Main Street Diner

The only thing I order there is a Veggie Pita and on occasion a bowl of soup. It is usually pretty consistent and very good. On one occasion the service was horrible but I do not see those servers there any longer. You can’t beat a good meal for a fair price.

Read the other positive reviews on Unilocal so decided to try it tonight. Soup of the day — cream of mushroom — was everything another reviewer said it would be — unique and delicious. Fries were great. But would probably pass on the roast lamb — a little dry. The roast vegetables were grilled to perfection.
Servers were great — very attentive and friendly.
Overall a decent dining experience. I recommend it.

The Main Street Diner is the place to go when you just want to something tasty and no-​bullshit. The extensive menu is packed full of straight forward, super yummy diner classics. Service is quick, & prices are reasonable. A friend of mine recently ordered a burger here and said it was «one of the better burgers he’d ever had in his life».

Great food and terrific service. The three of us have very different tastes so we ordered quite a variety of meals. We were all ecstatic with our meals. Great portions, great value, great find.

Had the seafood club which was great and came with some pretty steller hand cut fresh fries. Friend had the fish and chips which was a really good deal for 3 pieces

Greek food is amazing here. Wait till 5pm for the lamb. We’re actually from California and its a great spot for dinner!

This restaurant is where me and my grandma go whenever we go to Nelson. Truly I would put this restaurant at a 4.5 star rating but I thought that it was a high 4 rating so I bumped it up one. I almost always get the fish and chips or a variation of fries (Greek or the fries that have a cheese sauce and bacon and a lot of other things on it that go amazingly with the deep fried goodness that are fries!) I guess that everything else probably tastes just as great. The staff are really friendly and the food usually comes out of the kitchen quite quickly and the food is consistently good. I like the atmosphere of the restaurant and I will continue to patronize this restaurant. And

After reading some of the previous reviews and seeing all of the 4 and 5 star ratings, I decided to give this place a try.
The first thing I’d like to get out of the way is that if I could rate the service and hospitality of this place separately, I would give the server 10 stars out of 5. She did an excellent job!
Now on to the ambiance. It’s a diner so the atmosphere is your typical diner. The restaurant is well lit, clean, and the atmosphere casual and great for all ages. I found the wood on the table and chairs a bit sticky to the touch. This may be primarily due to the varnish in the humid temperatures as opposed to cleanliness. You have the option of sitting inside our out on their patio side walk.
The menu variety was good and as reviews had stated, there were a lot of Greek style dishes on the Dinner special menu.
One of the meals we ordered included their house soup. At first sip, it seemed okay, but began to grow on me. The soup was a cream of mushroom. It was full of fresh sliced mushrooms which really made this dish. The serving size was extremely generous.
We also ordered the Grilled Chicken Caesar. The presentation was good (actually in all of their dishes as well as portion sizes). The flavour of the Caesar salad was good but they probably could have used less dressing. The chicken along the side was grilled well but because the edges were thinner, they were a bit dry.
The leg of lamb dish we ordered had great presentation. In comparison to Greek food back at home, we found the lamb portion sizes to be much smaller. The variety of flavorful sides that come with the dish, round out the «fill factor» so you will definitely leave full. Was very surprised that the deep fried seasoned potato wedges were raw as it crunched when bitten into. Unfortunately all pieces were undercooked on the serving we had.
We saw another table order fish and chips which looked pretty good. I had seen reviews on these and perhaps will order the next time around. We were later told that the restaurant was called a Fish and Chip place in the past. I gather they may have retained the dish they had specialised in the past (not sure).
All in all my first dinner (or diner) experience since returning back to Nelson was good. The food overall was good and the service was excellent. The price/​value ratio seemed a bit high for the type of food on the plate (when I compare this to home base) but am assuming this to be relative to the other restaurants in the city (will find out as I discover more places here to compare.
I would consider going back to try out other dishes on the menu, perhaps the fish next time. Compared to our Steveston Village (Richmond BC) favorites, it is in tough competition in the Fish and Chip as well as Greek food category.
I would say if you are in for a place offering variety on the menu, you may want to check the Main Street Diner.

On a recent visit to Nelson, my woman and another family local to Nelson decided to eat at this location. we were most certainly not impressed.
The service was below mediocre. The waitress came at the beginning to get our order and did not show up again, not even to fill up the drinks. Someone else actually brought us our food and filled our drinks was the waitress was chatting up front. Its not even like the place was busy, but she seemed very enthralled with talking to a gentleman about her age at the front of the restaurant. I understand friends or relationships can be pleasant at the workplace but when it prevents the job to be done… then it becomes a bit of a problem in my opinion.
The food itself was all-​right, nothing too fancy for the price. I had the Spanakopita with tzatziki sauce, which after being told by the waitress that It would be filling and satisfying, I ended up with 2 tiny little triangles and a bowl of sauce which ended up being 10 – 12 bucks. My woman ordered fries which were quite bland and not all that crispy.
The décor was quite good but the service ruined the ambiance for me. I will not likely return to this location unless major improvements are made.

Okay. So I was planning on just giving 4 but they are certainly 5. Great service. Very friendly staff. Extensive selection on (and off) the menu. I keep reading about the fish and chips but the menu says cod and I prefer halibut. When the server was at a later table she said that halibut was also available (+). I was drawn to the burgers. They serve beef, chicken, veggie and lamb burgers. One seemed especially cool, with a side of calamari (as well as fries), but the burger only had cheese! I was more interested in their pepper and cream cheese or blue cheese so I asked about sub’s. They do it all the time (++) — but most sub the Greek burger. Not a problem at all! They also have soon great local beer on tap.
Now to the food. The calamari was crisp, lightly battered and cooked perfectly. The burger was delicious and the fries were good too.
And the it was time for a 2^nd Nelson Hemp Ale.
Cheers