lucy's eastside diner

love love love lucy's diner. its open 24/7 which is great for drunken late nights. theirbreakfastis where its at. the decor inside is cute.. exactly what you would think when you imagine a quaint diner. they have boozy milkshakes which is always a plus!

lucy’s eastside diner on main street is where i pop by for breakfast, or when everything is closed late at night, for dessert. affordable comfort food, big portions, licensed and open 24 hours! it’s pretty hard to find nice places to hang out with friends that are open late in vancouver (other than pubs/bars, some dessert cafes, and bubble tea shops) and this is one of them! pictured is the apple pie - with option to make it a la mode. you can’t really go wrong with anything on their menu - expect your diner classics, likebreakfastplates, refillable coffee, grilled cheese, mac and cheese, and burgers etc.

i love the interior of the diner, it really brings you back to a different time. their milkshakes had a very nice consistency, thick but not so much that it's impossible to drink. their food is a little over seasoned and a bit too salty, but other wise, it was excellent. it's great hour their open 24 hours as well with menus not set for a certain time. so you could havebreakfastfor dinner or dinner for breakfast!

fun diner food in a classic diner setting. leather booths, bar stool counter seating and a small sidewalk patio. lots of the usual diner classics, including delicious pancakes and otherbreakfastoptions. really good pouting too, perfect for late night snacks.

the best thing about lucy’s is that it’s diner/breakfast joint that’s open 24 hours. and it’s not one of those dodgy diners  but it’s a cool, hip place in the heart of mount pleasant. i went at around midnight and it was a good kind of busy, not too much where i had to wait in line but also not slow enough to make it awkward. i got the smoked salmon eggs benny and it definitely fulfilled my craving. the potatoes weren’t the best, they felt a bit cold and undercooked but the eggs were on point.

when i went back again, i was torn between getting the guacamole grilled cheese and the chorizo hash. i went for the hash because i was inbreakfastmode. it was good, but i almost wish i went with my gut and went for the guac grilled cheese. oh well, just more reason to come back again!

it’s so convenient that lucy’s is open 24 hours a day. if you’re one of thosebreakfastfor dinner type of people, then lucy’s is the place for you. between their bottomless hashbrowns and their overall generous portions you really can’t go wrong. they have a really awesome menu that covers all the essential comfort foods. the three little pigs eggs benny is my favourite because it’s such an outrageous amount of food, and their guacamole grilled cheese sandwich is a favourite also. i definitely recommend it!

lucy’s is a place i sometimes end up at when it’s late and i’m craving comfort food or desserts because this place is open 24-hours.  they havebreakfastall day, so that’s a plus. another thing i love is soft serve ice cream, which they have here. (i clearly love lots of foods). you can ask for a topping with the soft serve ice cream, such as oreo or chocolate sauce that they use for their milkshake. they make ice cream sandwiches, which is their regular cookies with soft serve in between. don’t make the same mistake of getting cookies, soft serve and an ice cream sandwich because you’ll end up having one regular ice cream sandwich and a deconstructed one, unless that’s what you’re into. they also have homemade pie, but it often runs out by the end of the night.

a bit nicer than a dive diner. lucy's is in the heart of hipsterland on main street's coffee shop sector, and it's got the retro-cred decor that's de rigeur with the the piercing/tattoo/bowling shirt crew. but i don't think lucy's is fitted out like that for ironic reasons. they just haven't changed anything since that part of vancouver was servingbreakfastto hung-over dock-hands in dungarees, not college-educated theatrical types in clothes they dug out of their dead grandpa's attic.

lucy's has some modern touches on the plate, like the chorizo and hollandaise on my "three little piggies" triple-bennie. i bet guys would have sneered at that as being too fancy in whatever era lucy's was new. back in the day, old-timers might have liked the peanut butter milkshake i had,(not a bad deal for $5) but they wouldn't have been able to wrap their heads around the idea of putting wild turkey bourbon in it. unfortunately, neither could i, because i was brekking with some mates from work, and it was still before 0900. even a 24-hour joint like lucy's has to pay attention to the timing of liquor laws.

i noticed one review slagged the hash browns. i had doubts about eating them, but they were fine -- individualized cubes of white potato that tasted as though they had been deep-fat fried. not your typical hash browns, but deep-fried potatoes would get applause in old times as well as new.

this place is a gem. quick service, delicious food. the waitresses and waiters are nice and funny. they have the best mac'n'cheese in town. great forbreakfastand late at night. we always ask to have our meals made as a surprise, whatever chef thinks is good - we've never been disappointed.

