Essex Diner

Super cute dinner with great food and quick service.

I work across the street and their food is really good. I love their breakfast itemsMainly their omelets!

The restaurant is small and dark with old chotchkies about. I ordered a tuna melt. The menu stated it came with tomato (a standard for a tuna melt) and cole slaw but I received neither of those. The server said it was upon request even though the menu stated otherwise. The amount of tuna left the toast soggy. My kids got chocolate chip pancakes. The chocolate chips were dumped in the middle of the pancake causing quite a melty mess. The service, food, and atmosphere were so mediocre.

Dined in with a coworker a few times, food was good so I didn’t bat an eye when it was available on the Too Good to Go app. 1st time got some type of beef stew with potatoes and a ridiculous amount of bay leaves. Who leaves that in?! Gave them a 2nd chance, got 2 cups of super salty chicken noodle soup and super salty beefaroni ? . Waited a few weeks thinking it might get better, ordered again and got exactly the same thing I got the 1st time ? same amount of bay leaves. Never ordering again. I don’t even want to dine in now either. Carrots were 2” thick and the celery was as long as my fingers…whoever does the prep needs to be fired because what about BITE SIZE did they not understand?

Old school diner with excellent omelets and friendly service.