I stopped at Doug's 57 Diner and ordered breakfast. The French Toast was hot and good. I am assuming it was made from wheat bread. I also ordered 3 sausage links which were also good and served hot. The cup of coffee I ordered was okay, typical brewed coffee. The ambiance is what you would expect from a diner. The service was good not great. Prices are very reasonable. I would not hesitate to come back again. read more

Doug's Classic 57 Diner - French Toast and Sausage Links - Diners Near Me - Alliance, Ohio

Well today's food wasn't as good as usual. The fries came out soggy and not hot And the chili had very little meat in it and their cash register wasn't working ! So I will give them 3 stars today. Nice folks though. Good service. read more

Went recently for breakfast. Decor is cute, lots of signs and photos. We love a good diner. It didn't start out promising. We were seated a good bit before we even got asked what we wanted to drink. The coffee was basically dirty water, so bad. Hubs said that is typical diner coffee geared towards boomers. Then we waited another 15 minutes before they took our order and another 20 minutes to get our food. We were contemplating paying for drinks and leaving. Our food was decent, nothing memorable. I got an omlette, and hubs got biscuits and gravy with eggs. He liked the gravy. The prices are amazing. So cheap. I won't be rushing back anytime soon. read more

Doug's Classic 57 Diner - Interior - Diners Near Me - Alliance, Ohio

Get the milkshake. Ordered a peanut butter shake ammnd wanted another. We all ordered deluxe burgers. Perfectly done and just enough. Side note, you need to order fries and sides separately. Get the fresh cut fries. Good atmosphere and friendly staff. read more

Decent diner food. Service can be slow at times but all the waitresses are super friendly and accommodating if you are dining with kids.

Our Cheeseburgers were done just right n tasty Especially loved the Fresh- cut fries ... Service was great n waitress was very cordial n service was right on too !! read more

Hit or miss on service, food, everything. Sometimes I have had a great hot meal with an attentive server, but many others I will never get a coffee refilled (it's a diner, where you at lady?) and the food is barely warm or microwaved! The server goes into the back and disappears while your food stays on the plate. This is very sad because it's not always like that, it can be great depending on who is working I assume. read more

Great fries! Delicious burgers. We so loved the atmosphere and toys. Service was also wonderful.

Went there and had breakfast and it was really good. Good atmosphere and excellent service definitely will be back.

Fun local greasy spoon that we took our baseball team too. Very busy day with only 2 servers/hosts, so service could have been quicker but as expected. read more

Friday night special is all you can eat fish. It comes with 2 sides. I had fries and coleslaw. Everything was delicious, fish was fried perfectly and was not so heavily breaded, excellent taste! Coleslaw was very good, as were the fries. Service was friendly and quick. Highly recommended the Friday special! read more

Stopped recently for breakfast and found a very busy diner with a 5 minute wait for a table for two! The service was fast and friendly. We waited a bit for our meals but Rebecca the server kept us informed and entertained. My partner chose a classic breakfast with eggs, bacon and toast while I went for a deep dive into eggs, potatoes and and biscuits smothered in sausage gravy. The prices were great and the hot beverages refreshed regularly. They really jam in the tables and fit additional people at the counter; we were among a loud and happy crowd of students, families and couples. read more

If I could give this place zero stars I would. The food was below any breakfast standard there is, along with the food being everything from good, the staff was rude and unpleasant. read more

This is the "greasy spoon" my grandmother bright me to when I visited her. I went here for nostalgic reasons. It was a really cute place with glass gasoline caps hanging from the ceiling. We sat at the counter which was so classic diner! I ordered a mocha milk shake, the topper burger & fresh-cut fries. The shake was to bland for my taste. It was cold & frothy, but the flavour of coffee & chocolate didn't vine through. The burger was a typical diner burger. Not stellar, but bad, just fine. The highlight was the fries. They were crispy, tasty & a generous portion. I would come back for sure & try something different. read more

