Paddington’s Pump

Excellent food. Good service. Benedict is to die for. Average to lower pricing.
Will definitely return.

Stopped in today for the first time after doing some shopping at St. Lawrence market. Sat at the bar, thinking I’d relax, have a beer or two and maybe read the paper. Unfortunately the bartender (platinum blonde) decided she’d rather chat with the regulars than bother serving me. She looked over, but not a «Hello, I’ll be with you in a minute!». Nothing. I sat there for nearly 10 minutes, put my coat back on and left. She couldn’t have cared less. Was there a secret password I needed to know?

Lovely place right next to St Lawrence Market. Had an amazing Oink on a bun (best name) with a really good poutine. My wife had a eggs Benedict with fries. And it was night! All day breakfast. Gotta love it.

Small place in the market that is open on Sunday. Truthfully. OK like a fattier juicier cut of Peameal bacon and the tomato and shredded lettuce for me distracted from the taste of the meat. I mean really, you are eating a mound of ham on a kaiser, are you really worried about getting in your veggies at this point? I actually liked the lightness of the coleslaw and the mustard options were tasty and appreciated. If Carousel is closed this place isn’t bad, but my palette prefers the place next door.

Came by on the Thanksgiving Saturday for a quick meal before a pie making class upstairs. The food was pretty satisfying a filing but the wait time really dampened the experience.
Staff: They were friendly and felt that they were attentive to our needs even though it was somewhat busy. There were even many times while I ate that someone would check in on us and two seconds later another staff member checked in on us, which can be a bit repetitive. Unfortunately, I wished the wait time wasn’t so long. We probably waited almost 30 to 40 minutes from the time we ordered our food to the time we got our food. As I waited, I looked around and noticed that we weren’t the only ones waiting. It was a good thing we had arrived early to the market and wasn’t in a rush yet.
Ambience: Seating was very close to other tables, so people had to brush up against others/​table quite a bit to get by. It was also quite loud but it was a busy Saturday at St. Lawrence Market so I guess I can’t expect too much. It seems very small and the added décor made it seem even smaller than it probably was. It addition it seemed a tad on the darker side and I felt maybe a fresh coat of paint could revitalize it.
Food: The food was well priced and you got a big hefty portion. I had the Lumberjack Sandwich, which I had misinterpreted that it came with homefries on the side, but in actuality it came with homefries IN the sandwich AND on the side. SO MANY POTATOES! That was my own fault of course, and it was still yummy nonetheless. I may have to come back for one of their other sandwiches because they all looked delicious. I would mentioned that it was salty for me, but I prefer low sodium, so take that statement with a grain of salt (Boo-​yah! Nailed that pun.)
I would say if you’re in the area and wanted breakfast food, this is a great option, but I would suggest to take it to go.

Ate half a peameal sando here because I thought it was Carousel. It wasn’t. I thought it was a good sando… until I tried Carousel. I wish that the pork was more tender and the bread did not compare to Carousel.

Tried the peameal bacon sandwich… unique sandwich. Love that they toast the bun and the bacon on the sandwich was delicious!

I go to Paddington every so often for breakfast when I’m working in the area. I usually get take out. This morning I decided to go and have a nice sit down meal with my boyfriend. We were quite hungry and excitedly anticipating our (usually good and well priced) meal. After waiting 15 minutes, we were finally asked out order. It was 30 minutes until we got our food and the waitress was «reassuring» us that our timing was good because the people beside us had waited an hour. That was no reassurance at all and did not make me feel any better. When we finally got our food, the eggs were undercooked to the point where the whites hadn’t even turned white and the pancakes still had batter in the middle and were raw. Completely unsatisfied and we will not be visiting Paddinton’s again any time soon.

This place is a little cracker. We went for lunch there yesterday while exploring the market. and we were certainly not disappointed. Very friendly and relaxed atmosphere, the service was spot on and we received V.I.P. treatment from our Server. We chose burgers and they were gorgeous. The meat was cooked to perfection, the only complaint was the portion sizes were huge and we just couldn’t finish it all. Well worth the money and the visit, we’ll definitely return when in the area again.

Don’t assume the food here is crafted from the bounty available in the market. They don’t even have maple syrup, only table syrup. Potatoes are weak and their cheeses are a marginal step above processed. Decent service though.

This place is great, the service was fast and very friendly. We had breakfast here, and we’ll be back again cuz it was the best I’ve had in town. Tried both benedicts and the pancakes, it was all awesome.

I noticed that the other reviews gave no higher than 3 stars.
My daughter had a grilled chicken salad. My son had a corned beef sandwich, and I had a tuna sandwich. Kind of hard to mess those things up. I am giving the restaurant a high rating for the fries and onion rings. They were superb, crispy and tasty. The poutine was also very good. The service was not the fastest, but also not the slowest.

