I was very excited for breakfast. We ordered eggs, hash browns, pancakes and french toast. Our server brought out a plate of syrup and Country Crock (not butter). I asked for butter and they said they have butter only margarine. The hash browns were consistency of a shredded milk carton. This place was an epic fail. read more

LOVE THIS PLACE! I haven't been here in a while but my boyfriend and I stopped in today for a late breakfast. The staff here is the friendliest staff I have ever encountered. They LOVE their job, and it's obvious. The vibe is a family vibe, and that is why I will continue to come here. Leaving very happy and we can't wait to return. (Probably next Sunday for their fried chicken!) read more

There are great options on the menu, but each time I have come the wait is absurd. It is a seat yourself restaurant and we were sitting at a dirty table for 20 minutes before I went up and asked for service. The wait for food was another hour. In my opinion it is not worth it. read more

In town from Texas and found this gem. It has a cute old fashion feel and decor. Breakfast was delicious and the servings were giant. If I lived here I'd defiantly come again. read more

I am giving them five stars for their friendliness, first and foremost. Seriously, they're always so kind and attentive. The food is okay. I mean, it's a diner so I'm not expecting fantastic food or anything. Their decor is great! It really allows people to learn more about the history of Lafayette, IN as they eat. I love that they have a lot of vegetarian options in both the breakfast and lunch. read more

Love this place! Fantastic food at good prices. Huge servings too. It's like eating at grandmas house

We were visiting Purdue for homecoming and stayed downtown at the Holiday Inn just a block away from this diner. First time there and it will definitely be the last. Expectations were high, considering that a small hole in the wall place should know how to cook basic food. I ordered the special of the day.... eggs, ham, and a biscuit. Eggs were fine, but the ham was completely burnt on one side (the side facing down of course). The biscuit was also completely undercooked. Nothing but a doughy mess inside. Atmosphere of the diner was great until the food arrived. Also, this place does accept credit cards. However, they wait until they are midway through the transaction to tell about a $1.75 surcharge. We canceled the transaction and just paid in cash. Definitely cheap food, and now I know why. Avoid this place until they get a new cook. read more

This restaurant is beyond spectacular. I've never been disappointed by eating there. It's very reasonably priced and has a fantastic sit-down diner atmosphere. Since it's downtown, there are lots of locals, so there's not tons of noise and disruption in the air. Their biscuits and gravy are perfect. I could eat them all day. But maybe not because a half order makes me uncomfortably full. All of their dishes are amazing. The service is friendly and fast (as fast as the food takes to cook, at least) and service comes and goes to check is anything else is needed. The only bad thing about the place is that they charge an extra $2 per credit/debit card transaction, so I highly recommend paying in cash to dodge that little fee. read more

Just had lunch at Sunrise. Since it is within walking distance of my apartment, I was hoping for much better. After being a little underwhelmed by the menu, I opted for the soup and salad bar. As basic as it gets. Maybe their rib sticking comfort food and breakfasts are better. read more

good food/ service. The only thing I don't like is that If you use plastic to pay they hand you a hand held "ATM" machine then charge you a service fee and they hand you cash from the register to pay your bill. read more

Amazing staff is always super friendly and know what I want the second I walk in to the door. We stopped here when I toured Purdue and I've continued going here regularly for the last 6 years. By far my favorite place in Lafayette! read more

Great traditional hole-in-the-wall diner for breakfast. I really miss their old hours though, when you could knock on the window at 2am and George would open up the place to serve you. Anyway, I love hitting up the Sunrise for a greasy breakfast of biscuits, corned beef hash, eggs... etc. Not anything fancy, it is what it is. I've always been very happy with the breakfast, but I don't recommend lunch/dinner. Cash only! read more

Always love a place that serves breakfast all day!! Overall good value place for a quick bite.

The staff is not friendly and the food is barely edible. My server never checked back, and I thought I would have to pour my own coffee refill. The hash browns were barely cooked and there was no browned hash to be found. I will not return. read more

The western omelette is not a typical western omelettes. It had bacon, sausage, zucchini, radish, celery and a little bit of green pepper. Not what I was expecting. Food was good otherwise. Next time I will order the items I want instead of assuming that the western omelette is the same as every other restaurant I've been to. read more

I have eaten breakfast here a couple of times, as it is better than the hotels. Sunrise Diner is a typical diner. The food is good for the money. My one complaint, stop using processed cheese slices. If I have to pay extra for cheese the least that can be done is to grate some for my omlette. Service has always been prompt and attentive when am there. Coffee was always available. I'll be back. read more

Nice friendly neighborhood diner with excellent pancakes.....

