I've always been happy with the food at Theo's. No matter how busy they are it comes out as ordered. He uses great ingredients and cooks things just right. The food is very high value for the prices. 5:5. Service is always on point. I mean, 100% on point. The service staff is clearly a team. You always feel like there are 2 or more servers taking care of you. 5:5. As for ambience, it's a comfortable, brightly lit place to have breakfast or lunch. I wouldn't call it luxurious nor would I call it sparse. It's just right. It's what you would and should expect. 5:5. I would not come into New Milford and leave it without eating at Theo's. read more

Stumbled upon Theo's on Saturday morning. What a gem. It was perfect breakfast food and our server was fabulous. We enjoyed talking to her and loved all the food. Will definitely be making Theo's a regular destination for weekend breakfast/brunch/lunch. read more

Theos is a great little diner on railroad st with great food and friendly people .. I highly recommend them !!

No-nonsense, sensible breakfasts and comforting luncheons prepared with care and served promptly and efficiently. Sizeable portions, big flavors, convivial atmosphere. read more

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Was in town for Gilmore Girls convention and this adorable diner transformed into Luke's. We stepped in and ordered the tastiest crispy chicken sandwich I have ever eaten. They also had soft to the bite cookies which always make my day. Staff were so funny and friendly. I plan to return even if it isn't Luke's any longer. Be sure to stop by if you're in the New Milford area. read more

Theo's Downtown Diner - Soft cookies to go - Diners Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

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Great pea soup and grilled cheese and food came out really fast. Waiter was kind and vibe is good. read more

Theo's Downtown Diner - Grilled cheese and soup - Diners Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

Friendly service, excellent food. I had homemade corned beef hash and eggs, with toast of course, and everything was properly prepared. My companion had a side order of corned beef hash only, being a light eater, and she was equally satisfied. The menu has much more depth than this review would indicate, but we focused on what we like. This is a storefront, not a purpose-built diner building, so there aren't a lot of tables, but they were able to get everybody in who wanted to eat, with minimum waiting. Would return. read more

Sorry, I don't know what all the fuss is about! Average food, at best, the coffee is just brown water and the service is well... I don't know how to explain it. Maybe I just have to be more of a local, or 80 years old like everyone else in there! I keep going back because I like their pancakes and 'real' maple syrup, but I can get that anywhere. I don't know... read more

I visited this cozy diner for the first time last week after my doctors visit. I hadn't eaten breakfast and was quite hungry. The food felt like good old fashioned breakfast I had scrambled eggs, home fries and bacon. I have celiac disease so I was happy they offer gluten free bread! My daughter ordered philly cheesesteak sandwich with fries. The food was seasoned perfectly and the portions was very healthy in size. The coffee was just right. The two ladies tending the whole place were both very attentive and very friendly I just wish it would extend the hours for selfish reasons I will revisit this place again for sure! read more

Theo's Downtown Diner - Scrambled eggs, bacon and home fries with gluten free toast - Diners Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

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I love when I'm in New Milford and able to grab breakfast at Theo's! The omelettes are big and flavorful -- the Greek omelette is a favorite, and the home fries that it comes with are actually very solid. My son loves the pancakes. It's very fairly priced, too. Definitely worth a try! read more

This used to be our favourite Sunday breakfast spot but the food quality is not so great anymore. Home fries were smashed sloppy bits. Eggs slimy and served the wrong toast. After picking at the food I ended up leaving it because the only other outcome would have been to wait for an entire meal while the rest of my family was done eating. I wasn't the only one that felt the food was different than in the past but my particular meal was just less edible than everyone else's. A family seated beside us was unhappy too and we felt bad for them as they said it was the first time they'd been able to afford to go out in a long time. I know Sundays are hopping but for some people it's their only time getting out. read more

The restaurant is easy to find with a lot of street parking available. We were able to park a short distance away. Upon entering, we were warmly greeted and seated quickly. This was an open seated plan, which could easily seat a large family or couples. Seemed to be quite popular while we were there. The waitress took our order quickly and brought our coffees. The menu had the typical breakfast and lunch fare. We both ordered breakfast meals. I got scrambled eggs, sausages and hash browns. The eggs were perfect! Not runny or overdone. The sausages were crispy on the outside and nicely cooked inside, delicious! The hash browns were made with red skinned potatoes and also delicious. I can't remember the last time where I enjoyed everything on my plate (for breakfast). I would highly recommend stopping by if you have a chance. I know we will be back. read more

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The best bacon and eggs sandwich in town! Generous portions. Tics all the boxes that a diner should.

