Nice place, nice people, nice food. Although it's on a major state highway, this has the feel of a local place, the type of diner where the staff knows the regulars, no pretense, nothing modernized. And they call it Taylor Ham! Bonus points right there. I wanted to cover several food groups with my meal. I had my partner's cream of turkey soup, and I can say it's really just turkey and rice soup. So that was disappointing, I was hoping for something a little more... cream based. It felt stocky. I also got special banana walnut pancakes, no butter (just not my vibe). Unlike some places, they listened! And I spread some jelly and enjoyed my meal. A nice amount of fruit and nuts scattered throught the batter. The over-medium eggs came out pretty much exactly as ordered. Water and refill came without ice as asked. I checked out the dessert bar, but everything looked rather on the small side. Verdict: Classic diner experience, if you're into sandwiches, breakfasts, or the standard list of apps and "specials". Nice place, nice service, and not much else to compete in the Whitehouse area at a reasonable price point. If you're hungry and you don't want to eat among a million people in a place like Somerville or Flemington or Clinton, here you go. read more

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Way out on Route 22, is this classic NJ diner, featuring a lot of well polished chrome outside and inside. Interior is spotless and well decorated. Service was friendly and checked in often. We had the homemade onion rings (excellent, battered and with breadcrumbs, perfectly crisp; chicken noodle soup (well seasoned broth, shell noodles); matzo ball soup (very good); incredible eggplant sandwich (crisp eggplant, ample peppers, well cheesed, fresh and crispy toasted hoagie roll). My wife had the meatloaf Parmesan sandwich (also delicious). Fries were crispy. Excellent diner. Looking forward to trying breakfast at our next visit. Lots of parking. Lots of seating inside. read more

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This diner in the Borough of Lebanon is a real classic NJ Diner all the way through. Awesome! read more

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This is easily one of the last great classic diners around no question. Their breakfast is consistently excellent, and the atmosphere hits that perfect balance, set right on a farm just off Route 22 East. It's a must-try. Beyond breakfast, they also do a fantastic patty melt, French dip, and tuna sandwich everything I've had here has been on point. read more

Spinning Wheel Diner - The best waffles in town !! - Diners Near Me - Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

Came here for a quick breakfast... Food was mediocre. Service was okay. Its like a little mom and pop shop diner, nothing special about it. read more

Spinning Wheel Diner - Diners Near Me - Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

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Great service food for an affordable price. Family owned and operated. I've been dinning at the Spinning Wheel for over 40 years and have never had a god meal here. read more

This was a great Father's Day brunch with the family! I got steak and eggs, kids got the kids meal, and my wife got some salmon. Service was good, the food took a while so I knew they were making the meal, and not microwaving it. Classic diner feel with locals coming on the regular! I was excited for the hardy meals that we got! read more

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I can't explain why , but they screwed up a BLT , you would think this wouldn't be possible , but somehow they executed it with perfection ( in a bad way ) I hope they get their crap together , it's a nice location . read more

June 2025: Same wonderful experience! Recommend to try for first timers! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeew.. read more

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Dunno why the low reviews. My FIL got a burger. He said it was perfect medium. I got a club with bacon. Sourdough was toasted and fresh veggies. The beef barley soups was good flavor but lacked beef. We got chicken tenders and cream of Turkey soup to take home. I'm a fan. read more

Spinning Wheel Diner - 12. Turkey Club with Bacon Lunch - Diners Near Me - Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

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Super cute little diner with great food and friendly service. Perfect spot for breakfast while staying in town for a wedding. read more

Spinning Wheel Diner - Cute spot! - Diners Near Me - Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

This was a perfect diner for Father's Day! I got steak and eggs. my wife got some vegetables stuff ( I don't know) . Kids got stuff from kids menu! Excellent service and the beautiful inside that felt like a blast from the past!! Food was delicious and the menu was an encyclopedia! I like the local vibe and friendly atmosphere. read more

