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| - I don't get it. Why does this place get such awesome reviews?
Maybe things have changed a lot since the positive, 4-5 star ratings were made. When we first arrived, I actually overheard the table next to us exclaim that the menu and the food had changed so much since they had last dropped in ~7 months ago.
Having received a Buy 1 Get 1 Free (with a mandatory drink purchase) coupon in my mailbox, the hubs and I decided to come here for brunch. We both ordered the Eggs Benny. I ordered mine with a small glass of fresh-pressed orange juice plus an extra side of hollandaise (y'know, as a shooter, the way normal people do - heh heh) and the asked for regular bacon and a coffee. Replacing the peameal bacon with the regular streaky type came at no extra cost, but the hollandaise costs an extra $1.99 served in one of those small metal cups that often holds melted butter for lobsters. If you substitute the bacon for spinach, smoked salmon, or other protein, it will cost an additional $1.99.
My orange juice was alright, it wasn't very sweet - maybe it's not orange season yet? Forgivable, given that I don't expect produce to be perfect, but I do wish it were served cold rather than tepid.
The hollandaise sauce didn't really taste like much of anything, and I'm pretty sure it came out of a can rather than being house-made. The English muffins are served untoasted, so you'll have to ask for them to be toasted in advance if you prefer them that way. Potatoes were OK, grilled to a crispy brown on one side but seems like they didn't have enough time to flip it over to the other, totally ungrilled side. On the plus, the hubs' eggs were served pretty perfectly poached.
At the end of our meal, we went to pay the bill and was mischarged 3 times - the cashier kept cancelling and re-entering the order, charging for a large size orange juice ($4.99) rather than a small ($2.99). In the end, she ended up still cancelling the small orange juice and punching in a large again. We didn't realize it until we had left, but given that she had forgotten to charge us for the extra hollandaise we were only overcharged by $1 so didn't bother going back in.
It's a really convenient location for those of us in the Willowdale area and the price points are quite reasonable, with the most expensive breakfast item topping at $12.99. If you have 2 for 1 meal coupon, your meal with a drink will cost about $10 which is pretty good considering that's what you'd end up paying even at fast food places. All in all I'd come back again for convenience, but if you're in the mood for some serious brunching I still prefer the downtown area.
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