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5 & Diner
Categories: Food Desserts Restaurants American (Traditional) Desserts, American (Traditional) [Edit]
9069 E Indian Bend RdScottsdale, AZ 85250
(480) 949-1957
- 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
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
About This Business:
We offer Scottsdale's premium frozen yogurt, fresh fruits and 60 other delicious toppings. New to the menu is our Belgium Waffle Breakfast Bar. Fresh… read more »
30 reviews for 5 & Diner
Review Highlights
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"They have the most amazing shakes ever." In 6 reviews -
"They have mini juke boxes on the tables." In 3 reviews
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"...two egg cheese- veggie omelet with hash browns works for me." In 4 reviews
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30 reviews in English
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Review from Todd G.
Crystal Lake, IL
2/18/2012
Ok we made a reservation after hanging out across the street to check out the cars at McD's Rock N Roll Care show.
5 & Diner totally surprised us.
The Black bean burger was AMAZING.... (we are vegetarian) and OMG way good!
Everything was perfect.... oh and by the way the Shakes were A+. I had the Cherry Coke which they make and again .... WOW!.
Now for the rest of you.... (non-vegheads). Your in for a good meal as well. Everyone in our party who had the burgers were very happy.
great atmosphere.. great food. Ya gotta go! -
Review from Georgie M.
Scottsdale, AZ
As I wrote in my Tip, 5 & Diner is a really fun trip down Memory Lane!
It is also important to remember that diners were never known for gourmet food, nor as a hangout for Foodies. What they did instead was make hardy, rib sticking stuff -- and here the 5 & Diner excels.
Last night we had the Meatloaf dinner for $6.99, and Southwest Burger for $9.29. We washed it down with an Ice Tea for $1.99 and a Malt for $4.99. This all came to $25.61, before tip. The service was good and we felt that it offered good value and a nice change of pace.
Yes, the meatloaf was somewhat bland and it was overwhelmed by the brown gravy. But, it was good. The burger was tasty with a nice slice of roasted Poblano pepper on top. A nice touch. It also came with a spicy Mayo dressing that causes the burger to slip off the bun and makes it very hard to eat without a knife and folk. So here's a good safety tip -- don't sit too close to the table and wear a napkin! LOL
Will you be confused with 5 & Diner and think that you're eating at Elements? No. Chef Beau MacMillan can rest easy. But 5 & Diner offers good diner food and is a great place for Shakes or Malts.
Enjoy the 5 & Diner, along with the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons music! -
Review from Kristine M.
Scottsdale, AZ
5/6/2012 1 Check-in Here
Great alternative if your tired of chili's-like restaurants. Burgers here are very good and a great selection of really tasty shakes!
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Review from Caitlin C.
Scottsdale, AZ
10/22/2011
The food was really delicious! Compliments to the chef! I loved the chocolate malt! :)
The atmosphere really reflected the 1950's. I love how there are hula-hoops in the front; so fun! The staff was very friendly. Our waitress was super nice.
I would recommend to a friend! :) -
Review from Priscila M.
Poway, CA
10/20/2011
Stopped there for breakfast on a Monday morning while my husband and I waited for the tires on the truck to be changed next door.
We LOVED the atmosphere and the folks working there. They were friendly and prompt in serving us and following up to ensure everything was ok.
The food was great, but not excellent.
They have tiny little jukeboxes on the tables, but we lost a quarter on ours thinking that it worked. Well, it took the coin and allowed for selection, but our songs never came on...
Overall, a great experience. -
Review from J D.
Phoenix, AZ
Was in the mood for breakfast at lunchtime, so I dropped by this location. I was able to find a table pretty quickly. I had my mind made up on what I wanted.....a Veggie Omelet (Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Bell Peppers, Onions) w/Sourdough Toast and Hash Browns.
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The food came out fast and I was surprised to see large slices of Tomatoes on top of the Omelet instead of chopped up inside.....this was the first time I've ever had a Veggie Omelet like that.....turns out I like it this way! The Omelet was cooked well, not runny....which is a good thing. The only thing I didn't like about the Omelet was the Mushrooms....they were definitely canned and not cut fresh...other than that, it was a solid Omelet.
The Hash Browns were OK, and the Sourdough Toast was very good....should have asked for it dry, but forgot to do that. I like my Toast dry.
Overall, it was a nice breakfast during lunch.
Return Factor - 70%Listed in: Breakfast Joynts
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Review from Lucas C.
