Drive-through
Yes
LuLus Diner in Lima
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Location on the map
Lima, Allen County, Ohio, US
Service options
Takeaway
Yes
Dine-in
Yes
Delivery
No
Health and safety
Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits
Yes
Highlights
Fast service
Yes
Great coffee
Yes
Great tea selection
Yes
Popular for
Breakfast
Yes
Lunch
Yes
Solo dining
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible seating
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Yes
Offerings
Coffee
Yes
Comfort food
Yes
Healthy options
Yes
Kids' menu
Yes
Quick bite
Yes
Small plates
Yes
Dining options
Breakfast
Yes
Lunch
Yes
Catering
Yes
Dessert
Yes
Amenities
Good for kids
Yes
High chairs
Yes
Toilets
Yes
Atmosphere
Casual
Yes
Cosy
Yes
Crowd
Groups
Yes
Tourists
Yes
Phone: +1 419-228-3447
Site: http://m.facebook.com/lulusdiner...
Site: http://m.facebook.com/lulusdiner...
Opening hours
- Monday:6AM–2PM
- Tuesday:6AM–2PM
- Wednesday:6AM–2PM
- Thursday:6AM–2PM
- Friday:6AM–2PM
- Saturday:6AM–2PM
- Sunday:7AM–2PM
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Comments (199)
Great food, excellent price, attentive staff. All around good experience.
Absolutely delicious! Totally recommend the LuLu special! So Much BANG for the buck! Their thick cut toast is superb!! Loved the marble rye and sour dough. Their bacon is thick cut and very tasty. Our coffee was delicious and kept topped off. Service exceptional even though the place was packed to the gills.
I took my cousin to Lulus for the first time and she really liked it. Our waiter was amazing and very friendly.
Nice diner with good breakfast. The breakfast bowl looked delicious. The steak and eggs were good.
I loved this place. Was early and empty. Staff was on top of things and coffee was awesome! Had an omelet with ham and cheese. Tried the raisin bread toast with cheese potatoes yummmmmm.
Great breakfasts. Big mugs of coffee. Great prices. Thick pieces of bacon. Love going early on Saturday mornings.
It feels like home at LuLus friendly staff n other people enjoying the amazing food there. My favorite time is breakfast veggie omelette I used egg whites great tasting!!! N the serve big mugs of coffee n great temp/taste too. If you want friendly staff n people n Amazing Food got to come to LuLus will not regret it guaranteed.
Best breakfast I have had in a long time. Pancakes are soft as cotton and humongous. Omelettes are delicious with ample stuffing of your choice. Potatoes are sliced and fried, just a super alternative to fries. To top it all, the service is fast and the staff is inviting and very polite, makes the experience double better due to such friendly attitude. Just a gem of a place.
Absolutely awesome restaurant the staff good and prices where all great.
This place is always wonderful!! The breakfast here is out of this world. I travel for a living and I stop here every time Im near this town. Specifically, the thick cut bacon and Bananas Foster French Toast are extremely good!
Very good food for decent prices. Very busy, but the wait was worth it. Service was quick and friendly.
Had a late breakfast as usual the service is great food was excellent and it was just a really good atmosphere like hometown cooking. Thanks. Denny Meister
Went there for the first time ive been twice again since then I will return many more times great food nice staff prices were good
Excellent place for breakfast. Lots of choices. Weve never been disappointed.
Go to the other one, waitress was rude and had attitude when hair was found in food. Then wanted to argue and say it was mine. Dont go hear gross, rude staff.
Always some of the best food and people. You cant go wrong with the breakfast. Anytime of the day.
Very busy with locals. Food was real good. Id recommend this local diner for breakfast.
Great service, great tasting home cooked style food, & great portion size for very reasonable prices. You will be happy with your dining experience at any of their locations!
Excellent place for breakfast, ample portions and reasonable prices.
This is a wonderful place to eat..very reasonable prices, great food and excellent service..
Always delicious. I almost always get the eggs benedict.
Lulus is my favorite place to eat. We have gone there since they first opened. There hasnt been anything there that I have eaten and didnt like. Not only is the food great, but the customer service is equally as great. The servers are very friendly and personable. They are easy to talk to and the never make you feel like they are inconvenienced by you.To Lulus, thank you for all you do!
One of my favorite places for breakfast and brunch, very simple yet well prepared food, great service, always a smile from those bringing the meal... Did I say pricing is really good too? :)
Loved it!! Excellent breakfast. Huge portions. Would definitely go back.
