Capital City Diner in Albany

As far as diners go, this place is unparalleled. The food is really great tasting, the portions are large, the staff is amazing, and the atmosphere is typical of a diner but is very well maintained. And the desserts are to die for.

Good food and service. Reasonable pricing.

This diner was featured during an episode of House Hunters! This diner has a retro flare with super accommodating and friendly staff. While not all meals are A1, most are super big portions and decently priced. The desserts are nice and so is the bowl of Matzoh ball soup.

AMAZING food, EXCELLENT customer service by Nick, beautiful atmosphere, quick times/no wait, sparkling clean. Couldn't have asked for anything more. Go here!!!!!!!!!

Great food and service. Waitress Victoria was awesome. Will definitely return!

First time at this dinner and it was wonderful! We will be back. The hot turkey, mashed gravy is AMAZING! Tasty French dip too. If you are looking for a diner with the good, traditional diner food, here is your place.The social distancing was well placed and all the staff wore their masks.

This was my first time going here and I will definitely be going back again. Food was great I ordered the country breakfast everything was cooked perfectly. The staff was very attentive and very pleasant. The diner was very clean & safe. I would highly recommend this place.

So, I ordered the country fried chicken which I have done at countless other restaurants and this is by far the worst food I've ever had. There was no meat on the bones of the chicken, the mashed potatoes were flakey and the chicken and noodle soup was super soggy. I hope next time I eat here the food will leave me wanting to leave a 5 star review. Service was good, food was terrible.

Recently renovated and under new ownership, the new owners nailed it. Fast friendly service and the food is delicious. Family atmosphere. Very nice.

Good food. Decent prices. Friendly service. What now can you ask for really?Breakfast all day. Mashed potatoes were divine.

The this we ordered was tasty and it even looked good on the plate! Everything was hot, too. Fantastic service, pleasant and helpful. (We never ran out of coffee, either!) I look forward to my next visit.

A big hotspot for both locals and tourists. The food is great, and the service is good to.

My waitress was the best, the very best. Cashier was good too.

Your food was fresh, hot. And your deserts were to die for. And the service was great. We will be back. Thanks so much.

Food was good with a quick turn around time after order. Waitress was attentive, friendly, and entertaining.

Spotless, fresh and wonderful food. Friendly staff and good prices. Highly recommend.

This is the best diner in the whole capital region. Not only is the food amazing, but the service is as well. If you're looking for an authentic, delicious Gyro, then look no further. I truly believe that you can judge a diner on it's Gyro quality alone, and this idea is once again held true by this wonderful restaurant. You get restaurant quality food and service, with diner prices. You can never go wrong at this establishment.

Awsome food amazing staff would definitely recommend this diner to all

Food is fine. Staff is good. Nothing really outstanding but nothing particularly wrong with it either. It's a perfectly good diner.

Good gyro and breakfast platter. Excellent home made German Chocolate cake. Old fashioned diner feel.

The service so nice muah to V. G. She had her fast feet moving. I felt comfortable, rare for me eating in new places. Capital City Diner has a community feeling. Go check for yourself, enjoy

Food was alright and the waitresses are very friendly. Everything on the breakfast menu is around 8-12 dollars and there's definitely no shortage of options. The omelets come with two slices of buttered toast and home fries. The taste isn't spectacular but it's worth what you paid for.

nothing special the meatloaf was the worst ever, nice salad friendly service , good deserts but I will stick with the best diner within 100 miles of Albany—-TOPS Diner best food anywhere!!!

We found our new favorite spot!!!! food was absolutely fabulous even with Covid going on .everybody was very friendly. We will definitely come again & this was just desert !!!!

Great service. And good food.

Highly recommend this diner. Care was taken to prepare and cook my dinner. The matzo ball soup was delicious to start with and the fried haddock with wedged French fries were cooked perfectly. Thank you for a wonderful meal.

I have been a fan of Capital City since I used to go to the Ambrosia in Catskill. Four generations of my family have been fans. The food is great and the service is friendly and quick. when ever we say lets got to the dinner there is no question where we mean. Its Capital City all the way.

Amazing food, amazing service. Our server was the most sweet, friendly, and happy person in the place. The atmosphere was homey and inviting. Will return again and again.

Fun, cute, old fashion, honest food! We will be back again to try there great dessert

Probably my favorite diner of all. The food is surprisingly good, the prices are cheap, and even the service is good here compared to pretty much every diner I've ever been to. The desserts look really tasty when you walk in too. It's great that this place is in town!

Our waitress was outstanding. Pleasant atmosphere. Good food.Nice visit.

Best breakfast burrito in the Capital region! High quality food and prices are very reasonable.

Excellent service, good food, clean. Little on the pricier side, extra meat was $4 if I remember correctly.

Food was good, service was lacking. Waiter never came back after delivering food until he brought the check.

A great diner, open late, great food no matter what you get and the service is second to none!

My fiance and I went to this diner. I loved the mudslide! I wanted chicken alfredo but was told because we came in after 8 pm the chef wouldn't make certain dishes...yikes. The server was extremely nice tho

Good prices for big portions. We went for dessert and were easily seated and given ginormous pieces of pie. Would definitely go back.

The food was good but the waitress lacks professionalism.

Came here on a Saturday around 1 for lunch. Seated immediately, really friendly service. Our waitress seemed to wander a bit, but we got everything we asked for. I got the pizza burger and although it was cooked perfectly, it was a weird concept. I liked it, but wouldn't order it again. The brownie sundae was huge and we shared it 4 ways.

I have to say how very disappointed I was with my experience on Saturday, March 7, 2020. I travel a lot to Albany for business and on this day I was meeting a client. I am a tea drinker. I ordered a cup of tea and I received 1 Lipton tea bag and a small carafe of not overly hot water. My client ordered coffee. When you order coffee you get free refills. When you order tea you are charged $2.19 per tea bag. Now I do don’t claim to be a mathematician but in the grocery store I know that a box of 100 tea bags are at the most $5 and some change, so doesn’t that make it a little over 5 cents per bag? So for 2 cups of tea it cost me $4.38 and my client had 3 cups of coffee for $2.19. I will give them credit that the breakfast was good but I will be finding another place to have breakfast so I can enjoy a couple cups of tea, hopefully at least a couple choices besides just Lipton, without feeling that I was discriminated against for not being a coffee drinker.

Friendly, delicious, great location. I ate 3 consecutive meals there when visiting UAlbany. All were terrific! I would go again.