Mickey's Diner

(651) 222-5633

36 Seventh St W
St Paul, MN 55102 44.9476 -93.0983

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Neighborhoods: Northwestern Precinct, Downtown

MICKEYSDINER.COM

Years in business

Established in 1935

Price:

$

Last updated 10.12.11

Category:

Restaurants, Diners

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Late Night Dining, People Watching, Lunch Spot, Cheap Eats

General Info:

Open 7 Days, Open 24 Hours

Cuisine:

Traditional American

Smoking Permitted:

Yes

What People Are Saying About Mickey's Diner

Featured Review

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In Short – The 24-hour art deco red-and-cream dining car has been around since the 1930s and has lent its image to calendars, postcards and movies. Waitresses are here to get you fed, not to make small talk. Neighborhood regulars to folks stopping in for late-night or early-morning snacks fill the stainless steel and mahogany interior for greasy burgers and fries. Nostalgic diners go for mulligan stew and bean soup made from pre-World War II recipes.

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
Make sure you read the posted signs: "Two persons per booth minimum," "$3 minimum per person," etc.
Where to Sit:
You can grab a stool at the counter and watch the burgers sizzle, or slide into a booth and fiddle with your own in-booth jukebox.
1 Star Rating: Poor

02/05/11

RUDE Cook and Waitess! and...D I R T YYYY!

by Sarahrip at Citysearch

I have been to M Diner before and thought maybe they had an off day but after giving them 3 chances My entire family is fed up with the place.We won't ever go again! Do yourself a favor don't look around to closely because you will then notice how filthy it truly is and you will want to run away right then! lol second don't go if you want to be treated like a paying customer because you won't be, you'll be treated like an old hated uncle. We got there and had to wait about 15 min to get some stools to sit at, no biggie, then when they opened up the cook tells us to not sit untell the counter is wiped down, dont have a problem with that so we waited and he did nothing, the waitress did nothing and we waited some more so finally being sick of waiting we sat anyways to get out of the way and we did not touch the counter at all and I made sure we didnt and then the cook makes a rude comment " guess it dont need to be wiped then!" I have been seated at a ton of tables while they where cleared, whats the big deal !?!? then the waitress got mad because we didnt know what we wanted yet because the menus where JUST given to us!! GEEZ! if you can't handle working in the food/service industry then GET OUT of it!! dont treat your customers like crap!

1 Star Rating: Poor

03/01/10

A case in which people who are blinded by money and greed

by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch

mickeys dimer is now in the hands people so vile , cold and heartless a perfect example of what is wrong with the world today

1 Star Rating: Poor

10/25/08

Worse place to work

by toneman at Citysearch

I worked for Mickeys off and on...why off and on you say! Well between the vagrents begging for money and cigs and dealers trying to sell you something and the management being okay with this action it was too hard to work there. I find that the owner doesn't care about cleanliness and that is a dead ringer for someone to get sick. There is grease dripping from the light fixtures onto the countertops. Ummm that can get into someones food!!! Not too good you guys! Just because I told the owners son (who couldn't keep his own restaurant going), to take the job and shove it I am no longer even welcome as a customer! That's no skin off my nose!!! I have better places to spend my dollar! They have some really messed up thinking!

  • Pros: good recipes...and a couple good cooks
  • Cons: rude waitresses (unless they know you)!
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

04/23/08

The classic greasy-spoon dive.

by BigDaddyCool2564 at Citysearch

I had the "$200 burger" at Mickey's. I call it the $200 burger because it was worth the 5 hour drive from central ND just to eat it. That's how good it was! Yeah, it's a greasy spoon, but the atmosphere of the place is what really makes it worth the visit. DEFINITELY not for the calorie conscious (I saw Mickey put in a cup of butter for a 3-egg omelet) but it more than makes up for it in taste and portion size. I didn't even mind the 40 minute wait to get seated. I will definitely visit this place again and again each time I visit the cities.

1 Star Rating: Poor

04/18/08

Not what I expected!!!

by SadieMae00 at Citysearch

Have wanted to go there for years. Not what I expected!! The waitress was VERY rude. I asked if I could use the restroom. She said no. She must have seen the look on my face, and said did you think I was serious? I nodded, and she said "what a loser." Then continued with a "Jesus Christ!" I was very offended. I also thought that the place was filthy. My coat got full of grease stains from the booth. I had to throw it away. And I thought it was expensive. But one positive thing, the food was good!! Never again.

  • Pros: Good food
  • Cons: Waitress sucked! Expensive, and filthy.
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