Super nice, convenient usual diner vibes located right off route 28. Always enjoy coming to this diner. The staff are always so friendly and quick. The crowd here is diverse, making everyone feel welcomed and the food is always delicious. Plenty of parking, clean restrooms, and just overall classic diner experience. read more

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When you think of the classic NJ diner experience, you think of a great cup of coffee, friendly conversation and attentive service - this place checked all three boxes for us. Creative sandwiches, burgers and hot entrees. We had a patty melt and a chicken sandwich - both were well seasoned and cooked well. Fries were crispy, just right. We were too full for dessert but we could see that there were many nice cake and pie selections. Ample parking, and very convenient to both sides of Union County. read more

Sunrise Diner - Classic diner interior - Diners Near Me - Roselle Park, New Jersey

I was avoided like the plague. I simply ordered a takeout breakfast order over the phone. When I sat at the counter to pick it up, I was completely ignored MULTIPLE times. I flagged the employee, and was ignored again. I watched as the white patrons (that came AFTER me) were repeatedly serviced, by the female Hispanic employee, and I was just left to wait. Completely ignored. What a great way to start your day! A regular customer LOST. I will say that someone else, a very nice white female, apologized for my experience. I never like to bring race into things, but this was abundantly evident to me in the aforementioned scenario. Perhaps my skin color meant "I wouldn't tip". As a former restaurant employee, I always tip at LEAST 25% because I am very familiar with the system and the racial implications that are easily associated with such. I am extremely disappointed with myself for accepting and paying for my breakfast, only to have my morning ruined. Keep up the good work folks! read more

Delivery Order - Nope. That is not how a Brisket is supposed to look or taste. Side Salad was fresh and pretty good though. read more

Sunrise Diner - Diners Near Me - Roselle Park, New Jersey

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I've seen questionable reviews here and I'm not sure why. I've eaten here several times in one week during a business trip. Service and servers are exceptional. I was even asked how I liked my bacon and corned beef hash! That's never really happened elsewhere. Coffee is quickly refilled. I have had several people dining with me and no one has had a bad thing to say about the food or the service. The staff even makes recommendations that are logical and not about the upsell. I've had two eggs over easy with corned beef hash, also a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich with both scrambled and fried eggs. Their French fries are among the best I've had. Crispy and hot. Tables are stocked with condiments and sugar substitutes are also available. Regulars here get treated like family. The parking is also abundant for this area. Front lot and back along with street parking seems not to be an issue. This is a positive experience for me all around. Add to it that no one is chasing you out to clear a table. read more

FAVORITE FRIED FISH GRITS AND EGGS. FANTASTIC!!!! I drive from Edison to Roselle Park to enjoy this breakfast and setting. Thank you. Good prices as well as friendly. read more

Horrible food. We ordered a well done cheese burger and it came to us rare with a horrible smell. Yuck! We threw it out. The food was rare and not edible . Bacon was sent raw. Threw it out. read more

Sunrise Diner - Cheeseburger - Diners Near Me - Roselle Park, New Jersey

Best diner in the area! Food was cooked perfectly, wait staff was absolutely friendly, sweet and attentive. The place was super clean. This is totally our new spot to come for diner food. read more

Well priced food. Fairly quick service. Decent parking. Friendly staff. Like the breakfast the most. read more

Sunrise Diner - Hungryman Breakfast - Diners Near Me - Roselle Park, New Jersey

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The Sunrise Diner pleasantly surprised me. Although they don't have stellar reviews, I was in the area and thought I should give them a try. The whole place was very clean, too, even the bathrooms. They have a very laidback and genuine vibe inside. The host and my waitress just did their jobs but were genuinely helpful and nice. You get a lot of food for the price. The chicken noodle soup was the best I'd eaten in a long time. I also thought that the included zucchini side was spiced really well. The chicken Francese was pretty good, but not outstanding. I even got included bread pudding. There were lots of available options, as diners often have. Their hours could be slightly longer for a diner, but I went in there around 9 pm and was accommodated. read more

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Several food points that made this diner experience excellent: 1) Fresh vegetables that you can actually taste. 2) That outstanding sauce that came with shrimps - OMG. 3) Hamburger had high quality meat. 4) Sausages in breakfast skillet - I don't know where did they came from, but they were superb. All of this comes with outstanding service and very nice owner. If you are looking for a family diner experience - that's the place. read more

