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    Exeter Family Restaurant

    3.4 (212 reviews)
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    Exeter Family Restaurant - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - Nine AM, after the breakfast crowd. - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - a breakfast of pancakes, eggs, toast, and pancakes - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - Exterior - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - a plate of breakfast food - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - Orange fantasy: Presentation by Isabella - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - Orange Fanrasy milkshake. Shoutout to Isabella on the amazing presentation. - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - BELOW the bacon is how much turkey was there the first time.  ABOVE the bacon is what was added.  Note how little turkey there was before - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania
    Exeter Family Restaurant - Rivals the best salad bars still in existence. I feel like these won't be a thing in 20 years. - American Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania

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    EXETER FAMILY RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

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

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    Orange fantasy: Presentation by Isabella
    Larry S.

    We were in the area for a meeting, brought 10 in. Had the best milkshake, Joe met us and took care of us before the bandoff to Isabella. Both these people are a credit to the establishment and made us feel welcomed and cared for.

    Pasta special. Ya get a side and unlimited access to the salad bar for like $16. Helluva deal tbh.
    Mike F.

    If this place wins best Family Restaurant in Berks or whatever again this year, I will know the awards are rigged. The food and service are perfectly acceptable, but man, during my last two visits there was a mouse running around the dining room. The most recent visit had it darting from underneath a table to grab something from the center of the dining room then scurrying back underneath the table. Note: there were people sitting at this table watching it all unfold, and they were in hysterics. Just a wild sight. You see this bit of movement out of the corner of your eye, and you think to yourself, "Hmm, that's a big-ass cockroach," before realizing it's actually a furry mammal. Maybe it's someone's pet. Or the restaurant's mascot. Maybe it's some inside joke I don't know about. Like a local hero or something, a comfort mouse. Rodents aside, I gotta rave about the salad bar. This thing tops even Ruby Tuesday, and the RuTu garden bar is no slouch. Here you get all the premium ingredients, like ham cubes, hard boiled egg, black olives, and red beets. It just seems cleanlier, too. Staff doesn't let each topping get soggy and nasty like at that other place. There is no more cashier, but you still have to pay at the register at the front entrance. Basically you just wait there with your check until a server notices. Usually YOUR server, since other servers will ignore you. I would come here for late night grub. Maybe just a dessert. It's now the only game in town that's open 24-hours. The era of 24-hour diners is over. Those days were fun, weren't they? There was just something so simply indulgent about eating a western omelet at 2am surrounded by revelers, drunks, travelers, and castoffs. It was fun to be a part of that chaos.

    Nine AM, after the breakfast crowd.
    Joe K.

    It's a diner, the real thing, not an imitation. We've always been seated quickly. The servers are friendly and efficient and the salad bar is great! Look for the "Senior's Menu" for smaller portions and proportionally lower prices! We stop in fairly regularly because it's close.

    Vegetable Barley
    Jamie M.

    I think Yelp's average of 3-3.5 stars is spot on for this place. Stopped it because the parking lot was full, so how bad could it be right? Upon entry, we joined a line standing awkwardly at the front counter waiting to be seated. It took some time before someone appeared. Then she had 2 people to ring out. She asked us how many and then said here's menus and see that booth by the windows? Go sit there. So we did. Our server seemed inexperienced. When we ordered and asked about the soup included with the meal, she told us the types but failed to tell us we had to get it ourselves. Turns out it's over with the salad bar. Same with the utensils and napkins; we got those ourselves too. The vegetable barley soup was good and the perfect temperature. My BLT (triple decker) was okay and my brew fries were tasty (even though it was a $2 substitute for the chips). We had water but no refills were offered. I'm struggling to figure out the appeal since we had a very average experience, mostly on the service end of it. (And we like diners!)

    Avo Toast with eggs and home fries (or hash browns?), and an extra (guilty pleasure) side of CB Hash ;-)
    Marie F.

    Bright and clean diner, with typical options. Parents frequent this diner both on weekends and during the week, and I always visit when I'm in town. Reasonably priced. Parking can be tight, just like any other diner on a Sunday. This one is just off Perkiomen Ave. in Exeter, so that's both good and bad for convenience and getting in & out. Stepmom said she was going with the avocado toast, and I should have looked at the menu before just going with that. To me, avocado toast infers a spread of some kind, with the avocado at least smashed. But this was just sliced avocado on toast, with sunny side eggs on top. With avocados not in season and not a local produce in PA (lol), it was difficult to mash it up myself. Not saying it wasn't good, just not what I had expected. Entirely my fault for making assumptions. ;-) Still overall a great spot for an affordable and fulfilling meal any day of the week.

    It's so shiny!
    Melissa T.

    Spur of the moment road trip stop! Cute shiny nostalgic diner with all kinda food to choose from. Soup and salad bar included with my meal. Not a huge salad bar but adequate. Two soups to choose from. The special was chicken and dumpling and it tasted homemade. The fried chicken was cooked perfectly. Our waitress Yvonne was really sweet and called me love!

    Bacon Bleu Burger
    Mike C.

    Service is typically very quick. Food used to be extremely good, but has taken a mild turn in quality, likely due to inflation. Overall, good casual and family friendly vibe.

    My Lorraine omelette
    Virginia K.

    Food was great, server was super and they get large parties all served at the same time. Always busy but that's because it a great place to eat!

    Sausage and cheese omelette. DELICIOUS
    Mike L.

    There is nothing like having a place to eat that you know will always be good! This visit to the Exeter diner was just as good as I thought it would be. I got the sausage omelette with home fries. It was outstanding! The eggs were perfectly cooked, the sausage was delicious and the home fries were not oily and perfectly done as well. The servers were very polite and attentive. There really isn't anything else to say accept if you want good food and reasonably priced you have to go to the Exeter family restaurant.

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    Delicious French toast. Friendly server. Great breakfast menu. Will definitely return.

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    Food was good, reasonably priced with great waitstaff. I had the Buffalo chicken salad, which was delicious, but much too big.

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    My favorite place on Earth. The Allentown breakfast is my favorite, but I've never ordered something I didn't like!

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