Windsor Street Diner — Restaurant in Halifax

My first visit when this place opened was unmemorable, a weekday lunch with a friend, where we each actually tried a basic breakfast. The place was mostly empty. I noticed recently that they added more menu items, which intrigued me into going again on a weekend. Tried the vegetarian breakfast bowl, and really enjoyed it. Filling and probably the healthiest thing you can order here. I came back today, a gray Sunday in December. Tried the breakfast wrap this visit. It is small and served a side of salad or home fries. I asked if I could get half & half, which they agreed. For only $10.50, this has got to be the cheapest "full breakfast" that you can get in the city, outside of fast food. The small portion was exactly what I wanted, to not be sufferingly full afterwards. It also was actually good, with hot scrambled egg, bacon, bit of veg, I think cheese as well. Friendly service. The place itself is a basic atmosphere with probably seating for 30? Long & narrow layout with some tables right at the front, some two seaters along the wall that leads to another dining section in the back. I'd like to go back to try the strawberry chocolate pancakes and maybe a few...

Went in to try their breakfast menu and ordered two eggs over easy, whole wheat toast, home fries, bacon, sausage and coffee.

Initially watching my meal be prepared by cooks with no hairnets/beardnets or any standard foodsafe practices like washing their hands between products gave me a bad first impression, which was only sightly compensated by the amazing and hardworking waitress who was serving me.

The meal itself was a 8/10 after being served soggy and oversalted French fries instead of home fries, (which made it feel the meal was rushed out despite having a nearly empty diner), and the proteins aside from the eggs were are all re-deepfried before serving, making them soggy and more greasy then necessary.

The coffee was the best I've ever had while dining out, and that alone makes me think they're worth...

The restaurant atmosphere didn’t feel authentic. It doesn’t have dinner vibes and the decor felt cheap. Our waitress dressed in casual athletic clothes and took a really long time before she took our order despite the place being fairly empty. The cups for the beverages were very small and plastic and we weren’t offered refills. After we ordered our food took a very long time. We were a larger group but it shouldn’t take over an hour from when we came in to when we received our food. Overall everyone was disappointed with the food. It was unappealing and nothing seemed special. It is clear that not a lot of thought went into the cooking...