Eggsmart

Absolutely delicious and inexpensive brunch for two people. My boyfriend and I got the whole shebang with the eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, toast and a couple pancakes; not greasy at all. Amazing buttermilk pancakes, I would probably get a pancake breakfast next time with a side of bacon or sausage. Daaang.

This morning Gord and I went to Eggsmart for a late breakfast … we hadn’t been since March.
Gord had Montréal Smoked Hash & Eggs … he liked it very much.
I had a BLT (without lettuce … I’m not a fan). I hadn’t had one in a while and it was delicious! The fries were good and I just had a couple (I was full).
Nicole was our server and she took excellent care of us. She was really friendly and fun.

Even though I knew about the low rates of the place, I still wanted to give it a shot, but maybe I shouldn’t have. We went with a kid, he is a nice kid and doesn’t make much noise. Sometimes he’d like to get up, walk around quietly or just stand up somewhere. The huge guy waiter told us that he reminds of himself when he was a kid except that his mum used to use a leash for him! This was extremely rude!!! I doubt there were leashes used for kids for the time he was a baby anyway, but we tried to take it as a friendly chit chat. After a few minutes he asks us to keep our kid seated. And that is while our kid was walking next to our table in a very civilised manner and wasn’t running around or anything like that. And they claim they are kid friendly!
I ordered pancakes, they were dry and hard to swallow. No cream or any sort of fruit on the side!

Our favourite brunch hotspot is Cora, but we opted for something closer to home one Saturday morning. I’m pretty picky, so I chose to go with the chicken caesar wrap on the lunch menu. My boyfriend got some traditional breakfast affair with eggs and bacon and sausage.
The salad that came with my wrap was barely edible and the wrap itself was just OK. It wasn’t the worst I’d ever had, but I make a much better one at home. My boyfriend said his food was OK too. The portions were smaller than Cora, but it was also about $ 10 less for the two of us.
The service was horrendous. A girl who looked to be maybe 16 (but was likely 18, due to government regulations) took our order and then disappeared. She never came around for drink refills or to ask how our food was. She literally dropped off our food — didn’t announce either dish, as is standard with the industry — and that was it. We stacked our dishes, put our coats on, asked for the bill at the counter and paid debit for it there, too. It wasn’t even busy. I think there were two other tables there, both of whom were there long before us.
Some people want the cheap, easy, low-​quality breakfast that Eggsmart has to offer. We don’t go out often, so when we do, we want something good. This did not meet our standards. We definitely will not be going back, and have no desire to try a different location.

Latest addition to this brunch-​loving latte-​sipping toque-​wearing neighbourhood that is rapidly hipsterifying. I was surprised that a chain restaurant opened here. Oh well, I guess some dorky humor is not that bad.
There is a wide variance between the price and the quality/​amount of food so I generally tend to avoid this place. Had it been a local restaurant, I wouldn’t mind, but paying that much for a chain restaurant? Nahh.

Great service. Another table was really rude and ridiculously picky, yet the 2 servers were egg-​ceptional (sorry). The eggs benny with peameal was disappointing; the sauce was very starchy and flavourless. The nice waitress asked how I wanted the poached eggs (never been asked that before), but they didn’t come as requested. The peameal was dry, thin and flavourless. The home fries were oddly tasteless, and some sort of coating made them dry and dusty tasting. Breakfast out is a treat for me, (calorie and $-wise) and I was not satisfied. 12 $ mis-​spent. Easy restaurant (next door) seemed terribly expensive and hipster-​doofus trendy, but perhaps it should have been my choice.

Terrible overall experience. The food was overpriced to start, so the two of us decided to split the Big Breakfast for $ 9.99. The eggs were ok, all the meat was over cooked and dry, the pancakes were under cooked and the home fries were also under cooked and unappetizing. To top it of, the service was terrible as well. The waitress passed us several times without asking how we were doing, and we had to wait over 15 min for the bill alone. We made a bad choice. Should have waited for Easy Rider.

Meh. Had the «meat scrambler». Kind of overpriced. Wife had club house — chicken isn’t very good. The ketchup in the Heinz bottle doesn’t take like heinz. Could be wrong.
So my wife and I sent back more food than arrived. No one seemed to question it. When they asked how it was and we replied «Meh.» and «so-​so» there was no reply.
Clean enough place. Server appeared once to take order, once to deliver food. Had to flag her down to get the bill.
Don’t think I will repeat.
Again, wish I had checked Unilocal&Urbanspoon before going. All the Eggsmarts seem to have generally poor ratings.