Absolutely disgusting ! Never ever eat here! Can't make eggs Benedict without English muffin for somebody with celiac wheat allergy??!! You don't deserve to be in business!!! You'd rather a customer die from an allergy than not serve an English muffin ??? JERK! read more

This is by far the best Diner around. The food is spectacular, the wait staff is fantastic and the owner is amazing. He is a one man show as far as the cooking is concerned. Because of that, there are no substitutions allowed and it is stated on the menu. The menu, however, is huge and there is something there for everyone. The portions are enormous and the food is delicious. I am a regular there, and enjoy the AON network which incidentally has a larger viewership than CNN. in fact, most of the regulars prefer that channel and the owner obliges. Judge the place on the food and service. The rest really does not matter. I love this place and judging by what I hear from the customers when I have been there, they do too. read more

We have eaten here twice. The first time went fine, food is diner food as expected and server was kind. Today, the server, who is the owners daughter, told us to *F* off when I asked her why they charged us $1 for tap water. It was completely unexpected. She said we asked too many questions about the menu and we split an omelette which was "ignorant" of us. Her father let her go off on us and didn't even come out when we asked to speak with him. She told us not to tip her and to never come back. Not a problem. Just hope some of you can read this and save yourselves the trip. The lackluster food isn't worth the disrespectful service. read more

Wow. Where to start. I ordered a ceasar salad with light dressing. The server said she would put it on the side. I said OK. I got the caesar with lots of dressing and tried to eat it but didn't like it. I asked the server for more lettuce to dilute the dressing. She came back and said she couldn't do it. I asked to speak to the manager because it seemed absurd to me. She went into the kitchen and I could hear the cook yelling at her, so I confronted him because I thought it was ridiculous that he was yelling at this sweet girl instead of coming out and speaking to me directly. What a coward. So then he got in my face, yelling at me that no caesar salad has dressing on the side. He didn't offer me an alternative. He told me I should be happy with it. He totally lost his temper and started yelling in my face, spraying spit on me. I left, and then he kicked out my out-of-town relatives who weren't finished eating. Welcome to Chelmsford. I have lived in this town for 25 years. We don't need this kind of rudeness. I feel so sorry for the staff. And the worst part is, I think this was Rosco, the owner!! read more

Rosco's Diner - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Chelmsford, Massachusetts

I've had breakfast here twice now and each time food and service was consistent and awesome. Service was really fast. I didn't even have to wait for a table on a Saturday morning around 10 am. The eggs, bacon and pancakes were cooked to perfection. Love the iced coffee. Met the owner/cook last time I was there which is something you don't often get to do anymore. So glad my boyfriend and I found an awesome breakfast place! read more

Really quick review based upon my first visit for breakfast. Eggs and corned beef hash were awesome. Enjoyed the hash browns as well. Service was prompt, friendly, and caring. Caring in the sense that the man, that I assume is the owner, is passionate about his food and his customers enjoying it. Will most certainly be back. read more

Clean, waitress is very friendly and customer based. We chatted, she took order quickly. I ordered cheeseburger with bacon and onion rings. Cook delivered food to table. Very nice man. Good food, large menu. Food was the way I ordered it. Came in a timely manner. Bacon was done perfect as were the onion rings. Prices were reasonable.$1.95 for ice tea,$10.25 for burger and onion rings. read more

We had a company breakfast meeting here this morning and it was awesome, the service the food and most importantly the way they went out of their way to accommodate our group. The food portions are huge and the prices are reasonable the coffee is great and they have plenty of parking not easy to spot when coming around the traffic square but well worth the trip. We will most definitely return! read more

The gyro anything is amazing also the best restaurant pancakes around! Fluffy with crispy edges. Haven't tried the Benny again but they do execute there specialty amazingly! read more

Ate here while visiting the area. The food and service were excellent. We had the special with two eggs, toast, our choice of meat and french toast/pancakes. We liked the french toast more than the pancakes. The portions were huge. The coffee was great as well. Definitely worth a visit! read more

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We asked for slight modifications to an egg sandwich, cheese on the side and a gyro with no lettuce or tomato. The waitress was afraid to ask for the changes. Then Rosco came out and argued with us about the correct way to make a gyro. I felt like I was in the soup nazi episode of Seinfeld. read more

