Reviews of The Gathering Diner (Restaurant)

Roving Reviewer

Cozy w good food nice prices

Steve Powell

Great place to get a nice pillow omelet. Very good pumpernickel bread. Good home fries and nice coffee. Good service and fast kitchen. Clean place.

Greyson Thorne

Lovely little place! I just get the coffee and potatoes but the staff are amazingly friendly and highly accommodating. My only complaint is that they have no non-dairy milks for coffee, and competing with other cafés that have it for free is lacklustre, so only four stars. All in all, good experience.

Joe B

Food is pretty good, waiting staff is courteous. Pretty underrated.

Rebecca Baker

This place is great if you don't feel like waiting in line for the Cosmic Omelette. Basic breakfast no complaints.

rosemary bagot

Good Food Services awful

Ruth Wassik

Staff is great efficient and I love the breakfasts

Robert G

The owner gave me great hostility. I was using a Groupon and basically refused to take it. He was very angry and said I needed to spend more money... Very greedy and unprofessional owner. Why put out a Groupon and then refuse to take it. Just go to cosmic omelette instead.

Steve Fish

Outstanding omlettes!

Phil Coiro

A fine family restaurant.

Judith Picard

Very good food. Would go again. Seating, service and food a bit slow but could have been time of morning and end of daylight savings.

Carolyn Coleman

I had a cheese, tomatoe and spinach omelet it was great. The toast that comes with it was great definitely not out of a prepackaged loaf it was really good as I am not a bread eater it made a big impression on me. It also came with a side of potatoes and they were decent as well. All in all it was a great value for breakfast it came out to like $10 per person after the groupon. Worth a try!!

Betty Gehris

Good breakfast and lunch.

Adrian Hester

Great food and full plates

Felix Morales

Love it !!! Best breakfast ever !!!

Brandon Hughes

A great Place !!!

Joe Rogers

Great food. Staff was friendly. Portions well worth their value.

Cortland Rettburg

Excellent food and friendly staff! It gets super busy on Sundays so consider coming earlier when you want breakfast!

Steven Durst

Mushroom, onion, cheese omelette and plump sausages, perfectly prepared and served with a smile.

Nataki C

What a fantastic place. The owners Al and Maria make you feel right at home!

Carol Sheltra

Wonderful service and the food was great! I am going again this Saturday.

Tom Kolodziej

Goto place for breakfast!

Kelly Sinkiewicz

Awesome!!!! Great staff, great food, and hearty portions. Try The Corned Beef Hash.... You won't be disappointed. First time visitors but definitely not our last!!!

Becky S.

I'm pretty sure those hours should be a closing time of 2 p.m. not a.m.

Erica Trahan

Great food, good atmosphere, wonderful staff. I love going here for breakfast! You can tell from the quality of the food that they really care about what they make. The staff is always friendly and very welcoming. Even love the music selection (today included "Under Pressure" and Carole King). It's quiet enough that you can talk to the people you're with- of course, this could be because everyone is busy eating their delicious food. Parking is NOT great, but that's the plaza, not the restaurant. Absolutely wonderful and always a great experience.

Thomas Saltonstall

Awesome service. Patient and energetic staff. Great environment. Convenient. Try the egg sandwiches

Fabian Parra

The pancakes are AMAZING!! I've been here several times, everything I've tried is really good and the service is GREAT!!

joon hwang

Nice, low key place for breakfast. I took my boys for Sunday breakfast and food was very good.

Bud Sach

Had the Irish eggs Benedict with hash. Very good. Also a ham egg and provolone sandwich on a hard roll. Huge sandwich and delicious. Excellent service.

Salvatore Milazzo

Great local atmosphere with great food. Friendly service.

Eric Bernard

Good breakfast, good service. simple.

Joseph Pham

Great food

Leslie Law

Probably the best breakfast I have had in Connecticut!!

Doris Jones

Very good restaurant,got there 10 minutes before they were to close but was able to order my lunch and set down and eat,food was good watries was very polite met owner everything was just great!!

Steffie L

Very nice place will for sure return

Peter Canis

Breakfast was absolutely delicious

Jill MG

So cute and cozy and extremely fast and cheep.

Michael Rivera

Food was great, service was amazing, its too bad I'm not from this area to enjoy this more often... Highly recommended!

Don Palmer

Good selection of breakfast entrees (never had lunch there). Never disappointed. Food always cooked to order.

Linda Tartonis

Awesome

cynthia bennett

A great ma and Pa restaurant with cozy atmosphere and tasty home cooking

Josiah Ochieng

Slow and unresponsive service. Food is okay. Not anything to get excited about.

Dan DeMartin

The food is very good.

Dennis Moura

Fantastic local place with a smaller menu. But all the food is fresh and tastes amazing.

Emilio Cepeda

Great feel-good comfort food paired with great service from the staff. Great place for a hearty Sunday brunch.

Melissa Miller

Awesome place, Melissa is an excellent server

Hollie Marshall

Real home fries

Lea J.

Good breakfast food and friendly staff. I really can't stand the long wait though. Last time I waited 25 minutes just to be seated.

Kevin Inuddi

great food ,friendly service and great prices cannot ask for anything more

Ron Doughty

A really good breakfast and lunch place. Have breakfast there once a week with a group. Always good. Foods good and staff is friendly.

Ethan Nadler

Had a very good experience here, the food and coffee was excellent, and the staff was attentive. I chose to eat here when the wait at cosmic omelette was too long; I would recomend this place on its own merits

Brandon Rivera

Had it for the first time and I gotta say I was blown away. Great food, and service. It has the "feels like home" vibe. But yea the food is really good, get the New Yorker Omelet!

ashley rice

A friendly atmosphere, quick service, nice management. Definitely will be coming back

Fredrick Beimler

It's ok, second time there and it was ok

Steve Bennett

Food was good. Service was good. The price was ridiculously high for my son and I. Almost 28 dollars for 2 eggs bacon toast home fries and a coffee for me. 1 chocolate chip pancake 1 egg and a side of bacon with a chocolate milk for my son. Way too expensive for an ok breakfast. Won't be going back.

