The best deli in Burnside!!! The sandwiches are always fresh and the staff are always welcoming!…read moreThey know all thier customers by name and treat everyone like family!!

My partner in crime and I stumbled across this place on our first trip to Halifax. It caught our…read moreeye and we impulsively decided to stop in for brunch on a Saturday around noon. I ordered the corned beef sandwich with fries and coleslaw while Sandy ordered the egg salad sandwich with potato salad. Both of us really enjoyed the sandwiches. I thought they could have filled it with a little more sliced meat, but it was delicious nonetheless. Fatty and unctuous. The coleslaw was also really tasty but a small serving. On the other hand the fries were bountiful! I couldn't finish them (which is very uncharacteristic of me) even though they were very tasty. Sandy said it was possibly the best potato salad she's ever eaten and that the sandwich had a nice challah, good amount of egg, and that the flavour of red onion lingered for hours. Downsides: only serving bottled water (no tap) and cash only (no tap).

Tried again a few months ago take out and the fish was not cooked as well as I like- more lighter…read morebrown and soggish coating and the fries as well yet great customer service- Will try instore next

This deli has been in Halifax for long as I remember. It's a staple in the Halifax food scene…read more Best known for their Polish sausage - you can get it hot in the early afternoons after they are done being smoked. Not just sausage, you can purchase other deli meats - their bacon is fantastic!!! Very reasonable pricing. Friendly service. What's not to like!!!

I first went here Inwa in grade 6 my teacher and boxing coach to me for a sandwich 1974 and still…read moregoing you can smell it in the air the fresh pepperoni being smoked along with may other items this place is a landmark staff faces are the same and you won't find a better pepperoni in Canada. If your visiting Halifax stop in its fresh and better then buying it any grocery store

Great sandwich. Great staff. 10/10 will return. Great selection, fast and clean. If you want a good…read moresub go here

Good sub. Bread very fresh. Loaded with meat and veggies. Nice guys. Polite and helpful. Lots of…read morechips etc. side salads too. Small desserts wrapped in Saran. It's a small shop, loaded with food.

Great place for a tasty breakfast at a fair price and has really good coffee at reasonable prices.read more

Pretty good! And inconsistent…read more My girlfriend and I went twice this week. First time I had the special Chili and Fries, which was good. The second time I got the grilled chicken wrap daily special (it comes with salad or pasta salad) from the woman at the cash (she seemed new). At least thats what I ordered, when I motioned to the wall with the specials on it (not the wall with the normal menu). Later I received the wrap and no salad. When I inquired, he argued I only ordered the wrap and not the salad. I tried to explain, he seemed more interested in catching me in a lie like I was looking for free stuff. Eventually he asked if I wanted the salad and I could just pay extra for it. I declined and returned to my meal. There were two LARGE bones in my chicken. My girlfriend got the keto Chrispy Cheddar sandwich both times. The first time she loved it. The second time not as much. It was cooked by someone different each time. The first cook knew how to bake the cheese so it was actually crispy and solid. The second cook must not have known how to do this, and it was just wet cheese coating the rest of the sandwich. We'll probably go back if we're in the area, as there arent a wealth of keto options out there. But I was disappointed with the return trip.

This is my second visit to Janina's…read more The first time I got schnitzel, garlic mashed potatoes and type of creamy cucumber salad. It was fantastic! The potatoes were so perfectly garlicky, and the schnitzel was delicious. The cucumber salad was tasty and I've never eaten cucumbers that tasted as good as those ones. This dill pickle soup is the reason I came here. I read about it and I just had to try it. It's delicious and flavourful but isn't overwhelmingly "pickley", and everything I hoped it would be. The cabbage rolls tasted very authentic. They have a nice light flavour, and a really good texture. To top it off, they give you a homemade roll that is perfectly crispy on the outside and soft and buttery on the inside. I was so impressed by this little hidden gem. The prices are great. The staff is so friendly and welcoming, and very attentive. The food is delicious. They even have a little eating area you're welcome to sit at to dine in. It's very casual and quaint. I will be back! Thank you

