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| - Helen's is not the greatest thing ever, but it has charm on its side. Located right on the scenic banks of the Credit, I often come here for breakfasts with my girlfriend's family. The house breakfast with three eggs, hash browns, plentiful toast, choice of meat (sausage, peameal, bacon or ham), coffee and OJ is pretty much guaranteed to fill you up right, but it's fairly average in preparation (except the hash browns, which I really like.) I've certainly had much better (and heartier, and more option-able) all-in-one or lumberjack breakfasts. The fried egg sandwich is decent, but the omlelettes are unremarkable and dry.
As for the fish and chips featured on the marquee: they're honestly not all that good. The chips themselves are nice (and you get a lot of them) but the word "doughy" which others have used to describe the fish and the overly greasy/soft batter is pretty accurate.
I haven't been around long enough to know firsthand, but I have heard the story about the change in ownership being a drag for this place. I don't mind coming here because it's a decent place to get a big plate of breakfast and shoot the breeze, but it's not really impressive in the long run.
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