Delicious food, friendly staff! Food is not terribly speedy; prices are par for the course. Try the lamb! Thanks! read more

Theo's Downtown Diner - Challah French toast slice, rye toast, eggs, home fries and lamb gyro! Never had lamb for breakfast, but what a great choice! - Diners Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

I have gone there many times seens moving here 5 years ago. My son came in from Boston and I took him there with his wife. Period an older waitress took one look at all of us. Did not only throw the silverware at us, but the menu's. They r not culturaly aware. Autumn line, the waitress did not come out of her nineteen fifty's mentality and should be fired. read more

Stayed in New Milford for a couple of nights for a "Gilmore Girls" trip and this diner was listed as a diner similar to the one in the show so of course I had to check it out. The food was so good! Went there on a Saturday and Sunday morning. I wanted to be different and get something else on Sunday but I couldn't help it because the breakfast on Saturday morning was so good so I ordered the same exact thing and it was just as good as the first time. The waitress we had on Saturday was super friendly and cool and the one from Sunday, not so much. However, I'm not going to let her crappy service take away from the overall five stars that I think this diner deserves. read more

Theo's Downtown Diner - a breakfast of eggs, toast, bacon, and hash browns - Diners Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

Irish corn beef hash, homemade and Fffffing awesome. Apple cinnamon pancakes with real maple syrup, ffffing awesome. I travel a lot for business, so didn't expect this place to be so awesome, but we were pleasantly surprised, will definitely come back for more! read more

Food is consistently excellent, service is friendly and efficient and the prices are reasonable. What more could you ask for?

My husband and I love this hometown breakfast spot! Mayor Pete was there too greeting patrons waiting in line with him! Portions are generous and the service is friendly and fast. The omelets and home fries are outstanding, and scrambled eggs are just as expected and more than enough. I love the sausages. We always leave full and happy! A cute little place that deserves a visit! read more

Great food, greater staff! We ordered chocolate chip pancakes with bacon, sausage and cheese omelet with home fries and a bagel, and the combination breakfast; challah french toast, eggs, sausage, and toasted almond coffee. The gyro and tzatziki side are homemade, and absolutely delicious! 10/10 recommend! read more

Theo's Downtown Diner - Chocolate chip pancakes, sausage and cheese omelet, and the combination breakfast with challah french toast. - Diners Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

Love love this place. Quintessential New England diner. Great servers. I look forward every single day to going there.

Theo's is excellent, especially for breakfast. Friday's lunch is Theo's delicious chili and so Saturday's breakfast special (if any is left) is a huge and delicious chili omelet - sooo good! Home-fries are delicious as well - baby red potatoes, skin on, cooked to perfection with all the right amounts of everything... the prices are so reasonable too! Anyway, the only reason I didn't give a 5-star review is because there's one waitress who can be outright rude and condescending, as Dee B. stated in her review. But all the other waitresses are so pleasant and helpful! She's the only thing that keeps me from going there more often - the food is just so good! We've had her probably 5 times as our waitress (we usually luck out and get one of the other waitresses lately though) and I'd say about 4 of those times she's had moments of rudeness, 3 out of those - moments of being condescending, and 2 out of those she's made me feel like I'd never step foot into that place again. So, see how good the food is? I keep going back despite that one waitress! haha read more

Theo's Downtown Diner - breakfast and lunch - Diners Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

Charming little diner right downtown on Railroad Street. I don't toss around 5 star reviews with reckless abandon but I don't hesitate to give one to Theo's. Theo's does what Theo's does pretty much to perfection. We went for lunch one day and were greeted and seated right away. I had the California BLT (avocado makes everything better). My lunch date had one of the salads with grilled chicken on it. It was big and beautiful. Orzo salad for my side was also very tasty. Service is friendly and professional. I especially appreciate the patience and care they gave to my elderly parents. While servers are always attentive, customers are never made to feel rushed here - which makes for a lovely meal. This little whole in the wall is warm and welcoming, and serving up some delicious vittles. Thanks Theo's! read more

Great breakfast Custom done .. they take their time and care Really good omelette , home fries read more

Menu is varied and the breakfast items we had were top notch. I'm not sure the age of the business, but the environment is newish colonial. Service is very attentive. They aim to please. Everything is sparkling clean, including the restrooms. read more

