Tracey Becker

Have you ever had a meal in a train car? This place is so cute. Service was friendly and quick. Food was absolutely fresh. Arrived at 11:00 or so maybe 11:30 and was given an option for breakfast or lunch. One in our party had the waffle combo with scrambled eggs and bacon and loved it. One had the club sandwich which hit on every note. I had the fried fish which was a massive portion of tops and delicious French fries. Coleslaw had too much heavy dressing, sorry to say.

Neehar Arya

Went for brunch today to this very classical diner. The servers are very friendly and approachable. Summer, our server, was great. The food was excellent. I world recommend the shakes and the western sandwich, but everything that we ordered was flavorful regardless. The atmosphere was friendly and vibrant. I will return here for a meal when I visit Rochester next.

+9

Schow

Loved this authentic diner on our short visit to Rochester. It's truly a hidden gem. Loved the atmosphere. The staff was very friendly. The food was exceptional. We tried their breakfast menu. We loved everything. The one thing we weren't too fond of was the hollandaise sauce on the Salmon Benedict. It wasn't as silky as it should've been. Other than that, everything else was on point. Our favorite was the nutella stuffed french toast. The french toast was warm while the fruits n whipped cream were cold. It is the perfect breakfast!

+5

Alyssa Messina

I picked the perfect meal here. The place was adorable. Very busy, we received a pager and waited until our table was called. Annabella’s milk shake looked amazing.

Ann Curti

I love going here! There is usually a wait and they won't seat you until your whole party is present but it's so worth it. The menu is big and everything is delicious. My friend and I both got skillets they were big and delicious. We had leftovers to take home. I love that they have Jamaican me crazy coffee. They also have amazing homemade thick milkshakes (I did not get one one this time but I've have a pb and Oreo one before and it was amazing. The service is great and they decorated for Christmas! Highly recommend coming here. I've never been for lunch but want to.

+3

B. O'Dell

One of the coolest places to eat in Rochester, especially for breakfast. The palce is a little bit bigger than it looks, there are about a dozen booths and then counter seating. Went for breakfast this past Monday morning. Our waitress was very nice and attentive to our needs. Restaurant was very clean and bright. The food was very good and reasonably priced. Portion sizes were very good. Depending on your breakfast appetite, you might even have some to take home for lunch. Parking lot is small and is kind of tricky to get in and out of as the cross streets are usually pretty busy. Would highly recommend any of the skillets for breakfast. The best time to go is during the week, right when they open. Otherwise, you can expect a wait and limited parking.

Melissa Stio

Quick service despite being in a pandemic, and delicious food for every visit! An absolute Rochester staple! Highly recommend their burgers and unique milkshakes! 2023 Update: I love coming back to this original streamline diner! It is cozy and full of history, as well as good eats!

Phillip Cohen

The gem diner in the city! I used to live just down the road on Henrietta Street in the late 80s and was a frequent customer. Just visited again and had the tuna patty melt with a cup of red pepper, tomato, and potato soup. The diner was very busy, but the food was prepared quickly and served by the friendliest staff. There are 19 seats at the counter and another 35 seats are so in the booths. Gets very busy at the traditional meal time so make sure you plan accordingly!

I don't know if I can add to all the glowing reviews of this joint (it's definitely a joint). There's a 1950's/ 60's decor which I find myself getting lost in every time I come here. Servers are quic…

Frequent spot of mine for last 30 years through to today in 2025 including last Sunday where we had a wonderful brunch and great service! Always good delicious food and great service!

Frequent spot of mine for last 30 years through to today in 2025 including last Sunday where we had a wonderful brunch and great service! Always good delicious food and great service!

Frequent spot of mine for last 30 years through to today in 2025 including last Sunday where we had a wonderful brunch and great service! Always good delicious food and great service!

Great diner.. huge menu, great food, and the service is friendly and fast. So many choices, and even when they're very busy, which is often, service is always friendly and prompt.

Great diner.. huge menu, great food, and the service is friendly and fast. So many choices, and even when they're very busy, which is often, service is always friendly and prompt.

Great service, lovely food and huge portions. Milkshakes so big they didn't even fit in the glass!

