Second Chance Diner - Camillus

Service and eat excellent. becca was a great waitress. incredible breakfast options. we even have a club sandwich to go to lunch, us 90 is a food desert!

I would give this place 6 stars if I could. my partner and I often have many diners and this will always be our favorite, even in their old little hole in the wall. They have some funny instagram worthy items on their menu, but also all classics. super fair prices. the personal is amazing. I really can't say enough about this place.

What diner does not serve a real dairy creamer or half half for their coffee?? Yup, it's this one, the Second Chance Diner. Only creamer on the table was Coffee Mate if you're expecting a real dairy creamer, then Coffee Mate is not it. When I asked for a real dairy creamer or half half, the waitress didn't even know for sure if they had it in the back. Her only option when she came back to the table, was to offer me milk. Certainly milk is not a substitute for cream in my coffee especially at a diner it's only acceptable when milk is the last thing in the house you forgot to buy cream or half half at the grocery store. I also ordered a toasted bagel and it had been toasted once, but a while ago as it was cold. All in all, very disappointing, especially for a Fathers Day breakfast after all, how can you ruin coffee a bagel? Well, see above, that's how.

Everything in this diner has gone down so far. It seems almost as if personal relationships were allowed to disrupt the working environment there. It’s so unfortunate because it was doing so well. We will not be returning

I drive by Second Chance a lot and finally had an opportunity to grab breakfast with my better half. I remember when the restaurant use to be Friendly's and love the updates they made inside, more modern and open. The bar area is cute. We stopped by on a weekday around 11am and the place was fairly busy but not packed. We were seated right away by a nice host and then we waited for a long time for our much less than enthusiastic server to visit us. Post-pandemic, I tend to be much more forgiving when it comes to service because of shortages and such but we waited about 35 minutes just to order. If the server wasn't so aloof, it could have minimized that negative. The food was decent. I really liked my veggie fretta, they cut up the ingredients a bit finer here which was a nice change. The marble rye was delicious. My spouse ordered the 3x3x3 with a side of sausage. He liked his food. When I had a bite of his plain scrambled eggs they tasted like they were premixed to me. It would be ideal if they had fresh cut home fries instead of the fried kind. Coffee was average. Unfortunately the service was so slow and inattentive that it significantly detracted from our experience. There are many great breakfast options around that are super efficient and friendly, we will eventually make our way back but we won't be in a hurry.