Main’s Mansion

I enjoyed my daddy-​daughter date here last week, very much so.
Came by for a $ 5 pint, a pound of medium wings and a California naked burger. All were delicious. The patty had yummy seasoning and the guac was pretty decent. The Caesar salad was creamy and potent in garlic — just the way I like it. Our server was polite and competent.
If I’m ever in the area, I’d return fo sho. I really like that there was a fireplace and a book shelf of dusty classics.

I have visited mains mansion a number of times for breakfast or brunch. That’s what this review is going to talk about, the brunch.
The inside is decorated like an Irish –ish pub. Hardwood floors, stain glass windows, bar, etc. You can definitely tell (and sometimes smell) that it is probably mostly a pub at night. Seating inside consists of low tables and chares or high tables with high seats, there may be a banquet but I have seen it. There’s also a huge patio to sit at in the summer. Its never really been that busy when we’ve come, bit we tend to go a bit earlier. It’s usually when we are ready to leave that’s when it starts to fill in more.
It’s located on main Street Markham, not main Street unionville. There’s some on street parking, and parking on the side, and back of the building. So basically no parking stress. Right on! Don’t try and bus it unless you like to walk, there’s a bus that runs up the street but its pretty rare. So you have to walk up hill from highway 7 or downhill from 16^th avenue. I’m pretty lazy so no walking :)
I have only come with girlfriends for brunch usually before heading off to paint lounge or the farmers market.
With one exception the brunch is great. I prefer coming here than going to Cora’s. Cost seems to go from a yogurt parfait for 12.99 (its huge) to an eggs Benedict platter for 24.99. My favourites are the classic breakfasts. Three eggs, toast (regular or French), and a platter of fruits. Yum! The yogurt parfait is also huge. For sure shareable. Breakfast sandwiches are really great too.
Only thing we didn’t like, the waffle. It’s the same price as the classic and sandwich breakfasts. You get one dense, bad tasting waffle, a blop of whipped cream, and a couple of pieces of fruit. Not the best. The one thing I had that I did not like.
Service is spotty. It’s never been what anyone would call good. Usually the wait staff is just standing around talking about the night before or what’s up that night, or gossip about someone that works there. Usually you have to ask for coffee refills and bills. It seems like its because we are usually a table of women. We have noted that tables with men get more attention. I guess they are hedging their bets that flirting will get them bigger tips?
All in all great place for breakfast, waffles excepted :)

I had heard some amazing things about Main’s Mansion in the past little while, and it definitely didn’t disappoint!
Came by for a Sunday brunch with a couple of friends, and it was a pleasant surprise. Very much like a pub on the inside, with a couple tables here and there situated around the bar. However, the biggest surprise was the food!
I’m the kind of person that goes to a breakfast/​brunch joint and has to get the traditional breakfast meal. With different options in your meats and sides, there are a good amount of variety throughout the menu. I decided for your typical 3 eggs/​2 meats meal with bacon and sausage. Happy to see that the bacon was not overly crispy and the sausage was flavourful without being saltier than the ocean. The home fries were amazing, small and crunchy, and the amount of fruit given on the dish was shocking!
Service was amazing with lots quick servers and constant stream of coffee into our cups! U don’t think any of our cups were empty at any point.
Definitely would be back sometime for brunch, as the portion was more than generous for the amount of food was given. Just may want to come a little earlier as by 11AM, the place was full.

We called to make reservations mid-​week for 10 ppl for brunch on Sunday August 2. When we got there, they said they couldn’t find our reservation. What a way to start the meal.
DRINKS:
Water & Wine —
It took about 30+ minutes for our water and white wine to come. When the wine came, it was a bottle of red. Our server assured us it was white. Clearly it was not since it says «red wine» on the bottle.
Orange Juice —
We ordered two orange juices. When it came, it was watered down orange juice. Probably 90% water, 10% orange juice. We told the server our issue with the orange juice. They came back to us to tell us they ran out of orange juice. Instead of telling us there was no orange juice left, they just gave us watered down juice from the drink gun in hopes we would not say anything.
Caesar —
We ordered three Caesars. All of which came in different size glasses, with clumps of wet rimmer. There was no vodka added at all. None of us finished the Caesars. Waste of money.
FOOD:
Steak and Eggs —
There was a huge insect wing in our steak — embedded within the meat. What more can I say.
SERVICE:
Our group did not have cutlery for the first 30 minutes. When food came, there was still no cutlery. We asked for cutlery and it took another 10 minutes before ANY cutlery came. We tried looking for cutlery ourselves. Apparently they were still washing cutlery in the kitchen. When it DID come, it was all wet. Ended up grabbing napkins ourselves and manually wiping down each fork and knife.
There was no jam for our toast the entire time we were there with our breakfast. We didn’t bother requesting as we knew it would have taken light years for it to come. Servers claim it was a busy day. Well, patio was half full. Inside restaurant was not busy at all.
FOOD WAS MEDIOCRE. SERVICE WAS MEH.
Would I come back again? Don’t think so. You shouldn’t either.

