Tom's Restaurant

11/05/08

Customer service is more of the "soup" episode on seinfeld than anything!

by eeyore1965

Visiting and of course had to go to Toms restaurant! There were 4 of us, it was around 3 pm, so lunch was over, not ready for dinner. We ordered 1 ice tea, 2 diet cokes and 1 shake with a piece of pie. Bill was about $20. On the menu it says free refills, when one of the diet cokes was asked to be refilled, the extremely rude old waitress picked up the bill and added $2.50 on it! We asked about the free refills and in her broken accent she said. You no eat, no refill for you! Explained that we did have a piece of pie (which was horrible) She said again, no eat no refill! Needless to say she had us out the door in minutes. Now its just a story about how rude they are!

• Pros: Its Toms, you have to see it, just be careful if you go in
• Cons: Rude

10/11/08

Tourist attraction

by pcooper9

Tom's is a mediocre diner at best and certainly not the top choice for those who live in the neighborhood. There's just nothing special about it other than everyone in the world saw it Seinfeld for 8 or 9 years. In fact if you want some great coffee and unbelievable french toast go half a block up to Deluxe.

08/26/08

Fun Diner

by Brasco1

In addition to friendly tolerant staff the food is what you expect from a diner, plus the delight of having Seinfeld paraphernalia around you makes for good conversation.

08/19/08

Great Diner, Love the Seinfeld Gear!

by scatone

Ok, this Diner is awesome. Not only is the food very tasty and the service is great, they also have a bunch of Seinfeld gear! Totally cool. Check out Tom's!

• Pros: Tasty Food, Service, Seinfeld feel.
• Cons: none

09/30/07

I love diners and this is a good one.

by wisebrain

This is the Seinfeld diner, it is fun and quirky. It's moderately priced and the waitresses are nice... for NYC.

• Pros: Fast Fast Service
• Cons: Menu is boring

09/25/07

delicious food, good prices, SEINFELD

by jrieger

I went to this famous restaurant with a buddy for fun more than anything else, and it turned out to be reasonably priced, with great service and delicious breakfast food! Not sure about other meals though. Plus Seinfeld memorabilia!

09/11/07

Beware stray ingredients and bad service

by gossipmongerd

I ordered a chicken feta wrap and it had BACON in it! And when I called the waitress over to verify, she didn't even apologize, even when I explained that I don't eat pork. She said she'd tell the man at the register, but when we went to pay, he only knocked $2 off the entire bill of my friends and my food!

It wasn't like I found an awry piece of cabbage--pork products are a big deal--particularly in NYC.

09/01/07

Rude rude rude

by marshallhao

I frequent this restaurant because I think the food is decent and I live around the area. However, until this Saturday noon I had never experienced such rude service at a restaurant. I was eating with 3 other friends. We finished and within a couple of minutes, the waitress hands us our check and the owner (I later asked the waitress about his role) came to us and said to the effect "Are you guys done yet? Because I have a of people waiting outside. Please hurry up"

We just finished eating!! And the table next to us was empty! I really don't understand the management style there.

• Pros: Food is ok
• Cons: Really bad service

10/04/06

Standard, standard with a popular tag.

by apt2110

It's a pretty standard diner. The menu isn't extensive but the food was pretty good for diners and decently priced.

As for the waitstaff, they were standard--not too nice, not too friendly, can be at times nice, rude, etc. I would say everything about this place is pretty average for a diner. The one thing that sets it apart from the rest of the diners out there is the popularity thing tagged to it (The show Seinfeld used the restaurant's name). The inside looks nothing like how it looked in the tv show.

• Pros: Seinfeld used the name
• Cons: It's just a name. Standard diner. Nothing new or amazing about it.

09/20/06

Surprisingly Good

by clairus99

I say, "surprisingly" because after reading the reviews on here I was kind of dreading it. But the service was quick and friendly - what more could you ask?

There was too much choice on the menu and the prices were good, I thought.

I tipped $7 (I can't remember how much the meal was, I think the tax was less than $2, so I hope it was good!) and asked when I paid if $7 sounded okay, to be told it was too much!!

My only advice is - GO HUNGRY - the portions there are killer. I thought I was going to the electric chair afterwards... :o)

• Pros: Cheap, good service, good food
• Cons: Too filling - go hungry!