I wanted to love the Hot Metal Diner because my friend raves about it. I am hoping I came on a bad day and when I go back it will blow me away. But I only have my one dining experience to go by and my review is based on that.
The coffee was awful. This alone caused me to reduce my review one star. Come on! A diner HAS to have good coffee. It was weak, lukewarm, and just not good.
Service was slow. Real slow. And while my waitress was very nice, she took quite a while to come by and refill drinks, bring condiments, and overall bring our food. If you needed butter, syrup, ketchup, good luck - you were going to have to wait.
My omelet wasn't bad. It just took a long time to get to me and was served with really bad coffee.
I'm going to try this place again because I can see the potential. But right now I'm just not that impressed.