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Golden Griddle Family Restaurants
Category: Restaurants Breakfast & Brunch Breakfast & Brunch [Edit]
45 Carlton StToronto, ON M5B 2H9
Neighbourhoods: Church-Wellesley Village, Downtown Core
(416) 977-5044
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Good For:
- Breakfast
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
16 reviews for Golden Griddle Family Restaurants
16 reviews in English
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Review from steve t.
6/22/2011
All I can say is that this place is your typical late-night Denny's or IHOP. I was just glad that there was a restaurant nearby that was open after 2AM after a night of drinking.
I got the Pancake country style breakfast. The food was okay but maybe I just ate all of my huge breakfast plate because I was drunk and hungry. You can't really mess up breakfast food! -
Review from Jason E.
9/10/2011
This place smells of aged chip fat and should be avoided at all costs lest you be seen in it and have your credibility completely ruined. It really needs a revamp. There are so many more attractive places to get breakfast, but it is open 24/7. Eat here if you have finished washing windscreens at a Gardiner Expressway off-ramp or pan handling on Yonge Street.
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Review from Matt E.
Etobicoke, ON
10/24/2011
This restaurant doesn't even deserve 1 star. The service & food were below standard. I don't recommend this place to anyone, not even my dog. It's sad to have a place like this still open with so many horrible reviews, what a joke! This Company should be ashamed of themselves, ripping off people for absolute garbage! Shame on u Golden Griddle!!
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Review from John F.
North York, ON
11/8/2010
Maybe it should be called the Golden Turd instead. Awful. Went here Saturday for a group brunch:
1. Buffet has little in the way that combines health and tasty. Most of the offering are fatty and overly sweet.
2. Except for the omelet station there is little that could be called real cooking - most seems to be stuff made from mixes. Bread and cake tackily presented in store containers!
3. Abominable coffee.
4. Servers kept trying to snatch plates away before we were finished eating.
5. Ditzizoid server was more interested in counting the number of people at the table instead of brining things when politely requested.
As my father would describe this in Yiddish: chozzerai!Listed in: Places to Avoid
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Review from Dominique L.
Toronto, ON
8/16/2010
Ah, the Griddle. Ah, the sweet smell of nostalgia.
Service? Great. Food? Not so good. I'll stop in here occasionally still, but it's nothing like it used to be. Or hey, maybe I was just an easily impressed child. -
Review from Daniel B.
4/12/2010 1 Check-in Here
Idiots eating waffles.
The shining view of Maple Leaf Gardens is the only thing remotely athletic about this slopbucket. Everything is battered, buttered and flammable.
You can smell the triglycerides from across the street. You can hear the bubbling and crackling of the skillets as you start to sweat Crisco.
This place has been around for over 40 years, and you start to get the feeling that some of the patrons have been sitting in the same place for exactly as long. You give them cute sardonic nicknames in the back of your mind. "Glassy eyed Joe". "Wheelchair Pete". "Morbidly Obese Mona".
Eventually I start getting bored reading people's various neck tattoos and I start to wonder.... "What is it that makes this place always busy?" Is there methadone in the syrup? Is there some kind of secret win-free-dental-care lottery that I'm not privy to?
It's one of the only places in town where people probably wouldn't complain if you put ashtrays back on the table. Come to think of it, they actually still may be out there.
Pass the syrup, glassy eyed Joe. -
Review from Katrina L.
Richmond Hill, ON
9/21/2009
I've visited many Golden Griddles in my day (aka my childhood). I don't remember much about them since I was a child and well, I don't really remember back that far. But I do remember the breakfast buffets and Sunday mornings with the family. Always good memories.
I recently came here with a bunch of friends after a night of debachary. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. This place is great because it's cheaper than Eggspectation and way less greasy than Fran's, the only thing is the place is a *bit* rundown...I mean honestly it's really old inside and is in dire need of a spruce. But realistically, with what you're paying for, it's not a big deal.
I didn't get the buffet as quite frankly it looked a little bit different than what I remember when I was a child. I did have my breakfast staple of eggs, over easy and sausage with home fries and toast. YUM! It was actually really tasty and not greasy and gross like some other places. I usually get the same thing because:
A. I compare and contrast
B. I'm a simple eater
and
C. I'm just a sucker for runny eggs and home fries
I would definitely come back here again, not in the greatest neighbourhood but come during daylight and you'll be just fine. Oh and try to ignore the gross booths and/or nasty looking tables. -
Review from Huma S.
Toronto, ON
11/25/2009
I've been to the one on eglinton east twice this month already and enjoyed myself. Had both the omelette with french toast [very yum] and today had the grilled burger. Impressed with the size of the portions and the efficient service.
