The Hop Stop Diner

Loved this place! First time and we had outstanding service and delicious food. I had the Southwestern Burger and it was nothing short of AMAZING! Probably one of the best burgers I have ever had. Seriously, no joke. The Anaheim chili and the avocado never slipped off my burger. The chipotle mayo was amazing and the burger was so juicy and perfect in every way! The staff was so polite and attended to us so well. We will definitely go back!

Great food great atmosphere and wonderful staff always satisfied and come here often over the past three years try out their home baked goods

We waited an entire hour and our food never arrived. We watched four other tables, who arrived after us, get their meals and decided enough was enough. The owner came to our table once when we first arrived but only watched our table from afar after that. After 55 minutes of waiting, we asked our server how much longer our food would take and she replied it should just be a few more minutes. I timed my watch for five minutes and we left. The food looked and smelled good; unfortunately, we weren’t able to sample any!
I did feel sorry for our server as it was her first day and the owner made the mistake of putting her on the floor without knowledge of the menu and without the ability to multi-​task. The server was trying and was put in a difficult spot.

Kinda bummed. We made old town Glendale our destination today to shop and find a local joint for lunch.
Stopped here and got a buffalo chicken wrap and chicken tenders that could have come from a QT gas station. Even the French fries were undercooked. The server wasn’t interested in providing anything above the minimum amount of service.
We passed at least 6 other places afterwards that were probably better — do yourself a favor and go search them out instead.

I went here for my Grandmas 70^th birthday party, and the servers were nice, the atmosphere was nice, but the food gave me food poisoning. Everyone who got a burger said they tasted old, and mine tasted like it’s been in the deep parts of the fridge from a few years ago. It caused me to get sick, so I have to give it 1 star.

Outstanding this is the place to go if you want the best sandwich or burger in town!

Very good food. I really liked the parmesan crusted bread they used on my sandwich — I could just eat that on its own. My hubby had a burger and said it was good as well. They hand make the chips. They were tasty and crunchy. I had some apple pie which was full of cinnamon. The bottom crust was a little less cooked than I prefer but definitely still edible. They have an Elvis sandwich on the menu fried with peanut butter, banana, honey, and you can add bacon. I need to try this next time for sure!

The owner Andrea spent some time with us and talked food (my favorite conversation topic) and on their menu she has the loose meat sandwich «Maid Rite» for 5.99 with fries! Great to see awesome foodie items that’s not expected in odd places. Now I didn’t try it since I went with the T-​Bird Special… A Thanksgiving Sandwich and side salad, but bet your bottom dollar, I’m coming back around for this one. Stay tuned…

Good food. It was difficult ordering for some of the people in my party. I wish they made things easier for people with dietary restrictions to order. Although the food was good and the staff was very friendly!

Good food if you’re looking for a burger joint, and fries are amazing. Located in old town Glendale, right across from the park & the library. The only drawback would be that the seating isn’t very comfortable (. 3 booths, we ended up at one of the tables)

My wife and I have eaten several times at this diner since it opened and it just gets better and better ! It has a very retro interior kind of a throwback to the to the 50s or 60s and the food is always good and the service is too ! Had the daily (mon-​fri) special today. Shrimp and chips ! I give it 5 stars !!!
We love supporting local businesses that give it their ALL !!!

We come here regularly, the food is good old American and Ariel is awesome waitress however the new guy manager is terrible with service always to busy chatting to wait on customers and won’t take your order if you sit in patio!
Spoke to the owner today hopefully the situation is resolved because I love this place it’s homey fun and the food is good

Cute diner, pretty good food, but the manager (young inexperienced guy) is about the least effective employee I’ve ever come across. SLOW at everything… taking orders, serving and checking out. Nice but totally unprofessional and quick to blame others.
Sometimes the kitchen under cooks the food and almost always gets in wrong.

