Patrician Grill

Always come here for breakfast with family. Service is great, food is great, some good regular coffee and got a home-​y feel. If your looking for a decent home style breakfast nothing fancy this is the place. Usually the server is by himself, so relax take it easy on him. This is a place to enjoy your breakfast while reading the newspaper.

My first review was a bit amateurish, so I feel like i need to revive and revamp this review so here we go, second review (don’t remember how many times I been here 4?)
I had the breakfast special once again 3 eggs, toast, home fries and coffee all 8.75 including tax. That was probably the best thing about this.
Eggs:
I had them over easy, thou too much of fried egg and not enough run with yolk, they were decent after I add salt and pepper. They werent bad but they werent the best eggs I had so ³⁄₅ there
Home Fries
As people have read in my past reviews of breakfast places, the home fries are what usually the issue, either they are really good like I have had at The Bus Terminal or bad like I have had at Egg Smart. Here I would put it on better end of the scale they were good, decent and i didn’t hate them ³⁄₅
Sausage
This is what is probably the most disappointing, i felt like I was eating a breakfast sausage drom the frozen section of the supermarket. Atleast it tasted good but it wasnt anything special ²⁄₅
And there was coffee and toast. No issue there.
So that why I would give this place a 3 plus .5 for price so 3.5÷5

Who doesn’t like a good diner? this place is old school, good food, friendly people.

Not a whole ton of variety but the food is quite good. For about $ 2, you get a big plate of onion rings! Staff are really nice and friendly. There are lots of old Hollywood posters on the walls, giving the diner a vintage, all-​American vibe. Sucks that it’s cash only but it adds to the diner’s old-​school charm.

If you’re wandering around king east on a cloudy Saturday morning after an especially rough night with your friend Vodka then this diner is for you.
The staff is pleasant, the diner is greasy and the food hits the spot. In terms of breakfast selection it’s pretty bare bones from your egg/​bacon/​toast options, omelettes, or breakfast sandwiches. The sales tax is included in the menu price. A breakfast for 2 with coffee came to 23 $ inclusive of tax. They only take cash here so hope you didn’t spend it all the night before.

Reasonable diner but nothing special. Eggs tasted very buttery. Service was mediocre but nothing to complain about. Cash only, which would be acceptable if they were a cheap diner but they’re not, so they should really get with the times and accept debit at a minimum.

Dependable is the name of the game here! Have a burger or a club sandwich for lunch. Salad lovers or vegans need to hit the bricks and move on. I’ve been a regular customer on and off for more than ten years and never had a bad meal.

We came here for breakfast and the vibe in this diner is «Sopranos» cool. You can feel an exciting chill in the air… like something unknown is brewing and it’s not your coffee :-) Their motto is «nothing fancy since 1967.» Which validates the para bing para bang vibe of this diner.
I ordered the vegetarian Omelette with onions green peppers mushrooms, and cheese buttery yummy deliciousness. Came with side of home fries and toast. My better half had three eggs with tomatoes.
This is a place where they follow minimalist approach when it comes to food and let your taste buds do the rest!
Hey «nothing fancy here since 1967,» because they know they are doing it right!

Hole in the wall greasy spoon — not a bad thing. But I found the prices a bit on the high side for such an establishment. I’d probably only come here for breakfast — they have the greasy spoon standard of eggs, bacon, home fries (skimpy portion) and toast. The service was ok.

Don’t come here with food allergies. We’re regulars here and they made a mistake today by putting cheese on my husbands burger after I specifically ordered no dairy. Hey scraped the cheese off and reserved it. Cheap. What’s worse is when we told them the waitress asked if it would be ok to scrape it off! We were embarrassed FOR HER. Never been bold faced asked that before and we’ve dined at some dives. UNREAL THAT THEY ASKED AND THEN ACTUALLY DID IT. Now my husband is sick. Allergies are as real their ignorant asses.