Our server was very sweet and ensured that I had everything I needed. The place looked very clean, I'm just wondering after reading all the reviews if maybe the place now has new management, i certainly found the place neat as a pin....the food good value for your money! -
Review from Tre D.
Toronto, ON
5/29/2010
Hey let's call a spade a spade, this place sucks BUT you get what you pay for. It's cheap and the food is edible.
I love their buffet. People knock this place, but I will always go if anyone asks. And it's seriously the best party in Toronto at like 2:30 am on a Sunday. Great after bar crowd. -
Review from Alejandro A.
Toronto, ON
12/22/2008
Golden Griddle is a landmark for any child. If you somehow missed this train when you were young, it's probably too late for you to appreciate the sometimes grungy atmosphere. By grungy I mean that it never feels like the cleanest, highest quality place, even though nothing looks out of place. It's just that skin crawly feeling you get.
Anyway, I grew up loving Golden Griddle, so I do enjoy what they offer. Weekends are breakfast buffets, and during the week this 24-hour diner is a sure fire place to get eggs and coffees whenever you want. Tuesdays are all-you-can-eat pancakes days, which means Tuesdays are also stuff-your-face-with-pancakes-first-thing-and-spen d-the-rest-of-your-day-rolling-around-instead-of-w alking days. -
Review from Danielle F.
Toronto, ON
3/11/2010
Everything comes quickly and seems ok. At first.
The coffee cups are square which makes drinking fun.
But upon further eating, my friend's special $3.99 all-you-can-eat 10-grain pancakes taste "metallic". I'm disappointed but not surprised that processed cheese is used for my omelette. The toast is almost completely soaked through with butter. The hash browns taste chalky.
SPOTTED: a cube of ham in my, "vegetarian" omelette.
I'm too shy to bring it up to waitress. However, she notices that my friend is not eating her pancakes anymore. In a flash, she brings her own favourite, the buttermilk pancakes with free chocolate chips.
I appreiciate the service, but that was a pretty sorry meal. -
Review from Matthew S.
Toronto, ON
2/26/2010
Find (or make) some children. Go to Golden Griddle. Order the breakfast buffet. Enjoy.
I brought my 2 younger siblings here for the breakfast buffet. The food was good but not great. The desserts had been bought from the grocery store. The atmosphere leaves something to be desired and the place is rundown. Regardless, we had a great time. My siblings loved the instant gratification and huge amount of choice of the buffet.
A great option for kids. I wouldn't go on my own but I'll definitely take my siblings back. -
Review from Connie T.
Toronto, ON
12/23/2008
There's something about this Golden Griddle location that stinks. And I actually mean that in a literal sense.
I'm a pancake fan, and I have no qualms with Golden Griddle as a chain. The food itself is average but reliable. Sometimes you just need a cheap pancake fix, and they're there for you, even at the break of dawn when you've had that all-nighter study session and just want something to toss down your gullet before your 9am exam.
But this location is weird. I used to pass this restaurant front every day and would consistently receive a whiff of something foul. It's like they placed a bowl of barf in front of a fan and thought it'd be funny to blow it in my direction. I have no other explanation for this phenomenon.
Plus, whenever I've been inside, it just feels like a cheap motel cafeteria with a bunch of troublesome club kids and travelling shoe salesmen with comb-overs. This GG is pure horror. -
Review from Edward J.
5/26/2010
This is like the gay denny's of Toronto. I asked my brother, where's a good breakfast? I'm starving!!! He and his girlfriend lives in the center hub of gay village, I thought, okay, gays and brunch, I want bottomless champagne and good tofu scramble. He brought us here, i was like... this place feels and looks like a chain! I want my pap and pap or mom and mom's gay breakfast place! Too hungry so I waived it.
The service is fast and friendly, one of our waiter seems to be into leather or that biker (motor) gay scene. Probably won't experience this anywhere else. Though the food kind of sucks... the potato hash tasted like it was frozen and defrosted it on the grill. It was all mushy and powdery taste. The eggs are fine. The pancakes tasted like store bought packaged mix that you get at hostels. I don't remember anything else about this place except 90% of the clienteles are gay or lesbian or trans or queer, ...etc. I like that, but aside from that, the food is whatever. -
Review from Jack D.
Scarborough, ON
5/5/2011
Not bad. Its a good breakfeast joint. I would rate them higher if they would be open later. It would be nice to get pancakes for dinner for once. C'mon griddle...make it happen. Blueberry pancakes are really good.
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Review from Anna V.
Toronto, ON
11/19/2008 1 photo
Let's be honest, the Golden Griddle is a crappy restaurant filled with all night losers. The only reason you go here is cause you been up all night and you need a Griddle signature sloppy breakfast. American's have Denny's, and we have this joint. When Maple Leaf Gardens was still open to the public, this was where I went after games. But to really understand the true function of the Griddle, you have to go between 4-5am.
