So nasty. Slimy table, filthy ketchup bottle, raw hamburger, and an evil look from the cook when we sent our burgers back....which they proceeded to put on the grill with everyone else's food...health code violation? We ate the french fries and nothing else. So gross. This place used to be good but no more!
Review Source:What happened to the Alva Diner??? Â Stale bread, wilted lettuce in the salad and everything on my plate tastes like it's from a can. Â I haven't been here in about a year, and that was for lunch. Â Beyond disappointed in my chicken...but my husband says his liver and onions is delicious!! Â Go figure.
Review Source:To be fair...I have to confess I didn't even eat the food. After waiting almost an hour (after being told when we arrived that it would be "a few minutes" by the snotty 16 year old "hostess" who refused to put two tables together to accommodate our party of 8, telling us we had to wait for a big table) my mom then went up and asked if we could just be seated separately in 2 groups of 4. We were told "there are people that came in after you that are on the list ahead of you for a party of 4." Huh? We would have left sooner but we drove all the way out there and we had two small kids with us (making this whole experience extra fun!). In the end, though, we left and found an amazing Incan place in Ft Myers, so the evening was saved. I did look at Alva's menu while we were waiting and I didn't see anything worth driving out there again. It seemed like a lot of reheated frozen stuff, nothing you couldn't get at Cracker Barrel. Most of people there were over 60 and I'm guessing maybe they were there for the prices. Yes, it was cheap.
Review Source:Eating here is like stepping back in time. It's an old, country diner, complete with creaky wood floors and plenty of locals. We always cherished jobs that would take us out here in the country so we could get an amazing breakfast in. The country fried steak and eggs breakfast is awesome.
Review Source:Just what I expected when a buddy told me about this middle of nowhere joint. Â
It's more dive than diner, but with a snarky waitress's telling what we wanted we were in the right place. Â Wife had the fried catfish and said it was the best she ever had. Â Open roast beef sand with mashed w/perfect gravy. Â I ate her side salad and it was just ok a little wilted. Â Nothing in this place looks like a diner, just a roadside dive with cheap quick good food. Â
Cash only, but low prices don't worry.
I often wonder why places that have a cash only policy are still in business.
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Because the dumb sales tax guys can't figure it out I guess.
I have been to this diner with my parents two different times. The first time I had the fish sandwich that tasted great! The second time was the fried shrimp which was just ok. We did go 45 minutes before close so that may have played a part. This a traditional diner so if you want a quite dinner this is not the place. I enjoyed both dining experiences and will be back!
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