Santa Cruz Diner

Santa Cruz Diner is a diner Central Santa Cruz Santa Cruz located in United States.

7 / 10
225
ratings
  • Phone

    (831) 426-7151

  • Website

    santacruzdiner.com

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  • Type

    Diner

Address

909 Ocean St Santa Cruz , CA 95060 United States

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express)
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Happy Hour

Comments / 64


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Deana Hambly

Service, food ????, and the 50's atmosphere makes dining here amazing and it's been rated by Guy Fieri on his show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Rhonda Barket

Good diner food , fun atmosphere . The Pho is quite good, along with spring rolls . Daniel provided excellent service and made you feel welcome. Will definitely return.

Athonia Cappelli

Try the JUMBO #vegan hotdogs w/sauerkraut, jalapeño & tapatío ($4.79) on #meatlessmonday. That'll give you energy without being too filling for a day out on the water

Dee Cappelli

Vegan friendly but not dog friendly yet. Very busy on the weekends for breakfast through lunch . Get there early -- which is easy since they're open 24 hrs./day.

Ashtyn Karachristos

Perfect late night diner food for a cheap price. Make sure you split a plate of mozzarella sticks and come early for Waffles as they stop selling them after 11!

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Great staff . Except some late nights , a rude, sour, incomprehensible older lady who's kinda crappy- My only complaint. Almost everyone else: spectacular service & makes u smile They work hard, too!

Matt McGunagle

Phi only has rare steak , but still good. This place is ridiculously cheap and perfect for binge eating. Cappuccino milkshake blew my mind.

Sophie R.

Quality varies wildly depending on the dish, but the NY strip steak is reliably tasty (charred yet not overdone). Salmon salad is also good - salmon on top of a large salad bowl of iceberg lettuce!

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Best chicken fried steak & gravy . Some awesome chefs cook perfect food but other chefs & days not as much. Never was able to figure out when there. Its a lucky surprise sometimes! Always good tho!

Frank Rosado

Everything! Well , except the hash browns ???? I haven't had anything bad & they have a wide variety of food.

Barry Jenner

A great traditional diner with plenty of signs inside to get you smiling. Food and coffee was outstanding.

Athonia Cappelli

Vegan hot dog , tofu scramble & Vegan curry , pictured

Michi Brandt

French toast . Biscuits and gravy . Curly fries . Vegan options . they're all so delicious

Jamie O'Neill

Menu selection and price are off the charts good! Service rocks and food tastes great! Eating here all week!

Kymberly

Excellent food and service! I'll be stopping by everytime I'm in town for sure.

Dana Jene Macnab

Decent late night food when you're hungry. Great service. Definitely yummy.

Mike Nadelman

Great pot roast . Excellent clam chowder . Fast service .

nancy nancy

Love the food choices!! And the chocolate creme pie is awesome.

Monique Fujimoto

Nice local place. Pho had way too much star anise in broth. I can still taste it a day later.

Amie Valero

I loved the seafood fetuccine.

Dennis Walker

Try the California Omlette - Great omelette with bacon jack cheese and avocado .

Kilted

Be sure to have your order ready or the waitress will give you the cold shoulder and home dentistry would be more enjoyable than the service

Conrad Borba

We had great service. The food was good, especially the pho

Richard Singer

Great inexpensive meals...the Beef Pho is awesome

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Ramon

Not bad for lunch but their tastiest stuff is their breakfast and Asian food . Spring rolls are good and the pancakes are delicious...big too!

Jeremy Geiger

Interior very cool (like Buck's of Woodside). Avoid the Filipina waitress .

Morgan C.

Real early morning is great - quiet warm place for a cup in the morn!

Morgan C.

Wonderful Eggs Benedict & fantastic service - and open 24 hours !

Threedukes

Overpriced. 2.89 for diner coffee (compared to 2.25 for Starbucks of twice the size and quality) and +$3 for what amounts to freezer-packaged chicken apple sausage .

Ivan Barrera

Had a bomb veggie dog with grilled onions !

juan Alvarez

Steak are amazing good.

Marius Ciortea

Great dinner . Biscuit and gravy hit the spot.

nancy nancy

Great selelction of food.

Hiroyoshi Suzuki

24hrs ! Biggest menu option!

Silka Jewell

Try Death by Brownie , it takes a few people to eat it.

Dan Osorio

Try the Pho . Bet you can't finish the huge portion .

Erick M

Order the Pho . You won't be disappointed or hungry for a while.

Lexi Baker

I'd been looking forward to eating here for a loooong time. I ordered the potato pancakes which ended up being hash browns with green onions & parsley . That made me sad. The bathroom was filthy too.

Justen Perez

Food is pretty good but the ceiling fan broke while we were eating. Beware of hot weather.

Jack L. Sammons

Breakfast as it was meant to be

Verena

The Santa Cruz Diner was featured on Diners, Dives & Drive-ins.

Olivier Amar

The food looks great, the waitress is sweet, but the service is soooo slow. The place isn't even half full and I've been waiting on a burger for over 15 minutes...

Yurie Goto

Waffles are available 6am-11pm ;-)

Nori Herras

Best CornedBeef Hash !

Verena

There are Trivial Pursuit cards are on every table.

Greg Rose

Try the Chicken Crepe

Sarah

A tip: Don't go here. Inflated prices for mediocre food at best. Unless you're super drunk or stoned, then anything here will taste spectacular.

Phofi Cortez

Super random food but not too shabby

Tim Imbrie

Get the chocolate chip panckakes

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