American & Diner Menu Prices (2026)

Classic sit-down diners and family restaurants: entrees, sides, kids menus and daily specials.

American & Diner menu prices for 2026 — 16 chains compared, including Applebee's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chili's Grill & Bar — Signature item prices across 16 american & diner chains.

16 american & diner restaurants

Applebee's

Applebee's competes almost entirely on bundles. The 2 for $25 menu — an appetizer and two…

$$ 42 items from $1.00

Buffalo Wild Wings

Buffalo Wild Wings prices wings by the count, not by the pound, and the count you pick…

$$ 33 items from $3.49

Chili's Grill & Bar

Chili's spent 2024 and 2025 winning the casual-dining price war outright, and the weapon…

$$ 40 items from $3.79

Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel pairs a Southern country restaurant with a retail store, and its menu has…

$$ 45 items from $3.99

Denny's

Denny's is the archetypal American diner chain: open around the clock at most locations…

$$ 41 items from $3.49

Golden Corral

Golden Corral is the largest grill-buffet chain in the United States, built around a…

$$ 25 items from $1.99

IHOP

IHOP is the largest full-service breakfast chain in the country, and its pricing works…

$$ 41 items from $3.79

LongHorn Steakhouse

LongHorn Steakhouse competes head-to-head with Outback, and on price the two are close…

$$ 32 items from $3.69

Olive Garden

Olive Garden is the largest Italian-American casual dining chain in the country, and…

$$ 42 items from $6.49

Outback Steakhouse

Outback is the mid-priced steakhouse most Americans measure the others against, and its…

$$ 38 items from $3.79

Portillo's

Portillo's is the definitive Chicago fast-casual restaurant: Chicago-style hot dogs…

$$ 41 items from $3.79

Red Lobster

Red Lobster is the best-known casual seafood chain in the United States, and its menu is…

$$$ 37 items from $4.49

Red Robin

Red Robin's pitch is the Bottomless side: every burger comes with fries, steak fries…

$$ 27 items from $3.99

Texas Roadhouse

Texas Roadhouse is the cheapest way to eat a hand-cut steak in a sit-down restaurant in…

$$ 47 items from $3.49

The Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory runs a 250-item menu, and prices cover a wide spread: Lunch…

$$$ 39 items from $4.50

Waffle House

Waffle House never closes. Every location is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year…

$ 43 items from $2.45

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What to expect from american & diner pricing

Classic sit-down diners and family restaurants: entrees, sides, kids menus and daily specials. Prices in this category are set per location, so the same item can differ by a dollar or two between neighbouring towns. Combos and family bundles almost always beat ordering the same items individually — usually by 15 to 25 percent.

Each restaurant page below lists the full menu section by section, the current opening hours, and the specific discounts worth knowing about before you order.

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