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| - As a chain, Sunset Grill tends to be fairly consistent in terms of service and food no matter which location you visit. This is why, when taking my mama-bear out for breakfast somewhere between Aurora and Toronto, we searched for something with a reputation as such to avoid any Mothers Day disappointments (we leave the exploration for other days where a screw up can leave you in the dog house for awhile).
We did the smart thing and called the day before to get a handle on what the wait time would be like around our anticipated arrival time and the person on the phone was spot on when telling us that there would be a 20-30 minute wait if we showed up @ 10:30 am.
When I arrived I had my doubts as the crowds spilled out onto the sidewalk and into the parking lot. I pushed my way through and was relieved to find that the crowd had already put their names down and many were part of similar larger groups, so I added my name down and went outside.
True to their word, the staff at Sunset managed the Mothers Day brunch crowd, calmly and professionally and moved everyone through like a well oiled machine - we were seated in roughly 30 minutes.
Once seated our experience was pretty good. The servers were well organized despite the mothers day insanity and never left us alone for long enough to feel neglected, in fact our server was on her game for the most part and checked back with us on the regular before ordering, once the food arrived and post meal for bill and tidy up. The only flummox was with my meal in terms of what type of bacon I ordered... not a big deal, but I think the stress of the day was getting to our server because when I flagged the small error she argued with me about what I had ordered as opposed to just making the correction. No real fault here, just a stress thing.
For 4 of us, each ordering more than we could eat, the total bill came in just over $70 (less than $20/person), which I felt was more than fair considering how full our table (and our bellies) were.
I'd come back again to this location
Eatcrest out
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