I live very close to this place, and last Saturday afternoon I walked up there and sat at the bar and ordered a large Stella. In 2 years I’ve never been in there. After receiving my beer I immediately got attacked by fruit flies. I thought it was because the windows and doors were open but they were coming from a glass shelf right beside me behind the bar. I knocked the shelf and a poof of bugs came out.
I think the place needs a good scrubbing at least in the bar area. I found it dark and rank. I wonder how clean the kitchen is.

On a whim, decided to try Main’s for dinner on Saturday night. It was a beautiful evening and we were hoping to get a seat on the patio. We arrive and are told to select a seat if available on the patio — we find one and sit, awaiting someone to come and offer menus, the ability to order drinks.
Ten minutes goes by and nothing. There are quite a few wait staff milling about and we have to flag someone down. She asked if we were ready for our bill. Um, no, we just arrived and haven’t received menus…
We order… I get the buffalo chicken wrap/​fries and my husband ordered another of the chicken wraps and a soup and requests no bacon to be included.
Food takes ages to arrive. In the meantime, there is entertainment — this great little band that was lively and played a variety of music. Still… we’re hungry and are wondering why almost 30 mins has elapsed since we ordered. Food finally arrives and husbands wrap has bacon. Its not even so easy as to remove it ourselves as its chopped into the filling. Ask for that to be remade and in the meantime.
My wrap was ‘ok’. Nothing special. The fries were a sad story. It was a plateful of the remnants. All the little ‘hardened shards’ of fries from the bottom of the fry basket. Shameful that they would even serve that to a customer. Husbands wrap was ok… nothing special.
Took forever to pay as the waitress is more interested in flirting with a table of guys despite facing us for ten minutes while talking to them and seeing us sort of looking over for her to come by.
In this area there doesn’t seem to be many casual sit-​down type restos and that’s likely the only reason people end up here. Save your money and time.

Disclaimer: No food ordered, just making a quick review based on service and the establishment itself.
It’s a pretty dark, old looking bar in a prime location on Main Street. I came here in a party of 3 after dining at Inspire next door. We had just wanted to find a new place to watch the NBA Finals game as Inspire was closing for the evening.
Any customer would understand upon walking in that Main’s is not a sports bar — but they did have the game playing on all their TVs. Ideally they’d have the TV audio on too, which they did, albeit at a minimal volume that only the keenest of listeners would be able to hear. Again, not a knock on Main’s because they are clearly not a sports bar, but just some information for those hoping to catch a game here.
It was karaōke night on the Sunday evening of our visit. The volume was good in that it wasn’t so loud that it distracted from the game.
Service was good — our waitress could be often seen walking by our area though we were in the back section that was otherwise empty.
Seeing other reviews makes me really want to come back for the brunch. I hope I get the chance to in the future because my first experience here was quite pleasant.

Came here for brunch on Mother’s Day.
Food was fantastic with a large portion of fruits that I could barely finish, and amazing home fries. I ordered the eggs benny, my first egg was perfectly cooked, however my second one was pretty much cooked through.
The reason the review is only 3 stars and not 4, is because our group of 4 had to wait just under an hour to get our food. I understand it was Mother’s Day, but I feel like they should have been more prepared for the larger number of patrons that day. We were all really hangry and overly caffeinated for all the coffee we consumed while waiting on an empty stomach for our food to arrive.
I will likely go back for brunch again, hopefully next time we will get our food before I become hangry, which is not pleasant for anyone.

Came here a couple of times for dinner. It is a rather big pub in the area, with many TVs showing different channels (mainly sports). At some nights, they have bands playing music in the restaurant.
I ordered a medium rare AAA New York Steak. The service is very fast and efficient, which is what I like. The steak is tender and the portion is quite decent. The best thing is that the price is very reasonable.

Brunch is fantastic. Smells like an old dirty bar inside (Which is kind of is) but the food is some of the best breakfast/​brunch food anywhere.
Huge portion of fruit with every meal, and not just berries and an orange slice, great variety.
Eggs Benedict is one of the best I have ever had, sandwiches are all solid as well.
Would recommend and will return.

