Billy’s Souvlaki Place

Disgusting place, food and the new owner. I ordered a chicken dinner and asked for all the sauces on the side. The owner calls me back and yells «no sauces on side» after going back and forth he agreed. I get my food and take it home, open it and there is hair mixed up with the salad! Just gross! I took it back and demanded my 11 $ back. He was mad at me? How it’s not my fault?
Then he gives me back the money and says he I Am never allowed to order from there Again! The owner of this is new, it used to be owned by Billy, the sweetest man ever! So sad what the new owner has done. I have been going here for many years. Please people spread the word and don’t ever go here! It’s not sanitary!!!

Good bang for your buck for all day breakfast. I could swear by the pea meal on a kaiser with egg and cheese, with a side of sausage. The service could be better, but i’ve never been there and seen the same waitress twice. Must be a high rate of turnover.
Great that they deliver too.

The best hole in the wall greasy spoon. Go for the cheap breakfasts. On the flip side the service is comically terrible. Extremely slow, lazy and forgetful. I have had to ask for everything twice, and usually something is missing from an order, or one person’s meal arrives after the other person is finished eating. Amazing breakfasts but literally the worst «poutine» every created. Soggy fries with tepid gravy on the side and hand-​torn kraft single slices draped in squares overtop. Hilariously awful

Been coming here for years. It’s hands down the best, cheapest greasy spoon in Toronto that I’ve been to! $ 5 all day breakfast, Greek salad, and well… everything is awesome. Except the «poutine». Do not order the poutine. They put processed orange «cheese» on it.

Well if your looking for a place to shoot the shit with the boys and have a smoke on the patio this is the place

I don’t understand the reason behind the name for this place.
Not a hint of Greek other than souvlaki and gyros. Can’t imagine then being authentic either.
You can always appreciate an all day breakfast though.
Ordered the typical sausage with eggs, toast, and french fries.
Meal was fine. Nothing spectacular.
Couldn’t help but listen to the manager or owner giving his employee a hard time in front of customers seated directly around the counter. Hardly professional at all. (He should have taken her aside… away from the customers) Not exactly the best defining moment when I finally get a chance to write this review months later. Impeccable memory serves me well.
This place could use a paint job as well.

I don’t recommend this restaurant. It smells unpleasant inside and the vibe is kind of sketchy. Their food does not seem to be of great quality either.

Solid place for the price. If you want something special– there’s a million little coffee shops and breakfast joints in Toronto that suit your needs. This definitely isn’t gourmet, but you really get what you pay for.
10 bucks will carry you, any time of the day at this spot. This is a neighborhood institution and you really can’t beat it for breakfast.

Great value. Breakfast items are solid and affordable. Souvlaki is a tad on the light side. I would recommend for brunch/​breakfast more than anything but still good

The food is very delicious it’s almost like going to the danforth. The food is always fresh and the price is affordable. The only thing I recommend is that the cook wears a hat so I don’t eat any hairs. This is good kitchen practice. Please were a hair piece or a hat.

Greek salad = lettuce, 3 olives and 5 slices of tomatos
spinach pie = tastless, oily
cost= $ 8
Save your money and your appetite and go somewhere where there’s actual food

We live a 2 minute walk from this place, so we were excited to see a greasy spoon this close to our place. After a few days of unpacking, we went there to try the place out, and were pleasantly surprised.
I got chicken fingers and fries which, granted, is hard to screw up. They were surprisingly good, and the portion was HUGE for the price. Girlfriend got souvlaki (chicken, I think), which was good, but nothing to write home about. Still, we were happy with our meal.
Since then, we’ve picked up breakfast a few times. It’s been a little hit-​or-​miss at times, especially the home fries the one time, but overall, quite tasty! Definately a place we’ll go to again or pick up from in the near future.
P/​S, their onion rings were delightful. I wasn’t sure whether to give it 2 or 3 stars because we got some less-​than-​perfect meals, but the rings we got last Sunday alone made that extra star shine. Besides, at $ 4.60 for breakfast, how can you go wrong? Not many places will get you a breakfast for the change in your pocket :)

Mais c’est pas mal du tout ! Le rapport qualité prix est excellent. À emporter, sur commande ou sur place, c’est un restaurant style grec de quartier qui est parfaitement respectable. On y travaille dur, très dur et les classiques du Gyro à la salade grecque sont parfaitement agréables.

