Friday, August 12, 2011

Mountain View Diner

The Mountain View Diner was recommended by the dentist office that my kids go to in Charles Town, WV. I was told that if you leave and are still hungry, it’s your own fault. Located across the street from the Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, this establishment doesn’t appear to be a normal diner at first glance. From the outside appearance itself, it looks about the same size as a Golden Corral restaurant and not the run of your mill small diner that you normally would have expected. There are lots of tables and booths inside and I can see how this place can pack in the crowds! The hostess and wait staff we had during our visit were very friendly. The Charles Town location is open 24 hours (good news for WV gamblers) and serves breakfast all day long. The menu is quite vast and has very reasonable prices.

During our visit, my 4 and 5 year old both ordered the Giraffe kids meal. This meal came with 3 large strips of boneless fried chicken and a ton of fries with a drink for under 5 bucks. Had I known how large of a meal this was, I would have ordered one for both of them to share. As typical with kids, they filled up on fries and we ended up taking home 5 of the 6 chicken strips and a good amount of fries. My 9 year old had a pancake meal that was served with 3 golden pancakes that and a side of sausage. Including her drink, the meal came to about 7 bucks which may appear a little high; however, the pancakes were quite large. My wife ordered a gyro that she claimed was one of the best she’s ever had. With her iced tea, the cost for her meal was about 7 bucks. I had the sliced London broil sandwich that came with fries and coleslaw. The sandwich was too big to pick up with my hands because it was actually an open faced sandwich with the slices of London broil topped with a brown gravy on top of a split kaiser roll. The London broil was tender and very tasty! Including the sprite I had to drink, my meal came to about 13 bucks. I was very pleasantly surprised with this diner and while it’s a little bit of a drive from Winchester (about 30 miles); we will be back for a follow up visit!

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