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| - Food: Dinette's specialty is specialty pizza made fresh with organic and unique local ingredients. We ordered an appetizer, a salad, soup, and a pizza. The pizzas are meant to be ordered for one person, so two people order two pizzas. They're 8-cut pizzas. If you are really hungry and order nothing else, one pizza is probably a solid meal, but if you aren't starving or order appetizers, a pizza could definitely be shared among two people. The menu is changed daily, and is dated at the top to prove this. There were 3 vegetarian options when we went. It doesn't look like you can create your own pizza or change toppings. There were about 10 different pizzas to choose from with many options including different meats and vegetables. We had a grilled pepper appetizer which was the best part of the meal. It was fresh and delicious. The mushroom soup was very good too. The grilled romaine salad was exactly that, a half head of romaine grilled with some veggies and dressing tossed on top. It required a decent amount of effort to cut and eat. The pizza is very fresh and tastes good, but not great. Its slightly better than a "specialty" pizza from a delivery shop. Its thin crust, and the dough is the best part. The toppings were very scant. A unique type of olive was one of our toppings, and each slice had exactly one piece of olive on them.
Price: Unique ingredients are expensive, but the price is the main downfall of Dinette. We ordered two drinks each, one appetizer, one soup to share, one salad to share, and one pizza each and our bill was over $80. True, it was a decent amount of food, and everything was at least average tasting, but $80 for essentially pizza seemed to be too pricey for us. The average pizza price was $14-15, appetizers ranged from $4-9 and the salads were around $8 and appetizer size.
Drinks: Dinette prides itself on its pizza and wine selection. There are many wines to choose from and they are reasonably priced. They have 3-4 beers to choose from ranging from micro-brews in bottles to $1 Yuengling cans. You have a choice between sparkling water or flat water that is served in a glass jar.
Atmosphere: Presentation is key at Dinette. All of the food is served in an esthetically pleasing way more likely to be found at a fancier restaurant. The location within the Borders plaza is somewhat strange, but the huge windows provide a nice view of Centre Ave. and people walking by. The tables are nicely arranged and spaced apart from each other with some having individual coat hangers for your coats. There is a small bar to sit at while waiting for a table. I don't know if it is the windows or the small overall room but when even half full, the restaurant is very loud. At times it was distracting and even annoying how loud the conversations became, and there was also a strange rumble noise. We couldn't determine if it was from the unit below, the restaurant itself, or something outside. Regardless, it was loud.
Service: The service was Dinette's strength. The hostess was friendly and we were seated at the bar and subsequently at our table very promptly. Our waitress was also very friendly, answered our questions, and checked on us frequently. The bartender recommended a good wine. The food takes a while to come out, particularly the pizza which is made fresh, so ordering an appetizer is probably a good idea.
(+): unique concept, good ingredients, nice atmosphere, great service
(-): too expensive for what you get, loud
Would I go back again? Probably not. It was worth a try, but if I want pizza and wine I'll order delivery, get a $10 bottle at the liquor store, and save $50.
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