I have been here several times and recommended it to friends and family. However, this last time I went, I had a less than stellar experience. I ordered banana-chocolate-chip pancakes, which I have ordered every time I've gone and it's always been delicious. However, this time around, my pancakes were not cooked thoroughly and very battery. A simple mistake, no big deal! I brought it to the attention of the waitress and she insisted that the raw batter was actually just the mushed up banana. To me, this was clearly not the case but she continued to argue with me and had me taste the raw batter. Yuck! So she took them back and when she returned, I had the same two pancakes which had been maimed and she told me they had been microwaved so they should not be undercooked anymore. What?? I told her that I did not want microwaved, raw pancakes and she rolled her eyes and groaned, taking them again. When she returned a second time with my same pancakes, she informed me that the chef REFUSED to make me new pancakes and I had to take the raw ones. They continued to insist that it was, in fact, mushy, ripe banana. Then I was blamed for ordering "too many toppings" on my pancakes. Last time I checked, banana-chocolate-chip pancakes cooked just fine. Eventually, she offered to comp ONE of the pancakes and seemed apologetic. I was not satisfied with that and she did eventually comp both but I had to sit there as my friends at their meals because I was not allowed to get a fully cooked meal to myself. Unfortunately, because of this experience, I won't be coming back and certainly won't be recommending it to friends. I don't understand why they would have rather comped my meal and make me sit there unhappy rather than make a new plate of pancakes. How much does pancake batter cost? read more

Outstanding food, service, and a nice relaxing , clean atmosphere. We walked in, picked a table and within seconds, a very polite server was at our table to greet us and take our drink order. Imagine that huh? Not really how it goes much anymore, unfortunately. She was also very attentive and friendly the entire time. This is absolutely our new spot! So glad we discovered it!! read more

We live in central Florida and visit our family in Chelmsford a couple times a year. We always make a point to visit Rosco's Diner. The food is great. The servings are plentiful! The service is excellent and the prices are reasonable! Highly recommend!!!! read more

Disappointed. I don't know why this is highly rated. My omelette had cheese has whole and not melted . My brothers bene had the eggs over cooked read more

Four words to describe the meal experience: huge, delicious, friendly and quick. The menu has a good range of options - so nobody here is going home hungry even if they want to eat "lighter." Can't wait to try the lunch/dinner plates, but for now I'm going home to nap :) read more

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We decided to try Roscoe on the way back from my son's soccer game. What a great breakfast place, it's small but cozy, and the staff were very friendly. Even though it was crowded, they were attentive, greeted us, let us know the wait, and sat us as soon as possible. The coffee were good, the food we ordered were seasoned properly, and portion size is generous. We ordered a English Muffin with egg and bacon, Kielbasa and cheese omelet, and small pancakes with side bacon. The home fries that came with my omelet were seasoned well and well cooked - I hate it when it's just a slop of potatoe cubed and quickly fried on the griddle that's tasteless and raw (like the other diner down the road from them on Summer Street). The price is very reasonable, less expensive than most diner around the area. This is a neighborhood GEM! read more

Bad - Charged $1 for a glass of tap water. TV always on One America. Good - Food and service. Been going there for 4 years. Haven't been back since the $1 glass of tap water. read more

Decent, a bit disappointing. Interior is in need of a refresh. Food is standard diner fare, nothing to write home about or be scared by

I'd give 2 stars if it wasn't for the friendly servers. The breakfast itself did not meet my expectations. The French toast needs improvement! It had no flavor and was very dry, they need to soak the bread in the batter. The breakfast included coffee and juice but everything was under-seasoned. The ambience is meh. I read that the owner is Greek, and saw several Greek items on the lunch/dinner menu. I plan to return to give the Greek items a try, but I'll definitely skip the breakfast. read more

I ordered the eggs Benedict and my daughter had French toast with sausage, the eggs Benedict what's the best I've ever had! I was Surprised to see that this place was empty! The staff were so friendly and helpful, I wish I lived closer I would go here for breakfast more often! Delicious!!!!! read more

So disappointing. Owner is out of his mind. My sister asked for more lettuce bc there was too much dressing on her salad. Owner came out of the kitchen yelling at our table with our 10 and 6 year old. He asked my husband "what restaurant do you own?" And then he kicked us out of the restaurant and said "I don't want your money and never come back." Unbelievable! He is the real life soup natzi but not in a funny cute way. read more