Thank you for your feedback. However, I did raise my concern with two employees. First, I raised it with my server. He replied by letting me know that the small serving was standard for that order. Second, when paying the bill, the cashier asked if everything was satisfactory, and I once again raised my concern. And, I was told the same response as the server. Since I did raise my concern to two of the employees, do you have any further suggestions? I don't usually write reviews, but I could not let this go. It seems that nothing will be done to rectify the price for such a small portion. People should know that they will not be getting a full serving if they order the Avocado toast. read more

Sunrise Diner is a cozy spot with amazing food and friendly staff. I had a breaded pork cutlet with mashed potatoes and gravy--everything was fresh, tasty, and cooked just right. Great portions and fair prices. Highly recommend for a hearty lunch! read more

We really enjoyed our late diner here. Nothing fancy looking outside, plenty of parking and no wait. Greeted by a friendly Hostess and attended by a very good waitress who was efficient and caring. Inside was a clean environment with an extensive menu. We kept our orders simple- Bacon Cheeseburgers snd an order of Onion Rings. The burgers were prepared to order, they were juicy snd hot and most importantly - tasty. Onion Rings were plentiful, tasty and served hot too. We got the impression that this is a "neighborhood spot." Many families were in enjoying their food. Smiles on faces - that said a lot to us that our choice to stop in was a good decision. read more

Great spot for breakfast or even lunch , no wait in this place and the server is super nice and very quick ! Food comes out fresh every time and the prices are reasonable. Definitely will be back read more

All of a sudden, they stopped serving 2 slices of toast with breakfast. They only serve 1 slice of toast. I found this to be quite annoying. According to the waitress, the diner is conserving and customers must ask for 2 slices of toast when they place their order.... Huh?........ @$#&#**@)#/.....according to industry standards, 2 slices of toast is the minimum offered. Also, customers were not notified in advanced of a policy change, thus giving them an option............ I guess next, you'll be cutting back on the volume of omelettes.. However, I still love this place! read more

Food was good. Our waiter though was more interested in talking with his friends. I had to asked the person that cleaned up the table next to us for refills or to get our waiter. Good size food portion though. We'll give you another try, the next time I come visit my mom. read more

This place gives big portions and we received excellent service from our server. With that said, the cod was underwhelming in the flavor department, as was my rice pudding. read more

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Great coffee.... Quick prompt service ... friendly staff .. first time there .. prices were very reasonable too .. clean bathrooms and ample parking ... read more

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The service was amazing they were quick and fast. The food was and is always hot, but I would say it lacked some seasoning but in my opinion it was a great meal. The ambiance of the place is always very lively and with lots of people. read more

Service is always on point. The servers there always greet you with a smile and It's very clean. The servers have a good idea what's on the menu and you could add or remove what you ordering and they have no problems with that. If something is not to your liking, the manager will compensate you in anyway they can. read more

Recently I was in Roselle Park, so I decided to stop at the Sunrise Diner.  I heard from friends the Sunrise Diner was good so I stopped. Atmosphere: The Sunrise Diner is everything you expect in a diner. There was a fair amount of parking (which for the area) surprised me. The inside has plenty of booths, tables, and a bar. One thing I appreciated was the salad bar. Not many diners I have a salad bar these days. Sunrise Diner Coffee: A The Sunrise Diner coffee was delicious. The waitress refilled it often and put lots of whipped cream on it. It was brewed hot and fresh and I was pleased. Food: The Sunrise Diner menu has everything a stereotypical diner typically has, plus more. I appreciated the full page of Sunrise Diner menu specials and the salad bar. I was between a few options and decided to order the mesclun salad with Swordfish. I don't know if I've had swordfish before at a diner, so I gave it a shot. The Sunrise Diner menu specials all come with soup, salad, a meal, and a dessert.  So much food!  Even the salad came with the salad bar. I decided to order my favorite soup split pea. It was one of the better split pea soups I've had. The salad bar was filled with greens, beets, beans, and all of the regular salad toppings. I decided to splurge on my salading and made a trip to the salad bar too. My mesclun salad with Swordfish was a lot bigger than anticipated. While the swordfish was slightly dry, I have no complaints.  The salad itself came with balsamic dressing, cucumbers, onions, and tomatoes.  As far as diner salads go, it was good. Dessert: I got my bread pudding to go and I was extremely pleased. The bread pudding was more bread than pudding, which is my favorite way to enjoy bread pudding. It was sweet but not overly sweet. In all, one of the better bread puddings I've had. Service: The waitress at the Sunrise Diner was great. She refilled my drinks often, made sure I was set, and my food came out quickly. I could not have had a better experience. Would I Come Back? If I'm in Roselle Park again, I'll come to the Sunrise Diner. It's an inexpensive but delicious stop. read more

