Saturday, December 27, 2008

Astoria Diner (Closed)

I have eaten here once.... And ordered from here about 100 times!

I live this dinner.  I would give it 4 stars, but its just a diner.  Almost nothing they do is excellent, but nothing is ever bad.  Fast service, very friendly people taking orders, large portions and cheap prices, basically its your typical dinner.

One thing you have to try is the large fried shrimp as an appetizer, its amazing.  Excellent large shrimp, really good portion and well cooked always, worth the price.   They seem to always have cream of turkey soup, which is alright, a bit bland, but the red peppers in it add a nice touch.  The french onion soup is very good, and the matzah ball is ok.   The turkey burgers are good, standard.  The burgers are better then usual dinner burgers, i really enjoy them.  Panini's are great, good bread.  The crazy fries, like the Disco fries or the lord of the (onion) rings are good but arrive soggy most of the time, those may only be good for eat in, avoid smothered fries for take out.  Shakes are fun, the Elvis shake with bananas and peanut butter and chocolate... yea its great.  The baklava is usually very fresh and excellent, this being Astoria i would expect no less.  Salads are great, fresh quality ingredients.  I usually order a turkey sandwich of some sort, its always lean.  Good turkey.  

24 hours, cheap, fast, and about a million items on the menu.   Love it.

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