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Giggling Tomatoes Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Italian Italian [Edit]
238 Queen Street EastBrampton, ON L6V 1B9
(905) 456-2828
- Hours:
Mon-Tue, Sun 7 am - 4 pm
Wed-Thu 7 am - 8 pm
Fri-Sat 7 am - 9 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
3 reviews for Giggling Tomatoes Restaurant
3 reviews in English
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Review from Christine Z.
Markham, ON
10/25/2011
The restaurant opens up bright and early at about 6am if I'm not mistaken!
You go to the cashier to order and they give a colour coded wood block and you put it on your table where it's visible. You grab your utensils and coffee/tea if you ordered, they provide you a mug and you get unlimited refills =O You find a seat you like, then they come find you. It's kind of neat!
I love the spaghetti with rose sauce and their breakfast that comes with eggs, home fries toast and some sort of meat. I can never finish the breakfast myself so I share with my BF! The breakfast is around $5 and its yummmy! Better than MCDs =D
One more favourite is the.........
Chicken Souvlaki Dinner Combo, you get two sides (I usually choose greek salad and rice) .. oh so goooood! -
Review from Dave M.
10/21/2011
While I'm not quite sure what the tomatoes find so funny, hitting up this place has been on my agenda for a year or 2 now. Feels good to finally ketchup.
Located at the corner of Queen and Kennedy, Giggling Tomatoes puts itself in dangerous territory. Not only does it have to compete with the Asian cuisine and Crabby Joes across the street, it also has to lock horns with the popular evening spots like Sonny's, Burrito Boyz, and Taco Bell, though its closing time is oddly early.
At first I thought I'd wandered into Jurassic Park. The ceiling and walls are decorated with forest designs, faux leaves hanging, and the colour of the booth padding matches, which were also very comfy. There is also a plasma TV hanging by the exit, in case you feel that burning desire to watch CP24 while waiting for your food.
The menu was surprisingly extensive. They have an all-day breakfast setup (complete with peameal bacon and a good selection of omelettes), as well as diner goodies like grilled cheese, soup, salad, gyros, and BLT's. They also offer a vast list of lunch/dinner options: Souvlaki, chicken shawarma, wraps, steak, seafood, burgers, and pastas with shrimp/chicken. They also offer beer and wine if you choose to partake. The prices are all extremely reasonable as well.
Being a half-hour before closing, I'm not sure if they normally have more staff on hand, but they had one very sweet server and one cook while I was there. Being so late, I ended up skipping the big breakfast I was craving, and opted for their Home Style Burger with Onion Rings instead. Pretty risky, considering I could very easily get a trouser-tickling burgasm at Sonny's instead, but seeing as how the price of burger was the same in both locations, I thought I'd steel-cage-match this bitch, and see which burger came out on top. The onion rings were onion rings. I don't think I've ever had an onion ring that was inedible, or didn't taste like all of the others, so it's burger time!
Holy Kennedy and Queen cattlecaust! Burgasm achieved here as well! In terms of cooking time, I had to wait longer for GT's slice of sly steer, but the portion was much thicker than Sonny's. Flavourful, fresh-bunned, and served with a smile. I'm a fan, and have a whopper of a menu to burn through on subsequent visits.
If the tomatoes' giggles are that of the chest-out 'bring it' persuasion, they have the right.Listed in: B-Town!, 30-Day Yelp Challenge, Burgasm Tour 2011
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Review from Johnathan N.
Brampton, ON
Family run, comfort food, not quick.
There are a few Giggling Tomatoes franchises now, but I think this is the original. Sitting right on the corner of Queen and Kennedy, parking's a bit of a mess, but there's plenty of room inside.
Their menu is overlarge. Breakfast, pasta, fish, burgers - this place tries to be a deli and a diner and a grill and an Italian restaurant at the same time. It results in them being a little overpriced, a little slow, and a little less well-executed than you'd want. You can hardly complain about lack of choice, though!
My advice is to pretend that they are a greasy spoon breakfast/lunch diner and treat the rest of their signage as a printing error. Their sandwiches are good, their omelets are massive but full of fresh veg, and their fries are pretty tasty.
Pro-tip: The portions are massive, and you would do well to take advantage thereof. 3 people can probably get by on 2 breakfast orders, and 4 can certainly make do with 3 lunches.
Parking Pro-tip: the strip mall just east of them on Queen has tons of parking, and is hardly a long walk.
