Cute, clean diner. Very friendly staff, reasonable prices. We stopped in for breakfast. The food was tasty and fresh. The cream puff was delicious, better than Schmidt's. We enjoyed our meal and experience! read more

A regular customer since 2003, it's always nice to visit The Nutcracker. My visits are usually for breakfast or lunch but I've been told it's a good spot for dinner. My favorite at lunch is a grilled cheese and you have choices of cheese and bread. Served hot and lots of cheese! Breakfast is served anytime of day with so many choices. If you work in town you probably will have a conversation with people you know. If you have a bunch of people there's even a nice meeting room. read more

I've had worse food but never paid for it. The meatloaf was tasteless and rubbery. The steak was griddle & freezer burnt. Reuben griddle burnt. My kids don't like this place and they think Cici's pizza is good. read more

Great Breakfast. breakfast food is good but I don't care for lunch and dinner food, service is hit or miss. Wings and burgers are not very good. read more

Home town diner with not one option to eat healthy. No vegan options and no vegetables to make up a lunch.

This restaurant is just two blocks from my home so it's a go to place when I don't feel like cooking. It has the 50 60s Vibe going on with nutcrackers all over the restaurant. Very reasonably priced. The all-you-can-eat chicken night is to die for. This restaurant does have odd hours, so you may want to check to see if they are open before you head out. read more

My family and I love going to The Nutcracker for Saturday breakfast. Great service and great food.

The worst dining experience I've ever had. Went with my family of 6 the day after Christmas. They were busy and the greeter was not happy at all that we were there. She threw her hands up in disgust when we told her the number in our party. Waited 20 minutes for them to clear a table. We were greeted promptly by our waitress who took our drink order. She quickly arrived with our drinks and took our orders. Then we waited and waited and waited. It took over one hour to receive our food!!! I walked around the restaurant and noticed that no one else had received any food either and other families were telling me they'd been waiting for an hour and a half for their food!!!! I ordered the chicken noodles. The presentation was horrendous! A half full bowl of noodles with a small scoop of instant mashed potatoes on top. I ordered the deep fried corn on the cob as my side and it was inedible. My wife ordered a Rueben. The bread was soggy because they didn't drain the sauerkraut. My son ordered chicken tenders. They dropped his first order on the flooor and he waited 20 more minutes for a replacement. To end the awful experience, the owner had the nerve to yell at my father and make excuses when he mentioned something while paying the bill. We will NEVER EVER return. read more

Horrible horrible food. Everything comes straight from the freezer to the microwave. I've eaten here a handful of times and it is always awful. Their pies are about all they have going for them. read more

I live in the area and avoid going here after several attempts to 'try again'. The food is at best average. It never tastes it me like the entrees are from scratch. Seems more like they are purchased and served from someplace like GFS. Breakfasts are the best meals it's downhill after that. They do have hot coffee and usually it's fresh. After at least 6-7 attempts of trying again it won't be going back. And I live in pataskala. read more

Very good Rueben and patty melt. Wonderful service by Marsha W. snicker cookie pie for dessert. We will be back.

The food is decent. What really sets it apart from other diners is the decor and service. Ask Nancy about her pies she makes in the back. All are made from scratch and really good. Talk politics with her husband Steve, who's town mayor. There's plenty to look at too from the 50's theme decor to the nutcrackers that line the place. You'll not find a better diner in the area. read more

So enjoyed our breakfast. Fun atmosphere with good food. Definitely get the grilled cinnamon rolls, delish!

I really enjoyed eating at this restaurant. The waitress was friendly and attentive! The kitchen made my hamburger perfect to my request. The Nutcracker will be a destination again soon! read more

Fantastic place and a personal favorite. Good food, good prices, always friendly people. If you are looking for a neighborhood diner they do not get better than this. I have only gotten the breakfasts (served all day) so I can not speak to the rest of their varied menu, but from what I have tried I have been a fan of every single item. Try the chocolate covered Oreos on your way out! read more

Service is Great if you know someone. Otherwise, your seated and forgotten. Not just once but gave this place a second shot to serve better. I waited the first time instead of walking out. The food was OK but not worth the wait. I live locally and thought i would give it a second chance. Same thing, was seated and than forgotten, waited 15t minutes and no one. Walked out. The hostess that seated us, sat in the booth behind us and was talking to those customers the whole time we were waiting. Didn't even care that we were walking out. She ask how we like it, told her we didn't get waited on. All she had to say "you didn't". Didn't even try to fix it. Hostess was a blonde. read more

Decent food. Good prices. Kind of slow. Neat atmosphere.

