Visit this restaurant for a break and try nicely cooked chicken, ribs and mandi. Based on the guests' opinions, milkshakes are good. The cute staff meets you at Mandy's Diner all year round. Guests mention that the service is spectacular here. When inside, the atmosphere is enjoyable. Google users like this place: it was rated 4.3 stars.
As close to authentic Americana as one might deem possible in Provincial Sweden!
Picture this: along way outside of the nearest city, along a 2-lane winding road, you find a small town where everybody knows everyone. There's one grocery store, a liquor store, and a grand ol' railway building built in the 1850s which *never quite* realised the potential that the forefathers thought it might reach. Just opposite the gas station, you find Mandy's Diner.
I could be describing one of any number of small-town American towns, but I'm not. I'm talking about Töreboda. The entire setup is either an absolute masterclass in planning, or an inadvertent stroke of Genius - I would not have blinked twice had a mounted cowboy tipped his stetson to me in passing.
Once through the entrance, you're greeted by the bright red diner-style seating which serves as the defining standard for any such restaurant. Old license plates line the walls, along with other memorabilia. Johnny Cash and other inoffensive tunes gently cascade over well-placed speakers, reminiscent of the days when a jukebox would have done the same, at a volume where it intersplices the space otherwise filled by happy conversation.
The smiling waitress soon slides colourful menus to each of our group. Inside is a surprisingly detailed selection of American classics. With Appetisers, burgers, grills, salads and much much more on offer, there's something for absolutely everyone. And of course, homemade pie to finish.
Each dish is cooked to order in the kitchen. We visited when it was a relatively busy Friday evening, but still received our dishes without undue delay. The appetisers were served hot and fresh, and the burgers we ordered arrived shortly after we'd finished our starters. Each dish was well-presented - and finger-food items were served with a wetwipe to help maintain dignity. An extensive selection of drinks including milkshakes and coke floats is available from the staffed bar.
Although the prices are not cheap, one still leaves with a feeling of value-for-money - the execution of the dishes certainly matches the pricepoint with well-assembled, well-cooked juicy burgers being amongst the items we enjoyed. My friend ordered the tacos which arrived with a much more diverse complexity of components and flavours than would meet minimum requirements if corners were being cut.
Certain quirks and omissions remind one that, after all, this remains imitation cuisine, although at the risk of sounding unfair I'll qualify this statement by again reflecting that this restaurant is thousands of miles away from the kind of diner it pulls an excellent attempt to imitate. Nevertheless, there was no "bread for the table", nor were there free refills. The portion sizes, whilst passable, were far more European in nature than their cross-Atlantic counterparts. This is Sweden after all.
At the end of the meal, payment was accepted by cash or by card. Unfortunately, another quirk presented itself. In almost every restaurant ever, the server presents the card machine, and the customer can choose to add an tip. Not in Mandy's. I was presented with a blank screen where I had to type it my desired total payment amount, and calculate the tip myself and add it onto the total. Oh, and did I mention the card machine only lets you tip 20% above the total cost of the bill. After a moderately-frustrating experience, I opted to augment my tip to the fantastic service team with some more cash.
All in all, I left Mandy's feeling full, happy, and well catered to. If I'm ever back in the area, I would not hesitate to rush straight back.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
kr 300–400
2023 UPDATE: Such a disappointment. We had to wait almost 50 minutes for the food, the Mrs. chicken burnt and her potatoes almost at room temperature when served, the burgers obviously been resting in a pile for God knows how long, dry with a stone hard edge.
The only thing saving Mandy's from a two star review this time is the decent 20% rebate and sincere excuse when the above was mentioned.
Wow! Such excellent food, such lovely staff!
The Mrs. had the Rockabilly chicken, the grandson the Småknuttens chicken nuggets and I went for the Ford smokey burger. Well sized servings, everything tasted marvelous, perhaps could the garlic dip taste a tad more garlic.
Only bad - we where way too stuffed for having any dessert...
The Ford '57 paper model will be used by the grandkid for breakfast servings for his mother when we return him to safety...
Food: 2
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Great atmosphere and friendly service and overall a great experience, just a tad pricey for what you get.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
kr 400–500
Food: 3
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
On-theme diner. Staff was super friendly, very articulate and clear. Items a bit on the more expensive side compared to what you get, so it’s certainly helps if the American diner fantasy is an experience that you appreciate. They also had their own celebratory beer, thumbs up!
Friendly staff and helpful. Food selection is very good, quality and tasteful meal. Recommend you try it out. Enjoyable flavours and portions more than adequate.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
kr 200–300
Tasty food, good service, interesting theme. Rather pricy, just so you are prepared for that. Overall a nice experience.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
A very nice restaurant kind of, off the beaten path but nothing wrong with that. Not that many customers when I was there which I found nice but each to their own. The service was very good and he was very nice, nothing bad at all. The food comes in big portion sizes but that was expected. I chose the chef's hillbilly ribs. I got ribs, corn on the cob, onion rings, sallad. They were amazing props to the chef. So all in all a very good choice to stop when you're hungry. Also good menu with good selection.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
We had a lovely time with the 3 of us! Our daughter loved the food and the cartoon cars she was allowed to take with. The burgers and the "Mandy's sauce" were very good!
Thank you very much! 🐻♥️
Classic.
Awesome decor. Great food. Friendly staff. Burgers are awesome. Fries is perfect.
Everything is clean and nice. Large parking. Inside and outside Serving.
Recomended spot for classic american food and feel.
