The Homeway

The ambiance is OK but the eggs benedict are excellent, including the vegetarian option. Service has always been good. I have been here some of the busiest days of the year (mothers day and fathers day) and service has always been good.
Good kids menu too.
This is one of my local favourites for brunch

Went here on a Saturday early afternoon and it was packed! We almost left after 15 minutes as no one had greeted us or acknowledged our existence.
I agree with other reviews in that this is a very average place. Service was average, food was average but the price was pretty high for brunch!
They did have one of the best caesars I’ve had in a while though! Even my friend agreed it was perfectly made.

Note: it’s about 3.5 stars but giving 4 because I think other reviews of one star are overly punitive. (People should really consider 2 stars if they were really disappointed, and 1 star if they saw roaches or had food poisoning).
Service: fast and very professional. Offered coffee refills, attentive and moved quickly.
Food: good, club sandwich and eggs Benedict Parma (a little salty on the sauce), bread fresh, fries good. Cappuccino 7.5÷10
Premises: easy lunch parking free on sidestreet. Clean and sparely decorated. Temperature a little chilly (I rarely complain about it this, it could have been 1C or two warmer)
The operator and staff are obviously trying to please people and they deserve a try, there is nothing here to keep anyone away.

I was very skeptical of this place based on its rating but we had a delicious meal served hot and fresh with good service. Maybe it’s not as busy now because of all of the bad reviews? Or maybe they are trying to build up their reputation again. Whatever the reason, I would happily recommend The Homeway. I had the hangover breakfast because I wanted a little bit of everything and the cinnamon pancakes were amazing! My friends were equally impressed with their meals — they had eggs Benedict and huevos rancheros. All in all, very happy with our visit to The Homeway.

My overall experience at this brunch place is average. Service is average — I’ve heard someone complain about another server when I was there once. My servers have been alright so far.
It has good portions, but the quality of food is average. I’ve tried their eggs Benny, hungover helper and omelet. Nothing spectacular about them. I came back because I ran out of brunch places to go to in the neighborhood. For two people our bill always goes up to $ 40 +.

The updated home fries have won me back over. This place is a gem for early morning visits or a hungover brunch with friends. The Benedict is my favourite, but you can’t go wrong with the classic peameal bacon with eggs and toast. Every dish is a hit and haven’t had any complaints. The French toast is fantastic as well. I’ll be there tomorrow morning.

DO NOT BRING YOUNG CHILDREN HERE — they have no idea what to do with them.
When this place first re-​opened after it was re-​done, I used to go at least once a week. As time went on, the quality of the food and the service declined and I can now say that I’m done and I will not be going back. Despite the convenient location and my history with the place, nothing about it (especially not the food) is good enough for me to go back and be treated the way I was — as a mere inconvenience and a potential paycheque/​tip.
To sum it up in a nutshell, the food is average, the service is garbage, the amount of time it takes to get your food is ridiculously slow. The servers don’t care at all and the owner/​manager (whoever he is!) could not care any less about customer service.
Although they have crayons for children, they have no clue about feeding the younger ones and that they can’t wait 45 mins — an hour for food. The put hot plates in front of the baby and were not mindful when refilling coffee (um, yeah, don’t do it over his head, please). Our food came out one by one and we didn’t get to eat together. All in all it was a terrible experience and listening to the owner/​manager speak is infuriating. He has zero respect for his customers so I am going to take my money elsewhere.

Terrible. If you want burnt coffee and dozens of fruit flies to swat at during breakfast come here.

The hillbilly heaven was great! Poached eggs on pulled pork with hollandaise sauce with a bit of barbeque sauce and sprinkled with paprika. Who would’ve thought it’d make such a great combination? Definitely my preference over the normal eggs benny.
The potatoes were average. Tasty average.
What was really unfortunate was how long everything took at this restaurant on a Friday work lunch. We had to wait until the other table was done with the lunch menu before we could look. We had both ordered the same item but it still came out much too late for our hour long lunch break. The restaurant seemed average busy with 4 tables inside and one outdoors (despite the rain).

Love this place. A little crowded when we visited but, service was efficient and food ample and tasty.
Nearly applied for a job as a cook here before we came back to Toronto.

Can the rating be lower than a one? Check out the history of the owner Lawrence Burns.
Past behaviour says it all. Best to avoid.

