Just made our first visit to ZIPS and let me tell you.......WE LOVED IT !!! AWESOME staff and food! They have a nice menu with Lots of choices too ! Glad to see how busy it was on their '67th anniversary of opening at this location on Memorial day weekend in 1954. Can't wait to return for some more Yummies Thank you to our waitress, didn't get her name but she was very pleasant and HAPPY . On my next visit, Gonna try out the mini jukebox at the table. Can't Go Wrong at a '50s era Mom and Pop Diner !! 5 STARS ALL DAY LONG !! read more

Tiny portion of eggs, the bacon was extremely over cooked. home fries were cooked with to much butter. Burnt toast. High pricing. Nice staff. Love the "car hop" diner feel. read more

Zips Diner - 2 scrambled eggs, home fries with onions, bacon an wheat toast. Coffee. - Diners Near Me - Dayville, Connecticut

Went here at dinner time after a function at qvcc... Had a belly buster just because the name..lol. Points for very hot coffee..(the only kind..or it isn't coffee) just way too small cups... Service spotty at best..my omelette was warm not hot..lag in waitresses time..young girl with too many things and people to occupy her time..the greeter was nice....overall.just ok..all the fuss is underserving..just ordinary..just ok..nothing else..I expected better..much better from a diner. Sorry but I don't sugar coat read more

Diners,Drive ins & Dives O Boy! That's what my wonderful wife and I did.We proceeded to Drive to this Iconic Zips Diner and then we eagerly proceeded to Dive into some Classic timeless meals! My Better Half enjoyed a Broccoli and cheese Omelette with home fries and an English muffin that cooked to perfection.Breakfast Is served all day,seeing how we were there at 4:30 in the afternoon. Nice option. I went for the gusto and had the Zip's Half pound bacon burger,fries and a side of onion rings. I washed that down with a classic vanilla frappe that was Outstanding!Its like stepping into a Time Machine And going back 30 years . This place is a staple to this area. Zip's has decant menu with a decent price. I can't wait to explore more of this menu.Anyway God Bless all my fellow foodies always! read more

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Straight away, not a fan. The instant feel is that 50's era diner. That's all fine and good, but beyond that it's average at best. The hash is from a can. The food is subpar. In fact, we both left with a bit of an upset stomach. Maybe too much grease on the griddle? They messed up the oatmeal...legit, the oatmeal! Lol ohhhhh the humanity. The service was really good. Our waitress was beyond friendly and attentive. She would skip too and fro through the establishment. That offered some comic relief to the abysmal meal. I don't recommend em and I most def won't return. Oh well! Au revoir zip! read more

My wife, her sister, and I have been trying numerous diners on our weekend shopping trips for years. Her sister's boss told her about Zip's and highly recommended it. We first tried it about 3 years ago and were instantly hooked. it has become an almost weekly stop for breakfast. great service as well as great food are what makes them special. read more

Classic diner with classic diner fair. Food was good, eggs were perfectly cooked. No frills just good diner food, if you are looking for something flashy this is not the place for you. If you are looking for a no nonsense place with good food at a good price, this is where you go. read more

Old-school diner with very good food. Breakfast is very good!! They keep your coffee cup full, and their service is very good!! It's worth it!! read more

Dayville has an enormous shopping center on one side of its highway exit. On the other side: Zip's. Or as some may recognize it "EAT." Zip's is a classic diner with plenty of seating space, speedy service, and a decent menu. I love how they class it up by slapping a suit on their Maitre'D. I can't tell you if I fell in love with the place because it was just that awesome or if it was because I was in a scary, dirty, sh*hole of a motel the night before and anything is a sight from heaven compared to it. But what I can tell you is that Zip's worked wonders on my wedding hangover by searing canned corned beef to a crispy finish and serving it with the most beautiful poached eggs with a side of tender potato hash. Mmm... and the hot chocolate topped with whipped cream reminded me of childhood as it slowly oozed into my empty belly. The best part was even with a line outside the door, we were seated within 10 minutes. read more

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I have had a meal - always a breakfast at Zip's over the past 40yrs! Always delish and poached eggs are as fresh as can be. My husband loved the corned beef hash, coffee and eggs too. Was a lovely trip down memory lane for me. The wait staff are prompt and friendly. If you find yourself in Dayville, CT stop in Zip's for a bite to eat! read more

