S & W Country Diner

(310) 204-5136

9748 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232 34.022 -118.3967

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Neighborhood: Downtown

Price:

$

Last updated 6.15.11

Category:

Restaurants, Diners

Payment Methods:

Cash

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Breakfast, Lunch Spot, Business Dining

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About S & W Country Diner

Featured Review

Kim Cooper

Contributor

Always packed with workers from Sony, this comfort-food haven serves home-cooked favorites fast, friendly and filling the plate. Vintage wall advertisements and ever-present coffee warming on the old-fashioned stove suggest grandma's kitchen--but grandma was never this busy. While healthy diets are accommodated, almost any sandwich can be turned into a melt, and seasoned curly fries and meatloaf are specialties. Pancakes can be customized with crumbled Oreos or corn and Ortega chili.

Editor's Tips

Save Time:
Before looking for parking, drop off a fellow diner to put your names on the waitlist.
Parking:
Metered spots are very scarce, but there's two hours free parking in the city lot on Watseka, half a block north of Washington.
Know Before You Go:
The restaurant accepts cash only--there's a bank ATM across the street.
ambiance
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. “The only good parking you might find is if you worked for Sony pictures.”
  2. “Divine bacon, excellent waffles, and a "no rush, enjoy yourself" atmosphere complemented by down-home decor.”
  3. “During the week parking sucks!”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “Next thing I know, completely on their own initiative, they're coming to the table with a plate of pancakes w/ whipped cream and a candle, singing Happy Birthday.”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “People, this IS the best place to have breakfast in Culver City, bar none.”
  2. “The food is GREAT, the price is UNBEATABLE, and the coffee!”
  3. “The service was super friendly and the pancakes were Amazing so was the coffee - beats Starbucks hands-down.”
  4. “The food/coffee is fantastic.”
food quality
93.75% positive
  1. “The food is GREAT, the price is UNBEATABLE, and the coffee!”
  2. “The food is good- comfort food at it's best, and all the wait staff is.”
  3. “but the sandwiches are great as well.”
  4. “The prices are very cheap, you can have a tasty homemade breakfast or lunch for under $9.”
  5. “Nonetheless, their food is awesome, and the staff is always uber friendly.”
  6. “This restaurant has too long of a wait, and the food wasn't overly fantastic to be worth that wait.”
  7. “While the servers are very nice they are soooooooooo slow but we still go because the food is too good not to!”
  8. “the place has good but not spectacular food.”
  9. “The food/coffee is fantastic.”
  10. “Divine bacon, excellent waffles, and a "no rush, enjoy yourself" atmosphere complemented by down-home decor.”
  11. “They also have great burgers and sandwiches.”
  12. “Great way to start the day - been there twice last week - french toast and scrambled eggs the first time and their wonderful oatmeal + a fresh fruit bowl the next - tasty and filling.”
  13. “You get what you pay for which in this case is good food for the price.”
  14. “:) Besides having great people, their food is great, too!”
  15. “Excellent food forthe morning after.”
  16. “They have the best tasting bacon of any place I have been to in LA and offer a fresh and delicious fruit bowl.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “I'm really a sucker for good ol' country fixins, and this place has it.”
  2. “They have the best tasting bacon of any place I have been to in LA and offer a fresh and delicious fruit bowl.”
  3. “People, this IS the best place to have breakfast in Culver City, bar none.”
service
89.28999900817871% positive
  1. “THe staff was friendly, knowledgeable and quick.”
  2. “People in the country would not tolerate the rude behavior of the waitresses and the slow turnover of tables.”
  3. “The food is good- comfort food at it's best, and all the wait staff is.”
  4. “People in the past have said their staff is rude.”
  5. “The staff is friendly, helpful, and not bad on the eyes.”
  6. “highly recommend this place for anyone who enjoys great breakfast at great prices and friendly service.”
  7. “What's she's clearly not aware of is that this restaurant has notoriously bad service, mainly due to the fact that the servers cannot tend to their customers who are seated because they are constantly having to seat people.”
  8. “:) Besides having great people, their food is great, too!”
  9. “Nonetheless, their food is awesome, and the staff is always uber friendly.”
  10. “The waitresses are very friendly and cute.”
  11. “While the servers are very nice they are soooooooooo slow but we still go because the food is too good not to!”
  12. “;) The wait-staff is friendly, and when they recognize you as a regular, they can be just the sweetest people ever.”
  13. “The service is outstanding.”
  14. “The service was super friendly and the pancakes were Amazing so was the coffee - beats Starbucks hands-down.”
value
85.71000099182129% positive
  1. “You get what you pay for which in this case is good food for the price.”
  2. “This restaurant has too long of a wait, and the food wasn't overly fantastic to be worth that wait.”
  3. “highly recommend this place for anyone who enjoys great breakfast at great prices and friendly service.”
  4. “The food is GREAT, the price is UNBEATABLE, and the coffee!”
  5. “The prices are very cheap, you can have a tasty homemade breakfast or lunch for under $9.”
  6. “*. But, it's vintage diner: Huge portions, low prices, broken seats, and a future cardiac arrest.”
  7. “S&W is one of my favorite breakfast places and worth the 20 minute drive and also the wait!”
wait time
70.0% positive
  1. “S&W is one of my favorite breakfast places and worth the 20 minute drive and also the wait!”
  2. “This restaurant has too long of a wait, and the food wasn't overly fantastic to be worth that wait.”
  3. “While the servers are very nice they are soooooooooo slow but we still go because the food is too good not to!”
  4. “People in the country would not tolerate the rude behavior of the waitresses and the slow turnover of tables.”
  5. “THe staff was friendly, knowledgeable and quick.”
2 Star Rating: Below Average

