Bigg’s Deli & Bar

We now go to Biggs often because of their gluten free toast. But sadly my food restrictions are severe and today their service was even more outstanding. We poured over the menu with out waitress she made several suggestions and voila the kitchen made my food gluten free onion free lactose free and it was perfection. I hope she felt rewarded mist accordingly. For those of us who appreciate the time it takes I thank you.

Great experience. Busy but efficient, we were seated quickly and treated to huge portions of 4 great dishes. Ordered a side of smoked salmon, turned out to be a meal in itself! Reasonable prices for portions and service was great. I personally prefer a more home-​style home fry done on a grill top as opposed to a deep fryer but overall a great experience and will definitely be back when in the area.

Great food, good service, good environment, portions are average size, lots of menu options, little pricy.

Love the breakfast. Portions are huge. They service was ok. Price is right. Bring the family.

Came here for breakfast, had the western Benedict it was really good although the eggs could have been cooked a bit longer but hollandaise sauce was awesome. My husband had the big man breakfast and he enjoyed it. Service was fast and waitress was friendly. Would come back and recommend!

Dont waste your money or time coming here. we ordered here and waited and waited for our food. It took 45 min to get our food and it was only breakfast, nothing extravagant. When our food did arrive it was disgusting, sausages part raw and crepes where like cardboard. Seriously you could not eat the crepes. When we told the waitress, she showed the chef, oops i wouldn’t call him a chef, i meAnt cook the crepes and all they took off was the coffee. Because clearly the coffee was at fault for the crepes bring uneatable. Save your money go to perkins or cook for yourself because i guarantee you
will be better than the cook at biggs.

Prior to coming here for breakfast, my coworker assured me that Bigg’s is an established diner in Ottawa — been around for years, consistently good brunch, so on and so forth. While true, I have learned to take his word with a grain of salt.
The breakfast menu is indeed wide and varied — waffles, omelettes, crèpes, benedicts, etc. While all delicious-​sounding, the prices (which were reasonable, but I would not say cheap, even with the large portions) made me turn to the breakfast special instead ($ 6.99 before 11AM). I took mine with scrambled eggs, brown toast and three sausages (also comes with homefries, toast and coffee).
The portions for the special are not that huge. It’s a lot of food, but I would say it’s just typical. Taste-​wise, there’s absolutely nothing to write about.
The service, which really cinches it for me in this review, is spotty at best. Yes, we were waiting for people to show up, but even after we’ve taken our orders, it still took extraordinarily long for our food to arrive (it wasn’t busy either). I could have cooked the same breakfast at home and taken 20 minutes tops. It would have tasted just as good too.
After our orders came, we weren’t asked how it was — or if we needed anything else. I was lucky that my end of the table got refilled for coffee enough, but the other end — not so much. Like I said… spotty.
I really understand the tradition bit — and good on the people who have kept coming back. But with better and cheaper options elsewhere, there’s absolutely no reason for me to start a brunch tradition here.

Won’t be coming back. My wife and used to go to the Biggs on Maivale all the time 10 or so years ago. I didn’t know there were any left in the city.
We found the one on St Laurent today and took the kids. It was noon but they didn’t even bother to bring us lunch menus cause the figured we’d want breakfast. After we ordered I asked for a second cup of coffee. Then we waited and waited. We never saw our waitress again till the food came. I’d asked for a second cup of coffee ordered, it never came.
When the food came our smoked meat and fries were less than warm.
I usually give restaurants more than one chance, but St Laurent has so many better places, so I don’t think so.

Love this place. Every time we go the service is fast and efficient. Staff are awesome and of course BIG portions and good food. Prices are great too. Highly recommend…

My husband and I have been trying out different places for breakfast over the past few weeks. Bigg’s was a hit! They have a huge breakfast menu that is served all day and includes eggs, waffles, pancakes, French toast, omelettes, etc. All of these come with a wide variety of choices such as ham, bacon and freshly cut fruit. The portions are huge.
We ordered the breakfast special which consists of 2 eggs, home fries, bacon, sausage or ham, toast and coffee. This costs $ 6.79 but is only served until 11am. We ordered scrambled eggs with bacon. The food was very good and the home fries are the best we’ve had yet.
The service was quick and friendly, too. We will be going back for sure.

All day breakfast menu is great. Good food, good service and friendly staff.

This place isn’t called Bigg’s for nothin’.
Portions here are HUGE!
Interesting, yet random interior decorating.
I believe I was seated by what might of been the owner, and he greeted us with the smile. Our server was very nice, and food came out fairly fast.
Nothing special about this place, the food was just alright to me. Only main positive was that portions were very giving, so you definitely get your money’s worth. As with all things that come in large portions, the quality of the dishes weren’t really up there.
Would I come here again? Probably not, but it was nice to say that I’ve at least tried it. Just isn’t for me.