Came in for Sunday brunch. Looked up their menu and surprisingly they have so many items and all the pictures look great. I decided to get the chicken n waffle to start the test. I didn't think the restaurant would already be packed at 11:30 but there was a 30-40 min wait. So I chose to sit by the counter next to the kitchen to skip the line. The kitchen was REAL busy. Food just streaming out and they all look appetizing. The service was quick and I got my dish pretty quickly. Normally I like my waffle a bit salty but a plain one would make sense with the fried chicken. Waffle was good, the strawberry butter was delicious. But man, that chicken, is just so juicy! Crispy skin too! Particularly loved the way the kitchen works. Lots of encouragement going on. 'You are doing great family!' If you get a chance to come here by yourself try the kitchen counter seat! The dish was not cheap but the quality of food is just great! Staff are very friendly and helpful. Parking wasn't a problem in the shopping center. If you come with a group on weekend expect a line. Will visit again. read more

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Great food, great prices, great waitstaff, if you go ask for ALLY, always friendly never to busy to chat a few minutes. Thanks Ally

Bri is, by far, one of the BEST servers I've EVER had! Not just at this restaurant but at any restaurant. She is friendly & personable. She offers great recommendations. You can tell she really enjoys what she does & she says she's been here for 5 years because she loves the work environment & teamwork and it shows. The food was amazing too, we had breakfast & I was super excited to know they have scrapple (it wasn't on the menu). I highly recommend going here & requesting Brianna. read more

This establishment is a modern diner in DE with eclectic food offerings and great service! Treat yourself read more

Metro Diner - The Charleston Shrimp & Grits is a melt in your mouth taste explosion! - Diners Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Stopped for breakfast before Christmas tree shopping and was not so hungry, so when looking at the menu I came across a small biscuit with spicy honey chicken and OMG 3 eye rolls, almost an foodgasm ( you know how you roll in to the back of your head when you get close to having the other type of gasm) Crispy juicy chicken and light buttery biscuit, perfect little breakfast.\\ Other stuff on the menu attracted my attention as well especially the stuff chalked on the back wall. Service was attentive but slow, not much of a wait on a Saturday at 10 AM. Coffee was a bit on the weak side but would have had a nice taste if it was brewed correctly. All in all a nice meal. read more

We stopped here for breakfast on a Sunday. It used to be a Wawa, so I was happy to see this opened in its place. There was a line out of the door, but the host said the counter was first come first serve. The server saw us coming and asked us to wait while she cleaned it for us. She finished quickly and was super friendly. I knew immediately I would be getting the chicken and waffles, and RJ ordered corned beef hash. This place was the real deal, we watched as they made it all from scratch. They used a thermometer for the chicken, which is why it was so perfectly juicy, and they chipped up the corned beef for the hash. My waffles were light and fluffy with strawberry butter. I had to take half home, and it was just as delicious the next day. read more

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My husband and I shared the cheesesteak and neither of us could finish our half. It was very good - especially liked that the bun had been heated on the grill. Also, it's nice that you can pick your side - it doesn't have to be fries, but can be a vegetable or salad. Service was great and quick! read more

This metro diner location is the best. The people are always friendly in the food is served quickly. I've been here multiple times without any problems and the food is delicious. read more

Stoped there to have lunch nice place to eat great seavers and cooks atmosphere food

