John’s Breakfast & Lunch

Great food, GREAT service and such a friendly place to eat. This should be a MUST for people!

Great breakfast food. Tastes homemade. Bacon isn’t greasy and the pancakes are fluffy. The staff are very friendly. Would go again without a doubt.

Got in around 11AM on a Friday; they were full again but we waited less than 5 minutes to get a table. I tried the Eggs Benny again to see if they’re consistent. Service was friendly and efficient, like before. So we’re back!

Basic of basics. It’s cheap in price but nothing special and for a city that loves breakfast joints, there are some pretty incredible and astounding places to go to. I was dragged here by my mom, I wouldn’t go on my own volition.

Really enjoyed our breakfast we had here about a month ago. Obviously a family run establishment, the waitress was very friendly and attentive, the food was good and it was very reasonably priced. Solid breakfast joint where the food and service is good!

This place is quite the hidden gem. I’ve been here a few times, and every meal I’ve tried has been great! If there is a lineup to get in, it’s never been too long of a wait to be seated. I highly recommend John’s!

We checked this place out thanks to Unilocal’s recommendation. Service was very prompt and attentive and the food was pretty tasty. I had the eggs Benedict and my boyfriend had the French toast. Both meals were generously portioned and well prepared. If it were closer by we would probably come back more often but if you’re in the area this is a great spot to get breakfast without any hipster lineups

We love this place and go practically every weekend. A family-​run place with great food right in our neighbourhood — perfect.

perfect. the BEST service, really good food (I had fries only because I’d just eaten a huge Stampede Breakfast) and Ron got chorizo omelette for $ 9 — he said it was ‘pretty tasty’ and great coffee that just kept getting refilled!
new fave.
(plus there’s a patio for sunny summer days!)

Our first time at John’s Breakfast & Lunch and it won’t be our last! We arrived a little after 8 a.m. on Saturday morning and managed to get a table. We were immediately greeted by an Asian lady who promptly seated us down with our menus. Then, we ordered our beverages of coffee and green tea. I must say that the coffee here is very good. I commented on the coffee to the lady in charge and she was quite pleased saying that she gets a lot of good comments about their coffee. The coffee kept on coming!
We ordered the following items for breakfast:
— French Toast with sausages & hasbrowns — really tasty.
— Western Ouellette — special of the day — with hasbrowns and brown toast — very good.
— Eggs Benedict — really, really soft poached eggs and that wonderful hollandaise sauce with hash browns.
The hash browns is nice and soft and mushy yet slightly crispy on the outside. Goes so well with ketchup!
The restaurant is on the small side, very clean with 2 M/​F washrooms. I can see their outside patio being a popular spot in the summer. Looks like a family-​run business. Very interesting menu with western food and Vietnamese as well.

Have been here dozens of times. Good simple breakfasts. Amazing family running it. So friendly. Blazing fast service.

Can’t believe I haven’t tried this place as it is just around the corner. I had the eggs Benedict which was very good. The hash browns were also tasty but could be crisper. That is just personal prefereence though.
Service was prompt and friendly as well.
Will definitely come back again! :)

Came back again and had a lovely breakfast. Eggs were done just the way I ordered! Over medium. It was a perfect over medium ! Love the mom and pop feel. Great service.

Nice cozy place with great food! If you are looking for a fancy place, this is not the place for you. But if you are looking for great quality and generous portions this is the place! I had the benedict omelet and it was delicious!

This feels like a small town establishment or something attached to a truck stop, and not in a bad way. Good food, big portions and nothing fancy. Don’t even walk in the door if you’re looking to impress your friends or family with something that feels upper crust. John’s is where down-​to-​earth, non-​judgmental people go. It actually looked weird to see one guy on a laptop. It just doesn’t seem like that kind of place where you’d hang out to work and have coffee. I also noticed there wasn’t a lot of ambient noise or a single child to interfere with a pleasant conversation.
I ordered a pretty basic breakfast, being eggs over easy, bacon, toast and hash browns. My friend asked for bacon well-​done, so I said «ditto.» I’d say everything was perfect. The bread was toasted just right, the bacon was flat and crispy, the eggs were beautiful… I was very impressed for my first visit. You can’t go wrong with the prices. Really, there’s no need to go to anywhere else if you don’t have the desire to feel trendy. Support the mom and pop business, folks. They have a good thing going on.