With all the time I spent in Rochester I missed the Highland Park Diner. I went with my sister. \nFresh coffee brewing smell when you walk in the door, bacon/breakfast smells. Definitely old school…

With all the time I spent in Rochester I missed the Highland Park Diner. I went with my sister. \nFresh coffee brewing smell when you walk in the door, bacon/breakfast smells. Definitely old school…

Our go to breakfast and lunch place. Can't go wrong with anything on the menu and great staff!

I came in for a busy Mother's Day brunch and everything was great as always. I always order the country or Nantucket Benedict. The service is top notch too, Georgia, our server was great.

Great breakfast, great service, super fun experience 100% recommend! Had a great time, food came super fast, the atmosphere and ambiance was great.

Love finding these old diners and this one is a real gem. Very classic train diner car style inside and out. Very busy and we got lucky getting a table just as we walked in. server was on point …

We got there before they closed, everyone received us with a smile, the food was amazing and it got to our table quick. 5 star for everything service, flavors, and speed.

We got there before they closed, everyone received us with a smile, the food was amazing and it got to our table quick. 5 star for everything service, flavors, and speed.

A sumptuous lunch of epic proportions … literally and figuratively the size and quality of the lunch meal was only usurped by the stellar service !!! … not cheap but worth every penny !!! … the thr…

Good food with reasonable prices. I had a hamburger this trip - nice and juicy with all the trimmings. Friendly waitstaff.

This diner has great friendly service and plenty of options on the menu. The gyro breakfast sandwich was tasty, was warm fresh pita bread, egg, gyro meat, and feta cheese which helped the flavor and texture a lot. It also came with “tzatziki sauce” on the side which really tasted like plain sour cream but was a good add-on. Would love to try a version of this breakfast with more spices salt etc added in and maybe a zestier sauce. We came at 8:30am on a Saturday and the booths were full but we got stools at the bar.

Susan Rice

Classic diner experience. Expect to wait on weekends. It's a cramped space but the food is worth it.

Kevin Markman

Good classic diner with healthy breakfast portions. Service is good and old style car atmosphere.

They're a little overpriced (you get more bang for your buck a few blocks down the street at South Wedge Diner, for example). However, some of their pastries are off the chain. Their baklava cheese…

The service is relatively fast compared to how packed the place is. The wait for Sunday brunch was about 30minutes so be ready for a wait. The food is decent, i highly recommend the greek skillet s…

Just remodel ' Ah, old-fashioned diners! There's something so charming about the red and silver and vinyl booths, gray floors, and neon signs. The smell of freshly brewed coffee and sizzling bacon,…

Got the Irish omelette. Very good, not too salty like most corned beef meals. The potatoes were perfect, too. Service was great, kept the coffee refilled.

Unfortunately we were very disappointed the California Omelet Turkey, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, mushrooms, onion, avocado & Swiss cheese There was no Avocado at all in the omelet, Fruit ta…

Unfortunately we were very disappointed the California omelet turkey, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, mushrooms, onion, avocado & Swiss cheese There was no Avocado at all in the omelet, f…

Over the years, I've been coming to eat here. The food has been consistently good, the staff is always very friendly. They used to be open all day, but post-pandemic everything changed. Now they are …

Over the years, I've been coming to eat here. The food has been consistently good, the staff is always very friendly. They used to be open all day, but post-pandemic everything changed. Now they ar…

Over the years, I've been coming to eat here. The food has been consistently good, the staff is always very friendly. They used to be open all day, but post-pandemic everything changed. Now they ar…

My son was excited to eat in a real New York diner. He loved the atmosphere in this place. We enjoyed the service too. I'd say the food was good but not great. Certainly worth a stop if you are…

This is a cute retro diner. My daughter and I were here for breakfast. We had eggs, toast and hot tea and coffee. The typical SAD, standard american diet. The taste was ordinary. The server was ple…

This is a cute retro diner. My daughter and I were here for breakfast. We had eggs, toast and hot tea and coffee. The typical SAD, standard american diet. The taste was ordinary. The server was ple…

Food was good and prepared quickly. Server did ok other than forgetting to bring the coffee my husband ordered and forgetting my hash browns until we reminded her. She was unfriendly, unpleasant and seemed annoyed to be waiting tables. Atmosphere was ok, nothing special.

