Sunrise Diner

Wantagh, United States

4.2

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20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 516-221-5907
Website:
www.thesunrisediner.com
Address:
3201 Sunrise Hwy, Wantagh, NY, 11793
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
760 ftWantagh
0.9 miBellmore
1.3 miSeaford
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
Yes
Good For
Breakfast, Brunch
Bike Parking
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Noise Level
Loud
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Has TV
Yes
Waiter Service
Yes

Today

Today 6:00 am – 12:00 am
Open now
Local time (Wantagh) 07:36 Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 6:00 am – 12:00 am
Tuesday 6:00 am – 12:00 am
Wednesday 6:00 am – 12:00 am
Thursday 6:00 am – 12:00 am
Friday 6:00 am – 1:00 am
Saturday 6:00 am – 1:00 am
Sunday 6:00 am – 12:00 am

Description

Specialties

The Sunrise Diner specializes in customer service and quality food. We have over 100 items on our menu and serving up many of the classics while incorporating modern day specialties. Our breakfast quesadilla, spinach pie, black bean quinoa burger, and chicken pot pie are just some of our customer’s favorites. At Sunrise Diner you can find nightly dinner specials and we serve breakfast all day long!

We focus on quality ingredients and keep little room for storing food. This means we are constantly buying fresh ingredients. We use whole leaf teas, Greek honey, and make sure our food has no GMO or hormones in it.

Sunrise Diner is open at the crack of dawn for those early birds and closes late for the night owls. Join us for breakfast, lunch, or dinner today and see for yourself why the locals love us so much. We look forward to serving you and your family again and again.

History

Established in 1972.

We are glad to have you visit us at the Sunrise Diner. The Sunrise Diner has been family owned and operated for over 40 years. We would like to thank you for your patronage and loyalty, and we look forward to serving you and your family again and again. We strive to serve you great food and good service. We are committed to quality, consistency and value for your complete satisfaction.

Meet the Business Owner

Jerry P.

Business Owner

Jerry began his rise to ownership at the Sunrise Diner beginning at age 18. Shortly thereafter, he ascended to the position of waiter, followed soon after with a promotion as Assistant Manager. Along the way, he also traveled to New York City on a daily basis to earn his Culinary Management Degree from the French Culinary Institute. Jerr has shown an incredible appetite for work, industry education, continuing professional education and the ability to combine strategic planning and tactical actioning for exemplary, fact based results.

