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    The Diner

    4.3 (358 reviews)
    Closed 6:30 am - 2:00 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids

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    Tamale Breakfast half order
    Matthew G.

    Wish we lived closer to this diner, its one of our favorites. Its got a cool atmosphere and located on campus corner near OU. There are booths to sit at or the bar if you prefer. Service is always quick and friendly. Its great because you can order breakfast or lunch at any time. Food is delicious! Perfect example of an old school diner with eggs, pancakesetc. The menu has a cool other options added as well, so definitely somwthing fir everyone.

    Egg Quesadilla Breakfast
    April K.

    Still great and friendly service. I had the egg breakfast quesadilla and it was delicious and really thick with crunchy peppers and tomatoes. Hubs had the 2 egg plate with bacon. Our hash-browns were not as good today. Maybe not cooked long enough. It's still super small and cramped but it's fun.

    Tamale Breakfast
    C-RonTv B.

    The food was AMAZING, had trouble picking what I want to eat this morning, one of the new waitresses helped me out and it was the best decision I ever made, meat is cooked to perfection, love the peppers, cheese, sauces and the hash browns as well. The ambiance of the diner is beautiful and old school, I'm a sucker for mom and pop diners, great playlist of music and it felt like an authentic old school diner to come around break and lunch. Would definitely come back here again!

    Create your own omelet with onions and mushrooms.
    Amber V.

    I'll start with the positives: Omelets are delicious, eggs are fluffy, hash browns are crispy and not greasy, biscuits and gravy are tasty although biscuit is a bit dry, coffee is good. Negatives: extremely small space making you feel very cramped, small bathroom, not the cleanest feeling restaurant I've been in, food took a long time to get to the table, NO KIDS MENU, expensive!! Our waitress was great at first. She refilled our coffee's quickly and I was very happy about that. But once the food came, she disappeared and we never saw her again. I don't know if she went home, or was on break, she never communicated with us but we never saw her again and we never got more coffee. This is such a tiny, cramped, hole in the wall diner but they're charging big restaurant prices. For 2 coffees and 2 apple juices we paid $13!!!!!!! I had a create your own omelet and my husband had the brisket hash and ordered a side of biscuits and gravy. We ordered the 2x2x2 with chocolate chip pancakes for our kids to split since there was no kids menu. Our bill came to $53 before tip! For a tiny little hole in the wall diner? Nope. Not paying those prices to be squeezed into a booth feeling like sardines. The omelet was good, but not that good.

    3 Egg Cheese Omelette
    Christy S.

    I know The Diner is a Norman staple, but I was pretty underwhelmed at my breakfast. All the food was just okay. The hash browns were the best thing in my opinion, and my friend's tamale breakfast was pretty tasty. Maybe I should have ventured out and got something more exciting like the tamale. But, I love biscuits and gravy, so that is usually my go to when I visit a breakfast joint. The gravy here tasted like it was made from a mix and the biscuits seemed like they were mass produced elsewhere, so it was a big miss for me. The positives were that the restaurant was very cute and offered a quintessential diner experience. Our waitress was very friendly and the prices were quite affordable. So it definitely has some good things going for it, but to me, it left a little to be desired.

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    Greg B.

    This place looks like a hole in the wall and it is. It's also a great diner. The name says it simply and that how the food is cooked. I judge a breakfast place on how I order my eggs. If I say over medium and they don't know or look at me funny then I just say over easy and I get over medium. This place knew. Service was great. The decor was dated and old but I like the rustic look. Plus it's in Norman Oklahoma and that's how many places are. The food was really good and felt fresh. Eggs were cooked perfect. The link sausage had that skin that pops when you bite down and was flavorful. The oatmeal was thick. Some people like it more runny or with milk but I enjoyed it. It felt like it coated your ribs. Overall you shouldn't pass through and not get breakfast there. Great place to get a simple home cooked breakfast.

    Brisket Hash Breakfast and 1 Piece Chocolate Chip Pancake 9/17/22
    Teaira J.

    The Diner is a lot smaller than I thought it'd be so be prepared to wait if you go on the weekend. We got lucky and was able to be seated right away. I enjoyed the food and our waiter. I didn't feel like it was anything super extra special but was the food was good.

    Chicken fried steak and eggs
    Kristi S.

    We had a really awesome waitress and the service was great! The food was just average. Although I will say the biscuits were pretty divine! They were soft and texturally perfect!

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    Great old style diner. We love sitting at the counter and watching the cook do his thing. I love the tamale breakfast!

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    The blueberry pancakes were delicious. It's a neat atmosphere with good food. We will definitely be back!!

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    Probably my favorite breakfast spot in Norman. Food is great, is ready super fast, and the location is cute. Always love going here.