Found this spot en route home and had lunch at diner counter. Very friendly staff, lots of homespun charm and amazing home-cooked food. Ordered half a chicken salad sandwich with their soup of the day. Both were excellent especially the homemade soup. read more

Coffee was great, they open at 6am, breakfast was delicious and it was nice and quiet that early! Everything I could ever hope for in a breakfast spot down the road! TIP: Get the homemade corn beef hash - you wont be disappointed! read more

What a great place!! My wife and I lucked upon this place after reading prior Yelp reviews. Our first time there, but certainly won't be our last!! Just be aware, they are only open for breakfast and lunch. The servers are friendly, polite, welcoming, and accommodating. The atmosphere is casual, yet trendy, yet comfortable :) Very clean, and well maintained. Cozy, modern feel. The food rocks!! I had an omelette with ham, fresh spinach, and feta cheese.. it was delicious, and huge!!! The home fries were the best I've ever had!! My wife had a turkey reuben, and she couldn't stop raving. Also huge!! The special side of the day was potato salad, and it was one of the most flavorable potato salads we've ever had. As I said before, first visit, won't be our last :) read more

We really like this place. Service is prompt and friendly. Breakfast omelets are excellent. Great pastries. Food is always very good.

Great place with that home town feel. Awesome breakfast and lunch. Last week had the Chili Cheese Omelet special - FANTASTIC!!! Only on Saturday's though I think. Also, great chicken tenders and rueben sandwich. My only gripe is the lady that runs the place, with glasses - don't know her name. Kind of rude and overbearing. Asked her for hot sauce and got a "snotty" remark, totally uncalled for. I try not to get her when I go there.. She needs to stay in the back! But overall great food and staff (except you know who).. Thanks, Steve in New Milford read more

Not bad. Solid, basic breakfast for the price. The home fries were good, the onion tastes caramelized and no burnt bits. The coffee was a little weak for us but on the other hand it's a big mug so there's plenty of caffeine. I wasn't blown away but I'd go back to try a special. read more

Solid diner. The staff is friendly with quick service. My only complaint is that they have somewhat restrictive hours. read more

I guess I spoke too soon--terrible customer service by one of the waitstaff. We arrived 15 full minutes before their posted closing time for lunch and were rudely turned away, despite the large sign outside that said 'OPEN.' Business must be great at Theo's--they can afford to turn away customers, even when they are supposed to be open. read more

Never got to try their food because of the lousy customer service. We called 90 minutes ahead of time with a request for a table for 7. THAT would have been the time to let us know you don't take reservations, instead of chirping "Ok, thanks for letting us know!" We arrived to one of the rudest employees ever, sarcastically informing us that they don't take reservations, but we could wait if we wanted to, "but it was gonna be awhile." This so-called manager was dripping with attitude. We took our business elsewhere, where they were happy to receive us, greeting us with a smile and although they were also busy, accommodated our party by placing us at tables next to each other. read more