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20 reviews of Sunrise Diner

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Place rating: 5
Oceanside, NY
Had to drop my car off for some work at the Mazda dealership, so I decided to go across the street to the sunrise dinner for lunch! My boyfriend and I got seated right away. The staff was friendly and helpful with the menu. The restaurant and bathrooms were very clean! I ordered the California burger, and my boyfriend ordered the Texas burger! Delicious. Definitely will be back for more.
Place rating: 4
Franklin Square, NY
Been here a bunch of times since moving to the area and have never been disappointed. Their breakfast is great, the service has been good, and I even had leg of lamb for dinner once there and that was good, too! All around a good diner.
Place rating: 1
Wantagh, NY
We continue to go to this diner bc it’s convenient. Every time we go, we get our food, and say this is the last time we will come here. Waiters are somewhat kind, but we know them, we’ve been going for years. If we weren’t «usual» customers they would
Come across extremely rude. The food is always dry and the eggs are always burnt. Worst omelette ever. We «finally» specifically requested that our omelette was not brown when we ordered it, we had enough courage to finally do so, ten minutes later our Two burnt omelettes came
To the table. We are done with the Sunrise diner. 40 years in business no longer means anything. Any one whom knows what good food is would never come here.
Place rating: 2
East Rockaway, NY
This is my go-​to hometown diner. The food is good and usually fresh and pretty consistent. However, lately the servers have had such an attitude and treated us so nastily, that I believe tonight was my last trip there.
No respect or courtesy from our waiter from the time we sat down and he said «what do you want?» to the time we left and he miscalculated our bill and came back to replace it with one of a higher cost. He also messed up my order due to not listening, and kept slamming our drinks and dishes down. The only polite people were the bus boys, who did ten times more than our waiter did.
First time in my life I didn’t tip a waiter. Shame on them.
Place rating: 5
Lewisburg, WV
Great food Great service. Wouldn’t let us in the Lighthouse diner because I had a coffee in my hands. Really… Way to loose a customer. Cams across the street to this place. It’s excellent.
Place rating: 3
Long Island, NY
So we get an indifferent waiter. Same as every diner. Doesn’t hear a thing we say. Doesn’t listen. Screws up an omelette. Bad. And the kitchen cooked it to death! Dry would have been ok (not), but this was DEAD!
And on the other orders, he didn’t warn us that the eggs came sunny. Burnt plastic bottom, raw top. BLECH!!!
If he asked, we would have kindly requested over easy. But it doesn’t seem the kitchen can do anything other than put the same crappy diner food on fancier plates.
Too bad. This place *SHOULD* be one of the best around. It’s not. At all. It’s the same as every other factory diner. BLECH!
Place rating: 5
Wantagh, NY
Best dinner in LI
Well done French fries great
Tuna melt on pita great
Avocado always fresh!!!
Place rating: 3
New York, NY
Came in here for dinner around 7:30 a couple days ago. The diner was about ¾ full so we were seated right away. I ordered a turkey club sandwich for $ 12 and my girlfriend ordered a chicken panini which came to about $ 14. The turkey club was okay. There was not a lot of turkey on the bread which I was surprised about because of the great reviews of the food on Unilocal.The tomatoes on the panini looked old also. Although, the tomatoes on my club looked fresh. I will say that the waiter was very nice and our water glasses were always full. Nothing stood out about this diner compared to the numerous other diners in the area. Definitely not the best place to get a turkey club.
Place rating: 5
Flagstaff, AZ
I have eaten at the Sunrise Diner on average four times per week for nearly 20 years. I have never had a sub-​par meal. The food is exactly what you ordered, cooked to perfection and is always delivered hot. The waiters know you by name and go out of their way to refill your cup of coffee or soda before needing to ask. They give you extra napkins exactly at the right time. All of the owners are very welcoming and always have a nice word. One of the owners, Jerry, is constantly reinventing the Diner, new dishes, with hi tech special of the night menu board and now internet ordering and local delivery. The bus boys fill your water at the exact moment you think of it. Empty dishes are cleared from table like lightning.
My favorite is the burger deluxe and their spinach pie and geek salad combo is tasty and filling.
Place rating: 4
Hicksville, NY
Quite a pleasant surprise for a midnight meal after the bar with my girlfriends. Ordered the gyro platter because let’s be honest I’m always in the mood for a gyro. Came with a lamb gyro, side salad and fries (opted for a baked potato instead) for $ 13. The gyro meat was thick and juicy, gyro itself was on the smaller side, but the meat was very tasty. Side salad was fresh and covered in feta, just the way I like it. Baked potato, was a baked potato. Tzatziki and dressing to the salad both came on the side. My friends ordered a panini and wrap and enjoyed both. Very friendly service even though it was pretty late. Way better than Lighthouse Diner.
Place rating: 5
Levittown, NY
