Concord Family Diner

While the diner has a decent atmosphere and was open on 1÷1÷16. We were disappointed in our meal. Service was quick, but by 12:00 they had run out of dark meat chicken and the meatloaf special was not. Two decent sized slices of a very solid packed loaf. Not sure of the filler, maybe rice but it makes up at least 50% of the mix. Served with a couple nondescript gravies that do little to add anything to the flavor.
Again great service at a decent price, this time it was just a disappointment.

Not good. Fam restaurant. The master of none is a good adjective. All kinds of food but nothing really sticks out.

Best breakfast in the area! If you like french toast, make sure to try their homemade egg batter toast. Food consistency is great, along with the service being consistent.

very delicious and large portions. good comfort food. cute little diner atmosphere and nice staff. awesome cheesecake! open late for a yummy late night meal. would definitely recommend!

Great food, wonderful service, and a hometown feel. We will be back. Ask for Nay Nay.

Great family food! Had a chicken souvlaki pita, others had lasagna. Wonderful and affordable.

it’s good for what it is a diner

Good place to eat cheap and I hate everything. I always get the Seafood Special Platter. 2 large pieces of fried flounder. Comes with 2 sides (baked potato, fries, slaw, etc). The slaw is notably good. Best in Concord possibly. Service as some others have noted is hit or miss. Sometimes the server is good. Sometimes awful, but the food is good and prices are low. I had a $ 40 salmon dinner at 131 Main in Cornelius and it wasn’t even close to this $ 9 meal. Go here for dessert selection (pies, cakes). This is one of the few places I eat in Concord or Concord Mills area. Good cheap place to eat and better than most all others in the low price range or fast food. This was a massive plate of food for less than what someone would pay for rat meat at McDonalds or Bojangles or Chick Fil A.

Great food. Great service. Love this place, go here a lot, it’s right around the corner from me. I always get the Chicken or Steak quesadillas! They’re so delicious, my favorite thing on the menu along with their Fries which are also great! Highly recommended.

Service is hit or miss here, but the food is excellent. Large menu… large portions… my kind of place! The ambiance is definitely lacking, but once you get over that and focus on the delicious grub you won’t be disappointed. The hot open faced roast beef sandwich is the best I’ve ever had. My other favorite is a dish called Pasta Fazoo, and my husband loves their Chicken Parmesan. Most of the time we get so much food we have leftovers for the next day. The prices are very fair for the amount of food you get.

Great diner, and with all the greek staples too! Burger was great! Love the diner atmosphere and the cakes looked amazing. I will definitely be coming back here.

Service was great and food was ok. A bit to greasy for my liking. Also the place could use a décor update, sprucing up.

This place may not be for everyone, but I enjoy eating here. The service at times can be spotty, but the food tends to be consistent.
I LOVE the Cheescake that they had/​have.

I’m surprised at the reviews. Yes, portions are huge. The food is pretty inedible though. Service was good, and they did take my meal off the check.

Good cheap food. I had a phenomenal breakfast.

This place lives up to its name as a family restaurant. The time we came in was for breakfast. Lots of Seniors were here, quiet, low murmuring, with a television playing in the background. Kathy Lee and Micheal Stratton type shows.
Nice experience, slow laid back atmosphere.

Went in with low expectations. Was very disappointed. Service was nonexistent. Gravy was so salty neither my son nor I could eat out meal. Beef was not cooked that day… Not even sure that week. Horrible… A huge portion … But inedible.

This is the restaurant that inspired me to join Unilocal and write a review. I recently took my family to Great Wolf Lodge and looked on Unilocal for a good breakfast joint to take the family. After some looking, we decided on the Concord Family Diner. The reviews were pretty good, except for David L who gave it two stars. Here are my thoughts:
1) Dirtiness. I get that it is a dive, but there were crumbs and stains on the booths, the floors and the bathrooms (men and womens) were FILTHY at 9am on a Sunday morning. The plate they brought out my kid’s cereal bowl had some type of yellow powder dried into it. I am a pretty low key guy and love a dive restaurant and am pretty forgiving of minor stuff, but the overall impression this left was of a place who did not care very much about their business or customers.
2) Service. The waitress took our order and then forgot about us. Over 30+ minutes, I flagged down another waitress who was doing coffee refills and asked about our order. About 5 minutes later, the meals came about with a couple exemptions. They forgot my wife’s toast that came with her omelette and forgot my kids had each ordered bowls of cereal. Our waitress came back and expressed frustration with the kitchen when she delivered the food, but clearly something was wrong when people who got there after us got their food and had left.
3) Food quality. My wife liked her omelette, saying it was tasty and that goes a long way even if it was a little cold. My pancakes and bacon were both cold enough to qualify as barely warm. The bacon was good — its bacon — and crispy the way I like it. It would have been perfect if served warm. My pancakes were not good at all. Pretty much ice cold, they were tough to cut, had a nasty chewy consistency, and for the first time in my life I just said I will pass on the pancakes. I ate the bacon and a piece of her toast and a cup of coffee. Given the experience, I did not ask for a remake or something else and just paid and left.
Despite the positive reviews, I would suggest people skip this place and fine somewhere else. The combination of dirtiness (the big one for me), slow service, server-​kitchen issues, and inedible pancakes tell me I would have been better off eating at a place like Denny’s which I normally avoid on principle.

Priced right, GREAT food, everything is fresh, and homemade! Don’t miss the opportunity to get some hometown southern quality food!

Been a fan of Concord Family Diner since high school. Absolutely love the Pasta Fazool. Never have had a bad meal, breakfast (offer huge portions) or dinner. The desserts are homemade and delicious. The owners, Pete & Gus, are awesome and friendly.
Sure the place is old and outdated and I’ve thought about calling Robert Irvin from Restaurant Impossible to ask him to help with a renovation. Besides that, its a great dive spot to get a good meal (American, Italian, Greek)