Barbara Dolan

Really good food and friendly service! Will go back soon.

Rebekah Fernandez

Awesome! I had been here once before with a good friend, but this time I came with the whole family and we were treated like friends, the owner was so genuine and talked with us like we knew her forever! The food was perfect and there was no fuss made of my special requests as a few of us have dietary restrictions. I would love to go again.

Andrew Lyda

Great pancakes!

Bruce Casey

Love it here. The granola pancake is incredible

maureen Griffin

The waitress was very rude. I'm not a person that complains a lot about service, because I've made my living as a waitress before,or even the food, if its passable. After breakfast was served, she came back to ask if everything was ok. And I said (not loudly) that the sausage didn't taste fresh to me and I didn't want it. Her response was, to cop an attitude and say... "well they cook it every morning first thing! (how does that make it fresh?)..."I'll take it off the bill, but does anyone else want it?...no one?...no one else wants it?"... So basically she's belittling my complaint and me in front of my family. (Awkward pause at the table...Who would want it after what I just said)...NOT PROFESSIONAL. I've been there before several times and the food and service had always been good. I dont know if I'll go back. Someone needs to tell this waitress ( the tiny cute one with the tan, and the pretty blue eyes ) that rule #1 is you dont argue with a customer about food if they dont like it...you just use the old standard and say nicely. "I'm sorry about that, I'll take it off the bill, is there any thing you would like instead?" DON'T BE A JERK. Because someone that's not as nice as I am won't leave you a tip or come back.

NACHOMAMA

Good breakfast

Kris Moulard

Always consistently good

Laurie Edgerton

Excellent and reasonably priced breakfast. Great service

CURTIS RAIANI

This place is amazing. Great food. Decent staff. The owner is a good man who has no problem interacting with customers, asking how the meal is. Very good place to eat. Portions are well worth the money paid. Oh yeah, the home fries. Wow! I work around the corner and call in orders regularly, my order is always ready in ten minutes or so. Simply amazing.

Matt Tuchay

ok

Michael Chapman

Great food, under staffed.

Martha Nickerson

Lovely people. Great food

Karen Clary

Loved the staff! The food was excellent and they accomodated special requests. It was worth the drive for the customer centered experience.

jonathan jackson

Great food and wonderful staff!

Shawn Tefft

Great breakfast

malungoh hakalima

Took too to receive service. Staff were too loud and unprofessional where clients were seated.

Jaja Fernandez Rosa

Left there very upset. They only had one waitress. When we got there 4 other parties for there at the same time. We waited for an hour for our food. We only got coffee. When we asked about our food because everyone else for their food there was confusion on their face. The guy apologized but the waitress didn't even look our way to apologize. I was very disappointed

Christy Ossowski

Amazing breakfast. Omelet perfectly cooked. Great service, good prices.

Greg Lloyd

Good food and service

Phuong-ly Dang

Completely awful! The food was decent but the owner himself was rude. Our server tried her best but forgot one our meals, and when trying to split our check the owner came over and scolded us, saying it cost $.30 per transaction for credit cards and that it comes out of our servers paycheck. The table next to us was sat before us and their order wasn't taken until we received our food. It was a slow Sunday morning and this was how the service was. So disappointing!!

Kimberly Odoms

A favorite local spot if ours !!

D_L

Forget about cosmic omelet and any other local breakfast place, the Gathering Restaurant has awesome awesome home cooked large portion breakfast/brunch menu. Came here for the first time with our in laws and absolutely loved the people there and the atmosphere. We have one toddler and one infant, the staff was so amazingly kind and playful with them, they loved it! We will be eating here definitely for many years to come!

Mark Hogan

Great food great people.......

Cindy Cable

The food was not good. The bacon was cold and the homefries were boiled potatoes with seasoning, not browned up at all.

Martin Herbert

Great service

Paula Powell

Service was incredibly Slow and was so Over priced for very small portions!! $3 for a glass of apple juice we watched pored from a generic juice bottle!! Food was cold and for no reason as the waitress brought out as soon as it was in the window...no excuse at all for such pricey food!!

Peter Cascone

Felt like a an outcast, was sat in the very rear near the bathroom. We had the kids with us,

Karen Bentley

Very friendly environment and good size proportions.

Bettylou Sandy

Always good food, good service and easy to have conversations across the table. Relaxing!

Nicholas D'Uva

Very good food and wonderful waitress.

frank Razr M

Great place for breakfast!! Get there early on the weekend because it gets busy fast!

Caitlin Norrington

Best tasting egg/veggie scramble and home potatoes. Friendly and pleasant waitress.

Amy Canter

I consistently have a lovely experience here. The waitress is always friendly and the food is always cooked very well, nothing greasy. The classic music they play sets a groovy-retro atmosphere.

manish kumar

Loved the breakfast...

Jay INSPIRES

Upon sitting down we asked the waitress several questions about the menu and she had to go ask someone else for the answer. Maybe she was new but I doubt it. Food was good BUT I just feel like in this day in age if you serve breakfast foods you should offer turkey products and not all pork. Also, no other milk options other than whole milk for the coffee. Price is pretty high too. To add egg whites to an omelet is an additional $2?!?! I guess if it isn't broke don't fix it.

Maulooch

Good food, good service!

Linda Golka

Omelets are the best around. Staff is so personable, you feel like you are at home

Norman Ducharme

Best omelets around!

Nicole Christie

Fast service