Hot Rod Diner

Great place for breakfast . Food came out fast and very good

Enjoy the customer service enjoy the quality food enjoy the good bartender they give you really good customer service

Great service and food. We stopped here with a group of 11. They took great care of us and everyone’s meal was great.

Great food, delicious and huge bloody Mary's, and the most kind and helpful staff you will every meet.

Excellent service. Everyone was so friendly and the food was delicious. I will definitely be going back.

Great place food is always good great service

Good bar, good restaurant. Bathrooms a little small in the bar but you can go use the restaurant while they're open. Pool table and a jukebox! Bring some dollar bills.

Good food, reasonable prices and super nice waitresses

Loved it. Good food and friendly staff. Will be back with friends and family. Great music and annual car show

Great food + great service every time 👍

Food was great, people are friendly nice place for a good dinner 😎

Food was great . Hometown touch!! Service was welcoming . Definitely going back for lunch!

Great food excellent service clean restaurant will tell everyone to visit

Excellent service and solid food. Come here for weekend breakfasts. Your coffee mug will be full and so will your stomach.

We love them they're friendly good food and lots of it good place 2 take friends and family

The food was excellent friendly staff clean, Overall was an exceptional experience Dennis Cico Hilmar, Ca.

This place was amazing, it was my first time ever here and it was the best place I have ever been to!!!! LOVE IT DEFENATLY GOING TO COME BACK HERE

Great food, great staff, great portions....what else can a diner be? You wont be disappointed.

He walked into great which has helped us who was pretty good get me sure was great for the waitresses now that's what reason I went there

Yummy food. Great service. Can't beat the prices. We come here a lot.

Everyone was so great & friendly. The food was delicious Great service

This is my favorite place for breakfast. They have the best biscuits and gravy and the staff are all friendly and helpful. I recommend for everyone and you will love it too.

Food was great hot and fresh and the prices were very reasonable the staff were all very friendly and polite would definitely recommend for a home cooked meal at a decent price

The food is so fresh and amazing. Freshest hamburger that I've had in a long time!!!!

This place is the best. Great and friendly staff, from chefs, waitresses, dish washers and the owner. Best food in town and great portions.

The most awesome biscuits and gravy in the Central Valley! This Texas girl was impressed. Get the dinner plate sausage patty instead of bacon, for sure!

Cool place very friendly people working there very good servers excellent Cooks I noticed when things slow down they kept busy cleaning I noticed there was a jar next to the register for the Cooks and helpers like only about $3 tips we have to tip them a little bit more every $0.50 or $1 adds up at the end of the day I dropped $3 for them and that was already towards the end of the shift I give the one behind the scenes five-star also

Very nice old school looking type of Eatery the food is very good I had the club sandwich the Hostess and waitress was very nice passed by this place maybe 200 times in my life never stop there I'm going to make it a point to stop there more often

One of my favorite places to eat! Great food and service! Lots of food for the price.

Food and service are great! Our go to spot for breakfast and great on accommodating large parties.

Ahhhmazing!! The tuna melt is the best I've ever had! The fries were hot and delicious with a liberal sprinkling of fresh ground black pepper. The prices are very reasonable for the amount of food you get. The staff are so nice and friendly. It's really a pleasure to eat there.

Went alone but didnt feel alone. Friendly people and servers

What a treat this visit was. Took my 90year old dad and it brought him back to the 50's. Kudos to Alyssa, our waitress, who went above and beyond helping my dad and chatting with us. All while taking care of her other customers. Fodd was more than I could eat, flavor, was great. Thank you!!

My wife and I ate lunch here today. It's a good old fashioned American food place. Having said that, I love their French toast and burgers. Pretty busy at lunchtime. The service was good and helpful and always smiling. Paige, our server, was the model of patience when dealing with some very picky orders behind us. Great place to stop by for breakfast or lunch. Check the hours before you go.

Very good place to eat. Great food and excellent service as always. This my favorite place

I love the food and also the service of all the girls who served. They are very kind, and what to say from the chefs, they cook excellent 👍👌. Good job🙏🙏🙏.

Avocado, bacon, burger was very good. The service was excellent. We live outside of town, but will patronize this establishment. Next time we drive through.

Great food. Good servers. Wait time was a but longer than expected but i think that is due to the fact they make everything to order .. well worth the wait . I will definitely be back. Next time i will try lunch the breakfast plate was HUGE .