I’ve been here several times and it’s been the same every time.
The first problem is that they open at 7 during the week but they aren’t actually ready to conduct business until 0730 or 0800. We arrived at 0730 and the kitchen wasn’t ready to actually cook food until around 0800 so we sat with our water and coffee for about 30 minutes.
The service is okay. When I think 50’s diner I imagine friendly and energetic staff. The employees here seem under-​prepared, under-​trained and too distracted or overwhelmed to be energetic.
I had the pick three breakfast with eggs over-​medium, bacon and toast. The food came out quickly and the eggs were hot but the bacon was cold. Everything is very greasy and my eggs were over-​hard. The toast appears to be cooked on the flat top rather than toasted in a toaster because it is covered in melted butter, of course it tasted great. The other people I was with were served cold hash browns and a cold breakfast sandwich. I have had the breakfast sandwich before which is good, but again, the bread is very greasy with butter. I have also had the chorizo wrap. I will agree with another reviewer that it was mostly under-​cooked hash browns and the chorizo was bland.
The coffee is great but rarely plentiful and almost never ready at 0730.
I really want this place to succeed because I always like to support small businesses. The décor is good and they play great music. The place is always clean as well. There are just a few things they can do that would really step up their game and not cost much.
Stop serving coffee and drinks in disposable cups. Most people that sit down to eat want their coffee in a mug
They need to get organized and be ready for customers when they open. Rather than spending time putting out all their signs and displays they should be attending to customers.
Get energized. You have an up-​beat joint that plays 50’s music. You are young employees and you need to be more energetic. I feel like when I go here at 0730, the waiters/​waitresses have just rolled out of bed.
I have a feeling that this place may be a different experience during lunch so I wouldn’t be opposed to giving it another shot later in the day.

I was not very impressed with the Hop Stop Diner. It was quite noisy and there was not one place available to sit. The food was very sub par.

The atmosphere was wonderful but the food could have been better.
I ordered a side salad and an apple pie. The pie was so undercooked that I doubt it had ever seen an oven. I will never go back here.

Cute place but very noisy. Server was prompt and was plrssant. I ordered the southwest burger with fries which took almost 30 minutes to arrive even though there was only 1 other person in the restaurant. A pleasant surprise was the burger was very good with a large slice of roasted green chili, avacado, jack cheese over a fresh handmade beef patty. I might try again but I will call in my order to cover the long wait.

The place has a very american theme and feel. The service was friendly. It was very clean. The food was very filling and quite delicious. I had the hot pastrami sandwich with fries. The fries were crispy and got, just like I like them. I would dedicatedly recommend this place for an afternoon lunch spot.

Nope. Went out to lunch with some co-​workers and was excited to see that french dip was the special for the day. We easily got a table and placed our order, there was six of us but the lady was polite and go our drinks of quickly. After that everything went down hill.
I ordered a lemonade, which was watery and tasted salty, which was really weird. But concluded it was just some weird powered mix, it was ice cold so I didn’t say anything. We sat and waited for about 30 minutes, six sandwiches should not take this long. And only four of our six orders came out, they had forgotten to make two if the orders. Sides were wrong, however, the fries I got instead of a side salad were tasty. And the only good thing about the meal.
The meat was over cooked and had a fried greasy texture to it. The Au Jus was pure oil, it was awful. However, the problem was that the meat was so cold and the bread was so tough I had to dip it but it was one dip for every five bites. There was no cheese or onions or anything else on the sandwich. Worst sandwich ever. I stole fries from my co-​worker because it was the only good thing to eat.
The place then got slammed and the staff was over whelmed and disorganized. You could hear them arguing over mislabeled, not labeled, take-​out versus eat-​in orders. This place is also set-​up for people to pay there check at the register, which we thanked our luck as we had to get back to our training. However, they began taking people’s orders at the register causing us to wait in line, one couple ahead of us, stood and asked multiple questions about the menu and than sat at a table. Which made us furious as we watch the clock tick by.
After standing in line we raced back to our training arriving late and unsatisfied. Never again.

The Hop Stop is adorable! I love the 50’s theme. The service was pretty fast and the server was very nice. I had the spicy grilled cheese which was not bad. My food had clearly been waiting for the other orders to be ready because it was only lukewarm. I would give 3 stars except the people I was with loved the burgers they had. One thing we all agreed on was the price– my meal was only $ 5! The desserts look awesome. I would return if invited but I would not go out of my way to eat here again.