It's cheap and it doesn't seem to be trying to be anything special. I ordered the "cherry bomb pancakes." What could have been an amazing dish was compromised by Cool Whip instead of real whipped cream, and canned cherries in a thick corn syrup glaze rather than fresh cherries. The pancakes themselves were great. Admittedly the whole thing was delicious, but I tend to go for higher quality ingredients in my food. The service wasn't great, either. read more

Good basic breakfast diner. No thrills. Eggs and meats all overdone unless you ask otherwise. No butter.

Don't eat here and then you won't have to worry. The food NEVER came and the lady serving me was so rude it just made it worse. Even the other customers commented about her attitude. read more

Food was good... service was fine, but the waitress was overwhelmed. I would go back again.

Classic breakfast-lunch joint. Avoid the brand-name commercial places and frequent a locally-owned diner, or they'll soon be gone. You don't come here fro some high-toned meal -- this is your stop for eggs and bacon, or a burger and fries. Ate here with a friend before an afternoon Bucs game -- you're just minutes away from PNC Park. The food is what you'd expect -- and that means hot and mighty fresh. All made to order, not not precooked like you's find at other places. Great service with no pretensions! Over-easy eggs, sausage, real home fries, pancakes -- all for about $8. Coffee was good, too. I tell ya, I'll be back. read more

Came here on Saturday morning with my husband and one year old. They were understandably busy. Got seated in timely manner but could not get waited on. Multiple Customers that sat down after us were waited on before and got skipped twice. I know this a small place but ownership should either be more attentive to their customers or hire another waiter. I'm sure this isn't the first time they were busy on a Saturday morning. Decided to go to Kellyo's , they were busy also but were waited on within 2 minutes. read more

Extremely poor service. Sat and waited 20 minutes without being served so much as a cup of coffee, while the waitress berated a customer on the phone. I finally just walked out. Don't waste your time at this place. Instead, go someplace where your business is appreciated. read more

Worst service and food. An embarrassment to the city, made worse by being in market square. They messed our order twice, and tried to overcharge on the bill. Would you believe when we asked for a tea and coffee, the tea bag was put in cold water, in a mug. The water had all sorts of floaties in it. IHOP or Denny's would be better options, for market square. Hopefully Marcus Lemonis can be called, to fix this restaurant, the way he did for the Simple Greek at the other end of Market Square. read more

Ate there with wife, 2 sons and friends and about 1.5 hours later our 2.5 year old son, who had pancakes complained of a hurting belly. About 10 minutes later he vomited up his pancakes. We asked a friend who also had the pancakes and found out she was ill as well. Called Cherries and after speaking with 3 people got nowhere. 10 minutes later a fourth person from Cherries called and after explaining again what was going on was yelled at for not telling them sooner. Do not eat there. read more

The quintessential Pittsburgh breakfast experience: no nonsense waitresses, quick service, and the coffee never stops flowing. The price is right and the food delicious. The stuffed french toast with cream cheese and cherries was a surprising delight. This is the kind of breakfast spot that you want to keep coming back to. I recommend sitting at the counter for a view of the kitchen. read more

One of the five worst breakfasts I have ever been served. An omelette, dry and salted past the point of palatable. Flavorless pancakes. On the other hand, the service is awful. Terrible, rude waitress. Sorry to have disturbed her. Couldn't get my check, so I dropped more cash than I needed to just to escape from this icky, sticky hovel. If there was no other place open for breakfast, I'd wait for lunch. Be afraid. Be very afraid. read more

One of the few breakfast diners downtown. I go there for breakfast whenever I am working downtown and I always have a great breakfast. They just moved to a new place and it is really nice now (the old location was very divey, very rundown). read more

Ok first off lets start with it is a diner, a greasy spoon joint so you have to go into this knowing that or you may not like it. Customer service ...sub par but that's ok as that is my expectation of a diner. The food is awesome though! I go on Fridays for Chicken Biryani because its amazeballs! I've been for breakfast a few times and its always good (Disclaimer: I don't eat eggs, beef, or pork). It's moving soon and I can't wait to try out the new place. read more

