Ellens Stardust Diner

The milkshakes are a staple there and TOTALLY WORTH IT! It's expensive for 'diner food', but its the environment you pay for. I dont remember it taking a long or short amount of time to get food- I think it's pretty normal. But, I would suggest going there with a bit of time to spend, though because its fun.

Oh, and I ordered a burger and it was pretty great.

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I love it there. Yes, the food is a little expensive, but the environment is great. The food and the service is excellent too. a little plug......try the mac and cheese...yum.

To throw in an opposing opinion: it's diner food, nothing special there; yes the singing is fun, but the service was *awful*- to highlight it: having to ask repeatedly for basics like napkins and utensils, being told 'order the minimum' or leave (there's a minimum $$ order per table- which yes we were actually ordering above when being told that we weren't), etc. Yet the singing tips bucket came around on time and often.

I went there once, have never gone back- Cosmic fills my midtown diner needs.

Great hot turkey sandwich as I recall. Good Brownie too. It's as much show as dinner.

I remember when Forbidden Broadway was downstairs. Thought the place was a lot of fun!

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I agree, it is a great place to eat! Enjoy it!

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Don't go if you don't like being in an extremely noisy environment for an extended period of time.

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The Roy Rogers burger is fantastic!

The food is ok and it's expensive but most of the waiters are incredibly talented. Seriously, they are much better singers than many actors on Broadway right now.

thanks everyone!!!

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It's where you go for an experience, not for a meal. I've been once and it was fine. No desire to go back.

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I only went there because it was a "must" for a tourist from Toronto like me.

I have to preface this by saying that we went during the lunch rush so my "review" may be a little skewed. My friend and I waited 20 minutes to be seated, then another 20 minutes before a waitress even took our order, then another 20 minutes before the food came. The food was alright, nothing spectacular. The singing was good and fun but again, nothing spectacular. By the time we asked for the bill we'd already been there for about an hour, an hour and a half and to be honest I was sick of the singing. All the stuff they sang was pretty campy. The thing that really pissed me off was when we asked for our bill, it look 10 minutes to get it! Anyway, our bill came to about $24, $25 but since neither of us had change we gave two $20s and asked for two $5s (which I think was a pretty generous tip). After another 15 minutes, the waitress still hadn't come back with the change so we just left. $20 for a freakin' ham and cheese omlette.