Boom Breakfast & Company

I dunno… I was expecting GREAT but it was just OK.
We ordered a reasonably priced Ceasar. WHY OH WHY was it mostly (very) watered down Clamato and if there was vodka, we sure didn’t taste it. Bleh. I love my brunch Ceasars but this one was hard to finish.
Moving on.
My meal was NYC lox and scramble. When it arrived I was quite disappointed. The Nanook salmon had been sauteed into the eggs! If I had known that, I would never have ordered it.
I was expecting the nice fresh taste of smoked salmon and of course, didn’t get that at all. The bagel was poppyseed (no choice of variety), cream cheese would have been a nice addition but not offered as part of the meal.
The home fries were delicious.
And service was good!

I’ve been looking for breakfast spots that I can count on and Boom Breakfast & Company fits the bill.
Experienced excellence service. Attentive and friendly without interfering in the conversation and meal my friend & I were having. Also happily adapted a menu item for my friend so she could have the breakfast she wanted. The menu had a good selection of options to suit most tastes.
Had the Boom Power Breakfast (2 extra large eggs any style with
premium sliced bacon) for $ 9.29. Comes with toast and home fries.
All the food came to our table quickly, was hot and tasted good. The fries were deep fried and good as far as that style goes. I usually prefer the hash style with this kind of breakfast.
The only two negatives. The last wasn’t very hot & served in a tall glass mug (which tends to lend to the coffee cooling off too quickly). Whipped butter product was served with the toast. Uck!
I will definitely be a repeat customer.

We went here for breakfast. but we didn’t even make it that far. There were 5 of us, we stopped in for mid-​day on a Sunday. We came from out of town and weren’t familiar with Toronto, but this place looked nice enough — no line and a few open tables — so we went in.
The restaurant is decorated nicely enough, but the entrance was cramped. No big deal. We aren’t the most conventional looking group, but we immediately felt like we didn’t belong there. Whatever, we have money and we wanted a good breakfast, so we figured we give it a try.
However, we waited for a solid 5 minutes with no one greeting us despite open tables, so we figured it might be seat yourself. We approached the cash register where an employee was standing there not doing much of anything. «Hey there, is it seat yourself?» We got a snarky, attitude-​filled «Of course not. You need to wait until I tell you. Wait at the door.» while we got looked up and down.
Uhh, ok. That was… not the best introduction. But we figured we’d stick it out. DEFINITELY not feeling like we belong now.
We waited a few more minutes (with no one coming in or leaving) while the employee still appeared to be doing not much of anything. Eventually he decided to acknowledge our existence; he grabbed menus, and came to the door. «How many?» «5 of us.» «Ok». He turned around and walked towards the back of the restaurant with menus in hand, so we figured we were being seated and followed him.
Wrong. So wrong. Half way to the back he stopped and turned around and gave us the most pretentious «EXCUSE ME, what are you doing? I didn’t tell you to come in yet» and pointed at the door.
So we walked back to the door. And walked out. Good riddance.

I was there for a brunch. I forgot to take a picture but friendly service and amazing food. Going back this week

Nothing special but definitely decent for a simple breakfast. They’ve got tons of breakfast items (all the classics you would hope for and some innovative dishes as well). Bottomless coffee. Cheap and simple.

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, but I was disappointed with Boom Breakfast considering the high ratings and good reviews on various sites — I was there once about a month ago, and stopped in again today — I don’t remember what irked me the first time, but the smoked pork loin they served with my breakfast today was thin (and spoiled) — The Boom frites were much better than the frozen potato puffs many restaurants serve these days, but did not make up for the spoiled meat — The breakfast includes one slice of toast instead of two, so if you like your toast, you will need to order extra on the side — The only thing they do that sets them apart as far as I’m concerned, is that the pepper is fresh ground by the waiter; but they really need to leave a pepper shaker on the table in case customers decide they need a bit more

Great place for breakfast. They serve breakfast all day.
MY ORDER
Threesome — two eggs, rye toast, pancake, sausage and fruit. Mango, banana and peach smoothie.
I loved the eggs cooked exactly the way I like them, sunny side up. Toast was thick and soft, perfect to dip in my egg yolks. The sausage links were big, triple the size. Pancake was thick and fluffy. Fruits include honeydew, cantaloupe and orange, fresh.
My smoothie was fresh and creamy and just the right sweetness, definitely ordering again!
The only qualm was the maple syrup was watered down.
SERVICE
It was speedy and friendly.
PRICES
Reasonable.
OVERALL
A really nice Sunday brunch place.

