The food was great the fries were crispy and hot and the burger was delicious same as the pancakes it's big. The service was great theirs only one lady and she also the cook and she made it taste incredible. 10/10 would come back. read more

Service was the worst I've even seen. Sat 30 min and still no food. Got up to leave and pay for 3 drinks and they charged 12 dollars for three drinks. Will never visit this sorry diner ever again read more

A fresh and delicious bacon and cheese burger, service was excellent at 2am. Price was good and got a meal under $20 read more

Penny's Diner - Burger meal with fries , cup of water and cup of coffee - American Near Me - Fremont, Nebraska

Satanic tats server/ cook same person, portions small, staff working alone, we were the only 3 in the whole place and it took a long time to get our food this was not a great experienc, best Part was the old school diner environment read more

This diner has such a cool atmosphere that really takes you back to another era! The service is super friendly and great, although the menu selection is a bit limited. On the bright side, the prices are very reasonable. read more

First, this place is empty and smells of an old dusty closet. No smell of food present.... I'll finish review once my food arrives. So the food arrived and it looked good, then tried to cut into the biscuit and it was hard, then felt it and it was cold. The hotel I'm staying at is advertising this place, I wouldn't suggest either. Really disappointed. read more

Penny's Diner - Biscuits and gravy - American Near Me - Fremont, Nebraska

Don't go here if you want breakfast it takes over an hour for your food to arrive because it's only one cook and the managers don't help him at all even if he asks for help I saw it happen read more

Server was prompt and very friendly. It's set up like an old time diner and is very clean inside. Food was made to order and pretty good. I got the western burger which wasn't bad but the bacon could have been cooked longer. Overall not too bad. read more

Penny's Diner - Bar area and seating - American Near Me - Fremont, Nebraska

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Went here with my dad, the place was empty when we arrived. Originally ordered a Reuben sandwich, but they were mysteriously out. It took close to an hour to get an overcooked flavorless patty melt on burnt toast. They still had a bunch of outdated and asinine COVID rules in place like 6 feet between tables, despite most of Nebraska getting rid of those restrictions months ago. Our drinks got refilled by who I presume was an employee that was done with his shift and not our waitress who was either cleaning or absent most of the time. My dad's french dip didn't look anything like a french dip you would typically order, it was like a chopped up overcooked steak on top of some bread. He also got side of burnt tater tots. I really don't see how this place is in business, almost seemed like a front for criminal activity of some kind. read more

Good food great service. Mike the cook was friendly and made a fresh pot of coffee. Everything was cooked to perfection and the best biscuits and gravy I've had in a while. Highly recommend this restaurant. read more

A huge night behind me and a buddy and somehow some way i'm wearing a womans short shorts (really long night). First thing I hear when I walk in is "i'm judging you hardcore" and this is coming from a girl with a botched up hair cut thats dyed green. Immediately as we get seated (which took 10 minutes with nobody in there) she rudely asked me to get out of the booth and proceeded to SMASH a fruit fly against the window and thats 1 of what seemed to be a dozen across the window. This said green haired woman with presumably father issues decided to tell us about how she doesn't eat anymore so she can't tell us how the food is (which oddly made me feel uncomfortable). Keep in mind we got to the joint at like 12:30... It was 1 by this time, TO SIT DOWN and listen to her issues. Fast forward what feels like a year. We finally get our food, and when I say we I meant just me. She only brought out my food and left my buddy in the mud for like 10 minutes. So I waited for him and decided I wanted to ranch while we waited for his food. Now when I tell you I believe they went to the source itself to get this ranch I mean it. It took almost 15 minutes to get a simple cup of ranch, and im a big fan of ranch so this made me very angry especially because by the time it came I could've gone to my house in BENNINGTON and made the same meal. Maybe done some chores and come back, heck started a family maybe. Continue through the process, we get our checks and of course I don't tip her but I leave a piece of advice, "the days will get better for you" and she laughed at it. I genuinely meant it, this woman is SCREAMING for help. If it were me I would tear this "diner" down and make a 7/11 because the meth heads would be more productive. Stay away from this place. Especially if your hungover. read more

We have disregarded the bad reviews since there has been mention of new management- the last 2 times we have had great service - even though they work alone . The staff has been courteous and have greeted us right away . Tonight - we were the only guest in the restaurant. They asked us to seat ourselves and they would be right over . They took a call on their phone , and never came back out . 20 minutes later they were FaceTiming on their phone . Yelled at us to leave because we asked for service . Wow! read more

This place was great! The decor makes you feel like you're entering a different time period. The food was delicious and the lady who took care of us was excellent. Not only was she kind, and was able to give us helpful food suggestions, but she was our cook too! We will definitely be back. read more

Penny's Diner - Sunrise skillet with sausage, veggies, eggs and cheese and a breakfast burger sandwich on Texas toast - American Near Me - Fremont, Nebraska

