Sunrise Grill & Crepe

Came here for brunch. It’s not cheap, but not too expensive (considering it’s roncesvalles). The ambience is quaint and clean and it’s nice at the front where it opens onto the sidewalk. Service is friendly and a little frantic/​busy.
The Mexican style breakfast where it’s and egg, and basically deconstructed tacos. Each bite is different which is delicious.
The spinach crêpe with feta is okay, super light and the fresh fruit of the side is nice. But nothing to write home about. It is a soft crêpe, not a crispy one and it’s quite sparsely filled. Not your big breakfast ticket item.

Food was good. Service was a little slow. But overall not a bad breakfast experience.

Terrible experience, serving the worst huevos rancheros we had ever tried. Unmelted cheese, beans from the can, and unwarmed tortilla; leaving an utterly uninspired and tasteless plate! Take your business elsewhere, as we will next time.

Nice little Brunch spot. Service is fairly slow but didn’t feel negligent, who is in a rush on Saturday morning?

Love this place for brunch. German pancakes are delicious! Light breakfast now with two eggs and a half plate of fruit is fantastic. Lattes are also yummy. Brie and avocado omelet needs a bit of a kick. Staff are always friendly and service is fast. Best part — no lineup and no having to wait an hour for your first meal of the day.

Horrible and disrespectful service.
When I asked what «Grand Marnier sauce» was on the french toast, the waitress asked the chef to explain, he looked at me and said, «She can’t have it.»
Assuming I was underage, which I am not, why would it be on the menu as a sauce if you are going to deny customers of it? If I had not asked what it was, I would have been served it regardless.
Deciding to stay despite this behavior from the chef, when I then asked what «English cream» was, the waitress again had no idea, the chef very disrespectfully and loudly, took the entire can of English cream and slammed it on the counter, turned away from my table of friends and did not say a word.
I have never experienced this type of service in my life. We had to ask for water, and then were never given refills. After asking for the bills, we eventually had to go up to the counter and basically do it ourselves because they were ignoring us.
Do NOT recommend this place in the slightest.

My favorite place in Toronto. Owner is super nice and service is really good. Food is really fresh and delicious. I guess I tried everything on the menu. If you don’t want to long line up and have a walk at High Park after breakfast, you must visit this place.

Food is delicious and great value but service is horrible now. No top ups on coffee and servers who completely ignore you.

This place has a lot to learn. Very disappointing with today’s service.
1. When someone doesn’t eat meat they should allow substitution or give discount. 2. Stop using spray bottles to clean tables I surely don’t want that in my food.
3. A side of French toast should not cost additional $ 2.00 for one slice.
I would never go there again. There are just too many great place in roncy.

We went there about a week ago when they had a breakfast omelette with apricots. It was disgusting! The apricots were soooo sour they were inedible! When I mentioned this to the server, she did not even reply. Then, we realized that she could not understand what I was saying, or pretended she could not. We thought back and realized English was a second or third language for her.
Either way, the bill was over $ 30.00 for 2 breakfast items — not cheap to begin with. The quality of food is very poor. It was not a happy experience. We won’t be back.
The one star is for the open window/​deck setting on a lovely summer day.

Before writing this I scanned the other reviews. Particularly entertaining was «they even have poached eggs»! Wow, isn’t that amazing! An all day breakfast place that has poached eggs! To cut right to the point, this place sucks! And to be sure that I have it right, just ask to use the bathroom before you take a seat. Once you walk through the dirt and grime in the service area, you’ll be convinced I’m right.
I still smell like the grease and smoke in the place, 3 hours after being there. Its worse than having a sizzling fajita spilled all over you. This place truly, well, sucks! It has all the charm of a quaint Roncesvalles all day breakfast place. The pictures of specialty eggs benny dishes with mounds of fruit, in the window is certainly alluring.
We traded the quaint natural setting of Grenadier in High Park (because the breakfast also sucks there, but the surroundings are nice) for this place because it had «sumptuous» breakfast written all over the steam laden windows.
While intrigued by the house specialties (the same eggs benny ingredients arranged in several ways) I opted for the plain 3 eggs over easy with pea meal bacon and brown toast. My GF ordered the light breakfast with one egg, sunny side up and rye toast. After we ordered, the young trainee said «wow, you guys are easy», which led me to believe there are a lot of customers who have learned that the basic breakfast sucks and have learned how to order their food with improvements.
My eggs were over-​cooked and the bacon was akin to shoe leather. After getting through the meal, the waitress asked the ceremonial question, «how was it?». I wanted to just let it go but commented that the bacon was very dry and tough. She apologized and said she would tell the chef. She then brought us our bill and apologized again, acknowledging that the the bacon was «tough and rubbery», but didn’t take it off the bill or show any signs of compensation.
From the cold latte to start, to the rubbery pea meal bacon, and bread that has so much butter on it you could lube a car, and aside from a great location, this is one of the worst breakfast places I have been to. And until I shower, I will still have the scent to prove it. Eggsmart at the foot of Roncesvalles doesn’t have the «Sunrise» charming location, but it’s food is edible and you won’t smell like a ’40’s diner grill when you leave.