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After reading mixed reviews, I was very satisfied with our experience at Doug's diner. We stopped in for breakfast and everything we had was as expected. This is a diner style place that does use some convenience ingredients. I'd expect that, depending on what you order, your experience may be different. The pancakes really huge and fluffy and my sons skillet breakfast was satisfying to him and portioned generously. The price was right for what we had and the service was prompt and friendly. The place appeared clean enough. I'd feel I'd come here regularly for breakfast and wouldn't mind trying the burgers, shakes, fries and onion rings they're famous for! read more

Make sure that you try the homemade root beer. It is a pleasant blast from the past! If you are looking for a classic diner experience look no further. Make sure you ask the servers about the menu. They are knowledgeable and honest. The pies are frozen so... skip them and have something made fresh. The restaurant offers a King King Burger Challenge if you are up to it. If you are not a competitive eater you could opt for breakfast (any third of the day) or other classic diner items like burgers, salads, or fried fish and chips. I noticed they offer Jo-jos. I've never had them but they look like battered, fried potato wedges and I hear they are amazing. I'll have to give them a try. Ext time I am in town. read more

Doug's Classic 57 Diner - Hand crafted root beer - Diners Near Me - Alliance, Ohio

This place is kind of hit or miss in odd ways. Burgers fries and drinks are all usually pretty good, but most everything else is shaky at best. A lot of the menu could be easily improved but it doesn't seem to be the game. Simple presentation changes could help immensely, And some effort to strive for quality would be appreciated. I would put the staff into three categories: Friendly and helpful Kind of miserable and bothered And maybe one depends on the luck of the draw. Hot and cold depending on the day. It is clean and reasonably priced. If I go back I won't be either to refine my selections, or to just enjoy the surprise of my luck of the day. read more

Food was ok! I ordered spaghetti and meatballs with garlic toast! I was not expecting a piece of toast!

We found this place on a whim. It is a small place so don't plan on taking a large group in there. It's a burger and fry joint, they also featured fish and daily specials. My husband got a double bacon cheeseburger and onion rings. The onion rings were not any of us expected. They were rings of onions dipped in corn dog batter and the looked more like donuts than onion rings. Needless to say hubby didn't like them and didn't eat them. I had the stew burger and fresh cut fries. The burger was huge and the fries were great! Our daughter had a corn dog and smiley fries. The all the portions were big. Service was good and with a smile. Bathrooms were decent but no changing station for baby. read more

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Folks. If you have not eaten at Doug's in a while, you need to go! To start with, the service is really good. My wife and I have eaten there the last 4 Tuesdays and the food is really good! On Tuesdays they serve Swiss Steak with fresh mashed potatoes and tasty gravy. In addition, we have also had their Lasagna, Rigatoni & Meatballs, Hamburgers, and the Western Omelet. The meatballs are quality and have a good meat content. They are the only meatballs I have liked in years. In addition, all of the Soups and Pies are homemade. I sincerely think everyone should give Doug's Classic 57 Diner a try. I am willing to bet you will be happy that you did! read more

Good food, Good service and reasonable prices. Nice and friendly people Good location on main road going through town They have a a-lot of old items hanging on walls read more

Breakfast takes a blast from the past in this cute little stop! You walk in feeling like you're in a movie scene & order a cheap meal that comes with mounds of food! Pro tip: order a milkshake, they give you a full cup & the leftovers in the mixer cup too! read more

The definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result. I have eaten at this Doug's three times now. About three years goes by between visits. Long enough time for me to forget how bad this place is. It says on the menu that they grind there own beef daily to ensure quality. Well this sounds promising. I ordered a bacon double burger and I asked if it could be cooked medium. The waitress actually said no. Really? No. Well she warned me. Not only was it not medium it was way past well done. Totally had the crap cooked out of it. What kind of diner can't make a decent cheeseburger? Doug's 57 can't. read more

