By Gluten Free Eats' gluten-free community
Updated Nov 2024
Celiac accommodating
1630 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON M4G 3B7, Canada
Celiac accommodating
505 Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON M4S 1J9, Canada
Great little brunch spot for waffle lovers or the waffle-curious! Vegan and gluten-free options are marked on the menu. I don't eat a lot of grains, so I had the Eggs Benedict on "potato waffles" which, I discovered, were basically just mashed potatoes pressed and browned into mini-waffle shapes in a waffle iron. Worked for me! My companion had the salmon benedict on traditional mini-waffles, which they also enjoyed. Strawberry cheesecake waffle for dessert gets two thumbs up; tasty and big enough to share if you're already full. The ambiance is very 'Basic Diner,' but that's appropriate to the menu. They also have a nice outdoor dining area set up on Mount Pleasant in season, but warning—Mount Pleasant traffic can be LOUD.
Gluten-free options
507 Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON M4S 2L9, Canada
Gluten-free options
623 Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON M4S 2M9, Canada
One of my favourite places that's close to home, so I don't need to make the trek downtown. We brought my mom here for her birthday and she was very happy with the food. We ordered the calamari, caesar salad, mussels, burrata to start, and we shared the 16oz rib-eye, tortelli bolognese and chicken cacciatore. Everything was absolutely delicious, the steak was cooked perfectly, and even though we had to request the gluten-free version of the tortelli for my sister, the dish was still very tasty. I wish I could give this a 4.5 instead of 4 because the issue small but it still left kind of a bad taste in my mouth. We had booked the reservation for 6PM, and I was running a bit late but the rest of the table arrived on time. I had told my family that I would be at least 20 mins late and to go ahead and order drinks and appetizers without me. My sister kept calling me telling that they were rushing them to order and asking where I was because they had another table coming in at 8PM. I arrived at 6:20 and we promptly ordered our mains. The service was great but they seemed to be in a rush to clear our tables and drinks because they kept coming over to check on us to see if we had finished. Then at shy of 7:30, one of the servers asked if they could bring us the bill and that if we wanted dessert, we had to eat it at the bar. I'm not going to lie, I was slightly taken aback and offended almost? I understand that I had arrived late, but we had most of the food ordered already...there is no indication of a seating limit when I reserved--although we probably wouldn't have taken more than 2 hours anyway. It was my mom's birthday, we were there to have a good time and celebrate, I didn't appreciate being rushed the whole time and also being urged to eat our dessert at the bar when it wasn't even 7:30 yet! We didn't end up ordering a dessert for my mom because I didn't want us to be awkwardly sitting on a bar stool while she ate it. I'm just a little disappointed at the situation, nothing against the servers at all, just the overall vibe of being rushed didn't allow us to eat comfortably.
Gluten-free options
1568 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON M4G 3B7, Canada
Wish I could give them 5 stars! I will say the food was delicious! I had the mushroom and spinach Benedict minus the English muffin as I have celiac. As far as I read on the menu, the guacamole was supposed to be at the bottom of the Benedict. I never had any and the. Was given a small little container of it on the side but it looked like someone had eaten out of the container. I asked someone if that’s what it is supposed to looks like and a guy said yeah. So I said it looks like it has been used since there is half in the container. He never apologized, and just got me a new one and plopped it in the table and walked off. Service was slow and they do get really busy! They don’t have any gluten free waffles or pancake. You can simply ask for no English muffin with the Benedict’s. They take American Express cards and have milk alternatives. Also good amount of food for the price.