This is the first negative review I have ever written. It would be one thing if the food wasn’t to my liking — tastes are subjective. However, upon discovering a used sugar packet that had adhered to the bottom of the cup — only to be discovered after I had already consumed most of the coffee I was starting to worry about what was yet to come. Upon advising our server of this (the one who didn’t even check to see if the cup she was serving coffee in to her client was clean) she didn’t even apologize or seem surprised!
I declined another cup but they brought one anyways. I couldn’t get past the non reaction and lack of apology enough to trust that I was getting a new and clean cup. I left it alone.
Fairly soon thereafter I received my breakfast plate with a delicious omelette on it. I was enjoying the gluten free bread and then took a forkful of their beans. I bit down only to discover a stone! That is right — I bit down onto a stone that was in my bowl of beans! I couldn’t finish my breakfast at that point. My friend finished his breakfast and when the server came over and I pointed out the stone that I discovered in my beans the response was «oh, I will let the kitchen know» after which she promptly brought our bill. No discount, no explanation and no apology.
I didn’t say a word to her about it as they clearly don’t care. It makes me wonder if this is normal for this restaurant. I certainly won’t take the chance on finding out.

Nice breakfast spot.

Excellent service! Our waitress was really nice and informative. I was very undecided and she helped me make my decision. I got the pulled pork. My only issue with it was it wasn’t on challa bread, which is what the menu said it would be served on. Either way, it was forgivable. They let us sample the salmon and though I’m not a fan of fish, I’m told it was very good.

Delicious home-​cooked brunch … In my opinion, one of the best in the Yonge & Eg area. I love the lox /​smoked salmon bagel and the Greek omelette. Pancakes are yummy as well. Great service. Lines can be long though for weekend brunch … Would be helpful to be part of OpenTable or take resos for small groups. Overall, great neighbourhood place!

Very nice place to have brunch. The food is good and the staff are friendly. They have outdoor seating for the summer months. Would recommend the steak and eggs or just the classic bacon and eggs breakfast.

I used to be a huge fan of this place, but this neighborhood staple is now a bust. The last three times I have been, the service has been awful and the food has been bland.
Every time I have gone in the last year I have waited more than 30 minutes for food, and the staff don’t seem to care.
The sandwiches are bland with rock hard bread, the fries are dry and cold, the sausages, peameal and bacon are all cold, and the omelettes are brutal.
Good eggs Benedict if you want to wait for 30 – 40 minutes for it.
Save your money and go somewhere else.

My chicken sandwich, charred black, arrives with giant cubes, hunks, really — of cold swiss cheese, a plain-​Jane mayo and a bun that was advertised as Ciabatta but was more like a soft dinner roll. I hate when I order a hot sandwich and it’s cold. The cheese should be thinly sliced and melty.
This is aside from the fact that there were all of 6 people there and it took the waitress 15 minutes to bring me a glass of water and another 30 minutes to bring me a cold sandwich.
It was edible, although bland and cold — Until I got to my second half — and found a hair. I just cut off that part because I the waitress hadn’t come by since she first took my order 45 minutes ago. I attempt one more bite and decide I’m too put off by the hair. No sign of the waitress… she certainly doens’t check in to see if I’m happy with my meal — which of course, I’m not. Another 15 minutes pass and I finally find her and ask for the bill. I don’t mention the hair because I just want to leave asap.
To add insult to injury, the bill comes and she charges me $ 12 instead of $ 11 for the chicken sandwich. I decide to just leave an almost non-​existent tip and vow never to return.
This is supposed to be «The Home way of cooking?» If my mom cooked that way at home, I would have run away and never looked back.

Never again. I was a fan for a long time, but having waited for over an hour for pancakes on a quiet weekday afternoon, I’ll never be back.
After an hour and fifteen minutes when I saw tables that arrived after me get their food, I told the server I was leaving. She asked me if I wanted my food to go I said sure. They gave me my meal for free: yay burnt pancakes and undercooked bacon.

My favourite place for brunch in Toronto. Fast service, even when there is a line up — friendly owner and waiters will offer coffee and ensure that you know that you are being looked after.
The best things:
— Banana Grand Marnier pancakes. Get this as a share if you have 3+ people
— Homefries are excellent
— Portion size is generous
— Continuous coffee refills
— Kid and adult friendly (hair of the dog cocktails, fresh juices — in the other order obviously)
I’m not sure why they have such a low rating. I have been coming here for 4+ years and have never been disappointed.