Golden Griddle

Have been there several times in the past but now it’s closed permanently .
At times food was ok although service was good didn’t like the «plastic» hollandaise sauce it really screwed up the eggs Benedict or the extra charge for real maple syrup.
If you are in the area go around the corner to the Sunset Grill on Yonge N of Eglinton or go to Boom on Eglinton W by the park

It’s a traditional Canadian restaurant. I like to try Canadian food especially there are so much outside food in Canada, which get me confused what real Canadian food is. To answer this question, my Canadian friend brought me here, and we tried the pancake, omelette and fish and chips. It was good! They also serve different kinds of tea, coffee — free refill. And the price is okay too, not pricy at all.
I will recommend Golden Griddle to my friends. It’s a family oriented restaurant.

The service at this place is fast, no matter what you order. If you’re craving all-​day-​breakfast at any hour of the day– this is your spot. The food is just average at best and the décor is drab, but really– the excellent service outweighs anything wrong with this joint. It’s usually dead at off-​hours too, so it’s perfect.

Love this place. Every time I have come here has been great. I love their Caesar Salad. I don’t think I have ever tried a better salad than here.
The place is casual, and spacious and is great to bring friends. They do open ²⁴⁄₇ so it’s great after going to a party.

I live down the street from this place, so we started going with friends as a late night option because they’re open 24h. They’re sort of off the regular Yonge-​Eg scene, so it’s always pretty empty and quiet, no matter what hour of the day, which I always appreciate because you can have a good conversation in relative privacy with your eating partner.
Turns out it’s one of the best diner’s I’ve ever eaten at, specifically for their eggs benedict. Every time I get eggs benny at another restaurant, the eggs are really opaque white with these odd stringy edges. Looks like melted plastic, honestly. And the sauce is always a strong yellow with a slightly bitter taste, has a watery base, kind of has micro-​lumps in it. Looks like when you mix instant gravy too fast, it just doesn’t turn out velvety and smooth.
Now enter Golden Griddle. They’re eggs are poached to perfection and have a healthy natural white translucency to them. And the sauce is a creamy, thick pale yellow with a really nice lemony taste. Seriously, no other restaurant I’ve ever attempted does eggs benny this good.
Everything else here is really nice too. The home fries are nice, crispy seasoned potato cubes, their crepes and other sweet breakfast items are great, with delish fruit additions. Never gotten a bad thing from here, it’s just really decent good food. I’ve gone a dozen times since living here, and I’ll be sad when I move and don’t have this to go to at 1 am after a big studying session with friends.

Had lunch here this afternoon. Hubby loved the steak and kids loved the canadian bacon/​eggs benedict. Would definitely come back and visit other GG for the breakfast buffet.

My girl and I suffered a grueling Sunday morning workout at goodlife and decided to treat ourselves to a semi-​healthy breakfast aftweards.
We both went with the hearty appetite options, a Country Corner Breakfast for me and a Peameal option for her. We skipped the toast to not overload but we did try the pancakes (french toast in her case).
THE GOOD
I gotta say the service here was great. We were seated quickly. The wait staff was all smiles and suggestions. The coffee kept coming and coming. No issues here.
THE BAD
The actual food is not at all appealing. The pancakes were overcooked, the bacon and sausage were completely dry and tasteless. The eggs and peameal bacon were alright, as were the homefries, but everything tasted pretty generic and plasticky.
THE UGLY
I can’t say I went in there for flavour but nothing was made better than I could have at home and that’s my hard fast rule for determining whether I wasted a dining experience or not.
And the portions were stingy. Three eggs are three eggs, but the other sides of protein were tiny. Enough for us figure-​conscious girls but misleading for other patrons.
I RECOMMEND: Trying Boom Breakfast or even Sunset Grill.
EXTRA TIP: Not substitution friendly. We wanted more meat instead of toast or home fries and they could not accommodate us.

Just visited Golden Griddle nearly a couple of hours ago, around midnight. One thing I like about this place is that it’s 24 hours, which is convenient. Being there at midnight on a Wednesday night, it wasn’t too crowded; in fact, other than my friend and myself, there were only a couple of other people. The service is really fast (probably because it wasn’t crowded), and it’s great. The waitress was happy and pleasant.
I have to say though, this place is really expensive. It’s an average place, somewhere you go for a late-​night snack, but the prices are really up there. A Belgian waffle w/​a scoop of ice cream is $ 9 without tax/​tip. Some fish & chips for $ 10. It’s average food at above average prices, which is why I probably won’t be visiting again.