Amazing delicious food and friendly, courteous wait staff. We ordered the chicken tenders, fries, pasta, country fried steak, scrambled eggs, home fries and mash potatoes with gravy. We will definitely be back! read more

The food was good. Friendly waitress. Not so clean place. I sat in a corner booth with my 4 grandkids. The seat moved and my granddaughter says EWWW. I asked her what was wrong and she said look at all the food behind the seat. There was Alot. When I pointed it out to waitress she said " you wouldn't believe what falls behind there " read more

Driving through Dayville on my daily commute from school had me feeling some sort of way. Looked up dinner food and I'm glad I stopped at Zips. Grabbed a normal BLT which was great and Onion Rings that were excellent. What sold me was the kindness from each staff member, greeted the moment I walked in, kind face ringing me up. Overall excellent experience and service. Will definitely be trying more items from this menu, fair prices on all food I looked at. Writing this review I can't stop stuffing my face with onion rings Thanks!! read more

Zips Diner - BLT & Onion Rings - Diners Near Me - Dayville, Connecticut

The food was okay and the service could have been better. Just a typical done with a tons of menu items.

I don't go out often but ZIPs is a solid choice. Never had a bad experience and the food isn't terribly priced. The service is always good too. read more

If I could leave zero stars, I would. After waiting nearly an hour for food, another customer at Zip's harassed and took compromising photos of my friend at lunch. Management told us to talk to this customer ourselves/deal with it ourselves, and then kicked us out when we were asked the woman to delete the photo. If you're a woman/person of color, DO NOT eat here. Management will do NOTHING to help you when you're being harassed. read more

I've been going there since I was a college kid at Uconn many, many year ago. It was wonderful then and it's wonderful now. Best breakfasts ever, expecially the corned beef hash. Great coffee and pies. And in the men's room...the most awesome urinal, big enough to float a battleship. Clean, friendly, warm, cozy...the absolute best and a reminder of how wonderful America used to be before the mentally ill took over the institutions. read more

I've been a fan of Zip's from back when their Neon "EAT" sign was the tallest sign off the highway. Now even though Dunkin Donuts and McDonald's have moved in with their bigger signs - Zip's is still my choice. It's a great classic diner, lovingly preserved from its shiny quilted chrome to the red vinyl stools at the counter. The menu is traditional comfort food soups, burgers, open-face sandwiches, meatloaf and great breakfast choices all at reasonable prices. For dessert there's an impressive selection of pies with lots of hot coffee to wash it down. Today I had a slice of coconut creme pie with coffee as I took in the whole Zip's atmosphere. As usual there was a great cross section of folks there for lunch - families with small kids, truckers, college kids, locals and a couple of nuns in a booth. Sometimes you just need to cozy up in a booth for some comfort food - and Zip's is just the place to do it! read more

Zips Diner - Diners Near Me - Dayville, Connecticut

As diners go, you're looking at one of the best around. We come from Worcester (arguablyk the home of the diner universe) and around us are like 15 within 5 miles. Breakfast all day, great choices for lunch, their club sandwiches are to die for. We love the sausage that comes with a well made breakfast; 2 eggs, toast, home fries and sausage is around $8. All items can be added a la cart. Ham instead of sausage no problem. French toast, home fries all are delicious. Usually we stop around lunchtime so can't speak to dinners. If you remember or want to experience a diner the way I remember them I strongly recommend programming your GPS to Dayville read more

Zip's is a good traditional diner. Good food, fast service. Breakfast is offered all day. Hot open turkey or pot roast dinners, the Zip's slam (breakfast), and the Italian wedding soup are our favorite things to order. read more

I just had the worst experience at this place today. We were a party of two and got seated pretty quickly but we've watched other people who came after us get helped first, get their food and actually finish eating meanwhile our order still has not arrived. When I finally asked our server what's going on she told me the food is coming so we waited some more. At this point it has been over an hour wait. The server comes back saying there was a mix up in the kitchen which was fine okay I can understand that but expressed that it's a bit frustrating especially that we're sitting under the sun (at this point). The server started to walk away muttering I don't have time for this. REALLY? TERRIBLE TERRIBLE SERVICE. I get that it's busy, the kitchen messed up...but to be treated so rudely after all that. I am never coming back. read more

