My husband Tom and I come to Valley Dairy at lest twice a week. All the waitresses on day shift are our favorites! The atmosphere is warm and welcoming and the food is excellent. We've eaten Breakfast or lunch there for nearly thirteen years. Management personnel are very kind and helpful with any issue you may have. We highly recommend them to anyone visiting the area or passing through. Athena and Tom read more

The place was clean, fast and friendly service! The food was really good! Nice menu options!

The food here isn't that great. If you have diet restrictions, don't even bother as they don't have any alternatives; found out the hard way. Took almost an hour to receive our food and then were given the wrong thing. We let our server know once we could get her attention which took longer than it should have. A table that was seated after us got their food first. Nah, that's not how it should go. It's like they forgot we existed? We will not be returning. read more

Our server, Morgan was very attentive and took care of our table of five with accuracy and efficiency. The food was very good and we will definitely return again. We were referred to the restaurant by a co-worker's daughter, Selena who also works there. We were pleased with the referral, service and experience. read more

The service was good, but there were two glaring issues that really put off me and my group. 1. Way too hot inside. Seemed like there was some kind of issue with the furnace. 2. Awful, awful, overlapping music. It sounded like someone set the FM dial in between stations, and I was not the only who felt anxious because of it. I inquired about both, and got the impression it might be some kind of management issue. Besides that, the food was alright read more

Pros: *The Haystack is heavenly *Old-time diner feel *Friendly breakfast staff *1,000+ cars can easily fit in parking lot *Connected to smoke shop Cons: *Claw machine ate my dollar read more

I had to come back and re-review this place. It had been a few years since I had last visited this location. I had been frequenting one in another area and thought it was about time to come back here. After a day out with the family we needed to refuel ourselves and weren't in the mood for fast food. Sit down options are limited and to find one that is not crowded these days is hard to come by. This Valley Dairy location is in a small strip mall off of Scalp Ave in the Richland area. Kind of a hidden gem as this strip mall sits downhill and you kind of just roll by it. Add to that the fact that most people attempt to equate this place as an establishment that older people frequent and you get a mostly empty restaurant to yourself. We showed up and had a minimal wait to be seated and once we were seated we had our menus in hand. Menus right now are basically disposable and condensed. But you still get a good sense as to what there is to offer. Before I get into the food I want to go into the service. I loved our server. She made it that much more of an experience for us. She was wonderful, she took care of us on the spot and made sure we had everything we needed. She joked around with us a lot, it made for a great experience and I have to say added a little lightness to the day. I am sure I will touch on this subject again as I go into our meal. For my meal I went with the Pot Roast Hot Open-Faced Sandwich. Basically it is their shredded pot roast on top of some sourdough bread served with a side of either mashed potatoes or fries. Then top it with a nice serving of gravy. I went with the mashed potatoes and of course I told them to top everything with gravy. I also ordered a side salad to start the meal with. This is where the server comes back into the picture. From our conversation we had earlier she did a little ribbing. She made a smiley face out of the salad. I laughed when she put it down and she joked a bit more. Of course I snapped a picture and when she saw that I was cutting up the bigger pieces of the salad she did a bit more ribbing. Of course we all laughed about it, but I always do this with a salad, then I dug into it. As for the sandwich, amazing. I am a sucker for some shredded pot roast, even more so when someone else is making it. I enjoyed every single bite of that that thing, to the point where there was nearly nothing left on the plate. I am glad that I gave this location another chance because how else would I have been able to have such a great experience. Our server made this all possible. read more

Valley Dairy Restaurant - A happy salad. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Johnstown, Pennsylvania

If this item is on your menu, what would you call it? A breakfast sandwich is what was ordered. November 29th at about 10am in case you care. Not really worth ordering here again. read more

Valley Dairy Restaurant - This is supposed to be a breakfast sandwich - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Johnstown, Pennsylvania

My Sister & I was at the Altoona location for breakfast. The waitress never introduced herself.We found out her name was Sue.. She brought us coffee & water. My Sister had to flag her down to tell her we were ready to order & she said she had 1 more table to check on first. We waited 20 minutes to take our order. The waitress didn't deliver our food.. Another person did. It must have sat back there for awhile because when we did get our food it was cold. She shouldn't be a waitress she has no personality read more