Had to wait over 2 hours to have basic breakfast food served. Quality was mediocre at best, and the wait staff seemed arrogant. I would not recommend visiting this restaurant. read more

The service was terrible. We had three different servers during and none of them came back to the table to check on us. I had only ordered a coffee cake and they forgot to bring it out. The food that my friends had was okay, but it's not hard to screw up toast and eggs. I would not recommend it. read more

My boyfriend and I love breakfast. We'd been trying to find a new place to go since we moved here. Although it was a cute restaurant, we were not impressed. Our food was luke warm when we got it. The bacon was hard and chewy. The hash browns were even icky and slimy. How do you mess up bacon and hash browns? We were very disappointed. Way over priced for the quality. I would've rather had mcdonalds breakfast... read more

I heard this place has good, cheap breakfast so I decided to try it out. I checked out their website, saw they accepted debit cards, and decided on the Sunrise Breakfast. I called ahead so I could just pick it up and go. It's a cute little place on the corner of 5th and Columbia and has a good vibe, thought the place was pretty empty. I went to the register to pay, and she says it's $1.75 fee for using a debit card. I thought that was kind of odd, but I was hungry and had to get back to work so I figured I'd just pay it. Since my breakfast was only $4 anyway I figured it'd be ok. Then I realize that the reason there's a fee is that they're processing the transaction like an ATM. My bank charges $2 for non-network ATM transactions, in addition to their $1.75 fee. I was obviously a little upset about this and she says 'well, that's why I have the little notice right here that it charges $1.75.' When I explain to her that I'd never been in before, she says 'well, whoever told you about this place should have told you. Now you have cash for later.' They really should mention this little detail on their website. My $4 breakfast ended up costing almost $8 due to their misleading advertising. The breakfast wasn't even very good. The eggs were ok, but the sausage tasted funny and the hashbrowns were incredibly dry and overcooked tasting. You should go for the ambiance, not the food and definitely not the service. read more

Good basic breakfast food, not the best, service is fast and sometime friendly form the varied servers. Good place to people watch, an occasional lawyer on the way to court, or you might find someone yet to be tracked down and convicted. The local "colorfull" people sit and nurse a pot of coffee with rambling banter. I stop in for eggs and toast now and then, not many places like this left, Panara and Starbucks Lovers need not show up here... Lots of local history odd stuff on the walls. read more

I went here for breakfast with another person and I have to say, never again... We waited 15 minutes just get coffee ordered, another 5 minutes to get the coffee, another 15 minutes to order food and 40 MINUTES to get our food!!! In that whole time we only got our coffee refilled once. When we finally got our food, it was only partially edible. The bacon looked like it was rubber and an old purple grey color. The american fries were flat disks that were fried so long there was not potato left in the center and they were dark brown and crumbly... I would NOT recommend the Sunrise Diner to anyone, not to mention it was a $20 breakfast! I will not be going back. read more

The Sunrise Diner is located downtown Lafayette. This corner of downtown is a throwback to the late 60's early 70's diner we who grew up in the heartland will remember. The walls are adorned with John Wayne and Elvis Pressely. A rich collection of newspapers from around the world, with gargantuan historic headlines that will remind you of our country's past. The staff is warm, friendly and awesome. The food is comfortable. read more

This place is great. Very homey, super cool vibe. If you want to eat cheap, get the biscuits and gravy.

Just had breakfast there and somehow payed almost $13 for a ham, mushroom, Swiss omelette and hash browns! When I questioned what seemed like an ridiculous amount they said it was correct. Everything was an extra fee. Apparently an omelette comes plain with no hash browns, and then they've got the nerve to charge $2.80 for some over cooked potatoes! Owner sees no problem with charging $13 for breakfast at a greasy spoon diner. Never going back! read more

literally don't go here. we sat ourselves down and waited 10 minutes for the waitress to come and get our order and then waited for an hour and didn't even get coffee or our drinks. the lady next to us got up and got coffee for everyone at her table because the waitress was no where to be found. she was highkey a better waitress then the one we had and offered to get us drinks if she could find cups. anyways we ended up leaving, and saw about 5 people get up and leave while we were there. so don't go there. read more

So slow. We've been waiting 45 minutes and still haven't been served our breakfast yet. When I asked the waitress, she said our order was next. Decent food but definitely not worth that long of a wait. People walked out because it was taking too long. We had a pole right in the middle of our table, which was kind of weird. We joked the whole time that they need a visit from Chef Ramsey for a restaurant makeover! read more

Terrific diner. Excellent, friendly service and our food was very good. Super clean, too. Historic, traditional diner in DT Lafayette that's well worth stopping for a great meal. Note they close at 4 or 5pm, so breakfast, lunch or early dinner. A+ read more

