Posted in West Virginia May 07, 2020 by

Not Much Has Changed At Royal Restaurant In West Virginia Since They Opened In 1904 And That’s Why We Love It

There’s such a great mix of restaurants, new and old, throughout the state of West Virginia. A local favorite, Royal Restaurant in Keyser definitely falls into the category of “old” – it was founded in 1904 and has been serving up great food at very reasonable prices ever since!

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The oldest restaurant in Keyser, West Virginia, is a small storefront with an eye-catching blue awning on Main Street: Royal Restaurant.
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It opened in 1904 and has been serving satisfied customers in the Eastern Panhandle ever since.
Not much has changed in the last hundred years at Royal Restaurant, and that's what long-time patrons love about the place.
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The people are friendly, and the décor is comfortably old fashioned.
The food is still made according to the same delicious, tried-and-true recipes you remember from your first visit.
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...and the menu is still as reasonably priced as ever.
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In addition to breakfast, which is served all day and receives rave reviews on TripAdvisor and Facebook, this mom and pop style restaurant also offers lunch and dinner options.
And just in case its long-standing presence in the community didn't convince you that the food must be good...
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...maybe these awards will. The restaurant has an impressive stack of them hanging on the wall: best breakfast, best burger, best diner, best-all around restaurant, and best dinner under $10. That's a lot of bests!

You can find Royal Restaurant at 88 North Main Street, Keyser, West Virginia. Stop by their Facebook page for updated hours and menu information. One important note: to help keep things simple and their prices low, Royal Restaurant is cash-only (we told you it hasn’t changed much since the 1900s!).

Have you eaten here before? What’s your standard order?

For another long-standing community favorite, try Griffith & Feil Drug in Kenova.

 

Address: 88 N Main St, Keyser, WV 26726, USA