The Hawthorne Diner

Went here on 7/13/2023 with a friend… ordered buffalo wings.. when the wings arrive they look nice hot and fresh when I bit into one of the chicken wings the inside was freezing, cold and under cooked. The wings was sent back and instead of making a new fresh order the same wings was placed in the microwave warmed up and served to us again. They didn’t even re add the buffalo sauce. I then ordered a burger which was bland and tasteless frozen patty stale over cooked bun with lettuce that had to be there over a week.. very nasty bad first Impression don’t go here

Wanted somewhere to have Mother’s Day brunch, so we visited this restaurant. Staff was excellent and the food was beyond good ??Our waitress laughed, she was so impressed that we finished our meal because it looked so much.. Definitely going back !!!!!

Hot food needs to be hotter. How is it possible that steam comes off the plate and yet food is room temperature? Perfect example, the chicken margherita has steam coming off of the plate but the mozzarella, chicken, linguini, pesto and roasted pepper are room temperature. This has also been the case with omelets, home fries and corn beef hash. Most of the wait staff are great. However, when I asked to bring my dinner back to the kitchen because it wasn't hot enough, I was told the food was hot and it wasn't brought to the kitchen to make it hotter. We now only go either Thursday or Friday nights because Michelle is the best and makes sure our food is piping hot and steamy.

I wanted to love this place, it's cute and close to my home. I've always been disappointed though. The menu is great but food is always bland. I've tried it 3x in person, service is hit or miss but polite. Today was through GrubHub and the last time. I ordered fried tilapia with mashed potatoes and corn and it came with a soup, I specified French onion. I got bland chicken noodle soup with 2 plain thin fried strips of fish and soggy fries for $21. Never again.

They did not disappoint me. I ordered breakfast this morning. grilled chicken omelette with mushrooms, avocado and spinach. I asked to not include cheese and they did not add cheese which was great. I asked for ketchup with my home fries and they put it on the home fries instead of giving me packs of ketchup which is great because some restaurants just throw catch up packs in your bag which i dislike instead of putting it on your home fries. I ordered a side of grits they were not too stiff and not too soupy and the platter came with wheat toast. food was good. it was delivered with grubhub and i have no complaints!. this will be my go to diner when I want to order breakfast from home : oh the toast was not toasted too hard or too soft it was perfect!. excuse the quality of my camera lol.