Lynden, Washington

Dutch Treat Restaurant

“We are a local, small town restaurant.

Breakfast is served all day!!!”

Open 6 to 4 · Closed Sunday

(360) 354-2003

206 3rd St, Lynden, WA 98264 · Directions

The door sign

Mon–Sat 6:00 AM–4:00 PM · Closed Sunday

Dutch Treat is a classic American diner on 3rd Street in downtown Lynden: a small room, a counter, booths, and coffee. Despite the name, there is nothing Dutch about the food at all, as reviewers are quick to point out. It is omelets, chicken fried steak, burgers, and shakes, served the way diners have always served them.

Menu

A short diner menu, the way it should be. Regulars will tell you the low prices are half the reason they keep coming back.

Breakfast, served all day

  • Chicken fried steak
  • Biscuits and gravy
  • Denver omelet
  • Spanish omelet
  • Bacon and mushroom omelet
  • Belgian waffles
  • Egg plates with hash browns and toast
  • Homemade donuts

Lunch

  • Dutch Treat burger
  • Ham-o-burger
  • Hamburgers and cheeseburgers
  • Turkey club
  • Au jus sandwich
  • Crispy chicken salad
  • Tuna, bacon and tomato salad
  • Soups reviewers single out the corn chowder

Sides

  • Hash browns
  • Home fries
  • French fries
  • Tater tots

Shakes and coffee

  • Chocolate shakes
  • Old-fashioned malt milkshakes
  • Coffee

In a hurry? Takeout is available, and there is a side window for quick orders. Call (360) 354-2003 and it will be waiting.

The room

The Dutch Treat Restaurant storefront on 3rd Street in Lynden, with its red-lettered sign, blue awning, and stone front
The storefront on 3rd Street
Inside the Dutch Treat: wooden tables and chairs, hanging lamps, and morning light through the front windows
Inside, where the locals sit

“If you are looking for a place where the locals go, you found it here.”

It is a small room, about forty seats when it is packed, and reviewers describe it the same way year after year: a classic old-style diner with a hometown feel, the kind of place that has not chased a trend in a long while. Farmers talk weather in the corner. The coffee keeps coming.

The praise that comes up most is not fancy. It is good food at low prices, friendly service, and a room that feels like breakfast used to.

Downtown Lynden, a block off Front Street. Lynden is a Dutch-heritage town; the diner itself is as American as they come, and that is exactly how the regulars like it.

At the counter

  • HoursMonday to Saturday, 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM
  • SundayClosed. The grill is off and the door stays shut.
  • BreakfastAll day, right up to the 4 PM close. Order an omelet at 3 in the afternoon if that is what you want.
  • DinnerNone. Breakfast and lunch only, so plan on the early close.
  • TakeoutCall (360) 354-2003 ahead, or use the side window for quick orders.
  • DeliveryNone. Come in, or call for takeout.
  • To drinkCoffee and shakes. No alcohol.
  • The roomSmall, about forty seats. It fills up at peak breakfast and lunch hours.

Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Facebook, from 33 reviews. That page is the closest thing the restaurant has to a homepage.