Cute little diner with great service. Our server/cook Mike was hilarious! Food was great and the French fries were AWESOME! Huge shake/malt selection. Will definitely have to visit again for a turtle milk shake! read more

Never go here at night, part of my food was cold, and the butter on my toast was chunky on part of it. It smelt like if someone blew cigarette smoke in my face, also one of the staff had it's vape out, so no wonder why it smelt so bad! One more thing, half of their equipment is either broken or they don't know how to use it. read more

Worst restaurant I've ever been to. The only server was a teenage girl that decided to smack the window to kill a fly and sit down and talk about her personal problems and mental health. I was very uncomfortable the entire time and waited way too long for my food, which was mediocre at best. This honestly ruined my day. I would rather eat at the Menard's next door. read more

This place was infested with bugs, flying and crawling, just disgusting. I have never thought about leaving a restaurant before the food is even out, we waited for our food, took two bites and left the place. Would not recommend to anyone. read more

Definitely not worth eating here, food was mediocre at best. Philly sandwich was dry and looked unappetizing. Hot beef sandwich was very blah and not very hot. Would not recommend! read more

First there were dead flys lying on the window sill where the booths are. Second the scrambled eggs weren't scrambled well (half white , half yellow) not very appetizing . Toast cold and crispy , break it right and half. Coffee was hot, would never go back read more

This place gets one star for its very kitschy decor. The food was awful. Service was diffident at best. Biscuits and gravy were more like cold biscuits and glue. No sausage anywhere in sight. AND... get this... they were completely out of milk on a Sunday morning. Place is not very clean and water leaking from the dessert case is being ignored. Eat here if you must, but I've got nothing nice to say about it. The place could be great. Maybe they need Restaurant Impossible to intervene, but I'm skeptical of even their chances of helping this complete disaster. Did I mention that the decor is great? read more

This place is horrible. The only thing worse than the food was the service....terrible. only reason I gave 1 star is because I can't give 0.. ordered the breakfast burrito was served on a plate the size made for toast was dry and awful, server never came back once to ask if everything was ok or if I needed anything else or to refill my coffee. Didn't even bother to bring me my bill...will never go back read more

Terrible food and the service was horrible. Ordered the fish dinner. The brought me fish that was almost black and appeared to have had more than one visit to the fryer. I mentioned it when she delivered it to the table. Server claims that is what is looks like normally. She insisted I try it. I couldn't even chew it. She offered me 15% off of my inedible meal and ended up charging me full price. Even had the audacity to ask if I wanted to add a tip to my card. Unbelievable! read more

Absolutely horrible place! There is bugs all over, the food is inedible! I would never go back, as well as never recommend this place to anyone. read more

Typical diner food that was good and hot. I unfortunately had to deduct a star for the lack of cleanliness. Dried ketchup on the wall, dirty floor. Don't think I'll be going back. read more

Food is decent. Little problem with cook following directions on cooking my hash browns, but thanks to the waitress, Brianna they were cooked just right. Her service attitude and smile was great! What an excellent waitress...thank you! read more

It got 1 star because no stars wasn't an option. The staff looked very interesting. By interesting I mean saggy pants, going outside to smoke, weird makeup, and dirty clothing. Food was nasty!!!!! Super small portions. Green beans were like rubber and cold. Roll wasn't even soft enough to eat. Terrible place don't go there!!!!!!!! Smell in the place is bad too! read more

Unfortunately there was a bug problem as this place is basically located in a field. But it has cute decor... And my food was surprisingly good! Big enough to have two meals. Good thing I'm not bothered by bugs flying around the counter lol. If they were in my food or near my table it'd be a different review. The server was very nice and considering I think he may have been the only one working I was impressed. read more

Ate here and there is such a bad bug problem there was a spider that was crawling on its web onto our table!! Do not eat here!!

Was pleasantly surprised - great food - great service. Love the environment. Server was quite personable.

Haven't eaten here in almost a year so I figured we would try it again because maybe they made some changes. BAD IDEA... I ordered the skillet and they attempted to bring me hash browns with an egg on the side after waiting 25 minutes. There were only 4 tables being occupied for crying out loud. My son had the pancakes but the syrup must have been an extra charge because they didn't bring us any. My wife had the deluxe biscuits and gravy and came to the determination we should have just eaten cereal at home. I had to ask twice for my English muffin that I didn't eat because it looked to have been microwaved instead of toasted. I didn't get a refill on my soda and the staff really didn't seem to care at all. No apologies, spoke with an undertone...I mean come on man, grow a pair. I have never not left a tip after eating at an establishment but with horrible service and the cook not getting the orders right we left a $0.00 tip. On a side note...we will not be back. I'm hoping ownership reads this and either closed Penny's or makes the necessary changes. You have to be willing to pay for good help. read more

Place is dirty. I should not have stayed to eat. Tears in seats. Food was hot, I just could not get over the look of the place.

