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Categories: Creperies, Breakfast & Brunch [Edit]
417 Roncesvalles AvenueToronto, ON M6R 2N1
(416) 516-5766
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 7 am - 4 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Brunch
- Alcohol:
- None
6 reviews for Sunrise Grill & Crepe
All Reviews
DE-LISH! I am salivating just at the thought of their incredible breakfast menu! Why can't it be Saturday morning??!!!
Sunrise Grill is the quintessential brunch diner in lovely Roncesvalles Village. It's a quaint little place, perfect for a lazy weekend roll-outta-bed brunch. Their menu will please just about anyone. Omlettes for some, pancakes for another, fruit cups if you like, and wonderful, incredibly delicious French toast for ME! Yes, I have a thing for French toast (see: my love letter to Victory Cafe in earlier reviews).
The crowd is friendly and everyone is there to enjoy the great food and good prices. The food takes a while sometimes, but it is very much worth the wait. Not just a breakfast place, Sunrise also serves sandwiches, burgers, and the like and is a definite MUST if you are in the Roncesvalles area. The grilled-cheese is AWESOME.
Sunrise is open Monday-Sunday 7am-6 pm
I love brunch. And then some. There are few other simple pleasures in life than waking up in the early afternoon, after a night of youthful folly and much wine consumption, safe in the knowledge that the current headache you're rocking will soon be a thing of the past, thanks to the healing powers of a soupbowl full of coffee and that midday saviour known as brunch.
Some people are all about the sweet at brunch, opting for french toast with fruit, caramelized pecans and that sort of thing, which while delicious I'm sure, has never tickled my fancy. I'm a total egg person, whether it takes the form of an omelette, eggs benny (hold the peameal) eggs florentine or croque madame (sans ham). I do like a good scrambled egg but it's one of those things that I can pretty easily throw together at home and therefore has less appeal.
Visiting this cute Roncesvalles breakfast haunt, I was pretty stoked to check out their omelette selection, and to Sunrise Grill's credit, they were indeed plentiful. Portebello mushrooms, smoked salmon and spinach were all well represented but I opted for the Avocado omelette, because, well, it's an avocado. To round out the meal, I decided on whole wheat toast and potatoes.
The service was passable but not excellent - our waitress seemed pretty stressed and even showed a little sass when we were asking for our bill. It was moderately busy, sure, but it's Sunday afternoon and you're a brunch place - that's the main idea.
When our food arrived, this giant plate was handed to me - fyi,the portions sizes are beyond generous if that's your thing - and my omelette looked more like a frittata than it should have. The Swiss cheese that one would expect to be cooked into the egg was sitting on top of one corner of the omelette, in no man's land, looking patently ridiculous and flimsy. A slice of Swiss cheese ON TOP of the omelette? Not for this girl. The avocadoes within were tasty, sure, but I like my omelettes fluffy and maintaining the golden-yellow eggy colour, not cooked to a deep sandy brown. As far as taste goes, it was just okay - not inedible but not memorable either and a lot greasier than I would have liked. The potatoes/home fries were again, passable, not seasoned with any sort of distinctive flavour or ingenuity.
The atmosphere was relaxed and inviting and they do have a small outdoor patio area but I can't really imagine why I'd visit this place again when I know that much better omelettes await elsewhere in the city.
Do any of you ever eat out alone?
I find there's a bit of a stigma about eating alone. Antisocial weirdo? Loser? Smelly guy? Or just someone who wants a quiet breakfast and isn't afraid of his own company?
My wife wasn't feeling well this Sunday morning, so she stayed home while I went out for a breakfast to Sunrise Grill. I know, I know. I'm a devil. But I brought her home something to eat.
In this case, I really just felt like having some eggs and espresso, and didn't need or want a companion. I took a good book with me, and sometimes that's all you need. Sometimes....
