the bro'kin yolk

great concept but for a waffle specialty place the waffles are frankly small and sad :-(. the "per waffle" price gets you 1/4 of an already small, limp and flat waffle. easy solution: buy significantly larger waffle irons! impress me with the best waffles in the city and stop serving the limpest d's of waffles i have ever paid money for.

bro'kin yolk is a local diner ran by two brothers who decided that the north needed a brunch place of their own. their menu is supported locally, and offers traditional breakfast items (such as egg bennies, frittatas, hash, waffles, etc). i ordered the bacon benny and felt a little mixed about it. the hash side it came with was quite tasty and flavourful, but the benny itself was average in taste. one thing that might help is if the server was able to ask how i would like the eggs to be done, as i do like them on the softer side. if you're going during busy times, you're able to leave your number, or hang around and wait. the service there was incredibly friendly, and you can tell that it is a positive atmosphere with the staff being so friendly and helpful. this place has only recently opened, so it would be interesting to see how it does in the long term, and if there are any adjustments made after considering customer feedback.

update:
came back a second time after the restaurant had been open for a few months, and i thought there was a pretty good difference between my first experience and the second. it seemed like the brothers have taken some of the reviews to heart, and i could see that they had made some adjustments to the menu items and everything looked amazing. the waffles were definitely thicker and bigger than before, and i could hear a lot of positive feedback from the other diners too. i tried the bro'que madame, and i thought it was done quite well, with a nice soft consistency to the bread, which went well with the egg and sauce. i would suggest giving this place another shot, especially if you were feeling discouraged by earlier experiences!

saturday morning. 45 minute wait for two.

mini waffle with white chocolate lavender sauce: waffle is small and didn't seem like anything special. sauce was good, although the lavender was more subtle than you'd expect. at $2.50, would not get again.

chicken and waffle: the batter and glaze were a lot sweeter than typical. chicken wasn't particular moist. parts were very boney. same waffle as the "mini" waffle. overall disappointed.

farmer's breakfast: eggs were cooked well. hash is tasty. toast was typical toast. bacon was overly sweet (cooks seem to be heavy handed with maple). homemade sausage is a glob of underseasoned ground meat.

overall, underwhelmed. the hash was probably the only redeeming food item here.

great to see more options up in the north. their appetizer waffle was not worth it. 1/4 a waffle and not amazing. if i go back again i'll go big and try the chicken and waffle.

i was feeling like a regular breakfast so i chose the farmers breakfast - simple couple eggs and tater tots, sausage and bacon and toast .. the plating could have definitely proved since there is just so much food. sausage patty was not great so i would recommend swapping that out if you can. three pieces of bacon was good and the potatoes were good too.

the shortrib hash item we ordered wasn't that great either. missing flavor.

coffee is only alright. tasted fresh but wasn't anything special. similar to tims.

service was great. go early if you don't want to wait. we went around 8 am. they seemed a bit over staffed on the saturday i went before the rush but the staff was attentive and friendly.

lastly they have these small little ketchup glass bottles that would make many people go "aw that's cute" but they just seem like a big pain. i was reassured they were reused by refilling them at the end of the day but it's totally unnecessary. perhaps a larger bottle at least? unnecessary waste is produced by using these small bottles: considering the quantity of bottles that people will take and the additional bottles that'll require replacing.

the wait was alittle bit ridiculous. had our names down at 11:30... waited and waited and was seated at 12:50. i ordered the oscar benny, and i have to say, the food was just average.. and for that long of a wait, we kind of expected the food to be really amazing. i dont think the food was really worth the long wait. one try is enough. i will have to give credits to our waitress, she was on the roll with filling up our coffees and was there whenever we needed something ;) tips: dont go with hungry boys hahaha they arent going to be happy...

underwhelming. eggs were perfect, hash browns delicious. sausage was weird, some people might like it but wasn't for me. bacon was soggy, again some people might prefer it that way. our server was fantastic, very friendly and quick. the wait was well over an hour, i guess i just expected more for that much of a wait. i'd go back, just not in a rush to do it.

