For the most part, all the food I’ve had from Dawson Diner, with the new ownership, has been very good, and very fairly priced, but this unfortunately does not extend to some of their deep fried options - though very tasty, they are way over priced for the amount received. For $8.50, we got 8 onion rings. For $12, we got 10 small nuggets of cheese curds, neither with any accompanying dipping sauce. That is unreasonable, in my opinion. However, like I said, everything else is very good and fair, and I am also happy to note that since the new ownership, the once disgusting coffee is now very good too!
All that said, the service is good overall, and the renovated atmosphere is very clean and nice - strangely so fancy in some ways people might ask if they can have a small wedding reception there. The best part - they finally renovated those horrifying bathrooms! It’s a great little diner with everything you could want and more, with that classic “home cooking” experience - the gravy is good! Just don’t expect a reasonable deal on some of the deep fried goodies, unless they happen to read this and make adjustments.
Nice, clean, fresh looking restaurant. Friendly hostess, good selections and overall, good food presentation.
However, the icewater smelled and tasted like sulphur. The waitress informed me that it was well-water and offered a bottled water instead. I just stuck with the coffee.
The meal looked great, but once I started cutting into the eggs, I realized they were cooked "over-hard," rather than "over-medium," as requested. The waitress came by to ask how everything was, and I explained that the eggs were overcooked. I had just cut into the 1st egg. Her response was basically, I'm sorry, and walked away. Rather than giving me the option to have them re-cooked, nothing further was done about it. Why even bother asking the customer how their food is, if you can't be bothered to rectify the mistake, or make an adjustment on the final bill?
Overall the food was good and I'd probably go back if I'm in town. However, when a server is expecting a $4+ tip on $25, for 5 minutes of work, perhaps you could try to "serve" the customer 1st.
Posted 10/2/2025
