Bloor-Jane

Excellent food. Portions sizes are good and they look after you. This is a treat I sometimes take advantage of. I would recommend this restaurant

This place is one of the last few to hold the forth in a food community that ceaselessly stack one fancy spot after another.
Don’t let the view foolish you: what you see from the street is what you’ll get once you’ll walk through the door. This is an untouched diner from the past that probably has its paint that thanks to its age, could probably change its colour according to the weather.
But again, don’t let the appearance fool you.
The service is prompt and courteous and comes without mistakes even if you customize the standard choice and ask for lots of extras.
Everything we order, one reg breakfast special with the choice of bacon and one with a bit of the three meats (bacon, sausage and ham) is cooked to perfection, in particular the bacon that won’t be greasy and soggy and the house potatoes that aren’t either undercooked nor that break apart.
Price is fair: only $ 8.50 tax included
What more can I say?
Come for brunch and judge by yourself.

We came here for a Sunday brunch as suggested by my boyfriend (his dad used to bring him here all the time). This place is a popular brunch spot (as the reviews suggest), and as expected it was crowded and loud. It looks like a typical north american diner but it is definitely worn down over the years. Also, all the customers who probably don’t get a spot in good fork brunch place just drift to this place (Good fork is the brunch place just next door).
I thought it was a fun spot and the food was pretty decent.
I ordered their special sandwiches and it was filling and flavourful.
Would I like it better if the service was a bit more friendlier? YES
My boyfriend described it as «tough love“and I couldn’t agree more. The Greek waitress could come across as rude but I guess it’s a family run business and she is stressed out. But when the customers started dwindling down, she also became a bit more relaxed and friendlier. Honestly, it was like going to my aunt’s place for brunch where all the cousins had crowded her place. She wants to give you good food but she is also finding it hard to manage the chaos alone.
Still its a fairly decent spot for Sunday brunch, and i can see why my boyfriend’s dad took them there often. I would love to go back again.

We came here because there was a half hour wait at the Good Fork next door, and boy am I ever glad we did! It is nothing fancy, but this is the quintessential Canadian diner– decades of Maple Leafs memorabilia, decent prices and hefty portions. I ordered a corned beef breakfast and it came with a generous helping of corned beef, two eggs, amazing home fries and some toast. I also love the legitimately retro décor and super quick service (I think we got our meal in 5 mins). Brunch for the two of us came up to $ 24 (fresh squeezed orange juice, too!). I didn’t know places like this still existed!

Came here because place next door had a long wait — best decision ever! Has a nice cozy mom and pop diner feel. I thought service was really good. one lady (assuming the owner) serves all tables and memorizes everyones order! we got the $ 8 breakfast special and the $ 12 steak breakfast. all prices are tax included. It was very yummy and coffee was good :) will come back again! Thanks :)

so we wanted to go next door to this brunch place but unfortunately there was an hour wait and we just couldn’t do it! so we decided to go to this place… we thought… okay, this place is quite busy. can’t be all that bad. let’s just say i bet that most, if not all of these people were because next door was packed and they couldn’t wait. we ordered a breakfast special each with choice of eggs, choice of meat (sausage, bacon), and potatoes. special came with a coffee too — free refills. every thing was super super greasy… as the first meal of the day it was hard to stomach. i got the over easy eggs which was done right (their one star). but the sausage was just so fatty and didn’t taste like any meat… just fat. potatoes weren’t great either… mushy on the outside… had to put lots of ketchup. definitely should have waited the hour for next door’s brunch. don’t waste your $ 8+tax+tip on this place. either wait by walking around the area or go back home for breakfast.

I have been coming to this authentic little diner in Bloor West Village for years and it never changes. The original staff are still here, older of course, but just as welcoming and friendly as ever. The food is honest, unpretentious and old fashioned, unlike the rest of the trendy, overpriced establishments that seem to come and go in the area. The clientele is about as diverse as you can get it and you can linger there for hours and drink as many refills on their delicious coffee as you want. The all-​day breakfast for $ 8 is homey, buttery and tasty and comes with lovely home fries and little cups of marmalade and strawberry jam. It’s also about the only place I know where you can get a regular-​sized sandwich that isn’t a massive baguette, Panini or wrap. Try their western sandwich with tangy fresh coleslaw and homemade soup.

Oooold school greasy spoon (emphasis on the greasy) and with every cliché therein you’d be after. Disturbingly fast service, your meal is more butter than food, and you’ll need a nap after your breakfast. Not as cheap as these joints used to be, but this place is an institution.

