The Breakfast Club

Reviews

• Paula L.

  star star star star star_border 5 June 2026

  The place has a very cool 80s vibe. The staff is pleasant and the menu is clever. Tthere's definitely a lot of interesting options. My daughter got the "Deans Office" which is a bagel it's lox & cream cheese, onions and capers. the ingredients-are on the plate and you put it together.  
  
  I got the short rib shashuka which was pretty interesting & good.
  
  We are spoiled because bagels outside NY are not impressive at all. My daughter didn't like that she had to assemble the sandwich. It tasted good, but not anything special.
  
  The fresh squeezed orange juice was awesome!
  
  We enjoyed it and if we were in that area again, we would definitely go back.

• Corinne M.

  star star star star star 5 June 2026

  This place is very unassuming from the street, and I hadn't considered stopping here, but I was walking by and this awesome grilled butter smell and I had to stop. It was well worth the stop.
  
  I went simple - grilled plain bagel with cream cheese and a coffee. Coffee was great - it wasn't the standard "pinch your nose and choke it down coffee" I expect at a diner, so that was a very pleasant surprise! Bagel was perfectly crispy and buttery, and the cream cheese had been whipped so it was easy to spread, which is appreciated. I sat at the bar and watched the cook make all sorts of delicious looking breakfasts - regular and egg-white omlettes, pancakes (with various mix-ins), bacon/sausage, home fries, all the standard diner fare - I wanted to eat it all!
  
  Very friendly staff, lots of bar/stool seating as well as booths. The place is clean and is bigger on the inside than you think when looking at it from the street (it's like the TARDIS of diners!).
  
  I'll definitely be coming back to try more of the menu, and would highly recommend it to anyone.

• Sharlene R.

  star star star star_border star_border 26 May 2026

  There were 3 of us for breakfast at this apparently very popular diner yesterday.  The place was close to full at 10:30 kn a Friday morning! The diner car is augmented with a lower level filled with booths ample enough to comfortably accommodate 6. Tables are marble and quite attractive. A turn-off for me was that knives and forks are clumped into aluminum holders and open on the table (how many grubby fingers might have touched that flatware before me?!). I would prefer the flatware be brought by the server and, ideally, it would be wrapped.
  
  We each ordered coffee. The creamer was in a metal bucket on the table (warm) and we had to ask for spoons. Our server seemed upset by that request,  telling us they put stirrers in the cups (thin & wooden) and don't usually provide spoons. She brought one anyway. Two of us ordered the cinnamon waffle (no berries due to an allergy in the group) and the other member ordered chicken and waffles. We also ordered sides of bacon and turkey bacon.
  
  The food was tasty-bacon crispy, waffles tasting strongly of cinnamon with homemade whipped cream. The chicken and waffles was an unusual variation: BBQ pulled chicken with a sriracha sauce and maple syrup (artificial-the real stuff is an extra cost). Not unpleasant, but unexpected.
  
  Service was spotty and we weren't encouraged to linger over our coffee after our meals (intense stares from the waitstaff, in spite of the place having pretty much cleared out).
  
  Overall, a good meal for too much money. The bill before tip was a bit over $58! If this is typical of costs in the city, we'll stick to our little home town.

• Mike M.

  star star star star star_border 19 May 2026

  The 80's decor and friendly staff make this a great stop to meet friends. The menu isn't overwhelming but has something for everyone. It's a typical brunch menu with a few specialties and everybody in my group was happy with their order.
  The Nitro Cold Brew was definitely a highlight of the meal, and worth the $4.50. I'm pretty cheap, so that's a statement

• Shaquille A.

  star star star star star_border 15 May 2026

  Food? Bomb!
  People? Cool
  Staff? Awesome and very attentive
  Bathrooms? Tiny but that's ok! Lol
  
  Freshly squeezed OJ is awesome
  
  Had a discrepancy w/ our bill and got cleared up quick-no hassle.
  
  We had Julia serve us, she was very nice :)
  
  Management was yelling at the staff which was kinda wack, ruined the vibe that's my only dislike about the place.