Petinos D.D.O — Restaurant in Dollard-des-Ormeaux

Update 2023-04-25:

Thanks so much for your clarification and apologies for my late reply,

If you truly believe that it’s ok to ask customers to leave after they pay, regardless if they’re still finishing their coffee, and that it is sincerely not about the money, then perhaps you should be upfront about it and communicate this with customers as they sit down before they order and pay. By giving the choice before they pay shows that it’s not about taking their money but a true concern with the customer’s satisfaction. Does that make sense? This way they have the choice to go somewhere else if they’re more in the mood for a relaxed breakfast/brunch or to stay with no issue of keeping it quick. The expectation is then clear with no risk of seeming rude and avoids not only putting the customer in an uncomfortable situation but the waiter as well. A bit like what other restaurants on St-Valentine’s day ask (also restaurants that are not open 24h/day but only open in the evenings/nights) - requesting that customers keep it to 1.5 to 2 hours so they can serve others. If you feel that this is something that you should not be asking the customer from the start them perhaps you should consider that it is more about the money and not so much about the customer’s satisfaction. Something to think about maybe?

Hope this helps you and future customers.

I was in a few weeks back at Petinos D.D.O. for what I thought would be a nice relaxed Sunday breakfast/brunch date. The food was ok but my date’s fruit bowl was really tiny. The service was good until I paid after which we quickly got the “are you guys ok here” follow-up for us to leave as I was still finishing my coffee. Minutes after (still finishing my coffee), we were actually asked to leave so they could serve other clients. When this happen, I remembered back to the waitress commenting on how long it took for us to order which I thought was a joke at the time. I guess it really wasn't. In my opinion you never EVER ask a customer to leave to serve or clients. This basically shows that the value they attribute to their customer’s is related to their money alone. If we wanted fast food we would have gone to McDonalds, which incidentally never ask their...

Sorry I didnt want to leave a negative review but I want to leave my honest opinion. While others have left good reviews I wished I did the same. We went here today on Sunday around 11am, while it was busy, we didnt wait long. It was my boyfriends birthday weekend and he loves going to breakfast places but this location wasnt our first choice as the one we went to had long lines so we decided to give this a try. I was looking at reviews online and told my boyfriend that Petinos had a lot of good reviews and rated 4+ stars and he said it was surprising because his friends would come here and find hair on their food.

5 min into receiving our food and eating he finds a small hair in his potatoes, I wanted to tell the waitress and take a picture but he didnt want to bother anyone with it and it was his birthday and he didnt want the piece of hair to ruin his birthday weekend.

The potatoes were okay and I didnt know it had onions ( which was fine i just had to nitpick it which was on me, i just dont like onions but I also had to keep looking at my food to make sure there wasnt any hair..)

The bacon was ok...it just seemed so hard like beef jerky and bland. We had a side of hollandaise sauce which came in a small pot and it was watery...

The blueberry pancake my boyfriend had was dry and bland, we couldnt finish our food so we asked for a takeout box, after paying for our food we left, after getting into our car, not even a minute into leaving, i had forgotten my takeout box and went back into the resto and asked for it , and they had already thrown it out.

Disappointed but I dont even think we wouldve touched the takeout because the food was bland and wouldve just fed it to our dog.

The coffee was really not the greatest either ( reviews also mentioned about it)

We wouldnt come back here again but glad we tried it!

Our bill came up to 40$ which I think...

Petinos means rooster in Greek and that's a good thing since you'll certainly need one if you plan to wake up during the weekends to get to Petinos early enough to avoid the much warranted line-ups outside this breakfast joint. This place is busy... real busy.... and for good reason!

Their website vaguely boasts a variety of 250 choices to choose from and when you'll get around to the menu.... you can see why! They have something for everyone and you can mix it up to get what YOU want.

I went with the "Le Petinos" a huge breakfast plate with a variety of meats and eggs. I won't necessarily break it down how everything tasted but overall it was simply exceptional with no disappointments. I particularly loved their home-style potatoes that were simply out of this world good. The other patrons at my table all enjoyed their meals with very well presented grub even though they had a lot of clients at the door. They truly ensure to make sure you don't feel rushed when you're dining there. Did I mention to potatoes? Yeahhhhhh.... but everything else was on spot too... but them taters..... drool

The service was really good as well despite how busy it was. It was attentive with plenty of coffee refills. She brought crayons for my daughter. She played with her. Very sweet. The food arrived in a timely fashion (child first! awesome ) along with every needed check-up as we ate away. It was...