Sandi's Diner
Address: 639 Main St, Chatham, MA 02633
1. Initial impression of convenience, parking, and location.
- Main Street parking or in large parking area out back.
- Close to rotary
2. Wait time to be greeted, seated, and atmosphere.
- We were two of six people in the restaurant at 9:45 am. We sat where we wanted.
- We chose the two-top at the back next to the Nude Beach sign. There were many signs to read from Cape style to “Free lunch tomorrow”.
3. Server introductions, impressions and attentiveness.
- Our server was the only person on staff besides the cook. She offered us coffee once we selected our table.
- She let us take our time making our menu choices. When asked she pointed us in the general direction popular food items.
- The refilling of the coffee almost didn’t happen. The first and only refill came during plate removal.
4. Variety of menu options (too many/too little)
- Standard for any Diner.
5. Menu highlights of uncommon items.
- While the items on the menu were not uncommon in themselves, the names were. We understood the ‘Two if by French’ for French Toast, however, how does ‘Two if by sea’ reflect pancakes? Curious.
- The ‘Mexican’ Omelette had salsa on it.
- Lady’s Delight was clever, as it had one of each - One piece of toast, one piece of bacon, one egg. The perfect serving!
6. Speed of food delivery, and first impressions of plating, initial aroma.
- Food arrived in fine order.
- No fancy plating.
7. TASTE!
- Coffee - It was fine. It was not bitter as some coffees are, and the lady did not add any sugar.
- The Gentleman ordered the Two if by French cause he hasn’t had french toast in some time. It wasn’t amazing. I wouldn’t recommend it. The eggs, over medium, were ordinary.The bacon was better than others tasted recently.
- The Lady couldn’t decide what to order, so she opted for the menu item named for that exact state of mind ‘I can’t decide’ which had one pancake, one mini waffle, one bacon, one sausage and one egg. FULL ON CARB BREAKFAST. The pancake was large, and dense, and tasted exactly like you would expect a pancake made from pre-packaged pancake batter to taste. The waffle was a tad overdone, and was dark brown and crunchy. The flavour was different from the pancake, it was sweeter and had a vanilla undertone. The egg was ordered poached, which is the most delicious and healthy way to order an egg. The single lonely piece of bacon was overcooked, and shattered when she attempted to cut into it, however the flavour was nice. The sausage was a circular patty, and tasted like sausage.
8. Value of product.
- The prices were exactly as they should have been for this location. The price for two was less than $20.
9. Payment options.
- Cash only.
Overall Rating: There is nothing that makes this location stand out from all of the other breakfast places on Cape. Nothing at this location is something that you ‘must go here and try’. It filled our guts, and was inexpensive. The end.
