covered up). It feels like the 1980s in here with homey and inviting atmosphere. The main open dining room has counter seating, table seating and booths along the windows, and various framed pictures on the walls. Each of the shiny table surfaces (excl counter) has embossed colorful ads of local businesses. The breakfast menu offerings consist of omelets, egg dishes, pancakes, French toast, waffles, and sides. Full breakfast meals include coffee or tea. Most full breakfasts priced $3.98-$8.50, Egg Beaters $1.50 extra. The regular menu offerings include salads, sandwiches, triple deckers, burgers, soups, chili, steaks (top sirloin & ribeye), sides, and 20 Famous Platters (includes salad, choice of potato, roll & butter, soup, and scoop of ice cream for $7.99 each) such as ham steak, chicken strips, fried chicken, hot turkey, fried shrimp, English white fish, liver, chicken parm, veal parm, eggplant parm, pasta w meatballs, BBQ chicken breast, 3/4 chopped sirloin, and other choices. Entrees are priced $8.50 or less. Childrens' menus for breakfast and lunch/dinner available. I stopped in at Yankee Kitchen for lunch recently. I took a seat at an open booth and the waitress promptly took my drink order (ice water) and gave me a menu. For lunch, I decided on the Eggplant Parmesan Platter ($7.99) with choice of spaghetti or rigatoni. The side salad in a bowl was fresh, which had iceberg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, green pepper, dressing on the side. The minestrone soup was very hot with a mix of vegetables, beans, and elbow macaroni (very soft). The dinner roll was soft and warm. The Eggplant Parmesan with Rigatoni was a good sized portion which had round deep fried breaded slices of eggplant (greasy) topped with melted mozzarella cheese and a side of soft rigatoni, smothered with ample thick marinara sauce with onions (slightly sweet). I did have some of the food in a to go box, so I could enjoy a scoop of chocolate ice cream for dessert. Stuffed! Overall, a good lunch, nothing fancy at a small price. The service was good. The check total for a full course meal was only a mere $8.55 with tax and before tip. read more

My sister and I had an early lunch on a Sunday morning about 11:00 am. No surprise, the restaurant was busy but we were quickly seated and our server promptly came to our table. We both ordered hamburgers which were tasty and hot. While sitting at our table, another server came by with a cart handing out free rice pudding dishes. The server made a point of explaining to each table that the pudding recipe "was his mother's recipe" and there was no doubt he was proud of the pudding. One interesting note were photographs on the wall near the front that were from a visit of Obama and Biden to the restaurant. If I recall, it may have been in 2008 prior to election but I could be wrong about the date. In any case, that must have been an exciting day to have the upcoming President and Vice-President of the United States eat a meal at the Yankee Kitchen. Overall, this is a restaurant with a solid reputation in Boardman and consistently serves food that is very reasonably priced with good portions. I have eaten here twice and I am certain I will return again. read more

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I just got done eating my pancakes from Yankee Kitchen and they were out of this world!! I called for take out and was told 10 minutes well I picked up my order and it everything was outstanding!! They were packed in there and they were using safety precautions. I will definitely go there again!! Thanks everyone at Yankee Kitchen for a pleasant experience! read more

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, therefore this place is shit. Flat out gross. Service was terrible very rude and ignorant. The food was mediocre at best, the coffee was luke warm at best, eggs are soggy, toast is stale, hash browns tasted like cardboard. If you want to waste money go here! Would be 0 stars but I have to put one star. read more

Breakfast at Yankee Kitchen. Dollar for dollar the best breakfast in town. I had a Ham & Cheese omelet, with a side of home fries. No they are not like the ones you get at most restaurants, they are cooked like my mother used too. Boiled, peeled and cooked on the flat top, seasoned with a dash of paprika. I especially like it when you get a few crispy ones. The omelet is large and full of ham and cheese. You also get an order of toast with this breakfast. Bottomless coffee for just a dollar more! My wife got the French toast which consisted of 3 slices of Texas bread. She got an order of grilled ham on the side. She could not finish neither item, therefore I got one of her slices of ham! She got the bottomless cup of hot tea with her meal. As an added bonus, we each got a serving of homemade rice pudding, which is the owner's way of saying " thank you ", Sundays only. If you want a great breakfast that will not leave you wanting more when you leave, be sure to stop by Yankee Kitchen! read more

I waited for a long time to try this place and I was disappointed. We went on a Monday for breakfast and the home fries were terrible. The country fried steak was okay, just okay. The french fries my gf ordered were obviously shipped in frozen, and the coffee wasn't that good either. A bad dining experience from a man that seldom gives bad reviews. I pictured myself eating with General Grant and General Sherman at a place called the Yankee Kitchen, it seemed so fitting...what it was was a letdown. read more

