OVER EASY, Toronto

208 Bloor Street W

Toronto

(416) 922 2345

So Harry and I have finally gotten our acts together and started reviewing again.  

Today's stop was Over Easy on Bloor Street.  It's across from the Rom, between St. George and Museum stations.  Warm and cozy, you're greeted quickly at Over Easy with first the quiet atmosphere and then by a table and a full pot of coffee - to keep at your table.  Definitely a reason in itself to love this place.

Many of the breakfast choices are inventive and different from what you'll find in most other egg and bacon places.  Eggs baked in cheese sauce, or eggs poached in port with pearl onions.  Interesting choices.

I had the Eggs mushroom and cheese sauce since the waitress pooh-poohed my original choice, and Harry had the standard Big Breakfast.  We both got freshly squeezed OJ that was very, very good.  

My breakfast was too rich and indulgent for my tastes, but a change from what I'd usually go for and a welcomed change at that.  Harry liked his as well, but wasn't fond of the scrambled eggs.  My ultimate pet peeve reared it's peevey head at me in the form of uncooked eggs under all that thick salty sauce.  

The portions were very large and the service was nice and not overbearing at all.

Harry and I may have been slightly generous with this place but we gave it at 7.5/10.  Coffee and a friendly staff can go a long way sometimes.

Easy Restaurant

1645 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON

We visited Easy a while ago, but somehow the review didn't make it up yet (as have a few) so while sipping some wine in Holland, I'll let you know how our meal went.

Mediocre, at best, after several raving reviews. Sometimes I start to wonder if we need to really stick to the 'house specialty' to get the best experience but a breakfast joint should do everything pretty well.

Big points for the crunchy french stick pieces that we got instead of the usual toast. I was pretty 'meh' on my eggs benedict: the hollandaise was yellow as a canary, thick, greasy, and believe it or not, completely flavourless. That is what stood out to me: how incredibly free of flavour such a rich looking dish was. Even the potatoes, which looked heavily spiced, just tasted like the orange grease that they came in. Plus, the poached eggs were full of water and so everything just became a mush. I hate when you're looking forward to a meal that much only to be forced to leave half of it untouched.

Harry's omellete was good.

The place smells like a damp basement and was pretty unclean. The service was extremely friendly and cheerful, mindful and gave us a TON of refills on our coffee. The orange juice was tasty.

I am going to go again to try the huevos divorciados that they even advertise on their website, easybreakfast.com.

Meh. 4/10 this time. Sorry guys, we really, really wanted to love you but just couldn't do it.