Forks and service is always great! Low prices and great portion sizes we've never had a bad experience here and this is our favorite breakfast spot now read more

Rosco's Diner - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Chelmsford, Massachusetts

First time here for breakfast. Not packed with folks so got a table immediately. The whole counter was available also. Service was very quick, plus at least 3 servers asked if all was good thru our time there. Staff was very nice. Menu lots of variety. Farmers omelette very good. Eggs Benedict looked good though it was commented that the avocado may have been better if served cold, vs warm in the dish. Not long to get food & all was hot. Living here in town, we know parking is a challenge, but lucked out with 4 spots available out front (there's always the public parking across the street). Recommend this place for breakfast. read more

Great food and service but god forgive you if you order the wrong thing accidentally. The owner/cook said he didn't want to waste food refusing to make me what I meant to order.. read more

I love that this place is in walking distance from my house. Our waitress was so kind and friendly. I ordered eggs benny, my favorite brunch item but the sauce didn't taste like it was made from scratch and the hash browns were from a can. My husband loved his eggs, bacon and homefries and my daughter loved her pancakes so we will definitely go back, I'll just make sure to get pancakes and bacon, my second favorite breakfast food. I would definitely eat at Roscoe over a place like IHOP or Denny's. A great neighborhood eatery. read more

What do you mean you can't put regular bacon in the Eggs Benedict? Apparently the owner is the chef and he doesn't think he should make the change. And I was not the only customer who asked for this according to the server. We had a little conversation about this. We were headed for the Chelmsford Diner (where they do serve Eggs Benedict with regular bacon) but they had a line so we decided to try Rosco's again. They had plenty of open tables. Hint: customer requests should be honored.... I was very disappointed. read more

Visited Rosco's Diner in hopes of a good meal. Rosco served bad/old roast beef on an open face sandwich. We sent the meal back and he refused to take off the bill even though only one bite was taken from the plate. To top it off, he told the waitress that she would have to pay for the meal if she took it off the bill. The bathroom was so dirty that we had to spray cleaner in the bathroom. This should have been a sign to walk out! This is a horrible restaurant that should be boycotted by Chelmsford residents. read more

Refuse people with service dogs. This is illegal. It's against the ADA. The owner claims it's because someone got aggressive with a service dog but because one person with a possible fake service animal comes doesn't give you the right to deny people with disabilities service read more

Where do I begin? If you like your toast un-toasted you should eat here. If you like aggressively watered down coffee you should try this place. This is the best cafe to find a clearly re-used omelet (that was probably sent back before and warmed up for the next victim). Our stomachs have a sharp pain in there after eating here. Rosco's should feel lucky that we even paid for the food. read more

Best diner to eat at in the area! Great food and service everything comes out very quickly and tasteful it's also very nice to see the chef/owner come out to greet and talk to his customers making sure everything is good. Will always have Roscos in mind for breakfast!! read more

You have to try their Boott Mill sandwich. It is jammed with eggs, bacon and hash browns. It is delicious!

Highly do not recommend this place. The cook is inadequate for the job of running a diner, which is one I have held as myself for many years, and to be so inflexible and unwilling to accommodate customers in this type of casual dining setting I find baffling. read more

Had breakfast today. Menu offers interesting variations on stand-by dishes (for lunch too) Rueben omelette, avocado Bennie, and cinnamon raisin French toast were all delicious. Friendly and inviting staff. read more

Loved it! Okay, so Captain Crunch French Toast... Sounds odd, especially with crunch berries! Are you kidding me? They are awesome! Service was top notch! read more

