Reviews for Darrell's Dog Gone Good Diner in Gainesville, FL

We went as a party of nine and every one was totally satisfied with the meal served. The strip steak is cooked just right, the... country ham huge and delicious , chicken waffle tasty, even the Ruben sandwich got high marks. Don't forget to try their yummypancaks and home fries. Server Patricia is top notch and friendly. Chef James is a talented cook! Read more

I have been coming here for a while. My hands down favorite server is Ms.Patricia and Mr.Sherman makes the best chocolate... pancakes ever. Today Mr.Sherman didn?t put a smiley face made out of chocolate chips on my pancakes so I said something to himgiving him a hard time. He made me a new smiley face. This is a great family friendly restaurant. I really like coming here tostudy after my classes. These are people who treat you like family and want you to enjoy your meal. If anything is every wrongthey are more than happy to make it right. Read more

Darrell's was great. Plenty of parking, greeted and seated right away and food came as ordered. Patricia was our server and she... is very nice and helpful. Shervin was our chef and he cooked the food perfectly. Read more

My mom was hungry for breakfast so we found this place still serving breakfast in the afternoon. We didn't have to wait to be... seated. Our breakfast was served very quickly after ordering it. The food was cooked to perfection and the wait staff wereexcellent. We enjoyed the atmosphere and had a wonderful dining experience. Read more

Went here for mother's Day brunch. I've eaten here many times before but only for lunch. This was the first time eating... breakfast. Totally not impressed. Ordered the pecan waffle, it had minimal pecans in it and lacked any real flavor at all. I waspresented with no butter and a very thin, watery syrup. I also ordered the biscuits and gravy, which would have been okay, hadthe biscuit not been really tough to cut through. A member of our party ordered the Philly cheese steak omelette, which camewith hash browns and a biscuit. One of the options on the menu was to add jalapenos for an additional 75 cents so she requestedthem to be added to both the hash browns and the omelette. When the plate arrived there were no jalapenos on either item plusThe Omelette was sitting in a pool of oil, like literally at least a tablespoon. When she brought it to the waitressesattention, the waitress went back to the kitchen and soon reappeared with a very small sauce dish of sliced jalapenos to beplaced on both the hash browns and omelette. We had half and half tea to drink, which was not very good, it was bitter and therewas no evidence of any sweetener. The only good part in the entire experience is that they have fantastic waitresses. She wasvery attentive and brought stuff when asked quickly. Overall the breakfast is a huge disappointment. I will continue to go backbut only for lunch. They offer daily specials both for breakfast and lunch and they also have a homemade dessert everyday, whichis great. The prices are very reasonable. Read more

April 20th. Just went to Darrell's again today. BEST BURGER EVER. Ordered bacon cheeseburger. Asked for it medium. Got it with... just the slightest pink; perfect. And the bacon. BEST TASTING BACON IN A SANDWICH EVER. Unlike Publix's and Subway's, couldactually taste the bacon and they were big, loonnngggg strips. Loved it. Very simple eating area, i.e., no diner booths, butfood was outstanding. Had a burger with corned beef, cole slaw and cheese (like a corned beef special but primarily hamburger).Outstanding, sloppy but delicious (beef was especially moist and tasty). Prices were reasonable. Waitress was so cheerful thatshe perked me up. Place is a little tucked away on SW 34th Street, so suggest you look it up on a map. Will go back again. Recommend you try it. This past Saturday, had an omelet. It came with home fries. BEST HOME FRIES I EVER ATE. The coating onthe home fries was to die for, spicy and tasty. I'm not the biggest potato fan, but those home fries have converted me, atleast as far as home fries go. You need to try them. Read more

This is a very cute and secluded restaurant. I love that it's not packed like allot of the other breakfast places around... Gainesville. Waitress is on point and everyone seems very nice. They even gave us free pancakes because they have us the wrongkind. Def recommend this place. The food is pretty great also. Read more

This place is awesome! We are always on the hunt for weekend breakfast/brunch and I'm so glad we found this place. Prices were... great, the staff were all super friendly, the food was delicious and came out fast, the home fries are seasoned well, and theatmosphere was very local diner. When the clientele are locals, you know you found a gem! Read more