Lady Hammond Grill — Restaurant in Halifax

I've been going here for years but it has declined big time. TL/DR: terrible service, insane prices, stupid policy updates.

I walked down for breakfast this morning. I ordered the same $8.99 breakfast I always did, classic breakfast with extra home fries instead of eggs. I was told no substitutions were allowed - eggs cost way more than potatoes so that makes zero sense.

To order the toast, home fries, and sausage without eggs would cost $14.50! So I ordered coffee and white toast - the toast was barely buttered basically dry, I didn't even eat the second slice. Despite being there for 40 minutes we weren't even offered a single coffee top-up. We watched EVERY other customer get their coffee top-up - three employees in a mostly empty restaurant and not one offer.

We were handed our bill, we were two friends who would have paid separately. My friend ended up paying my bill to avoid further annoyance. I expressed my dissatisfaction to the owner on my way out and he shrugged me off, accepted our payment, and said the waiter was new.

On three occasions in the past week, I sent visiting family members to this place for a "good classic" breakfast. I hope they had a better...

I'd give here a 3.5 I've been coming here off & on for breakfast with the same friend for a few years, almost always on a weekday. The staff have been very good, remembering our orders exactly, chatting with friendly banter.

Nov 2023: Tried the Western breakfast skillet (adding green pepper), and was pleased it's now offered on weekdays. It used to be only on the weekend brunch menu. New staff working, who was fine and apologized that our wait would be longer because of a large group that was ahead of us. No complaints about the service. Curious if this place is now popular for large groups, because if so, we won't have time to come on weekdays before work.

Prices have always been on the lower end, recently increased like everywhere else. We used to get breakfast for two for under $30 with tip. Now it is closer to $45. Still cheaper than many other places.

Vibe: simple, homey, cosy, popular with the locals and military crowd I find. Free parking in the lot as this is in the Chebucto Inn Motel. Sometimes there may only be one or two spots left, but each visit we've still always been able to get one of these spots between...

Always on the lookout for another diner to experience. I think this has been around forever but it's the first time I've been there with my partner. I had the hot hamburger sandwich with gravy and she had the breaded chicken fingers and fries. I really enjoyed the hot hamburger. I always do and I'm always looking for something done a little bit differently but this was straight up regularbas I recall. My partner thought the chicken fingers were quite okay but found the breading to be too heavy. Very nice, friendly, personable server. I think we should return and try...