After reading multiple reviews on here, I avoided this place. My friend suggested we try it and I was extremely sceptical. When we went we both ordered the eggs benny. Not the best quality food but it was good for the price we paid. The homefries were surprisingly good and I was impressed. The servers were kind, and it was a friendly environment. Overall it was a good dining experience, and I was blown away especially after reading the reviews here. I've been back a couple times, and I've noticed some things: sometimes the homefries are great, but sometimes they taste like a freezer-burnt mess. Sometimes the staff is cheery but sometimes they're clearly overwhelmed and they do get grouchy. You just have to be clear with your order, and when you say you're ready to order make sure you're actually ready to order! Overall, it's a good place. You get what you pay for and more times then not it's a good experience. I keep going back so I'd say it's a good place! read more

My story seems very similar to many other reviews on here. None of the other restaurants in the neighbourhood open up earlier than 11am during the week so I forced myself to give this place another try. Boy i wished I hadn't. For the third time in 6 visits I found hair in my food. What gives? Seriously??? They charge a dollar for extra artificial maple syrup and the home fries are always tasteless. The eggs, bacon and toast were delicious but it was hard to get the picture of hair outta my head. Service was good but I will never be coming back here again. Don't make the same mistake I did.... read more

DO NOT GO TO THIS RESTAURANT!!!! Ordered the continental breakfast which the menu outlined as; - 3 eggs - 2 sausages- mushrooms - tomatoes - toast - fries The best thing that came out of this meal was the free glass of water & the additional Peaham bacon that I ordered for $4. The breakfast was $16 in total (I did not tip, for obvious reasons).... would've went to McDonald's if I knew the kind of service I was about to experience. To my surprise the eggs, sausages, mushrooms & tomatoes came out all scrambled together, rather than separate, no big deal, maybe it tastes great.... WRONG!!! The mushrooms were still ice-cold, eggs seemed microwaved, tomatoes were cold, fries were 1/2 cooked & the bread was stale. I generally dislike sending food back, even though I was really hungry at the time, I was joining a friend for lunch & did not want to be a bother so thought I would pass on the feedback at the end or if I was asked, just as a FYI as I believe feedback is extremely important to a business owner (both positive & negative). Towards paying I politely passed on my feedback to the owner (a woman with curly brown hair) when paying for my meal, her reaction was the WORST thing you could ever do to a paying customer. She was very defensive, extremely rude, arrogant and above all did not seem to show any kind of empathy. All i wanted was a simple "I'm so sorry, I will let the kitchen know" something that is so easily said & done, not for this owner. I then asked if she could compensate the meal by 1/2 price (I was now angry) as I only ate 1/2 of the fries (which i had to cover in ketchup) and the bacon , she absolutely refused as I did not mention anything earlier. As an owner, her job should be to check on her customers to see how everything is, especially if she notices 30 minutes in a customer has not touched their food. The fact that I have gone to the effort to register with yelp, searched for the restaurant to leave this review should signify how upset I still am (3 days later). If the owner is reading this, listen to your customers, learn to take criticism, and if an oppurtunity is presented for you to turn a bad customer service into a positive.... TAKE IT!! read more

It has all day breakfast and WiFi. The location is right in Cabbagetown. The building has a big window that let's in a lot of light and air. The breakfast is tasty and cheap. Always my go to place! read more

the bf and i went here for dinner tonight. he ordered the philly steak and cheese sand which i'm pretty sure was just made from the steak-umms frozen meat that you can buy in the frozen foods section of any supermarket--no kidding, steak-umms--nothing special here for sure. i ordered the double pork chops which, in fact, were quite flavorful and tasty but, at the same time, were about 1/2 the size of what i expected for the price of CAD 9.95. my dinner came with (instant) mashed potatoes and a less-than-generous serving of previously frozen carrots, peas, and corn. pretty disappointing overall. we both drank tap water with our meals so the total check came to CAD 18.20. we gave the waitress a $20 and left never to return. sorry johnny g's. read more

HORRIBLE Horrible experience. The place was covered in bees I barely had two bites of my food before being stung. Not their fault of course but then my food was also covered in bees. So much so that I could not eat it (also I was not feeling too hungry after the sting). My server told me to tell the owner (who was also the person ringing out the bills) what had happened. I explained to her the situation and she replied in the rudest tone I have ever heard "what was she was suppose to do about it, that it was not her problem and that bees all over my food was not a big deal because bees are clean". I kid you not this is what she said. No apology, nothing. Needless, to say I will not be going back. It was an absolutely HORRIBLE experience. read more

mostly bland food in a slightly charming woody atmosphere ~ friendly service. instant decaf was a disaster.. (get your coffee down the street) My friend ordered a Greek salad w dressing on the side (dressing didn't come on the side). salmon and spinach omelet was nothing amazing.. asked for feta w it (came a tiny bit sprinkled on top). read more

This place is dreadful! Yes it's cheap but the coffee is flavourless (it's just water with brown) and the food is bland. I order the Eggs Benedict and it tasted like fish. For real. It was so gross, I had to send it back. I've only ever sent food back twice in a restaurant. read more

Quick food, greasy spoon. Coffee is good. Not much to say about the food other than its typical of a diner. The main waitress is efficient and has a friendly banter with the regulars. read more

Went for brunch -- the menu's pretty standard (nothing stood out as being particualrly "special"), but it's fairly priced and the service was stellar (very friendly, always someone on hand to refill a coffee or what have you despite it being a busy Sunday brunch service). Food came quickly and eggs were done correctly. They do good home fries and the bacon was crispy, just like we wanted it. It's not a place you'd take someone you're looking to impress (it's a bit run-down, but charming nonetheless), but for a nice sit-down breakfast, brunch, or lunch I'd definitely go again. read more

Garbage and that is exactly what we felt about the food they served us. Cream of mushroom soup that was actually beige water, pea-meal sandwich which was ridiculously small and tasteless, salad with wilted brown lettuce and an owner who could not take feed back and actually blamed us for not liking the food. The experience was completely unpleasant and the owner is beyond rude. The bill came to over $27.00 which included the tip that she added on without our knowledge. I can hardly believe this happened. I had been going for years and it was always great, had not been back for a couple of years. Now there are big changes that are very unpleasant. They have lost a customer for life, in fact a bunch of customers because of this. Terrible mistake to take a visiting friend there after telling him how exceptional the place was. I have never been so humiliated. We are not the sort of people that go around needlessly complaining. However, this is the only way I can express my profound disappointment since she (the owner) was actually aggressive, argumentative and just plain nasty. read more