We came here because the brunch place next door had an hour wait and this place, while busy, didn’t have much of a line up. In retrospect, I wish we waited the hour at the other place. Ordered the $ 8 breakfast special with sausage, poached eggs and potatoes. This place is certainly a greasy spoon, but that’s all that it was — greasy. The sausages lacked any kind of real meat content, it was mostly a combination of fat and who knows what. The potatoes lacked taste too, seemed like they boiled it, poorly seasoned and fried it for 2 seconds. I ordered a hot chocolate which was made with Tim Horton’s powdered hot chocolate. I could have made this breakfast myself at home.

I love a good, honest greasy spoon, honest in that it is honest down home family cooking…
My buddy liked her breakfast special and the service was good, however, the visit here proved pretty awful for myself, ordered the fish and chips, which came pretty cold with a single deep fried 2″ x 4″ FROZEN patty, a handful of deep fried FROZEN fries and a single serving of PACKAGED tartar sauce and oily unseasoned (no salt, pepper, or vinegar) cabbage that was their take on coleslaw, all for $ 9.50, the price of an authentic fish n chips anywhere else.
We should have waited to get into Good Fork and dished out extra $$.
Go for the greasy breakfast, nothing else, is my suggestion.

Excellent old style diner. I have been going here since I was a kid. Inexpensive, fast, courteous and delicious. One of Toronto’s gems.

Very good bang for your buck. Generous portions and super friendly service. don’t expect anything fancy, this is a mom and pop diner. Your average greasy spoon. But for a $ 7 – 8 brunch, it’s delicious.

4* is a little generous but the old time feeling of this greasy spoon is just something else. Feels like it hasn’t had a paint job or any renovations in the 30-​odd years it’s been here and it’s probably had the same staff too. Waitress is really nice and attentive in a direct way. «Want a cawwwfee?» She half screamed across the restaurant on my first visit. Love it.
And bacon, eggs, home fries, toast, and coffee for $ 8, including tax ain’t bad.

Classic greasy spoon diner with outstanding service. Even though we moved out of the area my wife and I still get there about twice a month. It’s not a place to lounge over brunch — if you encounter a line don’t fret — it’ll move quick. Cash only.
In summary: great breakfast and great staff at a good price. The place is just so darn cute.

Found this place thanks to other Unilocalers! If you want casual, home style cooking with a friendly, laid back feel, this is the place! Food is fast, tasty and won’t cost you loads of cash. Absolutely recommend eating here!

A total greasy spoon, which, generally, I love going to.
I’ve lived in BWV for almost 10 years and for whatever reason, today was the first time I’ve been. My girlfriend and I brought our 2 young kids in, which, could have contributed to our so-​so experience.
The food — great! Who doesn’t love bacon, eggs and toast greasy spoon style?
The service — So-​so. We had to ask twice for our coffee, which was required fuel for my friend and I. But our food came in less than 5 mins, which was great!
Atmosphere — total greasy spoon, complete with Hockey, Soccer and other sports tchochkies. We think, however, there was some questionable «grease» that was in the corner wall of our table. Nothing a little Lysol can get rid of.
Price — reasonable for the amount and taste of food, plus the area of BWV.
Overall, a good experience — if I ever do go back, it will be sans small kids.

An authentic greasy spoon bfast! Amazingly attentive & friendly staff… The décor, layout & cash register makes you feel like you’re back in the 50’s or 60’s– I’m sure a lot of their furnishings and décor is the original. I enjoyed sitting at the bar chatting with the waitress watching the 2 older cooks preparing all the food on the grills. Very speedy service and tasty, good quality greasy spoon food — Good vibes :)

Cheap, cheerful and delicious!
Came here for a Sunday brunch with a girlfriend. We both had the steak and eggs. They came with potatoes, we didn’t want toast, but we did have pickles.
Great endless coffee, but the most important part: the food was DELICIOUS. Great steak, great eggs (I like mine runny and they were PERFECTLY runny). Sharp waitress. Nice dill pickles. Amazing value (between $-$$ per person, depending if you’re getting the basic egg dishes or the eggs & steak dish), delicious food, we’re fans.

I have been coming for breakfast here for 8 years now. Why?
Because it is the best $ 7.50 breakfast (unlimited coffee and tax in)!
If you are short on time but not willing to sacrifice on the quality of your eggs, pancakes or french toast, this is your place. Fastest service and great, friendly Greek staff create a low-​key, relaxed and very friendly atmosphere.

The Bloor-​Jane Restaurant is a no nonsense kind of diner.
If you come here for breakfast, you won’t find organic juices, bone marrow on toast or quail eggs. What you will find is a traditional bacon/​sausage, eggs any way with hash browns and toast breakfast with bottomless coffee for $ 7.50 (including tax).
Service is always quick and you can get in and out within a half hour if you’re in a rush. A great staple to the BWV area.