Highland City Diner

5221 US-98, Lakeland
(863) 816-6861

Recent Reviews

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The service was nice, and I'm always on the lookout for local businesses, but the food here is mediocre at best. I don't know if it's because I'm more accustomed to food with a bit more flavor, but maybe I'm just not the target demographic. Would not recommend.

Jim M

Unassuming little place on the corner of a shopping center. Plenty of room inside and a great menu including all day breakfast which made my wife smile.

Donna Hewitt

I didn't care for the sadwich, The Gobbler, It was dry and the bread wasn't fresh. They did change out the bread for me. My husband had an unremarkable club sandwich. I thought it a little too expensive for what we got.Vegetarian options: Salads.Parking: Lots of parking.Wheelchair accessibility: Easy to get in and bathroom has enough room as well.

David Lange

I live within walking distance and visit here frequently. The food is well prepared and delicious. Very friendly staff. Prices are good too. I like trying new places but find myself returning again and again.

Chere' Mask

My friend and I went in for lunch today, just wanted a nice good meal since she spent the last few days without electricity. The waitress came right over and took our drink order and brought us menus. She came back with our drinks and asked us if we were ready to order and we said we needed a few more minutes, But it was around 15 minutes before anyone came back to take our order we just kept staring at them but nobody came to help us and the place was more than 2/3 empty. She ordered Eggs and grits and I ordered A piece of cake.. Her eggs and grits came out after about 15 minutes but I still didn't have my cake and it was at least another 10 minutes. We were still OK with this but no one ever came to our table and asked us if we needed anything, if we needed any more drinks, nothing. I finally got up and walked to another table and took some coffee Creamer off another table, then I walked up to the counter and asked for a To go Box. I was so aggravated I walked over to pay my bill, I still left a good tip but I'm so disappointed for how we were treated. And maybe they were just having a bad day, but I'll never go back!

Angie T Kurrack

Great neighborhood breakfast location, not your average diner! Screaming Bean Cafe inside offers any specialty coffee you might want. California girl with chorizo omelette and biscuits and gravy came out quickly and were excellent! High quality food and creative menu of breakfast options. Friendly service and hometown feel. Oh, and there is a very tempting dessert case, which I will remember for take out.

Freddie R.

Came with my wife and I had breakfast and she had lunch. This is a very basic place. I ordered the special Breakfast Burrito and I felt like I got a breakfast Wrap instead or they gave me the children's burrito because it was just small. I asked for hash browns to be crispy and I got hash browns that looked like they just came out of a package. So All of that was disappointing. My wife got a Patty Melt and she said it was "ok", but will not make her want to come back. Just very basic. It is an ok spot if you are hungry, but definitely not a 4 or 5 STAR LOCATION.

Jamie Herkel

Good food. Nice people. Only complaint is everytime we order the kids their silver dollar pancakes, either they come out so small the kids are still hungry, or they come out so big we end up throwing one away. Need some consistency there but that'd miniscule. I recommend!

Jennifer Hernandez

Great food, generous helpings and staff was friendly. Our family enjoyed breakfast and we are making sure to keep this place in mind when we travel back up in this area. We will be stopping again.

Clint S.

The Benedict here was terrible. The hollandaise sauce tasted like sausage and was split. If the chefs can't do a Benedict correctly remove it from the menu.

Diana J.

Super good breakfast here! My husband had eggs, bacon, hash browns and house made biscuits He said all were really good. I had their buttermilk pancakes and bacon. The pancakes were really good, could have been a little hotter, but I'm used to that. I think most restaurants start my pancakes when they start my husbands meal and mine gets cooled off while they wait on his. I asked for crispy bacon and got bacon that was a little too dark. Overall we loved our breakfast and would eat here again. Making plans to try their lunch!

Shari Mayfield

We have ordered a French dip to go before and it was very good. It is our favorite French dip of all time, however this order was sub par. The bread isn't toasted AT ALL and the meat is not very seasoned. I also did not ask for 40%less fat chips. Disappointed.

Carissa Dietrich

The fist time I went in there it was good food and decent service. We just went back and we where told to seat ourselves and we did. No one came to our table to even bring menus. We sat there for 10 minutes. No one greeted us, brought us menus or a water. And it was not busy, they only had a handful of tables in the whole restaurant. There where 4 ladies just standing at their take out counter with a box of menus beside all of them and no one bothered to bring anything over. Also it seemed like their ac wasn’t working because it was really hot on the side of the restaurant we sat in, and that’s a big problem in FL summer time.

Dan Avitabile

Great food & friendly service

Darline B.

Family went on Fathers Day expecting a wait. Several in front of us and the wait was 35 minutes. Our waitress was quick to wait on us and the food came within 10 minutes. We all ordered breakfast and the food was average. We were told from the beginning that the cook was new so we weren't surprised. Hopefully next time will be better. Note-not our waitress but the table next to us had 5 people, when the drinks were brought out she carried all 5 by holding them against her body. Not sure how sanitary that might be.

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