Doug's Classic 57 Diner ... it's an Alliance landmark. Probably the only reason why it has survived to this point. Locals like the place because it's been on the same corner since for half a century. Formerly a carhop drive in (a long time ago) like Arnold's you see on Happy Days re-runs ... the only thing it has going for it now is its retro decor and that it's clean. Juke box was unplugged with an Out of Order sign taped to it. But it did have a noticeable disagreeable odor that would whiff by every so often - kind of like an old grease smell mixed with sweaty unwashed athletic socks. Doug's is one big room with booths along the sides and the counter in the middle ... so, it shouldn't hard to notice people waiting to order or get drink refills right? Wrong. The service was terrible, even when there's less than a handful of people. In my case, 15+ minutes passed and I was getting my jacket to leave when the waitress (obvious Mount Union University student) got off her iPhone, stopped chewing her fingernails and decided to make her appearance. Then she had to go back and get her order pad. She was chewing gum and was about as interested in taking the order as someone watching paint dry. I ordered the bacon double burger ... and at first she mumbled something through her gum chewing that vaguely sounded English that they don't have that item. What??? I showed her on the menu and she stared at it for a moment and then the one brain cell in her head must have woke up. She said "Oh, yeah that." She gave me the impression she was either high or drunk or both. Supposedly Doug's grinds up all it's own meat every day and makes all their own patties by hand. Maybe that was what they did 20 years ago, because the burger beef that showed up (half an hour later) between two burnt (not toasted) buns were definitely mass produced patties that you buy in a bulk box at Walmart. While the patties on the outside were extra charred on the outside, they were pink and frozen on the inside. Buns were squashed, the bacon had no taste. The sandwich was just slopped together like the stereotypical horrible fast food burger people make jokes and memes about. The Onion Rings were drenched in oil - not crispy - just soggy. Having worked in food service before, I immediately knew the onion rings had been deep fried twice (they had made them sometime earlier, they got cold sitting around, then Doug's dropped them back in the fryer again to reheat them). The waitress had simply dropped the food off and had disappeared with her iPhone. Didn't check for refills (I had asked for Root beer and she had given me a cola) or if the food was okay. She never came back, but I did notice she'd dropped the check off when she dropped off what was supposed to be food. Apparently she had walked outside. Maybe she went back to her dorm for a nap? Maybe she was at the bar next door. Who knows. She was gone. Doug's automatically appends Tips to the checks ... probably why waitresses there don't care like the gum chewer I had. I waited 20 minutes for her to check on the table, looked around and saw I was the only one now in Doug's ... the other customers had gone a long time ago and the tables hadn't even been cleared. She never showed up again so I left the uneaten food and the unpaid check on the table and walked out. Doug's will probably continue to stumble along in Alliance for nostalgia's sake ... but if you want a cheeseburger, it looks like the fast food chains actually ARE the better places to stop for your burgers and fries. Not Doug's. Bad food, bad service, and way overpriced. read more

This place is in my home town so its got a place in my heart. Its a retro, 50's style diner with the menu to match. I recommend the milkshakes (they even bring you the extra in the metal cup). I usually get the potato soup, chicken salad sandwich, and cheese fries. They give huge sides of fries so get ready for very tasty, deep fried, crunchy fries. Over the 14 years I've lived here I've had a ton of items on the menu and nothing has disappointed. They even have a King Kong food challenge, ask your server about it and check out the same plaque on the back left wall. Some of those challengers have great nick names. The servers are pretty good. the place is one big room so its hard to miss a diner in need. Definitely, a better place to stop than a chain for your burgers and fries. read more

I said wow when I saw the club sandwich - 4 slices of wheat toast with sliced ham between the first two and bacon lettuce and tomato between the next two slices of wheat and then sliced roast beef between the final two - it was a trick eating half - lets just say the fries were good - oh and the apple sauce pretty steep $$$ for a cold cut sandwich Atmosphere was nice and 50ish no music though that would been nice - I saw it I probably won't be back for sometime read more

