Evviva Breakfast & Lunch – Downtown Toronto

Finally, a heaven-​sent! Being a brunch lover, I’ve never been a huge fan of the Harbourfront area, because there was never a decent place for brunch. And recently, this happened — and I couldn’t be a bigger fan of the Harbourfront area!
Let me start with the service — having been here multiple times already, I can honestly say every single time the service is fantastic. Very friendly servers with amazingly short wait time. Coffee cups are never left emptied which is a +++. A personal experience with how amazing the service is: I forgot to switch my side of potatoes to sweet potatoes — but because my food was ready, the server gave me a cup of spicy aioli to go with my potatoes.
Now, on to the food. I’m the kind of person who, once I’ve tried something I like, I’m hooked! Here’s my go to: Eggs benedict with smoked salmon — delicious! Fresh smoked salmon with perfectly poached eggs, covered with creamy hollandaise. I also had the challah French toast, topped with cinnamon powder. Perfection!
All in all, I would certainly reco this place to anyone in the area. Great way to start off your weekend morning!

Love the food and I’ve always had great service. It gets really busy on the weekends, so if you’re starving, you’ll probably have to wait a bit. Though line ups tend to go fast. The coffee is really good, so I love that it’s bottomless. I’ve only ever had the breakfast food, can’t speak for the rest. It’s on the pricier side for brunch, I mean if I’m comparing it to Frans, but delicious!

Remarkably average.
Average food, average (for downtown) price point, average service.
The waitress was really talkative with one of the customers, that was slightly annoying.
All around not good but not bad either.

Great place, food what decent great location considering there lots of residents in the area, the wait wasn’t to long we had steak and eggs and traditional eggs Benny, everything was above average size which is good overall I would go back.

My co-​worker and I came here for lunch because it was close enough to the office to walk, but also far away from the hustle and bustle of Bremner Blvd. The restaurant is pretty big. There was a large work group celebrating some event when we were there, so it can definitely accommodate plenty of people. However, if the group is large enough as was the case that day, you will not all sit together. From what I understand, it’s usually not busy.
We sat by the window at a table for two. The menu is fairly large and they have all-​day breakfast, which was tempting! I ordered a swiss and mushroom burger. My co-​worker ordered the salmon. Overall, I thought the food was decent. It wasn’t amazing, but it was filling and the price was reasonable. If I get tired of the same old food courts, then I wouldn’t mind coming back here.

Forgettable breakfast experience… I ordered the Maple Syrup waffle and received one with pancake syrup. I asked for maple syrup and later realized that they charged extra for it. I questioned the charge and it was reversed. Very poorly designed client experience… wouldn’t go there again

We LOVE this place! it’s always busy on the weekends around brunch, but we usually stop by for a weekday lunch or breakfast.
Heads up: Some servers are snobby and rude, but the others make up for it.
Food; Absolutely delicious. Have had the Evviva Breakfast sandwich, Eggs Benedict (a few different varieties), Eggs, bacon, and homefries, and Chicken and Waffle. Their homefries are to die for, and the Chicken and Waffle is AMAZING!
Drinks: FRESH SQUEEZED OJ! Their lattes are to die for! The Maple Latte and Café Mocha are favourites.
Price: Really affordable for the quality of food.
Location: Right near the CN tower and Harbourfront Centre. Located super close to our condo building.
I love Evviva and plan on returning regularly.

Fantastic food and service! We got tons of really good food affordable with eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, toast, ham, and pancakes! It is also right next to the CN tower!

TLDR: A new breakfast joint with the possibility of being a «go-​to» for harbourfront, if they work through some seating and service issues.
My boyfriend and I have been anxiously awaiting the all day breakfast place opening right outside our apartment. So when we saw the «grand opening» signs we were excited to try Evviva immediately!
Sunday morning of their first weekend open, and it was busy! We only had to wait about ten minutes to be seated. Unfortunately, they had squished tables and seats so close together to allow for as many guests in the space as possible. This was an issue as I had to really squeeze between two tables to get to a booth. I was honestly concerned that I was going to bump my neighbour’s food with my bum. It was THAT close!
We sat and waited for about 20 minutes for a server to first acknowledge us. And this only happened because we waved someone down. The server apologized for having missed us and we ordered our food and drinks at the same time.
Our food came rather promptly, but unfortunately with a mistake on my plate. They immediately fixed it and we got to finally eat. I enjoyed my breakfast sandwich, even though it looked nothing like the image in the menu. My boyfriend found his bacon, eggs, and sausage rather mediocre.
We did find that the prices were quite justifiable.
I have a feeling our experience was mostly related to a grand opening and staff being new,
We will be returning as many of the menu items sound enticing and I’m hopeful that this will become our «go-​to» breakfast joint!
–Ashley Marie