Golden Griddle is one of those places that you recommend to someone where a disclaimer is required. Here are some appropriate ones:
— «I know it looks like it was built in 1970. I think it actually was. It’s not dirty though.»
— «The food won’t blow you away, but it’s far from below average and it’s always consistent.»
— «The service is slow when it’s busy, but they’re really friendly.»
These are all very accurate descriptions of the pros and cons of this place, and I think they even each other out. I’ve had a visit where it took literally 18 minutes before they took our order (I used a stopwatch. I like counting). I have also been unimpressed by their pancakes, or their garnishes on burgers, or how expensive their orange juice is. But, since I was introduced to this place with a disclaimer, I’ve always let these things slide. You have to know what you’re getting into, and you won’t be as disappointed. The tables and washrooms are clean for a place that’s always open. Their burgers and sandwiches are actually decent. And when they’re not busy, you’ll find the waiters are actually quite friendly.
If you live in Yonge and Eglinton, your choices for late-night-eats-that-are-not-McDonald’s are pretty limited. Mars is good but it’s small, and hotter than the planet Mars itself in the summer. Golden Griddle is the next best compromise for a greasy spoon/​24-​hour dive that’s within a five-​minute walk from the subway.
Sometimes perfectly average is perfect.

When you first walk into this small family diner you’ll probably first notice the dated interior reminiscent of granny’s house. While its certainly not the ritz, if you want to grab a no frills, home cooked meal for cheap and enjoy a coffee, here is a perfect place to do so. It has a variety of all-​day breakfast items from eggs benni to crepes as well as some other comfort style entrees. They have specials each day but I usually will get one of there omelettes… Monday it’s $ 6.99 for a three egg omelette with your choice of side. Again, if your looking for quality food or anything gourmet you likely won’t find that here. What you see is what you get. Bonus point for being open 24hrs a day.

Golden Griddle is a chain for descent breakfast meals, unfortunately this location missed the memo. The location had a cozy family restaurant feel but that was the only thing going for it.
Our omelettes were an epic fail, the spinach was not fresh, it was frozen. It was not very tasty either. The buckwheat pancakes tasted like cardboard. I ordered buttermilk pancakes which were the highlight of my meal.
Service was awful though, it took 30 minutes for us to get our meals. We had to ask butter with our pancakes and refills in our coffee. I was expecting more attentive service considering the restaurant was half empty.
I would avoid this Golden Griddle location and have breakfast elsewhere.

Probably the worst breakfast I’ve ever paid for. While it was a breakfast buffet, and you can’t expect the food to be very fresh, my pancake was like a hockey puck (it hurt my teeth when I bit into it) and the bacon wasn’t thoroughly cooked.
I can see this being an awesome hangover remedy, but for over $ 14 (plus drinks), I expected a tiny bit more. The waitress I had was amazing but the food was just deep-​fried, greasy garbage. Wouldn’t go again.

GG is a Toronto institution. This location was the first in Toronto, and opened over 40 years ago!
That said, don’t rush over to try it out. Come to think of it, we didn’t. It’s about number 65 on our weekly breakfast tour.
They’ve got everything you need for breakfast — eggs, omelettes (it was Omelette Monday!), pancakes, hotcakes (which weren’t selling very well), griddle cakes, flapjacks, waffles, crepes and various fried meats — it’s just all pretty average to below average fare. The «home fries» were those frozen tater tot thingies. ‘Nuff said? Not quite. The coffee was horrible at $ 2.09, especially compared to last week’s amazing $ 1.97 version at the Canadian Pie Company, and the toast was lame.
I can’t imagine any reason to go back.

