Bud's Restaurant

"The staff an food are honestly amazing! The foods cheap but made from good quality ingredients. There specials change daily along with there pies! Yes seating is small but that's part of the charm! It's a old school diner that's been around since 1939. It's awesome to be able to eat an enjoy history all at the same time! Bud's restaurants dose old school perfectly, an the atmosphere is beyond cozy. The staff are always friendly an seem to know most there regulars by name. It's definitely a hole in the wall restaurant that takes a us all back in time to enjoy a solid good meal!"

"Amazing pie. Old school phone still in use! Fun small diner experience."

"I really like this place for breakfast. So don't get me wrong, but I had to give two stars for yesterday. We ordered lunch because it was 11:30 and breakfast was not available anymore. When our food came out everything was well overcooked. My husband got fried shrimp with fries and broccoli cheese bites. I ordered fried veal fried mushrooms and coleslaw. The only thing that was not overcooked was the coleslaw. I explained to our server about it and she just Shrugged her shoulders. She did offer to replace the mushrooms because after being cooked so long there was no Mushroom in it. By this time we had sat there for a while and I was done trying to eat. I will not go back for lunch again. I may go back for breakfast but we shall see"

"I grew up in Defiance. I used to work at Villa Shoes and would sometimes get lunch at Bud’s. This past week a coworker and myself were working in Chicago and had to finish up in Akron OH. We had some extra equipment with us that waits at our first site and we ship it back from the last site. My coworker asked if I wanted to fly from Chicago to Cleveland (with 2 boxes of extra equipment along with our luggage and tools) or drive it? I said let’s drive it, and we can detour through Defiance and have lunch with my family that is still in the area. We met at a different restaurant for Mexican food but per my sister’s suggestion we had to get pie from Bud’s. We stopped in and I had to get a slice of butterscotch pie as soon as I saw it on the menu. Other than mom making it, I never see it as an option in restaurants at home in S Carolina or in my work travels. My coworker was trying to decide and he wanted raspberry but the nice young lady behind the counter said they were out. One other person said a fresh one was ready so he was able to get the raspberry pie. Not sure what happened but we somehow got 2 raspberry slices and a butterscotch to go. At first I said something about the extra slice but my coworker said we’d take all 3. Well, we drove on to Akron, installed the equipment and then later that night we got to our hotel rooms. Knowing I would be in Defiance again before my coworker l let him have the extra slice of raspberry. I got to my room and the first thing I did was eat my slice of butterscotch pie. And immediately wished I had a second one! The next morning I asked my coworker how was the raspberry pie? He said it was absolutely amazing! He said his plan was to eat one and have the other in the morning but he ate both that night! Then he went to the gym at the hotel to work it off. On my next trip to Defiance (if driving) I am getting a whole butterscotch pie!!! If flying then I will figure something out. Amazing pies for sure!!!"