Good place. Service is a bit crazy. Some were complaining of waiting twenty minutes for an omelette, others got their order in less than five. Don’t take the table by the cash, they’ll knock stuff onto your table, reach over you like you weren’t there, etc. Otherwise very good. Solid portions. I was even offered take out coffee after my meal at no cost if I wanted!

I really like this place! I go here often and always get the three eggs breakfast with fruit. It’s tasty, fresh and just overall a good breakfast. I also really like their coffee! It’s totally affordable and the staff are super nice. Their blueberry pancakes are also good. This place never disappoints me.

Warm welcoming and homey, that’s exactly what you need after a late night out and about. Sunrise Grill fits the bill! We were seated fairly quickly for primetime Sunday brunch, the wait was only around 20 minutes. I was quite excited for the crêpe part of the Sunrise Grill, however the crêpe menu was small and didn’t have what I was looking for. Now, I understand this isn’t Cora’s and restaurants are trying to be concise with their menus, however breakfast is when I want to be completely overwhelmed with options. I did find something to my liking on the specials menus, a little twist on eggs benny with sun-​dried tomatoes and bacon. The English muffin was nicely toasted (key to a good base to a benny) and the sun-​dried tomatoes were plentiful. The eggs were poached perfectly and smothered in deliciously herby hollandaise sauce. I was slightly disappointed with the home fries. They were nicely spiced, however not nearly crispy enough. Breakfast at the Sunrise Grill is decent, but not the greatest. Please add more savoury items to your crêpe menu and make your potatoes crispier!

This place is awesome. My friend and I had had coffee at the Abbott (KIng & Spencer, another great coffee place) and we were looking to have something breakfasty or brunchy. Eggs came to mind. We thought, hmm, let’s walk up Roncesvalles and we did. We were getting tired and I was about to call a cab to get to College Street when we found this amazing place. Incredible omelettes (in this case, Kielbasa for me and goat cheese for her) and the rest of their menu looked very yummy as well! Great choice for people living nearby but worth crossing the city for as well! Great service too, overall a winner!

Their all day breakfasts are very large. Only 6 dollars for 3 eggs, toast, home fries, and your choice of sausage/​bacon/​ham. Other non-​breakky menu items are smaller portions though. Decent service (was in group of 7). Would come again.

Do you want a good tasty breakfast and a decent cup of tea or coffee? That’s what they offer. Nothing more, nothing less. I’m happy to recognize, recommend and frequent a good solid player like the sunrise grill. Servers are nice but unevenly skilled. It affects you less if you don’t go during the rush.

I’ve been going to Sunrise Grill & Crêpe fairly regularly for breakfast over the past couple years. It’s a nice little breakfast spot with a small patio on Roncesvalles near High Park Ave.
I have experienced this place vastly improve over the years. Where it used to be kind-​of so-​so and not the first choice on my list, it’s now one my favourite local spots. Everything from the homefries to the coffee to even the napkins has improved at this place.
The service is friendly and timely and the atmosphere is rather mellow with wooden benches and tables. There is an open concept kitchen in the centre of the restaurant where the cooks are professional and hard at work. Usually I just have the ‘eggs and bacon’ breakfast but this time I felt adventurous and tried the spinach crêpe with swiss cheese and walnuts. It came with a huge mound of fresh fruit. The meal was delicious! I ordered some of their homestyle potatoes on the side and they were perfectly spiced and savory. I like that they are not deepfried. They have great espresso and do cappuccinos and lattes as well.
I’m looking forward to sitting on their patio for many more breakfasts in this nice weather.

I think Roncy has more restaurants per square km then any other neighbourhood and a great selection to choose from– which also hinders the decision making process as you humm and Haa over the choices.
This is a good little spot.
Service was interesting — I was feeling ignored than overly attended to, then ignored again.
The food was great — the menu made me feel less like a piglet as I found the 3 egg brunch choices hard to settle on and the ONE egg selection was just not enough. Apparently, people who come here, don’t eat 2 eggs– which was fine by me.
I particularly enjoyed that you have a choice of getting salad or mounds of fresh fruit with your food– which was better than fries or salad in my mind.
The mound of fruit weren’t stellar, which gave me the impression that the cheap fruit market in Roncy were not at par to the cheap fruit markets in the Annex, which sold delicious fruits ONLY. However, only the tropical fruits flopped and the melons and berries were fantastical.
All in all, good spot — I loved the seasoned home fries — since the last few places didn’t believe in seasoning. Great location too, by the the time you’re done, you’re so full that you need the walk to Film buff for dessert.

When I was attempting to explain the awesomeness of this place to my Bf it went something like «it’s a total breakfast experience, it’s the only thing you look forward to on a Monday morning». Although my work week does not start on a Monday there is a sadness to losing the weekend that leaves you feeling blue.
Sunrise Grill has the cure, a cute atmosphere with lots of vintage ads on their walls and if you take one of the booths you can see the cook preparing your food. Then you get excited when you see he is making your order.
They have one of the best breakfast menus I’ve ever seen. It’s the kind of breakfast I’d invest time in to make myself if I’ve been good. Amazing French toast, pancakes, crepes they even have poached eggs and huevos rancheros.
When they say mounts of fruit they really mean it, and you don’t just get two slices of old orange, you get a whole lot of different array of fruits all fresh!
It’s a little out of my way but it’s a great location and the service is just right.