Immediately greeted with a sign on the door informing you of a 4% surcharge on all menu items and a 4% discount for paying cash. Whatever, I don't mind paying a little more for a convenience of not having to carry cash. I just thought it a little strange that they don't just raise the prices on their menu and say, HEY! 4% discount for cash. Guy that greeted us, presumably the manager was nice, seemed friendly. Waitress was decent but seemed busy. The breakfasts we ordered were okay and came out pretty quickly. The coffee wasn't great, but sometimes you just need the caffeine so I choked down a cup and a half. Prices were a tad high for what you get, portion-wise. I wouldn't warn anyone away but I wouldn't recommend it, necessarily either. Overall, so-so. read more

Stopped in after driving back from conference in Wooster. Exactly what I expected and wanted. Pretty darn good diner food in a cozy restaurant. Fast efficient service and friendly waitresses. I got the BLT and I really thought it was very good. The food came out ridiculously fast like in less that 10 minutes. I wish it was closer to where I live because I would stop in there to get a sandwich or breakfast often. Nonetheless I definitely will stop if I am driving up that way again. I deducted one star because it is a bit run down inside. read more

Good food, amazing staff. They were great with my young son. We loved ordering several items to share.

Just heard about Zips today and thought we would try it. Good diner fare. Portions were good and the food tasty. Staff is very friendly. Classic diner building. Had to wait but only a few minutes. I'd definitely come here again! read more

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Loved it. Cute little diner. Great service and food. Husband had chicken fried steak and I had hash and eggs. Kids had pancakes and an egg sandwich. All cooked to perfection. Would definitely return if we come through this area again. read more

Zips Diner - Diners Near Me - Dayville, Connecticut

I enjoy coming to Zip's Diner! Everyone is so nice and friendly. The owner of Zip's is especially nice. I have gotten the chicken sandwich. I also have gotten other things to eat. read more

It's a great diner. Fast friendly waitresses. Hot diner food. We've been regular customers for 13 years Its well run. . No surprises. Owner donates to local charities. We are lucky to have this gem in our community read more

Filthy, locals swear by it but, that's because their eyes are blurry from nostalgia and there's no where else.(unless you want a chain)If you're not a local, drive 10 minutes North to Putnam or 15 minutes South to Plainfield where there are other small restaurants that don't think soap and water would ruin the ambiance. read more

I love this diner! The food is always wonderful and the service is great. Highly recommend.

Now I absolutely love a good cheap diner. But this place is a drag. A diner to me means food thats made in house, just good homecooked simple dishes. Clearly this is not the case here. I've been here a few times and everytime I was extremely disappointed. It just seems that everything I tried came from a can or bag or something. Everything is always extremely salty and that usually means one thing..preservatives...from a can. That's not homecooking to me. Ain't got no soul. Sorry Zips...you got great potential but get back to your roots in the kitchen. Your grandma would give u a licking with her spoon if she tasted the food going out of that kitchen. Service has always been excellent though...no complaints there. And also I must add I have never been here for breakfast so I can't accurately review that. read more

What a weird place. So many inconsistencies here. Its a cool old dining car and I like that they serve breakfast all day. My girlfriend had the hot turkey dinner and I had the chicken fried steak dinner. Both came with a salad or soup and choice of veggie for a reasonable price. The salads were both pretty good. My chicken fried steak arrived and I was surprised to get what I'm pretty sure was a house breaded steak. It was covered with a nice house made gravy and other than being a tad on the salty side it was excellent. Unfortunately the gravy was brown and I definitely prefer a white gravy on a CFS. I was pretty pleased (and surprised) to see a homemade gravy. Here is where it gets weird. They go through all that trouble and then serve me boxed mashed potatoes. Seriously, you're a restaurant. How hard is it to make mashed potatoes? It just shows massive indifference. It's not hard to do folks. You can even get a variety of potato you dont have to peel. Dont do this. The canned cranberry sauce (weird accompaniment to a CFS) and canned creamed corn were fine...kinda. My girlfriend had the hot turkey dinner. Fresh turkey with a mix of white and dark meat from a clearly house roasted bird. That must be a lot of work and the meat looked very good. Again, boxed mashed potatoes. Seriously this is just weird. You're gonna roast turkeys in house but cant make mashed potatoes? The turkey was served on top of a charred beyond belief house stuffing. Like blackened, crunchy and disgusting. She said it made everything on the plate taste burnt. Gross. She barely ate any of it. So you get two stars. There is a lot of promise in a place serving house roasted turkey and homemade gravy. The cool old dining car has a very authentic feel to it too. If you have cooks who care so little that they will put charred blackened stuffing on a customers plate and are too damn lazy to make a real mashed potato you arent gonna get much love here. So close, yet so far away. read more

lets start with the coffee, you can just barely drink it and I could not finish it YUK. I ordered my usual safe diner fair, two eggs scrambled, toast, home fries and sausage. toast cold and drenched in some sort of butter. a bit of a pet peeve of mine. why cant they just serve hot toast with the proper amount of butter? why does it have to wet, soggy and nasty? the eggs so. and the sausage frozen nast patty's cold and greasey. well at least I got the pleasure of listening to the waitresses talk about there problems. read more

