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Purple Onion Restaurant
Categories: Restaurants Diners Restaurants Steakhouses Restaurants Breakfast & Brunch Diners, Steakhouses, Breakfast & Brunch [Edit]
2998 Dundas St WToronto, ON M6P 1Z3
Neighbourhood: The Junction
(416) 760-8208
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 11 pm
Sat 8 am - 11 pm
Sun 8 am - 10 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Breakfast, Brunch
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
14 reviews for Purple Onion Restaurant
14 reviews in English
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Review from Kent P.
1/29/2012 1 Check-in Here
The place looks way better inside than you'd expect. Large comfortable and clean booths, dark wood accents, and lots of room.
I went for a breakfast and for 8$ had breaded chicken cutlets, eggs, hashbrowns, and rye bread. Chicken cutlets for breakfast. They were a tad greasy but still heavenly. I recommend the Purple Onion highly....even if the name sounds like slang for an unidentified body part. -
Review from Mandy M.
Toronto, ON
1/4/2012
My mum had a dream about this place before we even knew it existed, and, being from around the area we decided to check it out.
It's quite small, and the kitchen is located behind the seating instead of in front like I'm normally used to for a diner-style joint (I know it says steakhouse but they mostly seem to have a lot of diner food).
We ordered a burger and a large breakfast plate. The waiting service was satisfactory, but not overly friendly, and for a slow day it took about 25 minutes for the food to come out.
Now the burger itself was super, but it was drowning in mustard when I had specifically asked for mayonnaise, and my boyfriend's pancake was burnt which was kind of weird.
The rest of it was great though, I liked the option of having peameal bacon instead of regular, because peameal is -super- . :D
All in all though, it was.. okay. I wouldn't go out of my way to eat there, though.
Thinking of value per money I'd rate it 3.5/5 stars. -
Review from Chris G.
Whitby, ON
11/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
On a beautiful early November morning, I dropped the Missus off at work and decided to hit up The Junction, a neighbourhood I had only discovered this summer, but have yet to explore.
I was hungry for some diner breakfast and kept my eyes peeled for a good spot and fortunately the traffic stopped me directly in front of the Purple Onion, "Famous for our steaks and breakfast" the sign out front says.
So I pulled over, parked out front and went in.
The place immediately had a comfortable vibe, with a number of booths, nice dark brown colours, tiny little bar (3-4 stools) and plenty of floor seating. The crowd (of 2 tables) was an older couple at a booth reading their papers, and another couple playing Scrabble but the window. Perfect already.
The menu was your classic diner menu, breakfast on one page, entrees on the other.
I grabbed a traditional brekkie of scrambled eggs, home fries, rye toast and sausage. It came out quickly and hot. Everything tasted great (except the coffee) and for less than $9 I was happy.
Great service too. -
Review from Ileana R.
Toronto, ON
10/12/2011
The Purple Onion is a relocation from Keele Street, near St. Clair. When I lived in the Junction and worked near Keele and St. Clair, lunch at the Purple Onion was almost a daily trek. It was fun, friendly, and filling. Imaginer my delight when they relocated to a mere two blocks from my home.
It can now be called a family restaurant with diner
atmosphere and a varied menu with middle of the road prices. . Prices will not break the bank or your family budget. From bacon and eggs to tasty beef stew and strip loin steak, cooked to your liking, The Purple Onion is a good bet. The food is good, and atmosphere still fun, friendly and filling. Previously they catered essentially to auto repair shops and industry in the Stockyards area at Keele and St. Clair.
I am not a professional restaurant critic, but neither is anyone else who submitted a review/criticism..
If you want soft lights and Mantovani, go to Yorkville. The Junction is a great place to raise a family... and remember folks, Kids Are People Too. -
Review from Tom M.
Toronto, ON
7/28/2011
Great Neighbourhood Diner! What can you say? It's a typical diner menu. Well priced. Consistently good food. What I was shocked about, was how well the steaks are prepared. Perfectly timed broiled steaks. I always have the 10 oz. serloin and it's always perfect. The sides are a bit unimaginatively prepared ( it comes with some boiled broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with a garlic bun). But the meat is first class. I haven't tried the other cuts. The chops were delish as well!
The souvlaki dinners are a mountain of food and very well done as well. I also very much enjoy the club sandwitch although, I find it somewhat skimpy in the amount of meat.
They have daily specials which are well worth trying. The Sunday roast beef was a typical diner roast with gravy and mash. Tasty and satisfying.
The service is always VERY friendly and helpful. We've never had any issues. They do seem to have a bit of a high turnover though. Not sure why. Perhaps just the age of the servers.
Great place for the family! It can be very busy on a Friday or Saturday night. -
Review from Sj B.
