Paul's Family Diner

Mountain Lakes, NJ · Diner

Rating
4.4/5
★★★★☆ 4.4
Reviews
20
Rank in Mountain Lakes
#8
of 10 restaurants
City Percentile
22%
rating percentile
Address
Paul's Family Diner, 320 US-46, Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046
Phone
(973) 627-4436
Website
www.paulsfamilydiner.com
Status
Closed · Opens 7 AM Sat

Paul's Family Diner is a restaurant located in Mountain Lakes, NJ. It is one of 10 restaurants listed in Mountain Lakes. Its 4.4-star rating is slightly below the Mountain Lakes city average of 4.5 stars. It ranks #8 of 10 restaurants in Mountain Lakes. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Paul's Family Diner

Our Customers Are Our Family - Paul's Family Diner means just that -- family. Family owned and operated, Paul's Family Diner has been around since 1947. We continue to do our best in providing you fast and friendly service, a comfortable atmosphere... More

Hours

Friday7 AM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Hector Ore · Mar 2026

*Warning* This morning my wife and I went here for breakfast! I ordered a cup of cream of mushroom and she ordered farmers omelet. I received my cup of soup, it was smelling good and looking good. I do a taste test from the top. I dipped the spoon and stirred it up and BAM, a hair! I pick it out. I stir the cup again and WAHBAM, another hair and it’s a different color!!!!! I leave the spoon down on the table with the hairs and go for the fork. I dip the fork in and stir it up and yet again a THIRD hair!!!! That’s awful, I went and asked the old lady at the register to come over my table so I can show her but she ignores me to eat her piece of bread. So I say please cancel the entire order. The waitress comes with the farmers omelet and we say we aren’t eating here. My wife shows her the s

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Yvette Hausleben · Feb 2026

Pass this place a few times and was always busy so decided to try it. Love the decor very comfortable inside. I have a shrimp basket and the shrimp was over cooked and I got curly fries but wasn’t told there would be a extra charge. Would I go back. Nope there are much better diners to go to.

★★★★☆ 4.0 Stef GW · Oct 2025

Staff here were so nice and the local community obviously loves their diner. Food was excellent. We were surprised by the large portions. None of us could finish our meal. The Matzo ball soup on special was absolutely wonderful. We took dessert home. Cakes were ok. I'd pass generally on the cakes again.

★★★★★ 5.0 Chauncey Perry · Feb 2026

This place is great. Never had a bad meal here. Service is great. Even the bus boy helps my wife get around. Prices are fine. Not too much more than a fast food joint. Its one of the last diners around in this area. They got to be doing something right!

★★★★★ 5.0 chris amato · Jan 2026

Stopped in tonight to get some food to go and I was thoroughly impressed. The wings are good, the French onion soup was actually amazing and the mozzarella sticks were good but the burger… even after a 20 min car ride the burger was amazing. I got a regular bacon cheeseburger deluxe it tasted like it came off a charbroil grill which is the best freaking way to cook a burger. I should have taken a picture but I ate it too fast. I’m also picky with burgers BUT this place is cool the food is good staff is really attentive and friendly I’d go out of my way to go have a burger here again.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

DinerAmerican restaurant

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