Mesa, AZ
1/8/2012 1 Check-in Here
Music always a favorite of mine and Danyell was the perfect server.
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Review from Scott D.
1/26/2011
I had The Mrs. Cleaver Pot Roast. And I must say if Ward, Wally and the Beav had to eat that shit every night the Cleaver's would have been the first divorced couple on TV.
The Pot Roast was smothered in gravy and tasted awful. This was a one bite episode then ask for the check and leave type of experience. -
Review from Allen S.
Paradise Valley, AZ
12/1/2011
My favorite lunch place for lunch on the patio with the dogs. Staff is always pleasant and so are the customers. After our oldest boy died we received good wishes from all the staff at 5 & Diner. That was very nice.
Good food, great malts.
Any place that serves good food and lets me bring my dogs gets my business! -
Review from Vern G.
10/26/2010 1 Check-in Here
I usually enjoy 5 & Diner, and have never had anything but at least "good", if not "great" service.
This 5 & Diner changed that.
The service wasn't "bad", but it definitely wasn't what I'd call "good".
The waiter seemed put out to wait on us.
I will return to 5 & Diner, but not likely to this location.Listed in: Restaurants, Scottsdale
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Review from Stew K.
Phoenix, AZ
3/6/2011
Great Burgers and sandwiches! Awesome deserts too and KILLER milk shakes still served in the tin.
The service is fast and ALL the food I have eaten there is wonderfully prepared. Honestly, you can split almost everything on the menu between two people!
The service was wonderful. Everyone was right on top of things.
I would stop there and have lunch ant tim, any day. -
Review from Minerva N.
Sierra Vista, AZ
3/25/2011
The place was packed on a Saturday nite so we had a short 10 minute wait. Not too bad. I asked for a burger. Just a plain burger, no cheese, with lettuce and tomato. Onion rings on the side. The waiter suggested I try this special sauce so I did. My daughter had a pastrami sandwich and a strawberry shake. Our meals came about 20 minutes later. The waiter filled our water glasses regularly but I think that was because it gave him a chance to talk to the cute young girls at the table next to us. So he'd fill our glasses quickly, then turn around and talk to the girls next door for a few minutes. I think he was trying to ask one of them out.
My burger was a little dry and the sauce was a weird color. It was ok but nothing special. The onion rings tasted like they were freshly made tho. My daughter really liked her pastrami sandwich. The strawberry shake was pretty good too.
Noise level was energetic and the burger was nothing special. I could come here again and try something different, or come for lunch instead of dinner. But there are so many great places to get even better burgers around town that I likely won't be back. -
Review from Tim S.
7/23/2010
Had an awesome time here at breakfast.
Its an old school diner. Juke boxes at the table and everything!
We got the breakfast special which was 3 pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 bacon and hash browns. It was only $3.99! I got a heath bar shake and my buddy got coffee. The heath bar shake was awesome! They hook it up too by that they give you the shake, plus the leftovers in the metal shake container. So its like 2 shakes in one. It was kind of hard to suck through the straw because they put sooooooo much heath bar in there but I wasn't complaining......I love heath bars!
The service was awesome and our waiter was really nice! Cool vibe, good food and low prices make this one of the best diners I have ever been in!Listed in: Arizona
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Review from Amber A.
Phoenix, AZ
9/17/2011
I found the service a bit slow in bringing the check and running my card, but that is my only bad complaint. This is a kid-friendly place to eat and they have a lot of good choices for everyone. I am addicted to the albacore tuna melt; however, my niece's sourdough french toast looked really good too. Also, the root beer floats were delicious. Also, our server was super-nice.
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Review from josh p.
Chandler, AZ
9/22/2009
We walked out. Never got to eat. The waiter was to busy hitting on the 15 year old girls sitting behind us then come up and take our order. We waited a good 15 minutes and no love.
Not to mention, the food looked over priced for what is was. -
Review from Heather C.
Scottsdale, AZ
5/24/2008
Typical fun 50's diner atmosphere but good food nonetheless. Tried their deep dish apple pie tonight. Made like a pot pie with puffed pastry!!!! Sinfully delicious. Boo to Rhonda J for pointing out they have a website with nutritional info. I checked it out and ain't nuthin' nutritional about it. But boo to me for being so foolish as to look--especially AFTER I've eaten.
Makes me wonder...will there be 90's style diners someday. Maybe internet cafes where kids are amazed we used to have to go places to use the internet and they are horrified at how big serving sizes were "back then." -
Review from Jacqueline H.
