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9th Avenue Grill
Category: Restaurants Breakfast & Brunch Breakfast & Brunch [Edit]
1822 W BroadwayVancouver, BC V6J 1Y9
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
(604) 714-0744
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Breakfast
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
15 reviews for 9th Avenue Grill
15 reviews in English
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Review from Kenneth E.
Vancouver, BC
2/3/2012
Surprised there aren't more reviews on these breakfast places, don't we wake up hungry as foodies? :) It's in a great busy location, maybe ppl just don't notice it.
Nice that they serve breakfast all day; ordered the crispy bacon hash, other than the potatoes being a bit too big for bite-sized, and a few more veggies would make it better.
Also use free-range eggs.
Take advantage of their $5 Breakfast to go if you're in a rush. -
Review from Ben C.
8/14/2011
I was running errands in the West End when hunger pangs convinced me to stop for a bite.
I live in Burnaby so immediately I thought "hmm, I'm west of Burrard so it'll be pretty tough to find a good cheap food!"
I feel like a found a gem with the 9th Avenue Grill.
Friendly service, ample variety of comfort food and prices were characteristic of East Van, even though I'm a stone's throw away from the Ferrrari dealership.
Everything was well made and tasted great.
"So why didn't you give this 5 stars?"
- I'm glad you asked, this place would really benefit from a nice air conditioner unit for these hot summer days. -
Review from Amy T.
8/15/2011
I'm surprised that 9th Avenue Grill has such low ratings.
I ordered the 9th Ave Eggs Benedict Special. This was 2 eggs bene on English muffins with avocados, sausage, mushrooms and hollandaise sauce drizzled all over. It didn't come with any hashbrowns, but with their homestyle fries, which is basically potaoes. It wasn't crispy or fried for a long time, which is fine since I just need some sort of carbs. Delicious and super well priced!
This place is not very big and it tends to get packed, so I can see how food orders can be too slow. Luckily, the husband and I had a good experience and we will likely be coming back. -
Review from Christine B.
Nanaimo, BC
6/16/2011 1 Check-in Here
3 different tables that sat down 10 minutes after us, got their food first and the servers reasoning was that they were single bills??!? Finally got our food 45 min later and it was made wrong with the yolk and white part of the egg so runny it was like snot!! Definitely will NOT be back. Oh and their chocolate milk is made from powder.... And it's not good!
The server however was friendly and empathized with us, and supposedly they had a new cook. They have great innovation but not good execution .
I won't be coming back. -
Review from Alex C.
10/19/2011
Place was great... very different types of food, loved the different types of egg dishes... probably will be back and recommend
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Review from David F.
Vancouver, BC
11/12/2009
I've passed by this place so many times and never ventured in. Maybe it's because it just doesn't look as funky as Joe's Grill, or Sophie's and such, so never thought much of it, but I finally tried it and loved it.
It was very busy and so service was a might slow, but still charming and pleasant. They made a mistake with my order, but were very accommodating about addressing it. The quality of the food was very good. Maybe not the best fries, but decent enough. Home fries were pretty good. My Benny was very good and my wife and daughter had the chicken Caesar wrap and club, which was very good. Coffee is excellent too. Bit on the dark roast side for me, but very good quality.
So i have found a new diner near home, which is great! -
Review from Alexander Bromley Clark D.
Vancouver, BC
5/19/2009
Some points of interest:
1) ALL DAY BREAKFAST. ahhhhhhhh yaaaa, boyyyyyyy!
2) It's "9th Avenue Grill" not "Nineth Avenue Grill"
3) This family-run hole-in-the-wall provides quick service, not-so-greasy greasy spoon fare and fairly-priced fare (yikes...that was an awkward sentence...almost as awkward as that salty dark chocolate I tried last night).
4) This place beats the crap out of corporate Denny's, which is just up the street along Broadway.
5) I had one of the best omelettes of my life here. The ingredients, preparation and presentation of this Greek omelette weren't out of the ordinary, but the ratio betwixt the feta, spinich, tomato and egg was perfect. The chef (or produce supplier) also removed those pesky spinich stems too, which I dislike chewing.Listed in: Breakfast in Kits/False Creek
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Review from Anita T.
Toronto, ON
11/21/2009
Fantastic!
I'm a huge fan of breakfast food and this place serves it well into the afternoon! Although the service is kind of slow, the food quality definitely makes up for it (not to mention the inexpensiveness of the dishes!).
And sure the decor isn't that great, but it's family-run and they are just so darn nice!Listed in: Brunch Munch!
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Review from Jason D.