I had the banana waffle it was amazing highly recommend getting it
It was ok.It was very busy when I went in, so I had high hopes. There were only two waitresses who were running off their feet, so that impacted service. I dont blame to girls, but management could stand to have someone else on the floor.I ordered steak and scrambled eggs. The eggs were quite dry, and the steak I ordered Rare was Well done to medium well. I didnt raise a fuss because the staff was so busy that frankly I didnt have the opportunity to. Everything else on the plate was tasty and the coffee was hot. So, it was ok. Not bad, but....ehhhh. I wouldnt say dont go there, and I might go back to see what its like when its less busy.It was ok.
Delicious food, reasonable portions (I could eat their specials and not feel overstuffed) and delightful servers. My pregnant wife and I were up for a wedding and she thoroughly enjoyed eating for 2 here :)For the COVID concerned: tables are somewhat spaced out, most patrons dont mask but servers do (albeit partially as they are juggling plates and such a lot, kinda hard to keep a mask in place while doing that, I gather). Overall pretty safe but if youre really concerned, I would get takeout.
Great food and service. Pricing is great as well
Excellent food and this place was highly recommended by everyone we talked to. Well worth going back to, if you like great food at a reasonable price. 😋
So happy that we stopped here for breakfast. I love a good Belgian waffle and this place did not disappoint! The bacon was also perfect 👌 would definitely eat here again. Also a very friendly staff! Loved to see the little kids helping.
Not sure how we have never been here before, so good!! We will definitely be going back. Shout out to our waitress, April. Your kindness despite being so busy is hard to find these days.
We took our second trip to Lulus East! Wow, what GREAT food and AWESOME service!Very attentive servers, pleasant cashier and cooks!EXCEPTIONALLY clean dining area and bathrooms with spray sanitizer in both male and female bathrooms.Food was great, served good and hot and very fast for the crowd eating there.Prices are very fair. Considering the quality, service and quantity it is a great deal!Soon we will make the drive again!
Joined my friends at breakfast for a get together. Ordered egg white omlette. It was delish. Came with fried potatoes and toast. Atmosphere was friendly and casual.
Great food and service. Portions were well worth the price. Next time we come up here we will definitely stop in.
This was my first time at Lulus. Ordered Eggs Benedict (aka poached eggs on ham on English muffins with butter sauce) and it was very good. They even made a smiley face out of it! The fruit was fresh too. The wifey had a breakfast burrito and she says that was good too. Would recommend.
We were just passing through and chose Lulu’s based on the reviews and menu. We had a Caesar Salad and a Harvest Salad with chicken and what may be their special orange bread. Very satisfying meal and atmosphere. Support local!
Have always wanted to try this place. Really good food and huge serving sizes. My 4 children were amazed and thought it was so good. My omelet was really good. The service was good too. We will be back!
We enjoy Lu Lus ...not fancy..breakfast and lunches only. Most everything is made from scratch. Good prices..lg servings. Service is good.I had their specialty..mac and cheese..really cheesy and great. My husband had their Monte Chris to..wasnt too impressed. He has enjoyed many other sandwiches though. If we go for breakfast, they do have a great selection.
Amazing food and the staff is top notch! Thanks Lulus! 😊
Truly the crown jewel of Lima cuisine. Its breakfast. Its hard to mess up. They go well beyond my standard for Lima good of not messing up. Its actively good, not boring breakfast! The service is always great, too.
If you are in the area this is the place for breakfast. It makes Bob Evans look second rate. Great food, large portions, with reasonable prices. Very friendly service with a smile.
Update... down from five starts to three. Service staff has lost quite a bit of experience and hustle. Took a long time to be greeted after being seated. Took a long time to order. One couple left due to the wait to order. Food arrived cold. We couldnt get a coffee warm up for the majority of the stay. This place had a tremendous start and a good run. I hope they pick things up before it is a memory.Original Post... A great local success with great food and family atmosphere. The place could be a bit bigger, but overall cannot say enough positive about this spot.
Always really good food at a reasonable price and great service!!!
We received our order and was not satisfied with it cold food (Bluffton Ohio)
Excellent food great service.
I had French toast because nothing else caught me eye. It was good. Very basic menu. The pop was very weak flavored. Good service.
Overall is was a good dining experience. The omelet was lacking the dark yellow shiney appearance that Im used to and somewhat crumbly. Pancakes and French Toast were excellent as well as their bacon being nice and thick. The staff makes for the slight negatives to be overlooked.
The waitress did pretty good for being on her own ,however the table was sticky , the ketchup bottle had a hair stuck to the top of the bottle (just about a walking out point for me ) only part of the meal was warm .. Im guessing the 4.5 stars is from the regs
Clean store, friendly staff, hot food. We have ate at this place years ago when they first opened, the food portions and quality hasnt changed! Keep up the great work!
