Star Diner in Essen

Juice shop closes 40 minutes earlier

Had breakfast with my sister. Mega portions and very tasty. Great for the price

Everything great !!! Really tasty and super friendly staff. This food may be expensive but it is definitely worth it.

Nice American restaurant. A bit old, but that definitely makes it more authentic.

Tasty American improvement. I recommend

Unfortunately we didn't get to eat. After other tables we arrived at at the same time had already been served, we were completely ignored. The waitress just stared blankly and we left after 15 minutes. The others' food looked good. The ambience is something different and like an old diner... But I can't say anything more about it. It's a shame. They won't win us as customers

As always, just the best, great atmosphere, great food 😉🤩

Delicious American food, waiting time ok, price ok...... Reservations should be made on weekends

Real diner atmosphere in the middle of Essen's commercial area. The food is plentiful and good. Price-performance absolutely harmonious. The staff is nice and accommodating. In my opinion, however, the shakes are worth the price

America vibe comes through. Operation and service was very good. Food tasted okay, the blue cheese burger was filling and tasty, the fries were well seasoned. The milkshake felt like it was just ice cream, but maybe I'm just not the type for "real milkshakes" Would go there again, but probably more for the ambience.

The ambience is mega. The service was also very attentive and friendly, but the food looked like I was taking the burger out of the fridge at Netto. Getting a burger for €15.40 that is almost burnt and where the lettuce is mush is very critical. It tasted normal but for almost €16 I expected a little more. Nevertheless, the milkshakes were great.

I go there at least once a year. Whenever it's my birthday... the staff is always super nice... only the burgers were smaller than usual this year

Really authentic American, delicious food, especially the shakes!

Always very tasty and the staff is also super relaxed. Always happy to come and the highlight was being able to eat on the bus for the kids 😃 super good🫠

Very good milk shakes. Unfortunately, the food consists exclusively of convenience products. This means that finished products are made warm and then sold at outrageous prices.

The milk is amazing, super good. Burgers etc. are good.

Good burgers, fun staff. Always worth a visit.

Tolle Fotokulisse, freundliche Bedienung, sehr leckere Soßen (Dips), aber leider auch nur industriell gefertigte minderwertige Pattis, schlechtere Bans als bei den bekannten Burgerketten. Teils verbrannte Kartoffelecken. Für den hohen Preis (ca. 17,-€) erwarte ich frisches Fleisch und Zutaten und mehr Belag. M. M. Falsches Konzept. Lieber Preis auf 20 € erhöhen und wesentlich bessere Qualität und Frische zubereiten. Werde aber dennoch mal die mehr versprechenden Shakes bei Gelegenheit testen Fazit: Wer sich für den 50er Diner Flair ein Besuch im Deutschen Museum München oder Movie Park sparen möchte sollte dieses Lokal einmal gesehen haben. Langfristig kann man leider mit der schlechten Preis-Leistung der Burger keine Stammkunden gewinnen. Eigentlich sehr schade!

Great photo backdrop, friendly service, very tasty sauces (dips), but unfortunately only industrially manufactured inferior pattis, worse bans than at the well-known burger chains. Some burnt potato wedges. For the high price (approx. €17), I expect fresh meat and ingredients and more toppings. M. M. Wrong concept and more appearance than reality. It would be better to increase the price to €20 and prepare much better quality and freshness. Possibly reduce the size of the menu in order to offer better quality with fewer raw products and storage. Also improve the cleanliness of the sinks/toilet. But I'll still try out the more promising shakes when I get the chance. Conclusion: If you want to save yourself a visit to the Deutsches Museum München or Movie Park for the 50s diner flair, you should see this place once. Unfortunately, in the long term you won't be able to win regular customers with the poor price-performance ratio of the burgers. Actually, it's a shame!

Been here again for a long time. Extensive menu, delicious burgers, good service and a nice diner atmosphere. Gladly again at any time.

Completely overpriced, overhyped store Milkshakes at €5.80 are way too expensive and sweet to the diabetes level And the rest is also very expensive. I would recommend everything else except this Stardiner

After we tested all the burger providers in Essen in detail with the staff, the Star dinner is by far the best American dinner in Essen

Food was great so really top service is very young and sometimes a bit overwhelmed, we sometimes asked twice what we ordered

The food is okay. Personally, I wouldn't go there specifically for that. The patties take some getting used to and it's quite loud when it's full. The service was friendly and there were no long waiting times.

Best milk shakes and even burgers made from bison meat 😋. Reservation is safer.

Delicious burgers and a nice ambience with lots of details.

