A diner is a cheap rabbit hole restaurant found in The Sims 3.

Gameplay descriptions

Diners generate the following red map tag in-game:

This is the place where Sims can eat fastfood any time, get a job in the culinary career, attend a cooking class, or attend a weekly-ish eating contest.

At the location Sim can either have a drink or eat inside. It is remarkably cheaper (unless you have the discount diner lifetime reward or have high enough level in the culinary career) and faster than eating at the bistro, although there seems to be no related wish in eating here and the Sim receives a lower moodlet than if they ate at the bistro. Also, unlike the bistro, diners are open 24 hours.

Sims may buy a partner's deed for §6,000 and then buy out the property for an additional §18,000. It's the cheapest business to become a partner in.

Moodlets

Icon	Moodlet	Effect	Time period	Description	Notes
	Great Meal	+25-35 Mood	8 Hours	Great meals can be rare, but when a Sim dines upon such a delicious feast, it will be remembered for some time.
	Stuffed	No Mood Effect	3 Hours	Forcing Sims to eat when they are not hungry may lead to a loss of appetite and weight gain.	Eating with this moodlet makes Sim fatter. Appears when eating while not hungry. Less likely to experience weight gain with the fast metabolism lifetime reward.

Varieties

The listed sizes are calculated by fenced square shapes without Moveobjects, so some of the sizes include their front exit areas and are larger than their physical appearances.

Hogan's Deep Fried Diner in Sunset Valley, Riverview, Barnacle Bay, Bridgeport, Hidden Springs, and Vista Beach (18x11)

Brunton's Boxcar Diner in Twinbrook (10x9)

Hogan's Deep Sea Diner in Barnacle Bay (28x9)

Darris Teeter Grocery & The Koffi Cafe in Appaloosa Plains (23x18)

Armstrong's Diner in Lunar Lakes

Flying V's Coffeehouse in Starlight Shores (17x15)

Desert Diner in Lucky Palms

Riku's Luau Diner in Sunlit Tides (10x14)

Sam's Market Diner in Moonlight Falls (24x13)

Graciella's Groceries and Delfina's Diner in Monte Vista (26x18)

Füd Feud in Aurora Skies (19x17)

SimBurger in Sims University (16x22)

The Local Grocer in Dragon Valley (26x18)

Cruzita's Groceries and Diner on Surf Island, Isla Paradiso (19x18)

Fast or Fresh in Midnight Hollow (23x18)

Clean Your Plate Diner in Roaring Heights

Scowned! Bakery in Moonlight Bay

Rustic Crust Bakery in Moonlight Bay (upgraded variant)

The Salty Dog in Port Abel

Other images

In-universe ad on the walls of subway stations.^[TS3:LN]

Trivia

• The tombstone of B. Vernon Castor can be found outside Brunton's Boxcar Diner in Twinbrook. It's unknown why the tombstone is there.
• Rosalind Cruzita of Sunlit Tides might be related to Cruzita's Groceries and Diner in Isla Paradiso.
• Even with the Discount Diner lifetime reward, you can not eat at diner with less money than the price of the meal (Tested on PC).
• The exterior of Hogan's Deep Fried Diner is based on that of the real-life Everready Diner in Hyde Park, New York, USA.