The Breakfast Nook — Restaurant in Nanaimo

I went there on a Saturday afternoon and the restaurant was relatively empty, and very bright and clean! I love all of the potted plants and the greenery that surrounds the whole place. All of the plants look healthy and happy which shows much love that is poured into this place. Now for the actual review: OVERALL RATING: 5 STARS FOOD: 5 STARS The food is so tasty here! We ordered lemon pepper wings for appy, and a bacon Benny and another ham benny for main course. The flavour was on spot for the wings, super crispy on the outside and very moist on the inside. The benny's poached eggs were cooked perfectly. Might even be the best bennies I have ever had being a hardcore food reviewer :) PRICES: 4.5 STARS. Other than the items above I also ordered orange juice. Total was about 56 dollars for 2 people. Not bad price in this economy but of course I am always down for cheaper lol. ATMOSPHERE and SERVICES: 5 STARS The waitress was very observant and everyone we finish something, she is right there to help clean up. The little place is very clean and like I said, I love all of the plants there(there are no flowers so ppl with allergie can still enjoy the food!) We also got the food pretty fast, was about 15 minutes after I ordered. Of course, there was only one other table that is full, so maybe when it is busier you will have to wait longer. The food make it worth your while tho. I even see the waitress clean the table and window thoroughly!! I love that!! It makes me feel better about being in a safe and hygienic environment. The only thing I think turns people away is the fact that the entrance of this lovely place is inside the lobby of another building, which led to some confusion when I first walked in. Lol. But don't let this gem go! Just puff up your chest and you will get to have the best eggs Benedict...

First of all, the atmosphere and the look of the place was really nice, I was excited to go in and have some food as it looked pretty good in the reviews and menus. Until I find out that my stay there would be bad. We were almost forgotten and other people were going to be given our spot until we said something about it and was given back to us thankfully. After that we ordered some food and waited an hour for it with no reassurance of how long it would be as we still sat for ages without given any water or re fills. I understand it may of been busy but it would have been nice to have someone tell us about how long our food was going to take. And I cannot stress this enough the awful attitude this lady with terrible red lipstick had. She was very rude to us the whole time we stayed there and did not reassure us with our order at all. The way she spoke to us was very immature and rude. We finally had enough and just decided to leave with her response being “Ok bye.” It was terrible and she seriously needs to fix her attitude. Maybe if we had someone else that wasn’t childish and rude about her services, things might have...

Service was slow but pleasant and competent. This was understandable because there were 7-8 tables and only one server.

The kitchen was amazingly and inexcusably slow. We sat for an hour waiting for our food and had to leave because they told us it would be another half an hour (we had a flight to catch). During that hour we saw one single order of food come out of that kitchen. Nobody else in the restaurant had food on their table.

This might have made sense had the stove not been working, or if the kitchen was waiting for a delivery of eggs, or something else like that. Though, you'd think they'd then turn folks away until they were ready to operate (or advise that it was a coffee shop only until further notice).

2 stars instead of one because the coffee was good, the server was nice, and to their credit they comped our coffees.

Note: will try again given the positive reviews next time I'm in town, and would change my review...