No-contact delivery
Yes
Forum Diner in Bay Shore
Categories
Location on the map
Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York, US
Service options
Delivery
Yes
Takeaway
Yes
Dine-in
Yes
Health and safety
Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits
Yes
Highlights
Fast service
Yes
Great coffee
Yes
Great dessert
Yes
Popular for
Breakfast
Yes
Lunch
Yes
Dinner
Yes
Solo dining
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible seating
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Yes
Offerings
Alcohol
Yes
Beer
Yes
Cocktails
Yes
Coffee
Yes
Comfort food
Yes
Healthy options
Yes
Kids' menu
Yes
Late-night food
Yes
Quick bite
Yes
Small plates
Yes
Spirits
Yes
Vegetarian options
Yes
Wine
Yes
Dining options
Breakfast
Yes
Lunch
Yes
Dinner
Yes
Dessert
Yes
Amenities
Good for kids
Yes
High chairs
Yes
Toilets
Yes
Atmosphere
Casual
Yes
Cosy
Yes
Crowd
Groups
Yes
Tourists
Yes
Phone: +1 631-666-4455
Site: https://forumdiner.mknxonline.co...
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Opening hours
- Monday:7AM–10PM
- Tuesday:7AM–10PM
- Wednesday:7AM–10PM
- Thursday:7AM–10PM
- Friday:7AM–10PM
- Saturday:7AM–10PM
- Sunday:7AM–9PM
Comments (199)
Great service at this diner!! And the food was delicious
Excellent food good serviceModerately priced 👍
A diner that’s been here and provided the classic diner experience “forever!” When on the South Shore you will find the Forum connects west to east and offers hot coffee and nice pancakes! Service is friendly and provides not and the diner is clean and spacious. You may not go here out of your way, but most certainly you will be satisfied if you stop in for any meal during the day!
For my last visit. The wait was a bit long, but the meal was delicious. I really enjoyed my meal, I did had to wait some time, but it was worth it.
Pretty good diner. It’s always good for a late night bite like cheese fries or chicken fingers. Where they really do well is there breakfast specials, like the Hobo Delight, which is a mix of Eggs, Ham, Potatoes in a dish. delicious
I havent had any issue with any of my orders, and the staff was nice
Dinner specials are always excellent. Chef knows what he is doing. Terrific value
Diner is clean, everyone is friendly, menu is huge.Benedict burger was so tasty and filling. There omelettes are always great, so is the chicken, eggplant and spaghetti meal.Large portions and prices are reasonable.They have delivery and pickup options if you dont want to eat in.
1st time here. Food good..good service!
Just called to ask about their menu items and the woman was very rude. Guess that means they dont need our business.
Ive loved going to this diner since I was in HS back in the 90s, only difference is you cant smoke inside anymore, lol. The waitresses are always awesome and I always get my favorite french toast, bacon and a hot chocolate with whipped cream, cant mess with the classics.
Good food, friendly and efficient service along with fair prices!
1st time ordering from the Forum Diner. We ordered baked and fried Tilapia dinners. Both meals were very scrumptious and prepared for take out in less than 30 min. I really hope they continue the excellent service. If they continue serving well, Im planning to continue being a well satisfied customer. =)
Food is pretty good. Cheaper than other local diners and the delivery guy in the grateful dead shirt is awesome. He literally takes a lot of care in making sure the food that is hot is not packaged with cold stuff(avoiding melted dessert and also makes sure all condiments and napkins utensils etc are with the order). He is always here pretty quickly and is super nice. If by chance the owner of forum reads this please know this is why I order from you guys on the consistent basis. Grateful dead guy totally deserves recognition and a paid day off or something.
Excellent. Clean. Delicious food. Nice peaceful/quiet atmosphere to have a conversation and catch up with out of town relatives. Professional staff. Have been going there for 20 years. Never disappointed.
A classic. Been going there since..well...forever. In my teens..those early morning pancakes after closing down the bars..Ahh..but! As an adult, still go there, the place still delivers..everything is good..spinach pie..burgers..breakfast..Think Classic diner, in the best of ways.
Great service, great food, decent prices. Over all we will recommend it and will come back soon. 👍
Great food, Great people. Enjoyable experience all around. They are really attentive to your needs and concerns.
Waitress was super nice. Food was great as always though did take a bit long to come out. Go there whenever we go to a diner. Beats the famous Peter Pan
Love this place, but the waitress was about 16 with braces and didnt have much of a clue. She kept forgetting what I asked for, so I called over the backup waitress for my needs.
