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    Jake's Diner

    3.0 (75 reviews)
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    Open 6:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Cheese Omlet with spinach and mushrooms and home fries
    Christa F.

    We really wanted to try the new spot down the street but couldn't get in the parking lot. So glad this place was close by. It was a great choice but I knew that from last year when I had a breakfast sandwich that I preordered and picked up in the drive through on my way to an appointment nearby. The food was hot and fresh-we both had veggie omelettes. Mine was cheese with spinach and mushrooms with home fries (pictured) and dry toast (asked for dark but didn't get it -that's okay) and my coworkers was veggie no tomato sub for spinach, and grits with rye toast. I admit that the rye looked good and it was seedless so I'll definitely try that one next time. My only other wish was that the coffee was piping hot but it wasn't. Otherwise, the server was extremely nice and allowed us to stay and finish our business meeting without being rushed. Thank you!

    Biscuit and gravy
    Leslie B.

    I love me some Jake's. I don't know why they are only 3 stars. I have not had a bad meal here. The hostess Maggie was super sweet and personable. A missing touch these days if you ask me. Our server was great and the food is classic diner food with reasonable prices. How can you go wrong. If you haven't been in awhile try them again!

    Melissa M.

    Perfect quick local stop for breakfast. Always quick, consistent, convenient. You can order breakfast and lunch at anytime. Counter seats or booth seats. I tried the avocado toast, this trip. It was fine- but next time going to stick with the diner favorite options!!

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    Gary F.

    A true diner with a friendly staff. I really enjoy their traditional breakfast items and their hamburgers with a side of hash browns. For me, there is something irresistible about a burger cooked on a flat grill. The flavors are intact and the sear from the grill keep in the moisture. They serve the burger on a nice roll with lettuce, tomato, onions and mayonnaise. Jake's does a nice job and they don't pretend to be anything different than what they are. I like to sit at the counter, interact with the others and talk with the waitresses. The food is if good quality, the service is prompt and the prices are fair...it makes for a solid meal and I'd encourage you to give them a try.

    Breakfast platter
    Kelley J.

    Jake's doesn't get enough credit. It's a cute spot, with great food and cute decor. They play music from the 60s and 70s and the staff always gets our order right. My breakfast for dinner was hot and delicious. As you can see, this platter is SO full and the pancakes and toast aren't even in the shot. Go to Jake's. It's good food, and good times.

    Angela W.

    I dined in this morning and everything was delicious! The place was packed but my food came fast and it was hot and delicious. I had the Western Omelet and it was loaded with ham, onions and colored peppers and cooked perfectly. I also had grits and toast and they were also very tasty. If time allows, I may be back tomorrow before I hit the highway. Oh, and some of the best coffee!!!! My server was Katie and she provided excellent service!

    Coffee
    Reagan B.

    This was a tasty breakfast for lunch! I started off with a nice cup of coffee with some international delight french vanilla creamer. I appreciate that they have this creamed bc many diners do not. I couldn't make up my mind so I got the fat cat special! Eggs scrambled with cheese, bacon, sausage links, home fries and a biscuit accompanied by two pancakes. My service was good and the was delicious.

    Sausage Dog - not really a keeper.
    Fred B.

    Jake's other locations have always been solid choices for breakfast or a quick diner lunch(usually plates, like Chicken Fried Steak on Tuesdays, etc), so I decided to give this one a try - actually stopped in three over a 8 or 9 day period for take out. I had not really tried the burgers or sandwiches at Jake's so I decided that I'd give a few a try. Over that span I tried their ATW Burger ($7.20) with a side of Onion Rings, an all Beef Hot Dog ($2.50), a Chopped Steak Sandwich ($8.70) with Chips as a side, a Hamburger Club ($7.50) with Fries, and a Sausage Dog ($3.95). Some where along the way I grabbed a Chef's Salad ($7.95), to be healthy you see! After working my way thru the above items, I couldn't help but come to the conclusion that sandwiches are not their strong suit, and the sides are more than a little pedestrian, much like many diners. The hot dog was very average, decent wiener but not much taste to the chili, and the Chopped Steak Sandwich had much the same problem as the chili, though a good helping of salt helped some! The Sausage Dog was ok once the overly sweet slaw was mostly removed. The ATW (all the way) Burger was also just ok with the same chili adding little, but I wouldn't settle for it when there are some many superior choices available, and a poor side adds nothing, so the pricing isn't a real plus either. The Hamburger Club, with cheese, was pretty good, and I'd order it if in the area, and was craving one (I do really like a Hamburger Club) - but it would not be a destination spot for the club, like Country Kitchen is! And finally, the Chef's Salad was very good, with plenty of meat and cheese, and fresh lettuce. The Thousand Island Dressing was also very nice - would reorder this! I might come back to this location for breakfast or a lunch plate, but would not for a sandwich!

