Tom's Diner Southside

11/09/09

What is going on with this place?!

by CSMobileUser at Citysearch

I tried this place a few times and every time I left dissapointed. The service is horrible and the food is bland and not worth the money or the time waiting for it. Also since they merged with folinos the menu is odd and the atmosphere in folinos is awkard. If someone is in the bar, women have to walk thru the "nice resturant" and into where the employees are just to use the restroom. I think the owners are confused and just don't care about this establishment and I am so surprised people even still enter toms diner and folinos doors!

07/22/09

Absolutely awful place to spend any amount of money or time

by StephenRa at Citysearch

Tom's diner is a 24 hour eating establishment which already clues you in to not expect quality cuisine. So just as you would imagine for a 24 hour diner the food is mediocre and incredibly overpriced with the bonus chance of making you feel sick for days. Their service is unacceptably slow and they refuse to split a check. They claim their system is incapable of splitting a check which is at least within the realm of possibility. A sign or any for of indication would maybe make this somewhat acceptable. Although if you alert them before your meal that you would like your orders to be put in separately so that the check splitting will not be a problem they still refuse. So if you are going with a group of friends you better all sit at different tables because apparently they can't possibly consider each person at a table as separate customers. For a business in the South Side capitalizing completely on the bar hoping life style it is utterly unacceptable for them to not accommodate groups of people to come in and easily eat together. So if you are desperately in need of sustenance and no other place on earth is open and you and your buddies all have cash (remember if one of you has a credit card your completely screwed) and you have the time to upchuck poorly cooked eggs and meats all the following day then toms diner may be an option for you.

• Pros: It's open 24 hours, one could argue this as a con however.
• Cons: Terrible food, service and price

06/25/08

Gone way downhill

by amc106 at Citysearch

I can't stand it since it's moved next door. Much smaller. Long booths along one wall have you sitting about 6 inches from the next table. Walking space to the tables is about a foot wide with chairs on either side. All non-smoking. Definite change of crowd. Used to be my favorite place to go on a weekend morning for a good breakfast and maybe some recovery time after a night out. As soon as I sat down when I went most recently, I wanted to leave. I'll have to find a new diner now, a real diner. This place has really sold out.

• Pros: still has good food
• Cons: too cramped, can't smoke anymore, screaming children now a common thing