The food was delicious and I had it delivered Thank you 😋
Great Long Island diner.Has all of your typical diner wants and needs food wise...but my wife and I specifically eat here because we love the burger platters. There is something about the beef!!
The Forum Diner is an old favorite of me and my wife. We have been going to the Forum for about 40 years, my wife and her parents even longer. Food is always very good, prices are reasonable and service is excellent. If you know Bayshore, you know the Forum Diner. If you are looking for a nice indoor dining experience this is it.
Good food. Decent prices. Classic diner
Has come along way .Waiter staff great especially victor. Service fast great neighborhood go to place .Food ok breakfast great i like it go all the time
Havent been here in years since I moved back to the neighborhood. I decided to try something different on the menu and it was good. My friend also enjoyed her dish as well. The service was great. One of the better diners around the area I definitely recommend this for a good meal at decent prices.
Great place. Good Food, Friendly Staff and Fair prices!!! I never have a bad meal there!
Nice place. Good food and service reasonable prices.
Portions getting smallerPrices going upOrders often incorrectUberEats, Door Dash, and GrubHub orders taking precedence in slowing down local non delivery service deliveries.Diner was once good, but lately not so much.
Good food well prepared and served
The workers and most of all the food was excellent
The food was okay. A person who ate with me received old turkey bacon. I was happy I didnt order it because that was a serious turnoff. The staff immediately replaced it with fresh turkey bacon but for me the damage was done. The staff is very courteous and quick to help.
Really don’t know how this place is still in business. Food sucks and so do the waiters. Just wanted some potato salad and whatever instant garbage they gave me was not it. Will not be back.
Few years back this place was a dump the new owners did a wonderful job redoing this place, food is good and well portioned. The staff is very friendly also....
Like it the best dinner ate at service nice good food I would go there agin thank you Happy. With service
Great lunch specials - enjoyed greatly
Excellent food, quick service. Clean and comfortable.
Very nice and good food at a fair price
Good service good food. Solid place to order and pick up or sit down.
Great diner food, very good service
Enjoyed a good breakfast. Very friendly.
Great service and really good food. Had the hungry girl sandwich (corned beef, Swiss, mustard on grilled rye) was so good! Come here a few times a month and never disappointed. Take it is also always yummy.
We are from out of town and visit family occasionally and always stop in this diner. The service ia great and the good excellent.
Its an ok place, food is good. Staff okay. Not much else to say about it. Handicap parking, and enterence way. Reasonable priced.
Ordered eggs Benedict with grits and the quality just wasnt worth the price. English muffins werent toasted at all, egg yolk wasnt runny at all. The staff was very friendly, though. Maybe it was an off day, so worth trying again.
Staff are always friendly and accommodating. Food has always been good diner food. Good assortment of choices. Never any issues and they deliver!
Nice diner. Good food, exceptional help.
Always good food, service is great.
Went for dinner with a friend on Saturday 10/19/19 and received the worst service ever! I have been a customer at the Forum for many years, and always recommend it, but not any more. Our server was Karen, who had the personality of plywood. With that personality, lets hope she has a day job. She was incredibly impatient, and didnt even take the time to take our drink order! I had to get a busboy to get her so we could order coffee with our meals. She swung by once to see how everything was, but said it while walking by our booth, not even pausing for a moment.Didnt come back to see if we wanted desert or more coffee, and we were waiting for almost 20 minutes after our plates were removed to get our check, which by the way I had to obtain from the front register as our server Karen never reappeared. Have always enjoyed the Forum, but I wont return...Ill stick with the Oconee, 100% better service! (2-stars for the generic food)
Had a nice breakfast there. The service was a little slow. But the waitress was very nice.
Great food ,service friendly people
Good food avg service this time around
Best diner in Long Island. I live in Sayville which has a great diner, but I still find myself going back to the Forum despite the extra drive. Sadly, no wifi
Food is awesome, especially the hash browns. Service is great and staff is friendly and attentive. We love this diner.
Food was ok. A hostess was clearly sick and was sniffling constantly. She was wearing a mask but in todays climate the diner should be providing her sick pay until she is better.
Food and service were very good!
Always good service. Good food. Lot of food for the price .
Kind of pricey for the portions but wonderful service. The server we had was great, very friendly and made us feel very welcome. She didnt rush us one bit as I had been at other diners. And Ive been to a lot of diners.
Nice atmosphere very good food at a very fair price.
Great place, absolutely delicious food!!! Top marks all around!!!
Simple diner with good service. My wife and I go here for breakfast once in a while. We never wait long to be seated or for food to be served. Prices are fair and the atmosphere is very plain, but I like it here.
