Ruth's Diner
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Phone: (801) 582-5807
- Best of Citysearch:
- Outdoor Dining 2006, Outdoor Dining 2005, Breakfast 2004
- Hours:
- Daily 8am-10pm
Editorial Review for Ruth's Diner – by Robyn Galbos
In Short
Located in what once was a trolley car, it is named after its original tough-as-nails owner. Period lamps light the tables, while black-and-white photos of Ruth and her Chihuahuas decorate the walls. A large patio with live music on weekends makes the diner a favorite lunch and dinner spot. Casual diner fare is served in hearty proportions. Try the buttermilk pancakes or one of several omelettes for breakfast. For lunch, the burgers are popular. Or choose from a variety of sandwiches and enchiladas.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkEnjoy a Bloody Mary on the patio while waiting for a table on a Sunday morning.
The ExtrasThe menu has children's portions and vegetarian-friendly items, too.
User Reviews for Ruth's Diner
09/29/2008 Posted by youaintright20
A group of 10 of us went to Ruths for brunch one Sunday, of course there was the usual long 45 minute wait, which was fine. However when we were finally seated they for some reason didnt think all 10 of us wanted to sit together, the hostess had 2 tables for us on opposite sides of the restaurant patio, after telling her the seating wasnt going to work for us and some awkward standind around we literally picked up one set of the table and chairs and moved them across the restaurant to sit together. The waiter was nice but very slow, when our food was brought out he could not remember the names of the dishes let alone who they belonged to! The food was so so, there was no flavor, no spice, anything worth remembering about any dish really. When it was time to pay they informed us they could only split our tickets 3 ways, not the 5 we needed. Now I find it hard to believe that at any restaurant you can not split a ticket, if you can take orders seperately and put them in seperately then you can print out a bill with the item seperately.... I dont buy no seperating tickets for one minute! After some light complaining the waiter had us write our names next to the items we had and give him our cards so he could ring up each couple like we originally asked for. He couldnt even do that, one couples card was ran twice, the tickets didnt add up to the original total of the bll etc etc... Then the waiter proceeded to tell us "this is why we dont split tickets". Overall all 10 of us were unhappy with the whole experience and will probably not return. I, like many others that have reviewed do not see the extreme appeal of this restaurant. It was just one big mess from start to finish.
Pros: The Biscuits and Raspberry Jam
Cons: Just about everything else
07/18/2008 Posted by rlillieb
We drove down from Ogden, on a saturday got there 15 min before they opened, no one else was around till 5 min before opening the doors. First to be seated, and after 4 other tables were seated and waited on and the last table was waited on as soon as they sat down, and we are sitting there like ,they don't see us well we just got up and told the lady inside that we were leaving because we were not going to be treated like that. To bad too, the reviews were what brought us here and the place was cozy looking and I really wanted to try the food, to bad there was no service. Will not go back.
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