Instantly sick from Al wacks. Worst coffee I've ever been served to begin with. The home fries that I ordered with my breakfast were undercooked and still had the skin on them. My scrambled eggs still had the yolk running through them, unacceptable. The only stomachable' portion of my meal was my butter drenched wheat toast (I ordered rye). ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK. read more

I grew up going to Al Mac's diner and I absolutely love it. It is such a family environment with such friendly workers. I have great memories of going there with my family. The food has always been great however a few years ago the owners changed and that's the only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5. They also have very kid friendly foods like Minnie Mouse pancakes which my sister absolutely loved. I would definitely eat there again. read more

Place suffers from hubris. It's a diner. Take a look at the successful ones and then understand why they work; always having home fries no matter what time of day, provide hours for working class people and price points to accommodate all budgets. If you have food allergies, they find it difficult to provide food and ask you to leave. That is not an exaggerated hyperbole. It's the truth. I have seen and dined, in New York and in SF, at this new concept "post modern diner" where the affluent "slum" in dirty neighborhoods to sample wonderful American fusion cuisine . This isn't that nor is it a diner. Who knows? I get what they are trying to do but it's not working. Sorry. I would avoid this establishment if you have any food allergy or are allergic to attitude and disregard. read more

Unfortunately this diner is heading back to where the previous owners left off. Fortunately the place is still pretty clean especially in comparison to the way it was with the previous owner. It was obvious from the outset that they would not be able to maintain the high quality of food that they were offering at such ridiculously low prices. Unfortunately I think reality has set in and they've come to the realization that they had to cut their food costs to stay profitable. Having to pay $2.50 for a cup of coffee that is mediocre (I'm being gentle in my criticism here) and that I rarely if ever finish, is what keeps me away from this diner. I don't care how good the food is, if I can't get a good cup of my morning Joe then I won't eat there. Besides, it's pretty hard to screw up eggs, but they manage to ruin the rest of it with the worst tasting link sausage that I've ever had. However the bacon is very good and the ham is acceptable, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get it. Nine times out of ten, the toast is so light that you can't even tell it was put in a toaster. On other occasions I've ordered the same dish more than once and often comes out differently than the previous time I ordered it. Don't even bother ordering the Eggs Benedict with ham as it will come out with diced ham instead of a slice of ham or Canadian Bacon as you would expect. I've heard customers make favorables remarks regarding their hamburgers. I rarely eat hamburgers, but when I do it has to be extremely high quality. I took a client to lunch not too long ago and while he said his hamburger was good, one look at it and I can say without a doubt that I would never order a burger there. I understand their need to cut their food costs, and it was to be expected. In doing that however, they need to pay even more attention to detail by being consistent with their menu items, preparation and food quality. I hope they're able to honestly evaluate their products and services and turn this around the other way before it's too late. read more

I had the most disgusting experience at the diner last weekend and as a result will never return. I have been going to the diner since I was in grade school. After the re-opening and obnoxious price increases, I still remained a customer because their food was good - the toast was always perfect and the eggs tasty. Last Sunday (August 2) I arrived around noon for a late breakfast. I sat at a table and, being a curious, observant person watched the staff and the cook working the grill area behind the counter. I noted the grill cook was wearing gloves, but then watched him remove earbud earphones from his left ear and itch the inside of his left ear with one of his fingers. He then immediately began handling the spatulas without changing gloves. A few minutes later he took a single piece of paper towel, lined his palm and fingers, and used it to wipe the sweat off of his forehead. Then without changing gloves he removed toast from the toaster with these gloves on, buttered the toast, and placed it on a plate. I immediately told the waitress and left. He might as well have been wiping his butt-crack then handling food, because what he was doing was equally as disgusting. In hindsight, I should have watched what table that food went to and told the customer before they ate it. read more

New ownership, fresh menu for breakfast or lunch. Staff extremely pleasant and accommodating. Had Corned beef hash & eggs, side of delicious beans came with it. (The Mayor is what this dish is called). Side of crisp bacon added. Totally different vibe under new owners. Will be back!! read more

This place is legit. Greasy diner, breakfast all day served with a side of chourico and a whopping heartburn hangover. Go at 2 in the morning to people watch. If you want to look local, ask for a coffee milk. This vanilla laden treat comes from mixing whole milk with a heaping tablespoon of coffee extract from the Autocrat factory in Lincoln RI - the only such manufacturer of its kind in the world. Fall River local flavor is coffee milk. Try it and spread the gospel. read more

