Rohde’s Family Diner

The Rohde's Family Diner is a locally owned restaurant that recently moved to its new location. The new pristine dining room is much larger and can accommodate more guests. The decor is country with country music playing in the background. Holly, our server, was friendly, engaging and attentive. She checked on us regularly. Food came out super quickly. They offer daily lunch specials and have a standard breakfast and lunch menu. I ordered a vegetable omelette that was filled with onions, peppers and tomatoes and my choice of cheese. The omelette was large, light and perfectly cooked. The star of the breakfast for me was the marbled rye toast which was delicious. My husband had the Rise and Shine breakfast which was a hearty meal with two perfectly cooked eggs, a homemade biscuit, hash browns and a meat which he chose bacon. He would have preferred the bacon to be a little more crisp, but the breakfast was, overall, a winner. The assorted jellies were a hit. Price were really reasonable. They were half full during our early morning visit, but the noise level is high. The restaurant is an easy/fast two miles off the highway. There is also plenty of parking around the building. The restrooms are super clean and nice.

Great spot - driving south towards Kentucky. Came be sure of prior good reviews. Prompt service. Food came quickly & was very good. Would come back if ever in the area. Easy access from highway, ample parking.

I stopped here for lunch at Noon on a Tuesday and the place was packed. There is not a lot of atmosphere in this place, but it had a lot of tables and could serve a bunch of people.My server came right over and gave me a menu and took my drink order. The menu was not large, but there should be something for everyone. When she came back with my drink, I ordered the fried bologna sandwich with double meat. I also ordered the house chips instead of the French fries.After quite a wait, approx. 20 minutes my food came out and I noticed the sandwich was on a bun instead of white bread as shown on the menu. Also, there were three pieces of bologna there. If this was double the meat, the normal portion only had 1-1/2 slices?? I thought that was weird. It was served with American cheese. The sandwich was good, and the bologna was tasty and on the greasy side, but delicious.The house made chips were spectacular... I would get those everyday if I lived in the area. They were crisp and had a body to them because they were on the thick side. They were very good.Overall, this was a great place to eat. The food was good. The service was great and the prices were really reasonable. I will stop here again when I'm in the area.

Great little diner!! Food is fresh and hot. Biscuits and gravy were fantastic!! Highly recommend if you're driving through!

The service was great! My breakfast, not so much. The gravy was loaded with sausage and salt. I've never had almost brown sausage gravy and the biscuits were overcooked so badly that the bottom was almost black in spots. The hash browns were unseasoned, extremely bland, and tasted like they didn't squeeze all the water out when they rehydrated them. My eggs were perfectly cooked! I probably won't be returning.

Great diner in Columbus Indiana. Recently expanded and moved their operation to 1040 2nd Street, Columbus. They also expanded hours. Currently also open on Saturday's and soon will also be open Sunday's as well. Open 630 to 2 M-F and 8-2 pm Saturday's. Great lunch menu with daily specials and breakfast all day. Food is great. Service is great. Struggled a bit recently with expanded hours and seating but have recovered nicely. If you're traveling through Columbus give them a try. About 10 minutes off the Interstate. Worth the small detour.

Food was excellent. Service was excellent as well. Enjoyed the atmosphere and the establishment was very clean and pleasant! Prices were very reasonable .

Well, I'm long over due to provide an update on Rohde's diner since they moved into their new building off of 2nd street for probably well over 1-2 years. The new building offers a ton more space than their old restaurant, however, it's a bit tucked in and hidden if you are driving south-west on 3rd street. Most of the time I miss the turn if I'm on 3rd street. It really pains me to write this review since my most recent experience was not good. (I love a good old fashioned diner and in the past I had reasonable experiences) I went in for breakfast and had French toast and a coffee. The coffee was fine but the French toast was terrible. The plate that it came on had dried egg wash strip across the surface with the French toast on top. The French toast was cold and seemed like it never got dipped into the egg bath. At first I though it was toast. Not warm, cold. I put the butter on top and none of it melted. I was deciding whether or not to complain but the waitress was nowhere to be found. I was hoping the deeper slices were at least warm and they were not. I literally tried one half-slice and left the rest untouched. The waitress was really friendly and took my order quickly but I never saw her again until she put the bill on the table. I wanted at least 2 more coffee refills but she never stopped at my table to ask how the food was or ask if I needed a refill. I would have thought the uneaten breakfast would have sparked a "was everything ok? was there something wrong? Nope. So, I gave 2 stars for what is probably the lowest cost breakfast in town from a non-chain and a friendly staff. Food wise, 1 star on this visit. I'll begin my search for a higher quality diner...

We went to this spot because of the high ratings, but we won't go back. Waited almost an hour and a half for food before giving up. The waitress seemed overwhelmed and kept blaming the kitchen staff. But she was slow in taking our order and never offered us as much as a cracker during our long wait. After initially "memorizing" our order, she finally wrote it down after we'd been waiting over an hour. We left after at least two parties that arrived after us were fed before us. We decided to spend our money elsewhere.

We live in Virginia, but originally from Indiana. One of the foods we really miss out here are tenderloin sandwiches. Driving through Columbus, we stumbled upon this hometown gem. Rohde's has an awesome tenderloin sandwich. We will continue to return as long as they continue to make homemade food. Keep it simple and make it good!