Delicious sandwich! The peameal was amazing with the addition of the home potatoes. I added a few peppers to my sandwich with mustard but it would’ve been fine plain. The sandwich was so flavorful!

My favorite eggs benny in the city. The hollandaise is intense: super creamy and thick. You may want to order it on the side instead but trust me, you’ll want to dip everything in it. The homefries are done right here as well. Plan for naptime afterwards :) Super casual atmosphere so, don’t expect anything fancy. Total greasy spoon joint.

Loved this breakfast spot. Who doesn’t love the energy at a market? Paired with perfectly poached eggs for the Benny and a true Grand Slam.
THE START
Greeted and sat at a table for two. Restaurant was a local diner feel with just the busy amount of people. Not a crazy line or too quiet that it feels like mid day 2 — 5 rather than morning breakfast.
SERVICE
Our waitress was very pleasent. Executed beginning to end of serving with ease and perfection. ¹⁰⁄₁₀
FOOD
Portions are average to the hungry eye and overly generous when comsumed. Eggs benny was done perfectly. My bf’s order of the Grand Slam came with everything. Coffee was average. Not botomless. Still, bang for your buck.
THE EXPERIENCE
Great! Would not travel all they way there in this freezing cold weather from where I am but when I am in the neighborhood a definite yes!

I had a peameal bacon sandwich for the first time. I am not sure what the hype is all about. I am not a big fan of sandwiches. Maybe that it is why. The sandwich is huge though! It is definitely an item you can share.

I went to this place for breakfast and I have three words for it GREaT CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! We ordered their 5.95 special of two eggs, home fries and toast. Just because the waitress was 2 minutes late bringing out our order she gave us two free coffees and two free eggs!!! We were pleasantly surprised. Three eggs are a bit too much if anyone is trying to watch their cholesterol but who can say NO to free food! Such a cute diner!

Peameal bacon sandwich and a beer. What more can you ask for?
This place is a great little dive nestled in the St. Lawrence Market, which is a whole lot of fun to explore on its own. The food was good and the service solid. It’s a bar, so if you’re bringing little ones consider getting your food to-​go and sitting at one of the cafeteria style tables around the market.

This review is for the restaurant and not the take out counter. Apparently this place is really known for its peameal bacon sandwich. Since everyone raves about it I suggest ordering from the takeout counter rather than dining in the restaurant or trying other items. like we did.
DECOR
Small throwback to diners past and tucked away the front of the south building at St Lawrence market. The place is getting a little run town with stick tables, walls and curtains that have never been washed, very old cutlery that is becoming pitted… which contributed to its vintage vibe. It’s kind of warm and comforting, and kind of dirty. My wife and I went here around noon on a Saturday. Surprisingly we were immediately seated considering the market was very busy that day.
FOOD
We started with two glasses of orange juice; which to my knowledge, was freshly squeezed and quite good.
My wife had the California benny which came with smoked salmon on top of a usual eggs benedict, along with homefries. She liked her meal but noted the home fried were soggy and there was substantially too much hollandaise sauce on her eggs. It looked good, minus the sea of sauce, but I didn’t try any of it (allergy).
I had the BLT with homefries which I thought was a safe bet but I was wrong. The bacon inside my sandwich was under cooked and almost all fat. I ended up taking it out because it was greasy and disgusting. That left me with a sandwich with lettuce and tomato. There was 3 cm of lettuce in the sandwich with two paltry sized tomatoes slices between 2 pieces of dempsters bread. Being located in the market I was really expecting bakery quality bread.
The homefries were undercooked, soggy and unevenly seasoned (some pieces were a salt/​seasoning were encrusted while other pieces had no salt/​seasoning whatsoever). The coleslaw that accompanied my meal was brown from sitting out too long.
Presentation for each meal was standard for a diner. Slopped on an overused greying white plate.
SERVICE
Terrible. The only good thing about the service was we were seated immediately. I’d suggest this is a fluke because every time I have passed this place before it was packed. Our order was taken by a surely and unfriendly waitress and our OJ came in good time and then we waited almost 45 minutes for our food. During that 45 minute wait no one came to check on us or let us know why an eggs benedict and a BLT was taking so long. When we finally got our lukewarm food, no one bothered to check up to see if it was okay (mine wasn’t). I could have complained but we wanted to get out of there and be on our way in the market.
There are a lot of great food options in the market, especially with all the new restaurants opened along Market street. Paddington’s isn’t the best restaurantin the area and wouldn’t even make my «10 Ten» list for diners in Toronto. Go elsewhere.

Good breakfast, the only sit down place at St Lawrence Market. Peameal breakfast sandwich — amazing! Strolling the market afterwards made everything just right!