Ruth's Diner

04/02/08

Little bit of a drive but worth it

by dreamcharade at Citysearch

My husband lives for breakfast and a friend recommended Ruths Diner. It's a little bit of a drive to get up the canyon but in the end we thought it was worth it. Loved the biscuits and hash. My eggs and sausage were average diner food but my husband is still raving over the cinnamon roll french toast. We will definitely be coming back. We visited early on a weekday.. so seating and service were no problem.

• Pros: biscuits! good portion and prices
• Cons: weird location

11/21/09

Expect to waste your day waiting

by Opinions Matter at Citysearch

We were so excited to go somewhere new for a celebration. There were only 5 in our group; we were told the wait would be 35-45 minutes. Understandable, its a SMALL place. After quietly waiting for ONE HOUR I asked the hostess if there was something she could do, maybe push some tables together or anything, something anything. She shrugged her shoulders and said "Legally, no. You have to wait for the bigger tables to be done eating." After waiting 30 more minutes I asked again, she said no and sent the owner to tell us I was rude and asked us to leave! I have NEVER been more horrified in my life! The moral of the story, if you plan to go here with more than 3 people, expect to waste your day waiting in the way because there is only a small bench to sit on and keep quiet or they will ask you to leave.

• Pros: Cant think of one
• Cons: If your party is 3 or more DO NOT GO HERE!!!

08/09/09

Brunch is amazing

by jessicagrace at Citysearch

I love the location of the diner. It is a short drive from downtown but feels so secluded. I love the ambience of the whole experience--- great food, good service, the relaxing music! No one in our group had any complaints about the food nor the service- it was perfect. The biscuits actually do live up to all the hype and the breakfast was amazing. Everything was prepared perfectly, presented well and portions were large but not overwhelming. They even had a delicious vegan breakfast burrito for my friend-- which she loved too! When we arrived at the height of brunch, we were told it would be 45 mins, but it turned out to only be 20 mins. We will definitely be going back for repeat visits!

• Pros: location, food, service
• Cons: its popular so expect a wait

08/02/09

don't go for dinner

by kenneg at Citysearch

went for dinner at 6:30 on a friday night and were SORELY disappointed. first off we could not eat outside unless we were at the bar, which is so dumb since we do live in a utah and it was 6:30! 75% off the charm of ruth's is eating on the patio. i ordered meatloaf which was dry, over seasoned, and really just not appetizing. i ordered a childrens meal with chicken fingers and they were so nasty that my children would not eat them. i could break them on the table and i think they were under a hot light for at least 3 hours. to top it all off we didn't get any of their famous biscuits because i guess they don't serve them at dinner. instead we got hard rolls from costco. ruths has ALWAYS been a favorite dining spot, in fact we drive 45 minutes to get there and i have to say i have no desire to return. ruth's spent 1 million dollars on remodeling and lost their taste buds.

• Pros: charm
• Cons: food quality

06/21/09

Outstanding breakfast!

by wnorton at Citysearch

This is a fun restaurant/diner with an interesting history. Unless you really look for it, you would never guess your sitting in the shell of a historic SLC Trolley Car.

The food is outstanding, portions generous and service friendly and prompt.

We've been for breakfast and lunch and I would highly recommend both.

• Pros: Fun ambiance, and great food

03/14/09

Been Twice-Both Times were Great

by ksteffen at Citysearch

I've eaten twice at Ruth's Diner. First time there was just two of us for lunch. Both of us loved the food. The waitress was great, not too overbearing but made sure our drinks weren't ever too low or empty. The second time I went was with my family, a large group of about 10 of us. There was a wait of about 20-30 minutes. When our time came up for seating, we had a wonderful round table that seated all of us and our waitress was very wonderful. She described some of the platters. We all ordered a range of breakfast and lunch platters. All the food was great. The appetizer bread was amazing -it was gone before our meals came and the option to get more if we wanted. All 10 of us loved the food. Nothing was askew or "gross" as some people have said here. Ruth's is unique and to me I'm always up for the hour drive it takes to get to it from Utah County.

