OK Diner



The OK Diner is a privately owned roadside restaurant chain in the United Kingdom. The restaurants have a retro, 1950s-style American diner theme with popular 1950s music, chequerboard flooring, booth seating, plenty of chrome details and 1950s memorabilia on the walls.

The concept was created by John Roebuck and Tony Horsfall for City Centre Restaurants (now The Restaurant Group) and was sold to co-directors Ian Hendry and Dafydd Poole in a management buyout in 2001. In 2014, Poole bought out his partner.

Current locations
As of March 2023 the Ok Diner chain has nine restaurants.


 * A1 Northbound – Carlton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
 * A1 Southbound – New Fox, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire
 * A1 Northbound – Tickencote, Rutland
 * A5 – Cannock, Staffordshire
 * A19 Services Southbound – Elwick, County Durham
 * A38 Southbound – Egginton, Derbyshire
 * A49 – Leominster, Herefordshire
 * A55 Gateway Services – Northop Hall, Flintshire
 * Mile End Roundabout, Oswestry, Shropshire