Jon's Restaurant — Restaurant in Ontario

Tiny place. Excessive wait times. Unimpressive food.

Visited on a Monday. Arrived at 10:30am. The place is very small and horribly crowded. Its also right next to the train tracks. I thought the noise from the trains would bother me as they were very loud outside. Turns out the patrons are all shouting so loud, they drowned out the trains.

We are told we'll be seated in a few minutes. We waited 20. When we're finally seated, we wait another 45 minutes to get our food. Nothing fancy. Egg sunny side up, bacon, home fries with toast and an egg sandwich on a bagel.

Coffee/tea is included in the price of most meals, but if you drink something else you pay for it anyways plus whatever you actually want.

Food is pretty mediocre. Home fries mushy, not crisp. Bacon rubbery. Egg on sandwich overcooked. The sandwich was poorly assembled, half the egg hanging out one side, cheese out the other. That's the kind of sloppy presentation I expect from a teenaged fast food worker.

No paper towels in the bathroom or a hand dryer. But the toilet paper is mounted up where the paper towels should be. Weird and awkward. Do they want people shaking their hands dry as they walk back to their tables?

Would never...

We recently made a day trip to Brockville from Ottawa. We arrived very early and so I did a Google search on “best breakfast in Brockville” Jon’s restaurant came up top of list. I saved it to my iPhone contacts so that I had the address and phone number for convenience. My wife and I each had the 2-egg special with sausage. The food, the service and the experience overall was fantastic - a smaller, quaint, comfortable environment with quite a collection of rail related pictures, lanterns and other related decor which is appropriate since it is right across the tracks from the via rail station. Coffee was offered immediately, we were eating breakfast within 10 minutes and yet we stayed for quite a while chatting . I would highly recommend Jon’s restaurant to anyone looking for a great spot to have breakfast...

It was a dark and dreary rainy Wednesday afternoon when we picked Jon's from a map search mainly because it was neither a chain fast-food place nor located immediately in the crowded historic district of Brockville. As we approached the prospect was at most uncertain. The location, if not across the tracks, was certainly beside them and the neighborhood, if not historic, was certainly old, but there was ample parking and so we persevered and in turn were delighted. Jon's is cozy, comfortable, and clean. The menu is simple and breakfast is served all day. Servings were generous and the food excellent. Decor is entirely railroad memorabilia with many photos of steam engines at work. As we finished our early supper tables were filling with families and friendly groups. This is a true gem and most highly...