Typical Greek owned corner diner, fast service average food, good for a Sunday breakfast
Mike's Coffee Shop is a local diner with a curated menu of classics, affordable prices, good portions, fast service, and plenty of neighborhood charm. Three outdoor tables (no shade/rain cover) are utilitarian and efficient and good for the COVID conscious or sunbathers with pups. Inside tables and booths are a bit packed together. Bathroom is tiny and there is no changing table or wheelchair access.Get the blueberry pancakes.
What happened to this place? When NEW BROOKLYN goes wrong. There use to be a line around the corner on the weekends. I should have known something was wrong when we were seated immediately.I ordered an omelette with peppers, onions and cheese. I got chunks of peppers and onions on a lightly scrambled egg with cheese. The "potatoes" were a mile high of starch I refused to touch. My food was served on a paper plate. Isn't everyone vaccinated can I have a real plate now, BROOKLYN WE OUTSIDE.Actually I should have left when the waiter didn't know if they had eggs Benedict, guess what they don't ?????Must be a new cook, new management idk something, very disappointed.
We were adviced to get lunch at Mike’s coffee shop after visiting the giant’s causeway and heading to the rope bridge and good stop with local food and a lot of come and goes with people from the town. Roasts are available with a few English dishes. Ordered homemade lasagnas , Porc roasted ham with an egg and nice vegetables and the cheese cake. Nice selection of desserts homemade. Service masked and safe.
I adore this place. Classic diner with the food to match. Excellent waffles, and I loved the style of home fries they serve with the breakfast plates. Service is lightening quick, the owners are kind, and there is outdoor seating on a beautiful spring day. The only reason this is a four-star review is that they use almost exclusively paper cups and plates which even if recyclable (and most of it probably isn’t) it generates a lot of unnecessary waste. Hope this changes in the future.
Ordered a cinnamon rating bagel to go with cream cheese and 3 slices of bacon. Didn't get a cinnamon bagel, the cream cheese was bad and the bacon had a horrible taste as if it was old. Not going back
This diner has been here at long as I can remember since 1992. Rumor has it that it was the original site that inspired the SNL sketch of cheeseburger cheeseburger with John Belushi back in the 70's. The have excellent and fast food with a comfortable bar counter and booth seating. My favorite is a cup of joe and a grilled muffin to go.
Layout/atmosphere*Old fashioned diner/luncheonette (only serves breakfast & lunch); cash only; counter area, booths, small shopService*QuickFood/drink*Bacon - OK*Pancakes (3) - good*Orange juice - good[served on paper plates with plastic cutlery]
Mike's is an institution on St James Place, just blocks from my home!
I love mikes but please bring back the tableware. There’s something very unpleasant about eating eggs off a flimsy paper plate with plastic fork