While visiting the JOHNSTOWN area visiting family, we always have at least one trip to Valley Dairy! This restaurant has been in business over 50 years. As a child, I was told stories about "Ice Cream Joe" who started making Valley Dairy ice cream a long long time ago. To date, this is still the only place that I've found "Rainbow" flavored Ice Cream ! I believe it's just vanilla ice cream with some coloring added, but it's fabulous! Very creamy and tasty! I live in the south now, they have something called "Superman" ice cream but that is some type of sherbet. Nice try, but when I want the real thing, I head to JOHNSTOWN! ;) The restaurant is extremely clean, has tables and booths for seating. There's a separate counter for the ice cream treats. Tons of flavors of ice cream, there's a flavor for everybody! Scoops, sundaes, banana splits, they have it all! They have a large freezer for gallons of ice cream to go - they even make ice cream cakes! How good does that sound!!!??? The menu is typical American Fare - chicken, chopped steak, salads, sandwiches, burgers, Fries, etc. A local favorite (which I truly miss living in the south) - is French Fries with gravy!! So, no trip to JOHNSTOWN is complete until we have French Fries with gravy! They also have turkey and roast beef sandwiches with gravy. Again, pretty unique - you aren't going to find that just anywhere. Hummm...are you starting to see a gravy pattern here??? Oh, and yes they do have sweet tea here!! So excited to see some fresh brewed sweet tea here!!! :) My family enjoyed our valley dairy dinner and treat! We were seated right away, quickly greeted by our waitress, our order was taken and the food was delivered in just a few minutes. Great service! If you are looking for a retro (no frills) restaurant with the option for some ice cream - definitely give this place a try! My family will continue to visit Valley Dairy for many many years!! read more

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They never get my order right. And I just paid $14.50 for a hamburger french fries and drink and they screwed that order up as well.

Foods great staff are very nice and attentive, the atmosphere is perfect. My husband and I went there for breakfast it's reasonable price with great portions. read more

First off I would like to say we haven't been to this resturant for a couple of years and the last time we ate here we had the breaded fish with cole slaw and french fries and everything was excellent. NOT this time, fish was over cooked, cole slaw was tasteless and the only food that was prepared right were the french fries. The reason we stopped here to eat was that there was a power outage in the area and the resturant we usually go to (The Corner Coffee Shoppe) was closed. Will probably be a couple of yearS before we come here again. read more

They were short staffed when we went there for dinner. They were getting slammed but they handled it and the waitress was very pleasant. Food was slow coming out but very good and hot. We had ice cream desserts and the parfaits were delicious. I would go back and do recomend it. read more

You might as well smear it right on your hips! Ah the memories that I have for this place, it's been around longer than I have and we did not go out to eat often when we were young, but this was one of my Mom's favorite places to take her five children for a meal or an ice cream treat. As I got older my friends and I loved nothing more than to stop in for fries with gravy or ice cream. Valley Dairy is a glorified Friendly's, at least to me it is, they serve a full breakfast, lunch and dinner with homemade soups, chili, sandwiches, entrees and some of the best hot meat loaf or turkey with gravy meals or sandwiches, but what I really love about them is their homemade ice cream. They make the very best maple walnut ice cream loaded with big pieces of walnuts and they will even serve it in a dish covered with their famous and exclusive warm walnut syrup, hello yum! So many flavors of ice cream and sherbets and to not miss a trick they have a full and flavorful line of frozen yogurts. If you want a banana split made the way it should be or one of the best root beer floats, grab a seat or take it to go and their orange blossom is so good with orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream blended together, although do beware as sucking on this puppy does induce brain freeze if you enjoy it too fast! On my most recent trip to Johnstown, I just had to stop in and relive a few memories, they have not changed too much and they still use paper place mats with advertising for the local businesses. I've been thinking of pumpkin a lot lately as I love anything pumpkin so much, it makes my favorite pie, cookies and Valley Dairy has always been number one when it comes to pumpkin ice cream. Each of us were planning on only having ice cream and ended up finding other things on the menu that we just had to have first. I, of course, had to have my fries with the rich brown gravy and I shared my hot meat loaf sandwich which would not taste any better if you made it at home. I also ordered the firecracker shrimp with a Thai chili sauce, which killed me to share since they were as good as any I have had. For my dessert I had one scoop of pumpkin ice cream and another scoop of maple walnut with the warm walnut sauce and it is still the very best there is! Noticing they had pumpkin pancakes on the menu and mentioning that I had never had them and how much I so do love pumpkin to a yelp friend ( brian S. RI.) I stopped by in the morning for breakfast and they were some of the best pancakes I have ever had with so much pumpkin flavor, cinnamon and spice, do ask for the warm maple walnut sauce to cover the tops! They do sell their ice cream in tubs to go. They now have coffee buddies which are small cakes filled with mousse and topped with heaven, like the key lime cake with key lime mousse and coconut, the red velvet with a cream cheese mousse and the chocolate peanut butter cup with a rich chocolate cake for the top and bottom filled with a peanut butter mousse and topped with broken peanut butter cups. Hello, which one do I want to take home? All of them! Talk about decadent! Two of my favorite stories of Valley Dairy, Mom and her girlfriend's used to belong to Weight Watchers and after we all got on the bus for school they would walk for miles and miles and end up at Valley Dairy as their reward! Second, my youngest brother once ordered the "kitchen sink", I forget how many scoops of ice cream it had and a zillion toppings, but it was enough to feed an army and he ate it! Ah the memories... Oh BTW, I did notice kids meals are a buck! read more