Editing review: First impressions mean a lot, but I have been here several times and I cannot keep 5 stars up. I will keep up my original review but so many times we waited for cold food, food dishes delivered separately (mom and I prefer to eat at the same time together), sometimes hard to track down our server, bathrooms not always clean, coffee a few times tasted weird (thankful waitress has replaced with tea). Also very grateful how nice everyone has been towards us, my mom especially since she is having a hard time speaking. I am happy to give 4 stars, everyone seems to be trying. Food is good when served hot. I don't know what changed, but since grand opening seems like a staff change over.... Well here is my original review: We stopped by last week not knowing they were brand new in town. The owner/manager let us know the grand opening was Tuesday July 25th, 2017. I was nervous about going since hearing they have multiple locations and soon a grand opening. The parking lot is hard to drive into if not from the area. The cross road just before it from Stanton Ogleton road will not let you make a left turn. So we turned around in the child daycare. If driving towards the hospital, you can easily turn right into it. What a cute, clean, modern "diner". I guess diner because you can order breakfast at any time? The layout seemed more like a family restaurant. When we arrived the line was out the door, and we were asked for a name and how many, then told the wait is an expected 35 minutes. There are benches outside and plenty of them. We were called within 20-25 minutes. I have to say, for a packed place, noise was not unbearable, and the overall smell was not too strong. Which told me someone must have put some thought into sound acoustics and ventilation! There are pictures of magazine and newspaper articles of their awards on the wall by the inside waiting area. Seats are offered in booths or tables, they could handle large groups. Maybe since it was opening day they hired extra workers? Well, either way they had no problem staying on top of everything given the crowd. We got there at 6:30pm, and their full menu was offered (didn't run out of anything). Specials are written on a back board, with soups/desserts/dinners. On to the food! What a great sounding menu, offering breakfast items such as (eggs Benedict, french toasts, omelets); lunch items (sandwiches, salads, burgers); and full dinners. I cannot wait to return..it was tough to decide on what to eat. My mom and I finally figured out our orders then we saw what the table next to us had as their choices were delivered and so we copied them. Mom ordered the chicken and waffles, and I chose the meatloaf dinner. Both were excellent! My mash potatoes with gravy came out cold, but didn't matter because my waitress and a manager had checked on us and with 1-2 minutes I had a new small bowl of hot ones. The zucchini/squash had a delicious light seasoning/oil on them and left al dente.. But they were perfect. I was so pleasantly surprised the food is made fresh and better than home made. I tasted the chicken and waffles which were also done to perfection. The chicken was juicy/hot that was breaded and fried. The Belgium waffles were fluffy, lightly toasted. They had a sugar free syrup for mom, and we declined the 7-8 drops of hot sauce they would normally add to the syrup. I also ordered a side of coleslaw.. Creamy kind, not pickled, not soggy or too crisp... Just another "perfect" food item. We also decided to stay for banana fosters cheesecake even though we were so full. Although I was hoping for actual banana fosters... Their cheesecake was flavored with it and bananas were baked in. I was happily surprised, it wasn't too sweet either. It was good, but I would pass next time. I would / will order the meatloaf again, but can't wait to try their other choices. Service was personable, our waitress was full of pep, with jokes and smiles.. (Given how busy they were, this tells me how well the restaurant is managed even on day 1). They use a tablet for orders and another for table-side payments. Receipts can be emailed. read more

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The manager is walking around speaking with customers. I think he saw me with my YELP app out but nevertheless he was talking with everyone. That's Great! I asked about their opening and congratulated him on their move to our area... as I'm waiting look what he brings: G. R. I. T. S. one of my favorites. Oh and my foods here. Cornedbeef hash with biscuit and poached egg, ahhh but no butter for either my grits nor biscuit... rookie mistake, but I'm forgiving read more

Metro Diner - Diners Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Loving the chicken and waffles with the hot sauce and syrup, the chicken is crispy and delicious.

I placed an order on the website on November 24, 2023. I called to inquire as to why did my order state received, and I didn't receive my purchase. I was told that the order goes to a Door dash driver on the website. Then I have to wait to get my money back on Monday and it's Friday. There wasn't even a courtesy option offered to send me another order. I will never do business with this establishment again. I spoke to the manager who told me her story Racheal about when she didn't receive her food when she placed an order thru Door dash. Like I really cared that hear that nonsense. read more

Great food, great service,large portions. We always go during the week and never have to wait for a booth. Food comes out fast, and we have found the waiters and waitresses to be friendly and outgoing. Favorite breakfast place read more

A decent diner. Typical diner food, good prices, and our server was very pleasant. No standout dishes, though the corned beef hash was very tasty. read more

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Came during their soft opening and during their opening day and I have to say that the food tasted SOOO much better during their opening day versus their soft opening! The first time around we ordered their shrimp and grits, which was really good, a pork sandwich, and their homemade corned beef hash, which I wouldn't recommend. But the second time around, we ordered their chicken and waffles, which is to die for, their man burger special, and their cream chipped beef, which was super yummy! I always like to give restaurants the benefit of the doubt, especially if the restaurant just opened, and I'm really glad that I gave this place a second chance. So if you're looking for a new breakfast place to try, come here! read more

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Everything is as expected for a diner: quick setvice and good food. I had my favorite diner food: Western omlette. The surprise was the hash brown, which was like a potato pancake, perfectly crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It also has fried onions and peppers on top ($1 more.) My kid had chicken tender, cooked perfectly and nicely seasoned crust. Everything was seasoned well. (Better than my dinners in DC these past 3 days.) read more

Great staff, terrific selection and awesome specials. On our first visit, we took our waitress' suggestion and had the black board special, Turkey pot pie. Wow. The blackboard has items that are not on the menu. Everything is home made, never frozen and you can tell. I will have to come back to try the whole menu and as many specials as possible. Oh, by the way, they do serve scrapple too. read more

The food was fresh and delicious! Fast, friendly service as well! Would definitely recommend!