Above all, this is based on the staff and management. This was my first time there and while the food was good, it was the owner that was memorable. He and his staff are reason enough to go back.
Place rating: 5
Glen Cove, NY
Absolutely delicious dinner, great service. The owners are absolutely delightful as well — we are new to the area and they took the time to welcome us. Gave us great suggestions of other spots to have dinner. Can’t wait to go back for another meal at the counter!
Place rating: 5
Wantagh, NY
Love this place. Will always be the Diner of choice for us. Amazing service and all seem so happy to work there. The owner is a great guy and they always go out of there way to make us smile!
Place rating: 5
Fair Lawn, NJ
Great fast service and nice atmosphere. Great for meeting with friends and enjoying the food as well. Our waiter is awesome too.
Place rating: 5
Long Beach, NY
I love this diner.
Im not a diner person unless its for breakfast. BUT THIS PLACE changed my opinion on. this diner.
first time– we ordered guac for the table… its tableside fancy guac and its phenomenal. The chips ARE AMAZING.
I split a chicken teriyaki meal with a friend and they literally split the portion for us. i know well established restaurants that wouldnt go that extra mile but this diner does.
with our meal came salad (they split up for us) rice, and MUSSELLS MARINARA — all ffor 20 bucks. I was stuffed.
second time i came here i had an omelette (and the guac again bc its that good) and the omelette was perfect.
The service is great, the staff is so nice. I will def come back for desserts and milkshakes and of course… the guac
Place rating: 4
Merrick, NY
This is my go-​to neighborhood diner. Their lunch specials are really good, especially the roast beef & mozzarella on garlic toast. I like that you can choose between french fries or a tasty chickpea salad as a side. Classic diner fare of burgers and tuna mels are good as well. Service is fast though parking is tight and occasionally have to walk over from an overflow lot down the street. It’s worth the trek, however.
Place rating: 4
New York, NY
The Nutella Cheesecake milkshake! Please get it. Thank me later. A generous slice of cheesecake + Nutella … It shouldn’t be allowed.
BTW, chicken burger was a little dry and underwhelming. Stick to their juicy turkey burger instead.
Place rating: 5
Massapequa, NY
If there was a time machine and you could go back to when service was amazing this is as close as you’ll get. Service is top notch! Great food, nice portions and good prices. Most important part of the experience is Rudy. Rudy is a waiter who makes the diner what it is! He is so professional and attentive without being annoying. This guy should start his own waiter school. Everyone should be like Rudy! Go here and enjoy!
Place rating: 3
Babylon, NY
Visit Date: January 24, 2015
My sister asked to pick a place for her birthday so based on Unilocal reviews I picked this place. My family liked it and I think if I had ordered something different I might have enjoyed it more. If I do go back and order something different I will update my review to reflect that.
The place was clean, and the servers were very nice. I can’t publish this photo but after singing happy birthday to my sister the servers agreed to take a birthday photo with her.
I wasn’t really happy with my heuvos rancheros. I was really excited about ordering them and everything else on the menu looked terrific so I expected my food to be great too. The black beans could have used more seasoning and the portion size could have been bigger. Sometimes I am a hungry girl so when I get a portion smaller than what I was expecting it does disappoint me a little bit. The salsa served with the dish was slightly runny too.
The diner is also very cramped. It looks great but there’s so many tables packed into one little space and I don’t dig spaces that make me feel like I’m practically on top of other people or bumping into other people to get to my table.
So if I come back and order a different dish and like it more I’ll be happy to update my review and give this place more stars.
Place rating: 5
Wantagh, NY
I STRONGLY disagree with the negative reviews.
I eat here so often and the staff are so friendly and treat you like family. The food is amazing for diner food and the Greek food which is normally just so so at diners, is authentic and delicious.
They have amazing appetizers and in addition to the normal diner apps they have unique items like the sampler of olive tapenade, humus, tzatziki with pita… just wow.
The quality of the food is great as well and is ALWAYS fresh.
My favorite breakfast is the omelet with bacon, cheddar and avocado… so good! The home fries are great too, I like them well done and never have to send them back.
What I love the most about this place is that if you are in the mood for typical diner food you can come here for a bacon cheese burger or BLT but if you’re in the mood for something a lithe fancier, you can get it here and not be disappointed.
I am always excited when I try something new here.
The diner itself may not have a ton of parking spots but there is parking a lll over in that area… I have never not gotten a spot in the lot but if I couldn’t I would just park on the street so I find it a little unfair for someone to act like they can’t park. I wouldn’t call this diner tiny either… it’s not huge but they have I think 5 really large booths at the front, a whole dining room, a bunch of 2 seater booths on the side. It’s smaller than an average diner but FAR from «tiny».