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| - Marda Loop needs another breakfast diner! I love that Marda Loop is developing into a thriving community.
I like to support local business and often frequented Belmont Diner for this reason. The food is authentic diner fare and when I used to go the service was friendly. I did not mind the 20 minute to 1 hour wait.
I have eggs, coffee and toast at home but sometimes you want a dining experience with a vibrant and friendly atmosphere.
You may be disappointed if you want the same at The Belmont. They may have gotten to big for their breaches and definitely need competition to wake up .
I waited outside for an hour with my friend. We ordered Bennies, coffee and Minosas . I typically eat like a middle aged yellow lab, fast and with gusto it's a bad habit. We had not taken the table up lingering by any means. We decided we wanted an extra round of toast and the waitress informed me with a fake annoyed smile that they usually did not let people stay for more than an hour, I knew we had sat down exactly 37 minutes as I had a call at that time we were seated.I asked her how long she thought we had been there for and without batting an eye she lied and said 50 minutes, but added she would do this for me because I was a regular, once we picked our jaws up off the ground ... It made me sad for how greed has been exchanged for the customer experience. She or management overlooked that we waited outside for longer than we had sat down, and BTW, why have lovely fire pits if you don't ever seem to turn them on?, we ordered drinks at a diner !!, we were not lingering aimlessly we ordered more food! I had left a good tip with my meal, And finally, they used to give little bubble gums with bill, when I asked why they stopped it was because minimum wage for waitress went up so they had to stop the bubble gum...: really ?? How cheap can you be.
I'll never be returning, the Beltliner is a good alternative and the wild rose pub next door has breakfast.
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