Nello’s Eatery

I simply love Nello’s! From their friendly staff to their fresh home cook meals, my family enjoys every visit.
I’ve tried so many dishes from their menu, I’ll try to recall all my favorites, just for Unilocal.
My all time favorite and go-​to meal at the moment is; eggs (2 over medium), bacon, pancakes (they have the best pancakes I’ve ever had), and toast. $ 5.65 before 11am, after that it’s $ 1 more. Simple, yet an enjoyable meal.
Roast Beef hot plate is delicious! More than you need serving of roast beef, brown gravy, potatoes and veggies served over bread. A hearty meal to end a long day of work.
Maurice Salad… Yes! The best in town. With their homemade dressing, I can attest I haven’t had any salad better than Nello’s.
Chicken Cobb Salad; my husbands favorite. Yes it is good and packed with enough protein. With the chicken, boiled eggs and avocado, you pretty much have your daily servings covered.
Kids Cheeseburger; you guessed it, my lil ones favorite. She loves Nello’s cheeseburgers. I have to admit, I enjoy them as well. You can definitely tell the burgers are fresh… and never frozen.
Overall, Nello’s has something for everyone to enjoy. We would love to share this treat with our neighbors. Drop by and give it a try!

This is a great restaurant! A small little diner not in close proximity to any others has almost any food you could want. The wait staff is amazingly kind and caring and will recognize you on your second visit! The food quality is delicious although not always a perfect representation of the culture it seems to be inspired by.

I’ve been coming here for quite some time. Food is always good and the wait staff is pretty attentive. Their breakfast menu is the way to go unless you’re there for dinner. The Greek style dishes are delicious. Not fancy in any means but it’s great diner food.

My mom and I went to Nello’s after our mass and I was pretty displeased. I ordered a hot Turkey Sandwich which came on TOASTED bread, which was not said on the menu, and it was difficult to cut, and the mashed potatoes left less to desire to the temptation The waitress brought our plates without cleaning our bowl soups before. I commentated to the waitress that the bread was toasted, and not mentioned on the menu, she offered me white bread and gravy (like i want to move my food on already crowded table). I was expecting her to offer a free meal for me (no, i was able to pay completely), but still… toasted bread with a hot turkey? never heard of it? and not clearing the empty soup bowls before serving dinner? c’mon. They were slow and had the time to do it, it just made me angry. THEY USED to be good. I’d rather go to the Avenue. This was just near our church.
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This is a nice place. The food is really good. I had the lasagna and it was great. the beef tips were also good. The atmosphere was pink… like super pink, i tgought of pink ladies from Grease the movie the entire time, i suppose that tge feel they were going fo so i wont complain. The service was decent. I watched other waitresses be a lot more attentive than ours ao i wont dock the restaurant for ine server and she wasn’t terrible juat wasnt great.
It was cold, made me rush and eat but the rolls were so soft and moist i oasked for another and ahe gave it to me at no extra charge. I like this place and will return for sure.

Well being at the ZOO, the crew I was with chose to eat here.…
I told them about all the other places nearby & worthy.but. .
I read plenty of Unilocal love re: the tuna melt, but I could not part with $ 7.99, which I consider steep for a coney island style restaurant & sandwich
So the corned beef sounded good, the gal said it was a big seller.
It came out on white bread, not grilled or toasted
I asked, why it was not grilled or toasted and she replied its «By Request Only»
Then I’d like to request it be grilled please.
Moments alter it returns, grilled with 4 – 6 slices of corned beef.
The corned beef was bland-​plain-​had NO flavor at all, reminded me of the Carl Budding lunch-​meats at the grocery store
Service was sluggish. to say the least
The three of us never got a refill on our coffee’s or cokes.
Even after finishing our food, our plates were not removed.
Will not return.
$ 10.86 for a sandwich & coffee = sticker shock

We love this place and have been coming here for years. Even if it’s been months since we’ve been in, the staff still knows us and knows our order: tuna melts! The best around. Servers and staff make you feel welcome, even if it’s your first time.

