On Sunday morning, the family decided to go for a lazy Sunday lunch … We stumbled upon Mr Jones Diner.

I had been to this posh diner a few times before but have just recently discovered that they have expanded the restaurant space as well as the menu (I think the manageress said they added 43 more dishes)…

This then kicks off my first point, I have found that many restaurants have such a large and extensive menu that it feels like I’m reading a book. Then in many cases (Not with Mr Jones though), half of the items on that menu are “out of stock sir” … Hay nako.

As we sat down, we asked for a kids menu for my son. It was lunch time for him and he was getting a little cranky … to my utter surprise, they don’t have a kids menu! Now there were two cranky people at the table. I’m in a little disbelief that a ‘diner style’ restaurant that serves kid style food already (mac and cheese, hot dogs and burgers) couldn’t just put half portions on and *boom* you have a kids menu…

Now because of the sheer size of the menu, the table unanimously decided to order a ceasar salad to nibble on while we get stuck into our respective ‘novels’.

As it arrived, the first thing that struck me was the nice presentation. We were all expecting a well seasoned kick to the dressing thanks to the two key players in caesar salad (anchovy and parmesan) but as we all dug deeper we noticed there was a lack of dressing and what little dressing there was! It was bland and tasted just like lightly seasoned mayo. Unfortunately, this one was way short of that mark!

After going thru the menu, we all decided to order burgers (cause it felt like a burger kinda Sunday I guess). We must of waited about 45 min for our food with a restaurant that had 12 guests in it.

I ordered a Superman Burger, and wow, was it a Superman! I was very impressed in the presentation of the burger and the plate overall. The coleslaw was a little dissapointing as it was wilted and soft and tasted like it was made a couple of days earlier. But the burger on the other hand had really good flavour packed into it. I was just a little confused how to get this towering double pattied burger into my mouth, it got in eventually (thru years of burger eating experience and careful planing). It was messy but hey is that not what burgers are supposed to be???

My soon to be sister-in-law ordered the gourmet blue cheese burger, which in my mind had great potential to be a gem of a burger (blue cheese and apple is a wonderful combination). Unfortunately, the tequnique let it down again.The blue cheese sauce that was meant to smother the burger was just plain white sauce and had no traces of blue cheese in it.The only thing that made the burger blue cheese was the few bits of crumbled blue cheese scattered on-top.

Overall, I think everyone at the table was a little disappointed with their lunch, especially when it came to the service. However, the food had good intentions, I think only small things let it down.It will be a while till I return there I think…but I will return.