This is probably the worst meal I have ever had in my 62 years on this planet. I was visiting my son at school. We were looking for a place that was still serving breakfast at about 1 o'clock. The XXX was over a half hour wait so we just googled breakfast places and this place came up. I said cool a old time diner. How bad can it be. What a mistake. My son ordered 2 eggs, 2 sausage, 2 pancakes and chicken fried steak. I had 2 eggs sausage bacon pancakes. I knew something was wrong when they only brought out my sons pancakes. About 10 minutes later they bring our food ALL COLD. I MEAN COLD...the eggs sausage bacon everything. Then the waitress says they are making the chicken fried steak. She now brings this 5 min later. I couldn't pay to get a coffee refill. The waitresses were more worried about putting stuff on the caulk board and playing with a 4 foot salad buffet then taking care of customers. I was going to send both our meals back but you could see that they would of been totally insulted. Then wait another 20 minutes .Who knows what they would of done to our food back there. Its that type of place And then $9 dollars for 2 eggs 2 sausage 2 bacon and 2 pancakes? We ate half of our cold meal because that is all we could stand. DO NOT GO THERE read more

I think this place is very underrated and I am shocked that it still remains to be such a secret breakfast place. It has all the perfect breakfast classics and everything is always SO good. On top of that the prices are so cheap for what you get. Pre-warning though that it is cash only! read more

Exactly what you're looking for on a Sunday. Good cheap diner breakfast, and portions are just the right size. Bonus points for being walking distance from the residential parts of downtown, and easy access from campus too. read more

This is the only place I go to for breakfast when I'm at Purdue. Amazingly delicious home cooking in a diner that is obviously a local favorite. It can get busy during normal breakfasts rushes, but it is worth the wait, but, don't wait to be seated, it is a seat yourself place. read more

Worst service ever. Would give 0 star if was possible. Have given them two tries. The wait time and service was very poor both times. Last weekend we went in for breakfast. Had to sit at dirty table and wait for it to be bussed. Waitress finally took our order. Ordered simple breakfast -- eggs, bacon, toast. Waited 30 minutes. No food. No waitress. We tracked her down. She said we were next order up. Waited another 15 minutes. Still no food. Asked another waitress if she could find our waitress. 5 minutes later our waitress comes back. Says she'll check on our order. She comes back and says -- guess what -- that its the next order up. I ask how long that means. She says she'll go ask the cook. When she came back, she said it will be five or ten minutes. We finally gave up and left. Total time -- one hour from when we sat down to when we left without eating. On the way out another waitress at the check out was apologizing to a different table about how long the wait had been. read more

OMG, where to start. You probably could just go read all the one star reviews, taking the worst bits from each. But, I'll save you the effort. Got the menus and drinks fairly promptly, gave our orders, one lunch, fried chicken, one breakfast, Western omelet, and proceeded to wait. And after we waited, we waited some more. And some more waiting. When we got tired of waiting, we waited again. We kidded about starting a pool. A dollar a square, to guess when our food would finally appear. We watched others complain about the waiting. Watched others ask when their food was coming. Watched the wait staff walk by, carefully avoiding eye contact. But, no food. And no "I'm sorry we're having a problem.". Well we ultimately did get our order, but since my "Western" omelet was undercooked runny, and stuffed with what one reviewer called "whatever was leftover in the kitchen", we asked for to-go boxes and decided to pay up and leave. Fortunately, I had cash, since I was informed there would be a $1.75 charge for using plastic at their credit card machine that they call an ATM. All in all, an interesting experience, but not one I plan to repeat. Oh, and BTW, microwaving that "omelet", and I use the word loosely, did not make it edible. It went right in the trash. read more

This place should have ZERO stars. Yes, this place is a basic diner. No huge expectations walking in, but OMG, totally disgusting. First, a 45 minute wait for an omlette plate with sausage links (more on the links later) and 2 scrambled eggs with hashbrowns and 2 sausage patties -- at 11 am!. Several guests were seated after us and got served before us. Then, when the food did come, my girlfriend's sausage links were completely raw on the inside, literally uncooked. THEN, for the double OMG, the manager Rhea comes to the table, does not apologize, REACHES, YES REACHES onto my girlfriend's plate, and with her bare hand and GRABS THE SAUSAGE LINKS OFF THE PLATE to bring back to the kitchen to show the cook!!! Shock and awe!! Any my girlfriend still had a 1/2 plate to eat!!! The manager then does us the courtesy of removing the $1.80 cost of the sausage links!! LMAO. I went to the cashier to pay for the "food" and there was Rhea (you guessed it), working the cash register with her bare hands. I said it was the worst meal experience I had ever had, told her she should not grab food out of guests plates with her bare hands (or ever!) and was actually prepared to pay for our meal when she wrote N/C (no charge) on the two receipts and very matter of factly said "have a nice day." No apology, she just did not want me to cause a scene. This place is garbage. The waitress Amanda was very kind and apologetic but the rest of the "crew" should be working in a prison, not a diner. Department of Health? Time to pay a visit. read more