Jackie I think her name is.. a.k.a. my future wife. 😘 Short Latina cutie.. is the nicest waitress I've ever had (and I'm not saying this just because she is gorgeous) Excellent service, fast, friendly. My new favorite place. Definitely recommend 💯

It's always great to come back and eat here, very friendly, good food, good prices.

This has been a regular stop for my family and me on Sundays after church. The service is always great with friendly and courteous staff. The prices are very reasonable for the large portions they serve. Never disappointed!

I come here everyday morning for breakfast and Monday night's for football and its a great atmosphere! The owner Lupe gives you the small town experience you deserve. The early morning breakfast deals are amazing. 4.49 for a loaded plate. The bar is excellent with multiple flat screens. If your looking for a great place and passing by hilmar this is the spot! Im just an everyday customer that appreciates what he's done with the place.

Since we walked in we were greeted very welcoming and with a smile. Our server brought us our drinks and food very rapidly and everything was delicious.

Every year for my birthday Jan. 1st 🎉 my handsome son’s take me out to This year 2024 I chose The Hot Rod Diner in Hilmar 😀 from start to finish it was great 🎉 waitress was awesome the food was really good. We will definitely be back 👍👍

Excellent service, kind staff, and very clean inside. Food was great. Had the Duke of Earl, and a side of biscuits and gravy. Highly reccomend!

Food was great, service was good.

The service was great, food was great. I would eat here any time. Thanks for being so friendly

Sandra Moreno

Every year for my birthday Jan. 1st 🎉 my handsome son’s take me out to This year 2024 I chose The Hot Rod Diner in Hilmar 😀 from start to finish it was great 🎉 waitress was awesome the food was really good. We will definitely be back 👍👍

Myra Sanchez

Since we walked in we were greeted very welcoming and with a smile. Our server brought us our drinks and food very rapidly and everything was delicious.

Matthew

Excellent service, kind staff, and very clean inside. Food was great. Had the Duke of Earl, and a side of biscuits and gravy. Highly reccomend!

Randy Bullock

The service was great, food was great. I would eat here any time. Thanks for being so friendly

Love this place , great food great service and the best of all great prices. I never spend too much and get great food.

I met someone here at lunch time to discuss a legal matter. I had a soda and a cup of soup while the other person had a cup of coffee. Our waitress was nice, happy, knowledgeable about the foods they serve and very friendly. This place made me feel at home, comfortable, like I had been eating there forever. My soup was really good. I would order it again. The soda and coffee were fine. Parking is very easy to get to from Lander Ave, which is the main road that goes through town. It's very easy to make a right coming out of the parking lot and not difficult to make a left.

Great food and service.

I had a patty melt and both the fried onions and the sourdough bread enveloping all the goodness was done to perfection!! Staff was very polite and professional, overall 5* oh yeah and they do breakfast all day!!! So give them a try, supporting local business strong.

Always great food and great service there. They know us and always talk to us and super friendly!

Nothing spectacular, just a good local spot with friends day staff and comfort food favorites.

Tried this place out on a work trip. Our food was amazing and the service was A+

Great breakfast and great service with a smile. Small town diner atmosphere with very knowledgeable friendly staff.

Great food for a Good price

Good food. Clean. Good service. Reasonable prices.

Tia Maxson

Good food. Clean. Good service. Reasonable prices.

Dan Moore

Great food and service.

Alfonso Alvarado

Tried this place out on a work trip. Our food was amazing and the service was A+

Kathy Pena

Went alone but didnt feel alone. Friendly people and servers

Desi Davis

Always great food and great service there. They know us and always talk to us and super friendly!

David Cooley

Great breakfast and great service with a smile. Small town diner atmosphere with very knowledgeable friendly staff.

Danna Angulo

Love this place , great food great service and the best of all great prices. I never spend too much and get great food.

Ashlee “QueenAvila” Avila

Food and service are great! Our go to spot for breakfast and great on accommodating large parties.

nunes jo ann

One of my favorite places to eat! Great food and service! Lots of food for the price.

Amy Trost

I met someone here at lunch time to discuss a legal matter. I had a soda and a cup of soup while the other person had a cup of coffee. Our waitress was nice, happy, knowledgeable about the foods they serve and very friendly. This place made me feel at home, comfortable, like I had been eating there forever. My soup was really good. I would order it again. The soda and coffee were fine. Parking is very easy to get to from Lander Ave, which is the main road that goes through town. It's very easy to make a right coming out of the parking lot and not difficult to make a left.

