Punky's Diner and Pies

Pie & corned beef hash are rarely this good. Dynamite service. No nonsense American diner with GREAT classics and some modern touches. Buckwheat pancakes, banana cream pie, chicken fried steak, potato cakes, gravy, biscuits, and skillet rocked. Worth the detour from the freeway. Can’t wait to go back.

The food was awesome here. Alot of daily homemade dishes from pies, biscuits, gravy, etc. Everything we had was super good. Very friendly staff and customers, kinda like having a big family meal together ❤️

Got lucky and got seated right away. Service was quick getting out drinks and order. Food took a while and was definitely worth the wait. My new favorite breakfast restaurant. Food portions and quality were excellent. One was the Skillet with corned beef and a side of ham, the other was a Sacramento omlet with potatoe cakes and a side of bacon. Both dishes were delicious. I think their jam is homemade. I absolutely would recommend this place.

Friendly, helpful staff, good service. Hearty breakfast and lunch offerings. Bottomless coffee. Frequented by locals of all ages. Restaurant includes a separate room with an impressive display of armed services photos of service members, airplanes, ships and news clippings; a true tribute to the men and women who have served the USA throughout the world

Such a cute restaurant, and the food was spectacular! The homemade soup was so good, and the pie 😍😍 I highly recommend you eat here! Can't wait to come back again and try breakfast.

Delicious food at an excellent price. Our server was awesome. Very clean and visually aesthetic. The hostess wasn't very friendly, but everyone else was great! The chicken fried steak omelette was superb!

First time at Punky’s and won’t be my last. The omelette was fluffy and delicious. English muffin bread toast and homemade jam were delicious. Great service. Clearly a gem! Will go back for breakfast and to try the pie!

Great place! Whether dining in or getting food to go, the portions are generous and easy on the pocketbook. I love the feel of the place, the food is delicious, and the management is top-notch. I get excellent service every time. Their pies are amazing! I would definitely recommend Punky's Diner.

Custom service is amazing! Tracy was an amazing server, food was good atmosphere was awesome! over all a really good place to eat :)

Everything is delicious here at Punkys! The coffee is our draw to restaurants and is awesome. Today we had the corn beef hash and eggs. The best we've EVER had, honestly. Ordered a side of country gravy and it too was the best we've had in the Rogue Valley. OMG! Spooned it in our potatoes. HAPPY DANCE! Also, what Punkys does for our community and focuses on the Vets is incredible!

Good Breakfast and great service. Probably the cleanest silverware I have ever seen at a restaurant! Fluffy omelette, potatoes were also good. Food was great! Highly recommend

YUM! Always delicious food! Always good service! Always clean and inviting! Can't go wrong @ Punky's. Just remember they're closed on Sundays.

Service was great and there was no wait at 12 in the afternoon on a Saturday despite it being busy. Our waitress was really nice and attentive. Everyone in our group really liked their food. The corn beef hash with two eggs sunny side up was so good. Highly recommend their house made English muffin (which is a slice of toast) with their in house made jam. So good!

My friend, Suzy, brought me to Punkys and introduced me to Punky. Lovely lady along with a nice group of servers in adorable aprons. I enjoyed the seasonal pumpkin pancake special which included a HUGE serving of fluffy eggs and 3 pieces of bacon that were the just right amount of crispy. Suzy enjoyed her buckwheat gluten free pancakes with a ton of syrup. She also helped me with my eggs and bacon. I can't wait to bring my husband to try their lunch items and pie. My first experience in this quaint diner was wonderful.

I can't believe I didn't know about this place sooner considering I've been taking my dog to the groomer two doors down for 3 years. What a great place! The service was fast & efficient, which was great considering how busy they are. They can accommodate both gluten free & vegetarian diets & the food was delicious! I ordered the veggie omelet with mashed potato cakes & gluten free pancakes. The portions are really large so there are lots of leftovers or just the perfect amount to share. The atmosphere is exactly what you would expect from a nice little diner, fun & welcoming. The families story is printed on the menu. Love this place!

This place is good. Great location good food quick and price point is great in this day and age. The hired help is cute in their skirts. Had the chicken fried steak great and a big rule of mine able to cut with a fork. I will be back

Service was excellent. Restaurant very clean. I found the food very "blah" and uninspiring. Coffee mediocre. Wow, $18 for an omelette. That's a sign of inflation!

This diner is one of the best in town. Food is amazing, no matter what you get. Service has always been good to us here, and the ambiance is great with their 50's, 60's vibe.

