The Downtowner Restaurant

Ambiance is what you should expect from a mom-n-pop diner that's been in business since the 50s. Clean and well loved. The food is the same way...inexpensive, home style and tasty! The biscuits and gravy are some of the best I've had...light, fluffy, and melt in your mouth. Gravy could be a little more peppery but you can add more if that's your thing. We went on a Sunday about 12:30 and it wasn't busy. The waitstaff was very friendly and the food came out quick. It's out of the way and hidden but certainly worth finding! Will be back in future visits to Lafayette!

Was bigger than I expected when I walked in. Seat yourself. Choice of table, booth, or counter. Went on a Saturday morning and had no problem walking in and getting an open table. Servers were friendly. Food was overall pretty good. Was disappointed in the American Fries. They were cubed instead of sliced. As American Fries can be either sliced or cubed, I should have asked. That being said, they were just bad in general. The two other people with me at the table who liked cubed American Fries didn't like them either. The hashbrowns on the other hand were great. Food was a little slow getting to the table, but service was good and overall everything was good. They look like they have tasty weekly lunch specials like I would like to try sometime.

My favorite Lafayette breakfast spot! It's your standard greasy spoon diner with delicious biscuits and gravy, breakfast potatoes or hash browns, and HUGE pancakes! The prices are very good for the huge portions and the service is always fantastic. When given the choice of where to go to for breakfast, my son always chooses The Downtowner! The hot chocolate is also a big hit :)

The best staple in Lafayette. Grew up going here, so you know you can trust me when I say they have great home fries! reminds me of my grandparents plenty of parking in this large lot shopping plaze!

The food is great here and you plenty of it at a very good price. Service is excellent we love Betty and Tia! This is our weekend go to place for breakfast. It is a down home place where everyone is friendly and you just might get to know lots of other regulars. I highly recommend giving The Downtowner a try.

Not too impressed. It looks like it used to me a local church. Not very, big so don't go durning busy times. The people were kind and attentive. All the food was very bland. I didn't care for the coffee either which is important for my breakfast. My biscuits and gravy tasted too much like flour. The bacon was okay, but I could've made it tastier at home. The eggs I had were good though. Cooked well, but I did have to salt and pepper them. I was a little off put that the silverware was brought to me just like I get it for myself. Not already on the table, not wrapped up, just brought out bare hand touching it. She didn't touch the part that goes in your mouth, but it was odd. I'm not sure if I'll return here. I like my cleanliness and my seasonings

Easy going simple breakfast focused hit, buddy and I tried the basic morning routine here. Very friendly staff, a bit cramped or cozy depending on your space desires, lots on the menu, the familiar and usual. Nothing crazy or unique here, it's not Tick Tock Tavern by a short or long shot but I can see some liking the predictable. My benedict was right on, a tad small and lacking that rich gooey nature but it went down well. There's a lot of heated competition amongst the Tippecanoe community for brunch which is won every Sunday by Sixth St however Downtowner makes a great place for itself amidst Town & Gown, Tick Tock, and the high flier 8eleven Bistro for those wanting the usual and being able to say that and getting it.

I cannot fully express how good their coffee is. And they bring you an entire insulated carafe, which keeps it piping hot. Nestled between Greenbush and Elmwood (sorta behind Burger King), it appears unassuming but once you walk in, you know you are in a good old-fashioned diner style restaurant.We had the biscuits and gravy and pancakes, and they were tremendous. No nonsense service and ambience. Again, the real star of the show is the coffee.

A really nice down home diner with plenty of food served quickly. Be sure to ask about their loaf of soup!

Just came in at 7:15 am and had a terrible experience. I will try to summarize. Bar seating was incredibly dirty, server was seen on her phone the entire time from parking to leaving in the corner while not cleaning the seating or counter of the bar where we sat. We had to clean off our own seats to sit down with our hands... after informing we had not been in many years we were handed menus and 1 min later asked if we were ready to order... I had to again remind her that we would need some time as we had not been there in a long time... when the food came out 2-3 mins after we ordered I knew (based on my 17 years of restaurant experience) that the there was no way my sausage links were cooked. Not a single brown mark on them... sure enough, I cut them open and they were 75% red with a little gray. I cut them into pieces for the server to see but we were never asked how our food was and were only given a refill of coffee after our meals were done.. I took my sausage home to cook myself... terrible experience and will not be back. Businesses like this should fail.