Ana Miller

I had a patty melt and both the fried onions and the sourdough bread enveloping all the goodness was done to perfection!! Staff was very polite and professional, overall 5* oh yeah and they do breakfast all day!!! So give them a try, supporting local business strong.

It’s a matter of are future too support are local businesses. Please if you live in HILMAR spend your money here. There families and all of us depends on your support. This is Genos7 and thanks for using Google Maps🤠

Food is pretty good, kinda pricey which surprised me, staff is so-so, fast service though. Kinda felt a little...dingy but I'd go back. Closes early so dinner is out otherwise I'd probably be a regular.

Good atmosphere and good service oh and great food.

Great food great service just wished their a/c was working when we went in

Food is good. Prices are cheap for what you get. Great service as well.

This was good, but I really like the one in Ceres better. The service and atmosphere was not quite as good.

Didn't get a chance to be there but once . It was a good experience . Had a breakfast at the bar . Met a really nice looking bartender . Excellent service ! Might be a 5-star place that is busy . .

Eggs were perfectly poached. The dining tent should be put in the back, it's way too loud out there in front. Much better than the Herndon Rd. location.

Good food ....took a little longer than I expected to get my food....but once the food was delivered it was excellent and coffee was on point....if you get a chance the 65 Impala omelette would make you slap your mama it's so good

Service and food was good. I sat at the counter. Place could use a good cleaning. Dec 7, 2024 Sun-Wed open 6am-3pm Thur-Sat open 6am -9pm I could have sworn it was a breakfast lunch only diner open 6am-3pm; at least last time I went.

I just went to the bar. It's just your basic bar. On Friday and Saturday nights they have a DJ that plays good tunes that you can dance to .

My family drove from Los Banos to try this place, since we liked the one in Turlock. When you first walk in it's a little dark and the service was adequate. It took a while for our drinks to get to us. I ordered the chicken fried steak dinner, and it was delicious! Definitely could've taken leftovers home. Only giving 4 stars because of ambience and service. Next time we're in the neighborhood we'll drop back by 😉

1st time here. Delicious brunch with my daughters, and friends. The place wasn't too busy, I wanted more coffee, as the cups are tiny like 6 oz. I asked for more coffee twice, after a while she brought me a refill. I normally drink a 24 oz coffee every morning, so I really needed another cup. That was the only let down. I know some days service varies. Moods change. We're only human. Please be generous with coffee. 😁

Came in for breakfast with some friends. Food was tasty and service was good too. I had the grilled chicken, mushroom roll with a salad. The bread was my favorite part, made the whole plate worth the trip. It’s a no frills, super local place good for a quick bite breakfast or lunch.

Priscilla Escalante

1st time here. Delicious brunch with my daughters, and friends. The place wasn't too busy, I wanted more coffee, as the cups are tiny like 6 oz. I asked for more coffee twice, after a while she brought me a refill. I normally drink a 24 oz coffee every morning, so I really needed another cup. That was the only let down. I know some days service varies. Moods change. We're only human. Please be generous with coffee. 😁

A. S.

Came in for breakfast with some friends. Food was tasty and service was good too. I had the grilled chicken, mushroom roll with a salad. The bread was my favorite part, made the whole plate worth the trip. It’s a no frills, super local place good for a quick bite breakfast or lunch.

Food is very tasty. Food is reasonably priced. Place is clean. Service is not friendly and slow.

$14 burger. Meh. Not worth it. Fries had no flavor or salt, 3.50 for a soda. No thanks. Waitress and little Mexican lady were awesome though

I love the Waffles here, but I always get take out, and with that being said they ALWAYS forget my whipped cream with strawberrys!! Like how hard is it to remember, that's the whole point of my waffle.

Reliable place to eat.

When I first got here I wasn't very impressed, it took about 2-3 minutes before anyone even acknowledged we were there (we even sat ourselves at the bar area). We then moved to a booth where the service started out not so great. Our waitress was pretty rude off the back. I decided to tip the waitress $20 right after she took our order in the Hope's that it would change the outcome. Sure enough it did! She started smiling and being very very respectful and the visit ended up turning into a good one. The food was very delicious and I loved the decorations in the place. I am willing to give this place another try as maybe it was just an off day for them because like I said it ended up being a good visit after tipping ahead of time! I'll update again when I go back!

Armando is the best bartender, always kind and accommodating. Thank you Armando!

We had 2 items - one was good (omelette breakfast), one is not recommended (pecan waffle) - it was too soft and had a fake vanilla type flavor to the batter. Servers are very sweet!

