Cafe Le Matin — Restaurant in Calgary

Up early and running some errands in Silver Springs , the partner and I were hungering for some breakfast of the non fast food variety, and as CLM had great reviews, we thought we'd stop in.

When we arrived around 9:15, there were maybe two or three empty seats and those were quickly claimed. A good sign, to be sure

I opted for the breakfast bagel with bacon, and my partner threw caution to the wind and had a grilled cheese for breakfast. We also had a slice of the homemade banana bread, which was terrific.

The breakfast bagel was a good size with a decent amount of bacon, egg and cheese and I enjoyed it.

The grilled cheese was less impressive. The bread was crispy and the cheese that was there was melty and tasty, but there was probably about 1/4 of the bread discarded because there was no cheese, so it was just dry bread.

Both mains were lacking in any sort of side. Fruit or hash browns would go a long way to improving the value.

A lack of diet coke in the cooler was also a mark against.

All in all, I can see cafe Le Matin being a good stop for locals who want a simple, straightforward, low cost breakfast, but we won't be making a trip specifically up here again.

The above with a can of soda and a bottle of Snapple...

Food:

I assume most their food comes from Costco. Nothing wrong with that, but it all tastes familiar, lacking this unique restaurant/café flare, which I certainly expected from an overwhelming barrage of five star reviews. I ordered French toast which came soggy and undercooked. Wife had a pair of Egg Benedicts. You don't get to choose how you like your eggs done (poached medium by default I guess) all it was, is an English muffin bun with Costco back bacon and egg coated with thick layer of Sause. Potato wedges were dry and crumbly on the inside.

Service:

We were not greeted as we walked in to the Café. There were two patrons besides us and three staff members behind the counters. I was the first to brake the silence and say hi to the cashier. Staff seemed friendly, but nobody came to ask how the food was after the first bites, therefore I had no-one to tell that my French toast was undercooked. The fact that they asked for tips at the till to me implies a certain level of service they are expected to provide and there were none.

Atmosphere:

Chairs and tables have seen better days clean but worn. Bring a coat if you are sensitive to air-conditioning it blows right on top of you and there no tables to...

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