Yale Street Grill & Gifts

This place has been around forever I used to enjoy it when I was younger so today I went to try it for the first time in a long time but I was very disappointed with the service and the food they took long the food was not even hot when it was brought to our table and the hash browns had no flavor the only thing that was good was the freshly squeezed orange juice

Excellent unreconstructed old-​school diner with everything you want, made right, in normal human portions, with no cutesy dog imagery and no annoying hipster waitpeople.

Old generation diner with plenty of diners from every generation present. This is a prime spot for exceptional quality diner breakfasts and exceptional people watching. And the prices are fair, too. I could come here every weekend.

I’m going against all my other Eliters on this one! I feeling kind by giving it 2 stars really and that’s just cause the coffee was good and it was served in those great heavy white mugs you expect at a diner.
This place is defiantly historic and not necessarily in a good way. You know when you walk into an old person’s house and there’s that smell? You know the one I’m talking about … the mixture of mothballs and dust. Well that’s the first thing I noticed. Could be because there’s an antique shop in the same building, I mean same room (just separated by a half wall really). Everything was aged in the dining area too. I’m sure this is the look they are going for, but I just felt like everything was actually really old (and probably really dirty).
They were really busy and I took a bit for our waitress to come say «hi» and take our orders. The coffee certainly hit the spot and had a great flavor. I had the mushroom and cheese omelet and all I can say is booooring. I cook with mushrooms and cheese often as a vegetarian, but these must have been the cheapest, most flavor lacking fungi ever! And the cheese was just a bad. They served the shredded hash browns I love, but they too were also dreary and squashy. Everything lacked any hint of spices. I was just so under impressed with it all.
My man and the kids said there food was OK, but no one was raving about the place. I doubt we will be back, but who knows — it is cheap and I found some great beads in the antique shop. My tight wallet man just may make me go back if we are in the area for breakfast again. Though I guarantee I will go kicking and screaming the whole way.

This place is a gem… The huevos rancheros are to die for… and the belgium waffles are over the top…
Overall a kick-​ass-​breakfast !!

I love coming here, eating a late breakfast on Mondays (no rush or wait) and chilling while starting my day off. I usually get the pork chop and eggs, with crispy hash browns.
The coffee is flowing, it’s fun to feel like I’m at my grandmas house, and there is a sense of community here.
Like the show «Alice» the 70’s, welcome to Mel’s Diner.

This is old school dinner with a little antiques shop on the side.

Service was horrible and slow and food was horrible as well. I got the chicken fried steak and it tasted like cafeteria food from elementary school. They forgot one persons whole order also and when we told them they said oh ya it’s coming right out but guess what. never did and so we ended up sharing since it was to hard of a task to get the order. We had to stop a different waiter to get water refilled as ours seriously came back to the table once. They were busy but I just can not believe how bad it was. I take giving 1 star very seriously but after the experience I had it is more than they deserve. Will never be going here again. There are much much better local places to go to that have good food and service.

Food is great! My husband and I love to breakfast here any time of day. Great melt in your mouth pancakes, always crispy bacon! Amazing grilled cheese! The people are always smiling and friendly but, Service is slow so catch someone and ask for everything at once!

Great breakfast, waffles were soft and yummy. Would of been better with some warm syrup though. Waitress was a little rushed and kept forgetting things we asked for. Good inexpensive breakfast. Oh the grits were delicious also.

I won’t be going back. Service was nice, omelette was fine… unfortunately, the coffee was terrible, the sausage was burned beyond consumption, hashbrowns had No flavor, they never brought my biscuit and quite frankly it was a little over priced for american breakfast food. I prefer franks grill or avenue grill.

I really expected this place to be like one of those ol’ mom & pop places that you stumble upon in a tiny town on a road trip — – but in the city! Unfortunately, that was not the case for us one Sunday morning:
Our service was spotty at best and the food took longer than expected to come out (I let that slide because I thought it would be worth it). It wasn’t — our food arrived cold and the hash browns tasted like they had been previously frozen and had freezer burn. My boyfriends pancakes and my spinach where not memorable, just bland. Check please.

