le petit dejeuner

one of the best waffles i've had at a restaurant! be cautious that there is usually alineup outside! the place is small, and the wait can be anywhere from 20 minutes (for groups of 2-3) to 45minutes to an hour wait. well worth the wait! the waffles benny comes with apple coleslaw, waffles, and an egg benedict with hollandaise sauce on your choice of salmon or bacon or (another thing i forgot). so so so delicious and so filling! tip: call ahead before you go and ask how long the wait will be, so you can try to go when the wait is a bit shorter.

made it a point to come here for breakfast after seeing the lineups out the door every time i drove past this place. must have been our lucky day. we found parking just a half a block away, and when we got to the restaurant, only waited around 30 seconds until we were seated. i say lucky because as soon as we were seated, a longlinestarted to form outside the front entrance. by the time we finished there was still a longlineoutside the door.

inside was "cozy". we sat at a tight 2-seater booth that didn't have much space for our legs (we're not huge people either). although the place looks old and the ceiling looked like it was starting to fall apart, there was something comforting about the decor.

we had the bottomless coffee, fresh cucumber mint lemonade, eggplant parmesan benny (really tasty!!) and the waffles benny with back bacon. their waffles were so good! crispy, light and delicious. can't wait to go back and ordered their waffles again!

the only downside was the waiting for the food. the place was packed so i understand if the kitchen was slammed with orders. not sure if the kitchen management can implement any further efficiencies. if it wasn't for the waiting for the food i'd bump up my rating by half-point.

nonetheless, i loved the food and would absolutely go back!

le petit dejeuner is located near st lawrence market and i came here for breakfast with 2 of my friends during a quick layover in toronto. it was saturday and there was already alineup at 9:30am. they are known for their breakfast, especially the waffles, so i decided to make this our rendezvous point.

i went here with 2 of my girlfriends on a saturday afternoon, and they already had a lineup outside on the streets. since there wasn't anything tempting close by, we decided to wait inlinein the cold until a table opened up. it was about a 45 minute wait for a table of 3 and we did see them seat larger tables of 5 while we waited - i know they are trying to be smart about seating, but it's just disappointing to watch tons of people get ahead of you, when you've already been waiting a while and are seriously hangry.

i like the ambiance and the music of th@e place, with its retro diner feel. we finally got seated at the bar, which in retrospect wasn't the worst of things because the bartender and wait staff were pretty friendly.

i ordered the fresh fruit belgian waffles and it was incredible - so light and airy. hands down the best waffles i've had in my life!! it came with the chantilly cream which was really yummy with it. i got the sausage terrine with it, which was ok but not amazing. the potato rosti and the waffles were both exceptionally done well. i clearly need to make a visit back!

my visit here was during lunch on a weekday; came here with co-workers. dining room is cozy, rustic, charming. i always welcome a charming decor over a try-hard modern contemporary look.

i ordered a slice of quiche (spinach if i'm not mistaken); funny, couldn't find quiche anywhere on their site; maybe a special of the day. food was great.

while they are known for brunch, to my surprise i see they open all-day (breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner) - could be an option when in the area during the evening.

a note about brunch here on a weekend -expectlineups outside the restauraunt - i live in the area and drive by on occasion and thatlineup never fails - most impressive is thelineup in -20 winter weather - not so much a testament of how awesome the food is, but more about how little dining room is available. for that alone, i knocked off a point - how are you gonna eat when ya can't get in!

admittedly, this is a problem with all brunch places (supply and demand) - still, a larger dining room would help.

le petit dejeuner is quickly becoming one of my new favourite brunch spots. not only is the food great, but it's also right in my neighbourhood so i can literally stumble to this place first thing in the morning. and if you want to get a seat here quickly that's exactly when you'll have to arrive, first thing when they open! there's always alineup out the front door. it moves fairly quickly but if you don't have the patience to wait this is not the spot for you. if you are in the mood for waiting, however, you must try the waffles! they're light, fluffy, and have just the perfect amount of crunch to them.

service here is mixed. some of the staff are super friendly and helpful, while others can be short and unfriendly. i'd even say borderline rude at times. i get that it's a busy spot, but that's when having great staff matters most. i keep coming back because the food is good and i like the cozy atmosphere. as long as i have coffee and the paper i'm happy. 

if you're looking for a new brunch spot or really love waffles i'd recommend you try this place!

cozy and friendly. definitely a longlineup for the place at peak times but its worth it!

i remember having a team meeting there and the staff were very accomodating with moving tables around to make it happen! the food was good! i wouldnt sat memorable but good.