Continuing our quest for good breakfast places in the Boardman-Poland area, we visited Yankee Kitchen on Sunday. It was fairly busy when we arrived with several tables waiting for food. Our waitress was prompt with coffees and water but we did wait a bit for our food. We heard the waitress tell a couple other tables that they were backed up because, "Andy is on vacation" so we'll blame to slow food on Andy whoever he is! My western omelet was good but I forgot to order it with cheese which would have made it better! My husband had the gyro omelet which he said was quite good. We both ordered home fries but we should have split a single as the servings were very large. Home fries themselves were just "ok" as they could have used some more seasoning and tasted like they might have been sitting on the grill for a while before serving. All in all a decent breakfast and we'll be back again! read more

You will not leave this place hungry. Big portions, and good food. Service is great. My only grow would be the food .. actually the egg salad was not consistent. I loved it the first time. The second time was different and I would have preferred it of it were prepared like it was the first time. read more

Don't let the exterior fool you. Ordered a couple of eggs over easy, which on more than one occasion at others 'nicer looking ' restaurants, were over cooked. Needless to say, they were cooked perfectly. The home style potatoes were delicious. The portion of home fries was very generous. One think I really liked that I rarely see any more, is that the toast is served on a separate plate. $9.00 for two eggs, home style potatoes, OJ and toast. Please know that they are cash only but they do have an ATM on site. read more

Only two waitresses one with the long black pony tail was rude to other customers when approached. The other one was nice. As I was looking around the place I saw both go from one job to the next like handle cash transactions, cleaning up, making toast, grabbing rolls out of packaging, bringing out food and taking orders. I understand they were/are short staffed but I didn't find it very sanitary. Ordered CFS platter the food came out quick but the brown gravy looked like it wasn't heated enough because it was gelatin like and chunky. The mash potatoes were unseasoned but salt helped. And fried chicken was over cooked. The people that came in were all local and friendly. They also only accept cash read more

The lady who served me was a jerk, I asked for tea not dirty dish water. I food was nasty. The bathrooms reeked of gas (not the gas from us but from a car or stove). Just over all I had a terrible experience. Never going back. read more

My boyfriend went inside to order us Breakfast this morning & was ignored by pretty much everybody working. There was one girl in particular who saw him standing there with a menu at the register, but she still refused to acknowledge my 6'1 BLACK Boyfriend! He literally waited about 10 minutes before he decided to call the restaurant, all while standing at the register as the girl answered the phone & took his order. What kind of work etiquette is that? Is this how you train your employees to do customer service? The other customers who were dining in the inside at the time witnessed the whole thing! This was humiliating & degrading! read more

Found this restaurant online when looking for a place for breakfast-for-dinner on a Tuesday night. When pulled up only 1 car but looked open. Went in and were nicely greeted and seated. There was another couple in a booth and 2 more people came in later. A clean and cared for place. The waitress said the owner/cook is Greek and makes a lot of food from scratch, especially the Greek options. Ordered a breakfast special and the food was good. Only snag was when the bill came and they don't take cards. However they do have a cash machine inside with a $3 fee. Overall a good find and we will return. read more

This is the kind of place I normally really like; a counter, old school menu and atmosphere. But you know? The service wasn't good and the food was, eh. Not so great. Head further south on Market to Margie's Kitchen. Better food and attitudes. read more

Not the cleanest place. Ketchup bottles are reused/refill......yuckie stickie. Turn off. As was as the salt/pepper shakers - I think never washed ! I have discovered this on each visit. Typically eat breakfast here, quantity/portion size is good. Though the food quality lacks. Under cooked potatoes. The bacon is horrible. Good portion but obviously old bacon from the day or days before - very little attempt to ever reheat before serving it. I strongly suspect the bacon is not cooked on the grill but they deep fry the bacon in a fryer ! The toast is made on the counter out front in full view by the waitresses - here is the CATCH. Watch the waitresses make your toast - no gloves no hand washing. I have sat and watched on several occasions different waitress walk away from handling money at the register directly to making toast - no hand washing - NOTHING ! Over all, the place could be much better if they paid attention to detail. Side note, they do not accept credit cards but the owner has a credit card machine on site where you can withdraw from but for a hefty fee which "lines the pocket" of the owner. By the way, I have stopped visiting. After 5 experiences over a two year period - this place is off my list to eat at. read more

I will always love this little greasy spoon for everything that it is and isn't. Phil is a great guy and his business has hardly changed over the last twenty years. I grew up going to this spot with my parents, and now I've had the pleasure of taking my family there as well. The food will hit the spot, the prices are great and the atmosphere is exactly how I'd want a diner to be. Major nostalgia here. read more

I visited this restaurant this morning for the first time and was ignored. I had to wait at least 5 min for a cup of coffee and still had no menu. Even though I told the waitress I needed to order lunch. When she finally asked me if I needed a menu 10 min had passed and I said it would be nice. she then smarted off to me as which point I decided I no longer wished to eat there. not a good first impression. That waitress should have apologized to me. The family that arrived after me already had their beverages and orders in before I even got my coffee. Also I am a diabetic, insulin dependent. read more

