A clean, bright, inexpensive diner where great breakfast is always served with a smile: what's not to love about Surfside? We've been coming here regularly for a couple of years and it's been fantastic every time. A few highlights: -Their omelets: They are perfect! Flavourful, done but not overdone, never greasy, never overly salty - just a clean, nourishing, delicious omelet. I get mine with Swiss cheese, but you can customise yours at will. Omelet dishes also come with a toast (mine: rye, buttered!) and a choice of arugula salad or home fries. You can also ask for a mini fruit cup (typically honeydew, melon, strawberries and grapes). -The Morning Glory muffin: Amazing! It's a carrot cake-like muffin with dried raisins and cinnamon. Not wild about raisins but there aren't too many that it's horrible: au contraire, it's actually delicious. Get it buttered and toasted! -The chocolate cake: It's the real thing! A tall tower-like chocolate cake with generous amounts of rich chocolate icing sandwiched in between each layers. The slice is huge and ample enough for two hungry eaters to fight for. It's so good that yes, you will fight for it. -The oatmeal: It's real, steel cut oatmeal. If you're on the healthy side, you'll love it: brown sugar, raisins, and walnuts are all served on the side, allowing you to make your own little mixture. Oatmeal isn't my thing, but I've had a few spoonfuls (it's my better half's favourite breakfast item) and I must say: it's delicious. So-so: -The pancakes: True, they're huge, golden, and taste ok, and you'll get plenty of syrup to drown them in no matter what, but they are just that: ok.. For me, they are way too thick, dense, and boring in taste. They'd be much better if they were a lot fluffier. -The omelet skillet: boring, yet a lot going on. Skip: -The burger and fries: Fries are extra, and not worth it. It would all be ok if the burger were up to standard, but it's not. Bun is boring, meat is boring, not juicy, always overdone - in short, blend. -The French toast: Disappointing. Way, way, way too done and dry. Not enough batter is dipped into the toasts, which are boring as it is and super thin. Powdered sugar and syrup miserably fails to save them. The atmosphere: Clean, modern, marine chic. It's Palm Beach, so lots of characters come in, which makes it quite entertaining if you're into people watching. Too many kids to my liking on the weekend, but they're generally well behaved.
So happy I stopped into this little diner over the weekend! The atmosphere, service and food were all top-notch. I actually came across this place thanks to Yelp. I was looking for a brunch option after doing a long run past the beach on Palm Beach and this was the top recommendation. Once I finished up my miles, I hopped in the car and took a ride over to the Surfside Diner. The diner was pretty busy but there wasn't a wait. I was able to grab a seat at the bar/counter area. I was waited on immediately and since I was so hungry promptly ordered an egg white omelet. Now, the omelet itself isn't super pricy, but when you add all of the extra stuff in it, it really starts to get expensive. My egg white omelet was almost $15! But I figured it was a special occasion since I was leaving town and I had just run so far. The omelet was excellent -- probably one of the better ones I've ever had. It was put together perfectly and the arugula salad served with it was also excellent! There was a whole area of cakes and cookies that I would love to try the next time I come in. Definitely a great little addition to the island food scene and a wonderful breakfast option if you're looking to dine in Palm Beach.
