Chez Cora

What has happened to my Chez Cora? About three years ago Cora was delicious, my favorite was the now closed one on Rue Sherbrooke. I came to this location, desperately craving some English Cream Cora Style. Such disappointment ensued.
My French isn’t perfect, but it’s good enough for a girl from Cleveland with a dad from Montréal. The waitress greeted us in French, I responded. She asked what we wanted to drink, I responded. She ignored me and stared at my boyfriend, who was clueless and relied on my translations for most of our trip. She then started speaking English, meanly, still ignoring me. I ordered some coffee and then some water because my breakfast was dry. The water was lukewarm, without ice. No refills on water were given to my boyfriend or me. I at least had coffee to drink, but the bf only had his empty water glass for his entire meal.
I ordered the current special during mid-​August, the crunchy crêpe. It was horrible. The crêpe was mostly empty. The fruit that came with it was sparse. I had no water to help wash down the dry crêpe. Even coffee wasn’t helping. Our waitress had officially disappeared. 30 minutes later, she pops back to ask if we need anything else. We nicely ask for more water and the check. 20 more minutes pass, no check. No water. We finally get her attention so we can pay and leave. We were really hoping someone else at the register would’ve helped us so we would have felt better about tipping her what she actually deserved. Since she rang us out, she got more than we wanted to give her on our credit card transaction.
My fond memories of Cora are just that: fond memories. I’m not sure if I’ll return next time I’m visiting my family. I’ll probably go somewhere else. But at least they have free wireless!

Once upon a time, there was a man who looooooved eating breakfast in restaurants. And so his wife took him to Chez Cora for a treat.
The man was in carb heaven after eating both crèpes AND french toast (what is this word, «or»?) with a mountain of fresh fruit. He was glad his wife encouraged him to go for the real maple syrup, even at 50 cents extra per little plastic cup.
His wife was less impressed with her eggs benedict, which were overly salty and served cold on a soggy English muffin. (What is it with Cora’s? Every time I have been to any of their locations, the food always comes out cold. They should heat their plates or something.) But her fruit was yummy, and she appreciated the fast service.
Overall verdict… not bad for a chain (at least it’s a local chain). But not fantastic either. Maybe I should have had the crèpes.

It seemed like the Denny’s of Montréal. Mediocre breakfast. The type of place that isn’t bad, but the type of place you go to when you have no other better options.

Chez Cora c’est bien si c’est le seul resto à déjeuner des environs. Mais avec toute la compétition qu’il y a à moins d’un kilomètre de cette succursale, Chez Cora sur Mont Royal né fait pas le poids. Mais un peu partout ça revient au même avec cette chaîné: On paye pour de la nourriture vraiment moyenne. Les patates né sont pas siiiiii fantastiques, et les crêpes sont bonnes mais grosseur «je-vais-exploser-mais-c’est-du-sucre-donc-je-termine-de-manger». Le café goûte l’eau et personnellement je trouve que le sucre à la crème rendu à la caisse c’est un peu too much. Vous êtes pas au courant que tout le monde ressort en roulant de votre restaurant tellement ils ont mangé? Sauf si tu commandes un yogurt et granola, à ce moment là peut-​être que tu as encore faim, mais ça m’étonnerais que tu te prennes du sucre à la crème pour te féliciter d’être resté raisonnable pour déjeuner, ça pèterait un peu le concept santé de ton repas. Quoi que j’imagine que ça doit plaire à certaines personnes. Bref je m’éloigne.
Pratique pour les grands groupes et les déjeuners avec grand-​maman, grand-​papa et le petit cousin de 2 ans. Mais sinon, profitez de la belle variété de restaurants du plateau, vous aurez mieux pour votre argent.

This place reminds me of Denny’s in America. Its a diner located in a hotel and came here for a quick lunch. Had the savory crepes that exceeded my expectations and their fruit crepes were good too! Very fresh and very french!

Chez Cora is somewhat of a cookie cutter breakfast franchise. The bright yellow smiley sun and cute cartoons that adorn the restaurant pretty much attracts the old people and families. The menu is in French and has pictures to accompany the dishes.
I opted for the Sassarin Surprise. It was 3 sausages wrapped in a buckwheat crepes accompanied by fruits. The fruits were like a boquet. The apple was cut like a flower, the watermelon was carved, the strawberries were sliced, etc. My only complaint was that the grapes were a little waxy. But overall, my dish was yummy and somewhat healthy.
The stand out dish at Chez Cora was the crêpe. I have never seen a crêpe that big before. It was like a Dosa from Vik’s in Berkeley. The crêpe was bigger than a footlong at Subway. And if you like chocolate, I think a whole jar of nutella was placed in this crêpe. My friend had to scrape out the extra chocolate and put it in a bowl.
Chez Cora was fun. The staff was really nice to us. We were a big group of 12. They were unable to seat us together so we just sat three tables in a row. Not a big deal. The whole joint is pretty casual.