I really enjoyed my food. Service was good too.
It seems to be better since they had a new administration. Food its good as well as prices. Some staff need more customer service training, they give you some attitude once in while.
One too many bad experiences.
For a diner my experience was good. The burger was cooked to order, fries were ok. Jen, your service and customer relations were superb! Keep it up
Wife and I Love there food, quantity of food is great. We visit often over ihop
Friendly staff and good atmosphere. Local news on tv instead of sports or possible inappropriate shows/movies. Big portions. Socially distanced with all staff wearing masks and clean dining area.
One of the best diners I have gone to. Amazing service! Price is reasonable.
We are visiting from out of town and met a local for lunch here. Inside was clean, orderly and everyone was professional and polite. Service was timely and the food was really good. Eggs Florentine and a Corned beef Reuben. Came out hot, quick and was perfectly cooked. Expensive for a diner but that is Long Island I guess. Despite the negative reviews our experience was outstanding. Would definitely return.
I really loved their dishes. I always get good customer service there. The place is neat and the staff members are always super friendly. Will visit here again.
Love this place!! Great food Great people very clean. No rush. Very relaxing atmosphere.
Place is clean, coffee is very good, service is friendly. First visit for breakfast was happy start to finish. Now we try lunch !
Our servers are always very friendly and attentive! The food is very good and plentiful! The atmosphere can be a little noisy but most diners are! Clean, good variety and friendly atmosphere!
Been there several times at various times of day. I like their breakfast selection. I need to go back more often to make sure I try everything. And good good coffee... mmm mmm!
Breakfast here is great, My wife and I have been coming for years and we do not get tired of it.
The place isnt exactly practicing great social distancing. Too many people for a Sunday morning, imo. Food was slightly off, kinda burnt tastings and a overdone. Better in the past sure its just because of Covide.
Service is excellent, food is terrific, and reasonably priced. What more can you ask?
Nice large portions with good taste at a reasonable price
My friend n I go here every week the service is great help is friendly n food is really good
Not a good experience this time. Mixed vegs were awful, unedible, mashed potatoes looked old and grey, had to send them back, sweet pot. was black on bottom. Yet my friends fish was good.
This is a good diner. The grilled cheese is very yummy. Highly suggest you stop by at forum for lunch if your in the area!
Great food and lots of it. Dinner specials include soup, salad, entree coffee,, dessert and a complimentary glass of wine.. Regular dinner is soup or salad and no wine. Go there any time great place to eat.
One of the best diners Ive been to and thats saying something.
Great place,atmosphere ,food and people.My go to diner when im nearby.
Great place to have breakfast, feels very family like and service was great.
Good sized portions, tasty food. Quick service!
Great service, delicious food. Loved the lunch break there. Only the restrooms could use a more frequent cleaning - but that is due to some other guests being inconsiderate...
Very satisfied, good food and far pricing, good service, very clean.
Got family breakfast here after a long trip and it was our best decision; good food, fast service, delicious orange juice, good coffee and our waitress (I apologize, I dont remember her name) was kind and always smiling (after hours driving you really love to find people doing their best to help and make you feel back at home). I loved this place
The Forum Diner always exceeds expectations. The people are attentive, helpful, courteous. The food is just hot, delicious and plentiful. The Forum Diner has been the bench mark for the community and always will be.Take it from a 50 year resident in the community.
This is one of my favorite diners and Ive been coming here for decades.
The food is amazing and the workers are the ABSOLUTE nicest people around
Gerat food excellent service. And the waitress jennifer is the best.
I use to work in the area back in the 90s. The Forum was always packed with a bunch of regulars because the food was delicious especially their specials. Last night I was in the area and decided to stop in the place was about a quarter full at 5:00. The food was mediocre at best although the service was great! Sorry all I can say is you lost your edge!
Food is good, service not always so great, kitchen sometimes very slow
Neither good nor bad. A typical diner experience. The specials are the way to go with four courses, but the food was nothing special. Go if you are really hungry, but foodies are best to look elsewhere.
Good food, good service. Very clean Art Deco design.
Love love this diner..Huge portions n food is great! Jen the waitress is awesome ! I drive all the way here from Sayville and always leave happy 😊
Great food and service!!! Also as awesome coffee...
Great service food fresh but marinara was sweet not use to that
Excellent service and the food was top rate.
Excellent food and service. Great Dinber Special deals at $14.95
Good food, great staff.
Awesome food and our waitress Helen was a doll very attentive!!!!