Great local spot. I used to eat here when it first opened up. Eaten here a few times since.

I came here for breakfast with my aunt. I had a breakfast burrito and cup of coffee. Both we enjoyable but the burrito was a bit small. Tasted very good however. Very average sort of diner/​restaurant.

BOOM specializes in up selling. Had breakfast there the other day and a «seasoned» waitress was teaching a newbie right beside our booth. Every second word from the seasoned teacher was UP SELL. And boy, did they up sell. We each had the regular breakfast, which reading reviews was $ 7.29, supposedly including coffee. I splurged and ordered REAL maple syrup instead of the plastic stuff ($ 1.99). Don’t understand how our bill ended up over 30 bucks. Certainly wasn’t because we ordered any extra, like a second piece of toast. Puny packets of jam and butter, no sweet and low. All I could think of was some investor in Forest Hill raking in the profits. Never again.

Shitty, snotty waitresses who forget they’re waitresses. Awesome cheap food. Service is fast and attentive but always with a sigh and an eye roll. Totally worth it for me tho, food is always good.

Boom is a good place to go if you’re looking for a classic breakfast. The pancakes, the Bennys, the eggs, the omelettes, the frites (which you can substitute for sweet potato fries at no charge), the meats, the sandwiches, the smoothies, the drinks… everything is good. The waffles are particularly delicious!
Service is always great, I’ve never had a bad experience there.
Bonus point for being open on most holidays when other restaurants are closed!

Boom is an OK spot for a quick, no surprises breakfast. They’ve got a good take out menu for a quick egg sandwich, and the place is pretty clean.

Been to this boom a bunch of times and the food is always consistently good, however not the same can be said about the service.
Usually get the same girl who is awesome but have had a mixed bag from angry looking abrupt middle aged woman to guy-don’t-giveacrap.
But this is by far on the off days. Would recommend if you live in the area.

My friend and her dad go here religiously and since I am in love with big breakfasts– I needed to try it.
PROS:
— Although it was busy, the service was extremely fast. Our waitress was sweet, attentive and fast. I wanted to amend my «selection» and she pointed me to something that was exactly what I wanted (i must have missed it on the menu)
— The options are great and the menu is easy to navigate which can be trick when there are a lot of items.
— The portion size was perfect for a big delicious breakfast
— The home fries were to DIE for, crispy, flavourful– I would eat them alone if I had too.
— Enjoyed the buttermilk pancake I had (was able to just order 1 which was a plus). It was fluffy, tasty and cooked perfectly.
CONS:
— Like many breakfast, their drinks should be larger. I mean, I need a big glass of chocolate milk if you’re going to give me a meal that is the size of a small town.
— My scrammbled eggs were runny. Lucky for them I am not a big fan of eggs (just wanted to try them and it came with my meal) but they were running (I get turned off easily so I had to literally put them on the empty table next to me. The waitress quickly got me a new batch (which I barely ate as I was almost done my food anyway).
Over all, there was a line up but we didn

It was 2:45pm on a Wednesday and I was trudging homeward along college. I was hangry and my stomach was grumbling louder than the streetcar. I was entirely frustrated with myself for choosing tea and meetings over meals, and was eagerly plotting the big ass brinner I was going to prepare the moment I bust through my front door.
Then I saw it. Boom. People don’t seem to love it, but it was open, serving all day breakfast and I was desperate, so I dove in and snuggled up in a giant booth to myself.
I got a traditional Eggs Benny with double fruit, no potato things and a tea. It was diner-​y and not the world’s greatest Hollandaise sauce, but man it hit the spot. It was exactly what you’d hope for when ordering Benny at a diner. A bit pricey, $ 15 + tip in total, but the other simpler breakfasts were definitely less dollars.
PEPPER POINTS for their free wifi. Who doesn’t love having breakfast in the afternoon with full screen youtube puppy vids?

