Sal & Al’s Diner

Food was good but way too overpriced for the portion you get never again, me and my girlfriend felt like we were absolutely ripped off.

The food was okay. It wasn’t something to write home about. Customer service wasn’t the best either. The owner just sat there with wife or girlfriend and ordering people around. Instead of him getting up and checking on things his self.

Best chicken paprika sh around. Just like grammas… this is an awesome diner. A true amherst local shop. If you are traveling through stop. Great food and great people!!!

I use to visit this restaurant years ago and had not had the opportunity to revisit for quite some time because I was out of state, and I thought that it had closed for awhile. I was really glad that I returned to it and that the menu still had some of my old favorites that are not always easy to find. It has a nice diverse menu with some foods that you just can’t always get, or at least not that taste like homemade; for example chicken paprikash with real dumplings. The paprikash does taste like maybe they add tomato to it, which I don’t do at home, but it was good. The prices are not bad at all. I believe our bill came to under $ 45 for three adults and a toddler. I liked the 50’s diner décor that it use to have better than the new look, but it is more open and roomier now. One item that we had a problem with was the spinach pie. The flavor was good, but there was not much of it. The waitress explained that they are homemade by a supplier, and that for whatever reason this batch had very little filling in it, but they took it off the menu with no problem and did not make excuses. I really appreciated the honesty and customer care. I will definitely be going back. The humus is also very good!
Visited October 2015

The service here is wonderful, such kind and great people. I’ll definitely be coming back soon!

Best restaurant for comfort food in Amherst. From the Pierogi dinners, to the fresh lake perch, to the pizza that is Danny’s signature dish, you will not be disappointed. I eat here at least weekly because the food is delicious and reasonably priced.
By the way did I mention the ice cream and home made HoHo cake!
The waitresses and the the cooks are top notch.

Great place good service, and quality food. Went with my wife and ordered corn beef sandwiches, it’s not Joes or Slymens size but still a quality sandwich. Was surprised to find a good deli in Amherst, oh.

Mediocre hash house fare at very best. The dining room is filthy and the whole «greek» theme is over the top. The owner should make his cooks clean instead of taking so many cigarette breaks. oh yeah, change your oil in your friers. The stench is revolting!

Excellent food and diner atmosphere. Had the Syrian sold with chicken and my wife had the chicken sandwich. Will definatley come back here.

Food was delicious, a great stop for us and our two small kids. Pizza crust is light and airy with a bit of garlicky goodness, causing us to eat more than we probably should have. The meatloaf has sausage in it, making one of the best meatloaf sandwiches that I’ve ever had.
The only negative part of the meal was how incredibly slow the service was– and they weren’t even crowded. This was mostly irritating because it meant that we didn’t have time to try a likely delicious dessert!

Good food and a nice atmosphere. I stopped in for lunch with my parents and we all had a good time. No complaints and I will return in the future when the opportunity comes up.

Great place!!! Our service was a little slow, and the waitress apologized up and down. Our food came out hot and fresh and we got free dessert because of the wait. I didn’t think it took that long, but apparently 25 mins for a main course was UN heard of! We got chicken papricash and burgers. Food was great! I will for sure be back!

EXCELLENT!!! The food, the service, the ice cream, the atmosphere. Ask for Sam; she’s the best waitress!!! They serve delicous burgers, scrumptious pizza and for something a little different they have a Syrian menu too.

I made a trip down to Ohio so my man could look at a car. The whole experience lasted longer than expected so we stopped to get something at Sal & Al’s after reading good reviews on Unilocal.
We got a very young waitress (maybe 12). She was amazing. She seated us and brought us our water, even asked if we wanted lemon in the water. Throughout the meal other waitresses also helped us who were equally as personable.
There was a wide variety of food on the menu but, not so much that it was overwhelming. Both me and my date ended up getting Syrian specials. They did not disappoint. I would recommend this place anyone interested in good food and service.

What a great place, just went here as I read really good Unilocal reviews and was just driving through the area. The Diner has a great atmosphere, top notch wait staff (we had a young girl who was very friendly and was assisting the other staff and kept coming by to check on us – superb waitress in training, we were both impressed).
The food was delicious, with a fine Syrian selection and various other diner type offerings. We tried the Syrian selection and were quite pleased.
If you are in the area, go here, if you are just driving through, get hungry and stop by!

My wife and I have eaten here twice now and both times we have had the friendliest servers! The food is awesome and they even have a Syrian section on the menu. This place is very kid friendly. It is never really busy, which is a shame

I give this place 5 stars just because the waitress (shit I forgot her name! starts with a B?) was sooo awesome :). I ordered a Syrian salad with cajun fries and the salad was pretty good, pretty standard, but the FRIES! The fries are amazing! Make sure to get them! Everyone else I was with ordered all sorts of different things, and all the food was in the range of average to great. So if you’re in this area, I suggest you try it out, even if just for the fries or for the amazing service! :} The atmosphere is reallyy cute, too; there are a lot of cute music decorations around the store, and it definitely has an old diner-​feel.

Great diner food The White Chili is super and reflects the owners Middle East origin. with great seasoning but not spicy hot. You would think you were in a Hungarian restaurant the Chicken Paprikash is that good. And any of Rosie’s Syrian dishes are good

We recently visited the «new» Sal and Al’s Diner in Amherst. It’s a bit smaller than the old place because of how the previous tenant rearranged the kitchen.
The food was absolutely top notch. My wife and I and our two friends loved the old place and the new one is terrific, too. Everything is home made and we will be back again and again for more.

Locally Family owned & operated, wonderful homemade food. Catering also available