Cora’s Breakfast & Lunch

Nothing special about this place; I’d come to Cora if I was invited, but I wouldn’t actively want to come here.
Food is good, service is satisfactory, and prices are definitely good.

Used to be a favorite breakfast place of our group of Moms but after the painfully long wait (45 minutes) for our food and a waitress who insisted I ordered over medium and not poached medium eggs without offering to replace them we are definitely going to branching out and looking for other breakfast places. After all, a 2 hour breakfast may be fine for some but a 2 or 3 year old? Nope.

Had an excellent breakfast this am. The Brie and mushroom eggs Benny. Yummy. One of my muffins was not toasted and they fixed it right away. Great service and more food than I could eat. Next time I’ll share!

Perfect place if you want to take the kids for breakfast… however we 2 adults felt the ambiance slightly chaotic and playschool-​ish. Our server was tired and grumpy and literally told us so. She leaned on the table and the oddly located beam that was butt up against our table. I requested a beverage from the server who delivered our meals and never received it. Upon advising our waitress she opted to put down her fellow coworker. Menu has something for everyone but the breakfast was average. The copious amounts of fruit served with the meal was wonderful. When paying we had to wait for the 2 young ladies to finish discussing which of the side duties they hated most before they decided it was time to take our $. Will not be rushing back.

Not a winner. Ordered what I call a regular breakfast… bacon, eggs etc. Sadly disappointed.
There were no long lines, this day, the place is notorious for. Upon entering, the greeter was scripted as was our waiter. Coffee arrived and it was weak and lukewarm.
The food. More attention is paid to how it is placed (artistically?) on the plate. I have never seen bacon so thin and sparse (shaved?) The so-​called sausage tasted terrible and could have passed for a hot dog. The eggs were small but cooked as ordered. All arrived lukewarm. When I asked for extra napkins, I got a scowl and small diner napkins. Coffee refills you had to beg for.
This chain «concept» is tired. It has all of the appearances of financially struggling and trying to cut many corners in the process. The bother to worth to food ratio just doesn’t isn’t there. Won’t be back.

One Of My All Time Favourite Breakfast Place. I Don’t Dare To Go On A Weekend. Weekdays Are Usually Pretty Good To Get In Quickly.
I Don’t Eat Pork So I Stick To My Usual Dishes And I Enjoy Them Every Time! Spinach & Cheese Omelette And The Strawberry Waffle. Mmmm. But I Must Warn You They Are Huge Portions! So I Always Get A Takeout Box.
Service Is Good. Depending On Who You Get… Overall A Nice Place.

I love Cora’s! It’s a consistent place to enjoy breakfast and worth the line up wait. Originally from Ontario, I have enjoyed the Cora’s locations there but have found the same menus, quality and service at the northland location. On a weekend expect longer wait times but always worth it!

Cora’s holds a soft spot in my heart — I have such memories of popping up here the morning after a cast party or a load-​in during my university theatre days. I always liked that I felt like I was doing something a little bit healthier for myself than just downing Denny’s.
Now, I don’t know if my standards have just gone up a tidge since I entered the working world and thereby decided I could afford the slightly more pricey brunch fare of Diner Deluxe, Blue Star Diner, et al but my last visit to Cora’s was just okay. We picked the location because my friend was working at 1:00 at Market Mall and hitting up Northland meant she wouldn’t have to rush off to work.
The food was fresh as always and my fruit was adorably plated, but I had a hard time finding anything I really WANTED on the menu. The girl serving us was very friendly but all the timing was a little bit off — I arrived about 10 – 15 minutes before my friend and grabbed a table, but the server didn’t come over or check in until my friend joined me. I guess not a big deal — but it would have been nice to enjoy a coffee while I was waiting!
I probably wouldn’t wait in the massive Saturday/​Sunday morning lineup that tends to acrue, but I’ll still keep Cora’s on my list for when I want to amp it up from Denny’s a wee bit. Maybe after my next cast party?

I’m not sure if the folks in Calgary just do not have as good as restaurants as we do here in the States, but both restaurants that were recommended to me during my quick visit were just alright.
I had brunch with a few colleagues Sunday morning after they raved and raved about the food and atmosphere. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. The food was fine, not great. The service was fine, not great. Overall, it was fine… not great.
I ordered the Crepomelette which is slathered with hollandaise sauce. The sauce was lukewarm and the omelette tasted like it had been sitting for a while. The food really reminded me of an IHOP or Denny’s — not some place that received raving reviews from my colleagues.

