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“Cozy & great food”

Monty's Blue Plate Diner
Ranked #15 of 1,030 Restaurants in Madison
Cuisines: American
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Dining options: Breakfast
Neighbourhood: Schenk-Atwood
Description: Monty's Blue Plate Diner serves breakfast all day, every day. Our menu features incredible burgers, sandwiches, salads, vegetarian and vegan selections. Our award-winning pies, cakes, cupcakes and cookies are made from scratch daily.
Reviewed January 9, 2019 via mobile

Arrives at 12:30 & got a booth right away. Cozy old joint. Decided on breakfast. Great coffee in a never-ending cup. Blue Plate Special Omelet had bacon, cheddar & avocado - prepared perfectly. Nice thinly sliced & seasoned potatoes and a great biscuit. My colleague had the Texas Omelet & said it was really good too. Then we decide on dessert. He had the Fat Elvis Milkshake- chocolate, peanut butter & banana. I had a good old fashioned chocolate malt. Both came topped with whipped cream & accompanied by the mixing container. I couldn't finish, but it was yummy. We left stuffed & cannot wait to go back. Really nice level of service too. Thanks!

Date of visit: January 2019
Thank Vicki K
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Reviewed January 6, 2019

My friends and I had dinner here while visiting Madison. I chose this place as I am a vegan and both my friends are omnivores and this cafe had vegan options. The food was great, all three of us enjoyed it. I particularly enjoyed my vegan milk shake! Would definitely go back again if i ever found myself in Madison again. Restaurant was clean and staff was friendly.

Date of visit: October 2018
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Thank LisaPunk01
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Reviewed January 6, 2019

Two visits, a month apart, at the very beginning and very end of December. First I visited with my brother around breakfast-time and we sat at the counter, which is actually fairly roomy - I'm glad they have resisted the probably temptation to squeeze in another stool. We both had fairly standard breakfast fare - I a corned beef hash, he some egg and bacon thing - and it was solid or a little better.

Next visit there were 6 of us, including two kids, squeezed into one of their booths which *barely* accommodate that number, and I had to try something not from the breakfast menu, so I chose the vegan massaman curry - a very mildly spicy coconut curry with lots of veggies and coconut rice - which was really excellent. HUGE bowl but I forced myself to eat it all, had to be a glutton with this. My sister-in-law had something like a vegan cheese steak with tempeh, which I tried; I normally hate tempeh but this wasn't bad, so big points for that. Everybody else I think was pretty satisfied with a variety of choices. Coffee is above-average diner coffee, fine when you're eating but I wouldn't come here just for that.

So the huge menu should have enough for nearly any taste, it's good stuff - there are also desserts but we couldn't manage any - and the service is fine. Only real negatives are the crowding and parking which they probably can't do anything about without moving - I don't think there's any way for them to expand in this space. We had a 40 minute wait on a Saturday for the group, which all things considered wasn't so terrible, and there are plenty of places to walk to within a couple of blocks in the area while you're waiting.

Date of visit: December 2018
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Thank Muzzlehatch2013
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Reviewed January 2, 2019 via mobile

Our group included a vegetarian, a GF/DF, a 3 year old and a 93-year-old. We all found several things on the menu that we wanted to try, and we were very happy with what we chose. We were also happy to get one of the 2 accessible parking spaces and appreciated the clear sidewalks despite new snow and ice. We'll be back!

Date of visit: January 2019
Thank Betsy K
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Reviewed December 1, 2018

Never am dissapointed with this place. Always come through with a great meal, and lots to choose from for a vegan. Good comfort food, and also great lighter options. Staff is always friendly, and not a lot of turnover, so it's almost always the same faces. Love that. This place is definitely doing something right.

Date of visit: November 2018
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Thank nathan805
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