Diner

85 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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718.486.3077

Cuisine: American Fare
Our Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Cards: MasterCard, Visa
Price: $$$
Hours: Daily 11am-2am; Mon-Fri, lunch and dinner; Sat-Sun, brunch and dinner
Booze: Full bar
Subway: J,M,Z to Marcy Ave. or L to Bedford Ave.
Menu: Click Here
Delivery: No
The Village Voice says:

Located under the Williamsburg Bridge, the decrepit premises of Diner really did once contain a diner. Now it’s Williamsburg’s hippest eatery, with a limited menu of crowd pleasers like steak frites and hamburgers, both memorable. All of the culinary action, however, is on the ever-changing specials menu, which might include an eggplant sandwich one day at lunch, and an ambi-tious special of something French, say, duck confit, in the evening.

NY Mag says:

Even before you’ve finished your first cocktail, you notice the floor is tilting. But the disequilibrium contributes to the charm of this snug, just-rehabbed-enough 1927 dining car. A beyond reductive menu offering “soup,” “burger,” “sauteed greens,” and at brunch, “hot cereal” misleads at first. Don’t believe the lack of hype. Chef Caroline Fidanza shows her dexterous hand with specials like succulent pork loin with caramelized cipollini and tender lamb ragout with white-bean gratin. At brunch, don’t miss the hubcap-size portion of codfish hash. Recommended Dishes: Burger, $8.50; Mussels with French fries, $12.50; Hanger Steak, $16; Sauteed Greens, $3

Garden Grill

318 Graham Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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718.384.8668

Cuisine: Diner food
Our Rating: ★ ★ ★
Cards: All Major
Price: $
Hours: Sun-Thu 6am-9pm; Fri- Sat 6am-10pm
Booze: None
Subway: L to Graham Ave.
Menu: Click Here
Delivery: Yes
We say:

Forget Kellogg’s diner, Garden Grill is the place to go for old school diner satisfaction. One of the treasures of the Graham Avenue stop for anyone who appreciates a good irony-free diner. Try the frozen yogurt, it’s better than Pinkberry. Cash only with free delivery.

Metromix says:

The Garden Grill Coffee Shop on Graham is the sort of diner every neighborhood needs. No matter what you are in the mood for, you will probably find it in their tome of a menu. Stop by on your way to work, and enjoy one of their many breakfast specials under $5.

c/o Brokelyn

727 Grand St
New York City, NY 11211
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718.218.9441

Cuisine: Spanish/Bakery/Diner Food
Our Rating: ★ ★ ★
Cards: All Major
Price: $
Hours: Open 24 Hours!
Booze: None
Subway: L to Grand St.
Menu: Click Here
Delivery: Yes
We say:

Great cheap tacos (provided you aren’t a vegetarian).

Brokelyn says:

I get the chicken torta with everything on it—fresh Mexican cheese, avocados, refried beans, mayonnaise, blah blah blah. It’s open 24 hours. It’s easy to eat junk a lot when you’re eating on a budget so it’s nice that you can get a sandwich with vegetables for $5.50. Anything to break way from those really obnoxious cold-cut sandwiches. People get really turned off by the amount of meat in our sandwiches.”

c/o NY Mag

146 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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718.387.8780

Cuisine: Polish Diner
Our Rating: ★ ★ ★
Cards: All major
Price: $
Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-9pm; Closed Sat-Sun
Booze: Beer and Wine Only
Subway: L to Bedford Ave.
Menu: Click Here
Delivery: Yes
We say:

Our favorite of the old-school diners in the neighborhood. Good burgers, breakfast is served all day, and just what you would expect from a diner. The vegetable sides are flavorless, but fresh (somewhat). A great place to go when you are in the mood for an American cheese omelet served by a Polish waitress. And of course, the pierogis are the best thing on the menu.

NY Mag says:

With a decor that’s more Martha than MoMA, Kasia’s Restaurant is refreshingly devoid of the neighborhood’s throngs of nouveau chic and instead provides hearty weekday meals to Williamsburg’s original Eastern European transplants. The menu offers traditional Polish dishes like potato pancakes and cheese pierogies along with cheeseburgers, chicken salad, and other diner requisites (like all-day breakfast). The beef goulash makes it worth trip, especially with a bottle of Zywiec, a pale Polish lager that the cute, young waitresses highly tout.

c/o Gothamist

518 Metropolitan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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718.782.4502

Cuisine: Standard Diner Fare, Greek
Our Rating: ★ ★
Cards: All Major
Price: $$
Hours: Open 24 Hours!
Subway: L to Lorimer St., G to Metropolitan Ave.
Menu: Click Here
Delivery: No
We say:

Used to be the absolute shittiest diner in the United States of America until Kellogg’s underwent a transformation last  year and re-vamped their menu (they even serve lobster now)! The Greek Salad, Chicken Fingers, and Fries are pretty good.

NY Mag says:

Following a 35th anniversary makeover completed in late 2008, this Williamsburg onetime greasy spoon now boasts a shiny new look, full bar, live lobster tank, and proper entrance (no more walking through a convenience store to be seated). Beyond the neon sign outside and the hip, florescent red lights hanging above the bar, higher quality eats arrive on stylish, modern dishware. The standard and extensive 24-hour diner menu of breakfasts, sandwiches, and seafood dishes is augmented by homey entrees like the surf-n-turf (T-bone steak, rock lobster tail, and fried fillet of sole) as well as Greek and Italian specialties, such as spinach pie and parmigianas. A traditional and tempting dessert case offers a rotating variety of sweets from chocolate layer cake to banana cream pie. Kellogg’s around-the-clock service still caters to ravenous night owls who stop in for a late burger and fries (the Kellogg’s Burger comes with bacon, mushrooms, sautéed onions and swiss cheese) or fried fixes like chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks before heading home or catching the L train, only steps from the entrance, after a night of ‘burg bar hopping.

c/o Yelp

700 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11226
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718.383.2820

Cuisine: American/Diner
Our Rating: ★ ★
Cards: All major
Price: $
Hours: Mon-Fri 6am-7pm
Booze: None
Subway: G to Nassau Ave.
Menu: Click Here
Delivery: Yes
We say:

A quick stop for breakfast and lunch items such as bagels, omelets, sandwiches, burgers, soups, salads, etc.; catering available.

Metromix says:

A notch above your average diner (the walls here are bright and cheerful; the waitstaff still young and full of hope), Lite Bites is that rare place where carnivores and vegetarians can live in harmony. Burgers and gyros share a menu with big, healthy salads, granola and yogurt cups, and grilled vegetable wraps.