Dawn and others who had complaints must have either no taste buds or brains! Food and service is excellent. But a low rating should be expected from people who eat spam and raman soup!
Plenty of choices, good food friendly atmosphere, good service
Breakfast spot for my wife & I, food is as always, great!
Great food great service.
Great food. Great staff.
Food was great and abundant. Service was excellent
Today I took my friend to this dinner travels almost en hour to receive such bad service its was desapointed .. maybe next time
My mother loves it. I love diners, but their food is mediocre.
Good food & good service
Best traditional diner on Long Island for breakfast. Food is always fresh and delicious
Very friendly, clean and food very good but they should make changes with their Dinner Menus and they should add their great Pea soup to their Dinner menu.
Good portionsDelicious food
This is our go to diner. Food is always great and service is fast and friendly. The make great potato skins, burgers, onion rings and gyros.
Good meal. Good service. Reasonable price
Excellent service, price and food@
Great diner! The food portions are large and I always take home a bag, the wait can sometimes be longer, but the service is excellent!
Forum Diner,good family atmosphere, great food and much better then overhyped and pricey IHOP. Service is super ☃️🎄⛄
Great food and service
Great food & service
Big breakfast, friendly staff, and the prices are decent.
Breakfast was enjoyable...hot. waiter was very nice
Excellent seafood bisque
I frequent this place often, sometimes weekly, because I will admit it I love a diner..Like a Seinfeld episode what could be bad?.. but we all know they are out there,.. but not here The Forum has and they always are consistently good. Dare I say great diner fare. The staff is warm and greets you with a smile and I haven’t had a bad cup of coffee there yet.. which I cant say for some places.
Staff is very nice and the food was AMAZING!! Highly recommend eating here.. I will definitely be back
I was a little disappointed although the ambiance was really nice and welcoming and the staff were courteous and polite. Unfortunately the food was underwhelming and tasted school cafeteria food.
Good good, reasonably priced, not very crowded, seated immediately!
Very good food. Weve eaten here 4 times. We had thanksgiving dinner it was great 17.00 you have a complete dinner soup, salad,Turkey and all the sides, wine, and dessert and coffee. The waiter Carlos was a great server. Id recommend this diner to everyone. Try it youll be happy.
Good diner. Nice staff.
Absolutely amazing. My favorite food. Atmosphere is great. Stuff is nice.
Big portions average food at best
It is ok. It was better before the renovations a little while back. Why does a dinner close so early?
My go-to diner in Bay Shore. Reasonable prices, excellent food, very generous portions.
Great food great people will be back
The Food and The Service Is GreatFriendly Clean Environment
Prompt service. Clean restaurant. Typical diner food.
One of the better diners around the area I definitely recommend this for a good meal at fair prices. The owner Chris is always attentive !
Great breakfast, prompt seating and wonderful service!
Great food at a reasonable price!
Very popular establishment, never have had a bad meal here. Very professional. Love going to this diner.
Awsome food service was great however staff continuously conversed In spanish making me feel like they had some to hide.Wont patronize the place.
Friendly staff and good food!
Good food and fast service
Everytime i visit ny really enjoy the food
Ive been going here for more than 20 years, so you know it has to be good!
Great food, great service!
This place is like going to Moms house...you feel like family from the wonderful service and the atmosphere is fantastic. I almost forgot about the food...all other burgers bow down in submission to the Forums cheeseburger deluxe! Cole Slaw is amazing and the chocolate pudding is a must-have! I go there at least once every two weeks and if you go you will too!!!
Was visiting from Miami fla with a patient that was born and raised there love the ambience Good was delicious 😋
Had the one egg breakfast special with grits it was great .will definitely visit again.
Excellent diner food, with call-ahead to-go. Wish they delivered, but when we order a pick-up they always throw in a few extra goodies.
Very clean prompt and nice
Good food, good atmosphere....
Great Food, Great Service, Friendly Stall
Food was great sevice was awesome.
Good food, lots of it. Nice staff. Prices are not to bad. Great greek salad dressing - house made.
Always good service and good food
The food was great. The service was good and prompt.
Service was slow for a friday night and other folks were served with bigger parties then ours before we were.
Nice classic diner with good service
Fabulous food, love the dinner specials, portions are huge. Always have take home for next day!
Great food with good service at fair priced
Cheese cake is to die for!! Best waitress I have ever had in my life. The only thing I didnt like was my burger was flame boiled which I dont like, but thats a personal opinion. I would definitely go back!
Great service and food
Burgers here slap booties yo.