This was in the top 5 of worst experiences I've had in a restaurant! I went to Rocco's two weeks ago accompanied by a friend and my service dog, we were meeting his wife who was already seated at a table. We walked into the restaurant and to the table to sit down, the server approached and asked if my dog was a service dog. He clearly had a service vest on but I understand it's necessary to ask, I answered yes he is, without saying a word she spun and walked off to the kitchen leaving us awkwardly standing next to the table. She returned a few seconds later and asked do you have some sort of an ID? I said yes I have an ID printed for these situations even though it's not required by law. She took the ID went back to the kitchen and came back a minute later and said my boss doesn't want you here. I explained that the Americans with disability act is a federal law and Rosco's is violating every section. I said "Well can you ask him to come out, I'd like to speak to him?" To which she replied "I'm not going to tell my father to come out!" The server-daughter then said "It doesn't matter he just doesn't want you here!" I've traveled extensively with my dog and have really never had a single problem... and this happens in my home town! This all happened in a restaurant 1/2 full of people at 10:30 on a Sunday morning, sparing myself and my friends any further embarrassment I said fine, I turned to my friends and said let's go. my first reaction was to start making phone calls and kicking up as much dirt as I can. In the moment I considered not budging and letting them call the police and then watching as they drag him out of his hiding place in the kitchen and place him under arrest.But I was embarrassed enough at that point and after reading the other reviews and seeing that Rosco's routinely offends their customers... I'll just ad this review the list and let people decide their fate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Oh the Food! I have eaten here and the food is average at best, this was a last minute choice because we knew they were the only breakfast place in town where there would not be a wait on a Sunday morning... now I know why! Don't take my word for it, just browse the other reviews! read more

Breakfast was delicious and well proportioned. Our waitress was friendly and prompt. Will definitely go back.

This place is a joke, just as much as the "Owner/Chef". When arriving at the diner it looked clean, warm and inviting. I was planning on getting French toast, but as I walked by a table and saw the omelet another guest was eating, I was sold. The egg was wrapped around a mountain of vegetable and cheese, oozing out of the omelet, it looked delicious. The server was a bit timid, and we could not understand why, thinking maybe she had a bad day. After being served coffee is when it started getting strange. One person in my group asked the server if the maple syrup would be able to be warmed if she ordered pancakes. The server seemed reluctant to ask the chef, but did. She came back to the table and told us that he would do it, but only this one time. Not a weird request, but we were willing to take it this "one time." We all ordered our meals. Two of us ordered a custom omelet, both were ordered with fresh tomatoes, fresh mushrooms and fresh green leaf spinach and cheese. Mind you, the spinach was listed as "fresh green leaf spinach" on the menu and we 100% made sure we requested fresh with the server. What happened next had to be the worst experience I have ever had at any food establishment. The server came back with our food. One look at the item they called an omelet, and I knew it looked nothing like that delicious omelet I saw when I walked in. What we were served had all of the vegetables mixed into the eggs, cooked like a frittata, then folded in half with cheese in the middle. First off, it was not an omelet, and most importantly, it contained garbage frozen spinach. I pointed the mistake about the spinach to the server. She again, reluctantly, said she would ask the chef if he could make it over. About 30 seconds later the server returned to the table and placed the exact omelet back in front of me and stated that the "chef/owner" said that he would not remake it, and that I was to just eat that one. The other two people and I got up and told the server that the chef was going to have to eat all three meals, because he was not willing to make the food the way it was ordered. When walking by the kitchen the chef/owner came out with a stack of dishes, so I figured I would ask him to reconsider making the omelets with the fresh spinach. He started yelling at me and parents, that are both in their 70s. He was screaming that should have ordered it with the fresh spinach, and that we could "F" off. The sad part is another guest heard us order our food and was trying to tell the jerk that we did order fresh spinach. He was not listening, nor did the server let him know that we ordered fresh spinach. He kept screaming at us to get the "F" out. Wow, we were taken back. This man thinks just because he owns the restaurant, that it entitles him to force his guests to eat food that was made incorrectly. After leaving the diner, we thought to look up reviews. I was not surprised that another guest commented about ordering fresh spinach and receiving frozen, and another guests food came out burned and when sent back, the chef told that guest that they would just need to eat the food. What an monster. I question how a business owner that treats his guests like that is able to stay in business. I would highly recommend not eating at this establishment. No one deserves to be treated the way my family and I were treated. I think my poor mother was traumatized after that experience. read more

Love this place! Great service, good food and large portions! We come here typically once a month with a bunch of people from work for a team breakfast. Never fails to disappoint! read more

Looked through reviews for a breakfast place on our way to Western MA and stopped here. Good service, food is fine, but not for clean eaters. Not 100 percent sure about the fresh food vs canned. Hash, mushrooms and fruit salad/cocktail pretty sure came out of a can. Not sure. Nice enough place. The pancakes a little girl behind me was eating looked good. read more