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    The food is so dang good, a wide variety menu including breakfast all day which is such a treat & our server Sammi was incredible!

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    Delicious home cooked food. Great portions and reasonably priced. Good service and love the atmosphere. A+

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    Traditional diner. Food is excellent, service great, love the breakfast menu. Our favorite Sunday morning breakfast spot.

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    The food at Jake's is alway good but this location has a legend who works here so you need to stop at this location to see her.

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    He Said: A serviceable breakfast spot with excellent staff. We needed a pre-Billy Strings base…read morelayer and Scrambled delivered. I had corned beef hash and eggs and enjoyed it well enough. The corned beef hash was either homemade or made nearby, no doubt. Even so, it was fairly average. Too salty for my tastes, too fatty, too stringy. Oh well. The people were very very nice. She Said: I'll second the assessment that the staff are great. I'd go back just for the terrific service. I was also happier with my breakfast: two eggs over medium, toast, bacon, and hash browns. The star was the hash browns. They were done well with crispiness on the outside and creaminess on the inside. I also got a Bloody Mary and it was well crafted. The rest was just fine. I would push for a 3.5 if Yelp allowed half points. Maybe a four because of the staff. (Shout out to the waiter named Michael, I think.) Potty Points: 3/5 as it was clean enough and available when needed.

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    4.1(37 reviews)
    6.6 miDowntown

    Place was absolutely awesome. Food was incredible, the waitress was the BEST! We tipped her very…read morewell. We drove down to NC from Maine, this was a unplanned stop, but we loved it. Waitress also explained Grits to my daughter who tried for the first time. What a great place!! Ambiance, food, service A+, Highly recommend!

    It was a combination of my last chance to go to a restaurant before this huge snowstorm was about…read moreto hit and seeing the many pleas from the local businesses to encourage us to eat downtown since business was on the decline due to the weather. the economy and the post- covid blues. It was also a chance to catch up with Ron and Victoria who I have not had a chance to see for a while. They recommended Jake's Diner downtown, a couple of blocks down from Victoria's studio. Sounded like a plan to me, so I hopped in my car and headed to meet them down on South Elm Street. I am glad we went because there were not many people in the restaurant at all and by the time we left after lunch we were the only ones. I know they appreciated the business, We were promptly seated and the waitress was very helpful and provided excellent service Ron went with breakfast and had eggs and waffles and bacon and Victoria went with a lunch themed hamburger and onion rings. I decided to go Victoria's route and ordered a a hamburger with blue cheese and an order of fries with a diet Coke. Everything came promptly and was tasty. I must say, considering how expensive things are today, I found their prices to be pretty moderate. Plenty of refills on coffee and diet Coke without even having to ask. I liked that! The food was good, the company was wonderful and it's nice to have a breakfast/lunch spot like that downtown. I hope I caught Jake's Diner at an odd time and a pre storm panic because they certainly deserve patrons and to stay alive in downtown Greensboro. They offered us a nice meal at a good price. I even found parking right around the corner! Check them out!!

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    3.3(60 reviews)
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    Solid diner food, and great service. The staff is always kind. I love their new rewards program…read morethey rolled out in the last few months. It's really easy to earn points for discounts. Shout out to Carol!