Good service . Good was one step above a Denny's. Bit pricey too and a greasy spoon style dinning. Loud place

Never had i had service like today. It took 45 minutes to get our food. Then the order was wrong but when the server came by she never even bothered to ask how everything was then the manager came by and she said they would bring more water and didn't. Then she said she was sorry and that she would take the orange juice off of the bill, and then brings my card back and charged for the oj too. Crazy visit.. horrible service today.. food was good except i didn’t get my hash browns

I paid 31 for three meals of the chicken strips and fries, there was barely any fries and chicken was really disappointing when we brought it home cause usually they give us a good amount. It wasn't worth paying that much.

Whole party got burgers . Very disappointed in seeing the small sized patty that was way overdone. Considering the amount of agriculture surrounding the establishment you would expect more burger for your money from a local producer would be even better Chili's and Texas Burger are way better options when it comes to a burger At least you guys have a decent breakfast

Jerel Rhodas

Whole party got burgers . Very disappointed in seeing the small sized patty that was way overdone. Considering the amount of agriculture surrounding the establishment you would expect more burger for your money from a local producer would be even better Chili's and Texas Burger are way better options when it comes to a burger At least you guys have a decent breakfast

Waitresses very un professional talking their personal life to eachother using foul language We are not from the area so we were complete outsiders didn't even ask how we were or give her name as a server. No uniforms. I wont be go back.

It was one the worst places I had gone too...the food wasn't good at all the hashbrowns tasted like mashed potato that got fried and it had no flavor was so ever I added salt to help but it didn't even work no matter what i added too it...I only liked the one pancake that I got overall i wouldn't go back

On Saturday 18 2017 the security satrted throwing everybodies drinks out and it was 10pm I think that wasn't necessary people pay for their drinks and started kicking everybody out of the bar

Been living in hilmar for 2.5yrs and never eaten at this restaurant, my parents were in town so I decided to take them for breakfast. Terrible service, the server only came to check on us once. She forgot to bring silverware so that one time she came to check on us we said we need silverware so she said oh sorry I bring it right now, almost 5 min had passed and still nothing, she was grabbing other orders so we tried to get hers and other servers attention and all ignored us, my husband had to get up and grab some, later my dad wanted coffee and again we tried to get our server’s attention and she ignored us and finally we got up and asked other server if we could get a cup of coffee for my dad, she said I’ll be right up, she comes with coffee pot and we said we wanted a cup of coffee for my dad and she rolled her eyes and walked away and came back with the cup, we waited another 15-20 min after we were all done eating for check but it never came. My husband had to get up to get it and our server said oh sorry I was about to bring it up. Food was bland, no flavor, do they not use seasoning??? Never coming back

Worst service I've ever experienced. Terrible. Slow and unattentive. The entire time the waitress referred to me as "baby". For sugar, she said "ok baby", I asked for a spoon, she said "sure baby". I'm not her baby. It bothered me and Seemed disrespeful. Before leaving I asked to speak to the manager. I wanted him to know how slow his waitress was and he didn't even want to hear it. He was rude and didn't care. I do not recommend this restaurant. The foods not good enough to justify putting up with that crap.

I ordered the hot pastrami sandwich. I was really disappointed with the two slices of pastrami on the large sandwich bun with chopped lettuce, tomato, cheese with a few slivers of onion. I do not believe any business should be affiliated in politics during business hours. Especially when vulgar language can be seen read in public by minors.

I got take out and I feel like it was a reason to not give me quality food. I spent 38.00 on some greasy over cooked onion rings and chicken tenders that were over fried. Never again will I go there! People check ur takeout before leaving!

Rosemarie Munoz

I got take out and I feel like it was a reason to not give me quality food. I spent 38.00 on some greasy over cooked onion rings and chicken tenders that were over fried. Never again will I go there! People check ur takeout before leaving!

With one murder and a suicide on their property......I'd give zero stars if I could, this whole establishment is trash. Worst service I've ever had. As nasty as the kitchen is I'm surprised they're allowed to still serve food. Also the new Manger is very disrespectful and distasteful she should cover up more at work. This is not vegas. Eww.

Anissa Garcia

With one murder and a suicide on their property......I'd give zero stars if I could, this whole establishment is trash. Worst service I've ever had. As nasty as the kitchen is I'm surprised they're allowed to still serve food. Also the new Manger is very disrespectful and distasteful she should cover up more at work. This is not vegas. Eww.