I, like Hilary K, am very surprised at anyone who has actually had Souvlaki from Bill’s Souvlaki House.
This place is a fairly ridiculous Halifax-​styled Greek breakfast place. Greasy hands making greasy eggs, putting them on a clean-​ish plate next to some processed meat, white toast and sub-​par potato things. This is something I dig, but it’s not for everyone.
Don’t expect much, but if you’re hungover and want to sit on a small patio and eat an all-​day breakfast for UNDER FIVE BUCKS this is your place.
PEPPER POINTS: For being licensed.
PEPPER’S PISSED: About the horribly dirty bathroom, with a fan creating a hot wind-​tunnel across from the door. What the front door is up with that?

I’m frankly amazed at how many reviews here are actually of slouvlaki — as far as I understood, their ‘thing’ was to provide old men (and us) the company of fried eggs and CP24. And they are so good at that.
They don’t refill coffee, but the coffee’s not that good. So it evens out.

I love the food at this place the only reason I’m only giving it 4 is cause the restaurant itself isn’t the nicest to sit in! The staff have always been nice but it just feels very non-​fresh and stale and def avoid the washrooms downstairs. But if you can sit out on the little patio that’s always lovely!
The food is ridicolously good, the fish & chips is the best I’ve had in Toronto and the breakfasts are amazing. And the best part is, you get a lot of food and it costs you next to nothing!
If you’re looking for GOOD food but not the looks, this is the place to go.

Greasy Greasy Greasy.
Yum Yum Yum.
Jingle Jingle Jingle. That’s the sound of the money I saved by directing my hunger pangs to their $ 5 all-​day-​brekkie plate.
Keep in mind if you come here with more than 4 people, they will not be able to handle it and your food will come out one ill-​timed side dish at a time. Do NOT come here for breakfast with more than 4 people. 4 is the absolute limit.
Not a place I’d go out of my way for, but definitely a place I am very grateful to have across the street!

I confess: I have an obsession with Billy’s Greek salad. Mounds of feta and onions top a plate of no-​frills lettuce. It is a simple but delicious staple of the small Dovercourt souvlaki place that sits just shy of Bloor — and one of the main reasons I continue to go back time and time again.
I first discovered Billy’s when I lived in the Bloor/​Ossington area years ago. It has since become a regular go-​to for cheap brunch and eats. I almost always go for the breakfast with a salad — but honestly the homefries are pretty awesome too. It’s super affordable and a good greasy spoon for your hangovers.
PROS
— Prompt service and food arrives quick
— Cute patio during the summer
— Cheap (though limited) drinks
— Surprisingly filling
— Delivery
CONS
— Décor is virtually nonexistent, but if you’re lucky you can sometimes catch soccer games and old MuchMusic movies on the TV
— Chicken souvlaki skewers weren’t anything special
Billy’s deserves more stars considering how often I go there, but it is what it is. Delicious, cheap and simple.

Billy’s chicken souvlaki dinner comes with a creamy onion-​heavy salad, saucy rice, and a tender juicy skewer of meat. The breakfast special is unbelievably cheap and does wonders for hangovers. Those are the only two things that my boyfriend (who has been a happy Billy’s customer for years now) and I ever get and they keep us coming back.
In the summer time, the narrow sidewalk patio is a breath of fresh air from the dated interior. The basement washrooms are down-​right dirty. I try to avoid using them as much as I can and would highly recommend holding your breath if you must make a trip down.
Billy’s is cheap, quick, and consistent. Some days, that’s all you really want.

We had lunch there today and I had chicken souvlaki, rice, potatoes and tzatziki sauce.
Yum! The only thing I’ve had at Billy’s is breakfast and I am happy say that my meal was delicious! I’m not a fan of salad so they gave me extra potatoes, which I couldn’t finish as there was too much food.
I’ll definitely be going back and have this again sometime!

Emily is totally right — this place is a classic greasy spoon diner with a Greek twist. If you want something cheap and greasy for a hangover breakfast, this is the place that will fix you up quick. The breakfast special is $ 3 or $ 4 dollars, depending what time of day you show up, and it is exactly what the doctor ordered if you were partying hard last night.
In the warmer months you can even sit outside on their tiny cute patio! The breakfast consists of eggs any style, bacon or sausage, toast, and homefries (which are spiced to the point where they are pretty much guaranteed to be at least partially comprised of last nights leftovers). Get a cup of crap coffee and some juice and you’ve got the classic cure for what ails you. They are also licensed if you need a little hair of the dog.
I have yet to have the pleasure of trying anything else at Billy’s, the only time it occurs to me to go is when I need breakfast, stat, and it looks too crowded at Disgraceland. Be warned that the crowd at Billy’s tends to vary a lot as does the overall makeup of the neighborhood, but overall people are pretty friendly and the staff here will just as soon bounce someone if they are acting up.