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Unfortunately, I can't consciously recommend this diner due to my personal experience. I'll start with the good, the location is spacious with ample parking and service is friendly. However, it's a little slow and whilst on a highway not necessarily convenient. In addition, it's looks old and pretty unkept. As for the food, it seems like a hit or miss. My friend ordered a ham and egg cheese sandwich which he claimed was tasty, i however order a plain stack of pancakes and a side of crispy bacon, while the bacon was great, the pancakes tasted like sand. They were pretty inedible, and for a diner this is kind of their staple so I was pretty disappointed. Overall, I won't return or say I can recommend unfortunately. read more

Spinning Wheel Diner - Ham cheese toast - Diners Near Me - Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

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Ready to go back in time to the 60s? We can't transport you back in time. But the feel and look of the Spinning Wheel will give you a glimpse...without actually thinking that the place was built in the '60s (it is clean and fresh) Food: great diner food! The menu is only 3 pages! It may sound like a lot if you are not familiar with the NJ diner scene or it may sound like a paired-down menu! Service: attentive and quick, I never had to ask for a refill for my coffee Parking: it is on the side of rt 22 in Whitehouse Station, NJ! It has ample parking Value: it is good value for the quality of the food. I like this place and it was great to return to it after many years! You find a lot of locals, especially seniors:) here. It has to be a testimony to their quality. If you are in the neighborhood I would give it a try. read more

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I drove 23 miles one way for take out. I wanted the Yankee Pot roast because it comes with potato pancakes ( which are awesome). I got all the way home and no potato pancakes. Spinning Wheel Diner, you had 1 job and you failed. So disappointed. Seriously rethinking my choice in diners now. BTW, the place was empty when I got there so it wasn't because thwy were busy. read more

Came here for lunch after searching for a diner in the area. My daughter and I were pleasantly surprised by the quality of food and the very affordable price. I had a lunch special with an omelet. It came with home fries, soup, toast, and dessert. It was only $14.50. My daughter had personal cheese pizza, and fries. They were excellent. Tiffany was our server. She was very friendly and attentive. The entire restaurant is old. Because of that the bathroom is really small and old, and the booths are tight. The spinning wheel and pond outside are very nice. Will come back again in the future if I am in the area. read more

One of the best dinners ever! I would go back any day any time. Breakfast lunch dinner. Summer fall winter spring. It is just so good. Not to mention the amazing staff. So kind. And the food is delicious. read more

Wow, did we get served a lot of food! And it was better than average diner food. My husband and I each ordered salads, which came with the soup of the day. I went with tomato, and he ordered French onion for a slight up charge. His salad was the grilled Cajun chicken salad. He really liked the flavoring and the moistness of the chicken. I ordered the tuna salad platter. It came with a healthy scoop of tuna salad, potato salad, and coleslaw with vegetables around the sides and underneath. The tuna was delicious. The coleslaw was creamy and yummy. The potato salad was not what I was used to (no mayonnaise, not German), but I still liked its sweet flavor. Service was super fast. The inside is clean. The bathrooms are tiny! read more

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This diner is a great option for the area. The interior is very retro, which usually means gross and sticky to me, but not for this place. Everything was very clean and bright. There was a mix of travelers and senior locals at the time we visited. Our waitress was very competent and friendly. I had a BLT with a substitution of curly fries. Both were delicious. Surprisingly, my order came with a side of soup! The matzo ball soup was hot and tasty. The only downside to my experience was the banana pancake. It was flavorless and mushy. Not pictured is my husbands corned beef hash and eggs. He always asks for the corned beef hash to be very well done/crispy and it almost never comes out that way. This time, however, Spinning Wheel delivered. We'll remember that next time we're thinking of a place for breakfast. read more

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Mask up and have respect. I've been coming here since childhood. This was our first outdoor dining experience with my senior citizen Mother since covid. They have signs for mask wearing, social distancing and sanitizing bottles are conveniently located around. Unfortunately, they do not enforce social distancing or mask wearing. There were several ANTI-MASKERS leaving the indoor dining area and a group of ANTI-MASKERS that showed up as we were dining. They were aggressively loud mocking how ridiculous people are for following precautions and how they supported Trump. They had no respect for other diners or employees whatsoever. Our waitress was very nice and I was able to see their unease with the trump tshirt wearing customers. It is a shame that management did not make any attempt at all to enforce covid precautions. The food was typical diner food but unappetizing due to the hostility of the ANTI-MASKERS. I believe everyone has a right to their own political opinion but being safe and following necessary covid precautions is an entirely different matter. read more