Vancouver, BC
12/20/2010
I used to eat at the Broadway location fairly often. It was a good menu and a casual setting. I had one incident however that completely soured my sauce. A friend and I went for breakfast and I ordered the Eggs Benny. The food came out and I immediately realized that the poached eggs were nearly raw. I don't mind a runny yolk but these egg whites were clear. I asked the waitress if I could have them cooked a bit more. She understood and kindly took my eggs to the back. I heard the beep beep of the microwave (bad form but not fatal). When I got my eggs back, the cook had severely overcooked the eggs in the microwave. The eggs were pucks and the hollandaise was seared into the plate. I told the waitress that I wasn't going to eat eggs like that and she apologetically took them back. The cook waddled out and started berating me saying that the Eggs Benny comes with soft-poached eggs. I wanted to explain that a soft-poached egg doesn't have clear egg whites but she stormed back into the kitchen. It was a surreal experience: people were sitting there with astonished looks on their faces. The waitress was very polite and she obviously wanted nothing to do with the cook.
Anyway, I tried to contact the owner but after playing phone tag a couple times, I gave up. Now, every employer can have a bad employee (and every employee can have a bad day) but for me, it was so over the top. That was approximately 3 years ago and I've not been back since. -
Review from Bruce G.
Vancouver, BC
2/2/2011
My experience was so bad here it was surreal.
I ordered the chicken and bacon wrap with fries. Despite the menu saying chicken breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato and onion the wrap was about 98% shredded romain lettuce with a few chunks of chicken the size of a small bean and no other ingredients to be found (this is not an exaggeration). The fries were covered in oil and hard in the centre from being undercooked. I waited patiently for the waitress to come over and told her that I was very disappointed with my meal. It wasn't what was described and asked if I could just return it and be on my way but she informed me that "this was not part of their policy" and that my only option was to order something else. So I ordered a simple 6 dollar breakfast and had to wait another 20 minutes or so. The waitress took my plate back to the kitchen and proceeded to complain to the other waitresses about me within earshot. She went so far as to mimic my girlfriend. When I went up to pay she called me and my girlfriend "rude" and condescendingly asked if we had "ever seen a wrap before" My girlfriend and I were very polite throughout the entire process. She tried to charge me 10 dollars for the original meal that i did not eat. When I refused she charged me the 6 dollars for the meal and told us to eat up the street next time.
I've worked in the food industry, and eat out a lot. I've never experienced anything like this EVER. -
Review from sammona g.
Vancouver, BC
4/28/2011
i picked up a burger and a side of greek salad...I was told to pick it up in 15 minutes.
Once I arrived, the only person working was the lady that took my order, there were 3 employees in the back, 2 were gossiping about another coworker and the 3 was aimlessly with no motivation walking back and forth, once for the tomato, then again for the green pepper, then again for the cucumber...omg soo slow..I knew he was making mine because I was still waiting.
I never got my food for another 15 minutes so my lunch was over.
I took it back to the office the burger was soggy from the dressing on the salad. However the burger was really good, the make homemade patties, so that was a plus...the salad was a little bland the 'zing' was missing.
It cost about 12.00 not bad I guess, but I've had better. -
Review from Susanne J.
Hope, BC
Updated - 6/9/2010
Went during the week for a bite at about 9:30am. Despite being only one of two tables at the place I felt downright ignored. I told our server there would be two of us and it took her 20 minutes to bring a second menu. We had little time left to order at this point so I asked what was quick. The answer was mash. It was nothing exciting and served without even an attempt at smiling. The fun energy of the place that I'd felt on a previous visit had disappeared, in fact I felt drained when I left. They still have make your own eggs benny, but are changing their menu and note many items that are no longer available.
Listed in: Give me more 604!, Coffee in Kits
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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8/16/2009
So happy to have found this sweet little breakfast spot. We played "make your own eggs benny", a… Read more »
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Review from Teddy H.
10/18/2011
whats the great thing about living in boston? its that the couv is not far away. I went for a long weekend with my girlfriend, and I was told to try 9th ave before I left. I decided to listen, and I am glad I did so. We went for breakfast, and the eggs were unreal. I would def go back for another meal next time I am up north!
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Review from Brett C.
Toronto, ON
2/27/2010
When both my girlfriend and I had cravings for bennies we decided to go here. While the service was very friendly, my benny was just okay. It did not compare to the one I had at John's Place in Victoria. But because the prices were reasonable and the service so friendly I plan to go back and try another dish to see if they deserve another star.
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Review from Ian B.
Vancouver, BC
2/27/2010
Solid brunch. Nothing special.