Love their food, not just breakfast but lunch sandwiches and salads too. Their bacon is super thick and smokey. The sausage patties arent preformed frozen circles...they are fresh and delicious! The burgers are hand packed and HUGE. Onion rings are fabulously ginormous as are the pancakes. Nice prices, the only bummer is that they close at 2.
Excellent food and service.
Great place for breakfast! Friendly staff!
I have eat there several times. Food is always good. Service is very hit and miss. But dont take my word for it. Your experience may be different
We had a large party. They got us in quickly. Service was spot on. Price was great Food was AWESOME!!
The dinning experience was wonderful as always here at lulus
It was ok 3 of us ordered the same thing and only 1 of us got the bacon cooked the way we all requested it. The steak that was ordered was over cooked. Really 3 stars is to much. I believe that the hospitality and the food is better at Cracker Barrel.
They have best French Toast and theyre homefries with onions are delish!
Went there this morning, asked the waitress what kind of oils they use cause i have food allergies to peanuts and fish, peanut oil, sunflower oil, sea salt. She said bacon grease, I said could you please go ask if it has sunflower oil in it, she came back said yes it does, I ordered oatmeal asked if I could have milk and sugar, she said real hateful it comes with it, brought my food and my grandsons food dropped the plates and bowel, took for ever for my daughter food, even my daughter said shes very hateful since we had to ask those questions. Im sorry but, I have to ask these questions. Oatmeal was good. But she was rude.
The food quality and the service is getting kind of lousy. The home fries seem to be rehydrated potatoes from a store bought carton. You need hotter water to rehydrate properly. Nasty. Only one server or waitress was on duty and all she wanted to do was talk to a group of people at one table. The eggs in the omelet was tasteless and rubbery. We had to ask for a coffee refill or she would have just ignored us. Not a pleasant experience.
The food was great as always, but for some reason the wait times were awful. We had to have been in the for at least two hours from start to finish, and waited well over 45 minutes for food once we ordered. Maybe they can have a few more people on staff to help manage larger Saturday crowds?
Had a quick breakfast. The restaurant was very busy but got seated quickly and food was great. Waitress was quick and kind.
The staff was on their game. Very attentive, my coffee was always hot an the cup was full. The food was GREAT! I had the breakfast club sandwich. Now it is a favorite. You should not hesitate to go.
Excellent! I have only had the breakfast food but everything has been amazing. Great service too, I have never seen the bottom of their big coffee cups here. Well worth the stop if you have time. Or call in an order to go.
Awesome breakfast and large portions
Used to be a really good spot. Though they have been having staffing issues so the quality has dropped significantly. I think my party saw the waitress a total of 3 times the entire time we were there. The big problem for me was they made a mistake on my order and we didnt see the waitress until she wanted to drop off the bill. Now these are minor complaints but it seems to be happening continuously. So I cant recommend Lulus to people anymore I think.
Great service, great food, very clean, also appears to be a local favorite😋😋and friendly to my wallet🙂!My son and I enjoyed a Lulu special which consisted of three eggs, three sausage, home fries (made there) and two slices of I’d swear it was homemade thick sliced marbled pumpernickel rye with real butter👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾.On a side note, Lima is a good town! I used to drive by found north or south, but since we have a student here it’s worth the stop by fill her bellies at Lulu’s diner first!
Good food and prices are fair
Service here is fast and polite. I highly recommend the breakfast club! That being said the outher options on the menu are delicious as well.
The food was pretty good, and portions are generous. The price is excellent. Only disappointment was the mac and cheese. Reading the description made us believe it was going to be really good. It was absolutely the most disgusting mac and cheese Ive ever had.
Stop at lulus and enjoy the great selection of meals. I enjoy the old tradition way they make me feel like family and alot of respect. Lets not forget the beautiful waitresses. Stop by.
Very good food and service for a great price!!Try it, youll enjoy it.
I was in Lima having a procedure done and asked the nurse where we should eat. She directed us to Lu Lus. Table was clean and staff were super friendly. My wife had a waffle and she said it was great. I had biscuits and gravy that was horrible. I couldnt eat all of it.
Great food, great service, love eating here when Im in town.
