This diner is at the bottom of my list of places to eat. Went for lunch and ordered vanilla ice cream with cream d'menth for dessert. They were so ridiculous they put a whole shot of cream d'menth on the ice cream and charged me almost $11.00. This is not a typo, the $11.00 is correct. When I complained they basically ignored me. No more business from me or my family. I go to the Halfmoon Diner in Clifton Park and have never once been disappointed. read more

Mixed feelings on this, I wanted to give it 2.5 stars. They are conveniently located and open 24/7. The food is what you should expect from a diner. Sometimes cold, often greasy, sometimes they get your order wrong. But it is not too bad. Although they have the weirdest omelettes I have ever heard of, so you'll prob just have to get one custom if that's your thing. The prices are a little high for what you are getting, but not exorbitantly so. It's worth eating 2-3 times a year. read more

My wife and I went to latham 76 diner today. She got a Long Island iced tea which was very good but the menu price said 5dollars and change or 6 and change for premium brand alcohol for mixed drinks and cocktails. We were charged $7.99. That was disappointing. Then I had a burger which was decent but served dry just a patty with a slice of cheese. It was described as ridiculously big. It was an avg sized. The onion rings were very good. I would get them again. Big and crispy with great flavor too. My wife got French toast with a side of bacon and a side of home fries. The French toast was large. It was a good flavor. It was kind of dry in the center like it wasn't soaked in the egg mixture very long at all. Somehow one of the slices had an edge that was actually undercooked and wet and soggy. If it was cooked and prepaid properly it would have been fantastic. She plans to give the French toast another try another day. The bacon was really off putting. It was dripping in grease as if never blotted on paper towels or anything or the sort. It was also undercooked. Not at all crispy and the fatty parts were like flub. It was so greasy and undercooked it was left on the plate untouched. Speaking of untouched the home fries were left also. We had one bite to see if they tasted as bad as they looked. They were clearly a batch that was precooked and warmed up. Diner home fries are usually made to order nice and crispy and colored to a golden brown with paparika but these were looking boiled they were soft and old with no color at all. One bite and they sat waiting to be taken away along with the bacon which I didn't mention was also Foul smelling. Like maybe the grease it's been sittings maybe all day if it was precooked as it seemed might have been rancid. I was literally afraid to get food poisoning with that bacon. At the end of the meal 3/4 of the French toast was consumed the rest was wet raw eggy parts. The waitress took away our plates without batting an eye at the fact that 2 of the 3 dishes were just as full as when she brought them. No ask of if everything was ok. We paid full price for food we didn't even eat due to the quality. The good things were the flavor of the Long Island iced tea. The onion rings. The look of the diner. The seats were nice. The lighting was nice and the bakery items looked spectacular. We'd go back to try one more time and see how it is a second time. read more

Service has always been very good, friendly staff and quite quick. The breakfast food is excellent! The pancakes are some of the best I've ever had. The prices are also good, not terribly expensive by any means, nor however are they very cheep, but as with most things, you get what you pay for. Just a little thing to add, it reminds me of what I expect the 80's to be like. read more

i went to this diner for the first time last night to finish celebrating my sister's birthday. we all ordered our food mines being french onion and the challah french toast. well my bowl of soup came cold full of chunks of stale bread and onions covered in cheese. i asked if my soup could be made hot i was told it was put in the microwave for a few minutes. still not hot enough to eat. i got my french toast which was two pieces of bread that were a far cry from being called french, no egg batter fried in loads of butter. i sent it back asked for fresh fruit got chunks of hard melon pieces. but the kicker was when i got charged $3.45 for a cup of green tea that normally costs this for a whole box of 25 bags. for all of this i paid $ 13.85 . i will never go back or recommend this place to anyone. TOLD GIRL AT FRONT OF HOUSE HOW I FELT ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AND SHE SAYS SHE DOES NOT MAKE THE PRICES IT IS WHAT IT IS . NEVER AGAIN! I WILL ONLY EAT AT MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALBANY DINERS. read more

