Before spring break, we decided to take a breakfast date to Bob's Diner. This is located at 1103 N 3rd St, Manhattan, KS, 66502 (just in case you wanted to GPS it). Bob's Diner has been open for quite some time, as my father says he ate there when he was in college. Good ol' hometown place, you know?
We arrived at approximately 8:45 and we told to sit anywhere we wanted. As we looked around, we saw old neon signs, a television, plenty of tables and chairs, and a sitting space right up front by the countertop. All of these added to the diner feel of the place.
We were looked over our menus and allowed plenty of time to find out what we wanted. We both ordered coffee (as it was the morning...) and promptly were given it. We as well were given creamer. As we like to add sugar to our coffee, I (Sidney) first tried to the sugar shaker off the table. I felt as if I was Samson when all of his hair was cut off - I could not get it off the table! What was up with that? THEN. Jacey tried.
She tried to yank it off the table, it didn't work for awhile and then it did! Coffee ALMOST was spilled - there was little droplets of coffee on the table. This was confirmation to us that we had most definitely picked a sketchy restaurant.
We then were asked what we wanted to order. We both ordered a plate with two pieces of toast, two eggs, hash browns, and two pieces of bacon. Talk about a lot of food! This was about $7.50 a piece.
Soon after we ordered, our food was there! Literally - like five minutes MAYBE. In my personal opinion, the eggs were my favorite part! Over medium - yum, yum, yum! Jacey's favorite was the bacon. It was the best part. My least favorite was the hash browns, but personally I don't enjoy hash browns...so...yeah. Jacey says they were good. Trust her on this one! Jacey's least favorite part was the amount of bread - there was A LOT of it. As I (Sidney) cannot eat bread, she had four slices instead of two. She states she feels the bread was of the quality of bread that you buy at the store and could toast yourself - nothing that special about it. She would know about the bread - she did eat it all.
HATS OFF TO HER.
When we got our food, we prayed for it. Before we prayed, I (Sid) asked for some ketchup for my hash browns. The waitress came in the middle of our prayer, but she was quite kind and just set it there and left. I quite appreciated this.
As we continued our venture, we had a table full of men sitting next to us. That is, old men. They were talking about everything under the sun - sports, how wonderful K-State is, politics, and more. This may or may not have been a little uncomfortable for us two fine lookin' ladies sitting right next to them. But hey, you can't win 'em all.
We had to go up to the counter to pay, and as I waited to leave, I was able to read some of the signs behind the counter. These included what employee meals looked like, how it was and/or wasn't okay to do certain things (that I cannot remember...but I do remember them being slightly harsh [in my opinion]). I didn't think it was the best idea for these to be out in the open, or for customers to be able to see them. It really did put a damper on my experience.
When we left Bob's Diner, there was one door that didn't open. This added to the sketchiness and confirmed we had a successful, and maybe terrifying, sketchy restaurant date.
Ratings:
Food - 6
Atmosphere - 6.5
Service - 7
Pricing - 6.5
Total: 26/40 - 65%
NOW. Enjoy this picture of our beautiful faces.