Unfortunately, things have gotten worse in recent years. The food is OK but not special. The service is nice but very slow, unfortunately we waited a long time for everything. And the ambience is also nice but very loud

Ambience very cool, fully American Waiters were a bit overwhelmed late in the evening when the restaurant was full, drink orders were forgotten several times... Great food, burgers, schnitzel, everything is great

Delicious food, good service, very narrow benches

Average is best. Ambience, food, service. Nothing is really bad, nothing is really good. The food was okay but not something that would be recommended. Therefore: you can go, but you don't have to

The best milkshakes in town. We like to go here just to have a milkshake. I've never had a better one anywhere.

Nach unserem Kanada-Urlaub hat mein Mann immer wieder von den Baked Beans geschwärmt. So haben wir das Star-Diner entdeckt, als Überraschung für ihn. Er hat sich riesig gefreut und seit unserem ersten Besuch vor gut 5 Jahren kommen wir immer wieder mit Freunden her um zu frühstücken oder zu Abend zu essen. Uns hat es bisher immer gut geschmeckt und wir wurden immer freundlich bedient. Leider wird hier kein Englisch gesprochen was für einige unserer Freunde sehr hilfreich gewesen wäre.

Unfortunately the price-performance ratio is not right. For what it is, not very high quality, unfortunately too expensive.

We were actually looking forward to the evening. When the four of us came in, the waitress behind the counter simply asked if we had reserved. That wasn't the case but there were still a few tables available. She then billed the 10 customers individually, which took over 10 minutes. She then assigned us a table that was obviously free. After another 10 minutes, 2 more guests sat down next to us. Shortly afterwards they received the menu and shake card. Only when we asked whether we could order something did a young man come and hand us the menu. He had embezzled the shake card. When we wanted to order, we wanted to know which dishes were gluten-free. The waitress probably heard this for the first time and had to ask accordingly. Only the salad without meat (contrary to the label on the menu) was the statement. Not even the fries were gluten-free as they were prepared in the same deep fryer as all the other dishes. It's a shame, perhaps we should move with the times and offer a few dishes not only to vegetarians but also to allergy sufferers. The ambience was again very loud and busy/restless.

Good service, food is plentiful and good.

I have been your guest for many years but today is the first time in 2 years. I think you've slowed down, you're still good!! And the price-performance ratio is still ok, it's nice to sit with you and take a leisurely break. Will come again, for sure!!

Basically, we love coming and are always very satisfied.. we are always happy to recommend others.. we have done that very often in your case. However, it wasn't that great today... you basically have such a great reputation... not only do we love your food, but the staff is always very great and we really appreciate it. Today we unfortunately have to say that we were very pissed off. Once is not once... but twice, once is too many... One of the young men in service should perhaps think about a change. The first time we don't say... but today it was easy... You're a great shop .. easy going .. relaxed, personable .. but the brat... nope... the way you hand the card... we were sitting at table 14... somehow over the counter... At After we picked up the drinks, we also wanted to order the food... he just ignored that... another very nice young man brought us the drinks and then asked if we wanted to order. Of course we really wanted to do this... and noticed that the first colleague didn't do it for whatever reason... the first one was standing at his counter and mine was standing at an angle from there... Yes, what do you want? ??? We then replied...please don't do that. Annoyed, he then managed to come to the table to take the order. Thereafter there was absolutely no further service from him. However, he let us loudly participate in his conversation with a colleague, in which there were a lot of expressions that, in our opinion, shouldn't necessarily be used in a dining room... and certainly not directly 50 cm from the ear of the guest who is still eating. It didn't take long until he started the next thing... we were in the middle of a conversation which he brazenly interrupted by chatting in between. Table cleared... no further service... we would have liked to have had something more... but oh well. . the young man from before came by and asked if we had another wish.. . This was the case... we asked for the shake menu.. friendly and motivated he ran off... bang the waiter, who wasn't that nice to us... again just over the counter without comment... A shake TO GO was ordered... it came in a glass... We gave the tip directly to the nice young man.. I thanked him for the super friendly service and said in clear words that his colleague was a bottle tongs.. I was then admonished at the checkout by a half-naked young lady works there... that word doesn't belong in the store... I would have easily apologized for that... but when the staff thinks they're talking about pissing in corners next to the guests... I think I was putting it very nicely. Have a nice evening everyone...

Great store, absolutely friendly staff. We wanted to test whether it might be worth ordering 1 kg of steak. So I ordered the small 300gr version. Conclusion... you can try the 1 KG😎👍

Unfortunately, the last two visits were more than disappointing. We always enjoyed coming, but now we would rather go to Gelsenkirchen. Recently, the citizen rolls have been flattened and charred on the contact grill. The meat has become less. The service is underground. Unfriendly, it takes forever to get noticed and once you've eaten, no one comes to see if you want anything else or if everything is ok. When we wanted to take our shakes with us from the children, they simply gave us cups to refill. Normally this was always done at the bar. It's a shame but the price/performance ratio is no longer right here if you know what it was like before.

