Flo’s Diner

Flo’s was good, not great. Staff was a little disorganized and kitchen was backed up. But the food was good. The Eggs Benedict was very good. Sauce was tasty. My wife had eggs and waffle. The sausage and bacon were really good. Waffle had good flavor. Would have been a 4 star but for the service and delay in food. I used the word good a lot in this review but that best describes it.

Great old school looking dinner in the heart of Yorkville.
Had a chance to hang out on the patio for a breakfast meeting. Food was good, atmosphere and vide were great.
Good find and definitely will be back.

An amazing diner. Perfect food. Great option. Coffee is great and the diner vibe is perfect!
Surprise find.
Go here!

the people work hard here to make your time both delicious and enjoyable. a true greasy spoon. nothing healthy to be found. and if you do find it, don’t eat it. have the bacon and the waffles and the burger. if you want to be healthy go somewhere else. good eggs. nice french guy who’s always got a coffee refill for ya.

The worst!!! Ordered eggs Benedict and it was the most tasteless over priced garbage you could imagine. Service was super slow. But that would be considered a small issue. The big issue is the price of the food for the quality. There are tons of breakfast places, this place isn’t even a contender.

Can’t really give it more than 2 stars even though the service was good, everything else was lacking. I didn’t enjoy the experience at all. From the moment I arrived in Yorkville to meet my long time friend and fellow agent Sue at Flo’s. No parking on any Yorkville streets will basically rules out Yorkville for me in future, we can thank Kristyn Wong-​Tam Toronto City Counselor for that, how she gets elected is beyond me (she kisses the ass of unions is how she gets elected). She thinks we should walk everywhere. Toronto is and always will be a car city until they city gets it together and builds transit. Anyway, back to Flo’s. I liked the menu and the fact that you can order half orders of just about anything. I had half order of eggs benny, tasted not good, and looked lonely on the plate with just home fried potatoes. Sue had the same. The place looks like it could use a good cleaning, and the staff while nice and friendly didn’t add any charm of an old style dinner. This place looks old and tired. I did get to meet Peter the owner and he was very nice. I would not go back. Considering this is «Yorkville» I expected a lot more and they didn’t deliver.

No idea why or how Flo’s is 3.5 stars because I think this place is one of the best brunch spots in Toronto. It’s small, unpretentious and the wait is rarely more than 20 minutes. The food comes quick, the service is good and they refill your water and coffee almost every 5 minutes or always ask how everything is. Everything is under $ 15 and the portions are generous. I usually get the spinach/​mushroom/​goat cheese omelette and they are generous with the goat cheese. Come here.

This place is really quaint and cute. Old school diner vibe with old signs throughout. Very friendly staff and good food. I ordered the «Eggs All Meaty» which was good but too large for one person. They were very accommodating when I asked for non dairy milk and stevia for coffee (which they had both!). I would definitely go back.

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We went to Flo’s for lunch today; it was my first time eating here. The service was fine, but there was what appeared to be a spider web with tiny black eggs on my friend’s toast. We told our server who said it was mold and took her plate away. She came back a few minutes later and asked if my friend wanted anything else. By then my friend’s appetite was gone. The rest of us also had the same kind of toast so we ended up losing our appetites as well. They comped my friend’s meal and our server offered an apology.
While I acknowledge that this could have been an isolated incident, namely being served food with visible mold on it, it does makes me concerned about what else in that restaurant is not being adequately monitored for freshness. I’m sure the restaurant is expecting this review.

Great patio, great food, great service. I’ve never had a bad meal here, easily one of my favourite brunch spots in the city!
Fresh ingredients

I came here for brunch with my boyfriend and his friends. This place is located on the second floor in a building in Yorkville. The place is decorated exactly like a diner inside. The seating was comfy and I liked the easy and casual atmosphere, which is great for a weekend brunch. The servers at this place was all very friendly and attentive (attentive meaning they got us what we needed and allowed us to have our space). The food portion was just right. I ordered the salmon egg benny — the egg was not over cooked, it was nice and runny. However, I thought the hollandaise sauce needed more flavor. Overall the entire experience was good and I would come back for brunch, or maybe lunch to try out other items on their menu.