Ate there Easter because Rogers was closed. Place is clean. Waitress was good but I ordered ham+2 eggs and my wife had sausage + 1 egg. The ham was tiny and the food was tasty but with tip cost me $22 for breakfast which is ridiculous. it was $2.50 for coffee, that's unbelievable. You can go down the street to Rogers and get the same meal for $12 + a muffin to take home. This place should be in New York where people have lots of money not Fall River. I will never eat there again. I would rather go to mac donalds if everywhere else is closed. No wonder it was full on Easter. read more

I took a run down here with Porkie (my Harley) for some breakfast on Sunday morning.Had a beautiful ride with minimal traffic, enjoying all the sights and sweet smells that Mother Nature has to offer.I Spotted a pretty good size deer very close to the road,stonefaced, poised to make a move.That struck a little fear in my heart.The outcome for me would not have been very pleasant.I looked in my mirrors after I passed by and couldn't see if he darted out or not.My heartbeat did eventually returned to normal.Arrived at Al Mac's in no time and had my first cup.Good coffee here. Asked my waitress,Erica ,what was really popular for breakfast and she said the Portuguese western omelet was a big hit .It was just plain awesome.The omelet was fluffy and the Chirico sausage had some nice heat to it .Not too much ,as to melt your face off,Just right .The food and the service was wonderful and the price was right too. I'll visit here again in the near future. read more

Al Mac's, despite it's mediocre food, has always been a Fall River institution. And plus, you can go really hammered on weekends! It recently closed and re-opened under new management. I wasn't expecting greatness and the food wasn't very different from what I remembered, but it seems like Al Mac's is trying to be something it's not. Putting the food on hip, square plates and adding some mixed greens doesn't suddenly make you a connoisseur of fine cuisine. Al Mac's is a place to make drunken dietary mistakes at 3 AM, but there are better places in the area. read more

Attended the Grand Opening today and it was delicious!! The new owners really out did themselves. New look, new menu made from scratch, locally purchased produce and vegetarian options this place just came out swinging. A dive diner with horrible food no more... Welcome back Al Macs. read more

WPRO-TV Channel 12 reports on December 19, 2012 that a family group of three has purchased the diner and plan to have it open the middle of January 2013. read more

The new owners and staff have really turned this place around. The food is good, and it seems some of the service problems they had early on after buying it have been fixed. My wife and I have eaten here several times since the new management took over. Early on there were some slow service problems, and problems with food not coming out at the same time. We went again today and things appeared to be operating more smoothly. They were moderately busy but the service was still quick, and the food came out fast too. The burgers are really good - they use a local beef that is high quality. My wife had a special - pulled pork sandwich. That was also quite tasty. She loved the sweet potatoe fries that she got with it. read more

Went on the 18th and it was pretty busy which is understandable but it was extremely loud. We waited 30mins for refills on are drinks. There was hair in are pancakes and in are eggs, completely and utterly nasty we will never go again. (I would give them 0 stars if I could) read more

Chourico Hash! Need I say more? Ok....wait staff always super friendly, never had a bad meal.

I've been here several times with different owners and I do enjoy their breakfast sometimes when they first reopen everything was different the plates the menus which was great then they went back to the old school Diner and I'm fine with that food is good read more

Came here for breakfast they ran out of eggs!! How does this happen? They plate each item you order seperately. My friend had 4 plates in front of her hysterical. There was one nice waitress but besides her service was so slow! Food was OK. read more

I was very sad to visit the "new" Al Mac's Diner. Came for a sunday morning breakfast and was impressed by the new booths which are a grand improvement over the old uncomfortable ones. And the waitress was fine too. Tbe unfortunate part comes with the breakfast. The toast was barely toasted and over buttered and the size and thickness if the side of ham was embarrassingly small. But worst if all was the old classic Al Mac's homefries are gone. Those golden brown gems that used to be kept in a mound in the corner of the grill have been replaced by bland crispy boiled potatoes that you can get anywhere. read more

Just had breakfast at Al Macs... What a delicious meal!! I got an omelet (ham, Swiss, and tom) home fires, and toast.. the home fries and the best I have had in a while.. and the omelette..you could share with some one, its huge, so delicious. My husband got 2 eggs, corned beef hash, toast.. the corn beef hash was amazing! Real corned beef cuts, with onion and potato! The lady next to me had chocolate chip pancakes, that she loved! We saw an order out of pancakes with whip cream and strawberries, that we both said we will have to try next time! We sat at the counter and watched them cook all kinds of delicious food... Can not wait to try other things! read more

