Lillian's Restaurant/Diane's Diner Reviews

It's takes you back when you was a little kid and ur grandparents bring you to to eat and visit with other town folks

My fiance and I came here on the way home from a job and my pregnant self was peckish. The place was clean, staff though a little distracted by gossiping as we arrived towards closing and teens will be teens. The food didn't take long and I can say the presentation was nice. Now the coleslaw was my mistake, I should have seen "Chipotle ranch coleslaw" and passed but I wanted it to be good. The sandwich though was killer. Very flavourful and layered nicely. The burger my fiance got he said was delicious. We both left full and satisfied. Would definitely recommend.

Great place to use the restroom and grab snacks or a quick bite to eat!

Great Turkey BLT! Yummie fries! Improvement in wait time!

Very bad service. When we finally got a burger and sandwich they were good. Asked about our order twice and was told would be soon. Finally a woman from kitchen rudely told me our tray was dropped in the floor. Took 30 minutes to get our food. No plans to go back.

I visited this place because every time I passed by, it was PACKED. Didn't matter what hour, the parking lot was full. That it and ok f itself is all the recommendation I need. And it was GOOD. If you're looking for traditional burgers, fries and shakes, this is Exactly where you want to be. I highly recommend it.

Very friendly staff, clean place and cute atmosphere! The portions here are large and delicious!

Awesome little diner I'm pretty good expos making the food. It's a quaint little diner that makes you feel like your grandmother's cooking back there.

If you are looking for a really good hamburger, this is the place! They also serve a nice, big breakfast. All in a cute, retro diner. Cheerful, helpful staff as well.

We visited the drive thru. Fast, friendly service. The food was really good and fresh.

Was very surprise. Didn't know how things where gonna go. But it was amazing, love the feel of it. Great stop when traveling will be back when passing thru this town.

Great food, people are really nice. The only thing is not enough seating and the locals sit one person to a six person table. So you have to "bother" them and sit with a stranger.

The burgers look just like a commercial... and taste great too.
Didn't take time to explore the rest of the place, but it looked interesting.
Cute dog rest stop

We ordered bunless burgers and after loudly exclaiming how weird that was to the entire diner, we got the toughest, most overcooked tasteless patties I ve ever eaten. Do not recommend. (The egg was good)

Clean place connected to convenient store. Food consistently good. Large beer selection organized by place of origin - Texas beers here that I've seen nowhere else.

Best jelly - home made - not a plastic peal off. I really enjoyed the breakfast. Oh, excellent bacon and eggs.

Such a neat place! Great food, awesome bathrooms and store! Perfect travel stop! The owner was so friendly, we will definitely stop here again anytime we travel through!

Great example of complacency. Let me start by saying I have over 20+yrs of Restaurant experience.. Diane's used to be great, now its corner cutting at its finest. You can't go from homemade hashbrowns, to using frozen mcdonalds type and still charge $2.25. How about $3 for 3 pieces of Sysco bacon? Or the fact that half of the coffee selection is unavailable most of the time. If you charged appropriately your side add-ons would increase your profits. Whos running this place? Seriously, $2 for 2 slices of toast? Thats the cost of the whole loaf for Pete's sake. Ran out of biscuits? By 9:30? Since we don't have many other choices in town, well see how long everyone's ok with the absurd pricing. It was a sad day when Randy and Diane sold the restaurant. Don't run this place into the ground.

Just great sandwiches, best Rubens I've had in years

Great service and great food at a reasonable price!

They have no deserts even though it said so on the website. Drove over 25 minutes out of the way to visit here just to get a no and a look like I was an idiot for even asking. Then when I told her I was going to look around she shrugged, said okay and walked off.
Place looks authentic, service is like I never seen before in Texas, just awefull.

Good food. Good prices.