Super Retro looking diner (think Back to the Future 1950s) in the heart of Yorkdale. You even have to take a swanky elevator to get there.
Fairly busy on a Sunday Morning for brunch but we didn’t have to wait for a table. I got the giant breakfast with eggs, sausage, back bacon and regular bacon ($ 15) and my girlfriend got the eggs benny with peameal. Everything came quickly. The only catch was the eggs Benny were cold and sadly we had to send it back. It was returned no problem and they made a new one, only problem was it was with ham instead of peameal.
Overall the service and ambiance was good but the food was a bit lacklustre.

Great service. The wait staff was very nice. Food is well priced and delicious. Would go back!

Affordable (for Yorkville), delicious and friendly staff! Love the 50s style décor! I got the mac and cheese special and it was delicious!

When shopping in Yorkville, I often have two pretty major issues when hunger hits:
+I have already spent so much money, so I can’t splurge on lunch.
+Even if I feel like splurging, I take shopping seriously, like a sport, thus I am never dressed appropriately for a Yorkville restaurant.
The above reasons lead me to Flo’s, a simple diner sitting high above Yorkville. The food is OK, what you’d expect, and it hits the spot. I enjoy their fresh juices, nice staff and people watching patio.

Went here for a team outing after a successful month. They were accommodating for the big team, however they didn’t have enough servers for us so that slowed down service a bit.
Ordered 3 eggs Benedict. Hollandaise sauce was extremely thick and seemed overcooked. Egg yolk was also practically cooked. Overall a disaster as both the yolk and the sauce were overcooked giving me a jaw workout. The saving grace for this place was that the sausage and pancakes tasted delicious! Definitely not a place to order something that requires more technical cooking skills.

Cute patio. My menu looks like it has never been cleaned. There are what looks like short shaven facial hair all up inside of the plastic. Plus my water had something nasty floating in it. It looks like other people are enjoying their food unfortunately I have to pass.

Came here for Sunday brunch. Vegetarian plate was good. Always crowded but people are friendly and nice.

I’m currently standing at Flo’s with a friend. There are no less than 8 empty tables on the patio and for some reason, they’re holding a line near the elevator. We’ve been standing here for over 15 minutes, and one table has been filled. Inexplicable.
The only reason I’m giving it two stars, is because I’ve eaten here before and I know they can’t screw up scrambled eggs!

What do you get when you put a 50’s-60’s style diner (which are supposed to be cheap) and put it in Yorkville? Average prices for average food (as opposed to super cheap prices for average food — which is what diners are supposed to be).
Atmosphere — ³⁄₅. It’s not your typical breakfast joint in Yorkville, with all the fancy/​schmancy stuff, nor is it a run of the mill breakfast joint. It tries hard to be «posh» 50 – 60’s, and while I appreciate the uniqueness, it’s not all-​out. Like at least have a juke box right? It’s not bad though, as their uniforms are even diner style, which is cool. When I see themed restaurants or areas/​attractions, I prefer them to go all out as opposed to doing «hybrids» (also probably why I like authentic ethnic cuisine more than fusion).
Service: ⁴⁄₅ — very friendly and personable waiters and waitresses. They are busy, but they don’t forget the little things (e.g. the waiter saw I didn’t have hot sauce on my table and asked if I wanted any and they also asked if I wanted a coffee refill after I got my bill).
Food: ³⁄₅ Ordered the peameal eggs benedict. The poached egg itself was perfect, and once you cut into it, a nice yolky centre came oozing out (love it!). However, I found the hollandaise sauce a bit too sweet and overpowering. I prefer the hollandaise sauce to cover most of the egg, but not all of it plus the English muffin. Oh yeah and the English muffin, very run of the mill, but didn’t seem crispy enough. Don’t get me wrong, I’d have it again, but it wasn’t exceptional. Very pedestrian.
So basically, I ate in Yorkville and I didn’t get ripped off! BONUS POINTS! :-)
Overall 3.33÷5