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We're in a road trip so stopped for breakfast at Spinning Wheel Diner. What a great stop! The host was very pleasant and seated us promptly. She even shut the blinds for our comfort before we asked. Our server, Amanda was lovely making sure that we would get what we expected. I had the Jersey Border, a wonderful variation of an eggs Benedict. My husband had the standard eggs and bacon. We both enjoyed our meals! I especially liked that the hollandaise sauce was served in the side for me to put the amount I prefer. The coffee was good. Will stop here again! Wish I'd taken pictures but I was hungry. read more

This is a true diner setup. It's spacious and full of life. Seating is comfy and the counter seats are old school stools, counter has plenty of space to read a paper, great for solo diners. Place smells great and is clean. The food is classic diner plus. Rare to find a diner with excellent seafood. Fried grouper being my fave. But you can't go wrong with anything on the menu . The staff are all A gamers. 2nd home type feel. Beautiful setting near Round Valley. All time favorite place for me. read more

This is a very good, clean diner with an extensive menu. I ordered the Buffalo Chicken Salad which came with a large bowl of soup of the day. The Tomato Orzo soup was delicious. The salad was very good with plenty of ranch dressing - the chicken was hot and moist and had the right amount of heat. Delicious! Lots of tempting items on the menu and our server was very good. read more

First visit to the Spinning Wheel, and I must say it was enjoyable all around. Prompt service in a clean environment, friendly with a smile. Greek salad crispy fresh, and a scoop of tuna, displayed fresh ingredients prepared beautifully. I am anxiously awaiting my next visit, and Wii provide an update, but I like it here! read more

Tried fried eggplant sandwich. It was huge. It was pretty good. Great value with matzo ball soup. Great service. read more

Spinning Wheel Diner - Eggplant sandwich - Diners Near Me - Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

Spinning wheel is one of my absolute favorite diners. I came here often with my dad as a kid, and I still enjoy coming now on my own as an adult! It has your classic NJ diner look and feel to it and the service has always been great. I've had breakfast and lunch/dinner here and the food has always been very good! I personally like coming for a late breakfast, so I can order a bowl of matzo ball soup to have before my breakfast comes out... the best of both worlds! read more

So bad it doesn't even deserve 1 star!!! I literally could barely eat the food; soup tastes like sock sweat, sandwich was putrid, onion rings soggy. And expensive for what it was. read more

I moved to Hunterdon county in the beginning of the year and have gone to Spinning Wheel a handful of times. It's a very retro looking place which I love. Service is always pretty good. Prices are slightly high but for the amount of food you're given, it's worth it! Would recommend. read more

Wish I could give more stars... where to start... Me n 3 friends popped in here during a road trip from Boston to Panama City beach for spring break back in 2022. 2 years later I lay awake at night thinking of what I would give to house one more cream of spinach soup from here. This meal changed my life. I felt as though I had been spoon fed by God himself. I'm moved to tears upon mere reminiscence of it. Spinning wheel you have brought me to life. read more

We stopped here for breakfast on our way to PA. This diner is very near our new home and decided to give it a try. We had courteous service and tasty omelettes. Mine was a Greek style with feta, baby spinach, and tomato. My husband's was a veggie/meat combo. read more

This is a standard-issue, East Coast diner. No, Dave, they don't have diners like this everywhere. East Coast diners are special. We were there for our family reunion and it was a nice, low key place to have our celebration. I had the club sandwich and it was really nice, it came with fries that I think my cousin ate but I'm not sure. It was exactly what I expected and wanted from a sandwich. I asked for no mayonnaise and got no mayonnaise. Sometimes people think you're joking. I was mainly focused on my infant nephew when I was at the Spinning Wheel because he was six months old and he's a lot cuter than any baby in your family. The service was prompt and friendly enough and the food was acceptable. It wasn't anything that would knock my socks off and nothing happened that would cause me to warn you off the place. It's a standard issue diner with the food, drinks, decor, and service you'd expect and feel comfortable with. read more