I really wanted to give this place a better review..I did. Please note this review is not relevant to the cooks, taste of the food or the owners (probably) aside from pricing... Because my first experience there was amazing! Eat in breakfast was fantastic, big portions, and VERY good. But then again, my mother paid for us that day... lol.... Fast forward to us now living in the area within walking distance and we were SO excited to go for our brisk, Autumn Sunday morning walk before football to get coffee and breakfast take out... (after reading reviews about their coffee we didn't get it there so no review on that...)... and we are NOT happy. SO firstly... when I called to place take out .. the person taking the order was extremely rude. Maybe not so much rude as condescending .... talking to me as if i was a child and asking ridiculous questions. Oh, I'm sorry I happen to be particular about the best meal of the day (Some places make egg sandwiches with hard roll vs. toast.... toasted or not.... scrambled vs. fried... 1egg vs. 2... etc). So I finally place an order for two bacon, egg & cheese sandwiches on a hard roll, TWO eggs just in case the sandwich was not that filling. So let me just say quickly that when we pick it up, we definitely got stereotyped right off the bat. We are a young, 30-year old married couple with two little girls under two yrs old... ready for a football Sunday. My husband is still his sexy self in a football jersey, backwards hat, covered in tattoos, etc..... but extremely charismatic and friendly so he always surprises people. I myself may appear that I am 18yrs old (or consistently getting mistaken for as the "nanny"), but I am merely a 30year old mother who takes care of my appearance, likes to wear my hair long in tight stretch pants with my jersey (GO GMEN!) and some nice kicks. ;) (Meanwhile, our daughters are beyond adorable in little cheerleading outfits for our teams) ;) ......My husband walks out and says "I just paid $14 for two egg sandwiches. And when I asked for a receipt they gave me this..and even scoffed at the idea I actually cared to get areceipt.." and it was just a small, yellow copy from a waitress notebook, not itemized. Just the price, $13.83 circled. So we inquired as to what cost what.... and not only did we get looked at as if we had three heads but we were also told that we can't compare prices to any other business because "they're only open 5hrs a day.." so I guess that means they can charge double for the same thing down the road..? (Bear in mind, at Three Brothers in New Milford, you get TWO egg sandwiches for $3. So basically we could have gotten EIGHT SANDWICHES for the price we just paid for TWO!). Basically it broke down to this: 1 egg on TOAST = $2.75!! (Hard roll, +$0.50) (Cheese, +$0.75) (Bacon/Ham/Sausage, +$1.25) (Extra egg, +$1.50) SO basically... Bacon and egg on TOAST = $4.00 Bacon and egg on HARD ROLL = $4.50 Bacon, egg and cheese on toast = $5.25 Bacon, egg and cheese on HARD ROLL = $5.75 Bacon, DOUBLE egg, and cheese on toast = $6.75 Bacon, DOUBLE egg and cheese on HARD ROLL = $7.25 $7.25 for a BREAKFAST SANDWICH. Which, tasted very good. But I'm sorry, I could have gotten the entire family platter breakfasts with eggs, home fries and toast down the road for $7. But to be honest.. pricing is their prerogative. Whatever. It was the fact that the woman thought we were INSANE For asking for itemized pricing since it was so expensive and even went as far to say "You said you're new to the area and comparing restaurants for the future, WHERE Did you live BEFORE that this is SOOOOO unbelievable..??" Another waiter even came up to us like "whoa whoa what's going on here" as if we were harassing the staff when all we wanted was an itemized explanation for paying $14 for two sandwiches. Wow. Unfortunately I really do want to order from here again because it tastes amazing and all but... the the customer service was really offensive and I just don't know that we'd do it again. Obviously you can tell, this made us SO angry it ruined our peaceful Sunday morning and my husband is now out going to get more breakfast because we cannot justify paying that much for breakfast and barely being satisfied by it. All I said was "I cannot WAIT to get on Yelp and review this experience.. Oh well... read more

Cute little town. Stopped by hear on a drive up to northern Connecticut for a tour of the scenery. Just across from the train station this place is perfect for breakfast. I had the French toast with bacon and two eggs over easy. The French toast tasted really good. Not sure what they put in it or how they made it, but it tasted a bit different and in again in a very good way. My wife had the banana and walnut pancakes and they were really, really good. Loaded with bananas! The waitress was friendly and gave great service. The ambiance was okay, nothing special, but everyone in the restaurant was friendly. Customers at the counter, customers sitting next to us, and customers sitting behind us. A nice way to start the day. read more

We discovered this diner after researching a Gilmore Girls road trip, and they did not disappoint! The service was prompt and the staff was kind. The food was delicious, especially the fluffy pancakes! We were ecstatic to find the Gilmore Girls themed coffee cups! 10/10 would recommend and I would be happy to return in the future! read more

Cozy little diner. Friendly staff! Everything is homemade & you can tell..mom & pop like. Highly recommend to try this place read more

Theo's Downtown Diner - Eggs Benedict Florentine - Diners Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

A nice little gem of a small-town 'diner' in downtown New Milford. Stopped in for a little brunch with my daughter after her last exam before the holiday break. She got eggs and corned beef hash. Excellent... especially the hash. Clearly homemade and very tasty. I had a cheeseburger cooked perfectly (med-rare) and a bowl of homemade spinach & tortellini soup... Delicious! The only points off relate to the hot cocoa my girl had. A mix, as expected, but very watery. We had to add four of the little creamers to make it drinkable. Service was friendly and wonderful. Bill came to $23 before tip. read more

Ordered take out and got my father a BLT with mayo on the side and I ordered the pastrami ruban with thousand island dressing on the side. I was very impressed with how the sandwiches traveled in the styrofoam square boxes without toothpicks! They were generously portioned sandwiches and were delicious. The pastrami Reuben, it was very yummy it was tasty and I will definitely be returning again to get one. I see on Yelp that there are great reviews about breakfast, my father and I will definitely be stopping by someday to grab breakfast as well. read more