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    It was so awesome to be in this old school spot!!! Food was delicious and the service was fun and perfect!!!!

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    The food was amazing. The calamari was the best I've ever had and the shrimp curry was as well. The…read morewait staff is top notch. It was a very quiet atmosphere as well. The only complaint from me is portions, which is very small in comparison with what we pay for. Anyway, thanks for a great meal and experience overall.

    Great service and atmosphere. Food was uneven in terms of quality…read more My wife and I ate here for the first time with two other couples on a Saturday night. One couple lives in the Norman area and reserved our table. I was excited to try this Norman institution and enjoyed doing a little research in The Oklahoman archives ahead of time to find out more about its history. The dining room reminded me of Cheever's in OKC: close quarters, white background, plenty of extra items hanging everywhere, including wine glasses hanging from wooden racks attached to the ceiling. The menu reminded me of both Cheever's and Charleston's. It leans into a more sophisticated set of flavors, but they're not trying to rock the boat. The list of items on the menu is long enough that everyone in your party can find something that they would like to eat, but it's not overwhelmingly long like the one at the Cheesecake Factory. Another couple ordered the spinach artichoke dip for our table. I had a bite on one of the petite toasts that were served with it. Not bad, but it didn't have the background spiciness or discernible parmesan cheese flavor that I like to taste in spinach artichoke dip. Every entree comes with a salad, and I ordered the blue cheese wedge salad. On the positive side, the wedge of lettuce was icebox cold and crisp. The bits of bacon sprinkled on top added just the right amount of salty and meaty to the salad. On the other hand, their homemade blue cheese dressing did not have as much blue cheese in it as I expected. Not sure if their recipe involves so much mixing that the blue cheese chunks disappear in the process or if they started out with a blue cheese that doesn't break off into chunks. I prefer blue cheese dressing with tang, and this one didn't have it. My entree was one of the specials: miso-mushroom fried chicken thighs. I was enticed by the menu description which mentioned bone-in chicken thighs and local mushrooms in the sauce. I was disappointed that what came to my plate were two boneless chicken thighs. They were wrapped in a crunchy fried coating that I enjoyed, but boneless is not bone-in. The mushroom sauce was tasty, but it didn't match what I imagined in my head. I was expecting whole or halved mushrooms but received little bits of mushrooms. I respect their recipe. It still tasted good, but I would rather sink my teeth into mushrooms when they are called for. The accompanying squash medley was excellent; crisp tender squash added color to the plate and sang out the praises of summer vegetables. The accompanying sour cream mashed potatoes were silky and complemented the chicken well. For dessert, my wife and I tried the chocolate peanut butter pie. It was not what I expected based on past experiences with desserts that go by this name. Usually, this is a chocolate cookie crust with a light peanut butter pudding filling. What we received was a chocolate brownie crust topped with a layer of peanut butter frosting (confectioners sugar + peanut butter), a layer of chocolate syrup, and a few actual peanuts. The peanut butter frosting was much too sweet, there were not enough peanuts to create a crunchy counterpoint, and the chocolate brownie base was almost a crunchy counterpoint by itself because it was so dried out. It helped to eat bites of the pie with the vanilla ice cream next to it, but the manufacturer of this vanilla ice cream put barely any vanilla flavor in it. Our server kept our drink glasses full throughout the evening and answered our menu questions with honesty. Overall, I can see why Legend's has survived for nearly 60 years. I wish them all the best for many more decades as a leader in the Norman restaurant scene.

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    What's not to love about Midway Deli? First, the food. I love a deliciously huge deli sandwich. It…read moreis a guilty pleasure to enjoy that I frequently forget that I do enjoy because a nice deli sandwich gets buried amongst all of the other equally delicious cuisine choices when I get hungry. I've been a customer of Midway Deli for 20 years and the food and service have never lacked once in all these years. The options for sandwiches are perfect and hit the spot. I love the location in Norman. Driving there through the nearby beautiful neighborhood enhances how special deli really is. I love the options, the ambiance of the seating and space. I love the accessibility of the bench outside with the solar powered phone charger, too. Basically, I love this place and you will, too.

    Really excellent sandwich shop, locally placed in Norman. This place apparently holds a lot of…read morememories and has been around for a while, we even saw some Norman-local celebrities when visiting. We visited for lunch on Friday and there was a long line but it moved very quickly and we were able to find a seat with no problems. Outside there was a live musician performing and it was mainly covered. Of course we had to try the Vulcan sandwich (they're known for it) and we also tried a baked potato and another sandwich. We were SO impressed! When they came out, they looked like regular sandwiches but surpassed our expectations with the fresh and delicious flavors. Love this local, casual sandwich spot and would enjoy bringing friends back here.

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