This place is under newer ownership and it shows. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger with sweet potato fries. The burger was cooked just right on a nice high quality roll, bacon and cheddar cheese were also very good. The sweet potato fries were some of the best I have had. Just right and not over cooked. Everyone else I was with enjoyed their meals as well. read more

My daughter is three and has a peanut allergy. We eat at small restaurants EVERY weekend and have never had an issue. We went to Al Macs for breakfast on January first. We informed our waitress of our daughter's allergy and she said it would not be a problem they would make her pancakes in the back. An hour later a rude old heavy set woman (I'm assuming she is the owner) comes over to give us the option to wait another hour for the food or to leave due to our daughter's peanut allergy. She told me we inconvenienced her business and we should call ahead when dining out as it really shuts down production. I was appalled but bit my tongue and did not ask her why it took her an hour to tell us this or ask why she hadn't informed her staff of their policies. I wanted to leave but my three year old was upset and I didn't want her to feel any more at fault or different so we gave her the option and she wanted to stay. We watched multiple parties arrive, order eat and leave. An hour later her food came out and the waitress (who was super nice and clearly felt terrible) apologized and comped her meal. The owner never came over to apologize or ask my daughter how her pancakes were and was clearly annoyed that we chose to wait. She is in the wrong business. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere. read more

It was my first time going to Al MAc's today and as a local iconI was very excited and I was not disappointed!!! the Al MAcs Burger is simply the best burger i have ever eaten I would not want a burger from anywhere else!! Will certainly be making Al Mac's a part of my regular routine !!! read more

Just had the best clamcakes of my life. Chowder was awesome. Friendly and personable staff. I'll definitely be coming back again soon!

Ate there today. Against my better judgment I ordered the fried clam roll. The worst I have ever had. I honestly still feel sick. Sorry about the caps, but here goes. IF YOU CAN'T COOK IT, DON'T SELL IT!!!!!!!!! Anyways, just lost a customer. read more

Had lunch today at Al Macs. Ordered the Al Mac burger special with onion rings. Took quite a while for food to arrive. Amanda apologized for double burger since I only wanted the single. Single burger price. Burger was greasy and not the best meat. Melted cheese not too great either. Onion rings were greasiest I'v ever seen or eaten. Probably OK for breakfast, but that's all. read more

This place is decent, don't expect much, but the food is priced right and the service is good! I got an omelette and it was actually pretty good. Give this place a shot! read more

Writing this review as I've been sitting here waiting for my breakfast for over an hour. Haven't even tried the food but based on the service I won't be back our waitress has ignored us countless times and even when we tried to speak to her out the counter ignored us.. I'm ready to get up and leave don't run a breakfast establishment if you can't make eggs and toast in under 20 mins read more

Went there yesterday with my family got seated right away. Then waited about 10 minutes before anyone even came to the table with menus. They finally came over quickly put menus on our table and walked away. About 5 min later they asked our drink order. And then placed our breakfast order. When breakfast finally came out I got my burnt bolo sandwich and my luke warm home fries. I Def would NOT recommend this place for breakfast. Service was terrible and so was the food. I was so pissed that I had spent my hard earned money at this place. How can a place give you luke warm food !!!!! Will never go back again read more

So, I can not even remember the last time I took the time to give a place a review. I will remember how terrible this place was for a long time. This place was so dirty, what a dump!!! It smelled like the fryer may not have been changed in a month and a half! The food sucked and I could not even eat half of my plate. One positive I took from this place is that the plates looked cool. I may have seen someone put one in there purse to make up for the money they wasted eating here. The staff was rude and I will never ever forget this disgusting experience. Thanks for grossing me out on my trip to fall river. IF I ever drive by this place again hungry, I will throw a rock out my window and say a curse word and go to McDonald's instead!!!! read more

The place is awesome. Service is top of the class. The kitchen which is run by Robert Dunse needs much improvement. Tickets are taking 35 to 45 minutes. That's way bad for service. He needs to step it up. read more

Place is average. I've only been late night after drinking and even then wasn't blown away. The crowd can get rowdy which is understandable given their late night hours. Last time I came in the table seated behind us were in a full out brawl. Food is just mediocre. read more

Great food and great service. Come here every weekend and get the al macs platter. I highly recommend also trying the chocolate chip pancakes. They always try to accommodate our group of friends at their tables and give us no issues! read more