Doug's Classic 57 Diner - 50s diner - Diners Near Me - Alliance, Ohio

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Fifty years and going strong...at least the over 50 years my family has visited here. In those days a car hop came to your car, took the order and delivered the food on a metal tray which attached to the car window. I checked today and that is a thing of the past. The food is good, delivered quickly and hot. My only complaint is the onion rings which were truly the best I've ever had are no longer blotted when they come out of the fryer and rest in your container in a pool of oil. read more

Awful. Just awful. That one-star rating- that's a negative one-star. Disgusting. Mealy, instant mashed potatoes, made with water, not milk. Any kind of hospital food is better than this greasy, gross, yucky hole. My chicken breast was inedible; tasteless, plasticky, rubbery, and it was topped with, I think, gravy. The butter separated out of the so-called gravy. The salad was fresh, but had a chemical taste. Just not worth it. That meal was $12. If it was $1.50 it still would have not been worth it. read more

The food here is nothing to get excited about. I never choose to come here and am quite disappointed when a friend does. Service is usually pretty good. read more

Stopped here on our way back from a hiking trip. Service was standard for a diner but food was terrible. They have a pork tenderloin sandwich and that is completely misleading. It's processed meat and reminded me of a chicken patty from school lunches... they use instant mashed potatoes and fries were soggy. The building is neat and nostalgic, but the food is trash. Save your money fast food is better. read more

My kids took me Saturday around 6 pm. took 20 minutes before we even got or order taken and drinks. 1 hour and 25 minutes before our food finally got to us!! I finally got up and refilled our drinks, twice because no one else asked. Watched 4 couples get up and walk out!! Food was terrible and the price was extremely expensive!!! So sad from how good it used to be! I can honestly say we will never be back..... read more

I stopped at Doug's around 5 or so....because I like their veg cabbage soup and felt like I was coming down with the flu--- so rather than stay and risk passing the flu to others... I got 2 large soups to go. .... unfortunately when I went to eat at least one of them... the 1st container literally had 2 spoonfuls of vegetables the rest just broth! Ok.... opened 2nd container.... not very much better. Very disappointed!!!!!! Waste of time and money.... I had boullion and stock at home already... read more

Great yummy delicious great servers have been there once a week at minimum since november 2015 recently i have been there an the service was beyond outstanding there are two blonde young lady's and a brunette woman that go above and beyond to make you feel at home im sorry i do not remember their names but every single time ive gone in these ladies work extremely hard to satisfy our table an everyone around. they deserve a round of applause read more

This place won't survive much longer. I like their retro decor, and the foods not bad. The service is awful. We were 2 of 4 people in the place and it took 10 minutes before a server came over. We almost left but decided to stay. Another 40 minutes later we got our food. There's too many good places in Alliance to waste your time. If you're looking for a small place for a quick bite maybe try College Inn? read more

Great breakfast!! Great service!! My husband and I both ordered the Doug classic...2 eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, 2 pancakes, and toast for $7!! All was delicious. Server was friendly and kept the coffee flowing. Typical small diner atmosphere. Clean. We will definitely be back. read more

The service was terrible. The waitress was playing around.didnt check up on us to see if we needed a refill for our drinks. The salad I had was not even a salad at all loads of lettuce two beets and two green peppers . In a small bowl. The salad dressing wasn't enough. The hamburger that my husband order was frozen and raw. The place even smelled. The juke box didn't even work. read more

All their fried items are excellent. Love the fish. They have decent burgers, chicken, sides and such. The pies are good. Service is usually pretty bad, but the atmosphere is worth the stay. The one in Minerva is better. read more

This diner isnt bad. Food took a little longer than i wanted. Price was very affordable. The waitress was very polite and she was on top of refilling my coffee. Had a decent omelette. Maybe add some hash browns with it instead of just toast. read more

We went here on a Friday night for "All you can eat fish". Our waitress was a young girl from the local university. She was very attentive, giving us drink refills as needed and making sure we got all the fish we wanted. The fish were fabulous, lightly breaded, and without any nasty "fishy" taste. We will return, and yes, this is the only place I would go for fish. AWESOME! read more

Good food decent prices and good service. I like the decor and the feel of the place.