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The manger at this diner is a liar and very rude. I just tried to place a delivery order to an address that is 2.4 miles away from the restaurant and she lies and says that it is a 15 min drive one way when it is only an 8 min drive. She claims her gps told her 15 min. I pulled out my gps and it told me 2.4 miles and an 8 min drive. I will never support this restaurant. I mean why lie. read more

four dollars and fifty cents for a small cup of chocolate pudding?!?!?!?! i can buy about twenty chocolate pudding cups from the dollar store for that much money. ridiculous. read more

Excellent food large portions and Pedro is very cute . Very friendly staff very clean place

I was in the area a Monday night around dinner time so I decided to stop in. I was very pleased with the food and service. Portions were generous and came with soup, salad and dessert. Prices were very reasonable. There was an older crowd there, mostly seniors and that was great because it was a nice, quiet ambiance. My chicken francaise was amazing! It's my favorite dish and I order it whenever I go out. They really did a good job. My daughter's burger was done a bit passed "medium" which is what she ordered, but she said it was still good. I am looking forward to returning! read more

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I ordered a burger the grease ran thru the paper it was covered in should have at least had tin foil so my hands did not get greasy. I ordered potato skins and I got no forks spoons knives sour cream, napkins, nothing. Not very professional . Not very happy. read more

Every time I drive past this place on Westfield Ave., it is *always* packed. It's unfortunate that it took me almost 4 years to finally eat here, but I'm happy I got the chance to. I've been here 2 times, so bear with me as I describe all the dishes my family and I ordered. FOOD: Pasta Bella with Grilled Chicken: Huge serving (pasta and chicken), cheesy, perfectly cooked pasta, served steaming hot, and flavorful. Served with soup and salad bar. Fried Calamari Basket: Tender calamari, moist/not dry, generous serving, not overly salty, breading is not thick, and seasoned well. Came with soup, salad bar, fries, and cole slaw. Baked Meatloaf with Mushroom Gravy: Large serving, many slices of tender meatloaf served on slices of white bread, and had decent flavor. Gravy tasted a bit sour, though. Came with soup, potato, salad bar, and vegetable. Fried Shrimp Basket: Plentiful, freshly fried, crispy, and seasoned well. Came with soup, salad bar, fries, and cole slaw. Fish & Chips: Decent. Fish used tasted extra fishy, came with 4 medium-sized pieces, batter was thin, fries were freshly fried. Came with cole slaw. Roast Ham with Stuffing and Gravy: Good, didn't like the apples mixed into the stuffing, though. The ham was shaved thin, gravy was decent, side of red cabbage was pretty good, and serving was plentiful. Came with soup, salad bar, vegetable, and potato. Access to the salad bar is included in many lunch and dinner options; it's listed on the menu, so you will know which items are included. The salad bar is small but clean, while the vegetables, toppings, and types of dressings available are fresh. SERVICE: Bridgette was the waitress who wrote down my table's order both times I was here. She is incredibly friendly and sweet, and does a fantastic job of making you feel right at home. read more

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Prices are good and the service excellent. I always come here. It's consistently good and the owner is really nice. read more

Sunrise Diner - Coffee, One Egg with Taylor Ham - Diners Near Me - Roselle Park, New Jersey

Love this place but I just bought a house salad and they only put 2 olives in it. Two olives. Everything else was good.

Okay so I was proven wrong, you can mess up eggs quite greatly. Last time coming. Just found a long black hair in my omelette. The toast was burnt to a crisp, and there was something that looked like fuzz in my French fries. Thankfully they took it off my bill, but now I'm highly nauseous. Also didn't include the picture because they took it away too fast for me to snap one. Don't go here. read more

Tried them twice through DoorDash and both times had massive delays. This time everything arrived ice cold, one of the orders was completely incorrect, and we didn't receive any plastic forks while staying in a hotel. The silver lining was that the French toast and eggs were completely disgusting so my daughter didn't have any issues trying to eat with her hands. read more

I have sausage and cheese and grits. Food was good. Sausage was a little salty if you'd like it like that overall everything was OK.