Food was ok. The rating is because of the customer service. My bill with tip was $41(charged to my card). Two days later I realized on top of the $41 I was also charged another $26 dollars. i Called the next day to get this issue fixed, they told me to call back the manager wasn't there. Two days later I call back I get the same answer. Two days after that I called again, this time the person on the other end asked more for more info and took my name and number so the manager/owner could call me back. She also told me she didn't think they could give my $26 back but they could give it in a gift certificate. I thought that was weird but whatever, I worked in retail management for Years and understand every company is different. three days later i still havent got a call back. Today I called, the manager/owner got on the phone. This is where the one star comes in. Dismisses everything I have to say, tells me he can't go back that far to help me and that I have to call my bank. I told him if this was taken care if when it happened we wouldn't be in this situation. Then he tells me "look I don't know who you are etc". Instead of looking it up and investigating it HE HANGS UP ON ME. it was disgusting. Me not going there ever again probably won't make a difference to them. But they do need to know that this is terrible customer service. read more

Decent breakfast. Cool staff. Gross bathrooms. Funny customers...like unintentionally funny. I saw one of the employees punch someone in the parking lot once. That was cool. read more

A late night savior. Being a weekend warrior at 2-3AM sometimes...Hey I am hungry...cooking for myself not a reasonable option at the moment. Cheap fare..good eats...your typical diner. Al Mac's is a Fall River landmark. The service....good to decent. The food all around good and satisfying portions. Great for breakfast or for lunch. If you stumble in at 2-3AM, as long as your money is green and you can compose yourself there is no problem. Just watch for the kind officer who mans the late night watch on the 24hr weekends. read more

How this place is still even open I don't know how. Horrible service horrible food. They forgot my hash browns that comes with my meal. Then charged me extra for hash browns ‍ Steak was shit. I could vomit. I've never wanted to walk on a bill in my life. First time here and I'll never be back not even if I'm piss drunk. read more

Update: we go there for dinner now with the kids. They get pancakes and the Mrs. And it get the French onion soup, which I think is delicious. Nice hint of sherry in that bad boy. Add a cold Narragansett, and were in business. The bill usually tops off at about 25 bucks for 6 people. Waitstaff is more seasoned now. Great place again! read more

This was not the same greasy spoon my parents took me to so many years ago. The food was delicious, fast and reasonably priced. Our waitress was a sweetheart and made sure everything was perfect. The fries were the star of my plate, fresh, hot and lightly sprinkled with sea salt. My burger was juicy, cooked to order and gernerously covered in bacon and blue cheese crumbles. (I couldn't even bring myself to put catsup or mustard on it!) My mother in law got a lovely BLT with hand cut chips that were amazing. I will be returning to see what else they can do with a quaint diner menu. They have definitely won me over. read more

NOT COVID SAFE. Ill start by saying i have never left a review before in my life, but i just have to say this to warn people. THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS NOT SAFE. they do not take covid seriously. I walked in to this place this morning with my boyfriend to get breakfast and immediately to the right there were two guys sitting down waiting to be seated not wearing masks and no one said anything to them. i shit you not this little place was packed wall to wall with at least 50 people, almost no one was wearing a mask and the tables were not distanced six feet apart. they even had a full seared bar. i didn't see two people that were more than a couple feet away from each other.... the hostess had a mask on that was not covering her nose and barely covering her mouths and walked right up to our faces to get us a table. you can see the kitchen from the front door and NONE OF THE COOKS were wearing masks.... i seriously don't understand. THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING LOL. i'm really confused... apparently the pandemic does not exist inside of this place. if you do take covid seriously (which i hope you do) DO NOT GO HERE. they do not practice cleanliness, mask wearing or social distancing. we literally did not eat here, we just left because we were appalled. this is the reason this pandemic will not end. it's because of places like this. they violate all of the safety regulations in place for indoor dining on mass.gov and i'm honestly thinking about just reporting them to the cdc because this shit pisses me off. read more

My friend, Brendan, and I stumbled upon this place as we were driving one night. We sat down and immediately felt embraced by the warm atmosphere of Al macs diner! It was a brief date, so, we only got milkshakes. But let me tell you, it was the BEST decision we've ever made! Furthermore, the Oreo milkshake is practically orgasmic, lmao. But really, it is. We do recommend this place. Brendan is very pleased with his Oreo milkshake. read more