It's pretty rare that I'm making a stop in Dartmouth, and if I am it's for one of three reasons:…read more 1. It's Christmas and I'm shopping at Micmac Mall. 2. I'm trying out a new-to-me Dark Side restaurant. 3. I got stabbed on my way through Dartmouth and am now at the ER. Luckily for me, my most recent visit was for #2 (snicker), with my target being Janina's Cafe, a lunch spot in Burnside that has a Polish bent to it. Located in one of the massive strip mall-ish buildings between Burnside Dr and Brownlow, it took some Internet sleuthing and good old fashioned driving around the building to find out how to get in (hint, it's on the Burnside, uh, side, by the RBC office).  Janina's is a lunch spot catering to desk jockeys if I've ever seen one, with just two two-person tables, a counter with the hot foods in trays, and a kitchen in back. The menu is your typical sandwiches, soups and salads that you would expect, as well as hot meals that vary with the day of the week. While the guy behind the counter was suggesting the shepherd's pie, I was here to try their Polish fare; I don't need to cross the bridge for a mediocre club sandwich and salad, there's plenty of those in downtown Halifax. Unfortunately, their Polish items are few and far between, with only one a day, if that on some days. I was here on cabbage roll day though, so I went with those and a good ol' fashioned Caesar salad.  It was nice that the Caesar was made to order, instead of being a soggy mess that had been sitting there since 11am. The cabbage rolls were larger than I had expected, being the thickness of a small wrap, instead of egg roll-sized, as I had pictured in my mind's eye. I took a seat, the only person to do so during my time there, and dug in. The Caesar wasn't anything fancy, with mozza for the cheese, and it was hard to tell if the sparse bacon bits were real crumbled bacon or sketchy fake-on. At least it saved me the guilt of ordering fries. The cabbage rolls on the other hand were fantastic. The filling had a generous amount of ground pork (I think) mixed with rice, and was still moist and not overcooked. The tomato and cream sauce added further richness and a slight acidic bite. Their may have only been two, but like I said, they were big and hearty. While a person like me would love it if they took more of a Polish food focus, Janina's is making a go of it feeding the hungry Burnside masses what they want. Better to have the occasional access to Polish food, than having a place like the Russian Laura's Cafe which never found a market for its tasty dumplings and borscht. Pop in if their Polish grub is on the menu that day, and join me in lobbying for fresh pierogies to be available everyday!  #VotePierogie2016

Opening up on Blowers Street in the spring of 2024, Buddy's Deli is a takeout spot slinging subs to…read morethe downtown lunch crowd. It's a bit of a long haul from my office, but an appointment in the area brought me by and I had to scratch my sub itch. The menu is pretty compact , with eight-ish subs on the go at any given time, including a rotating monthly special. Prices seem to be comparable to the premium subs at their local competitors. The Italian bonafides of the Buddy Roma caught my eye: with lettuce, tomato, provolone, mortadella, ham, salami and roasted bell peppers, all held together with a pesto mayo, it seemed like an easy win! Taking the hefty sandwich back to the office, I unwrapped it and dug in. There was a generous portion of meats, with their tender, salty and savoury goodness melding together. The provolone added its signature mild funk, while the roasted bell pepper and pesto mayo really brought up the flavour with bright vegetal notes. Some acid would have been nice to cut through all the richness, but this was definitely a tasty sub nonetheless! A truly great sandwich is often more about the bread than it is the ingredients, and while Buddy's standard sub bun wasn't groundbreaking, it was light and soft, and held up well against its robust fillings. A return visit had me trying their clubhouse sub. If you're a club sandwich purist, it's a bit of a curve ball since in addition to lettuce, tomato, bacon and turkey, it has Black Forest ham, Swiss cheese and dill pickles. Let's be honest, getting your nose out of joint about something like a club sandwich is a bit much, and these additions are all very typical sandwich ingredients in their own right. Once again, it was a very solid sandwich! It was generously filled, and the *real* crumbled bacon stood out flavour-wise, with the tomato and pickles cutting through the savoury ingredients and slathering of mayo. The hefty sandwich made for two good lunches. I could have put it down in one, but I would have been significantly less productive that afternoon. Buddy's is putting some quality sandwiches out and fills what was a surprising blind spot for downtown Halifax, while filling up your stomach.

From the owner: Come on down to buddys deli where the sandwiches are large and fresh and the customers are treated…read morelike family.

The food "court" is a great place to get lunch. Staff us…read morecourteous and look after you while your there! The variety of the menu, and the portions are great! You will not leave hungry, I'm sure!

Well...under newish management but service is no better. Ordered salads at the counter and I was…read moregiven a smaller size than what I requested. Was told 'no no no you paid for this size'. Never did I say I was not willing to pay for larger size. Server just looked at me as I was somewhat dumbfounded. By his comments. Someone else suggested another small and I just said ok.

I was happy to visit this specialty food store last week, a Russian grocery located on Dutch…read moreVillage Road, near Boneheads BarBQ and Mexico Lindo. The staff are very friendly and I had a good time chatting with them. The store is clean and well kept, and there is a really good variety of Russian groceries on the shelves, as well as some from Poland and Israel. There is also a frozen section including Russian ice cream and perogy dumplings, as well as a deli counter. The prices are good too, not too expensive. If you are wondering what to buy, I can recommend the Russian chocolates, which you can buy by the piece and are attractively wrapped in pretty papers. There is a whole wall devoted to Russian chocolates! Their baked goods and deli items also look delicious. They store has their own ovens and they do catering too. Check out their Facebook page to see lots of yummy Russian food pictures and a few recipes https://www.facebook.com/yummydeli.halifax

I have only been in this deli once and sunflower oil was expired and they also sold me a very bad…read moresmelling sausage which surely expired as well. I understand it is hard to sell high-quality goods because it probably takes 4-6 months to ship them from Russia, but come on, how can you sell expired food, this is not Russia! I stopped coming here and, of course, I miss Russian food, but I'd better make my own perogies and eat Canadian food than buy expired overpriced food here.

Wraps are very bland and have no flavour. Healthy should also taste good…read more This did not.

This was my first time there. I ordered the sante Fe bowl and it was delicious. I will absolutely…read morevisit again next time I'm in the area. Staff was very nice. Was a nice atmosphere