I went to Metro diner twice while in Jacksonville,...

I went to Metro diner twice while in Jacksonville, FL. On my first trip I had waffles and fried chicken, which was pretty good. I also had cheesy grits. Starting with the chicken and waffles, the chicken was a little wet for me but very flavorful. The waitress asked if I wanted to try their sauce that goes over the chicken, I agreed and it was very delicious. I was a little hesitant when she told me the mixture but it was really good on the fried chicken. For the waffles, I did not try the strawberry butter, however, I wish I had. But the waffle was OK with regular butter. The grits, cheesy grits were standard for restaurants. I don t understand why restaurants do not cook grits in salted water. It s very hard to season grits after they have cooked. The portions were very generous for my meal I had a half of chicken and a waffle. my friend, which had the chicken biscuit commented that her food was good. Service on this visit was OK.

Second trip, was a very different experience. Both my order and my friends order was wrong in portions of both orders had to be sent back. On this trip I ordered a breakfast consisted of pancakes, eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and biscuit . I had to cinnamon bun pancakes, which were really good. I did not try the biscuit since I ate pancakes. My eggs came out runny when I asked for them to be fried hard, so I had to send them back. When they brought the second set of eggs and they were cooked fine. The hashbrowns even though they came with grilled onions lacked flavor but we re pretty much average in my opinion. My friend, ordered a veggie omelette, a side of bacon, hashbrowns and cheesy grits. she received fried potatoes instead of hashbrowns, and she had to ask for her bacon three times. One of the servers told her to work on the potatoes and they would get her some hashbrowns which cane after her meal as well as the bacon coming once she had completed her meal. By this point she didn t want either and didn t touch the fried potatoes because it was not what she wanted or she would ve ordered them. she also mentioned the grades were too runny for her.

Overall, I think the food is good but the service needs a little work. The servers were not rude and seemed eager to resolve issues. they were just a little slow at doing so.