On a Saturday morning at about 11:30 am, the place was hopping. From the crowded parking lot, it looked like it was going to be a long wait. We found a parking spot, stood in line for 5-10 minutes, and were seated to a clean table. The turnover here is quick. It's a one room, one floor, cream building with not much fanfare- at the corner of Harrison Ave. it seats about 70 people. The waitresses were busy but patient and kind. The kitchen window is constantly busy with orders clipped to an old style spinner and taken in order. Cookies to go are available 2/$3.00. A dessert menu is handwritten and lit up on the wall. No soup available on the weekends, but plenty of home style breakfast and lunch options. We each ordered the western omelet with a choice of white, rye and wheat bread. It was a long wait- 45 minutes- but definitely came at a peak time. The food was delicious and enough for 3 meals. read more

Sunnyside Grill - Daily dessert menu - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

Cute little cafe style eatery. Everything looked good. I ordered the Chi-Body Burger and my husband ordered the 513. Servers were nice and the cooks were pushing out food and working hard. The portions here are huge! I love it. The burger was good - lots of ham and bacon. I really liked how the ham was cooked on the griddle before being added to the burger. Next time I would definitely try the Smelvin breakfast. read more

Sunnyside Grill - The 513 - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

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The biggest piece of advice I can give when you go to Sunnyside is: go hungry! The portions are huge, delicious and easily shareable. It's the perfect hole in the wall brunch spot. I've tried the Southwest Burger and Smelvin and would definitely get both again. I'm always able to go home with leftovers for later. read more

Sunnyside Grill is a West side staple offering a breakfast and lunch menu with all kinds of delicious options! The waitresses are used to a fast paced environment but you never feel rushed ! Go hungry as portions are huge read more

Great burgers! The place was busy! The place was clean and had good service. We arrived before closing and the place was still full. read more

Sunnyside Grill - Burgers , fries and onion rings! - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

Loved it!! Great pancakes and breakfast sandwich!!! Small diner feel, really nice servers read more

The Smelvinator!! Add jalapeños and bring a friend. It's HUGE and DELICIOUS!! I've driven by everyday going to work. There is usually a line starting before 8am. So glad I finally stopped to try it!! read more

Sunnyside Grill - Smelvinator (large size, add jalapenos) - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

Nasty servers. Not enough help. Mean atmosphere. Menu thrown at us. Told I will be back when I have time. Sad sad sad.

Phenomenal food with GIANT portions, great service, and a cozy diner vibe. So many great sounding things on the menu it made it very hard to choose but makes the choice easy to go back for more. Do yourself a favor and eat here... I highly recommend the smelvin and add gravy... read more

Sunnyside Grill - Kids pancake and sausage with an egg added - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

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Foods amazing huge portions decent pricing so happy to find something comparable to j and js double decker

This place is overwhelmed the waitresses there are absolutely atrocious with the good food there people still come, but you better be prepared to wait and I mean wait read more

We've been meaning to try this place for years - like since it opened. We just got around to it and had a great breakfast/brunch. First off, I feel like the portions are enormous. It's not a "cheap" greasy spoon type diner, but it's a very good one and worth the price (in my opinion). We ordered the followed: The Melvin (small - to share with 2 people) Pancakes (to share) Breakfast burger Omelette with Goetta (comes with home fries and toast) The food is simple, but tasty. The Smelvin was so good. It has all the meats and is tossed with scrambled eggs and home fries. It was very good and even better with hot sauce on top. The pancakes were light and fluffy - just like I enjoy them. We shared them so we could all enjoy a bit of "sweet" with out meal. The breakfast burger was enormous. It would easily be 2, maybe 3 meals for a person. I can't get over how large it was and it was piled with breakfast toppings - tons of them. The omelette was generously filled with meat and was larger than I expected giving it just had meat and cheese in it. My husband had no problem crushing it. This place is busy. There's only 2-3 servers for the whole place and despite how small it is, they pack in tables and seating. If you come at a peak time - 11am - 12pm - expect to wait a bit. But it's worth the wait and usually it's only like 15 minutes. Table move quickly in here. If you like your coffee piping hot, you will appreciate this coffee. Someone walks around periodically refilling mugs too which is nice. A couple of things that kept me from giving 5 stars. We asked for waffle fries with it, but got regular fries. They were so busy though that we never got a chance to get it corrected. They forgot our toast and we had to request it and I had ordered jalapeños, but by the time the server remembered to bring them, I was finished eating. No biggie, but it's the little things. This place is no frills. The staff works VERY hard and they are friendly. It's a simple restaurant that serves quality food. I would definitely come back. read more

