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Van Dam Diner

American · Long Island City

3.9 · 48 reviews Google
www.vandamdinner.com

About Van Dam Diner

Welcome to Van Dam Diner, your go-to destination in Long Island City for delicious meals at affordable prices. Our diner is a hidden gem, offering a warm and welcoming ambiance that makes you feel right at home. From our signature Bacon and Cheese Fries to our mouth-watering sandwiches and hot dishe...

Welcome to Van Dam Diner, your go-to destination in Long Island City for delicious meals at affordable prices. Our diner is a hidden gem, offering a warm and welcoming ambiance that makes you feel right at home. From our signature Bacon and Cheese Fries to our mouth-watering sandwiches and hot dishes, every bite is a treat. We're proud of our friendly staff who go above and beyond to ensure your dining experience is exceptional. Plus, with options for quick visits, takeout, delivery, and seating, you can enjoy us at your convenience. Our restaurant is conveniently located in the heart of Long Island City, making it easy to stop by for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

What Customers Say About Van Dam Diner

Van Dam Diner receives praise for its friendly staff, reasonable prices, and quick service. Many customers highlight the good food, especially the sandwiches and bacon cheese fries. However, some reviewers mention cleanliness issues and inconsistent food quality, such as overly salty chicken.

Popular Dishes

Bacon and Cheese Fries chopped chicken and cheese grilled chicken salad salty grill chicken fried rice

Best For

Quick Bite Solo Dining Locals

Tip: If you're concerned about cleanliness, consider ordering takeout or delivery to avoid dining in.

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What to see nearby

Newtown Creek Nature Walk
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Newtown Creek Nature Walk

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Penny bridge
A 963m

Penny bridge

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Explore the area around Van Dam Diner

Van Dam Diner is located in Long Island City, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Parks & Gardens

  • Newtown Creek Nature Walk (A 862m) — Public nature walk in Kings County, New York, United States of America

Other Points of Interest

  • Penny bridge (A 963m) — bridge that connected Laurel Hill Boulevard to Meeker Avenue, closed in 1939

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Frequently asked questions about Van Dam Diner

Van Dam Diner is located at 52-50 Van Dam St, Long Island City, NY 11101, Long Island City.
Near Van Dam Diner you can find points of interest such as Newtown Creek Nature Walk, Penny bridge.
Van Dam Diner offers american cuisine.
Van Dam Diner has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Van Dam Diner offers the following services: takeaway, delivery.
The most recommended dishes at Van Dam Diner based on customer reviews are: Bacon and Cheese Fries, chopped chicken and cheese, grilled chicken salad, salty grill chicken, fried rice.
Van Dam Diner is ideal for quick bites, solo dining, locals.
Van Dam Diner receives praise for its friendly staff, reasonable prices, and quick service. Many customers highlight the good food, especially the sandwiches and bacon cheese fries. However, some reviewers mention cleanliness issues and inconsistent food quality, such as overly salty chicken.
If you're concerned about cleanliness, consider ordering takeout or delivery to avoid dining in.
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Van Dam Diner Long Island City Reviews

3.9
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Reviews (40)
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Bryan Concha

Definitely a hidden gem, the food is good and the Bacon and Cheese Fries are AMAZING. Lots of seating options. For what it is and the location, not bad!!

Bryan Concha
Bryan Concha

Definitely a hidden gem, the food is good and the Bacon and Cheese Fries are AMAZING. Lots of seating options. For what it is and the location, not bad!!