Toronto, ON
10/14/2011 1 Check-in Here
The menu posted in the widow informs us that this place offers both AA and AAA graded beef, all at the same price! What a joke!
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Review from Nate G.
Toronto, ON
3/11/2011
Only been here for weekend brunch but the food is always really good.
Service is a bit ditzy (hey when you bring me milk packets for my tea can you not just drop a handful on the table from 5 feet like I'm a chicken?) but what can you do.
My wife was pretty annoyed at the place last time we went but that has nothing to do with the restaurant itself, we were just seated next to a screaming, anxious, ADD-riddled 6 year old who liked to climb all over her mom and my wife's jacket and scream nonsense for an hour.
Awesome.
Anyway prices are fair, food is consistently good (for brunch anyway, dunno about the rest), and I will be going back if I can convince the wife this place isn't a baby-fest. -
Review from Victoria S.
Toronto, ON
2/16/2011
okay admittedly i haven't tried anything other than breakfast at the purple onion. i love them for their prices but the service is hit or miss...
this weekend our server didn't know what a white wine spritzer was, is that a complicated drink? so i explanied it to her and she told me she could bring me a soda water and a glass of wine, and i said forget it.
anyway on weekends the benny/florentine is $7.95 but the hollandaise tastes a lot like mayo and it's thick and clumpy. the potatoes are pretty good though. anyway i gave up on their hollandaise and now i order the simple breakfast which is good but nothing to write home about.
i keep going back to when i need some comfort food. they do that fairly well. but if i wasn't near by there is no way you'd find me going out of my way to eat there.Listed in: brunch
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Review from Mike B.
Toronto, ON
12/10/2008
The Purple Onion is officially a Steakhouse and Grill. It's the only one in the Junction. This isn't a Barberians/Bligliardis fancy time steakhouse; there are no $80 Porterhouses here. It's more a diner that also offers fair priced yummy steak.
I go there for their breakfasts, which are served late into the afternoon. Eggs over easy and a properly cooked 6oz steak as ordered along with toast and home fries for under $10. Bacon, eggs, sausage, pancakes etc. If you like greasy spoon food, they have got it for a good price and it tastes good too. -
Review from Jay G.
Toronto, ON
4/9/2009
Walking into Purple Onion you are given a sense of good home cooking. I came in a group of 7 and luckily it wasn't busy so we were seated quickly as there was only one couple in the restaurant. If they were a little busy I wouldn't know where they would have seated us. The restaurant is small but the atmosphere is inviting. With a big glass garage door, dark brown banquettes, a nicely painted color scheme, and a small bar; it would be a great place to have a few drinks and good food on a nice summer evening.
Steak at reasonable prices. This is no fancy steakhouse but the quality of steak is pretty good. I got the 4oz New York Strip Loin with mashed potatoes, onions, and mushrooms. The steak was cooked perfectly to a medium rare and was seasoned nicely, not too salty. The mashed potatoes were creamy but for some reason tasteless and the mushrooms and onions a little too soupy. Drinks and food are at a fairly reasonable price.
Overall, I had a decent meal here. Although the sides had their flaws, the steak was good and the drinks and food are at a reasonable price. I find it a little strange that a steakhouse serves diner food as well but I guess that's part of the charm. -
Review from Tye S.
Toronto, ON
10/28/2010
Always tables, always amazing greasy breakfast. My fav place for breakfast when I'm in this part of town!
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Review from Andrei P.
Toronto, ON
4/27/2010
I lived in the area for over 15 years but never been to Purple Onion. Finally, last week I decided to check it out with a friend. We had their famous steak and eggs breakfast. The food was yummy, inexpensive and the service was great.
I gave it 5 stars because I don't find anything wrong with this type of restaurant/local dive. It gets 5 stars because it is exactly what you'd expect from the neighborhood diner. -
Review from Minhaj H.
Toronto, ON
10/22/2010
This place is amazing. I am surprised that how low the prices for steak are at this joint. The service was great, and the food was great. The only inconvenience for me was the location. Other then that, I am differently going back.
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Review from Amanda A.
Toronto, ON
4/2/2009
Purple Onion is great!
I have been here dozens of times meeting with my boyfriend's dad (and boyfriend comes with, of course). It's pretty cheap and decent food.
We go there for breakfast, but there are other things to order like roast beef and potatoes and salads. The menu is relatively small, but that makes your decision that much easier. And I like that.
I usually just get the standard breakfast, eggs, toast, homefries (about 4 dollars) and sometimes sausages (about 5 dollars). It's all pretty greasy but not enough to upset your stomach.
The atmosphere is cozy, and it's not so busy and loud that you are disrupted if you want to read a newspaper with your breakfast -- which is a lot of what you see here!