Scottsdale, AZ
5/31/2009
"The last Stop before The 60s," And My first stop when I am craving chicken pot pie and cherry coke. Whenever I come here, I can't help feeling like I am in "back to the future II" and mc fly is going to walk in the front door at any moment. The diner is something you would see on a 50s movie set. Checkerboard floors, old movie posters and portraits of classic movie stars, fire engine red vinyl booths, mini juke boxes on the tables, and the big bopper blaring from the overhead speakers. You are transported back to a time when a gallon of gas cost $.18c , and life seemed...well, cheaper.
There is a reason why ZAGAT has awarded 5&Diner "top family restaurant," for its fun and child friendly atmosphere - as well as winning accolades from AOL City Guide, The Rep, Phoenix Magazine, and New Times for "best cheap eats, breakfast, best diner, hamburger, and best late night dining"
This particular location is only open until 11p, but there are other valley locations such as the 16th street diner that are open for 24 hours, and I have been there on numerous occasions with the after-bar crowd to feast on one of their 12 signature burgers such as the "Blue Moon Burger"
Shakes, malts, chocolate sodas, pies, burgers, and fries...you know what to expect from a diner, and you will get it! -
Review from Michael C.
Scottsdale, AZ
4/18/2008 2 Check-ins Here
Pickle Chips! What the hell?
...and man are they good, I had never even heard of them before -- deep fried pickle chips served with ranch dressing... Yum!
My girls really like it here - so we tend to visit about once a month. The food is good overall, though sometimes the service can be a little slow... The atmosphere is cheesy and perfect for kids. -
Review from Fred S.
1/10/2010
Great little diner, with food for all ages. First stopped there several months ago while out shopping. . It really reminds me of some of the diners of my youth. Had a great lunch, and the prices were not bad. Several months is a long time ago when you are my age, so I really don't remember what we had, but I do remember it was good, and the price was reasonable.
Then my golfing buddies and I were driving by, and looking for a place for breakfast, and we stopped. The had Senior prices (which my buddies qualified for) and they were hooked. The breakfast was good, and of course, I tested everbody's plates. The only thing that I thought was below par was the sausage. Bacon, pancakes, waffles and eggs were great, and the service was excellent.
One of the things I look for at breakfast is potatoes - hash browns, potatoes O'Brien, whatever. I was disappointed here as they only had frozen hash browns, and the gravy they had was not even average. This cost it 2 stars in my opinion, as one of the things that makes a diner a "diner" are great potatoes, no matter how they are cooked.
I should say though that on the last day my buddies were here, they wanted to go back to the diner for breakfast, and this was over several places that had better yelp ratings. And they bring it up every time I talk with them, so maybe I should have rated it a little higher. -
Review from Doug T.
Scottsdale, AZ
10/25/2008 2 Check-ins Here
If you like oldies like "Over and Over Again", try the patio mid-morning. The view of Micky D and Best Buy plus Indian Bend Road noise isn't the greatest but a scattering of tall palm trees make the setting somewhat attractive when you scan upward. What is missing, of course, is the beach.
The two egg cheese- veggie omelet with hash browns works for me. For toast I highly recommend rye for its thickness and extra seeds. -
Review from Maria J.
Seattle, WA
11/18/2008
I love 5 & Diner's Grilled Cheese Sammich. Whe I was pregnant 3 yrs ago, that was my craving and I drove down to get it along with a FREE Rootbeear Float. Lee (the owner) is the nicest most sincere person I've ever met. Lee has a stork card for pregnant woman to get free shakes all you have to do is show up pregnant and present the card or your husband can show the card and bring you the shake home.
The food here is very good and service is pretty quick. If you can sit outdoors I sure would. They have misters outdoors and the street watching is alright. That is the 1 thing I miss about living in AZ is the heat during the winter and fall, summer I don't miss at all.
If you come with children they have a kids menu and a gumball machine. If your child wins a gumball with the free milkshake stamp on it, all the better. Usually on the weekend evenings a person dressed like a clown walks around the restaurant making balloon animals all you have to do is tip him/and or her.
5 & Diner is located off Indian Bend Road in the shopping center where Taco Bell and Toys R Us is located and directly across the street from Home Depot and Best Buy off the Loop 101 Indian Bend Exit.
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Review from Alex F.
3/27/2010
Loved it.