D
Daniel Roman

The coffee sucks

c
carlos paredes

Good taste

M
Ms. NO

(This rating is for: VAN DAM "EXPRESS" DELI) This humble looking but exquisitely yummy delicious edible diner is best in all of Sunnyside Queens! Their coffee is cravingly compellingly delicious, as well as captivating savoring that you will come back again, again and make it your daily routine! In my opinion, their coffee out beat Starbucks hand down! It's really very good. You will be a believer too. Furthermore, each day they work so hard (about 5:00 am) to give you something so mouthwatering for that day that you MUST come back again, again... They have brisket-of-beef that will have you sucking your fingertips clean!!! And I mean deliciously CLEAN! I never would have thought that this humble looking spot would have such yummy tastes delights! But There are close on Sundays :( Now, here is a little personal advice from me their customer with my two little dogs that I come their two get my coffee.... Get here before the "Truckers" and the "Profession drivers" get there! Because when these "Truckers" or the Professional Drivers arrived these guys are more hungry than a bunch of buffaloes and locust! They clean out everything that was prepared that day...Everything by 1:30 or 2 pm! You know hungry men don't play around with their food. I hope that find this my customer opinion to be accurate and make this a favorite place to buy your coffee... The coffee is very good especially with half/half. And guess what... They are Chinese...and their coffee is Fabulous!!! So much better than Starbucks it might be hard to believe, but it's true.... I could just drink their coffee all day and not even think about food. This is the truth!

L
Lukhy Singh

New owners did a great job changing up the whole store Much better food and service with tables also for seating

S
SCOTT

Great sandwiches, fair prices, and hot food aswell. Lunch specials. Cold beer.

T
Tanya Mills

Very clean and a wonderful staff. The food was AMAZING

L
Lauren G.

Excellent food at really reasonable prices. You can buy meal with a drink for less than $6 and be full. I would recommend to anyone. They are some of the friendliest people you will meet throughout your day. No minimum with ordering out and delivery is free.

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Shawn Gantnier

The most friendly and helpful staff. Also a great chopped chicken and cheese

Shawn Gantnier
Shawn Gantnier

The most friendly and helpful staff. Also a great chopped chicken and cheese

Lukhy Singh
Lukhy Singh

New owners did a great job changing up the whole store Much better food and service with tables also for seating

SCOTT
SCOTT

Great sandwiches, fair prices, and hot food aswell. Lunch specials. Cold beer.

Daniel Roman
Daniel Roman

The coffee sucks

Tanya Mills
Tanya Mills

Very clean and a wonderful staff. The food was AMAZING

carlos paredes
carlos paredes

Good taste

Lauren G.
Lauren G.

Excellent food at really reasonable prices. You can buy meal with a drink for less than $6 and be full. I would recommend to anyone. They are some of the friendliest people you will meet throughout your day. No minimum with ordering out and delivery is free.

Ms. NO
Ms. NO

(This rating is for: VAN DAM "EXPRESS" DELI) This humble looking but exquisitely yummy delicious edible diner is best in all of Sunnyside Queens! Their coffee is cravingly compellingly delicious, as well as captivating savoring that you will come back again, again and make it your daily routine! In my opinion, their coffee out beat Starbucks hand down! It's really very good. You will be a believer too. Furthermore, each day they work so hard (about 5:00 am) to give you something so mouthwatering for that day that you MUST come back again, again... They have brisket-of-beef that will have you sucking your fingertips clean!!! And I mean deliciously CLEAN! I never would have thought that this humble looking spot would have such yummy tastes delights! But There are close on Sundays :( Now, here is a little personal advice from me their customer with my two little dogs that I come their two get my coffee.... Get here before the "Truckers" and the "Profession drivers" get there! Because when these "Truckers" or the Professional Drivers arrived these guys are more hungry than a bunch of buffaloes and locust! They clean out everything that was prepared that day...Everything by 1:30 or 2 pm! You know hungry men don't play around with their food. I hope that find this my customer opinion to be accurate and make this a favorite place to buy your coffee... The coffee is very good especially with half/half. And guess what... They are Chinese...and their coffee is Fabulous!!! So much better than Starbucks it might be hard to believe, but it's true.... I could just drink their coffee all day and not even think about food. This is the truth!

R
Reynaldo Serrano

Very quick service

M
Marc Ruiz

Food is good but the place is a dump mold on the walls

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Lisa M

Best coffee! And great service

E
Edward M.