Sunnyside Grill - Breakfast burger - oh my! - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

Service was good, food was great! Highly recommend. It's a fun little joint! If you don't like community seating don't go when it's busy. read more

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You cannot go wrong with food at the Sunnyside. Just bring an empty stomach and you will leave full and take home food. Double cheeseburger is humongous (not Fat Smitty humongous, just your average humongous), Smelvin is packed with flavor, deserts are delicious. It's just plain good cooking. And, fair warning, they give you a lot of food! read more

Great mom and pop place great food and boy do you get alot of food for the money and service was great didn't take long even with it being busy. read more

Great Breakfast, drove 40 minutes, never disappointed. Service is fast, friendly and efficient. Try it...you will be back!

This place is a destination for foodies... great food. Great service. Local feel. Try a food challenge while you are here. read more

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Between good service, large servings ( 2 meals), and a fabulous kitchen crew... Always a treat to visit the sunnyside Grill. read more

Service was terrible from top to bottom. We waited at least an hour for our food. Another table decided to leave due to the wait, we'd thought about it at that point. The staff found it more important to huddle and talk about the customer than bring our food or fill drinks. One of our coffee mugs reeked of cleaner. The one cup of coffee we each received was very weak. My food was not hot or fresh. To top it off the waitress brought our check right after she brought the food. They obviously need an attitude adjustment and more staff. We got the message and didn't let the door hit us on the way out! read more

Last week a friend and I ate at the SSG. I can honestly say I had what I think was the best turkey club double-decker I've ever had. Piled high with turkey, the sandwich was almost five inches thick, Not much else to say....food was great. Service was fine, if not a little surly. read more

Great breakfast and lunch spot! The food quality is outstanding and the service and prices are great, as well.

The food and service are great. It's become my go to breakfast since moving to the area. Order the Smelvin! Trust me.

Omg!! Was looking for a quick great brunch type deal for me and my besties, and WOW the food was so great, you had different fries options , waffles ARE THE BEST, if you love a good crunch , fyi!! This place was a little busy for a weekday, so don't go to crazy with my review!! But definitely a 10/10. I got the grilled chicken with waffle fries! read more

Sunnyside Grill - hamburger, and a grilled chicken - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

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Food was just OK. Pretty fairly priced entrées. Staff was quick and friendly, very loud environment and the restaurant isn't that nice looking on the inside so don't expect to this to be any thing close to a upscale restaurant. read more

Large portions, friendly staff. And the food is always on point! A nice breakfast/lunch place. Just all around nice little restaurant. I love eating here. read more

Checked the pics on Yelp and saw that his was a small greasy spoon. The decor isn't great which makes the place look kind of grungy so we decided to get carry out instead. Actually I'm glad I did though because the place was packed and there was a wait for a table. The menu had a lot of good things to choose from. I couldn't decide between ordering breakfast or lunch. My husband ordered the lancer burger deluxe with fries and I ordered the lil Johnny burger deluxe with fries. The lil Johnny burger was HUGE. I didn't need the fries. Actually both of us only ate half of our burgers and saved the other half for later. So you get 2 meals out of it. We both liked what we ordered. I did think my burger was a little dry. I would have preferred to have the fries at least a little bit crispy. They were not. I do like the pickles they use on the burgers. Overall it was a good experience. I'd like to go back and order breakfast. read more

Sunnyside Grill - Lancer burger deluxe with fries - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

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Excellent big juicy burger. Can't complain not even the fact that I had to cut it in half because of how huge it was, my mouth can't open that wide lol. read more

Sunnyside Grill - Big Johnny - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

The burger that I had was delicious the bourbon burger and the onion rings was good also large portions of food

I was really looking forward to trying their Smelvinator and I think I would have except a third of it was burnt. read more

Sunnyside Grill - a pile of food wrapped in foil - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

Good food and portions are awesome. Friendly staff also the pricing isn't bad for what you get.