GREAT FOOD LIKE ALWAYSCLEAN PLATES.....CLEAN PLACE...GOOD SERVICE......VERU KIND PEOPLE.
We went here for Christmas Eve when all other diners were closed to have breakfast, so thanks for always being open on every Christmas eve. My family made your diner our Christmas eve tradition
Twin burgers medium well came out perfect so delicious and curly fries very good. ordered philly bacon a little dry but tasty
Wonderful service and food.
Great service and food
Dinner was very disappointing. I will stick to having breakfast not dinner
Great dinner specials reasonably priced.
Always very friendly, excellent food. Great service.Come all the way from Huntington.
Great food, reasonably priced
I didnt like the soup the sliders were okay and the fish was very good
Great specials highly recommended
Comfortable atmosphere friendly staff best pot roast on long island nice size portions very reasonable prices
Great burgers. Right on montauk across the street from the library.
Menu has a huge variety. Food comes out extremely fast. Food & service are great
Friendly atmosphere and fantastic food.Great diner to take your family for an evening meal. The service is good and the place is really clean. Owners and servers are very accommodating. I cant understand the folks who ding a diner theyve been to ONCE for a service issue! If the food is good (which it is) you need to give them a chance to redeem themselves before labeling them a 2 or 1 star diner! There needs to be a limit issue to fault the diner for one bad instance of service. My servers are normally very attentive, refilling my coffee or water themselves every 7 or 8 minutes. Granted, they get bogged down on Sat/Sunday mornings and during the dinner rush, but find me a good diner that doesnt.
I had breakfast there. It was a nice welcomed visit. And prices were very reasonable
Great service,Good food and value..
Good food-great service-prices are a little on the high side.
Great food. Loved the salmon.
Always good food and waitor,waitress service going their for years
Great place and prices, nice atmosphere.
Good people good food
Total reviews rating 4.3
199 Reviews for Forum Diner 2023:
Review №1
2022-01-11Ordered an Uber eats order. The portions are small very small and prices are very expensive. When you call and ask for an explanation, the staff attempts to blame you for the presentation. Will never order from them again. the picture is the baked potato they charged me 6,00 for and the other pic is the 8.00 they charged for me a grilled cheese.
Review №2
2022-02-12Good food, fast friendly service and good prices.
Review №3
2019-01-17Food and service was great. Good clean atmosphere. Loved my bread pudding and gyro.
Review №4
2022-06-26One of my favorite diners. Accommodating service people who seem to never say, sorry we dont have that. In the land of never ending diners, this one stands out.
Review №5
2022-03-04Very very good Diner !!!!! I wish we had eaten here sooner ..all the diner in lindenhurst are not very good even wait staff at a few are not very nice ..this Diner is a must ,clean, nice nd food is great really We had the Rib Eye Steak cooked perfectly Chicken Cordon Bleu and Chicken Francsaise perfect lemon flavor and cooked great .prices are reasonable and they offer an array of specials some all come with soup or salad a veggie nd a form of potatoes .a small glass of wine nd dessert amazing ..Its a must try. Youll enjoy it ...
Review №6
2022-02-10Food is just okay and very expensive. Matzo ball soup is almost six dollars. Got a very bland breakfast platter, eggs, homeless, toast. No taste at all. No ketchup, napkins, condiments, nothing. Was shocked that the employees were all walking around with no masks, and not even a sign on the door recommending them.
Review №7
2022-02-25Onion soup was hot delivered but not good. watery butter thin with chopped onions croutons and a thinner cheap kind of mozzerella inside the soup not melted on top. overpriced 9.75 for the watery salt soup, bland soup. french onion soup is usually a dark caramel color with alot of carmelized type onions or other type of size onions and some spice, and can have a big piece of pumpernickel bread or other types of bread (some places make itvwith croutons)with mozzarella melted on top. the baba9na cream pie is not pie. the crust was not really a crust. it was more of graham cracker crumbs on the bottom with a whipped cream maybe mixed with banana flavoring(maybe little banana) tastes basically like whipped cream and crumbs for 6.75. and it didnt taste homemade. i was jipped. this is not banana cream pie. it should have alot of custard with half the pie in crust and alot of cream with banana slices on it.customer service nice on phone and did seal bag as requested.
Review №8
2022-05-17We had dinner last week at this place. Unfortunately, the service was very slow and the quality of food changes tremendously in a bad way. Even the portions are very small!
Review №9
2022-05-19Loved it. They have great matza ball soup. Great service.
Review №10
2021-02-07Food is always great and service as well...i prefer this diner over others ive gone to...enjoyed an eggplant parm and a Manhattan....