line up for bad service. i don't quite understand why people wouldlineup outside for appleslaw? food style and quality is seriously outdated and overpriced
plus their service is worst in the neighbourhood. this restaurant needs major makeover and all the servers are not customer friendly.

left unsatisfied. let's start off with i don't normally write reviews.

sunday afternoon rolls in and my friends and i decided we want to get brunch. my friend looks this place up and it's in walking distance of where we were at.

we stroll on down and there is alineup passed gabby's. i read reviews and they were quite positive so we all agreed on waiting.

we waited 45 minutes to get to the door and then another 10 to get seated since we were a party of 3.

i'm so excited to be sitting and hungry like nobody's business.

service is pretty awful, took forever for someone to take our order but the food came out promptly.

i got the egg's veronique because i have a soft spot for carmalized onions and i love poached eggs. we also decided to split a waffle to see what the fuss was about.

the egg's benny just fell flat. nothing special and no great flavour. the waffle's were a bit more impressive but nothing to write home about.

would i recommend? probably not. it wasn't worth the wait at all and came out to be a tad too expensive for brunch.

when rachel invited me out to the sunday antique market, i immediately followed that up with an invite to sunday brunch just around the corner at le petit dejeuner. one of my favourite brunch spots in the city, it’s a small and cozy establishment that focuses on providing belgian canadian comfort food.

there’s usually alineoutside, but on this sunday were lucky and we managed to snag a two seater just in front of their bar.

he menu has a lot of choices even a section dedicated to benny and friends, but i knew i couldn’t pass up the special of the day – eggs benny with boneless baby back ribs.

and just like that me and my tummy made a new friend. the ribs were tender and smothered in sauce. i hope that the restaurant makes this a regular benny. it was that good.

rachel decided the day called for sweet and went with their authentic belgian waffles with strawberries.

now i don’t know what makes a waffle authentically belgian (is it the deep pockets? does a belgian person have to make them?) all i know is that this was delicious and had everything you would need on a waffle – fresh strawberries and lots and lots of whipped cream.

dear petit dejeuner,

thank you for always taking care of us.
can’t wait to darken your door again!

here’s to more tender ribs, delicious waffles,
and lots and lots whipped cream.

yours,
brunchosaurus

ps. don’t worry! we didn’t forget the bacon!

maybe we should have had waffles.... because everything else was not good!! i had eggs benedict and my boyfriend had crepe. we waited outside inlinefor so long, at first i thought this meant that the food must be amazing but then i noticed that people who were sitting next to the window were still waiting for their food. i mean literally no one was coming out of the place and it looked like no one was being served. our food came out pretty fast but there was nothing special about it. the place is overpriced and not a french bistro at all. there was today's music of the radio playing which did not suit the place at all. the staff was not the nicest. overall, it did not make any sense to us in terms of food and the atmosphere. maybe we should have tried their waffles cause that is probably the only good thing on the menu.

after a painful two years of putting off going to pd simply because i didn't want to wait inlinefor two hours... i finally sucked it up and decided to go broke or go home. turns out that on this particular sunday the lineup was only about 25 minutes. so far, so good... i knew right away what i was going in for- the waffles benny. i love waffles, but i also feel that it is my civic duty to try some sort of eggs benedict at every brunch spot i go ( you see i am in search for the perfect benny... still haven't found it). my dish was really good... the waffles were light as air and so incredibly crisp and my egg was cooked to perfection, made even better sandwiched between a delicious lemony hollandaise and crispy peameal. my dates' dish (a 3 cheese omelette) was full of flavour and super cheesy - and definitely cooked right ( i hate when omelettes are dry or rubbery). i will be returning to try the apple pancakes, the eggy bread or the croque monsier.

when a good friend calls you up on a lazy weekend and suggests a brunch, how can you say no? i immediately googled for places that have the best egg benedict in toronto (yep, i ignore the fact that hollandaise sauce adds inches to my bulging waist :p) . no matter which review site i go to, this place seem to always be propping up in the site's "best" list. i just have to drop by and see. so sunday morning comes and i picked up my friend and we strolled from his condo to the restaurant. as we were walking by yonge st, i realize that this trip might not see fruition. going for brunch on mother's day might be a bit challenging. i look at every breakfast/lunch joint we pass by and it's bustling with big groups of people, either sitting enjoying breakfast and a good conversation or waiting inlineto have their turn. we arrive at le petit dejeuner (191 king street east toronto on m5a1j5) and we were greeted with a crowd of people outside the restaurant. as i asked jojo whether we should go