Delicious food, great ambience. Delicious shakes

Our burgers were both very good. We often lack sauce, but here there was enough. Service friendly and quick. Atmosphere in typical diner style.

The food is fresh and very tasty. The milkshakes will knock you off your barstool. The atmosphere is great in the great style of the 50s. An absolute feel-good factor and the staff is friendly and accommodating. It's not the last time we've been there

Diner and atmosphere are pleasant. Food is good, the shakes are great. The service is also very nice and attentive. Prices are reasonable to increased. The opening times are very good, since in the slave society where we are supposed to be at home from 9/10 p.m. (everything closes) so that we can be good workers again the next day, this is a better alternative to falling asleep exhausted in front of the TV have.

So the service in this store has become more than bad, I always enjoyed coming here. The first time we wanted to eat something after the shakes, so we asked for the menu. We still didn't get it after half an hour, so we went in, paid and ate somewhere else. Today we sat here for 20 minutes and waited for a menu or a waiter. Apparently they don't need to work. When shakes were brought to the table that we hadn't ordered and we told the waiter that we would also like to order something, no attention was paid to us either. So we left. For us that was it for now!!

Everything was very tasty. Not too expensive. And we were served very well

The food is awesome. Unfortunately, prices have risen sharply during Corona. Even the small cardboard boxes for collection are charged at 50 cents each. Well, everything is getting more expensive now, otherwise no one can stay afloat, so 1 point deducted.

The food is mediocre and obviously ready-made from a discount store. But the ambience and service is 1a

Rustic American diner, the food selection is also very good + the promotions there are. Nice design The cake shakes are great

Very tasty, always very nice people and generally known in our family as the best milkshakes in town, they are just a little more expensive for a normal meal

The place is really nice. The food wasn't to pricey and it was really good. We didn't have to wait for long and tbe staff was very nice. Recommendable for everyone to try

Extremely delicious food, you feel like you are in America 🇺🇸🍔🥂

Exceptional ambience, very courteous service, delicious food and really tasty special milkshakes.

Great location, but unfortunately the burgers are not like the location.

Good food, the best milkshakes in all of Germany. Price performance is right American 50s style. Staff modern, friendly and reliable.

Clean diner. Nice and quick service. The food is okay but doesn't blow your mind - lots of convenience products. Small, clear portions - okay price.

Unfortunately, the food is on a fast food level, the service is friendly, but it took forever before we could order. Overall, everything took time. But the atmosphere is really great. Original American diner.

The diner is great. Food very tasty. Very cozy. Staff extremely friendly

We come for the shakes and the garlic dip :D

Typically American style, cozy atmosphere and food that is absolutely delicious and even suitable for families

Unfortunately, two of two burgers fell through. One came to the table with a hair... the other had a horrible party (meat)! Totally chewy and gristly. The one with hair was replaced by service. There was a beer on the house for it. Anyway. The best thing about our visit was the garlic dip with the potato wedges.

Within a year, the quality of food had become so poor and it was thrown carelessly cold on the plate. The taste is on par with the train station snack bar...but at least the prices are like a big one... We probably won't go here anymore.

The food was fantastic, the staff was friendly and it really has the charm of an American diner. I'd love to come back.

Very good burger, great shake, super nice staff!

Worst burger in Essen. Dry, you have to look for lettuce, soggy...1 slice of tomato, then 16.40 euros. Never again. Used to be a regular. It's been getting worse for the past year.

A very cool themed bar in the style of the American 50s. The shakes are incredibly tasty and highly recommended

Everything was great, gladly again

Highly Recommended. Great food, breakfast is also great. Keep it up. We enjoyed being here. 3x

Very cool, nice service and great food. The shakes are a blast.

Hello, You wouldn't think so, but we were here for the very first time last Sunday. It was quite a warm day, but it was pleasantly cool inside. We had the original Betty Boop Burger and the American Klassik with an extra fried egg and 5 slices of bacon .We also shared a coleslaw. It was super delicious and the quantity was more than enough. We'll be back, that's a promise!

Leider hat Star Diner in der letzten Zeit sehr nachgelassen. Schlechter Burger nahezu ohne Salat, der vorhandene Salat matschig. Pommes ausgebacken. Total überteuert. Selten so einen schlechten Burger gegessen

Unfortunately, the food tastes like the frozen meals from the nearest supermarket, in my case chicken wings and schnitzel. The fries were ok. I can't recommend it.

Unfortunately the overall food was very poor. You have to look for salad on the burger, the meat was very dry because it was fried for far too long. The prices have been increased considerably. It's a shame it was the last time we were there.

Very tasty and well prepared American food. My patriotic heart has never been so overwhelmed as by this burger which I ate with relish 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅🦅🫡🫡

It was our first visit to Star Diner. The kitchen is open until 11:30 p.m. and the last round of orders is also announced. The service was super friendly and quick. We'd love to come back.