to my tattooed friend. thanks for the delicious chorizo hash and milkshake! lucy's is a great place for late nightbreakfastand snacks

what happened?!. i have been going to lucys since it opened. i used to love this place, it was a greatbreakfastspot. nowadays when you go into lucys eastside diner here is what you will encounter. staff that seem to be drunk out of their mind, that couldnt care less about customer service. food that looks and tastes like it came out of the freezer, then microwaved. hipsters. and their cook (tall black guy) will hit on you with lines like, "baby, you eyes are so sexy". my friends and i realized that he had hit on all of us individually and none of them will go back to lucys. and it is dirty! it often smells like garbage inside the restaurant, the washrooms are gross and, you cant touch anything in the place without getting something sticky or greasy on your hand. i give up on lucy's eastside dinner...

looking for a great breakfast??? dont stop here!!!. this is my first review as i am normally easy to please, and can normally find something good out of a situation. not the case here!! we had heard of lucy's and thought we would stop for breakfast.... wish we hadn't!! it was by far the worsebreakfasti have ever had. we ordered the pancake stack, and the chorizo hash. seriously, frozen pancakes from a box would have been way better. they were over cooked, flat, watered down and flavorless. the fruit compote consisted of a few frozen blueberries - yes they were cold! the hash left a lot to be desired, cold chorizo, tasteless potatoes and severely runny eggs... i havent even spoken about the burnt tasting coffee!! i got one word for you ... yuk!!! if you are thinking of going to lucy's... dont!!! wish we hadnt!!

horrible food. horrendous service.. mom and i attempted to hit up all of our favourite spots on main street at the beginning of a holiday weekend. unfortunately, all of them were packed and had wait lines. starving we drove past lucy's. it was dead. i have avoided lucy's since it's launch as many of my friends told me to stay far, far away. everyone said that lucy's provides bad service and bad food. i usually like to give everything a go once and i like to think i have an open mind besides we were so hungry. we decided to give it a go. ugh, i should have driven out to 4th.

service:

the worst service i have ever had. we walked in and asked if we should seat ourselves. i got a half assed "yeah..." we sat down and ordered. mom chose lunch, i chose breakfast. the servers were at the till bitching about the last server who just left. i tried to shut them out but, unprofessional people stand out. the service was so bad that one girl walked by the table saying "people, i've got to get away so, give me some money." not sure if she wanted us to hear that or maybe she was wanting to get off her shift? it is the august long weekend (it's friday today.) the service was so bad that as my mom took her last bite of food and was still chewing the lanky unsettling dirty blonde removed her plate. she then said "i'll get you your bill." it was shocking.

the servers are the most unprofessional servers that i have ever encountered. all of them unsettling. i work in the service industry and i was appalled that the owner of this diner allows this kind of behaviour! i won't even go into more of the annoyances because frankly, you or i do not have enough time. i would normally tip between 25% - 30 % but, this time they barely got 10%. i have never tipped so low.

grub:

the worstbreakfasti have ever had. i had the smoked salmon benny. the english muffin wasn't toasted and barely warm. the benny sauce was lumpy. the hashbrowns were the worst i have ever tasted. they weren't even cooked through. i just couldn't eat it and decided not to even ask for anything else as i wanted to get the hell out of dodge as fast as i could. as i write this i can feel the potatoes sitting in my stomach. mom had the lucy burger. dry and boring. fries dry. all was bad. this is not diner food!

for a place that sells themselves as a mom and pop joint with homemade grub this was by far the worst ever.

i will never go back and i will tell everyone i know to stay far, far away. spend your hard earned money elsewhere.

cute diner atmosphere, basic fare. my friend and i went to lucy's for the first time the other morning for breakfast. i was immediately taken by the clean and kitschy 50s diner atmosphere, sat at the 'bar', and had a decent coffee andbreakfastfor $10 (including tax + tip).

they were accommodating in 'vegetarianising' my friend's and my breakfast, substituting fresh veggies for sausage without complaint or extra charge (which a lot of places don't do, oddly enough).

the server was friendly and chatty, and i'm looking forward to going back to give myself a heart attack when i order their double-decker grilled cheese and a peanut butter shake sometime -- which could be anytime, since they're open 24/7.

fun place. pretty good for the price. popped in last night to check out this new diner. cool little place (very little). nice retro diner vibe and the menu looks pretty good. basically, what you'd expect and they are licensed too!

went for the $10 burger and beer special. the burger was pretty decent. was it the best burger ever? no, but it was pretty decent for the price. i got it with cheese and mushrooms, which upped the cost. mushrooms were fresh and plentiful. the bun was okay. a little dense, but not bad. the bun is so vital and i think they should consider doing better.

fries were the shoestring variety, but fresh cut. they were really good, except that they were heavily over salted. don't know if the chef just goofed or this is policy, but they should work on it. play it safe and ask for no salt. you can always add it.

ice cream machine was broken on this visit and so no milkshakes. one of our burgers arrived with two bun bottoms, which was kind of funny.

saw someone eating the meatloaf which came with a side of diced frozen veg, for that true retro feel, but it's not something i would want to eat.

so with the salt, the buns, no ice cream, the place still feels a little rusty, but it has a lot of potential. service was charming and friendly. it's a fun place and i want to trybreakfastthere.