Maple Leaf Pancake House

Just what you would expect from a breakfast restaurant. No fancy décor or menu. Fast service. Tasty food.

Probably the best breakfast place in Hamilton. You will probably hit up a huge lineup during Saturday or Sunday mornings, when you arrive a little later. Like a regular breakfast place, it’s not open at night for all day breakfast, so make sure you wake up early to come her!
Their pancakes are soft and fluffy and you can add however much syrup you want. However, like all other breakfast places, I think it’s more on the expensive side, for a mixture of egg and flours. It seems like an average restaurant chain though, when you compare it to the rest of Toronto and GTA area. The other items on the menu is fairly standard, sausages, home fries, bacon for a similar pricing to the chain of restaurants like Eggsmart or Cora’s. For the taste, I think it’s always hot and delicious. In addition, I find this place slightly less oily than the chain restaurants.

Untill this morning went here often. Stood in line by please wait to be seated signs. I was first. A family of 3 behind me. Waitress walks past me, trys to seat family of 3. Both me and family are like dafuq? So she tells me theres a table by the door. Then leads family off to be seated. Go to find my own table myself… disabled dude in a wheelchair is crammed up against my table from the table next to it. (I have 0 issues with that, just with fucking retarded wait staff)
Basically fuck this establishment, untill they learn how to do their mcjobs properly.

MLPH is a fantastic breakfast joint. It’s not Cora’s, but it doesn’t pretend to be, either. It’s eggs, toast and sausages on the cheap. The service is great — the Greek mamma who has met me twice now welcomes with a warm smile. Yeah, the décor is a little dated, but who wants to roll out of bed and go for a fancy breakfast? Gimme soft bench seats, bottomless cups of enamel-​destroying coffee and plates piled with food. Maybe I’ll get dressed, maybe I’ll wear my pajamas. Either way, no one at the pancake house will judge me.

I came here on a Sunday morning with my girlfriend and upon arrival it was fairly packed. The server had done a great job of seating us quickly though to an immediately open table for two. Arriving at our seats, we were quickly greeted by the server offering us water and taking our drinks orders. As I glanced around, the restaurant does have a retro feel to it but otherwise was well maintained. Looking at the menu, the items listed were very affordable and sounded appetizing solely from the descriptions. I ordered the meat skillet, being the carnivorous person I am, and my girlfriend ordered the spinach omlette. Before confirming the order, I asked the waitress what did the meat skillet consist of and during her description she mentioned it had two eggs whereas it was listed under an order with three eggs included. She quickly had it switched since it was listed on the menu and upheld the offer as it was shown. I understand it was busy, but it took over 30 minutes to receive our order while taking note of those who had arrived later than us receiving their order before us. When it did arrive, I was very surprised with how filling the entire meal was. It was perfectly cooked but found the cheese over top to be lacking. Overall, the price, proximity to campus, and quality of food definitely outweigh the relatively lengthy wait time for an order. I am looking forward to my next visit given that it’s only a 200 metre walk away.

Okay breakfast. The menu is pretty standard. The prices are pretty cheap.

Similar to a chain like Denny’s. Place is a bit run down. Had the cheese omelette, but couldn’t really detect the cheese in it. Pleasant atmosphere. Staff on the morning weren’t very attentive. Place was ¹⁄₅ full, but my coffee cup was empty most of the time.

As a past attendee and somehow a graduate of Mac, I have been here many many times.
The interior is a little dated, and a little worse for wear, but serviceable.
Standard breakfast joint /​diner menu. Service is quick and somewhat attentive, but it is more of a volume restaurant that a place to go and get pampered. What I mean by that is that the servers aren’t impolite, but they aren’t polite either.
The food is a good price, and is always hot and tastey.

If what you’re after is a quick, friendly, tasty breakfast, then Maple Leaf Pancake House is a good destination. I’ve eaten here a number of times, and always walk away satisfied. It’s all about value – you absolutely get what you pay for, plus a little more. Nothing to complain about here whatsoever.
Those being too critical of Maple Leaf Pancake House need only look at their bill and consider what they’re expecting for the price they’re paying.
Maple Leaf Pancake House does not pretend to be other than a quick-​serve breakfast/​lunch diner. Friendly service included free.

A recent trip for breakfast was quite a disaster service wise. Although this place can get very busy at times, especially on the weekends, we were here on a weekday late morning and there were only a few other customers. We had to ask several times to get a tea that we ordered and once the food came, I was given brown toast instead of the white toast I ordered. Also after our food arrived it took several requests and about 7 minutes before we were brought condiments, syrup and butter. Our waitress was very rude and took our repeated requests as a big bother. Of course by that time the pancakes were cold and inedible. Bacon and eggs were ok, but the poor service leading to cold food overshadowed anything positve about the meal.