I loved the bright and sunny atmosphere in this cute diner . The food is amazing and made with great quality ingredients. The service is friendly and the coffee always full . Breakfast all day or lunch - and the clam chowder on Fridays is amazing. And all the pies are made in house.

Classic 50's style diner with themed barstools and deep booths. Great pie selection and tasty brunch food. Next to the movie theater in a plaza so it's chill...

Great breakfast, service was friendly and quick! wonderful 50's diner atmosphere. Full of veterans the day we went there, thanks for your service!

Cleanest place you will ever eat at. The attention to detail is impeccable. Excellent food, excellent service. Highly recommend everything! These people have perfected the diner experience.

When you are looking for the diner experience - go to Punkys! Punkys has everything you want in a classic diner with exceptionally better food. Severs we're friendly, fun, and makes you feel like family. This is yet another of Medfords gem!

What a terrific place for breakfast!! The Memphis Grits are wonderful but the homemade biscuit and sausage gravy is out-of-this-world! Friendly wait staff and welcoming to our veterans, this place is a keeper.

Good stuff. Straight up food that all seems made from scratch served by friendly attentive people. Fair pricing to boot. We will be back.

Good food, good service. I was a little disappointed with my pie but I will probably try again

Old school Diner feel. Great Breakfast! Prices are very reasonable. Recommend Chicken fried steak!

Immaculately clean! Kind staff. The owner is usually in the restaurant and enjoys talking to her customers. They offer several potato and meat options for breakfast, which is wonderful. Their pancakes are delicious, so I will be back for those. My husband ordered the meat lovers omelette and said it lacked flavor. It seemed like they made the eggs separate from the meat and seasonings so the eggs had no flavor at all.

My mom and I recently completed a very quick trip to Oregon and while we were not necessarily excited about a trip to Medford we were pleasantly surprised to stumble upon this old time diner. The food was very good diner food. My only complaint is that the eggs really tasted like they came out of a carton and were not real eggs. Also there was a family with MAGA hats.... But you get what you get and you can't get upset!

Yummy. The mashed potatoes cakes were good, taste was great. Would have liked them more crunchy. Went twice in 4 days, service was great. Really liked the 50's diner feel.

Love this little diner! My family usually sticks to the pancakes or waffles, but we always enjoy the food and the kind staff!

This was a find!! Tucked in right around the corner from the DMV in Medford! It is the cutest "diner" around! Everyone was beyond friendly and the food is really good! I had the grilled ham and cheese on sourdough - my go to in new places! It was everything a grilled ham and cheese should be - thin sliced ham, tons of cheese, and perfectly grilled sourdough! It didn't take any time for our food to arrive and it was all hot and yummy! Husband had a tuna melt and said it was great - no extra stuff in the tuna - just fish and mayo! He also had the Mac & cheese as his side! It must have come right out of the oven!! We will definitely be back, hopefully soon! If you go, ask for Tracy - she's fun and always on it!!

Atmosphere: I was excited to check out Punky's Diner because it is known for its 50s and 60s atmosphere. It doesn't stand out in the way many retro diners are located in an outdoor shopping mall. When you walk in, you walk into a blast from the past with plenty of old-school memorabilia and fun stuff on the walls. You can tell it's a "regulars place" where everyone knows your name. The type of spot I want to be a regular at when I'm older. Food: The Punky's Diner menu has everything a diner typically has. Something I found fun on the Punky's Diner menu was the ingredient list that included "53 years married and counting". Other ingredients include 25 years in the food industry and "a lot of hard work". Some Punky's Diner menu items include omelets, waffles, eggs, steak and eggs (which I've found is not as common as I think it is), Texas BBQ beef sandwich, and several salads and burgers.  Like most diners, breakfast is served all day (or until when they close). They also have gluten free bread if you want or need it,  it's one of the few diners I've seen do that! Plus, Punky's Diner is well known for its pies. I didn't get pie this time around, but if I'm back, I will. I decided to order the hot turkey grinder, which came with ham, turkey, bacon, and cheddar. I also added tater tots because I can't remember the last time I had those. The meal itself was good, and I have no complaints. The bread was toasted well, and everything tasted good. I would order it again. Service: The food was ready when I got there. I ordered over the phone, and the hostess was friendly. When I arrived to pick it up, everything felt safe, and the food was ready to go. I couldn't have asked for better service. Punky's Diner Conclusion/Would I Come Back? I liked Punky's Diner in Medford, Oregon, and found it to be a great stop along the road. I definitely would love to come back and eat it in and try one of their well-known pies sometimes.