Breakfast is one of my 3 favorite meals. I love traditional breakfasts I don’t need anything crazy or fancy for breakfast. I need to be reminded of sleepy mornings with my mom at the stove cooking me hashbrowns, perfect over easy eggs, fluffy pancakes, and bacon/​sausage. Yale Street Grill delivers all of these thing with great service too.
The husband and I popped in over the weekend and were pleasantly surprised to quickly find a seat and were promptly greeted with cups of water and an offer of bottomless cups of really delicious coffee. We placed our order and in no time had our plates of yummy breakfast in front of us. Everything was as delicious and homey as I would expect from an old school diner.
I can definitely see this becoming a regular breakfast spot.
Once we were done we wandered over to the gift side of the business and browsed through all of the nick-​nacks, antiques and vintage jewelry. No finds that day but the prices seemed comparable with similar shops in the area.

I love to cook and the times we’ve come here has been because I just didn’t want to make breakfast or lunch. The prices are reasonable but I find the food a little bland. That is just me. My honey has ordered the fried egg hamburger and the first time he got it, the egg was cooked through. He wanted to cry … next time he ordered it he made sure to ask them to not over cook the egg and they brought him a nice dripping yolk burger. He said it was much better. Decent place overall.

Good greasy breakfast in the Heights. We’ve been here several times over the past decade and have a good breakfast each time. Don’t come here if you want to diet.
Eggs, Omelets and Grits are always good here. This place is usually packed on the weekends so be prepared to wait. It’s worth it.
Right next door is a charming little antique store.

I went here for breakfast and it is a restaurant and a gift shop. The shop is an antique shop where you can find books, toys, and other last minute Christmas gifts if you’re shopping here this Christmas week. To find this restaurant was a chance to get to try another breakfast joint in Houston.
I had some coffee and water and coffee is always good with breakfast, especially this brand they made. Then I ordered the chicken fried steak with over-​medium eggs, hash browns, and English muffin. The steak was cooked just right with white gravy, and the eggs were perfect and not too runny. The English muffin was exactly what you’d expect it to be, and I tried it with a little grape jelly they provide on the table. The hash browns weren’t too crispy, and not too soft. I give the breakfast a kudos because they know what breakfast is! I really enjoyed that.
The shop I explored for a little bit and they have nice antiques and knickknacks to buy or just browse. Books, dolls, and other sentimental things are located in this hidden gift shop and I urge people to go look for a few minutes if you eat here and want to explore more. I did that and I knew if I left I would miss out on all this cool stuff to buy and to look at.
This shop/​restaurant is located within the Heights, where I used to live, and is a really nice place if you want to stop by for a quick bite of breakfast or to buy some things for people or for yourself. I’ve always wondered what that place looked like inside whenever I passed by it. Now I’ve had the opportunity to look at this place and what is has to offer with the food and antiques.

Some may refer to this Heights diner as a «greasy spoon,» but I must admit that I’ve never left with any feelings of guilt or disgust. The typical feeling I get from leaving other breakfast spots.
You’ll find that hash browns are a bed of fluffy, crispy potatoes cooked over a griddle — not deep fried. They have turkey breakfast sausage — woot — wheat waffles, fluffy biscuits, perfectly cooked juevos, and bottomless drip coffee. Best of all, breakfast is served til closing, which is 4:30p on weekends — perfect for fans of lazy Sundays (ahem, me).
After breakfast/​brunch/​lunch, walk around to the «gift» portion of the establishment for old finds, jewelry and other random tchotchkes.

I like this place for what it is. It’s a no-​frills diner (well, unless you count the antiques) with cheap diner food that’s pretty good. You won’t be blown away by the food, but when you want to grab a cheap bite that’s better than fast food, you’ll be quite satisfied. Having the antiques shop built in makes this place pretty cool. The staff has always been friendly and accommodating, but sometimes the food is really slow getting to the table. I would come here more if they had better hours too!

OK — step back to the 1950s or 69s — and remember the place has not been updated since.
But think clean, friendly and great service, and good food at great prices.
Took a friend who is a native Houstonian who never visited the place in his 60+ years.
Standard breakfast — egg dishes, omelets, etc. Nothing fancy. Just good food prepared well and large portions. Bottomless cups of Community Coffee.
A good spot for breakfast or lunch (great burgers). And «cheap» prices!

This place has very basic Mom and Pop diner food. Don’t come here expecting «unique ingredients» or «modern twists». Come here when you want a basic breakfast, such as an omelet, bacon and eggs, biscuits and gravy. They also have great pancakes and waffles. I thought my Mexican omelet was quite boring, but the banana nut pancake was delish. I am also a big fan of their burgers!