Very quaint little diner. Friendly staff and very good food. Would recommend any time
Food was good, but service was terrible. I ordered coffee and waitress just brought water and asked if I had ordered coffee. This is not a big place and there were only 2 or 3 other customers in there. They brought my husbands order out first and it was another 10 min. before I received mine. Never came back and checked on us and then we waited another 15 minutes for the check and to be offered more coffee. Doubt we will stop there again when we are travelling through the area, which is usually once or twice a week
You can never go wrong with breakfast at Lulus! Be warned there is usually a wait, especially around 10am on weekends but the food is well worth it! There is not a bad thing on the menu! Its especially great for brunch when half your group wants breakfast and the other half wants lunch! Its a charming seat yourself diner and I love it here
Very friendly staff and great food. I had a great time definitely plan on eating here more often
As always great service, food. Best thing had breakfast with friends we havent seen for awhile, so spent time catching up on everything
Very good breakfast! More than enough for one person. If you leave hungry its your fault! Love that they opened up on the he Eastgate.
First time I had ever been there. They serve the basic stuff every breakfast place has. Regardless it was still pretty good and really quick. It was also priced well.
Pretty darn good little cafe, no frills here just good- old home cooking. Well Im sure their food isnt made from scratch but its pretty good out their kitchen and Im fine with that! Had the western style omelet and it satisfied my hunger.
I drive through Lima on occasion and this place has become a destination for me. I really like LuLus special. The staff is friendly and quick, priced right, and the locals look at me like Im wearing my pajamas...presumably because Im an outsider? The coffee has been the only let down.
We came to Lu Lus at the recommendation of a few people who said it was really good. Unfortunately we had the opposite experience. Our service was extremely slow, we sat at our table for upwards of 5 minutes before getting asked for our beverage order. We placed our food order (two omelets, not a difficult order) and it took entirely too long to come out. In fact 3 different tables (total of 9 people) who were seated AFTER we ordered received there meals before ours came out. When the third table received theirs I stopped a waitress and explained the situation and her response was there are a lot of orders up there. Then she walked off. A few minutes later our food did come out, but it was also a disappointment. My omelet which I ordered with no jalopenos - they had also left the onion and peppers out of, so it was just chicken, tomatoes and cheese. Both mine and my husbands potatoes were undercooked, and the toast was more like barely warm bread, the preserves were warm and watery. We were really hoping the food would make up for the service, but it clearly didnt. Worst $22 breakfast ever. 0 stars.
I always plan on a breakfast at Lulus when I am in Lima. Great omelets and the best coffee. The friendly staff makes you feel like family.
Nice little place! People where really nice
Best place for breakfast ! Nothing on the menu is over 10 $
The food is awesome!! Good down to earth home cooking. The waitresses are very friendly and make sure you have what you need.
My favorite place to eat breakfast
Best service and breakfast in town!
Great food, big portions for the price, and great customer service
AMAZING food as always and the service was really good! The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is because they were SO busy and they were short staffed a bit.
Perhaps you should add a bit more oil 🤮
Great food and service!
Excellent food with quite a variety available. Can even have a late breakfast. Wonderful staff. Very reasonable prices.
Food is always good. Place can be busy some times so I find it best to go in the early morning.
The Diners owner Amy personally waited on us. Very down-to-earth and pleasant personal experience. Definitely food prepared with love and care and not slap together on a plate. They truly care about what they serve and it shows in proportion as well and as in taste.
The Best local diner for breakfast around the Lima area. The pancakes themselves are to die for. And the bread for the toast is thick and Im to believe locally made.
Great food. Biggest pancakes we have ever seen. Taste as good as they look. Servers were very pleasant and accommodating to any special requests. Highly recommended
Good food. Fast, friendly service. Nice atmosphere for breakfast. Highly recommend Lulus on Bellefontaine in Lima, OH.
Lu Lus is my go-to breakfast/brunch place, as I travel via I-75 often. Pancakes are simply unreal and the omelets are excellent as well. Sandwich fare is excellent if you arent feeling breakfast. Portions are large and service is always friendly. This place is fantastic.
Always good food, great service in a timely manner. Rather inexpensive too.
Awesome food and service. Good sized portions. Definitely worth the price and you wont leave hungry
First time customer, best omlette I have ever ordered. The waitress was excellent. Very large portions, you wont leave hungry. Ill be going back.
Good service but food sucks. Go to bob Evans if you want a better breakfast
Amazing service and amazing food. The food is made a little different but it is very much worth it and worth the wait for them to make it.
Lulus reputation definitely preceded my first visit there, so I went expecting greatness. The diner had a cute atmosphere. The waitstaff was on it! They were friendly and attentive! The prices were ok and the food was good....not great but good. Worth the visit. Would definitely go again, but not an all time fave
Great food at great prices and the staff is always super friendly. Would recommend to anyone.
Was in town for a 5 day conference. Went to Lulus 4 times that week and was never disappointed, breakfast and lunch were amazing. The homemade soup was incredible. Portions never left me hungry. The wait staff was top notch.
