The City Diner
Greasy spoon fare that's worth the wait
Perfect for: fussy eaters
142 Tongren Lu 铜仁路142号
6289-3699
Food: 4
Décor:3
Service:2
Remind yourself that patience is a virtue that will eventually be rewarded. Service at The City Diner is hit or miss and can sometimes be slow and disorganized, but as with many good things in life, the result is worthwhile. Aiming to eventually be open 24 hours (conveniently down the street from the Tongren Lu bars), The City Diner provides 125-plus selections that span sandwiches, breakfast, hash, burgers and burritos. It's the only place in Shanghai where you'll be able to get a crab and avocado omelet (RMB 45) at 4am or homemade mac and cheese for a mere RMB 25. This reviewer's favorites include Dad's Steak Sandwich (RMB 65), a shrimp, avocado and bacon club (RMB 45) and the oozing Flourless Chocolate Cake (RMB 40). Once it smoothes out its wrinkles, The City Diner will no doubt become THE Shanghai late-night hot spot.
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Should i say, the biggest THANKS for city diner for ruining my 1st NY breakfast? (Extremely sarcastic on above statement)
The night was fantastic at BR. Champagne, the view, fireworks and mostly i was compelled by the waiters service even though bunch of boozed up gents were pushy & being retard. But hey it’s NY who gives a flock of those intoxicated night crawler, that’s what you get for undertaking nightlife jobs.
After party me and 2 guests from France decided to fill our starving crave for snacks, since we passed the road we made an emergency stop at city diner without knowing chaos would exploded.
Was at dawn when a group of Asian men and women thumping the stairs and boisterous laughter echoed across the hall. They were seated in the den opposite the stairs (we were seated on the outside near the stairs with a slight angle viewable).
An argument broke out between them and a few Westerners. After blowing off their steam they all calmed down and began to sit. While a pack of them moving around and trying to sit their dumb drunk asses, a glass flew of the table & shattered on the floor. This is where actually the madness unleashes upon the customers.
A waiter about 5.1 feet, crew cut hairstyle, and rigged facial expression hopped in the scene pushing and shouting to all of them (as if the glass was Riedel Sommeliers). An Asian man rebelled and thrust the waiter into the corner. As the group about to go home and walked off, the waiter rushed from back and threw a punch onto his head. More waiters came to help gang on a few of them. 3 guys were dragged into the washroom, 4 waiters and 2 chefs on rampaged. Unimaginable 2 freaking chefs from kitchen also beating up the 3 ambushed customers (chefs who made us the hamburgers & fries). Even a one eyed man could see that, a chef going inside the toilet carried a fire extinguisher and swinging to the 3 ambushed tipsy men. That is what happened on the hallway to the toilet, can’t imagine while they were trapped inside. All we could hear was just commotion, roar of help and women crying and shouting from inside the toilet. Some of the friends from the group stopped the harassment and rescued the 3 guys. They walked off carried by their friends with cuts, bumps, and blood on their faces on the other hand those hooligans’ waiters and chefs proudly walk away without the slightest guilt.
My own personal feeling and I’m guessing most of the other people in city diner that night felt the same way as I do, frustration, anger, disappointment, anxiety, and stressed on the first breakfast of the year 2008. Read the comment from others, it mentioned about “MAFIA”, by experienced that night, I’m not surprise if it is owned by “them”.
How many of us seen people being silly when they are tipsy, gazillion time How many of us seen bouncer protect and cease fight, trillion time How many of us seen waiter & chef smash tipsy people, NONE Contemplate deeply before eating at city diner unless you want to participate in real life Kung Fu
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My FIRST and LAST time at City Diner was absolutely atrocious. We were left waiting for more than one hour for a simple order of French fries! Completely fed up with the lack of service, we complained to the waiter and paid only for what we were served. As we got outside, I noticed that the waiter had followed us out onto the street. In an angry and arrogant tone, he yelled: "ANY MORE PROBLEM? NO? GOOD! THEN GO!" Stunned by such rudeness, I just stood there as he stormed back into the restaurant and slammed the door behind him. Seeing us still outside, the waiter storms outside again and continues to confront us: "STILL HERE? ANOTHER PROBLEM?" Having lived in Shanghai for almost 2 years, I have never experienced such HORRIFIC treatment before at a restaurant. First they cannot even take care of a simple order. Then they are completely unable to take care of the situation, instead choosing to attack the customer. If this is how City Diner trains its staff, then all I can say is this: MOON RIVER.
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this place, and the place below it called "blues room" , sums up what most midpriced "western" restaurants are all about in shanghai: crappy food, even crappier service and too high prices. for the same price you can have the divine burger in a future perfect. not a difficult choice.
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I went to City Diner few days ago...as soon as I went in, I saw a fight. Waiters & plp from the kitchen were fighting.... hitting the customers. There were blood & broken glasses everywhere... Then I saw one of waiter was hitting an customer & saying The owner of this place is a SH MAFIA!!!
If I complain about their food or service, im sure the staff will make me leave the place with my nose bust & bleeding