Billy's Downtown Diner - Bethlehem

Not Your Ordinary Diner is their self proclaimed tagline, but it couldn’t be more true. This is the first time I’ve ever been to a diner but can’t wait to go back. I gave the resturant 5 stars, but that’s with the understanding that it is after all a diner, I’m reviewing pancakes and french toast here. The resturant does have all sorts of awards for best breakfast/best diner up on the wall, they had so many that some were pushed behind coffe cups. The dinner itself is pretty small. There are eight 2-person tables, and six 4-person booths in the main room, and a diner counter with about 8 seats along the back. There’s a second room around the corner, which I didn’t really see but with I wouldn’t expect much more. When we entered the diner it was standing room only at the front waiting for a table. I think if the fire marshall came by he might have a problem with the way things were as it was almost impossible to get from the pay counter to the door. I would recomend two things – only bring one person with you as 2-seater tables turned over much quicker, and second, bring a magazine to read while you wait. Service was actualy very fast and I think the two of us waited about 15 minutes for our table. The menu offers some innovative items, it was very hard to choose what to eat as so much looked good. breakfast is served all day, making the choice more difficult. This place is vegetarian friendly.

Went in on a Friday morning and it wasn’t too crowded and waited a LONG time to finally be acknowledged by someone—an older lady finally came towards me and pointed at one of the smaller booths and since there were several larger booths available, I asked her if we could sit in one of them and she rolled her eyes and said “whatever” and turned around and walked away. Wow, nice greeting! Granted, the food is pretty good, but there are too many places to eat in this area to subject yourself to that kind of rudeness.

Absolutely phenomenal experience at Billy’s diner. my friend and I drove half an hour to try them out and were not disappointed in definitiw. I have the “Florentine” special and it was to die. we also have to share the “Cannoli Tower”; simply decadent and one has to try if they are looking for something sweet. everything was delicious, service was great, we sat outside and dined on a beautiful day. we will not be sure, next time we are in the city!

No matter what they get here, it's always going to eat top notch. there are options for anyone, including gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan. service is always excellent! many different coffee options, although the freshly roasted black coffee is excellent!

Perfect! quality eating. Quick! the sweetest personal. I wish there was a billy where I live.