Union Plaza Diner

This is one of my favorite diners. I don't understand some of the other reviews. I have been here many times and have always had very good food,friendly service, and big portions.
Yesterday  was no different. I decided to order the prime rib at $16.45 it came w/ soup and two sides. I started with the chicken noodle soup it had pieces of chicken and carrots and loaded w/ noodles. The salad choices were house, Cesar, or Greek salad.I got the Greek salad of course, and it had lots of feta, anchovies, tomatoes, cucumbers, kalamata olives, and a stuffed grape leave on top, I also got the baked potato and red cabbage for my sides.When my meal came I was pleasantly surprised how big my prime was. It was the size that Fred Flintstone would have gotten. It was cooked exactly how I like it, between rare and med-rare and very juicy and tender. I would have liked it seasoned with garlic though not just salt and pepper, that's just me. I put garlic on everything. A bread basket was also put on the table.
I was really full from my soup and salad and bread, so when my prime rib came i only ate a small portion. My daughter ordered the same thing but she ate all her prime rib because she didn't eat her soup or salad. I took it home. We wrapped it to go and ordered what else dessert. I had rice pudding and my daughter ordered the chocolate fudge cake. Omg! Her piece was big enough for 3-4 people. Most people go to a diner for breakfast, burgers, and sandwiches etc next time try one of their dinners like we did and u won't be disappointed !

I've been here twice, and to quote the millions of frustrated Yelpers before me, "I wish there was a 3.5."

If I were you, I'd stick to the diner fare. The first time we ordered greek gyros (apparently that's one of their "specialties") and were not impressed. I mean, who WOULD be impressed with gyros at a diner, so maybe it's our fault for expecting too much. We did not intend on coming the second time but happened to confuse the name with another place and Yelped the wrong one so...voila, here's try number two. This time it was much better; I ordered a belgian waffle and home fries and my boyf ordered a tuna burger (not tuna melt or sandwich--a full on fat filet-o-tuna). We were more than pleased this time around. The homefries are obviously freshly made with thick shaved potatoes and red and green peppers and the tuna burger comes with a slaw and tartar sauce that hit the spot. Reeeeeally good.

Even though it's a bit pricey ($20 for both of us...) they have a ton of options, a bar, and the environment is nicer than normal for a diner. They also don a display case dedicated to oversized bakery items (cookies, elephant ears, brownies, pies, muffins BIGGER THAN MY HEAD PEOPLE) which I'm dying to try. The service is consistently average and the food comes out a little slow, especially considering the two times we've come have been late at night on a weekday.

See why I want a 3.5?

A bit more than your standard diner.  Loved all of the holiday decorations and the option of a full bar.  Sometimes you just need a bloody mary, bacon & eggs!  Too bad this is just a bit too far for us to go regularly.