• Pros: Great Food, Great Service
• Cons: sometimes there's a wait

09/29/08

Definitely not worth the wait.....

by youaintright20 at Citysearch

A group of 10 of us went to Ruths for brunch one Sunday, of course there was the usual long 45 minute wait, which was fine. However when we were finally seated they for some reason didnt think all 10 of us wanted to sit together, the hostess had 2 tables for us on opposite sides of the restaurant patio, after telling her the seating wasnt going to work for us and some awkward standind around we literally picked up one set of the table and chairs and moved them across the restaurant to sit together. The waiter was nice but very slow, when our food was brought out he could not remember the names of the dishes let alone who they belonged to! The food was so so, there was no flavor, no spice, anything worth remembering about any dish really. When it was time to pay they informed us they could only split our tickets 3 ways, not the 5 we needed. Now I find it hard to believe that at any restaurant you can not split a ticket, if you can take orders seperately and put them in seperately then you can print out a bill with the item seperately.... I dont buy no seperating tickets for one minute! After some light complaining the waiter had us write our names next to the items we had and give him our cards so he could ring up each couple like we originally asked for. He couldnt even do that, one couples card was ran twice, the tickets didnt add up to the original total of the bll etc etc... Then the waiter proceeded to tell us "this is why we dont split tickets". Overall all 10 of us were unhappy with the whole experience and will probably not return. I, like many others that have reviewed do not see the extreme appeal of this restaurant. It was just one big mess from start to finish.

• Pros: The Biscuits and Raspberry Jam
• Cons: Just about everything else

07/18/08

No Service

by rlillieb at Citysearch

We drove down from Ogden, on a saturday got there 15 min before they opened, no one else was around till 5 min before opening the doors. First to be seated, and after 4 other tables were seated and waited on

and the last table was waited on as soon as they sat down, and we are sitting there like ,they don't see us

well we just got up and told the lady inside that we were leaving because we were not going to be treated like that. To bad too, the reviews were what brought us here and the place was cozy looking and I really wanted to try the food, to bad there was no service. Will not go back.

07/11/08

The worst food I have had in a LONG time!!!

by jennieutah at Citysearch

The atmosphere at this diner is just as charming as everyone says, However the food is so aweful it doesn't taste nearly as good as the plates they serve it on! (YUCK) I went with a group of 6 adults and we all ordered different things and all of us were equally revolted with our meals. First of all they cover all of their tasteless overcooked food with the most nasty sauses, they were so bad we couldn't even begin to choke them down. They bring these hard, dry, heavy rolls to your table that would be more suitable as a door stop than something you might actualy eat. They serve this horrible rasberry cream salid dressing that does not even remotely taste like raspberry. The pot-roast had some weird flavored sause on it that just made it compleatly inedible. The raspberry chicken (one of their specialties) was as dry as a bone and also had a revolting NON raspberry sause. The pork chop was just as dry as the chicken (also with a bizarre sause) You know when a resteraunt is hideing all of their food under sause that something is wrong! There was nothing good I could say about the food here. After this meal all of us wished we had just saved the money and eaten at mcdonalds...it was that bad! Such a shame... it could be a really charming place.

• Pros: If you want to eat...Don't Go Here
• Cons: The stuff they serve here is not edible!

05/27/08

Terrible Service!

by Rastarazz at Citysearch

The food was good. That was it. It took over an hour to be seated, after watching many people go in that had come after us. Once we were finally seated the server was very rude. She didn't welcome or smile or even say hello. She did the bare minimum. We had to stop her to get anything that she had forgotten. The people in our group have all worked in the food business and it was the worst we had ever seen. I will not go back and I will never recommend this to anyone.

• Pros: Food
• Cons: Everything else.

05/18/08

Best breakfast in Utah

by Danalia at Citysearch

I love driving to Ruth's for Sunday morning breakfast (although it is often quite crowded and a fairly lengthy weight, it's worth it). They give you a delicious soft cakey biscuit with raspberry jam for free with your meal. My favorite breakfast item is the Crab Benedict. It's eggs benedict with crab cakes in place of english muffins and sliced tomatoes instead of ham, so delicious!

• Pros: Breakfast!
• Cons: Crowded