I think anytime a new chain moves into the market customers get all excited because it’s new and different. I’ve eaten here 3 times and each time have spent 1hr waiting in line for breakfast. I have felt rushed to be pushed through with my breakfast to turn over the table to other customers waiting in line for my table. I find the breakfasts are filled with fruit while I like eggs, pancakes & bacon for breakfast. I think they put too much fancy cut up fruits on your plate. The menu has a lot of choice but it seems like they’re just rearranged in different formats. The waitresses seem overworked and pushed to get customers through and turnover tables. Had to wait and ask for service such as extra napkins & water.

Went there today for Saturday brunch, the place was packed and we were seated relatively quickly. The server, however, took a really long time to greet us and take our orders. The food all looked great on the menu, although I am always wary of places that have pictures of their food on the menu. I ordered the 2 eggs, bacon and blueberry crêpe plate. Being new to Canada, and being in awe of the French influence I thought the crepes would be a fun choice. They were rubbery, thick and tasteless, however. The blueberries in the crepes had no flavor and the only way I could make them edible is heavily slathering them in jam.
The crepes seemed like they were frozen and reheated. The egg yolks were a faint yellow color and had no flavor. The bacon was alright but my fiancé commented that his potatoes were bland and he had to salt and pepper pretty heavily.
The coffee was decent and my fiancé’s smoothie was good, although expensive for the size.
All in all, I would not return, I was really disappointed with the quality of food and didn’t even want to finish the breakfast.

Normally love this place except I barely got a refill of tea, and I had hair on my plate. Service was so slow I didn’t even bother complaining, I just stopped eating. What a shame that was! Not worth the $ 20.

I’ve walked past this Cora’s while shopping at North Land mall and every time there’s always a ridiculous long lineup outside that it’s definitely discouraged me to try this location.
Although after my good experience at the Bow Valley location, our friend suggested to meet for brunch here so we decided to try it out.
We figured since it was the Monday of the long weekend it would be busy and wow, were we right. When we arrived, I counted 25 people ahead of us. My friend said that the line usually goes quick, and even the hostess coming around said the wait was about 10 – 15 mins. So we waited. .. and waited. .. and waited. .. for 40 MINUTES!
Once we were finally seated (slightly irritated and overly hungry), our server was quick to get our drink and food orders. This time I went with the strawberry and custard waffle, my boyfriend got the Cora’s special (with added cheese) and our two friends both got the 1990’s harvest.
Our food arrived pretty fast, I was surprised at how big the waffle was and its overflowing mountain of strawberries. The Cora’s special wasn’t big on presentation — it looked like everything was just thrown on the plate and the added cheese was a measly sprinkle on the hash browns (which apparently warrants for an extra $ 3 charge…) The 1990’s Harvest had a hearty helping of fruit as well, again not too big on presentation there either.
We all ate quickly as if it was our last meal and decided to get outta there ASAP since the multiple families waiting in line were finally piling in — cranky/​crying toddlers in tow (I know how you feel kid — 40 mins to wait to get in somewhere is redic!)
Honestly, I won’t be back to this location. The food isn’t that great to torture myself to stand in line for that long again

I’ve gone to Cora’s before and I must say the novelty of it has worn off a bit. It doesn’t seem as whimsical as it used to and the place is just simply a diner. The quality has gone down slightly.
But I will say the food taste hasn’t changed too much. Still delicious as the first time I went. I guess the ambiance has changed and it definitely feels like you’re in a chain restaurant and not a specialty breakfast place. I would say it’s comparable to a Denny’s now but with more ffruit and more options.
We also came at a good time… Christmas eve at 12:30pm and the wait was fairly short (5 mins)

I generally don’t come to this location, as it’s insanely busy, and I can drive to the downtown one that isn’t busy. But we were meeting friends here at 9:30 so figured it would be safe. And it was! So note to people! Do before 10am!
It’s the same as all Cora’s…delicious!!! Not sure what all to say as I have reviewed the other locations. The food is great, service is good and reasonably priced. Steve and I both had the fruit cocktail, coffees and a meal each and it was $ 42 with tip.