Absolutely and completely mediocre and the prices give you the impression that it's going to be stellar food... it's not.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or a 3:00am meal after arriving in town after a 4 1/2 hour drive, no matter what time of day or night, a great choice for a fine meal. Love the fact they are open 24/7 for convenience. I have NEVER ordered anything from the Latham 76 Diner that hasn't been excellent. Build your own omellete, Meatloaf, Chicken Parm, Fried Haddock, Broiled Scallops, Chicken & Shrimp Platter, Baby Back Ribs, had them all, and all are excellent. Cannot begin to say enough about their fine desserts. Love their lemon meringue pie, napoleans and cheesecake. Always friendly and efficient service too. I very highly recommend. read more

Used to be regulars. Our last 3 visits the food was good but the service was terrible. Three different waitstaff each time and they were all downright rude. Today the waitstaff were even arguing because one was carrying dishes and wanted to pass and the other gave her attitude that she'd have to wait. Service has gone downhill fast. Once you get beyond the front desk, it is terrible. I don't think I can come here again. read more

I have been patronizing the 76 Diner since it's been open but lately the quality of the food has been diminishing. I was there last night and decided on the fried chicken, probably not the best idea but I have had it before and it was typical Diner fried chicken. The half of a fried chicken dinner consisted of a leg, a breast, and another breast cut in half, no thigh or wing. That would have been ok if the white meat weren't hammered so bad it was like eating cotton. I left 3/4 on the plate. When the waiter came by I pointed out the shortcomings and he said he would mention it to "her". When he returned he said he mentioned it and she turned and walked away. When cashing out and was asked how was everything i expressed my dissatisfaction with the food and the response was "oh I'll have to check with the kitchen". No apology, no offer to take it off my bill no caring at all. I wasn't looking for a free meal or to have her remove it from my bill but the uncaring attitude bothers me. There are many dining options in the Latham area, including 2 other diners customer satisfaction should be priority one. read more

By no means does this place deserve any applause. When we went it was packed, the question is why? We bought 2, I believe the menu referred to as "jumbo", stuffed breadsticks. Whoopdie doo da, stuffed with cheese. Cheese which was still almost frozen in the middle. By no means would even my 5 year old daughter refer to them as jumbo. Not to mention they cost 7 bucks, what the hell. My burger which they called some sort of 76 diner special sirloin burger tasted like ground beef from Walmart that I cook at home. Medium rare somehow came out as medium, and if you order cheddar cheese they give you like 2 grams of shredded garbage. A hefty amount of 20 French fries though! Congrats to you 76 diner. Add in the fact that the table next to us sent their food back the minute they got it because it wasn't the right food. Long story short. Keep up the good work ripping people off and serving bad food, it seems to be getting you great business! read more

This is the best diner I've visited in the Albany region. I've been here a few times and I've never been disappointed. The atmosphere is homey and old school and the staff is ALWAYS going above and beyond to make sure that your every need requested and unrequested is met. The last time I visited was for lunch with my folks and the lady that served us was the most sweetest lady I've had the pleasure of meeting. Not only did the food we ordered come out but also our additional requests at no extra cost to us. Also I believe the owner or manager came to our table a few times to check and make sure that everything was perfect. Needless to say the servings are humongous but the food is good and comforting. I've had some really amazing Diner dishes here. The burgers are fantastic as is anything grilled. After our huge satisfying meal was over the cheque came out and it was cheaper than chips. I can't believe more diners aren't like this joint they make it seem so easy. read more

My fiance and I showed up around 11:30 on a Sunday morning. Neither of us were surprised that there was a wait. 15 minutes on a Sunday morning was totally acceptable for both of us. Our waitress served us coffee and waters quickly after we were seated. Then we waited for what seemed to be too long while other people who were seated 10 minutes after us got served their food. As I was commenting that I wanted more coffee, the gentlemen seating people came around and served coffee refills to all the tables in our section. Shortly after that our food arrived. My combination omelet from the "specialty omelet" section was awesome. My fiance's "big breakfast" was also very satisfying (she had the french toast option). The only thing that kept me from rating them a 5 star was that our service was slow and they charged by the cup for coffee. The cups were tiny, maybe half a mug. Otherwise they were a top notch diner. read more