Had breakfast there this morning.... Worst breakfast I have ever had!!! Sausage patties were rubbery and the toast you would of thought they "dunked" in melted butter (soooo soggy). I would never go back there and would recommend that no one else should if they want a good breakfast. Also the decaf coffee is the worst I have ever tasted. Pataskala needs to get some kind of sit down place to eat that has some good food. Don't seeing that happening anytime soon though. And I feel that the prices at Nutcracker are way to high for that kind of food. read more

Our daughter opened a business in Pataskala in December so I have had many lunches at the Nutcracker. The club sandwich is excellent. A friend has had the fish sandwich and really liked it. I also have had the grilled chicken wrap that I would recommend. We have had great service and always good food. The price might be a little high and that is the only negative. read more

My boyfriend and I love mom and pop shops, so we thought we'd try out the Nutcracker. We were quite impressed! Cute theme, and delicious homemade food! The beef and noodles and pies are amazing! We will definitely be returning! read more

This restaurant has a neat interior and good breakfast. The lunch and dinner foods are mediocre at best. The foods scream "GFS" and much of the food tastes like anyone could have made it at home. read more

Hands down best breakfast! I can't comment on lunch or dinner because this has been my go to breakfast spot for awhile. Service is always great, delicious food and friendly staff. The atmosphere is great too! read more

A Pataskala icon. You go back in time when you walk into the nutcracker. My favorite is an early breakfast with real coffee (and endless refills). This is real old school food (think how people are in he 50's) served by the nicest waitresses who know their regulars and their orders. The food is comfort with nothing unique but always good quality. Try the toasted cinnamon roll for breakfast! read more

Went on a busy sat, but waitress kept up. Good fair priced food and kids meal came w a metal bank

Rather hard to rate this place. Food quality depends on what you order. I've been in for breakfast, lunch and dinner. All the breakfast food I have ordered has always been luke warm and the quality I'd expect from McDonalds. For lunches I usually order the rueben which they do a very good job with, best one I have had around the Pataskala area (Get fries with it though, their chips are beyond terrible). Dinners have rated about as high as breakfast, while the food was warm, it just tastes cheap. The restaurant itself has always appeared clean and the service is pretty good. The prices are pretty much what you'd expect from a mom and pop type diner, family of three can expect to eat for about $30.00. Giving it two stars as an overall score, just because of the poor food quality any time but lunch. read more

I go there for the Ashleys' omelets-wonderful! I get swiss cheese and mushrooms for mine. I have decided not to get omelets anyplace else because I am always disappointed.. And, they have wonderful homemade caramels! Great place and the coffee is great! I never have a problem finding parking either and all the waitresses are very friendly-great job! read more

This is a great place to eat when you want to sit down, take your time, and have a good old fashioned meal. Nothing fancy, but great place to go locally with kids when you don't want to cook or do the dishes :-) read more

Wow. Where do I begin? First time here. Last time here. The food is just OK. Nothing really to write home about. The service not even close to being OK. Our waitress forgot my water, brought the wrong drink to my son, did not remember to bring my friend her refill, forgot my other friends cheese sticks, forgot my friends applesauce, brought my child who ordered off the kids menu and adult entrée. I ordered a to go order of meatloaf and mashed potatoes and received chicken fried steak instead then had to wait an additional 20 minutes for her to bring out the right order. We requested that the checks be separated and instead everything was on one. We had been there so long and suffered through such terrible service that we didn't even bother to ask for the checks to be broken up at this point. While we were waiting in line to check out and pay our check there were many other people there who was requesting corrections on their receipts so I assume it was because of the waitress. If you can't remember anything that customers order use your notepad to write them down. read more

We had a horrible experience at this restaurant on Thursday, May 28th, around 2:30 p.m. A little boy was screeching his head off the whole time we were there. The mother and grandmother were just ignoring him the entire time. He was not crying, he was just having the time of his life jumping up and down at the back of their booth and screeching constantly. It was very disturbing to the other customers. They did not complain but were talking about the bad behavior of this child. We complained to the manager at that time and he did go to the parent and address it. However, it did no good and it continued. No further action was taken by the management. Some of the customers were leaving early because of this annoyance. The owner was not there at the time, but we called her the next day, Friday, and she just blew it off. We will never go back and we have informed all our relatives and friends not to go there in the future. read more

Monday December 26, 2016: My family, 6 people decided to go to the Nutcracker Restaurant in Pataskala Ohio to show our sons family, from Virginia, how nice a place it is. Upon arriving there was a line waiting to be seated, as I assumed there would be. We finally got to the front of the line and a blond long hair waitress across the first isle hollered how many. My son said 6, the waitress threw up her hands and said OH !!! and kept on walking, never to be seen again. We finally got seated, our waitress was quick to take our drink order and brought the drinks back quickly. She then took our orders for food and back to the kitchen she went...then started a very very long, over one hour, wait for our food!!!! We started looking around the restaurant and found we where not the only people waiting and waiting. At some point in our wait several tables full of people got up and left without eating, but we waited until we got our food. To say the least the food really wasn't worth waiting for, although edible it left a lot to be desired. We finished eating, left the poor waitress a decent tip on a 70$ meal and I went to the register to pay. I asked the woman running the register, looked like she might be the manager, "what in the world took so long for our food to arrive". She became slightly unglued and said WELL we scheduled 2 cooks for today just like every Monday, one didn't show up and we had to pull a waitress into the kitchen to help cook. OK, it's the day after a major holiday, lots of people are off work and probably go out to eat soooooo, I feel any manager or restaurant owner that's been in business more then a year, would have enough brains to know you could have a very busy Monday right after a holiday, schedule an extra cook or two and if you find you don't need them send them home with an extra hour or so of pay. Any person with 1/2 a brain would be able to figure that out. This owner or manager must not be to bright. We won't be going back to the Nutcracker Restaurant anytime soon and hope the people that read this will consider not going there either!!!!!! read more