01/04/10

RUDE Waitress!

by CSMobileUser3

I've been eating breakfast at this diner for years now. At the beginning, service was always pleasant but as the years went by one waitress in particular as gotten extremely RUDE and snappy! And I don't care for her reputation, so I'm going to reveal which waitress it is. She's the biracial lady, you'll sometimes find her reading a book during work.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/29/09

Down home cooking in Downtown Culver City

by Sheauen

If you're on a mission to find the best corn beef hash in LA, you can stop looking now.

Come here for their hash and eggs and waffles. Its worth it. Come through their old screen door (yes just like at mama's house), sit down at a table covered in checked tablecloths, and order some good ol country homecooking.

I rotate through their corn beef hash, country fried steak and eggs, biscuits and gravy, and waffles.

While you wait enjoy all the old school knick knachs they've collected on their walls. Old farmhouse pots and pans, untesils, milk jugs, signage, all of it takes you back.

You get all kinds of people at SW, from older couples with their newspapers, college kids and young adults with their puppies, to business men grabbing a bite to eat at the counter before work. I love it!

  • Pros: homemade corn beef hash
  • Cons: long waits sometimes
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/13/09

Best pancakes and friendliest service in LA!

by LuvCali

I saw an article in LA Magazine listing S&W as winner of Best Breakfast and they were absolutely right. I went on a very busy Saturday and I was quoted a wait time of about 10 minutes and was seated in less than five. The service was super friendly and the pancakes were Amazing so was the coffee - beats Starbucks hands-down. The prices can't be beat, this is my new regular place for weekend breakfast. I love that you can get breakfast or lunch at any time. I highly recommend this place for anyone who enjoys great breakfast at great prices and friendly service. It's also close to all the Culver City movie theathers which is convenient.

  • Pros: Ambience, service, food
1 Star Rating: Poor

06/07/08

Terrible service and owner with no customer service knowledge

by jiddle2004

After politely suggesting to the owner, Michelle that customers would be tended to more efficiently if a host/hostess were hired, she commented that "we've been doing it like this for years."

What's she's clearly not aware of is that this restaurant has notoriously bad service, mainly due to the fact that the servers cannot tend to their customers who are seated because they are constantly having to seat people.

After suggesting to Michelle that prices can be raised to cover the cost of a full-time host/hostess, she refused to take our order and walked away.

I urge people to not dine at S&W until they get their act together...which may be never, because "we've been doing it like this for years."

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/13/08

Best Breakfast in S. Cal

by tejano714

Just like Joe's in RB this palce can be packed and often is. The service is outstanding. The eggs benedict are to die for. People in the past have said their staff is rude. I eat there almost every day and it is consistantly dynamite. Parking can be tough, try the free garage at the end of the block off washington. this place is seriously great and I would be here anyway even though I am blessed to be a mile from this seriously great resturant

Mark Braun

Culver City

  • Pros: killer food
  • Cons: parking can be tough

The Details on S & W Country Diner

Place Categories:

  • good comfort food
  • favorite great breakfast
  • highly recommend place
  • friendly the staff
  • outstanding service
  • great sandwiches
  • great low prices
  • very friendly waitresses
  • sucks parking
  • delicious fruit bowl
  • good ol country homecooking
  • seriously great resturant
  • very good gravy
  • enjoy walk
  • huge broken seats
  • rude staff
  • very good bisquits
  • friendly waitstaff
  • wonderful oatmeal
  • slow turnover
  • good ol country fixins
  • disappointing very
  • huge portions
  • favorite breakfast places
  • friendly uber
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