I like this place. My, my husband, and out 10 month old daughter go every Sunday morning. Breakfast is always good. Only thing that stinks is the very slow service. BUT it is very busy and I was a server for many years so I understand. It is what it is. Every now and then the food will be cold but I just send it back and it is never an issue. Like I said it's very busy. We recently started picking up dinner once a week. The area we live in there is NO good delivery. Always dissapointed so we thought why not pick up from the diner? My husband go breakfast for dinner and was very surprised by how good it was especially considering that we picked it up and brought it home. I went with the turkey sandwich which was fantastic. Fries were good. Pickle is always great. The following week we decided to go in for dinner... it was empty. Husband had grilled chix sandwich which was HUGE. Looked good! We got chicken ques which were OK. there was a TON OF ONIONS like 10 x more onions then chicken. which it does not say on the menu that onions are in it. (i dont think i could be wrong) but we picked them out. next time we know to request it with out! I had a Rueben which was great. The baby had my pickle. As I write this review im thinking we may have to pick up from there tonight! Service was slow when we in at night. which was a bit disapointing bc it wasnt even busy. but our waitress was very nice. i dont want to blame the waitress... could be the cooks.. could be a mix of both? But all in all we are happy at this diner. We love our Sunday tradition. Our daughter loves the home fries! Got dessert the other week which was good! sometimes you just want a solid warm meal and a great cup of hot coffee and this is the place. On that note... calling in my order soon! read more

My husband and I go here almost every weekend for breakfast and although the home fried potatoes are not as good as my husband makes at home they were at least tolerable. Today that was not the case. We found today they sliced their potatoes almost paper thin instead of cutting them in chunks and as a result not only were they thin and hard (actually over cooked) there was absolutely no flavoring at all. They were tasteless, no pepper, no salt (this I can understand for clients who may have BP issues) but some sort of seasoning on the potatoes would help. Perhaps adding some paprika, asking the clients if they would like some onions, etc., would add some flavor and not just taste like starched paper. Not sure why you changed to slicing (thinly) instead of the pieces but it isn't working. We have other options but always loved the service. Today we had a young lady in the back that was busy talking with another table that she never asked if we wanted a refill on coffee or if we wanted anything else. She took our order, brought our meal, and came back only to bring the check (without asking if there was anything else we wanted). She asked us how everything was and before we could answer she was saying "ok great" and was walking away. I can honestly say this was the first time this happened to us. The staff is always friendly, takes time to chat, if they can, and always comes back with refills of coffee and to ask if there was anything else we needed. We were so disappointed today but we will give them another try, as I said this was a first so could have just been a bad day for all. read more

stay away,they serve child size portions for full size prices !!!!!!go to the circle much more food for the same money and much cleaner.Told the owner he could care less very disappointed read more

Ate here last night. First they were out of water glasses but our waitress made the best of it and got us larger glasses when they were available. My husband had the French onion soup which was decent. Nothing special. I had the spanakopita which was still frozen and cold in the middle the first time our waitress brought it out. My husband had the gyro. Again nothing special. It was a typical gyro sandwich. Got my spanakopita and it was hot this time but overall the filo was greasy and the taste was awful. It had some kind of funky clove taste to it. I am Greek I and know how to make this and have several times. I know how it's supposed to taste and this was just odd tasting and very greasy. It came with rice that had some kind of mystery sauce on top of it. I barely ate any of my dish and I am NOT a picky eater by any stretch of the imagination. Since it was my husbands birthday we decided to get dessert. He got the chocolate layer cake that was dry and bland. Hardly had any kind of a chicolate taste to it at all. Not sure if it was old or what. I had a Napoleon and it was horrendous. The cream was partially congealed as if it had been in the cooler a long time. The pastry was all dried out and tasteless. Waitress was sweet and very apologetic about the cold food and glass situation. She said the kitchen was busy and was trying to get food out too fast. The place was busy but I'm not sure why based on the meals we had. read more