What a great little eatery! Not fancy, but clean and friendly. The best burgers in town, and $6.00. Breakfast is also great, large portions, great price. Home fries are awesome! You must stop by and check out the place, and meet the friendly wait staff. read more

BRING CASH THEY DON'T TAKE CREDIT OR DEBIT. THERE IS A STANDING ATm Machine near the door. A DINER type of place, seat yourself with some counter seats, and they know you if you are a regular. I had breakfast and the service was fast. The place is quiet and homely. I think the food prices are fair, portions are good sized. I think the food is a tad over cooked. They serve warm sryup all the time GET THE WALFFLE, much better that the pancakes. Would return for the walffle. read more

Amazing full menu lots to choose from. Wonderful staff. Has a real home like feel and family atmosphere. When ever I'm on this side of town I go in to eat and chat with family. read more

We were looking for somewhere different for breakfast when we came across the Yankee Kitchen in Boardman. The hospitality was wonderful. As soon as we ordered our meals, we were greeted by the cook with rice pudding. It had cinnamon on top and was delicious! The food was brought out quickly and did not disappoint! The service was exceptional. Our bill for two was $14.04. We will definitely be back! read more

This is an inexpensive place The service is good the owners are real nice the only problem is quite often the potatoes are sour that's the only issue I've ever had here read more

Four stars? Really? Haven't been to a place this BAD in years. Stopped in for the first time today (a Monday, around 10 am) for breakfast. Place has been here forever, so what could go wrong, right? Rrrrrright...where to start? The old school diner decor is charming initially, but it fades quickly when, upon taking a seat at one of the booths, you find the heel of your shoe sticking to the floor (god please don't wear sandals or flip-flops if you come here!). Felt like somebody had poured syrup on the ancient grimy carpet. Now, I've eaten in many dumpy-type places that have more than made up for their lackluster or even dingy ambience with delicious food. I'm way more adventurous than your average diner. Looks can be deceiving, and some of the best kitchens are hidden in some of the least likely places. Not so the Yankee Kitchen. My sister ordered the chicken and waffles special because why not? -- where better to try than a classic American diner. Apparently, anywhere but the Yankee Kitchen. She was served a pre-fab waffle with 4 thin McNugget-style chicken fingers. Seriously? I ordered the hash browns with my eggs, for a reasonable extra charge, but what was delivered to the table was a generous portion of God knows what. It appeared to be a pile of potato-like substance, about the color of overdone scalloped potatoes, mushy, without the requisite crispiness that defines any self-respecting hash brown. For the record, Yankee cooks -- hash browns should be white, except for the golden brown crispy bits. And they must be made from real potatoes, as opposed to whatever these were. Neither I nor my fellow diners could determine just what was wrong with them -- but something was very wrong. Suffice it to say that they smelled and tasted (gag!) beyond off. As in maybe instant potatoes way past their expiration date, simmered in rancid cooking oil, and finished with a scoop of moldy dust from the back closet of a thrift store. Major fail. Almost laughed out loud when the waitress offered to bring a box! -- no thanks, we're good! Why is this place still open? How did it get ANY good reviews? Why would anyone eat here? What is the Democratic party thinking by making it a regular campaign stop for candidates when they come through town? Are they trying to kill off their own candidates? No wonder we lost the election. Take my advice -- if you only listen to one review, listen to this one and DO NOT STOP HERE, DO NOT PASS GO. Keep driving until you hit Rte 224 and then pick ANY other place to eat. Or ignore this warning and​ sign on for a year of food nightmares. read more

Yuck. The waitress was rude. The home fries were a glop of greasy potato mush that tasted like old rancid oil like it's been on grill for days. The onions in my (burnt) omelet were the size of nickels, and my coffee tasted like salt. (Waitress eye roll and a sneer when I asked for a new cup) How do you screw up eggs and fried potatoes? NOT a good experience. Never. Again. By the way, my email sent me a reminder that I posted this last year on this day. The place was so grotesque I'm posting it again this year. Puke! Barf! DON'T DO IT!!!!! read more

First time I ever ordered food and left. The place smelled like natural gas to start when I walked in the door. I ordered a scrambler mess and my wife ordered a waffle. The waffle was burnt and hard as a rock. I knew when the waitress put my food down it wasn't going to be good. I tried it and it tasted like sh*t. I got the waitress attention and told her it was just horrible. She didn't even ask if we wanted something else or try to fix the situation. So we picked up and left. Worst breakfast I have ever had. Wouldn't go back if it was free read more

I love this place! Been going with my friends for years, service is on point. Whenever we go in the am and they are busy within a minute someone is there to greet us and the breakfast is out within 5 minutes top. Reasonable prices and large portions, there dinners are four course for 8.45 and you can't beat it..should give this 30 year family run business a try! :D read more