Breakfast of champions anyone? This is the go to place for amazing, hearty, fulfilling diner style breakfast platters. Only available on weekends and holidays. Their regular menu is nothing special. Their breakfast platters are done right, and paired with a selection of 10+ fruit varieties. Everything you can ask for, for an All-​Day Breakfast platter. The price is very cheap too. Best value I have seen in Ontario for breakfast. You have to visit them once for breakfast, if you’re a breakfast person.

Came here for breakfast many times. They make pretty good breakfast or brunch. The prices are a bit steep, and it isn’t much different from a lot of other breakfast places, but they give you tons of fruits, similar to Coras. Unfortunately, there is not a great breakfast place in Markham, so it is hard to find a go to place to eat. I think people view breakfast poorly around here, so it is difficult to find. Main’s mansion does a pretty good job.
The sun room is nice in those winter months.

Went to this place based on reviews… left feeling not so impressed.
My eggs Benedict was overcooked the egg was not oozy at all. We waited almost 30 min for food and honestly didn’t want to send it back again to wait even longer.
The service staff were not attentive instead they looked more interested in circle talking instead. Prices are slightly higher than normal for brunch.
Maybe the idea of an Irish pub serving up Persian food and brunch is just weird to me or is just not working for the owner.

Other than Cora’s, I really don’t know any other brunch places uptown. I am so glad my friend introduced me to Mains Mansion. When I want to get my brunch fix, this is where I go! The portions are generous, the food is flavourful and the best part has to be the variety of fruit you get on your plate! It inspires me to recreate their dishes and host a brunch at home and invite friends over! Until that happens, I will look forward to trying the veggie eggs benny and the farmers breakfast and the waffles on my next subsequent visits!

I really like the ambience and the service. The food had a very nice presentation and very generous portions too. I had the eggs Florentine and really like the assortment of fruit it comes with.
However, as nice as the presentation was, some fruits were a bit difficult to eat with fork and knives or even just hands. Most still had the peel on: I don’t mind the apples or nectarines but kiwis, persimmons etc are a different case.
In terms of the eggs Florentine, the poached eggs were good but it was loaded with too much spinach which overwhelmed the palate. The hollandaise sauce was very thin/​runny that I could barely taste it.
My bf had the meat lovers omlette which was overcooked.

Great place for breakfast. Assortment of fruit is plentiful. I typically can’t eat it all and save them to make a smoothie at home.

Probably the best eggs benedict I’ve ever had. Massive portions with tons of fresh fruit (better than Cora’s). Great, quick service. I don’t think I have a single negative thing to say!

We originally did not know that Main’s Mansion served brunches on weekends. We intended to go to Liberty next door for lunch one Saturday, but it was not open yet. We thought we could get a hamburger at Main’s Mansion, so we went in. We were given a brunch menu full of pretty pictures and well priced breakfast items. Wow, this was unexpected from a pub, we thought.
We ordered an Egg Benediction ($ 24) to share, and we loved this dish. Main’s Mansion makes 3 types of benedicts: regular ($ 15), New Orleans ($ 20), and Florence ($ 15). A usual order of egg benedict includes 2 benedicts. Egg Benediction has each of all 3 types, so though pricey, it is a bigger order and is intended to be shared. The whole dish was nicely presented: the benedicts looked decadent, and the fruit was large quantity, well arranged and very colourful (see picture). The 3 benedicts were very delicious. The fruits were surprisingly fresh and sweet. My favourites were the Florence and regular benedicts. Yeah, Egg Benediction is expensive, but the cost is bearable when the dish is shared.
Please note that bottomless coffee costs $ 3 a cup. You may want to get at least 1 refill.
I recommend Main’s Mansion’s weekend brunch. Overall, 4 stars for brunch.

Atmosphere: quite crowded for lunch, a place to grab quick food
Food:
1. Cheese spaghetti bolognese: 2/​5, nothing special, sauce wasn’t that flavourful
2. Hai nam chicken: 2/​5, the rice was a bit too moisted, chicken had lots of fat
Price: 6.00−8.00 for lunch special, included soup and a drink
Overall: nothing really stood out, prices were cheap, burned myself a few times with the hot spaghetti plate

Maybe I should have came here for Brunch instead for Late Night.
Main’s Mansion for sure was hopping with action on a Saturday Night. There were in fact 2 Live Bands in the house, one on the patio and one upstairs.
It is great to see all these action up in Markham. But I guess I should have went somewhere else to catch the last period of NHL Playoff game. Main’s Mansion turned to a club like vibe that night.
The setup was a little awkward as people walking passed the main dining/​bar area to go upstairs, to go out to the patio, to go in and out and everywhere. It was good for people watching but not for game watching.
The only saving grace is they do have Hoegarden on tap so I don’t need to be stuck drinking Canadian.
I might go back to Main’s Mansion for their brunch but definitely not for a night cap. Just not my scene!