Winchester Diner

Winchester Diner fell off our A list. Of all days they should have had their A game, because of Fathers Day, they screwed up. We went there with a party of seven, including two small children. Even before we were seated, we were told they were short staff, which I greatly appreciated. I am more sympathetic for any delay when they are upfront with their problems. However, a restaurant should never seat more than you can properly serve. If you wait too long to be seated, you have the right to leave, no harm, no foul. If you are seated, the clock starts ticking and you should be served normally.

Our waitress was anything but attentive or even acknowledged our existence. Took over twenty minutes to take our order and even more time to get our food. We over heard our waitress complaining she had only received eleven dollars in tip so far this morning as we waited for her to take our order. We later heard another person scolding the manager over the slow and poor performance. Our food came out barely warm, and my son-in-law hardly ate a thing because he said his was too cold and bland. All that and the receptionist only took off a$4.26 on a bill over $42 dollars. Given the fact of the food was cold and to some in our party inedible, the discount seem to be a joke. To that waitress, she would have doubled her tip tally from our bill alone had she been a little more attentive, delivered the food hot and had not rolled her eyes when we mention how long we waited. She got zero from us. Not even the customary dime to show poor performance.

Our family ate at the Winchester Diner for the first time tonight. We had heard mixed reviews, but decided to give it a try. It was a good decision. We were seated right away and a server came over within minutes to take our drink order. The drinks came out fairly quickly and we ordered our appetizer and entrees. We got the Disco Fries to share and they came out quickly and were hot and smothered with gravy. Yum.

Three out of the 4 of us in our party got breakfast for dinner and everything was very good except for the home fries. None of us were very fond of them. However, all the other food was yummy and there was plenty of it. Between the 3 of us we tried eggs, bacon, corned beef hash, sausage, toast, English muffin and blueberry pancakes. There wasn't much left when we were done.

My son ordered a burger and fries off the adult menu and it was a good size for him. Often we don't like getting him an adult burger because they can be huge at many restaurants. This one was a nice size and he was very happy with it.

We didn't get dessert because we were all satisfied at that point, but we did see some good looking cakes and pies in the case on the way out.

Our server was very friendly and the hostess was also walking through the dining room to see if diners needed drink refills. All in all, we had a very nice dinner for a good price. We'll be back.