This is a really basic place with a fairly large menu. They serve breakfast, burgers and sandwiches, and I think most people could find something to eat on the menu. I ordered the cheese steak and it was very good. And just so cheesesteak purists know, it came with your choice of cheese (rather than cheese whiz), with peppers, onions, and mushrooms, on a crusty sandwich bun. Our waitress was exceptonally rude. I actually thought it was quite fun. One of the people I was with asked for mayonaisse and she threw the packets onto the table, scattering them all over my place. She also discouraged questions about the menu, and I thought she was going to lose it at one point, though there was only one other table during lunch time on a Friday. They have a lunch special that offers your choice of an entree with a drink and fries for $6.00. I asked for no fries, so the waitress charged me $0.50 extra, presumably since it wasn't *really* the special. Instead of questioning the logic behind this, I took the $0.50 out of her tip. At the end of our meal, the cook (and maybe the owner?) came over to say hello and to thank us for coming in, which was nice of him, though he kept looking down my shirt. So maybe it wasn't so nice of him. Another plus is that they serve both Coke and Pepsi products. There really is something for everyone here, and I'd probably go again for breakfast. In a turtle neck. And only if I was in a decent mood. read more

Fine if you're willing to wait for over half an hour for your food and fifteen minutes to wait in line just to pay. This diner decided it was a great idea to create a takeout line that snakes through the restaurant itself and then only take orders from the takeout customers while completely ignoring the dine-in customers. Ultimately one of the cooks had to take my group's order. He came back twice for clarification on orders when none of us had even made substitutions. All in all just absolutely terrible. read more

I'm usually a generous reviewer, but this place was beyond gross. They clearly had a roof leak, and there was an overpowering musty smell. The whole place was both a fire and health code violation. I sat at the counter and could see right into the kitchen - one of the chefs dropped a pancake flipper on the floor, and I could tell he was going to pick it right back up and use it again, but he saw me looking and he put it in the sink. Some places are well worn and have character. Cherries should come with a free tetanus shot. read more

It's a classic diner and doesn't pretend to be anything else. Breakfast places seem to hard to find these days. Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and tea were served as ordered for $6. If you want to pay three times as much for the same meal, visit one of the local hotels! read more

Seems like one of the only spots to grab breakfast downtown aside from a chain. Good egg/meat platters (home fries were bomb!!) and awesome pancakes. No frills, no complaints, good value. read more

Great cheap food for when you're in a morning rush! I would recommend the early bird special it's eggs meat potatoes and a choice of 1 pancake or toast all around 7 dollars you can't go wrong!!! read more

Cherries Diner has been around Market Square for a long time, and I am SO glad this little spot survives all the renovation. I've been here for breakfast many times. The waitress is exactly what you expect in a diner - overworked, but she hustles. The food is just the way I like it. Over medium eggs perfectly cooked, home fries are plentiful and the bacon is the best. The breakfast sandwich, when I order it, gets eaten for both breakfast while I'm there, and for my take-along lunch as well. It's huge and delicioius! Please do not jazz this place up. It's perfect as it is. read more

Awesome breakfast - Saturday morning super diner - small place - but delicious food - great local spot!

This place has the worse customer service and some items are over priced. I used to go there last year to get their bacon egg and cheese sandwich. This sandwich was huge. It had a lot of bacon, 2 eggs, and on Italian bread. Now this sandwich is a disappointment. I went in today to get one and it was literally 3 pieces of bacon, one egg, on soggy plain white bread. But it was still $6.50 and I was still hungry after I ate it. I could have went to any other place downtown to get a cheaper and better sandwich. I will be finding a new place to buy breakfast sandwiches downtown. I could have went to McDonalds and got a nice breakfast and would have been full for $6.50. read more

the food is great but the waitress is very rude and mean as hell, she does not know how to talk to people at all. other than that the foood is good, i wood never eat in side because its so small and because of the waitress, i say order yur food to go and beware of the mean lady. read more