Em Morgan

As locals, we surprisingly haven't tried this restaurant until earlier today, and though it's cute and the service was prompt, the reviews had us hopeful for far more than what we received. With the purchase including a Dr. Pepper, a vanilla milkshake, a burger (medium) with fries, and a vegetable skillet with medium poached eggs, the total came out to ~$42 before tip. Unfortunately, I have to agree with the customer who found the flavor to be lacking, as did my spice-averse companion. Though each table comes equipped with salt, pepper, mustard, ketchup, red hot, cream, sugar, butter, and jam packets, the food itself... did not seem to be seasoned at all. The burger was juicy, but lacked any real flavor, the fries were okay but lackluster, the milkshake barely tasted of more than cold frothed milk, the home fries didn't seem to have any flavor beyond oil and potato, the vegetables tasted only of the lightly-sautéed veggies and oil (with a little bit of vinegar from the artichokes and red peppers), the eggs were soft poached and fresh, but flavorless - the only real seasoning flavor in the skillet was Asiago cheese, and frankly the white bread with grape jam was the most flavorful part of the experience, even after liberal salt, pepper, and hot sauce. The saving graces were that the diner was clean, service was prompt, the atmosphere was cute, and everyone was marginally friendly. Still, it isn’t someplace I would visit again barring someone else taking me, and it isn't someplace I'd recommend to friends or family. If seasoning isn't really your thing, though, this would probably be - unironically - great for you. I don't fault staff in the least, and frankly think everyone there likely deserves a pay raise for the efficiency they displayed - we tipped > 20% because of the staff alone, and because we don't feel that decisions made by the owner oe management should impact the staff's take home pay. The experience was just lackluster overall. Something I'd be okay with from a 3 star location, but not so much from a diner rated close to 5 stars.

The food was delicious and the ambiance was so cute! My boyfriend and I love old timey diners like this. The only thing I will say is that a lot of the food was microwaved, just kind of weird. The mi…

The food was delicious and the ambiance was so cute! My boyfriend and I love old timey diners like this. The only thing I will say is that a lot of the food was microwaved, just kind of weird. The …

The food was delicious and the ambiance was so cute! My boyfriend and I love old timey diners like this. The only thing I will say is that a lot of the food was microwaved, just kind of weird. Th…

I hate to say it, but this place is really only good for breakfast and even after the recent refresh. The staff is fast and friendly, which I appreciate, but when it comes to lunch, the food just f…

The ambiance is what you would want for a dinner. The staff was so attentive to our needs at our table. I had the Greek omelet which was huge! Also had tea. My friend had the cheese cake stuffed Fr…

Christopher Carlsson

This diner has taken a long, steep , nosedive in quality , atmosphere, and overall performance. Extremely noisy ( sound levels were over 85 decibels- hazardous to hearing ) for most of our attempt at a breakfast. The waitress dumped all our napkins and utensils in a pile before stalking off , clearly showing that she considered customers trespassers and a personal burden . Crowded , cramped feel , truly awful food ( the French toast was some industrial bread that compares badly to a used sponge in taste and texture , the breakfast sandwich used some sort of cheese paste, the bread was again something salvaged from a reclamation plant somewhere, and even the coffee was worse than a usual diner coffee. The atmosphere was chaotic , the cooks seemed to go out of their way to crash all the plates around as loudly as possible and the entire experience was one of the worst and most expensive ( especially for the quality of the food ) breakfast I have ever experienced and that is saying a lot ! People should read the RECENT reviews - Many of us loved the Highland Park for years - and the reviews reflect the past - not the present sorry state of affairs .

Jason Hyde

I had high hopes, but in the end, i was drastically disappointed. We went in as a group of 5 and only 1 of us had an enticing meal. The chocolate chip pancakes: dry and bland batter. The side for those pancakes were turkey sausages for $5.99… more like two mini pinky toe sausages… so not worth it, they were tasteless. The chicken and waffles: small, cheap chicken (they were chicken tenders) and one dry, bland waffle… for $16… what a joke. The highland skillet: the seasoning didn’t exist… salt and pepper doesn’t come to mind at this diner i guess, and the gravy was flavored so peculiar. The steak and egg sandwich: also unseasoned, but once it was drowned in ketchup it was edible. the breakfast burger: the only meal worth the price and was moderately seasoned. Overall the food was just underwhelming, but let’s get to the drinks… the milk was in a smaller cup and was priced at $3.99 and i didn’t even get a refill. the iced coffee, which was in a larger cup, was priced at $3… and the milk was barely cold. I was crying inside. I left still hungry and sad… I expected more. See pictures as proof.