Stopped in for breakfast while waiting for a flat tire to be fixed across the street. My server was very friendly and helpful. Greek omelette was solid if basic and they definitely know how to fry potatoes in this joint. (My one recommendation is to the chefs to be a little more careful as I found a hair in my food, which kind of put an end to eating. My server offered to bring me something else, which was nice. Hey, it happens. Restaurant was otherwise very clean from what I could tell.) read more

Sunrise Diner - Diners Near Me - Roselle Park, New Jersey

When I first came to New Jersey about five years ago I had my first diner meal in the area at the Sunrise Diner. I found it nicely decorated, with a friendly staff and good food. Fast forward to 2009, and sadly things have gone downhill. Just look at the sign outside the diner and you'll see part of what's wrong. Several signs have been nailed to the main sign advertising cheap buffets, all you can eat etc. The diner is slowly changing itself into ... something else but not really a diner. But more on that in a moment. The interior has gotten a bit depressing. The front desk/cashier used to have candies and all sorts of things for sale and of course the requisite mints on the way out. Now? Nothing. The place isn't being upkept as well as it used to be and the staff is just totally uninterested. The day we went, we were seated promptly, but our waitress was so busy talking to customers she knew and chit chatting after a half hour and two requests, I never got a bottle of Tabasco sauce I had asked for. I will grant however that realizing her error, she took half off one of our buffet costs, but it was still really annoying. The diner seems to be changing itself more into a buffet style place. As I flipped through the menu, I saw well over a dozen items blacked out or pasted over with stickers. It was really messy looking. That said, the breakfast buffet I had was a steal. For $8, all you can eat and it includes getting omelets and eggs straight from the kitchen. To be honest, the food was actually good. The pancakes and french toast were light and fluffy, the grits nicely cooked and tasty and there was a bread pudding with cheese that totally rocked. It was a great combination of moist, sweet bread with some saltiness on top. Their Canadian bacon was also surprisingly moist and flavorful, not too salty and not too sweet. I left with mixed feelings about this place. I enjoyed the food, but between the bad service, depressing decor and sad looking menu I just felt, well, sad. And that's not how I want to leave any restaurant. Basically if you need a lot of food for a cheap price, check this joint out but don't expect good service or the nicest environment. read more

I ordered today 3-5 for breakfast usually I get a gentleman that takes our orders. Not today I got a rude and inpatient lady. She rushed for me to give my order. She did not ask what type of bread. I also asked for onions and peppers inside my home fries. Well needless to say cold toast(white) which I like wheat. Onions and peppers was a pile just on top. This place is a hit or miss. However her rudeness and rushing me was too much. read more

Went here yesterday. I can't believe how good the prices are! The food was delicious!! We both got burgers well done with fries. The burgers were soooo good. Probably one of the best burgers I've had. The fries were good too but I got full. The server was very polite and attentive. They even had a guy playing piano and singing. It was entertaining lol. We definitely will be back. Im actually craving it now read more

Sunrise Diner - Even take out looks amazing American cheeseburger deluxe cole slaw in the bag too - Diners Near Me - Roselle Park, New Jersey

I always went here. The food is diner food not more than is expected from a diner, but the service used to be better, much friendlier. This evening my husband and I sat for 10 mins. No one came to serve. Not even glassess of water were placed. No one said "We'll be right with you " like you expect while waiting.Nothing The wait help bussied themselves with other patrons - laughing then sitting up front on the stools. We decided to leave without being served at all. They didn't appear to be in the least perturbed that we were exiting. I am not sure if it was because we were a black couple. I hope Roselle Park is not going back to that. Backwards. Can't tell you how the food was today. No one gave us the opportunity read more

This was the first place I came to eat indoors since the beginning of the pandemic . It was post breakfast rush so I was well taken care of by the servers . I ordered an egg white omelet with an English muffin . The omelet was to perfection . The coffee I had on the side was also very good , sometimes coffee from diners can be just average . The prices were great , definitely more affordable than their competitors in union county . Hope to be back soon ! :) read more

I love this diner: dining room, friendly staff and service. Excellent breakfast special from 6-10am. The best value around. My first pick of diners in the area. read more