I came to Golden Griddle on a Sunday morning and had just about the worst experience I’ve ever had in any sort of restaurant. Ever.
When my friend and I arrived, we were seated at a small table near the front of the restaurant. There was barely any room between tables; probably about less than a foot between them. I could hear everything my neighbours were saying and I felt pretty uncomfortable. The waitress that would be serving us for the rest of our experience arrived not too long after and took our drink orders. I ordered plain water and my friend ordered ice tea. This is about the only thing the waitress didn’t mess up.
After letting us have a few minutes to decide what to eat, the waitress came back to take our orders. I ordered the belgian waffle with bananas, whipped cream and a side of sausages; he ordered the cinnamon pecan belgian waffle.
We then proceeded to wait 40 minutes for our meal to arrive.
Now, don’t get me wrong; I understand that breakfast/​brunch places are the busiest on Sundays but in my experience, they’ve never been quite this bad. Our waitress didn’t even come to apologize for the wait or to let us know that things were taking longer than usual. When our order finally showed up, my whipped cream was missing. In its place was a side of chocolate spread. The waitress came back a moment later with a refill for my friend’s iced tea and I said, «Excuse me, but I ordered whipped cream.» To which she replied, «Oh, I thought you would have liked some chocolate to go with your bananas.»
…No kidding, no joke. Despite me having specifically ordered whipped cream, she decided that I would like chocolate more. I’m completely baffled at why anyone would make this assumption. Even nearly 12 hours later, I’m STILL at a loss.
Our sausages never came. I had figured that they were on the way but the waitress never returned so we weren’t able to ask about it. Fortunately, we weren’t charged for it. When the bill arrived, I paid for it with credit. A brief moment later, the waitress returned and asked if I «had another one» because «the machine wouldn’t read it.» I incredulously told her no, and she went back to try it again. Sure enough, it worked fine. It gives me the impression that she lazily swiped it once and didn’t bother trying again.
So, between the lousy food, terrible atmosphere (the place looks like a complete dive inside and out), and miserable service, I can safely say that neither of us will be returning here. Not impressed.

I find is shocking that people rate this better than 2 stars.
Golden griddle is on par with the Mandarin for ruining food that should be perfectly simple to make well.
Whether it’s off of the buffet or the menu (and I have seen a waitress add buffet bacon to an a la cart plate), might be fresh but tastes like frozen breakfast junk. Always feel ill after eating it. And the waiters and waitresses generally hate their lives and don’t mind inflicting it on patrons.
Skip golden griddle. Go to any hole in the wall breakfast joint, or a pub with a brunch menu to get a decent meal at the same price.

When I lived in Toronto, this was my all time favorite breakfast spot. Whether it was was midday, dinnertime, or 4am after my bartending shift, this place never disappointed. It is open ²⁴⁄₇ every day of the year… even Christmas! How can you beat that convenience?
My meal of choice at Golden Griddle is their breakfast. This is one of those places where you can eat breakfast for dinner because it’s that good. The cooks are pretty good with following special instructions and my egg white omelet always came out perfectly. The coffee is bottomless and the tater tots… oh man… faaaaaaantastic! They have their own special seasoning that they use and if you love it as much as I do, you can buy it from them.
There is a small strip of outdoor seating on a makeshift deck that comes in handy during the cool summer days.
I wouldn’t recommend GG for a steak dinner (even though it’s on the menu) but this is a great diner style place for quick eats.

Overlooking the fact that this place is pretty old a little dirty and run down. The breakfast food served here is real good. Great Pancakes, Waffles, Eggs. The prices are low and they seem to always have a fresh pot of coffee brewing. I really enjoy going to a place and not being able to finish all the food on my plate knowing I don’t have to take out a loan to pay for the meal, and this place pulls that off excellently.

Good old Golden Griddle, you will never go wrong with their butter milk pancakes. Cheap and does the trick. Did the all you can eat breakfast once just because I could. You can’t ask for anymore than a guy standing there ready to make you whatever omelet you want. No bells and whistles to this place. Just great pancakes.

The place is kinda small but the service is good and the food is great. It is the first time in Canada that I had an American-​style breakfast and I definitely liked it.

As a kid and as an adult, I have loved Golden Griddle or as I called it as a child (in an attempt to be cool) the G-​Griddle.
Alright, I know this is not the most luxurious restaurant on the map but it does your hunger good if you are a HUGE breakfast food fan or enjoy your lunch/​dinner staples as a cheap cost!
This particular location on Eglinton East is open 24 hours, which is great if you need a pre-​work early breakfast, after bar drunken snack or a place to eat while you are studying for hours.
I admit that there are some things on the menu that may be a bit dissapointing when it comes to your tastebuds, so I recommend all of the breakfast stuff, and some of the wraps and yummy caesar or greek salads.
Here are some of my GG faves:
— PANCAKES! (I love either plan buttermilk or with any topping. You can get chocolate chips, or fruit topping such as blueberry or strawberry)
— The two eggs with bacon staple (I do not eat pork but GG offers turkey or chicken bacon, which is a yummy substitute)
— Chicken Fingers
— All of the salads (they are actually fresh and have great dressing)
Overall though, if you visit GG, they are the best with the breakfast foods!