The Dining Car & Market

New owners , decided to try ,always like the old one , just as good ! Food was tasty , service was great , waitress very personable n friendly , prices not bad looks the same which it always looked good , nothing fancy but just a diner feel !which is not a bad thing , would go back again

Sorry, but things not moving in the right direction under the new owners. Greeted by a heavily tattooed waitress with the "oh so warm and welcoming greeting," What are you drinking? " Strike one. This tells me management hasn't taken 15 seconds to require that servers actually pretend to care about their customers. Next, cinnamon rolls STALE. Vegetables COLD. When informing the server that an item wasn't hot, did she give Even a half-hearted apology and say that she'll take care of it away? No, instead she simply grabbed it turned and walked away and then minutes later came back and put it on the table without a word and walked away. Did she come back a moment later to see that it was better? No. Nothing. After getting the check before we were actually finished possibly ordering anything else like dessert or coffee, did you return to see if we actually wanted anything else? No never saw her again. Good were the string beans and turkey, but the stuffing was pretty bad and never used to be. Go back to the old recipe.We'll try it again, but this icon of Philadelphia diners is not heading in the right direction. Note to new management: you'll quickly go the way of Tiffany's (once a great diner, now with its million dollar garrish makeover and overpriced mediocre food and scores of loyal patrons who never return) if you don't right this formerly beloved restaurant quickly. The best thing you could do is nothing at all but continue to serve what we all loved about the Dining Car for decades. Spent a few minutes and teach your servers the basics of customer service. They can't greet a table warmly and provide attentive service, tell them to get a job across the street at McDonald's where they will better fit in.P. S. I'm a bit disgusted in the fact that you have only a 91 out of 100 due to multipke health and sanitary violations, as reported here on Yelp. Absolutely no excuse!

One of things I love about going home to Philly is going to neighborhood diners with my friends and family. My friends and I went to the Dining Car this past Sunday and were happy we did. The food was delicious, the staff were helpful and friendly. No one rushes you out which is awesome when you have catching up to do with your Besties :0) We all enjoyed the butter cake, I enjoyed the French toast, and my friends enjoyed the Apple Crepes - they were so happy they weren't made with canned apple pie filling. The wait staff are always going around to see if you want more coffee or tea. Next time, I want to try one (or more) of the tasty treats I saw in the bakery. It's a nice diner feel with plenty of conversation happening all around. Check them out!

This is an old school diner that's been around a long time. You wait in line to be seated. It went quick. The hostess was very friendly and efficient. Our server was super nice. The food is very good! We had one of the specials for fall. The apple crepes that also came with a piece of butter cake! The butter cake was delicious and very rich. It is definitely big enough to share. The apple crepes were also yummy so was the French toast. The cups of coffee and tea are endless! We were not rushed by the waitress at all. Several times we were offered more tea/ coffee. Prices are much more reasonable than a typical brunch spot. We tipped double since we sat for awhile.

Food is spot on. Service is very good, waitresses are attentive and refilling drinks as requested. Prices are reasonable and I'll be back.

New owners are horrible. It took our party of three over 1 hour to get the food we ordered and it was room temperature (not hot). Was told by employee that male owner was yelling at employees in kitchen and refused to allow wait staff to warm cinnamon rolls so they was forced to serve cold! In addition, they were short-staffed. This never ever happened with prior owners in over 30 years!! New owners should be ashamed of themselves for not carrying on a Philly tradition of prior excellent, service, and food. No new owners were found walking around to welcome and introduce themselves. They have mighty big shoes to fill and are desperately failing : (

In my early 20's, going to The Dining Car at 2am after a night out was the move. The breakfast always hit the spot. It's been several years since I visited and the food quality and service has not changed. We arrived around 10:30 in the morning. There were a couple people ahead of us, but it didn't look like too long of a wait so we stuck around. Once seated, our waiter took our drink orders while we looked over the menu. I was surprised to see avocado toast, which isn't an item I remember being available before. All in all, it had great flavor but the bread was too soft/soggy. I think it was partly due to the abundance of EVOO drizzled on the avocado. I loved the sun dried tomato flavored bread, though. Definitely a nice touch. I asked for scrambled eggs, and while they were good, I should have requested cheese mixed in. The home fries were hot and crispy. Unlimited refills on coffee and excellent service. The bakery items looked exquisite, and I'd like to come back to purchase a cake for my next special occasion.

Too long to explain my horrible experience but waitress forgot my French onion soup, service was horrible, food really was a greasy mess, then they tried to charge me for soup I did not get, never will go back, really went down hill

I stopped in for takeout today... chicken croquettes... the waitress was quite nice and the food was amazing! chicken croquettes just like my mom used to make!!!!

My wife suggested that we go there for breakfast. Great idea. We had the best Ham & cheese Omelette ever. New owner changed something to greatly improve on them. Also had a lot of perfectly sliced ham pieces. Even the hot tea was best in class. Glad to see they keep the nice young women working at the bakery take out. The cinnamon rolls, cookies are so delicious. We purchased two packs of the cinnamon rolls and froze one of them. New owner made the place better.