I have always loved going to diners for brunch and metro diner didn't disappoint! We came at around 2 pm for a late lunch so it wasn't that crowded. I had their shark bait egg benedict and my sister had shrimp & grits. They were very generous with the salmon and the poached eggs were perfectly cooked (talk about runny egg yolk!!). I sampled my sister's shrimp & grits and they were very very creamy. Mmm!!! Based off the architecture of the building I expected the bathroom to be outdated but it actually pretty modern. I didn't expect this and thought this was a good thing! read more

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Very busy place - must be good. Took us a while to get service but Rose came to the table and helped us as did the hostess. We were excited to place orders however disappointed in the burnt toast and tasteless eggs. Large portions but taste not the best. The blueberry coffee was also disappointing. read more

Metro Diner - Diners Near Me - Newark, Delaware

My first time eating here. It was a good experience from beginning to end. It's very casual and clean. Excellent, friendly and quick service. Not your typical "diner"food. I had the fried chicken and waffle. It was delicious and plentiful! Thanks to Trevor, we will definitely visit again! read more

This was a great experience for me and my girlfriend. Customer service was on point and the food was great and hot! I will be coming back soon. read more

Oh baby! The chicken and waffles were everything. I forgot to take a picture before eating. My plate was demolished. I couldn't even finish the chicken. I was not expecting the food to be awesome like this. The host and my waitress were super sweet too! I will be back. read more

Well I made the mistake of trying again to do take out. Guess what it is not being improved. You can only get a partial. Menu. You have to order online which is not at all convenient. It is a lot easier to call in on hands free in the fly. The order was not ready when I got there. Sorry and I know it's popular these day. However removing every stitch of human contact and forcing me to use a credit card is not convenient to me. Probably very popular with 20 something's. I'm done with take out from Metro. read more

The food is always excellent, the service is very good and the ambiance is always excellent.

Nice dinner with even nicer servers. They did a great job with our party of 10 for a post wedding brunch. Breakfast dishes were great. But the breakfast burrito was just ok. Delicious fruit plate. read more

Updated favorite breakfast: Red, White, and Blue Yo Halla. Updated favorite lunch: Chef Salad (order a club sandwich without the bread) So much great food it can still be difficult to decide. read more

The food was pretty good but the service left much to be desired. We even overheard our server complain of the $4 tip she was given as we were leaving. She repeated forgot to bring items we had requested and we even had to ask another server for something. Our first inclination was to not leave a tip at all (the bill came to $30). Probably will never go back to this location again since this was the second bad experience there. read more

We came from a different restaurant where we waited two hours and never got our food. If I had known that you closed at eight I wouldn't have chosen you, but we didn't know and all four of us piled in at 7:45. We were fed, we were cared for, we were nourished body and soul. I can never thank you enough. read more

I won't give it a one star because staff was very friendly and courteous however, I was not pleased with their breakfast. I haven't been there for their lunch / dinner menu but the breakfast was not it. Very bland typical chain type breakfast lacking flavor. read more

We had the veggie omlet and hash brown with jalapenos. Talk about volume and flavor!!!! The flavored coffee was not a winner! Huge portions and tasty food... read more

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OMG this place is amazing! The service is great, food is delicious. Came here randomly with my sons hoping for the best and got far more than I could have ever imagined! I can't remember the last time food made me smile like this. Just moved to Delaware a few weeks ago and I already have a favorite place to eat! read more

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Dear Metro Diner, I really wanted to like you, I did. I was excited when you opened. But three visits later I am less than impressed with breakfast food, lunch food and dinner food. Any good diner should have a wide selection of food in my opinion but this diner's menu is extremely limited comparatively. It's menu certainly doesn't even hold a candle to a traditional, right across the border, Jersey diner. But beyond that, the booths are uncomfortable hard seats, the food is mediocre at best (the last meal we had the ham in the sandwiches tasted funny and the Monte Cristo sandwich was on the soggy side and tasted of burned, old oil), and the atmosphere is nothing special. You get a good volume of food, but it's just not worth going back. read more