Food was incredible. Full of flavor and looked delicious. Actually had real southern sweet tea, made the proper southern way:)
Oh my gosh! First time there. Great food selection and it was very good! Super friendly service. Ill be back!
Great food at a good price . Fast service and very friend staff. Clean and spaced out dining
Friendly and prompt service . The meal exceptional and at a great price . A true hidden gem in Lima . You wont be disappointed .
Great tasting food, and coffee. We enjoyed the Juddkins Omelet, potatoes, toast, coffee and orange juice. They also have French Vanilla Creamers. We will be back, as we have now live here, and enjoy eating out occasionally during the week.
Our experience at Lulus Diner was great, the food was delicious and the waitress was very courteous and professional. I will recommend Lulus to all my friends and family.
I have eaten here on 2 previous occasions...food and service were awesome.However, todays visit was the worst ever. It took over 30 mins to get food after ordering, when we asked why we were told thats how long it takes now. One item was a cold meat wrap with a fruit bowl...really? Then the other food was half cooked and cold when served....the real turn off was the black hair I found in the middle of my burger.They took the other 2 meals off the bill...but no apology or anything. I will NEVER return to a place that conducts business in this manner.
Couldn’t finish my one plate of food, portions are great! Food was delicious, and wait staff down to earth and on top of things. I don’t care for pancakes, but LOVED their pancakes!! Getting an order next time I visit!
Good food, great people. Its our go to spot for breakfast!
If you like local, then this is your place. Breakfast was great, served quick. Pay attention though. I almost missed the homemade Black berry jam that came with it.
A legit diner! Classic greasy spoon in the best sense of the phrase. The best cooking odors meet your nostrils the moment you exit your car in the lot. Then when you bite into either their uh-mazing 🍓 belgian waffles, HUGE omelets, or BLTs (or all three😉) youre taste buds will jump over the moon. Their service has always been as good as the food! NO JOKE, just get there!💯😎
The food was average no complaints. The dining area is open and clean but very loud. It could use some acoustic panels unless you like to hear every conversation in the dining area.
Great food & service!! Had to wait for a table as its so good here
Total reviews rating 4.5
199 Reviews for LuLus Diner 2023:
Review №1
2022-04-24First time being here and the food was amazing, are waitresse could have done a bit better, never came back to ask if we needed extra drinks or how was everything but still over all great place!
Review №2
2022-03-05Best place in Lima or surrounding area for breakfast hands down. The service is great, we always get seated quickly no matter how busy it is. And the food is incredibly good. Pretty much homeade. Big portions and most meals are $10 or under. The bacon is very good, and most places I dont like their bacon because they are always cooking it till its hard and brittle. Not this place. The bacon strips were big and juicy..!
Review №3
2022-04-03Lulus diner is a great place to go for breakfast or brunch.. Locally owned and operated. They are usually busy on weekends but the wait never seems to be too long. I like the Lulus special and their homemade jam! Service is always great!
Review №4
2021-06-06Excellent service, yummy food.Pictures: Cornbeef hash with home fries (with gravy and cheese.)Lulu special, 3 eggs over easy, home fries, bacon crispy.
Review №5
2021-05-10First time here from out of town as my girlfriends sister was having her baby at the nearby hospital and we was staying at a nearby hotel. We had breakfast here highly recommend this place excellent friendly service wonderful menu selection reasonable prices. Received our food fast everything was very tasty fresh and delicious definitely will be stopping back by soon.
Review №6
2022-02-21Eat there every time I go to Lima.Great food!!
Review №7
2021-04-08Best place to get breakfast in Lima! I had the pleasure of eating at LuLu’s for the first time with family and I really enjoyed it! The food is delicious, the portions are large and the prices are very reasonable! The blueberry pancakes I had were probably some of the best ones I’ve ever had. I will definitely be going here again the next time I’m in Lima!
Review №8
2019-01-08Great food! Ive never been dissatisfied with the food or service here. The breakfast is not only good but they give you plenty of it. If youre eating lunch, I recommend for sides the mac and cheese and onion rings.
Review №9
2022-03-04Stopped for lunch about 1 on the 28th. I had a bowl of the bean & ham soup and my wife had the Monte Cristo sandwich with American fries.I found one or two beans in the whole bowl of soup, but lots of the tiny ham cubes you might find at a salad bar... odd, just odd. Sandwich had fair amount of shaved ham and was pretty good. The American fries were greasy and limp. Service was good.
Review №10
2022-07-04Great spot for breakfast/brunch. good options to pick from, prices are reasonable and portions are solid. omelette was great