Love the lemon rice soup and chicken tenders from there me and my family always go here one of my favorite places to eat

If you’re looking for quick, cheap, diner food then this is a pretty decent place. I ordered a simple breakfast plate with turkey sausage but the sausage was a little over cooked. When you get a standard breakfast plate and one thing is off, it tends to throw the whole meal off, in my opinion.
Also, the waitress was friendly but I had to keep asking for refills on my beverages which gets frustrating after a while since I’m a pretty fast drinker. I wasn’t thrilled with this place but I’d still come again.

It’s a fun place with lots a food that you will like, that is cozy with nice waitresses at a good price

If you haven’t stopped by then you’re missing out! The waitresses are professional and kind. The place is very clean and food always fresh. If you do decide to stop in, go on Thursday! You need to try their German tomato soup. Which I make it a priority each week to stop in and get. Prices are a little higher than most but worth it. The only disappointing experience I’ve had is their salads are made with iceberg lettuce and I asked the waitress to switch it out for romaine… For an extra dollar. But still got iceberg so she took the dollar off my bill. Other than that no complaints.

My food was made wrong, and they didnt offer to fix it. The owner’s were very kind and welcoming, the blonde waitress was not.

I’ve passed by Nello’s many times and have always been curious about this Woodward Avenue eatery! I finally stopped in today for a quick meal with my boyfriend. They tout their home cooked meals on their sign, so I was pleased to see that their food was actually scratch made.
My boyfriend ordered the chicken tenders dinner. His tenders were hand battered and delicious. Even the honey mustard that came with it tasted like it was made from scratch. I had the chicken caesar pita with a side salad. The pita was huge, and the salad was a very basic garden salad. The delicious part was the Greek dressing that’s house made. Next time I go back I’m definitely getting a Greek salad.
The only downside to the restaurant is that service is a tad bit slow. They are incredibly friendly, but pack your patience. I promise it’s worth it!

Location location location. It’s on Woodward, near I-​696. It’s has it’s own parking lot, with a good size menu, and plenty of tables. The wait staff is experienced and knows their way around the menu.
The menu has all the diner classic, salads, lemon rice soup, coneys and burgers. I went with the lemon rice soup, which was okay. The classic Greek salad was a better choice. They give you a greek salad dressing bottle with the salad, and you get to put the dressing on the salad. The menu says the Greek salad dressing is world famous, and it was pretty good.
I had a little challenge finding the place, I was almost on top of the restaurant before I saw their sign. But at least you can find parking, sometimes downtown Royal Oak can be tough to find parking.

The location is very conveniently located at 10.5 and Woodward. As a result the prices are HIGH for what you get. Cheese omelette and coffee is 10 bucks without the tip. A better value would be Grecian House, Double EE, Hilton Road, Avenue, Leos downtown, Mae’s or Hambo and in about that order. The food is decent enough I suppose and it is clean but the service tends to be crappy. There are plenty of other options on Woodward. I might give it 2.5−3 stars but I have never been wowed by the service whatsoever. I went to cash out out and by the time I returned to the table to leave a tip the waitress had cleared and reset the table.

They should call it Mellow Nello’s because this family restaurant at Woodward and 10 ½ Mile (or thereabouts) is a laid back, low-​key affair that offers consistent service and food for the Woodward Corridor. Staff have their routines downpat, and tea or coffee and refills manifest almost without asking. The owner likes to talk with guests at the front counter when it isn’t too busy, and he strikes me as a Mediterranean patriarch with a booming story and a treat for the little ones. He gets a grin out of me every time.
My beau has been going to Nello’s for years, and they are a stop for weekend breakfasts when every place in town (Mae’s, Fly Trap, Toast, OHOP) is packed to the rafters. Nello’s seems to move along a bit quicker than those vaunted joints, even if they cater to a different audience. People watching here entertains me like nothing else because a cross section of Royal Oak/​Ferndale come slipping through the doors. The restaurant have a full service menu, but I focus on their offerings of a breakfast omelette variety. Healthy options on the side give tasty choices, but in a rarity for me, I tend to stick with the vegetable omelette stuffed with extra spinach and peppers, a side of salsa, and fruit. Hard to mess up an omelette, but they come out fluffy and bright as gold, never too filling or large.
The pink décor inside is a bit dated and I’m still not sure what kind of specialty coffee they serve. Coming here is a bit like going to your aunt and uncle’s for breakfast, except you aren’t expected to clean up afterwards. Regulars like to chat with the waiters and waitresses, and the friendly vibe is just the sort of thing some of us want on a Saturday morning as we recoup from the 9-​to-​5 rat race.
Getting into Nello’s parking lot can be a headache with cars parked cheek by jowl, and frequently by drivers who view the lines as guidelines rather than an absolute rule. Vehicles staggered like a drunk’s walk make backing out an interesting affair at peak hours.

