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5 & Diner
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
14 reviews for 5 & Diner
14 reviews in English
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Review from Curtis M.
Peoria, AZ
2/10/2012 1 Check-in Here
Ordered the chicken fried steak with a cup of clam chowder. The food was quite good though the steamed vegetables were a little bland. Service was good and the waitress was polite. The big problem was the long wait (Friday night in a busy area so expected).
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Review from Jeff C.
Surprise, AZ
5/1/2012
Cute reminiscent "diner "with an unfortunate corporate feel. The food is good enough for what it is. Cutesy 3/4 attempt at a 50's diner. Not much else to say
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Review from Laura R.
Glendale, AZ
2/16/2012
Food was alright, nothing special, a bit bland. The water tasted so bad though, bad enough that you could still taste it through iced tea or tap water, do they not have a filter!?
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Review from Winnifred C.
Glendale, AZ
9/27/2011
I was generous with 2 stars because it was clean and the employees are very nice and attentive.
The coffee was luke warm and the cheesecake was rubbery and had freezer burn.
We left after 2 bites. -
Review from Joan K.
Glendale, AZ
9/29/2011
If I could give a half star, I would and that would be ONLY because our waitress, Phoenicia, was really sweet and tried to make things better.
It started out pretty good, we walked in at 8 pm and so it was Happy hour and you get $2 of per shake, so my husband ordered a Strawberry Shake. That came out fairly quickly and it was very good. Then we ordered, my husband ordered a cup of chili, the meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy, I ordered the pineapple teriyaki burger, I asked that it be made the same way as the menu stated, no extra items such as lettuce, tomato or onion. I went with the seasoned fries.
The chili came out and though good, my husband said it was quite spicy, which he wasn't expecting from a diner style restaurant. And then we waited, it seemed to take a really long time for our meals to come out.
When they did it all went downhill from there. The meatloaf was funny tasting and drenched in a really odd tasting gravy, and the potatoes tasted like maybe they were really old...several days old maybe? We sent the meal back as inedible. My burger had to be cleaned off of lettuce and onion and in the process the mayo kind of disappeared. It was ok, but every few bites I kept thinking did they use rancid butter to toast the bun? It was not real tasty but we were starving, so we shared that. The french fries were cold and had NO SEASONING.
I've been to many 5 & Diners in the valley, I will NOT be returning to this one. We also nearly froze to death and the music that was playing was very boring and unrecognizable, we were born in the 50's I would have thought there would have been something we knew.
I wouldn't waste my money on this one, ever again. -
Review from Tony S.
El Mirage, AZ
7/26/2011 1 Check-in Here
Yeah. Uhhh, well, where do I start? How about this, the bottom line, maybe this place just was not for me. I had a craving for meatloaf and honestly I am not sure what I was served, but it was not good. Their meatloaf is basically two slices of institutional meat with a cup of gravy poured over it. The sides were not much better but I cannot even remember what they were at this point.
My kid ordered the Bratwurst dog, and it was not even served with kraut so left him kind of annoyed as well.
Not sure I will be trying here again, but I guess I was not even sure about trying them in the first place. -
Review from Cin H.
Peoria, AZ
12/2/2011 1 Check-in Here
I've been here a couple of times and I was kind of disappointed over the burgers. Some of them are good and others are not. One thing you can't go wrong on though is their milk shakes! The milk shakes are why we keep going back.
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Review from Mike L.
Alta Loma, CA
12/30/2010
On our way to Grandma's house and find this on the way.
Very classic diner look and feel. Waitress was really nice also.
I ordered a green chile burger with onion rings and a root beer shake.
When the burger came out and the smell of the green chile, almost heaven. The burger overall was good but didnt blow me away. The onion rings where good also but samething, nothing great. The thing i liked the most about the onion rings was the coating. My complaint about them was that you couldnt bite thru the onion without pulling the whole thing out, which ruins it for me.
The shake was great.
I would go back here. There was a lot of different burgers i would try. -
Review from Marty F.
Glendale, AZ
2/22/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Oh how I miss my 5& Diner on Ray & I-10.. that was my home away from home for breakfast.
We decided to try this location and while it looks just like the one on Ray, it's nothing like it. Sure the insides are the same; they even have some of the same looking staff. The food is even good, but it didnt have that same feel I was used to.
Forgot the waitress' name, but when I looked at the menu, I noticed my favorite thing was missing.. the breakfast skillets. :( They said that all locations were privately owned (Iknew that) and they didnt have those.
I ordered the french toast combo and it was ok... Nothing like the location on Ray. They used different styles of french toast and made it an art form.
Will I go back here? Sure.. but it wont be my first choice... -
Review from Marie R.
Peoria, AZ
2/28/2010
This place is a solid 3 stars. Not that it's bad, just not going to set the world on fire with quality. It's consistent though. Huge burgers. Quality sides like the onion rings, loaded waffle fries and cheese and chili fries. Tasty ranch to put on anything, but it doesn't really need it.
EXCELLENT SHAKES AND MALTS! The real thing. Bring your kids here so they grow up knowing the difference between a real shake or malt and what Mcdonalds and Jack in the box serve. Open pretty late too and they have outside or inside seating. My hubby and I love going in the evening and swinging to the music they play. Oldies but goodies all the way around. -
Review from Scott W.
2/14/2010 1 photo
Went for an early Saturday morning breakfast. Even at 6:30 it was fairly busy with about a dozen cars in the lot and several booths filled inside. Interestingly, the following week when I stopped by to take a picture about the same time there was not one car in the lot.
I felt the booth seats were too close to the table as opposed to too far away like Black Bear. I guess that is why I usually ask for a table as I seem to be more comfortable. I was greeted and seated right away. In general the service was good right up until I was ready to pay and leave and had trouble flagging my waiter down and then got thrown off a bit by the waiter also being a mobile cashier so I had to sit back down and wait for him to get within range again.
I ordered a Jim's special, a egg scramble with ground beef, onions, mushrooms and I think peppers. This sounded on paper like a dish that had potential for some flavor. Not one thing in the dish stood out. If I were cooking that dish it would have been cooked in butter which would have helped but none of the ingredients were that tasty on their own. It was certainly ok though. -
Review from Ruben R.
Avondale, AZ
7/27/2011 1 Check-in Here
Good food!!!
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Review from Brooke W.
LADERA RANCH, CA
7/25/2011 1 Check-in Here
Great little diner with a retro 50's flare. Good food!
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Review from Mary L.
Peoria, AZ
7/3/2010
We dine here often, and are NEVER disappointed in the food. Their breakfasts are hands down the best of any neighboring typical breakfast place. Their burgers are fresh, juicy & made to order, fries, onion rings, always generous portions. The servers are all very good, fast, attentive and friendly. Over the years we've eaten probably most items on the menu, we've never walked out hungry or dissatisfied. Would HIGHLY recommend this place.