don't waste your time. i called to ask if they took reservations at 10:00, they didn't, but kindly offered to put us (a table of 8) on the wait list. we arrived at 11:00 and were told it would be another 20 mins, which was okay since it was busy. after waiting an hour, i finally had to speak with the manager and said he would take care of it; however, promptly gave an excuse that it was another patrons fault for having guests come later (understandable, but we saw several people get seated before us). we finally got seated at 12:10 and ordered our food. our server was good. the disappointment and arguably the worst customer service i ever received came when i told the manager that half of my chicken was dry (i'm talking so dry slathering it in sauce did not do anything). three of us ordered the chicken and waffles - all were dry. again he answered with excuses that they had to adjust their cooking temperature because people had been complaining that it was not cooked enough. when the bill came, i had expected at least our coffee's to be complimentary due to our long wait, but when nothing had been done i felt i needed to ask at least for my dry chicken to be discounted. after asking for a discount, i was then asked what industry i work in and whether we gave discounts all the time if someone complained. essentially, that a discount had not been warranted in my situation. i understand the restaurant is new and they are still figuring out things, but after waiting more than hour to be seated, getting sub-par food and then having to justify why my meal should be discounted i will never return. i was discounted 10% - i wish i'd never said anything and just had left. please save your time and money and go to a different restaurant.

i can here for sunday brunch excited to try a new breakfast spot in the nw. unfortunately it was a huge let down. we called at 10am to get our name on the reservation list. the hostess told us it would be an hour wait. we got to the restaurant at 11am and continued waiting until 12pm. 2 hour wait we were starting to get hangry! we got the chicken and waffles and smoked salmon sandwich. the smoked salmon sandwich was decent. the chicken however was so dry. the darker meat was good, but the white meat was so dry it was hard to get it off the bone. even when drenched in sauce it was still tough to swallow. (fyi they charge for syrup). i think the most disappointing part of the experience was that the manager acknowledged that the chicken was dry, but then refused to take care of the meal. 

overall, bro'kin yolk is where broken breakfast dreams are made. i would not recommend this place because of the 2 hour wait and poor customer service

on a open kitchen concept restaurant, all the chefs never wear a glove or use tongs, they all use their hands. the chef uses the same dirty towel for everything. from wiping their hands to handle hot stove. that same towel is also use for wiping ready to serve dishes for the last finish touch.

finally a nice diner in the nw. when we walked in it felt like we were downtown! for a friday afternoon it was quite busy. our server was attentive and ensured our coffee was always topped up. the waffles are crispy yet soft. what a smart choice to make it a small order for $2 each so you can try other things on the menu!

it is so great to have a delicious breakfast place open up near my house for the days i don't want to drive downtown for brunch. their menu is filled with a variety of items to keep everyone happy. i had the bacon benny which is served on a homemade belgian waffle; so good! my dad had the bacon breakfast poutine which looked amazing, that's what i'm getting next time.

came here this morning for the first time, i was super excited to try it out, unfortunately it was a let down. our server was alright, not very friendly, but not bad either, so that was okay, but our food was not good. i got the grilled cheese and it had apples on it, i've had a grilled cheese like that before and it was delicious, but here it was not good, i think they use canned apples, so they kind of had a sweet flavour, which does not go well with a grilled cheese... i would have thought they would use like fresh green apples or something. the other people i was with got eggs and some other things, everything was cold, and meh. it was pretty early, so not very busy yet, so there was no reason the food should have been cold. and for what you get, it's much too pricey. i was so hopeful about a good breakfast place in the northwest, but it seems this is not it, unless they do a lot of work to improve.

tucked away in creekside shopping centre past the former rona, bro’kin yolk opened its doors 2 weeks ago and fulfills the long awaited destiny of a brunch restaurant in the northwest corner of the city.

amazing!

the nw finally has a wonderful locally based breaky spot. went on a tuesday morning with a party of 5- and was able to get a table right away. this is a feat in itself as good breakfast spots in yyc seem to be jam packed no matter the day. the bacon benny was nothing short of mouthwatering - the sweet and salty combination of having the benny on a waffle instead of the traditional english muffin was stellar. food came out fast and hot. will definitely be back!!! kudos to the bro' kin yolk - doing breakfast right!

i was really excited for this place to open! unfortunately i will probably never visit again. i didn't mind the 40 minute wait because that's fairly average for brunch. i did mind the four tables squeezed by the window and people having to move the tables in order to get in and out. i ordered the short rib hash and my husband ordered the bacon benny. i couldn't eat the hash, it was way too salty and because we weren't given any water with brunch it was hard to eat. the bacon in the bacon benny was grayish which was weird. the service wasn't great but i could overlook that because they just opened... overall, i was really bummed because the nw needs a great brunch spot but this place totally missed the mark.