Very disappointed with my meal. I ordered fish chip shrimp in basket. No shrimp. Soup was just chicken broth and no cole slaw. The desert was beef gravy, not worth 23.80. Orders from DoorDash and the refund they gave was 4.82. That freak joke. read more

Lovely people here. Extremely personable and thoughtful. We received amazing service here. This diner is somewhere in New Jersey along the highway*, we stopped here on our way to bucks river tubing in PA on July 4th. So this was a little bit off the route. We came for breakfast around 9am and to be honest The scrambled eggs were over cooked and hash browns weren't rly tasty but I still feel I had a good time here. If I ever came back I'd tell them to cook them less or order something else. The 3 of us each got the " any 2 eggs " special which came with a big stack of buttered toast and hash browns for 4.95$! Great deal. One of my friends added sausage and orange juice to hers and our bill came out to $20 all together. Spinning wheel is immaculately clean, workers and patrons were all really nice here and also great energy. *wait, actually isn't New Jersey just one big highway with exits. Lol read more

This had been our favorite diner for the past 35 years and we always made a point to visit it for breakfast when we were in the area. But this last trip will be my last. I ordered just eggs over medium with home fries as I always do. The potatoes tasted of rancid grease and were largely inedible. The eggs arrived over EASY; the yolk and uncooked whites spread all over the plate when I dug in - indicative of very low quality and/or very old eggs. I had them remake the eggs and they arrived closer to MEDIUM - but had the same disgusting tasteless runny consistency. Their prices are quite a bit higher to top it off. It appeared that they have new owners who are not maintaining the quality. It is a shame. read more

Came to this diner on my husband and I way home from a wedding the morning after. Not from the area. Outside was inviting and it was pretty crowded for breakfast . Menu had a lot to choose from! I a huge fan of eggs Benedict so naturally that is what I ordered. Hollandaise sauce wasn't great in comparison to others but the eggs were cooked perfectly. Highly recommend the choc chip pancakes! Great quick spot to have breakfast with good pricing read more

This was ok. Service is great (waitress was nice) and super quick, but the food was not. My brother got a Reuben and it looked way better than what my mom and I got. We started with Matzo ball soup, which was actually pretty good. I would recommend this one as a starter. But our lunch was super dry and not flavorful at all. We ordered vegetarian paninis and the eggplant tasted strange - my mom couldn't even eat it so she took it off. I wish this sandwich had marinara sauce on it - it would be much easier to get down. The fries were also very dry and didn't have any salt on them. Will not be getting this again. I think they are much better at cooking breakfast. read more

Spinning Wheel Diner - Diners Near Me - Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

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I've been to this place twice, and the second time is what made me never want to come back. I ordered the fried flounder sandwich, and when it arrived, I picked it up and it immediately fell apart and made a huge mess. I'm not sure what I did wrong, considering this has never happened to me with a sandwich before. But it literally disintegrated as soon as I picked it up. Won't be coming back again. read more

Usually go here for a meal, but this past week was a disaster. I ordered the Spinach Pie for dinner, and what was served to me was completely inedible!! The phyllo dough was overdone, and the spinach was black and so hard you couldn't even cut the pie! I asked for it to be taken back and I swear they served me the same pie! They must have made it in a microwave or stuffed it in a toaster oven. I was looking forward to my meal and received an inedible piece of crap. My dinner consisted of a small bowl of seafood bisque, and the small side salad on the plate with the spinach pie, and a small bowl of ice cream. We were charged for two meals, which I shouldn't have been charged for because I couldn't even eat mine. Very upset with my visit. The server apologized, but it was whoever didn't care about my order that should have apologized. Very shameful and uncaring meal prep. read more

I LOVE OLD CHROME DINERS! This one is SUPER CLEAN and shiny. The food was delicious and the service was sweeter than my pancakes! I will come here again next time I'm in this area. - with love from Buffalo, NY! read more

Good service. Menu is overloaded to the point that it was just too much. My friends all enjoyed their meals more than I did. I got the meatloaf, which was sliced thin and served with brown gravy. It was dry and bland, then sat like lead in my stomach. Probably wouldn't go back, but if I did I'd definitely order breakfast regardless of the hour. read more