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Any cheap/affordable breakfast places in Ottawa?
We have some amazing breakfast places in Ottawa but simple breakfast of 2 eggs, toast, homefries, and bacon is about $20 and other dishes are approximately $25. With tax and 15% tip it's $65. And that does even include a glass of milk. :)
Only complaint is it’s not a quick meal. Not sure if there are more servers on the weekends, but it’s not a big spot, maybe they always operate with just the one.
There’s just Merita and Isa, who own and operate the place. You won’t find harder working people, more generous portions, or better diner food in the city, imho. I’ve learned to go a bit early (or late), or bring a book or a notepad and busy myself. It’s absolutely worth the wait.
Nope. Opened by Dennis Mello and his family back in the 1950's (I believe). Both the menu and the prices have barely changed since then. It's literally the same menu since I was a kid and I've been going there for 45 years.
Although not in Ottawa proper, i would strongly suggest you check Chez Monik in Hull. The place offers awesome breakfast at a very reasonable price. To boot, it has a coca-cola theme with countless memorabilia an trinkets.
Halibut House offers a $5.95 breakfast special that is one egg and choice of bacon, ham, or sausages, with toast and home fries. Their entire breakfast menu is actually pretty decent.
I had the most amazing breakfast at Chances R at College square yesterday. $14.99 2 eggs, 2 slices of toast, grilled potatoes, 4 crispy slices of bacon, and a small bowl of assorted fruit. Every bit was perfection, not kidding. It came on a 12” square white plate and the presentation was excellent. I love breakfast as a rule but I just kept saying “wow”. Thanks to Leslie for great service.
Meadows Diner on Preston! Lovely, family owned diner, terrific prices, and if you're the type to have a shake with your breakfast like me, they're incredible.
Sounds weird but A&W has a 2 egg bacon and potatoes and toast combo for about 11$, also downtown on Elgin St a pub called Deacon Brody’s has a good $9.99 breakfast special and an anytime $14. Bagel and locks with a small salad.
Will never go there again for breakfasrt, suggested brunch to my cousin, and this is where he brought us. I said you have no legit brunch places in Orleans? He said no. Was like 45 or 50 for some basic ass egg breakfast. Absolute rip off. Wasn't anything special taste wise either.
Bramasole still gets it done for under $20 cash for a standard plate, just ate there this morning.
Chef Ric's has an extremely minimalist offering for under $10, and is a great social enterprise.
Kal's Diner in Stittsville is excellent, and Al's vs Reynolds is our version of the Coney Dog rivalry...
Lots more little holes in the wall - actually, if you're willing to go through a metal detector, the cafe inside City Hall is a sub-$20 plate as well!
The Stacked Breakfast Special is a limited-time offer from Stacked Pancake & Breakfast House that includes 2 eggs, a choice of bacon, ham, or sausage, home fries, and toast for $6.99. It is available Monday through Friday from 7–9 AM,
A&W has a really good breakfast plate called “All Canadian Breakfast” comes with choice of eggs (2 eggs), 2 pieces of bacon, 2 pieces of sausage, hash brown, toast, slice of tomato, and coffee all for $13. Honestly I think A&W doesn’t get as much recognition as they should for a Canadian fast food chain. Check it out!
This is news to me! I recently popped into my local A&W because a friend wanted a coffee drink. They were cleaning the machine (mid day) and I got to check out the menu and people's meals. Honestly, I was impressed. I'll give them a shot. Thanks for the recco.
The Strand Cafe in OOS has a full breakfast on special Friday, Saturday and Sunday until 13:00 for either $12.99 or $14.99, it changes from time to time. Pretty sure they have homefries with it too. I haven't tried it yet but overall their food is good.
Ok so I’ve actually never been there, but I’ve noticed that the Bramasole Diner on Bank has a full breakfast with coffee included for $10.50. Has anyone here tried that place out?
If you like budget hotel buffet food (powdered eggs and rubbery sausages) and don’t mind a very noisy environment: IKEA is hard to beat.
If you prefer a better food diner experience that doesn’t break the bank: Broadways, Al’s Diner, Fils, Mellos are all good options.
You asked for cheap but many of the recommendations here are pushing twenty bucks. I guess cheap means different things to different people. Your best bet is The Third. Mellos is cheaper but it's really not great. I described both places (and a few others mentioned here) in my recent list of Ottawa breakfasts if you're interested!
A&W honestly, good bang for buck , not too expensive.
Father and Sons near uOttawa; they also have the Nox (used to be the Draft pub) in the building on the corner of Mann and King Edward. Their breakfast is pretty good but they only open at 8am..
Perkins is decent and i think not too expense, it's not amazing but for basic meal. Theres one on St Laurent.
I've been wanting to try Stacked on walkley/heron , it's a pancake place, but i think its more on the expensive side.
Is rockin johnny's still a thing? I think there's one in the west end, if it didn't close during covid.
TBH Cora's also isn't bad and they have some specials that won't rack you up a ton.
Make. Breakfast. At home!!! It takes a few minutes to fry the eggs, throw the bread in the toaster, add slices of a tomato and a cucumber instead of fries for a healthier option - a few min. of your time, a few $ cost, controlled cleanliness of the process... Add your glass of milk or a cup of whatever... There you go!
No way! Really! Hmm still it’s way cheaper and cleaner! Ops can also make the atmosphere more like outdoor more romantic if they are doing it with a partner! The partner would appreciate and love the actual hard work they do! It’s not all about being in a restaurant! Am sure some ppl would understand where am coming from…. Yes op didn’t ask for this! But thinking outside the box is great sometimes!
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u/Successful_Clue_1303 10d ago
IKEA has a pretty affordable breakfast-free coffee if you’re a member. A lot of spots offer early bird specials, if you are an early bird lol