Main's Mansion — Restaurant in Markham

If we're doing the one word game and I can only use one word to describe Main's Mansion, I would choose sunny. Sunny interior, sunny disposition, sunny side up. Sunny all around. Made for an all around happy, sunny brunch that left us feeling brighter when we walked out the doors.

Main's Mansion is a classic resto-pub in the body of a vintage house on old-school Main Street Markham. One of the only places to open beyond 9pm in Markham, I'm sure it's got its fair share of loyal night owls that come in for a pint. In the late morning, it opens its doors to the brunch population with a selection of favourites ranging from omelettes, to eggs benedict, to French toast.

Of all the similar pub restaurants in the city, I feel like Main's Mansion's got a few distinctions. Firstly, it's got a lovely indoor patio for those days where you want to feel like you're outside without actually feeling like you're outside. Secondly, it's got some of the brightest, tastiest brunches I've had in recent memory. Flavourful french toast loaded with cinnamon, eggs cooked to perfection, and my personal winner, loads of fresh hand-cut fruit. We replaced home fries with regular fries and those were amazing too.

Lastly, service wasn't just good, it was memorable. There was a mix-up between two of my family member's plates, resulting in us thinking a side of bacon was missed. Even though we fixed the mix-up and nothing was actually missed, our waitress still brought us an extra side of bacon. That, on top of frequently checking up on us for coffee refills, made her awesome in our eyes.

Though this place might be old, it's definitely one of my new favourite brunch places. It's great to find these places that have been around forever but still exceed your...

I have been going for years and normally would give them a 5 star. Went there about a week ago and all of the meals (for the adults) had something wrong with it. The server was amazing and totally took all the problems with stride. To be honest, it was the chef, being MIA because we waited a long time for our food and after we asked about our food it still took another 15-20mins... Okay so the bads... The burger that we ordered wasn't cooked all the way thru, the middle was still pink and gummy. Luckily the person eating it decided to take a quick look, but unfortunately had already had a bite of raw ground meat... French onion soup that was ordered was lukewarm. From what I know about French onion soup, it is supposed to be hot and bubbling with a nice melted cheese on top... This it wasn't. my nachos didn't come out for awhile, it felt that it was forgotten... Then when it finally arrived more than half of the lettuce was that brown/reddish colour that happens when it's oxidized and there were bits of lettuce that was way past its shelf life. At that point I was starving so I just scooped all I could off and ate my nachos.

The goods... The kids loved their meals and their burger and chicken was cooked all the way thru. My nachos had a good amount of cheese on it.

I am not adding pictures because this is honestly our first bad experience there and the server was amazing. The food is your typical bar food but it's usually pretty good and the drinks are reasonably priced. I probably won't go back for food with the family again but maybe at another time when food isn't such a "need" and I can wait for my snack (instead of going for a dinner with two...

It was our first time at this restaurant as we were invited for breakfast by some new friends. We had arrived first for the reservation & sat at our table. Our server asked if we wanted coffee & we said yes. She brought us the mugs of black coffee & walked away. We had to seek her again to request some creamers which she obliged & placed a few of the small disposable ones on the table. Not inna plate or anything, just scattered on the table with no where to dispose of the little plastic containers. After taking a sip of my very sub-par coffee, I noticed that the cup was not clean & in fact had a lipstick imprint still on the mug. I honestly felt ill & would have just complained & left but we were invited here by new friends who were kind enough to want to treat us to a meal & spend some time. I took my cup & went to address the dirty mug & she just made some excuses & said she would bring me a new cup of coffee. At this point, I need to point out that the restaurant was not busy at all. There was only one other table with 2 people that left minutes after we arrived, so it was just our table. When our friends finally arrived, I didn’t mention anything to them as I did not want to make them feel uneasy in any way & we ordered. We got our food but the server couldn’t remember what anyone ordered & had to be reminded. I would rate the food a 5 overall. The eggs over-easy were ok, the french toast were dry & no flavor, the bacon was not crispy & the pancakes were average. The overall service was terrible & our server, although seeming friendly is definitely in the wrong job & clearly doesn’t seem to care for being there. We would definitely NOT...