The Gateway Diner

The Gateway Diner is an Albany mainstay serving up good food with great service. I don't know many diners which cater to such a wide clientele. They offer many diner standards hash that they make in-house, to meatloaf, to incredible looking cakes and pies. This diner also has a liquor license allowing them to serve up adult beverages as well. Whatever you're looking for, it seems they've got you covered. I didn't have high expectations going in other than to possibly have to wait for a table given how full the parking lot was. However, the restaurant is much bigger than I thought and we were immediately seated. Our server quickly greeted us and made up for the lackluster welcome that our 'host' gave us. She was friendly, answered our questions and offered suggestions, and she was there to check on us a couple of times throughout our meal. She definitely gave us 5-star service. Our server said they just updated up their menu so it seems their online menu varies a bit from their current

I called in a order and was told 25 minutes. I get their early and the menu online is somehow different than the restaurant menu. Online I was told I get 3 sides but they said it's only 2. The food wasn't even hot. They gave us all the wrong dressings. And not a fork, spoon, or napkin. I'm very disappointed in my visit. A waste of $60 of you ask me. And we asked for no mushrooms and it was smothered......

A nice change for my wife and I. We're tired of all the chain restaurants and we thought we would go to the Gateway Diner. My wife's Veal Parmesan looked delicious and the Fried Seafood Platter was on point. It was very clean inside and a lot of parking. The desert's looked amazing and you can tell there homemade. It's always been a good breakfast spot but we'll definitely be back for dinner.