One of the better diners around… cheap and laid back, comfy booths, zippy service, stools at a an eat-​at counter — best cheeseburger deluxe around — lots of parking around on the street… i drive to get there once a month or so… love it

Good inexpensive breakfast, comfy booths. On King Street on the way to work. Parking on King permitted after 9a.
Great service!

As far as diners in Toronto go, this is one of the best.
Popped in for a cheap lunch after spending way too much on furniture a few blocks away and we were not disappointed. I got the Patrician sandwich which is a pumped up BLT with cheese and an extra slice of mayonnaised white bread in the middle. It comes with their house slaw, and it’s a god damned masterpiece.
If you like comfy plastic booths, surly men who know their way around a griddle and the smell of bacon in the air, this place is for you. If you want to pay $ 23 for an eggs Benny with a whimsical twist, you and Patrician probably won’t jive.

Breakfast is cheap at $ 8.75 taxes in for 3 eggs, 3 sausages, potatoes, toast and coffee. We received our food quickly but never checked up on. No offer for more coffee or juice refill. Whoever served us didn’t really make eye contact with us when we ordered but seemed friendly and social with others in the restaurant who were regulars. Its a nice, nostalgic establishment with simple food, just wish they gave us more of an experience to come back.
Cash only. There’s a sign that says «ATM» but I didn’t see the machine.

This is a very laid back, traditional greasy spoon diner. It seems a bit like time has stopped. This diner definitely has some edge compared with the posh furniture shops nearby.
The food and service are straightforward. A cheese burger tastes just like a cheese burger should. Actually the customers seemed very non-​fancy too. Keeping it simple, great!

I have to amend my previous review a bit. I visited this restaurant for lunch today and found that their lunch options are quite a bit less appealing than the breakfast. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich and it was cold, small, and absolutely not worth the $ 11 it cost. Stick to breakfast if you decide to try this place.

We found this breakfast restaurant on Unilocal!And wasn’t disappointed.
It was exactly as described: quick, affordable, and greasy!
We chose this diner as it was close to our hotel and was inexpensive. we both ate for under $ 25 tip included.
Highly recommend if in the area and want a hearty breakfast for a fair price!

Greasy spoon? YES PLEASE. I love this little place. Very diner-​esque — something like out of the movies. Fastest service ever. I can’t really recall what I ordered — probably something on the line of like. the «usual.» Got me two eggs, over easy, toast, some sausage, home fries. Y’know the deal. Absolutely love this place, it’s so cute and so cheap. No complaints there.

I’m writing this update WITHOUT reading my previous review. The Patrician was the first stop in what has ended up being a 2 ½ year long, weekly breakfast get together with friends. We’ve been to almost 120 different places, all of which qualify as greasy spoons, or they at least offer a greasy spoon style breakfast. Authentic greasy spoons or diners are our priority, but we are running out of those. This update springs from a new perspective… that of someone who has a bit of experience in this department… and over 100 other places to compare it to.
The Patrician is an authentic greasy spoon. Built in the 50’s and run by the same family since 1967, this place is great. It’s got a lunch counter with an open grill, and a number of booths. Coffee was offered before we were even seated, and the server/​owner was very friendly and efficient. The eggs were done perfectly (over easy, and sunny side up) and I’m told by my comrades that the bacon was «above average». Average bacon, but cooked perfectly. Crisp, but not dried out… and very flat. The toast was standard, Wonder-​style brown bread, home fries pretty good, and the coffee was about average.
It’s the authentic vibe that makes this place. If you are trying to find traditional Toronto greasy spoons, add this one to your list.

This place is kind of an establishment on King East. A place that ppl will fight tooth and nail for if they are ever threatened to go out of business.
It also has really mediocre food. But it’s that kind of old school, surly customer service that you kind of love/​hate from a diner that has been there since forever.
Fairly affordable, but definitely not the most affordable in the area
Alright, definitely not the worst or best in the area.
A place you kind of both love– b/​c of the old diner experience and hate– because of the old diner experience.
Worth going either once or being a regular at– if you get what I’m saying.
I’ll stick with once.