The owner remembered me from the last time I was there...over a year ago

I m giving 4 stars from the heart. The food was nothing above average, the serving size to cost ratio not great. This is Halletsville though, you don t have too many options. I ordered chicken fried steak and eggs, steak was tough, scrambled eggs cut into very small pieces, toast awkwardly cut, potatoes were decent. The butter for the toast was very soft and a big plus, many restaurants serve cold stiff butter to put on your toast. The drinks are self serve which for me is a big plus because I get frustrated when waiters don t notice my empty glass. Overall I give it a 3/5 but the friendly staff bumped it up barely to a 4/5.

Great hamburgers! We stop for a dog break at Rusty's Rest Stop right behind the diner.

This place was a surprise. We stopped to get gas and we ate a chicken fried steak dinner.WOW ... I recommend this place

Got the catfish plate. The best ever. We will be back.

Very nice diner with great chicken fried steak and friendly staff.

Busy when we went. We visited after going to the Shiner Tour. Food was surprisingly good and served hot and fresh. Would eat at again!

I don't trust diners that won't serve breakfast all day long and that's how I knew I'd really like Diane's. Breakfast is my favorite food and they know what they are doing at Diana's.

Good American cooking. Breakfast all day. Will be back next time in town

Great food and service. I couldn't believe how fast our food came out. Excellent soup and onion rings.

The service is good both for breakfast and supper and the food like others say is good comfy food

I love taking a pit stop here on way to Corpus Christi on my favorite road 77. Food is really good home cooking. Mine is club sandwich and fries. Clean restrooms. Friendly folks. Highly recommended.

Loved it! Not yo momma's grilled cheese was amazing with fresh coleslaw. The adjacent store carries local Texas wine and beer, antiques and yummy desserts. Plenty of parking for RVs with a nice dog area.

Diane's has earned our business as regulars. Never ordered a bad meal. Staff is cheerful & good natured. Everything is just as clean & tidy as Bucee's. They're good supporters of the community as well.

Very cool 50's style dinner, very fast at getting your order out, was packed when we were there but nice

Food was good. Sad that people no longer feel masks are necessary even as Covid is rising. It will be awhile before I eat there again for safety reasons.

Great food, atmosphere and GLUTEN FREE options! Also a great place to meet people for casual business

The food was good and it looked really clean. My husband was originally given the wrong order. After he touched the food (he didn't take a bite yet) they came and switched the food. The food he was given originally was then given to the correct person (after he touched it). I could smell the oil from the fryer the moment we walked in. By the time we left our clothes smelled of oil.

OMG.. the food Awesome and loads of it. Try the 3 piece chicken basket. Homemade gravy yummy!!

Very fried and not that great..it was very smoky there my eyes were literally watering

Newly discovered place for us. Awesome find indeed. Great service. Great food. Good place to eat with friends. Gas up. Buy a gift.
We will be back to this really cute diner!

Nice clean place with friendly helpful staff. Food is good and each serving is plentiful.

We stopped by yesterday passing thru town on the way home. I got a Hamburger Steak, twice baked Potatoes and fried okra. It was AWESOME. Totally recommend and will make a point when we on our next roadtrip.

Always fast and friendly service! Have everything you looking for and then some

Really good food. You can't go wrong at Diane's Diner

Very very cool place! Super friendly, very clean. New favorite. Very interesting artifacts inside.

This is one of our favorite places to eat in town! Doesn't matter the time of day! Food is always good and fresh!

Absolutely love this place, my boyfriend is Celiac's and my mother is allergic to soy and this is the only place in Hallettsville where they can both eat and the food isn't lacking because of the allergy substitutions. Diane is great about working with your food allergies, and everything on the menu is delicious and homemade. Great atmosphere too where all the locals eat lunch and catch up with each other. And the bathrooms are fabulous and ALWAYS clean.

Very delicious food! I had the club sandwich with mashed potatoes (I'm a sucker for mashed potatoes). Everything was very good! Very attentive staff!

I love the vintage feel of this diner and the food is great. Large portions and the best chicken fried steak around. Very clean restrooms and good local wine choices inside Morton's.

Always good, fresh and hot food. Very chill and family environment. Could work on order accuracy a bit tho