Completely delicious. Service was super nice.

The burger tasted like it came from Aldi and was warmed up in the microwave. And then with the "all you can eat" schnitzel you have to wait over 30 minutes for the next schnitzel so that you are full by then.

Very friendly service! Clean restaurant. Reasonable prices and good portions.

Cool diner in Essen. Nice service and something for everyone. The shake menu in particular leaves nothing to be desired. You are also welcome to reserve your seat in advance by telephone. It can be very full in the evening and on weekends.

We come here more often. Usually late in the evening. Just like yesterday. Spontaneously and shortly before midnight we got a delicious burger. A big thank you to the staff who made a late-night birthday surprise possible for my husband. A delicious brownie with a candle and a serenade 🥰 He and I were particularly touched by this lovely gesture. Thank you very much for that and see you soon.

Was there a long time ago and everything was actually good. But unfortunately I was pretty disappointed with the burger on my last visit. As always, I took the Betty B. with extra cheese, but the meat patty was really not good this time. When I asked, I also asked whether it was or was a frozen patty. Looked very strong to me, the color of the patty was also very questionable. I don't think we'll be able to eat burgers anymore.

I think we are in America! The food was simply great, super tasty and large portions, the milkshake (chocolate banana) was very tasty, is by far the best milkshake I have ever had, the ambience gave us an oasis of well-being as if we were really in America. The waitresses were very friendly. All in all, highly recommended and we will eat there often. 🙂

My wife and I often go to Star Diner and there has never been a dish that we didn't like. The ambience is what you would imagine a diner to be like. Classic American. The staff is always super friendly and also very attentive and accommodating. Keep it up! Anyone who appreciates good food should definitely pay a visit to the Star Diner.

Neither the burger, nor the potatoes, nor the milkshake were tasty. I've been to places where the same burger is 3 euros cheaper and a million times tastier. French fries - I tried them and continuing to eat them was life-threatening. Milkshake - there was sugar crunch in the ice cream. I hope this review will help the establishment correct its mistakes and not alienate visitors.

Child friendly, great food, great service, but when you pay it's best to check the bill straight away! We first did it at home because my sister had paid for everything and I wanted to give her my share, then I noticed that the bill wasn't correct. Almost 4 euros more were charged (the children's drinks are actually included in the kids menu, but were charged individually) doesn't sound like much, but plus the tip it's not really... a real shame. As I said, the waiters were all super great themselves.

Burger OK, but patty from frozen goods, it's nothing special.

Went to the all you can eat today, delicious ribs. Unfortunately the wrong milkshake came, thanks to my nut allergy I was able to end the evening, go and live with the itchy pain that luckily subsided. I had to pay for the ribs, the drinks were on the house and the wrong milkshake too. The mistake could have caused someone worse injury. "Sorry your Pepsi was free" is a lousy excuse, I'll avoid the store from now on. P.S. Backwards, ribs with Pepsi and hazelnut milkshake taste like Smacks, and I won't eat those again for a while. Thanks for ruining your birthday party. Blocking bad reviews is cowardly. Even if they are already a few years old. Nothing seems to have changed.

Great selection of milkshakes also with alcohol. Burgers etc. work. Attention: There is a pinball machine in the diner ❣️

Tasty, reasonably priced, nice service.

Very pleasant dinner. I was there before Corona times and always discovered something on the menu that I wanted to try. The diner is still visited today. It's also worth going there just for a shake.

Geilenkirchen burgers and even better shakes (they used to be even better)...

Mega diner very tasty and friendly

It was great, the food, the atmosphere, everything was fine, but you can see the shop is a bit old and the prices aren't exactly suitable for those on a tight budget. There are even children's chairs.

Burger was great. Service even better😉 For me again and again...

Everything we ate was very tasty. The service was very attentive! Everything was beautifully decorated for the Germany game... top!!!

By far the best shakes are available here! And, great burger without a lot of frills!

I tell you the Milchschnitte milkshake is really good

Hello, We often went to the diner in Essen. Everything was always delicious and the milkshakes are always amazing. There are better shakes nowhere. One star deduction because from now on the Sodexo notes will no longer be accepted. That's why we'll eat there less often than before. THAT'S A REAL Pity

The food is good, the service is inattentive and everything was better

Delicious burger and very friendly service! Plus a great diner atmosphere. You'll be happy to come back!

Went here again spontaneously today and were once again not disappointed. The service here is incredibly attentive, fast, courteous and extremely friendly and in the mood for jokes, which really lightens up the atmosphere. The food is as you would expect from a typical diner. The burgers here are super juicy, well seasoned and fried to perfection. At the same time, the portion is really generous, which makes the price-performance ratio unbeatable. The diner itself is also wonderfully cozy. But if you love shakes so much, you'll get your money's worth with a large menu. The Buddy Holly Shake is particularly recommended!