I love patronizing local establishments and have been here many times , however today's visit has made me a non believer! Waited 40 minutes for 2 eggs and ham while larger and later orders were served. Wait staff busy to a point of complete non attentiveness. Fries potatoes masquerading as "hash browns" were full of mold spots ! I know this is a west side fav. but until more attention is given to better food prep and customer service this is on my " no fly" list! read more

Sunnyside Grill - a woman preparing food in a restaurant - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

Open for breakfast and lunch. Can't go wrong with either. Everything is big portions and very tasty. They always have a good crowd for dine in and carryout. read more

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The food portions are enormous. It's just like eating at home with the family in the kitchen. The sights and sounds are different than you'd see in a normal restaurant. Normal family kitchen conversations can be heard in the dining room. The food is yummy I'd like to try something else next time. The waitress just goes around with a baby on her hip, just like home. Sweet as can be. She was quick with refills. It's a little independent place. The prices aren't bad at all. It's a small diner with pretty much seating. I had a burger with a grilled cheese on both sides. My daughter had the Cincinnati chili three way. She's a skyline fan and she really enjoyed theirs. Our food looked so good she had to try ours too. I like how creative they are with the burgers. read more

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Sunnyside Grill proves that bigger isn't always better. The service is friendly, however very slow. They serve big portions however there is not well seasoned and was pretty bland despite how much they covered thins with cheese. I had a decent breakfast and they serve it all day long. read more

Sunnyside Grill - The Big Larry- looks good, but not - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

We were very pleased we stopped in here for brunch. Everything we ordered was delicious and well prepared. The Melvin was just ridiculously good, and I'll know to order the small next time. The only issues that are causing this to not be a raving 5 star review, are not being open for dinner and not serving pancakes after 11 AM. We come in after church and the kids want pancakes, but the waitress was pretty adamant that the cut off is 11. I'd like to try a burger, but at dinner time not brunch. I'd recommend this place to anyone. read more

Amazing staff. Quick service. Food is great. Huge portions! They have the best burgers around!

Went here for brunch and wow was I blown away. The portions are HUGE! My wife and I both got the Smelvenator. This dish will blow your mind.

Was finally able to make it back to the Sunnyside Grill for breakfast and let me tell you, it did not disappoint! I couldn't imagine their breakfast offerings being better, or even as good as, their hamburgers. I was actually pretty bummed I couldn't just get another hamburger. After going over the menu I decided on what I suppose Sunnyside is famous for..the Smelvin. What it is is a bunch of Breakfast meats (bacon, sausage, ham, etc.) in a skillet mixed together on top of Eggs. Homefries, and Cheddar Cheese..and..it's just as good and crazy as it sounds. The flavors all melded together so nicely. The homefries were hearty, mixed with the crispness of bacon and smoky flavor of breakfast sausage..then all covered in cheese. It was so good. A heart attack in a skillet yes..but soooo good. I ordered a small and it was waaay more than enough for one person. I honestly can't even imagine who could eat a large..or how many people it could feed. The waitress suggested topping it with hot sauce and I turned it down..but I kind of wish I hadn't. It would have given it just enough heat and spice..that would've been great. Alas, maybe next time. So yeah, Sunnyside Grill is two for two in my book so far. Next up..."grandpas diaper". Sounds gross but it seriously looks really good. Ha. read more

Sunnyside Grill - The Smelvin. - American Near Me - Cleves, Ohio

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Nice diner with all the fixings. Big portions on everything. Burgers and breakfast are the go to for me. There are regulars waiting the the parking lot every morning and they stay busy all day. read more

Had a cheeseburger and onion ring for carry out today. This place does have a solid burger and the onion rings are like a beer batter and very good. Service is quick and friendly. The price is right, you get good value for your money. read more