Valley Dairy Restaurant - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Johnstown, Pennsylvania

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My first Valley Dairy experience...I'm almost ashamed to say that. Anyway, my friend and I went were for lunch one day. We were seated immediately, but our waiter took a little longer than I had expected to get our drink order. It wasn't a big deal, he did an ok job as our waiter, but for an almost empty restaurant I expected a little more prompt service. (Especially when there were 3-4 other waitresses just standing around.) I ordered the club sandwich without tomato and fries. The sandwich had tomato on it, again, wasn't a huge deal, but the idea that I requested no tomato. The fries were just ok. Our waiter was very attentive with the exception of after we just sat down. He was very quick to refill our drinks. Overall, it was an ok experince. Forgetable at best. If given the opportunity I'd probably return. read more

Food was just OK, very generic food service kind of heat and eat stuff. Not good, but not offensive. The staff seemed to put down the restaurant when I asked if the food was already prepared and reheated. She did not like to work there, and was not proud of the product. "Yeah, I know. It's not good." This is a tough review to write. It wasn't gross, but it wasn't good. I wouldn't suggest it to a friend, so I'm giving it two stars. read more

Good food un a friendly family environment. We always enjoy coming, the staff is very friendly and we love coming here all the time! Small and quaint thi this is the perfect family restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner! read more

Valley Dairy Restaurant - Delish!!!! Really good all the way down to the bacon! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Went in for a wonderful Big Country breakfast only to have my appetite ruined by the heat of the dining room. I cannot even imagine how hot it had to be in the kitchen. There were some tables that complained about the heat of the dining room only to fall on dead ears. We will not be returning until we can expect more comfortable dining temperatures. read more

My comment is my two visits per week are usually great BUT: Last nite the contractors there for remodeling we eating and walking throughout the restaurant thru the kitchen, eating, getting their own coffee and pop from dispensers and i was there 1 hr. before closing. They were not working yet, only eating/drinking and convescing the place in their work-clothes. SECOND no HOT WATER in the restroom. That should be mandstory in all restaurants. MOST DO NOT HAVE.. read more

I love this place! The rainbow ice cream alone is worth the visit. They have a large selection of ice cream flavors--including a wet walnut sundae that is to die for! The vibe here is very chill and diner-like. The food ranges from breakfast items, sandwiches and platters. I've tried their burger, BLT, and turkey platter and they are all very good. The cheese sticks are yummy. This is a great place to bring kids, too. Everyone is friendly and the restaurant is always clean and bright. read more

Cheap breakfast option with lots of options, but not a lot of taste. On the same level as Denny's. read more

Had breakfast here and ice cream. The staff is always friendly. The wait time wasn't bad. The food was good. Good diner comfort food. read more

I am not impressed at all with this restaurant. I ordered the roast beef and mashed potatoes. When they FINALLY brought it to the table, the meal was cold and the meat was really chewy. The waitresses have a negative attitude as well. I visited the restaurant the second time, hoping that their breakfast might be good. I was wrong. Instead of the eggs being over medium, they were hard and crusty around the edge and the bacon was dry and too crunchy. I will NEVER visit that place again! read more

You have great breakfast cooks -- we have been here before so we have seen them in action. And the food is really good. But this weekend, the atmosphere was awful. The heat was so bad (and it was still morning) that I don't know how your staff survives. read more

Don't go here. They are "noted" for their ice cream - icy, watery and low quality. Service is terrible, and I suspect that part of that comes from my eating companion not being caucasian - definite sense of hostility from the waitress. Food was substandard. A hot turkey sandwich was scraps under bread and a cold gravy. Gravy was sour. Johnstown doesn't have many good restaurants, but this is definitely one to avoid. read more

Fish was hard and burnt, chili was old and burnt, veg soup was fatty and Lima beans were raw! Such a bad experience this time, won't be back

Ordered out and when I got home I took a couple of bites and through it away. Ordered meat loaf and mashed potatos

A good midrange diner that has been a staple in the area for over 50 years. I listened to stories my 92 yr old dad told me about times he and his friends met here and had lunch or breakfast back in the 60s. Good coffee. There really are no surprises on the menu if you are expecting diner food - burgers, salads, pastas all in ample portions at fair prices. The clientele is mostly over 60. The restaurant is clean with booths and a few tables for larger parties. They have an ice cream bar in one end of the room that offers at least 50 flavors and the menu adds shakes and sundaes of varying complexities. As I don't eat anything with bovine milk in it (bovine milk is for baby cows not humans) I can't attest to the freshness or taste of the ice cream products. They offer pints and quarts to take out. It takes a bit of work to get food you can eat if you're vegan (asking about gravies and dressings, removing anything animal based from food particularly cheese which is on nearly everything today and has the same addictive effect as cocaine on the human nervous system) but they listened and brought me exactly what I ordered. I'll continue to patronize this place. read more