Dianna's Deli & Restaurant

I have to chuckle, reading some of the other reviews. Now look, if you're from California, or a city steeped in food culture, I want you to notice something about the name - "Dianna's Deli & Restaurant." It doesn't say bistro; cafe; gourmet or steakhouse. Keeping that in mind, to me, it's like walking into any neighborhood deli in New York or Brooklyn . . . emphasis on NEIGHBORHOOD DELI. If you don't want to eat at a local, simple, but friendly-with-good-food joint, then pay attention to where you are going.Dianna's is great - Anitta and Brittany (I think that's right? The wonderful blonde who works as a hostess) are simply the best -- always friendly and cheerful.Full transparency -- I have only ever had breakfast here. The omelets are terrific; especially love the greek; or three cheese. My husband likes the pancakes and french toast; I also really like the turkey sausage. But, I often go alone, on a break from work; I sit and read while I have my eggs, and I love it.To be honest -- it's probably not my style for lunch or dinner, as they do focus on homestyle cooking, and I tend to go in a different direction, unless it's breakfast. I have to say the desserts have always looked amazing!Dianna's has a loyal following, and is always busy, so there's a reason for that. But do keep in mind, this is a hometown joint, and that is special to those of us who live here!

Ordered a slice of cherry cheesecake and a slice apple pie, it was soooo old . Cherries were literally dried up on top of cheesecake and it tasted stale AF. The Apple pie crust was sooo hard and also tasted stale. BEWARE of the dessert. If they can display food like this, I can only imagine the back kitchen and what we can't see... Just eww

This place is amazing. Best diner in Sandusky. Small quibble that they should send much larger coffees on Doordash. That is not enough to tank my rating though.

We just got back from Dianna's deli a little over an hour ago. I had to leave a review because of how amazing the staff was, I don't leave reviews often. So seeing the reviews now of how the service went for different people makes me think there's either a language barrier or that service must vary greatly. Me my partner and sister decided to try something local but close, and came in after a long day with the kids while staying at great Wolf lodge. We have four boys total, 11, 10, 8, and just turned 2. All 3 of the older boys are twice exceptional kids, neurodivergent, overtired, underfed from the long long day of activities. Running on pure adrenaline. Basically feral. The adults obviously exhausted and patience drained, sore, trying our best to keep the kids in line but not make a scene. Our service was wonderful. The first thing I noticed was that despite looking a bit dated from the outside and in, the high chair was exceptionally clean. I dread doing sit downs with the toddler usually because of sticky chairs and straps but these straps felt almost like they had actually been in a washing machine they were so clean. Our server was so polite and helpful, she was super kind to us and our children. My toddler who doesn't like strangers, doesn't even like his grandma screamed for her when she walked back to the kitchen. There was a bit of an issue with a pickle touching bread on my nephews cheeseburger, and so he won't eat the burger. I explained to the server that he didn't want the cheeseburger and asked for a grilled cheese. It came out with a pickle touching the sandwich and we just cut that part off but he ate it. Thank god bc he is soooo picky I was just happy he'd actually *try* a restaurant grilled cheese. Anyways, we tried our best to keep our kids in line, maybe they weren't as bad as we feel like they were but nobody batted an eye. Food was not bad. We didn't really have high expectations but considering all the kids AND neurodivergent adults ate their meals,I'm pretty impressed. I'd say this place is great if you have a bunch of picky people and need simple local food with LOTS of options. As I said, our server was exceptional. I didn't catch her name but she kept our drinks full, checked on us often, and never once made us feel like we were inconveniencing her or that she even noticed our kids were acting like they were anything other than small people being normal. This is not a fancy restaurant. They have a lot of options, good but simple food, low prices, and at least in our experience, amazing service. English was not our servers first language, and she went to get another person when she didn't understand why We'd leave that much of a tip.

This place always serves good food. I love the Friday night all you can eat fish. The service is stellar. The ambiance is a bit dated, but it didn't take away from the food or service.

Was here with my husband for dinner. He had the perch and I had steak. The steak was a major disappointment - clearly well past freezer date. The perch was ok. It is nice that you get a cup of soup and a salad with your meal. The fries were decent.

Where is Gordan Ramsey when you need him??My boyfriend and I were up visiting Sandusky to go to Cedar Point. We wanted to stop at a nice restaurant before heading home, so we picked out a local restaurant that was well known in the community. Right off the bat, I knew we were in for a treat, the decor was AWFUL, it looked like it was from the 80's with a coat rack and green plants everywhere it was SO outdated. First off, I went to order sweet tea and they do not even serve it. What type of restaurant does not serve sweet tea? Then, we ordered our food and while waiting for our food we kinda looked at the people around us and they were not impressed with their food either and kept sending it back to the kitchen. The one guest behind me, ordered a steak and sent it back because it was dry. We then received our food and right off the bat the side salad looked premade and was way too small with one measly slice of cucumber. My grilled chicken breast was actually the best part of my meal however I did not order the mashed potatoes I asked for the rice. The kitchen just seemed off and confused because the menu was so big and the waitress did take our order in correctly but it was the kitchen who kept messing up the orders. Also, what was up with the huge long stalks of broccoli? Why weren't they just florets? I also asked for steamed veggies not broccoli because they had both but I didn't want to deal with sending another thing back to the kitchen. Then, my boyfriend ordered the chocolate chip pancakes which he said tasted frozen and were just heated up in the microwave and the one pancake on the bottom looked like SOMEONE TOOK A BITE OUT OF IT!! He also said the bacon was unflavorful and soggy no crispness at all. Overall, I do NOT recommend this place it is outdated and the food is not that edible at all. The only nice thing about this place is how nice and friendly the staff is about out to our waitress.

The waitress was very snappy with me so that is the main reason for the two stars. As far as the food, we were staying the night before going to cedar point and couldn't find anything that wasn't a fast food restaurant other than this. They had a senior citizens menu that had decent prices and I got the salmon off of that menu and it was your typical frozen and then reheated salmon. It also came with choice of soup or salad and choice of potato or rice - which the waitress insisted that I get Rice!! My friend got the grilled chicken off the senior citizens menu and he said it was fine and it came with french fries. We both got the chicken noodle soup which came in a Styrofoam bowl and was a little bit greasy. Overall not a place I would come back to but it was acceptable for a non-fast food dinner!!

I'm from out of town and we visit several times a month. Today was the first bad experience my family has had since we have been going to Diannas Restaurant. We ordered the chicken Parmesan and the sauce was so salty that we could not eat it. Our waitress felt bad about it and took it to the manager that did not seem to care. She (Manager) was very unprofessional and acted like we were in the wrong about the whole ordeal. Our waitress was very good, apologized to us several times. Maybe the manager can learn from our waitress how to be professional in customer service instead of acting like we were in the wrong. We may have to find somewhere else to patronize when we visit Sandusky several times a month!!!!!!

While it was packed, they didn't seem very organized. And then our food came out at all different times making our first experience not the best. I also am not a fan of listening to the staff argue.