Austin House Diner

I have seen some bad reviews. Yes is it a little overpriced. I usually order breakfast. You go to most stores in Forest Hills the white part of the egg is going to look Brown. But over here it's always white seems like they do a good job cleaning after they cook every meal. Plus when I asked for extra crispy bacon it is always on point. I think some of these people giving bad reviews probably just have bad lives this Diner is excellent at least for takeout. They're good at following instructions especially the man that takes my order

This place is in such a nice area of Queens, small diner, I went here for breakfast and the food and service were amazing. The waitress would come by every few minutes asking if we needed anything, refilling coffee etc. Our breakfast was great, the waitress got everyone's orders exactly how they wanted, from extra crispy bacon, to eggs over medium, something that isn't always the case in some of the other busy diners I usually go to. The prices are very fair compared to other diners in the Queens area, I would say one of the cheapest I've seen, and I'm talking about REAL DINERS , not coffee shops, this is a REAL diner. I was overall very pleased with the food the service I got and the atmosphere I got with this place.

Service attentive, clean and quiet (Tuesday lunchtime). Food not so great. It’s old school. Like when restaurants did not make much from scratch and bought premade coleslaw, frozen fries and burger patties and factory meat (pic included of ‘chicken gyro’). Eggs and french toast were better as those were made from scratch. Fine if that’s your speed but not for me.

I've read a lot of bad reviews for this place but that was after I stopped in for dinner. The interior of this place is definitely dated and in need of a renovation. Old diners like this are either cool and retro or not so cool and kind of dirty. This one had a dirty vibe. (The bathroom is gross) The salt and pepper shaker on my table looked like it hadn't been cleaned since the 70s. My server was fine, but she was not the friendliest person. She spoke very little ... just took my order and disappeared for a good half hour. Ironically she was the one that told me the place closes at 7:30 when I walked in at 6:30. I thought — who cares, I have plenty of time. Little did I know my order wasn't going to come out for 30 minutes! It felt like I was sitting there forever. I finished my water and then asked for a drink when she finally came back 30 minutes later. The diner was NOT busy. Maybe 3 other tables had guests. I ordered comfort food — chopped steak with mashed potatoes and corn. It was a large portion and it was good. The mashed potatoes and gravy had an odd color but everything was tasty. It was the vibe of the place that put me off. A man came in at one point with the food that he had picked up earlier, screaming about how it was undercooked. The owner took the food out of the container and handed it back to the cook. I'm not even sure what it was. It was just so off putting, especially NOW after reading so many reviews about that kind of thing. I worried later, about whether I would have a stomach ache "later" and I did not. So overall, my food was very good, the service and atmosphere was odd. I wouldn't go back as I would try somewhere else on Austin Street ... and there were tons of places!

I got a tuna salad sandwich. The tuna was just okay. The coleslaw that came with it was inedible. The coffee was good. It was a lunch special and they added $2 on to the bill because I got tomatoes on the sandwich.