My friends and I got harassed here and when we asked for the managers help she told us to deal w it ourselves, and then kicked us out

I had a meatloaf sandwich. It was simple and good but not as tasty as I would have liked. Good service. I will have to go back to try something else to see if their flavors are better than what I had. read more

Favorite go-to breakfast place! Service is quick and food is delicious. Classic retro diner. I always order the Zips Slam so I can have a little bit of everything! read more

I've been dating, betrothed to, and now married to a boy from this area for oh, 11 years now, and I only went to Zip's for the first time this weekend. As mentioned in other reviews, the giant "EAT" sign assured me this place would be 100% diner-tastic before I even set foot inside. And the promise of the sign was totally delivered - this the epitome of classic diner. It's a greasy spoon but definitely does not leave you smelling like bacon when you leave, which I was actually quite surprised by. My party of 5 sampled the BLT, tuna club, pot roast sandwich and some good old eggs and toast, fries, onion rings...you get it. And it was all great - no complaints here. Super friendly quick service too, and super cheap. read more

tried to check in here, so I wouldn't forget to review it, but the location on the map is really wrong, so I couldn't. This is a diner. It is everything you expect from a diner. It is the old veteran in a neighborhood that has been becoming more and more retail-laden. It manages to retain it's classic diner car feeling and authenticity with none of the forced cleanliness of the shopping and chain food establishments. The food is good, the coffee is good, the prices are good. As I said, it is a diner. read more

So this is three stars for a first visit, all though I am tempted to give it 4. But I will need to go back to confirm...just in case. Because I am kind of a diner guy and lots of locals from CT and RI know my passion, they pointed me here. One of the things I noticed while doing my pre-work (yes, because I take diners seriously...don't you?) was the Chicken Fried Steak. Coming from Texas, like BBQ, it is much a passion of ours. Most, if not all of the places I have eaten a CFS at outside of Texas use a frozen version. Then they usually slop brown gravy on it. So, given the reviews and personal prodding, we were off. Here is the deal: Daughter had foot long hotdog. According to her, it was the bestest ever. I had the CFS breakfast, (CFS, 2 eggs, toast and home-fries) Wife had Biscuits and sausage gravy So here is the run down. Biscuits and gravy. Gravy is made on site and is really good. The wife is a bit of a B&G snob and has not been really happy with the effort up here in New England. Southern women, go figure. Anyway, she thinks this is the best B&G around (north of the Mason Dixon). CFS. Well, it does start off frozen. But, as you can tell from other comments, it is slightly difficult to tell. I felt it was, all though I did like it, and confirmed with the staff. I will say, short of getting one hand made, this one was really good. Meat was nice and flavorful, the crust was crisp and it was covered in their sausage gravy (white with sausage). This is a little unusual but it works. Eggs were cooked to order and the rest was pretty good. To close it off, we have a strawberry short cake. This was fantastic. From where I am from, it is served on a sponge cake, this was on a sweet biscuit topped with nice whipped cream. Awesome (and worth the trip all by itself). We will be returning, mainly for the other two passions. 1st, the corned-beef hash. NE has this down, when it is made on sight. I did confirm that it is homemade and will be back to try. The wife wants the Turkey. They bake 2 fresh every day. I know there was mention of boxed potatoes, which I hate, but oddly enough, the wife likes them. Makes me wonder why I married her. LOL Also, the meatloaf sandwich comes highly recommended. read more

Service is great here! everyone who works here is extremely kind & quick service with a smile! Experience and atmosphere is wonderful! They are so patient and kind a worried bringing a group of small children and then children with special needs in such a small place everyone was beyond wonderful. That given... the quality of food was so-so.... the chicken was rubbery and bland. Everyone who ordered breakfast was more than pleased. read more