We passed by the diner while on a family vacation in Scottsdale and once we got hungry for dinner, I pulled up Yelp and checked the reviews. If anything, I'd say it is underrated. Obviously it isn't fine dining but for what it is, and considering the prices, it was excellent!
$3.49 for a kid's plate of meatloaf, (really buttery) mashed potatoes, gravy, and nice fresh veg. How could someone below say it is overpriced? Ridiculous.
My wife and I both had patty melts and it was the best one I can remember. Good rye bread, sauteed onions, a slice of cheese and FRESH ground beef. The waitress asked how I wanted mine cooked... I was a bit surprised but she said they grind all the beef. So I ordered mine medium and it was spot on.
Sitting outside is pretty drab as you have a view of the street and strip malls but inside it is a different world. If you're looking for a good, classic, inexpensive meal in a kid's friendly environment, you probably won't find better than 5 & Diner. -
Review from Oscar the Death Cat B.
Chicago, IL
1/18/2011
As diners go, the service and food were fairly average, there was very little to distinguish 5 & Diner from the Denny's across the street, aside from its 50s-themed decor. We had heard that kids loved this place, but the only comment our kids had was "why does everything look so old here?" I'm not quite sure whether they were talking about the decor or the clientele (lots of elderly, some kids, very little in-between). They did like the paper hats and the hulu-hoop rack outside though.
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Review from John M.
Westland, MI
6/12/2011
If you have been to a 5 and Diner then you know what it is all about. Chain 50s menu. Pretty crowded the food isn't bad.
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Review from Ray C.
Phoenix, AZ
5/25/2011 8 Check-ins Here
Love Bfast at this place! Prices are OK not cheap but what is anymore?
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Review from Kyle A.
Tempe, AZ
4/9/2011
Service was very friendly. Food was good and for a great price
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Review from Youri L.
9/15/2010
Usually go to the Pavilions on the weekend to have Sweet Tomatoes or for a quick Taco Bell run but my sister and dad were in town and my dad didn't want either one so we went for some good ol' burgers.
This place doesn't disappoint. Not only did I like the real retro feel that wasn't overly kitsch but the food is good. Sister and dad had a cheeseburger and for whatever reason I decided I was really hungry and to go for the The Big Bopper Burger (double decker burger with melted american cheese and Kenny's special sauce). Wow. I have eaten a lot of burgers but this thing was about 3x the size of any double cheeseburger I've ever had. There was almost too much burger to be honest (actually it was TOO much) but for those who can stomach that challenge, take it on. I'll stick to the regular cheeseburger next time.
That didn't deter me from continuing my calorie splurge and so I decided to cleanse my palate with a vanilla shake. It was easily one if not the best shake I've ever had. Delicious indeed.
A little bonus was that the mini jukeboxes on the tables did work, which is nice.
The service was a tad slow at times, maybe this may be due to the young crew at hand. Everyone was enjoying themselves and though I was somewhat disgusted by the amount of meat I had just ordered, I can only blame myself. Definitely a place to I'll go back to. -
Review from Rhonda J.
Scottsdale, AZ
3/16/2007
Sure the place is a giant gimmick, but its a fun gimmick and for what it is they do it well enough. The food is what you would expect from a diner and it really isn't bad at all. My boyfriend loves the shakes, I can't do much ice cream so I haven't had one. On certain days of the week they have awesome deals for kid's meals. One other thing that impressed me about 5 & Diner was found on their website. First they have all of their nutritional information available, but even more impressive is they have a menu for Gluten free choices as well as Lactose free choices. Very cool in my opinion.
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Review from w w.
Scottsdale, AZ
2/15/2007
I like 5 & Diner for a few reasons.
1). They give us kids an idea of what a 50's diner was like.
2). They serve up a mean grilled cheese and fries.
3). They have mini juke boxes on the tables.
4). They have the most amazing shakes ever.
That's all I've got, but it's enough for me. -
Review from Kathleen S.
Scottsdale, AZ
4/4/2010
I loved this place it was so cute. We went here for brunch today and we sat out on the patio through another reviewer's suggestion. The waitress we had was wonderful and very attentive. Even though I do not have a dog I loved how it was a dog friendly patio, and they even bring water and treats for your treasured pups! The coffee was good, and I had a strawberry waffle and my husband had scrambled eggs with cheese, toast, and fried potatoes. The music was also cool as we are both fans of the 50's. I will come back here again as it was very reasonably priced.