Anyone who has read my other reviews knows I'm having issues with the profusion of wasps swarming around almost every patio I sit on. They smell fear and are attracted to anything edible. So I've started opting to sit inside by default. Damn you CUPE!
I snagged a table with a buffer zone on each side. If only it would buffer out the noise!
I can read almost anywhere. Not always well. Not always productively. I find in front of the television is actually the best place. Otherwise in the bath, or on the subway during a long trip. I don't often read in restaurants. Especially at busy yuppie restaurants for Sunday brunch.
Bad plan. At the next table were two couples in their early thirties. Two loud couples each with their own restless infant children.
Perhaps I'm a bit jaded. People have to eat. But do they have to pontificate loudly while doing so? The screaming kids I can take. It's just blind noise. But there's nothing like hearing two loud women you don't know discussing food processors, moving into a new house, and a vast variety of boring subjects while you try to read quietly. The guys looked as miserable as I was. It was obvious that their wives were good friends, and they, in contrast, appeared to be merely along for the ride.
I know I'm a party-pooper. But sometimes you just need or want a quiet place. I don't mind people talking, but some people talk so loudly it's as if they need to be heard by the entire restaurant. When you're sitting 5 feet away and can indiscernibly hear every word they're saying - too loud.
After reading the same page what seemed like four times, I gave up and about that time my food arrived. It was excellent, by the way. I ordered a portabello mushroom omelette which also contained Swiss cheese, onions, and tomatoes. It came with competently prepared home fries and a few slices of orange.
I love the omelettes here. But I don't know if I can take the ambiance.
It occurred to me that a simple solution would be to sit families with kids in one section, and introverted singles in another. That way you can have loud with loud, quiet with quiet.
It really is so difficult to find a good restaurant in Toronto. So many choices, but nothing is ever quite perfect. For example, I love the food at Sunrise, but the business and loudness of the customers annoys me. Other places, I love the ambiance, but the food is rubbish.
Lesson to be learned? Never leave the house without your mp3 player.
The Amaretto French Toast tempted me. Oh, did it ever. "Amaretto soaked french toast with almond slivers and fresh strawberries." I don't know why I didn't order it, but instead I opted for the omelette special of the day ($9.25): Avocado, Tomato and Swiss Cheese with toast and "mounds" of fresh fruit. Sounds great, right?
It was really just OK. I like my omelettes to be more of a scramble, sort of loosely folded together with the vegetables still intact, but this was more like a quiche or a pie. Perfectly round with the vegetables baked in, and as for swiss cheese - it was just plopped on top in the centre of the circle, just hanging out. I had expected it to be dispersed through the omelette. Also, for some reason m omelette tasted oddly like pizza. Toast was stale and forgettable. Fruit was great - kiwi, strawberries, watermelon, pineapple and hard grapes.
An extra star for the supercute lefty server with the accent. Yum.
Kat should have ordered the Amaretto French toast, my cousin ordered it and I had a bite and really liked it. I ordered the eggs benedict with asparagus and Swiss cheese which came with a salad on the side. My niece had the crepe with chocolate and bananas and I ate half of it and that was good too. I would very likely go back.
I was so excited when I discovered Sunrise Grill and Crepe! My boyfriend and I decided to have brunch "somewhere on Roncesvalles". We knew there would be lots of options, but I wasn't expecting to find a place as amazing as Sunrise! The restaurant is everything I look for in a brunch place: cheap and cheerful, with a good crowd and decent service. It's the type of place that's cool but not trendy, and is busy, but somehow never seems crowded. The menu is really vast, so if you're looking for an omelette, basic egg breakfast, or even a burger, you're in luck. However, in my humble opinion, the best things on the menu is all of the different types of French toast. I ordered the strawberry version, which came topped with a huge pile of fresh strawberries and almonds. The entire plate was covered in an assortment of fresh fruit, including bananas, kiwis, oranges, and grapes. It was a really nice change from greasy eggs and meat! If you want something more savoury, the kielbasa sausage omelette is excellent.