John’s is what it is and it doesn’t try to be anything more. And what they is? Solid. That’s what they is!
John’s Breakfast and Lunch is quiet looking and unassuming, like a small diner you might find in a small town. And the real deal at that; John’s doesn’t look like a diner trying to look like a diner you might find in a small town. Are you following along so far?
I ordered a mushroom burger and shoved it in my face with gusto. I’m blown away with the food quality at John’s; nothing fancy and everything tasty. It’s a solid, juicy, sloppy burger and that’s that.
There are no pretentious descriptions of your ground beef’s lineage, and I’m not sure if the grains used in the flour was played soothing music to encourage a positive harmonious harvest. I’m not saying it isn’t, but I am saying it’s really tasty.
As my grandpa would tell me, «The real tough guys don’t need to prove to everyone they’re tough.» This is Johns. Unassuming and damn good at what they do. Pretty sure my grandpa would have liked this place.

Average eggs Bennie, muffin soft ie previously toasted and very tough to cut even with a knife
Eggs done right, nice ham, potatoes a little raw
$ 13 with tip and a bottle of water

John’s breakfast and lunch is located on 4^th street in the NW. It’s right across from fast lube. There is street parking but it can get busy so you might have to do a bit of walking.
If you’ve ever been to OEB then you will know what I mean when I say that the area is similar to OEB… very laidback on a semi quiet street but always busy. When we arrived, I noticed that there is seating outside (6 tables) but we decided to take a seat inside. We were greeted immediately and waited a short time as there was a couple ahead of us. The place is pretty cozy; you can see the kitchen and display when you walk in. We got seated and handed menus and ordered our drinks. The menu has a nice variety ranging from typical breakfast choices, to wonton soup, to vietnamese vermicelli to burgers and sandwiches. Okay, so it was around 2PM and I really wanted some breakfast and lunch selection so I decided to go with the eggs benny and a poutine. My gf decided to go with the regular size wonton soup. As we waited, a few more couples came in to dine.
First my eggs benny came then my poutine. I was pretty stoked. The poutine is crinkle cut fries topped with mozzarella cheese covered in gravy. Then eggs benny looked delicious, ham, poached eggs on top of English muffin covered in hollandaise sauce sprinkled with parsley, what’s not to love? My gf’s wonton soup looked great! She was sick so I snatched some vegetables and a dumpling before she dug in. The vegetables were perfectly cooked and the dumpling was tasty. They definitely didn’t cheap out on the filling! My gf enjoyed her soup very much, even though she could only semi taste it and I enjoyed my crispy crinkle cut poutine and eggs benny. I was so full, but when they’re staring at you, you just have to eat every single bite!
There were two waitresses at the time and they are pretty much a team. One can take your order, the other can fill your water and then one can bring your food out. It’s nice to see them coincide. If either needs help, I’m sure they will have each other’s backs! Although busy, the waitresses were both very attentive, filling our water regularly and checking up on us to see if everything was fine.
In my humble opinion, John’s breakfast and lunch is totally a ma and pa joint. We even got to meet the owners and they are super friendly! I think John’s breakfast and lunch is the place to go if you want brunch that is easy on the wallet, nothing fancy but totally tasty, with friendly service!!! Give these folks a try! I know I will be dining here again!
Beware! There may be longer waits on the weekends… but it is worth every second!

A breakfast spot that has a REASONABLE wait in Calgary? Yeah, this is it. And it’s also just as good as other places like OEB, Dairy Lane, Diner Deluxe, etc. I mean… it’s breakfast. You can fancy it up with some fish or herbs, but really, most people are coming for the bacon and eggs. So… less trendy the better, and the less busy, the better. But the quality is good here and I would come back over any of those other breakfast places in a second.
I had the steak and eggs, the eggs were ordered poached medium and thats exactly how it came out. Unfortunately, the steak, ordered rare, somehow came half rare and half well (and I mean COMPLETELY cooked brown throughout) done. I’m not quite sure how that happened… but the rare half tasted good. I also asked for fruit in substitute for toast, and they brought out about 8 gorgeously red and large strawberries, at no additional charge. Potatoes came out crisp, and the omelettes looked delightful. Prices were very reasonable.
Service was friendly, my water NEVER was empty, and our food came out quickly.
For the lunch portion, they have phở and some other Vietnamese goodies, I would love to come back and try.

John’s is a great little spot for those who woke up late on the weekend, are starving and dont want to wait 30 minutes for a table and another 30 for food. No frills, they have a basic breakfast menu, typical lunch stuff (burgers, sandwiches etc.) and alos a small selection of asian dishes (won ton soup, spring rolls.)
The service was fast and efficient, the food decent. I had eggs, hashbrowns, toast and a pancake on the side. I thought the price of the pancake was a bit steep at $ 3 for one, but it was huge.
A friend ordered poutine, which turned out to be the McCain’s fries with curds and a thick gravy. The won ton/​wor won ton soup though that were ordered at the table looked fantastic. The soup had a generous helping of veg and dumpling and the broth smelled amazing.
John’s is definitely a great place to have in the back pocket, for lazy mornings.