Food is over-priced and quite mediocre. Had stopped here since We didn't want to cook and wanted breakfast (they're actually one of the few places open before 8:30am on weekends) so we decided to try this place out. The food is so bland. The meat just tastes sweet because of the bbq sauce but it tastes and feels like when you boil meat with only salt and pepper and take a bite...no added seasoning to grill it. On top of the fact that the "pastrami burger" has so little meat that the bread was all I was chewing on. I'm a total foodie, not picky with my food, but for higher prices I do expect higher quality (right? Like, isn't that how it works? You want to charge more...so you make your business have SOMETHING special) Their service was courteous, no complaints on that end!

The food is wonderful. The homemade apple butter on toasted homemade English muffin bread is absolutely delicious. The service is great. Everyone is kind, friendly and appear to love what they are doing. It doesn't matter what kind of day I'm having, the ambiance of Punkys is therapeutic. This cafe is lovingly cared for and clean.

The food is good, the price is really good, they keep it really clean. Friendly staff. Nice to see the owners today. I have tried the bread pudding, i really wanted to like it but sad to say it was not good. Asked if it could be heated, and it was still cold. It needed some kind of sauce. So i tried the apple pie hoping it would be better sad to say i make pies from my grandma pie crust recipe and my pies are better. Hate to state that. Other than that it was really good.

Lots of variety to choose from - perfect breakfast the All American - eggs bacon homemade bread county potatoes! Took pie to go because I was stuffed! Great diner comfy atmosphere excellent waitstaff and cook - super reasonably priced!

Waitstaff friendly and polite. Food was delicious and place was extremely clean. Prices were reasonable and well worth the quality. I'll definitely be back to this 50/60's themed restaurant

The service & food were very good. We had breakfast. The cafe was very clean and atmosphere was bright and cheerful. It is centrally located in the middle of Medford. I liked the support & photos they have and give to our men & women who have served in our armed forces.

In an industry that depends heavily on the pre-made foods of Sysco & US Foods, it is nice to know that you still have places like Punkys. I've been here quite a few times, but have never posted a review. What I appreciate every time I come in, is that everything is made frome scratch. From the corned beef to the biscuits, apple butter, jam, potatoes O'Brian. Top that with the service actually being genuine & not someone tip hunting & you got the perfect place for breakfast or lunch. The only critique I would have, is that I wish my potatoes were a little crispier. Other than that, Fantastic job as always

Can't imagine why all the 5-star reviews for this place unless people have eaten so much fast food they've lost their tastebuds. The place was filled with old people who seemed to like the attention of waitresses there and to heck with the quality of food. $17 for the Sacramento omelet with undercooked mushrooms and green pepper, a little onion, a teaspoon of cheese, brown avocado slices on top, and lots of eggs cooked hard and dry. I'm thinking they used liquid eggs because there's no hint of real eggs. Potatoes are a strange, soft mixture, maybe with some cream cheese in them, then fried like potato patties. OK, but not great. Biscuit looked good, but dry with almost like a cornmeal texture. Asked for jam. This was a takeout order and no jam included. A piece of strawberry rhubarb pie at $7 for the smallest piece of pie I've seen, almost all crust, very little filling. And wait for it!! It had no sugar!! Picture rhubarb without sugar. I had wanted banana cream pie, which would seem to be a basic at a place known for their pies, but not available yesterday. Neither was cherry although it was listed on the board. The price of $24 for the omelet and miniature piece of pie was ridiculous. By the way, Punky's would have made $56 on that pie at 8 pieces cut out of an 8-inch pie, at $7 per slice. Talk about price gouging. I'm going back to sushi. It's funny how people think it's expensive, but the quality at Bonsai on Barnett is always perfect, always fresh. And you can get two California rolls for $15, more than enough food. Best of all, they never forget anything in a takeout order. Asian restaurants are always the best for takeout and American restaurants are the worst. Kind of like cars. Our 22-year-old Honda Accord, made in Japan, is still like new. Too bad, Punky's. We wanted to like you.

Just a great place for breakfast! Service has always been great and the food is outstanding. Everything from the ham steak to sausage patties has been delicious, even the eggs seem better than I've tasted before. I always get a biscuit that tastes homemade. Lunch I could take or leave but the pies have always been good.

