I've enjoyed lunch several times at Perfect Diner and both the food and service were good. My favorite was an hibachi plate - fresh and tasty, which has been dropped from the menu, but they still offer plenty of good Chinese and some Japanese dishes...and sushi.
I recently had dinner there with family and the experience was disappointingly different. Our server had trouble understanding what we were ordering but we placed our order, which included soup, pad Thai and an appetizer and five sushi rolls as well as drinks. Soft drinks arrived but we had to remind him about the beer after a lengthy wait. Appetizers arrived fine, then soup. Sometime later, my pad Thai arrived. But no sign of sushi and no explanation. By then, our table was filled with empty plates and bowls so we finally got up and stacked them on a nearby table. Clearing the table or refilling our water didn't happen.
I finished my pad Thai and we were still waiting for sushi to arrive. It began arriving a plate at a time over about 5-10 minutes. One roll was not what we ordered so that went back to get remade. Eventually, a gentleman came to our table and told us the sushi should have been served on one large plate. We certainly agreed but explained we didn't have control over that.
The sushi was OK. Not the best in town but generous servings and everyone had plenty to eat. The pad Thai serving was huge. It tasted a bit different than I've had elsewhere but was fine. The egg drop soup had a somewhat oily flavor, definitely wouldn't order that again.
Overall, the food was adequate, not exceptional but certainly edible. The service, however, was really disjointed and poor. Every place has an off night but this was notably poor.More