Tried this place about a year ago and it was just ok. They apparently made some changes, because it was quite a change for the better from last time. I think it has always been open 24hrs and when on the road late, it makes for a great change of pace from fast food. The service was WAY better this time and the food was good last time, but this time it was a great meal - one of thier "daily" specials. I will stop again and next time think ahead about the malt that was better than I can get at any drive thru! Only problem was driving further with that "full" feeling. read more

The food was mediocre at best. The server and cook spent most of their time discussing smoking and killing themselves by smoking. Our order came out in parts, with our child's food being last and very late. (We had finished 1/2 our meal, and only for fear it would be cold if we waited, ended up giving 1/2 our meal to our child since he had waited so long.) The restaurant smelled like sewage, which was easy to explain when you see the vents run barely above the AC units on top of the building. My credit card was charged twice, have spent a week trying to fix it. No one calls back and apparently the managers are on leave. We will not be back. Do not eat here, do not give this place your credit card. read more

Because the Village Inn was almost an hour wait we decided go to Pennys. We should did the hour wait. There was only 1 waitress which wasnt bad at first as there werent a lot of people. My husband ordered the biscuits and gravy which were awful. The gravy is a white gelatinous floury mess with no taste and the sausage patty had a weird aftertaste. The whole meal was cold. I ordered the sunrise skillet which was semi-good. Semi, because my eggs were cold and so was my pancake. The butter wouldnt even melt. I tried getting the waitress' attention but she was busy with all the people that eventually came in. I went up to the counter to get another cup of coffee and my pancake warmed up. It was not a good experience and we will not return. read more

Pick your own table, (try to find a clean one) and prepare to hear "I will be with you in a minute) for at least 15 minutes. Ask for water as she walks back and forth and maybe you will get some. Same for a cup of coffee. When you do finally make your order, ask for a glass of water, and be prepared to continue to ask. Hopefully you will get your food sometime within the hour. I don't know if it was the "free" breakfast coupons from Oak Tree Inn next door, or if ALL customers get treated this way, but I have never had such terrible service in a restaurant. Orders were taken from tables in no order what so ever. A table of 18 was there when we sat, 2 other couples came in after us, and all of us finally got our orders in before the large table, who had to complain that they needed to order SOON or leave. Took forever to get our food, and I never did get my side of biscuit gravy that I ordered and reminded her of when it was not served. We were never offered a coffee refill, I finally had to go to the "bar" of the diner and ask for refills. The lady there was very slowly wrapping silverware while waiting on the 5 truckers who were seated there and eating. She did not help the waitress with the rest of the diner. Food was average, bacon a bit soft, hash browns undercooked. If the waitress needs tips for her wage, she is cheating herself out of an income. I noticed that when serving food, she had to take a few plates to different tables and ask "is this yours". If you want the free breakfast offered from the hotel, and can wile away your morning, by all means, use your coupon, otherwise save the frustration and go down the road to village Inn. read more

This is the worst eating establishment I have ever been in. My family of six, 4 adults and 2 children stopped to eat here Saturday evening May 30th, 2015. When we walked in there was only one customer at the counter that was eating and another table of adults and children ( think either staying at the hotel on this same property or friends of the waitress. We ordered our meals. We then noticed the walls and picture frames were dirty. My wife tried to wipe the dirt/film off the frame as she was sitting next to it about eye level. It wouldn't wipe off. This was grease/dirt that would have to be scrapped off. Our drinks came quickly but that was the end of the good service. When I wanted a refill of coffee I had to go to the counter to get it. There was only one waitress on duty. After about 30 minutes my wife and I finally got our pancakes that were supposed to be served with the rest of our meal. We waited and waited. After about 55 minutes from the time we came in we finally started to get some meals. My two grand children 8 & 3 ate my pancakes (cold) as they were very hunger and their meals had not come yet. Finally, the meals came except my son-in-laws French toast. When they came there was no butter for then and I had to go to the counter and get some from the waitress. By this time only one other family had come into the Diner. We waited for just over an hour for our meals. They were being delivered one at a time. This seem to us that the single cook on duty could only make one meal at a time. We will never go back to this place and will recommend everyone go else where when in Fremont, NE. We told the clerk at the motel we were staying at and he felt bad as he didn't know we were going there as he would have made better suggestions to us. He also said Penney's Diner has a bad reputation for very poor and very slow service. Needless to say we will never go back or stop and another Penney's Diner. read more

dont waste your time and money here, i ordered a meatloaf dinner which was 10 bucks,what a mistake that was,recieved 0ne small piece of meatloaf that wasnt even warm, but plenty of mashed potatoes, green beans were hard like they were seasoned with viagra, i had better meatloaf TV dinners than this placed serves up read more