I came here because I was craving fried chicken and waffles. My boyfriend thought he might want something too. Well, I don't know what happened but we got way too much food. The waitresses were confused and thought they had the wrong table when they were instructed to bring enough food for 4 people to a table of 2. That was amusing. :) I ordered my chicken and waffles, but I also wanted to try the creamed chipped beef with potatoes. The boyfriend said let's get both and share, but then he decided it might not be enough food and also ordered the veggie omelet, grits, and fried chicken biscuit sandwich. I don't know what he was thinking, haha, but it was fun to try a little bit of everything. I loved my chicken and waffles, the strawberry butter it came with was unique, and my boyfriend loved the syrup and hot sauce mix they made for us and recommended for us to try. He ate his fried chicken sandwich without sharing, so I guess it must have been good, haha. The creamed chipped beef was interesting too (I've never tried anything like it--I'm not from the east coast) but not our favorite. We ate the yummy grits too but had to leave the veggie omelet for later after a bite or two because we were full, plus it also wasn't the best thing we'd ever had (a bit flavorless). We took it to go, but when are cold fried eggs good? Never, really. The manager was super friendly and came by to ask us about our food and tell us about the business and the quality of the food multiple times. We enjoyed the effort and the camaraderie. It was the best diner food we'd ever had, and the atmosphere was pleasant too, but I think the trick is to stick with their signature dishes, like the chicken and waffles, because they excel at those. Stay away from boring food like omelets. Go all out and try their recommended dishes and the regular's favorites. But then, that's usually the case, isn't it? read more

We were on our way back from an event up in Philly. We was looking for a hole in the wall, usually those places have the Bomb breakfast. Metro Diner came up, not to say it's a hole in the wall, actually it's nice inside, so we decided to give it a try. So they have corn beef hash, cheesy Grits and scrapple. At this point, we definitely moving in the right direction. My buddy got the chicken n waffle with a side of scrapple. I ordered the traditional breakfast with the cheesy grits. Needless to say we crushed our food. Our waitress was excellent, she definitely made our 1st experience at Metro Diner a good one. We will definitely come back, if we are in the area. read more

Metro Diner - Diners Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Finally! A place in and around the Ogletown Christiana Hospital area worth waiting to sit down, and worth waiting to eat. Where else are you going to sit down in this area and get a waffle that has a Peach compote? Friendly service, clean, smiling faces, showing up to ask me if I need anything not too soon or not too late but just on time. I had the sausage gravy and biscuits, and unlike most other places that do nothing but just put salty white gravy all over everything with a sausage flavor, this thing was packed with crumbled perfectly cooked sausage mixed in with a perfectly seasoned sausage gravy over fluffy fresh made biscuits. The only reason why I did not give this place five stars, is because they make the hash browns plentiful, but really thick almost like a brick, and each of the sides are brown and crispy and crunchy and wonderful but the centers were barely warm there was almost no seasoning and it was just kind of an overall bland. if they could tweak those hash browns then they would be a five-star hit out of the park I'll be back. read more

We were in town to do some shopping and are SO happy we chose to have dinner here. First, the food is delicious. We had the chicken and waffles (omg, the strawberry butter!), biscuits and gravy, the hash, and pancakes. The chicken was seasoned, juicy, and piping hot. The waffles were perfectly crisp yet airy and fluffy. The pancakes were huge and so soft! The hash was not salty and went perfectly with the eggs. Second, the service is awesome! Our waitress was attentive, friendly, and helpful with suggestions. The manager stopped by our table to say hello and ask how our meal was - and was genuine about making sure we were good. Loved this place. Can't wait to go back and try the rest of the menu. read more

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Bad Service, needs a lot of work. Summary: Sat for an entire hour+ without even a waiter or food... I get with covid theres understaffing, but this is basic stuff here.... Came in around noon-time, didn't look too busy, greeted, and offered a table. 20 minutes go by with no waiter/waitress, to even offer water or a chance to order. I had went to the restroom immediately when entering, so I can understand if that caused some confusion, so I did what I could and notified a nearby waitress, I was waiting and ready to order. She must have not done anything, because another 20 minutes goes by before I have to literally ask a completely different server who my waitress is, and why I haven't ordered yet. Apologies were given and I finally got a coffee in and told she would be with me shortly. In the next half and hour or so, I still have no waiter, had to ask the same guy to put in a order for chicken and waffles, because noone showed up. Good for this one server for actually doing his job and caring, probably deserves a raise compared to whoever I originally had. The last straw was when they notice me again and overhear that theres no order ready or even put in this whole time (ya'll really don't think customers do not notice whats going on..) Im a pretty patient guy but after over an hour to an hour and half of sitting, I have no official waiter/waitress, no food, and not even a order, done. I get up and leave money for my coffee. Don't deserve any tip but didnt feel like waiting for my $5 to be broken. This business is never getting my money again and from I can tell from other reviews, my type of experience is not the first. I'm sure the food is great, but service is what loses customers. read more

This place was amazing! The staff was very friendly and hard-working. The omelette and grits were done just right! Going back soon.