Um. I’d love to join the flock of people giving this Boom a favourable review, but I had no such experience there.
Positives:
–We were offered beverages and snacks in line
–The wait was below average for a Sunday brunch hour on a «warm» day
–Cheap cheap cheap
Negatives
–Our server was definitely on HIS period or something. A-​tti-​tude
–Simple requests were ignored (water no ice please. um. no ice. please. um. if the next glass could have umm no ice, thks… MUST I BEG?)
–Our food arrived cold. frigid i should say.
–Our food also arrived well after the meal of the person seated half an hour after us
–Staff kept moving our tables around, plates-​on-​em-​and-​all, to accommodate new parties. We could barely get a conversation topic in without being shuffled around. Maybe it’s ok to turn people away or have a longer wait time rather than playing musical tables all day? Just saying.
–Our server disappeared after serving us and only returned to bring us more iced water. That’s correct– iced.
There is no shortage of Brunch places in Toronto, esp. in the College St area, so I recommend trying another spot if you need a guarantee good time and waiters with decent hearing.

Since I’m in a new neighbourhood I had to find a new breakfast joint ASAP — and while I“m not sure Boom is my «it» spot, it was still a decent breakfast!
What I love about Boom:
— Clean! So clean and new looking
— Service! We were seated right away and had attentive but not overbearing
— Food! Big menus, and delicious food!
— Eggs! They get their own category separate from food because they were AWESOME! Easily the best eggs I have ever had. I’m serious. They have frying eggs down to a science!
The points that take away from Boom are really small, but so annoying to me that they did affect my experience:
— Toast! Only one piece of bread?! What’s up with that? I need at least two slices! This took away from my egg enjoyment!
— Coffee! Slow on the coffee refills
— Price! a little pricey for what I got, honestly — but if I had got that second piece of toast I would have let it go…
SO I will be back, but I’ll keep looking for my dream spot!

I wanted to like Boom more than I did, the space has a very cute diner vibe going as you make your way through the narrow section between the open kitchen and the dining area towards the back of the restaurant. Staff was friendly service was more quick than not and by that I mean it took them a good amount of time to bring us our coffee than it did our food (relatively speaking). Weekdays are apparently the best time to do breakfast here as they have a very cheap special including complimentary coffee.
One of the big reasons I didn’t fall in love with Boom was that they serve coffee in the standard small coffee cups but fail to refill it regularly. It was after I was done eating that they came over for the first refill. I wouldn’t complain too much about this if I had come in on a weekday and was being served free coffee but for $ 2.50 I was expecting either better coffee or more refills. Thankfully Boom sits right next to the lit coffee shop so I was able to properly satisfy my caffeine craving next door.
The actual food is what saves this place for me. I’m not a big fan of the large quantities of grease big name breakfast chains serve up (although I know that for some that is part of the draw). My meal here which consisted of fries, bacon (one piece of toast) and 2 eggs was just the right amount for me and none of it felt disgustingly gross. So props for them for doing food right.
I would come in here on a weekday for sure but on a weekend I would rather skip out.

Nous y sommes allés une seule fois pour se faire claquer la porte au nez: «ah non on né sert plus, c’est fermé» — genre 15 minutes avant leur heure de fermeture. On aurait préféré le sourire, un ‘désolé’ pour la forme. On né demandait pas une exception, juste un peu plus de courtoisie. Ça compte car nous n’y sommes jamais retournés.

I stopped by Boom for brunch based on my date’s recommendation. My date describes this place as less ‘yellow’ [1] than most breakfast/​brunch joints, I was sold and we had to check it out.
Food
Farmer Gianni — yummy veggie omelet, the home fries were awesome, not too greasy with the right crispness and seasoning. I really liked the fruit that accompanied the dish
Eggs Florentine — got to split my breakfast with his and I tried his eggs Florentine. The egg was perfectly poached and the hollandaise sauce was just right. I preferred the eggs Florentine to my omelet.
Coffee was above average and I got several refills while we dined
Service
Quick and attentive. I was surprised how quickly our dishes came out shortly after we ordered. The only downside is that you have to pay at the cash before you leave. Not sure if this is a downside, but I like the full service payment when I dine out.
If you are in the Italy area, this place is definitely worth checking out! They have smoothies on the menu too!
[1] Yellow scale is the level of oiliness, Denny’s would be high on the oiliness scale