Best time to visit the Tesla Diner ?

[Feartoy]

2 trucks going to head up to the Diner this weekend from San Diego. What’s the best time so we don’t have to wait 2 hours to get in and charge and eat?

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[RandyS]

Depends on whether you want to eat inside the diner or eat in the truck outside at the Supercharger. Diner seating inside is closed from midnight to 6am. Less customers will be there in the 2am to 4am weekday timeframe (and less traffic getting there), but you have to eat in your vehicle or take it to go. If you want the diner experience, the best time to arrive is from 11pm to midnight or 6am to 7am weekdays.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

We just drove down from the Bay Area for a visit. When we were in Santa Barbara (around 3 pm on Monday)?there were 17 stalls available. By the time we got to Malibu there were 11. By the time we got to our friend’s house (around 6 pm) there were 8. By 9 pm there were 20 so we drove over. Here are my comments on the diner itself:

- we had to order from the truck and couldn’t start ordering until we will plugged in and charging. No preordering was allowed.
- the menu at 9 pm was not the menu earlier in the day, so be prepared for restricted items.
- the order was delivered minus an item by a non English speaker (no carhops by the way). Our friend had to go inside to find out why and to get utensils and napkins. They could not fix the order without the order number which was printed on the receipt on the bag and hard to read. The order did not show up in the app (old school).
- the movie being shown on the screen was not synced with the movie showing in the truck and WiFi was not suitable to watch anyway…don’t kept cutting out to ca he more video.
- the food is acceptable but not great by any means (the CT packaging is nice though).
- they want people supercharging to order and eat in cars to move people through. They said that the inside is for non-Tesla walk-ins but that doesn’t make sense since Tesla owners ‘are’ the purpose of the diner. Also, they said that they were crowded but when we got in it was not crowded. I was made to feel like a second class citizen.
- the fact that we had to go inside to fix the order and get stuff, along with the WiFi issues, tells me that they have some growing pains to get through.
- all this said the inside is totally awesome. I loved seeing the Optimus robots under glass (no Optimus serving popcorn). My wife was amazed that I didn’t want any of the merchandise but I wasn’t really impressed and already have lots of Tesla swag so I passed.
- when I went to leave two other Cybertruck’s were parked next to mine. That was cool!
- it is definite worth going to the diner and I think it has good potential once they work through the logistics issues.

 

[CyberGus]

Having a diner for relaxing while charging was a great idea.

Now they just need the Service Centers to have an open bar

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Having a diner for relaxing while charging was a great idea.

Now they just need the Service Centers to have an open bar

In my one experience the diner is not a place to relax. The whole vibe is ‘move them doggies, rawhide!’

 

[CYBERTRUCKco]

Was there last night, had the cheese fries and tuna melt, good food. Lots of great Tesla enthusiasts there.

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