Always a full parking lot at lunch. Maybe everyone who doesn’t want to deal w/​metered parking in downtown RO or Ferndale.
The «Non-​Smoking Restaurant» signs seem so out of place these days.
I would have given another star except for the guy at the register, who I’ll guess is the owner. I could tell that the waitresses don’t like him, they just tolerate him. He glowered at the table next to me. Two business people who had finished lunch and were discussing business plans. Yes, it was the middle of lunch, but there were open tables, so I don’t know why he’d be so unhappy they were staying. I was entertained by them interrupting each other, especially the older «I know everything» guy.
After I saw how he kept watching them and trying to give them not so gentle nudges to leave, I decided to stay longer, just to keep his blood pressure up. Nothing like playing with the minds of mental midgets for entertainment.
The food and service otherwise were decent. Go if you’re in a rush so he can turn tables over quickly. Don’t go if you plan on staying for a while — you won’t be welcome.

Solid breakfast. I had an omlette with bacon, green pepper, onion and american cheese. The bacon was a good consistancy not chewy like it can sometimes be. My husband had sausage gravy and eggs. He very much enjoyed it.
I thought the service was what made this place. It was perfect, attentive but not intrusive.
We’ll be back.

Been here a lot due to close proximity. I have in the past enjoyed a salmon burger for dinner, but haven’t seen it on the menu lately.
I did order the French Toast, trying to see if it measures up to other local eateries.
The french toast is made of 3 nice thick slices of bread. It was done to a perfect golden brown and dusted with powdered sugar. I appreciated that there was no butter on the toast, but there were packets of butter if you should choose to use it.
Of course, I had to get a side of bacon, extra crispy. It was mostly crisp but had some spots that weren’t as well done as I’d prefer.
All in all, though, it was a nice meal and it was inexpensive!

Today, I had breakfast at Nello’s with Jeffrey B. and a mutual friend, TS. We met there after church because it was a convenient location, parking was easy and it was a locally owned business.
Nello’s is large and open with a lot of windows. It’s pretty nice inside except for the Saran wrap covering a vent. Oh, and there was a surprise as the hostess is also the hostess at Lily’s Seafood when we used to regularly go on Monday nights.
The menu is pretty big and its is of the Coney Island/​Family Diner kinds of stuff. They have the gyros and the coneys and the open faced turkey sandwiches, fried clams and salads and stuff. We were there for breakfast and they had the normal omelets, pancakes, eggs, breakfast meat and toast.
I was really quite disappointed in my breakfast. It came to about $ 8 for two eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast and coffee. The eggs were cooked perfectly over easy. The bacon was crispy but not burned. However the hash browns were not cooked and were almost raw but slightly burned on the outside. They were not very hot and not very cooked. Also, the toast was not really toasted. It was more like slices of warmed bread with butter. It did not melt the butter nor have the crispness of toast. All of this disappointment for eight dollars. For the same price I could have gone somewhere else and had a really good breakfast.
I normally wouldn’t have given Nello’s a two-​star rating but they messed up toast! TOAST! The outrage! Speaking of toast, I have an idea of a place just down Woodward where I’ll have breakfast instead the next time.