    I normally don't give 3s. Even a bad experience can get four if the service is on point. In this…read morecase it wasn't. Sorry, Jasmine. I watched you cater to 3 other tables and pretty much ignore us. To be fair, I've eaten at Jake's on Wendover a few times. I knew the type of food. It's always been excellent. We arrive. The white lady with the high pony tail says "sit anywhere that's clean. Cool. Didn't get her name. I will call her P. All the small booths on the perimeter were full. We take the large booth in the back corner. The tables in the center were six tops. That booth wasn't clean clean. 50-11 crumbs in the chair. I wipe them off. We wait. No menus brought. One of the expediters walks by. Didn't even stop . A four top arrives. P is at their table in 2.5 seconds with menus and cutlery. Well dayum. Why don't we have anything? We see our waitress waiting on the table next to us. She takes the orders of the two older gentlemen making small talk even. No worries. What she did next should have told me how this whole experience was going to go. She brought the menus from their table to our table. Ummmmm, I don't know what cruds they could have had. Then asked what we wanted to drink. Ma'am! We just got menus. She returns with our water. Asks if we are ready to order. Ma'am' we just got these menus. We place our orders. I ask her name. Like you rolled up on us and didn't even introduce yourself. Jasmine takes our order. Food comes out faster than expected. Great! That's where it begins to go downhill. Jasmine never brought cutlery to our table. We had to ask and wait longer than I think it should have taken. Mind you I saw how P was working her table. Jasmine checked on the gentlemen several times. A family sat at a table on the other side of them. She was speedy with their service. More on that later. The gentlemen leave. Mind you Jasmine hasn't come back to our table at all. Wait once after we got all our food. That's how we go cutlery. I've drank my glass of Diet Pepsi. Would be nice to get a refill. She comes back with a wet rag to wipe off the table where the gentleman sat THEN asks if we need anything. I ask for a Diet Pepsi refill. Bae is in the bathroom and I let her know that he wasn't satisfied with his meal. She just looked like "oh, okay". No server should ever want to hear this. We did not ask for a manager. Meanwhile across the restaurant P has already served and turned that four top. Recall they were sat after us. As I continued to look around other tables were getting soda refills. AND I saw piping hot food delivered. Bae's eggs weren't piping hot. I mean "steam" was coming off these other plates. Bae came back to the table as I was telling Jasmine he wasn't happy with his food. We went there for French toast. He ate one piece. Half his eggs and half his potatoes. He asked for the check. This is after I'd asked for my refill. So I asked again. Jasmine brings out all the food for that family's table. She even brings. An extra plate. Looks over and must have remembered our requests. In the time she went to get an extra plate I could have had a soda refill which I really wanted to drink my soda in the restaurant as I finished my meal. She instead brings it in a to go cup. Fine but had she been more attentive I would have had a refill at the table. Enough about the mid level service. In case you're wondering Bae did tip her 15%. His food did not arrive piping hot. I didn't get a refill. We had to ask for cutlery and watch everyone else around us get better service even those in our section. No, the restaurant wasn't packed but patrons steadily flowed in. We shouldn't have been there for as long as we were. The food? Not terrible except the meat to bread ratio in the patty melt (see photo). Thin party. It was very tasty. I enjoy a good patty melt don't expect the meat to be that thin. The grits? Ouch! Not a lick of salt in the cooking liquid. If you do have salt in the water, please double it. Once I added salt they tasted fine. Bae didn't complain about the coffee so I will say that was fine. Bae says we're not going back to this location. Which is disappointing since it's a short drive and one of few places that serves regular degular French toast. I knew Jake's on Wendover and Downtown would be packed due to GHOE. The Battleground location was busy and getting overflow from the place up the street from them where we went first so we didn't stop there. As we were leaving Jasmine was already talking to the new patrons at the table where those gentleman were sitting. They hadn't been there two minutes whereas we easily waited five minutes before being acknowledged. I'm not saying don't go to Jake's. By all means give them a shot. They have been a Greensboro staple for decades! Our experience this time was less than 4 stars. That's all.

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    A special experience, highlighted by delicious food, a relaxing atmosphere, and wonderful service…read more Keyshawn and Danika were terrific, helping us celebrate my wife's birthday. highly recommended!

    Hey family! So lately, I have been going out on Thursdays for the past year and Pryme is usually…read morewhere you will find me. At this point, they know my face and my favorite bartender Dame is usually there. The atmosphere is lovely and most times they have jazz or R&B playing. Like I said before, it's always at a good volume and never too loud. I haven't been for brunch in a while but when I go on Thursdays, they have a special for whiskey and bourbon and also wine. It very laid back, however, I still suggest making a reservation as it came get busy out of nowhere. I've seen it happen. The last time I went I tried the Red Snapper bites which came with rice, Caribbean cabbage and olives. I can't stand olives (its a texture thing) but it wasn't on it at all, it came on the side which I thoroughly appreciated. Everything else was spectacular. I also let Dame make me a drink and I often will say "Bartender's Choice" which means they can create whatever they want based on what flavor profile I like. I'm not sure what the drink was but it was delicious and strong. I only needed 1 that night. The service is always great and it feels like you're catching up with old friends. Although, not pictured, I have tried the shrimp and grits, fried cauliflower, and crab dip with toast points. All are very good. This is one of my favorite spots that feels like my own version of Cheers. If you are in the area, check this place out. Wonderful food, wonderful vibes, and amazing staff.

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