Rosedale Diner

A friend and I came here after walking through the Brickworks, Chorley Park and Rosedale neighbourhood streets. I first came here on one of my first dates with my husband, 31 years ago. I remember the patio as being nicer. Yesterday, it definitely did not look nice! Cheap, plastic, red furniture, dark and flies buzzing all around. We retreated back into the air conditioned restaurant. We had a very nice citrus salad with almonds and brisket on a bun with delicious fries. We ordered cappuccino’s but we had finished them quite a while before our dessert came (brownie and frozen raspberry chocolate concoction). The restaurant was pretty busy at the time.
The restaurant was filled (there seemed to be a lot of regulars). Service was wonderful — the two waitresses were lovely. Maybe the patio looks alright at night when you don’t notice things as much but something needs to be done for the daytime!

Was here for winterlicious 2016. Service was excellent, our server was very attentive and polite, even offering to try to accommodate one of my party, when none of the desserts were to his taste. The diner is very small and I wouldn’t recommend going with a group larger than 4, even with 4 our table was a bit cramped. Food was good, but not exceptional, however portion sizes were generous. I had the Sticky Pork Ribs, which some reviewers mentioned, however I found them too sweet (too much hoisin sauce) to my taste. Their hand-​cut fries were definitely a plus. Overall, the excellent service made the dinner enjoyable.

Great lunch. Fries with onions… Yum!
That said, the homemade hot sauce is killer!
Great flavour but not too hot. Wonderful addition to an omelette. Check it out.

Had a great meal here… Started off with sharing some calamari… Very tender with great aioli… Then our table shared the sticky Asian ribs (delicious) and duck poutine (thinly sliced duck over perfectly cooked fries, melted québécois cheese curds, and duck gravy… Almost too much… Almost!!). Paired with a great craft beer… What more can you ask for? The only issue was tables were a bit close which made the restaurant loud once the crowd arrived… Difficult for conversation. I would recommend this upscale diner… Triple-D’s is right again!

I love everything about this place. Love the Biggie Breakfast (hash browns cooked perfectly — where else can you find not-​undercooked potatoes??) Double order peameal bacon, double bacon, 4slices of roast, Israeli salad (salad that could never be guilt-​free?) and 3 eggs. … Yum.
I love the old diner look and feel, and I totally love our waitress, Caitlin. Because she’s pretty as spring morning, but mostly because SHE HAS MOXIE (yeah I know, great word).
So do as I say: come, eat, drink, enjoy repeat. If you’re lucky some of the moxie might rub off on you.

Back patio was nice, it was nice to be outside and in the shade. Insect traps was a plus. We didn’t get that many insects bothering us.
Food was decent. The breakfast plate came with a touch of fruit on the side, which is nice to cleanse the breakfast grease.
Service was terrible though. The waiter wasn’t attentive enough and a tad forgetful (e.g. asked if we wanted to get the coffee refilled, we answered yes, but he forgot to come by and refilled it).
The food was not spectacular enough to make up for the less than desirable service. Won’t be dying to go back.

Had a wonderful meal tonight at Rosedale Diner. Wonderful, fresh foods. Everything is homemade and delicious. My husband had fish and chips and the portion was not only enormous it was all too good. He never eats his French fries but couldn’t resist them here. They cut onions in with them!
I had the fish special. Delicious and cooked just right. The management went out of this way to accommodate my Celiac with gluten free substitutions to my meal… including gluten free bread points for their devious Hummas and Brie appetizers.
Such a delightful and quiet setting eating back in the patio. A wonderful experience. We will definitely return.

The all meats meal is one of the best breakfasts in the city. That spicy patty is amazing.

They have really nice food, I love the place and the environment. Service was ok, waitress was just doing her job.
Clean washrooms.

Just moved into the neighborhood and one of the first things on my list was to check out the local restaurants. This place was busy (which seems like a good sign) and their back patio is amazing.
But a lovely back patio does not a restaurant make.
The food is bland. bland. bland. In hindi there is a word — «swad». Swad means flavour, that taste at the back of your tonge, the flavours that make you smack your lips and close your eyes and proclaim «damn thats good!». This food had no swad. Not even a sw.
I got the chicken thigh sandwich — limp, not hot, kinda funny tasting chicken with some not so remarkable toppings. The bun was good.
My friend got the fish tacos. They were not tasty — very little fish (even though they say they take a whole fish steak and divide it amongst three tacos)
The service was okay. Friendly server but I will never come back. Id rather eat a dominos pizza.

I love this place! I had hummus with lamb and my friend had a seafood burger. Food was amazing and the staff is so friendly! It’s a great place for brunch

Went tonight. Went with a friend. We shared entrees. We got the vegan Moroccan tangine and the Asian ribs. The ribs were great. Small ribs separated, not on the rack. The fried were tasty and the Cole slaw yum. The tangine had good flavour. It was just on this side of cooked. Could have done with more cooking. Got the crème brulé and tartufo for dessert. Was good. Would have given 4 but for under cooked tangine, tiny ribs, and pricy dessert. Would go back but not first choice.

