Conrad’s Restaurant-Glendale
Posted in Conrad's-Glendale on September 27th, 2007 by BB – Be the first to commentFamily diner food and Conrad’s go hand in hand. If you’re looking for a less corporate version of Denny’s, this may be your spot. It’s open 24 hours with full menu service.
The location is easy to find, right off Central Ave. There is plenty of parking in their lot. The dimly lit inside decor is homey and comfortable with little knicknacks and more potted plants than you can shake a stick at. They offer waiter service on the outside patio, which was a quite a hit on the night I went, especially with smokers.
After being promptly seated and drinks orders taken, we were left to wait for about 5 minutes until a new server introduced herself. Apparently ours went on a break. After our new server waited on us, we had no complaints. She was cheerful, polite, and prompt with refills and our final check.
The large menu provides a good selection of mostly American diner food: breakfast items like eggs, omelets, waffles, sandwiches, soups, burgers, wraps, salads, and entrees as well as a slew of side dishes and desserts. For the area, the prices are pretty standard for family restaurants, although the portions and quality of the food doesn’t make for a good value.
We ordered a variety of things including a broiled chicken salad, spaghetti burger, curly fries, and a bran muffin. As sides of curly fries go, they were just as expected, served with ranch and ketchup. And everything tastes better with ranch! The bran muffin was visually burnt, which made for a rather dry interior with melted raisins. Sans burning, it could be a pretty decent bran muffin.
The salad was fresh, made of iceberg and 1 quartered tomato, it was more of a broiled chicken breast on a green salad, than a balanced salad dish as it was portrayed in the menu. The chicken breast was juicy and tender, prepared just right. With such simple ingredients put together for the underlying salad, the texture and taste of the dish was lacking. The greens lived up to being nothing more than a big garnish to the chicken.
The spaghetti burger was an interesting concept. The patty was presented atop 2 thick pieces of garlic butter soaked bread, an oval dish of spaghetti alongside it. This was a messy DIY dish. It’s a shame that the plate real estate was already full, because my companion choose the clean route and just ate everything one-by-one. The burger and garlic toast was tasty. The spaghetti with commerical grade marinara sauce was lacking that made from scratch taste we were looking for.
At 10pm, this restaurant was buzzing with customers. Between hours, location, ease of parking, service, and menu selection, this Conrad’s will continue to be a hangout for locals looking for standard fare.
Glendale, CA 91203
(818) 246-6547