Yup, still sucks.
I decided to give ol’ Cora’s another shot because I felt that I was too harsh the first time around and maybe it was just the bad waiter but, hell to the no… it still was a pitiful excuse for breakfast.
There was a princess infront of us who demanded a booth when there were obviously none available holding up the line, and the host wouldn’t seat others in line because of the princess… then they convinced her that they could set her up in a window seat. As her royal ass sat down, guess what? A booth was available! I gladly took it.
Our waitress was really nice, I just really hated the atrociously long wait to get some bloody breaky! It was insane, my kids ordered from the kids menu which was nothing stellar and I had some eggs, sausage and hash browns. It took over 45 minutes to get our food and they screwed up both kids meals. My son hates the Cora Cream and they slathered it all over the dish when we asked them to omit and, the grilled cheese, well let me say for $ 6.00 I would expect REAL cheese not that processed garbage that is practically orange plastic.
Hey, Cora for a company that prides itself on healthy eating you really dropped the ball… really processed cheese? Would this cheese be used on the hash browns and omelettes as well? Gross. I do not use that crap in my household and you think that a restaurant whose bread and butter is nutritious eating would use the real thing, well I should have known better considering the frozen raspberry fiasco below.
I don’t know what is up with this place and why it is so popular. Maybe my palette is just too sophisticated to consider this bland, cold, and over-​hyped food worth the calories, time or money.
Bye bye Cora, I will never see you again.

The menu is colorful, the prices fair, the food is good and the servers are friendly and reasonably fast considering how packed this location becomes. The coffee is not first rate but competes closely to what you would expect at Denny’s or Ricky’s. So really — what’s not to like? The experience.
To begin there is almost always a wait to get inside; a line of at least 20 minutes. Once you are finally seated the tables are closely packed and the seating is cramped. The noise level can be a bit intense as well. There doesn’t seem to have been any effort made to dampen the sound in any way. The ambiance and noise reminds me more of a Stampede breakfast in an airplane hangar than anything else.
If you are willing to trade away comfort and the ability to carry on a conversation with the people at your table for a good meal, good service and average coffee — Cora’s will make you happy. For me, the trade-​off isn’t worth it. It’s just not my kind of place

I tried to have breakfast here two weeks ago on a Sunday morning. I wasn’t at all surprised at the huge lineup considering the buzz that this franchise has generated. Because of the wait my family and I decided to eat elsewhere.
I returned today on a cold wintery Friday morning. There was a line again but it was far shorter. We were seated within ten minutes and were immediately served coffee. The staff were very friendly and quick to come to our table throughout our meal.
The menu looked really exciting and we marveled at the photos of delicious breakfast with heaps of fruit. I ordered the Cora’s Special (they put their business name on it, I had to try it). My father ordered a breakfast panini.
When the food came to the table my father and I both commented to the server, «It doesn’t look like the pictures!». It really didn’t. My meal was very plain looking and was served with one small strawberry and a sliver of melon. The bacon was overcooked, the potatoes were under cooked. The most interesting thing on my plate was a small crêpe with a slice of ham and a breakfast sausage on it. Same story with my father’s plate. Underwhelmed by the serving of fruit and the crêpe wrapped omelette was as plain looking as it was in flavor. We were both thankful that we had ordered some hollandaise sauce on the side. The serving of food in general was enough as neither of us were hungry when we finished our meals.
The price was very reasonable for what we got, but I’m disappointed. I thought this was supposed to be the most amazing breakfast place in all the land. I might return with lowered expectations if it is convenient.

This would be 5 stars but for the huge lineups virtually all of the time.
I ordered the 1990’s Harvest which consisted of an egg, bacon, a massive pile of fresh fruit and a French toasted cinnamon-​raisin brioche. Absolutely delicious and extra props for having turkey bacon and providing a nice medley of fruit beyond the cantaloupe and honeydew served at other establishments. The portion size is massive and try as I might I could not finish it. When you figure that I was so full that I didn’t eat anything again until late that evening, it is good value for money as well.

Wow is this place BUSYYYY! I’ve only been here a few times and they always have a big long line. must be a good sign! My boyfriend and I went on Saturday around 9AM and there was a bit of a line. maybe 4 – 5 groups ahead of us. I think we got lucky because the groups ahead of us were maybe 4+ people and we were only a group of two. The lady came out and said «table for two?» Spence and I kinda waited for the people ahead of us to go but nobody was going! And she said it once again…“Oh…us!!” …woohoo! we got to cut the line! Once we got sat, we were greeted with a lady with a french accent (ooh i love french accents!) and she was very sweet, suggested foods and drinks.
I got the cocktail of the day and Spence got OJ, the drinks are kind of pricey but the food makes everything worth it in the end. I got the Cora Special (eggs, sausage, crêpe, ham, potatoes, bacon and fresh fruit) Spence got a ham and swiss crêpe with Hollandaise sauce and fresh fruit and we shared a strawberry and nutella crêpe! (SO GOOD!!) Everything was really good and filling, the hollandaise sauce was very good, I dipped my potatoes in it!
In the end, we were stuffed so we walked around the mall to make our selves feel better and watch the Cora line get bigger and bigger.
A must try for breakfast/​lunch! They’re open 6AM — 3PM.