City Diner, Anchorage, Alaska Restaurant Details

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So far its OK me and my fiance came and she's ordered a Reuben and I ordered biscuits and gravy I hopefully it's better than what we ordered from Leroy and it's coming out great her room and came out better than what it did at LeRoys my biscuits and gravy came out a little small but looks really good so we're going to try and finish our review so to finish my review we ordered a banana split and it was amazing the only thing that was missing was the chopped nuts it was a big order just missing the nuts enough for two people to eat and actually be full from it but once again it was missing the chopped walnuts so anybody planning on going out with their spouses are so sweet heart I urge you to go to City Diner and enjoy a really good memory thank you for listening this is Ray and Lenora

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We have been customers of City Diner since it opened. We were willing to pay the higher prices because the food was good. Today, however, was our last visit. My hamburger was tasteless, as was the tomato topping it. The salad was definitely no more than mediocre. The waitress said all salad dressings were made by the house, generally an indication of quality. I ordered my salad with bleu cheese dressing. The last straw was a very poorly made ranch dressing instead of bleu cheese. There are other diner alternatives in town and we will be frequenting those in the future.

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Ordered the blackened rockfish tacos for take-out. I discovered after trying to fold the taco and having it crumple and break in half that the tacos were not good. Disappointing.

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Not what it used to be. Menu is smaller. We used to go here quite a bit but the prices made us look elsewhere. We always enjoyed the staff but the last time we went in, it didn't seem the same. I see the GM/owner has responded here and that's good. I'm not sure if she was the one who made the menu change, but whoever did, you lost us. The diner was always a little pricier than other places but the menu was really good. The staff was great but we saw all our familiar faces disappear over time. I know there is change over in staff but it makes you wonder. I do notice that it is now where busy as it used to be.

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On my recent visit to the City Diner, I was massivly disappointed. Although the menu seems to have been revamped to have more of "home" cooked restaurant feel than a diner feel. I was overall disappointed.

I ordered the steamed mussels for a shared appetizer. The wine sauce was heavily watered down with zero flavor and was more or less pointless to dip the crustini in it. To me is seemed like water with tossed tomatoes as an after thought. There was a distinct salty and "old" fishy taste to the mussels which was displeasing.I've had Steamed mussels in several different places and I these were by far the worst ones.

I also ordered the Blue Cheese Wedge. Also highly disappointed. The salad looked like it was cut sometime earlier that morning so it had brown edges which made it mostly bitter. The blue cheese toss on was haphazardly and it was off flavor. The dressing wasn't even a blue cheese more like a oil and vinegar which was a horrible choice. Or maybe it was supposed to be a clear blue cheese dressing not sure. Use bacon bits as opposed to bacon strips that were tossed on top.

Myself I ordered the "Put the Lights Out and Cry" live and onions. And as the name says I wanted to put the lights out and cry in disappointment. The liver tasted ok, slightly overcooked and it was evident from the burnt grill edges. The onions were semi-raw which is ok to me, but another 5 minutes of sautee wouldn't have hurt either. The sauteed/steamed kale was flavorless and the carots were way overcooked. Thumbs up on the mash potatoes that was the only thing on my plate worth eating.

The wife had the sheppards pie, which was off tasting and the mash potatoes were flavorless. The meat had an off taste, not what you expect from a "sheppards" pie.

For me it was 3 strikes against the cook.

The ambiance is nice, what you'd expect a diner to look like. But the food wasn't something you would get from something like "Johnny Rockets" or "Andy's" burgers. When I hear dinner, I think American sloppy, greasy, juicy burgers, chilly cheese fries, onion rings, Omletes, french toast....anything like that. But that's semantics, I can appreciate a twist to a dinner as long as their food backs up their point; which this place failed to meet.