A favorite of locals. Delicious menu items you will not find at other restaurants. Best coconut cream pie I've ever eaten. Punky and her staff are always friendly and welcoming. She hosts military & law enforcement veterans for breakfast regularly. Love this place. Jim VanSant

The lovely couple who owns the restaurant are here working alongside their staff. The restaurant is immaculately clean and the food is amazing. I had a California omelet, the eggs are fluffy and perfect, and the red potatoes were delicious. Service was quick and friendly. Could not have been a better breakfast!

We got here and was asked if we could be helped by this kind woman named Renee... she asked how many, and was glad to seat all 12 of us and the baby. Then we were greeted by Punky while we waited to be seated by Renee. Sasha & Ariana were great servers, always making sure we had steamy coffee and creamers. They gave exceptional customer service!!! I mean ALL of them... I recommend anyone to eat there. Thanks Team Punky!!!

Great food and wonderful service. Prices are cheaper that like Elmers but to me food was better. Have been there 3 times bin maybe 5 weeks. Just love it

Got the special of the day, corned beef breakfast burrito - super fresh & I slathered it in gravy!

I stopped by with my wife for breakfast. We stood and waited for almost 15 minutes. No one acknowledged us. I watched two tables leave. The front house staff started to bus these tables, then stopped and had some kind of huddle in the back corner of the restaurant. I observed the kitchen and multiple plates are just sitting, for minutes. The last time I tried to eat here was over a year ago. We were ignored then as well. Not sure about the food as we have never been seated. I gave them a second chance today and they showed me again who they are.

Punkys Diner is a gem. We stopped at this place on a whim and we were so pleasantly surprised food was great and service amazing. The hamburger and fries were just fantastic. The best fries I've ever had hands down and the burger had an incredible charbroiled flavor. Will be stopping here again when I am in the area again.

Open 4 years ago, Punky's is definitely the best breakfast diner option in Medford. Named after the owner's wife's nickname, Punky's is a kid friendly, family friendly diner that offers lots of American Style lunch and breakfast dishes and an assortment of pies that are out of the world sinful and made from scratch. Coffee is classic donuthouse coffee style that hits the spot but not super strong but excellent even if you sip it black. Service is good and I can vouch for the eggs, bacon, cherry-apple pie and old fashioned waffles which had this hungry traveler's stomach feeling warm and fuzzy. I also appreciated the cleanliness of the place except for an annoying, uninvited housefly that made a loud invasive buzzy presence. Vibe is very Mel's Drive-in-esque and there's even a few photos of Arthur Fonzarelli on the walls scattered about. Would definitely return here for breakfast again at this friendly, family-run establishment.

I love going to small breakfast spots especially since I travel for work it's the closest thing to having a home cooked meal . I went in this morning and was greeted with smiles and friendly waitresses.a win already ! I ordered the California omelette filled with bacon cheese and tomatoes with red potatoes and toast with homemade jam . It was absolutely delicious a first in a while without and over cooked rubber omelette . The service was good all the way to the end . The waitresses were all friendly and chatted with the customers and made sure my coffee stayed full . I will definately come back when I'm in town again !

My second visit here; the first was several years ago. I ordered the Sacramento omelet with various veggies, potato cakes and sourdough toast. The omelet was cooked just right but the finely chopped veggies were a bit oily. The potato cakes (mashed potatoes) were nicely toasted and the toast did taste like sourdough. The service was friendly and efficient.

This is our first time here and found it to be quite delicious. Such a classic diner feel with awesome service. We will definitely come back again.

Fresh food delivered by expert staff., The menu is 50's and quite varied. Very fun. Always tasty. My only complaint is the coffee which is bitter no matter how much cream and sugar you put in it. Does it sit around too long? Pies are great!!! But you want a cuppa coffee it. That's why only 4 stars. Based on more than 3 visits.

I've eaten here frequently over a couple years and am upping them to four stars -- they deserve it. Clean restaurant, friendly service and pretty tasty food. I get my "grits fix" on here with a like-minded friend. Their omelettes are my favourite item on the menu.

Lovely waitstaff who remember your name and have the cutest aprons which the owner sees herself. We enjoy the food here along with brite and cherry pies in season of course

This was my first time eating at Punkys. The mac n cheese is awful, it doesn't look like mac n cheese should. :-( I'm from the south, we do tend to take our mac n cheese serious, if you are craving it don't order it here. The coconut pie was excellent though!!!

I was so excited to see a diner that was actually open! The staff were friendly and the owners are an adorable elderly couple. They were taking safety precautions for sanitation, in order to be able to be open. The place is cute! Very like any 60s themed diner. I had the biscuits and gravy and it was delicious!