Good quick service. Reasonable $

C
Charles

Good for quick bite

J
JS

Price update: The Bomb is now $9.50. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up because I see older prices in the photos so I don't want people to see those and get confused. I was just there last week so my info is pretty up to date. Either way it's still totally worth it as the sandwich weighs quite a few pounds all by itself. I made a rookie mistake, and I was really hungry and I forgot to take a pic of our sandwiches but I assure you they were huge. They also have big bags of chips for $2 and they stock the butter pretzels that I love. The line and wait took a while but it was well worth it. They had at least 5 guys working behind the counter and they were all super busy. All the meats are top quality. The bread tastes pretty fresh, not exactly straight out of the oven fresh but we did arrive towards the later part of the afternoon so it was probably sitting around for a while. One hero from this place could easily feed four people, especially the bomb because its excessively loaded with so many toppings. They have a really good variety of meats, easily equivalent to what they stock at a full service supermarket deli. If I am in the area I will definitely be back!

Edward M.
Edward M.

Good quick service. Reasonable $

Charles
Charles

Good for quick bite

Reynaldo Serrano
Reynaldo Serrano

Very quick service

Marc Ruiz
Marc Ruiz

Food is good but the place is a dump mold on the walls

Lisa M
Lisa M

Best coffee! And great service

JS
JS

Price update: The Bomb is now $9.50. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up because I see older prices in the photos so I don't want people to see those and get confused. I was just there last week so my info is pretty up to date. Either way it's still totally worth it as the sandwich weighs quite a few pounds all by itself. I made a rookie mistake, and I was really hungry and I forgot to take a pic of our sandwiches but I assure you they were huge. They also have big bags of chips for $2 and they stock the butter pretzels that I love. The line and wait took a while but it was well worth it. They had at least 5 guys working behind the counter and they were all super busy. All the meats are top quality. The bread tastes pretty fresh, not exactly straight out of the oven fresh but we did arrive towards the later part of the afternoon so it was probably sitting around for a while. One hero from this place could easily feed four people, especially the bomb because its excessively loaded with so many toppings. They have a really good variety of meats, easily equivalent to what they stock at a full service supermarket deli. If I am in the area I will definitely be back!

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Slim Ny

the place is good _ good food, prices a bit high (they charge like manhattan) the bad in summer there is no air conditioning and in winter they do not put heating.

Slim Ny
Slim Ny

the place is good _ good food, prices a bit high (they charge like manhattan) the bad in summer there is no air conditioning and in winter they do not put heating.

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Rick Hwang

Don't order their salty grill chicken which is also used in their grilled chicken salad. IT'S TOO DAMN SALTY! Also the fried rice sucks.

Rick Hwang
Rick Hwang

Don't order their salty grill chicken which is also used in their grilled chicken salad. IT'S TOO DAMN SALTY! Also the fried rice sucks.

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MauPau Luzzi

The last time I was here and a frequent customer when I owned a business across the street and that was over 15 years ago. This place made the best sandwiches and I till this day always recommended this place to who ever was in the neighborhood. Unfortunately today was a hit below the belt and I would have never expected. The food or sandwich that I always ordered was terrible. I didn't say anything because I didn't know all the new people in there. I hope this was just bad timing. But when you have a new face in your store, you would want to make a good impression. For now on ,I will not recommend this place. Eat here at your own risk...

MauPau Luzzi
MauPau Luzzi

The last time I was here and a frequent customer when I owned a business across the street and that was over 15 years ago. This place made the best sandwiches and I till this day always recommended this place to who ever was in the neighborhood. Unfortunately today was a hit below the belt and I would have never expected. The food or sandwich that I always ordered was terrible. I didn't say anything because I didn't know all the new people in there. I hope this was just bad timing. But when you have a new face in your store, you would want to make a good impression. For now on ,I will not recommend this place. Eat here at your own risk...

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Dan Decort

Place is filthy dirty. The chef is overwhelmed and makes mistakes way to often. It’s amazing they are still in business.

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Marcos Melendez

The food, service &prices are great. But everything in this place is filthy the refrigerator the walls the floor ceiling even the lids on the soda cans. but if you take your food to go or get it delivered you'll be just fine.

Dan Decort
Dan Decort

Place is filthy dirty. The chef is overwhelmed and makes mistakes way to often. It’s amazing they are still in business.

Marcos Melendez
Marcos Melendez

The food, service &prices are great. But everything in this place is filthy the refrigerator the walls the floor ceiling even the lids on the soda cans. but if you take your food to go or get it delivered you'll be just fine.

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💬 Reviews
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