Marivi Cerrada

Excellent breakfast served! Our server was super nice, and you feel like you are in a 60s dining

Diane VanNostran

Cute little place that we stopped in for breakfast. Service was good. We ordered omelettes that were prepared fast, and priced very reasonably. Quality of the food was good. All in all a decent value and convenient stop.

Tracey Rossi

Always look forward to stopping at Chief Diner when we travel upstate. Inviting staff, always attentive. I enjoyed an omlet this time with rye toast. Perfect home fries, cooked well with a little crisp, not over seasoned. Great coffee, reasonable prices.

Jordan Shapiro

Love this diner. Have eaten here many times. Always a good roadside mid-journey meal. Have had the fish & chips, the turkey club (add avocado), and many classic breakfast options.

+1

Kris P

Came here for lunch on a Tuesday and was pleasantly surprised. The ambiance is perfect, the menu extensive, and the food cooked to perfection! My fish and chips was perfectly crispy, every fry evenly cooked and nothing greasy. My friend enjoyed the mearloaf and ate every last bite! I look forward to returning again and trying their mexican menu!

Ryan Mazierski

Great roadside diner located right off the Taconic State Parkway. Classic look to the diner as it was built in the 50's.Typical diner serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They also have a wide selection of great desserts. Service is friendly and there is usually no wait. Food is excellent.

+1

Ellen GIRERD BARCLAY

My all time favorite diner, the Chief Martindale stop has been a family tradition for over 60 years. It's still as warm, and friendly, with delicious, fresh, diner-style dishes and the kindest and most efficient staff. The menu is amazing and the prices are still extremely reasonable! Considering this diner in upstate NY, the tex-mex dishes are excellent. We all love the burgers-made as you like them, and the fries are to die for. A bottomless cup of good coffee is a must on the Taconic Parkway drive. I'd gladly drive a long way to dine here! (and I do ..considering I live in Stockholm, Sweden!)

Andy Moreno

We ate here on President's Day (02/21/22) and it was packed with a line. The staff was pleasantly rushing around and seated us straightaway, giving updates on how many tables were opening up and when. A real great system! We split a Patty Melt and a Turkey Cheese Burger deluxe, everything super delicious, hot and so surprisingly fast!!! The food is everything you want in genuine diner fare, and the real treat was the most lovely waitress, full of life and bright energy, with the best presence. She took our breathe away at how she changed the experience, when it could have been stressful. Sorry, I did not get her name, she was young, had red hair and an asian tattoo on her arm. We both woke today remembering how amazing she was and how that positivity really stayed with us and rang through that place. You don't see that often here in Brooklyn so it was an absolute joy. We wanted to thank her particularly and let her know how much she's appreciated.

Rich

Great food. Fresh. Kind staff. One star less, because we felt we had to ask multiple times for little things such as napkins, water, straws. Also, they charge extra when you use a card to pay.

Joe L

Decent food and very clean silk city diner. The home fries were very good along with the service .

+2

Nicole Kim

Stopped by on the way back to the city to grab lunch. This diner was busy and they sat us at the bar initially but we requested for a table which took some time to get seated even after it was cleaned. The service here isn’t that great and it takes a long time for the server to come and take the order, and takes a while to get the food as well. I got the breakfast burrito and replaced the home fries for french fries for an up charge. Also got a cup of coffee which was average. The food was good but not great to come back again. Also paid cash since there was a 4% discount. The diner itself is like any other diner, a bit outdated though.

+4

Kevin Kim

UPDATE: Customers, beware of this restaurant business. They OVER CHARGE its customers! Despite their very average food & service, I left a pretty generous tip on my visit here, and they later charged me more than what I wrote on my check/receipt (attaching my photo proof of receipt vs my credit card statement - *granted my addition was embarrassingly off by 4 cents, but that shouldn't justify them over charging). I'm disappointed in this restaurant and I'm lowering my rating for their dishonest business. I cannot recommend this restaurant. ---------- Classic upper east coast American diner. A nice spot to stop by and dine during a roadtrip to upstate New York. Decent food, New York City prices, average service - a sandwich platter and a side of sauerkraut came out to about $16. One thing I really do appreciate about this place is the authentic 70s/80s American diner architecture.

Juriy

Fast and friendly service but the food is mediocre and the menu is smaller than what you’d expect from a diner. There’s no all day breakfast, for example. Well, there are not exactly many options around so this is a solid late evening stop with few classic dishes.

I am traveling out of town for work, my coworker and I stopped for food, sat for 20 mins… food hadn’t been started. We let the waitress know we needed to get the food to go and she said “it won’t make it go quicker”… I was aware but I just needed it to go. We keep waiting and get the receipt to pay for the food.. that we hadn’t got yet. We go up to pay and they say “we can’t give you an itemized receipt” and we say ok can we get a receipt and she said “we don’t have time for that”. DO NOT go here unless you want AWFUL customer service- I couldn’t tell you how the food is.. we never got it! AWFUL experience and AWFUL workers. I am not one to leave reviews but this was absolutely a terrible experience !!! AVOID