TheRealBabushka

Hey United folks,

I need your expertise on Newark Concourse C. Are there some decent table-service restaurants you can recommend at Concourse C? I'm not interested in the food court (Global Bazaar?) or that hush hush so-called "exclusive" restaurant (I don't know the name of it, but it just sounds like a wankish concept to me). I just want a relatively quiet restaurant to have breakfast at 7am and to hang out for next 3h before my United domestic flight. I'm looking more for an iHop or Denny's vibe. Something old fashioned and reassuring. Nothing too fancy. Is the Garden State Diner open at Concourse C? I've been watching several YouTube walk through videos of Concourse C, but none of them seem to show the Garden State Diner in their walk throughs. Appreciate your thoughts.

Moderators: I can't find a Flyertalk airport forum page so I've just landed the question here seeing is EWR is a United hub. Please accept my apologies and assign this post to the correct forum, if there is one.

Context: I'm coming off the SQ SIN/EWR service in J that morning, but I'm not Star Alliance Gold (not yet anyway). Star Alliance lounge access rules are a little more restrictive. Been a BA OWE for over a decade so I'm more familiar with JFK or DFW and never had to worry about finding a place to hang out before my AA domestic flights!

ryman554

Gate 109,

non-OTG EWR options

TheRealBabushka

Fantastic! Thanks so much for confirming!

I was corroborating your response and found the EWR maps website, which is rather good. https://www.newarkairport.com/at-airport/airport-maps
Serves me right for relying on patchy YouTube content! Cheers.

threecap

There isn't much too fancy at EWR terminal C, regardless. Garden State Diner is still there and is along the lines of what you're looking for.

If you or someone else is reading this thread and is looking for breakfast at a non-diner, the only time I went to Abruzzo was for breakfast. It was a random drop-in, but I have to say I thought the breakfast was really good.

ryman554

I will just go out of my way to eat anywhere other than that, horrible OTG experience.

Too bad you have to walk to the end of the C-2 pier to find anything..... Because other choices are Dunkin or Wendy's!

goodeats21

And with that much time, you can kill some by riding the terminal transfer bus over to Terminal A and getting out from OTG altogether. Though I haven't spent enough time in A to know much about any of the food vendors.

ll22949

I actually look forward to eating the Garden State Diner. It is hard to find a good American breakfast at an airport. The only downside is there is not a ton of space if you have bags. The tables are fairly tight. But the food is consistently good, the service is usually quick, and the prices are not bad for airport food.

Repooc17

There are sit down options as soon as you reach concourse 3 of Terminal C, near gate 120 and C3 exit.

TheRealBabushka

OMG. Just got to the Garden State Diner. Love the vibe! It reminds me of the Prime Time Diner at Disney World! Good 50s/60s music. What a lovely place to kill a few hours. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

LaserSailor

Its pretty good, Eat hearty, and enjoy your flight!

Jaysonb22

Good to know. Even with lounge access sometimes I want a traditional breakfast meal.

LarryJ

They were using disposable plates, cups, and flatware during the pandemic, maybe they still are. The clinking and clanging of dishes where noticeably absent in the diner environment. Strange that I actually missed it.

physioprof

Taylor Ham, Egg, and Cheese on a roll in the EWR C-3 United Club is pretty good!!!

Occupationalhazard

It's called "Classified" and I like it a lot. Sit down restaurant, away from the Great Unwashed (an LOUD), 20% discount if you have any co-branded Chase card (which you only need to have; you don't need to pay with it), AND you can pay with points (not at a great redemption rate, but I view points as a continuously renewable recourse.) If that's "wankish" I'll take it.

Yes there is a Garden State Diner. It's what you want. Saison also fits your description although it will be higher-end (but sit down and relatively quiet.)

O/H