I was in the area and thought I might try the diner for a healthy lunch.
The choices were quite limited and a bit trendy-​most customers seemed to be going more for your standard sandwich and shoe string fries. So I decided to be different. Incredibly hungry and without great thought, I ordered a dish that was a Morrocan Chick Pea vegan dish that was supposed to contain an array of vegetables, but instead, ended up as mostly a hot chick pea stew-​not anything as described on the menu and had mostly red and white chick peas that could have come right out of a tin. The serving was tasty but quite a small portion for 20.00-it would have served as a light lunch to hold over for a more substantial meal. The Pita was heated, and incredibly tough to chew.
The diner atmosphere is lovely with its quaint intimate space, and turn of the century details like the original ceiling. But the tables are not for the large size by any means. Duck your head when you descend to the basement to use the bathroom.
Anyhow, I was finished in about 5 minutes flat, and then realized that chick peas tend to cause gas and bloating for me, and this being a very small but crowded place, I rushed to pay and then ran out for fear they’d have to call a fire truck on me.
I’m not sure what the award winning dishes were that I should have picked-​but the standard fries and sandwich did look better.
The waitresses were quite lovely and helpful, but I found the food highly overrated. for what it was. Not terrible, just not great.

This restaurant was inaugurated in the same year I was born: 1978 and there’s a reason they’re still around: This is a great restaurant! I’m not saying it lightly. The food is great, the service is great, the drinks are great and most of all, the atmosphere is great!

Fries were very greasy. The club sandwich was ok. The staff were slightly standoffish.
I probably won’t come back.

Excellent service.
Good drink options.
Conscientious menu selection.
Decent execution.

I most recently came here for dinner on a Saturday night. I arrived shortly past 6:30pm and it was not busy. I was able to secure a table by the window, giving me a great view to the street to entertain me and a good glance overlooking the restaurant.
I ordered one of the specials: braised ribs, mashed potatoes and seasonal veggies, and sauce (apologies for not remembering!). The veggies included green beans, brussel sprouts, carrots, some sort of bitter one. They were well done — not over-​cooked. The mashed potatoes were homemade, rich and well satisfying. The beef, oh, so tender and exquisite. I devoured my full plate satisfying a well earned hunger from the day.
I drank 2 carafes of water, and a glass of Louis M. Martini’s Cabernet Sauvignon. This was rich and full bodied, so it well complemented my beef dish.
The service was delightful, professional and efficient.

Fun! funky, cool, and chills. great one word liners, much like this joint Rosedale Diner! NO surprise this place was on Guy Fieri’s «Triple D» .
This past weekend was my last day, and unfortunate conclusion to Summerlicious 2013, and so this place was a must! alway driving right by this neighborhood gem was a tease! and the patio feels like you’re right-​at-​home!
here’s the dig!:
DDD Poutine au Canard off-​the-​bone duck confit & québécois cheese curds, frites, demi-​glacé gravy: ⁵⁄₅
literally fall off the bone! the duck was so tender! it felt like pulled pork/​chicken! There was enough gravy to cover this dish and the cheese curds added some yummy gooey fulfillment!
who would have thought of duck poutine?!
Steak Frites ⁵⁄₅
grilled Flat iron with & mini red potatoes and sinfully delicious smoked bacon salad, chimichurri
Beautifully presented! red potatoes hands down is best served with red meat! and the little bacon bites were a cut surprise to the dish! however the chimchurri sauce component really created versatile flavor to the already flavorful steak… almost like a mint chutney purée sauce. just flava flava!
Flourless chocolate cake ⁴⁄₅
Though its out of my norm to have cake without flour, i figured id give this a try! lol… it was great, but worth the attempt, and creative… especially risk factor!
Overall this is definitely among my favs! the old 60’s décor, and detor to the patio through their narrow kitchen makes this place seem like home. the people, and ambience has made Rosedale Diner a landmark in the Rosedale neighborhood.

We ate here for an early dinner.
First, the food. The hummus and and tajine were pretty good. The poutine was tasty but salty, but that’s probably fine because I doubt anyone who’s health-​conscious eats poutine more than one a year.
Now, the service. I took my parents here for their birthday dinner, and noted this fact both on Open Table and verbally to the restaurant staff when we arrived. Nothing special was provided by the restaurant to my parents, not even a pastry with a candle stuck in it, or an obligatory «happy birthday».
Next, the restaurant got my order wrong, which may be based in part because the menu lists two separate dishes each containing duck confit. I wanted the duck confit with poutine, and instead I got the duck confit with market vegetables. When I told the restaurant I got the wrong dish, no offer was made to bring me the correct dish. I was then charged $ 10 for the side order of poutine that I had to order separately and should have received in the first place. One has to wonder if this place runs by the «never admit you’re wrong» credo. Somewhat disappointing.

The good: service was friendly, coffee refilled quickly.
Seats in the window are tiiiiight. We aren’t big people but we had a hard time fitting our tummies in.
Poached eggs were well poached, but placed one on top of another… a little strange. Food overall was pretty good, just wasn’t great enough to be a destination spot.