Rainbow Restaurant — Restaurant in Oshawa

I picked this restaurant because of its' excellent reviews. I walked in early one morning. loud music was blaring, and the interior sure fit the description of a greasy spoon. I looked around for a seat that wasn't stained or torn up, no luck. The reason I gave this place a 2, instead of a one, is that the waitress was at least fast and served me quickly, although I was the only one there.She took my order quickly and was pleasant. I asked her about the classic egg benny and she said that it was her favourite so I trusted her that they could cook it right. I normally never eat fried potatoes but there were signs everywhere about how good theirs were so I chanced it. While I was waiting, I went to the basement bathroom. Along with the stained and torn seats, I started to worry about my meal as the bathroom was not very clean. My food came quickly but looked a little over cooked. My eggs were not done medium but were cooked hard which I do not like. The home fries, that were supposed to be so good, looked anemic , did not have that fryer crispiness one might expect, but instead were rather tasteless, soggy , pale, and full of grease- almost like the fryer was not hot enough perhaps. The waitress did not come back to ask me about my meal and she also forgot my water that I had asked for. There was a guy doing some type of loud repair work in the basement. I had brought a book to read but between the loud music and construction noises, it was impossible. I decided to try to eat the food anyway as I had to rush for an appointment. I started eating the benny and it was very over salted and as I said, the eggs and ham were over cooked. The hollandaise sauce did taste great though, for sure. I could not eat the home fries. I eventually lifted up the generous portions of pea meal bacon and the 2 English muffins underneath were absolutely soaked with grey grease. Maybe the same old grease that the potatoes were soaked in. It was so gross and my tummy started to feel upset. I decided that I needed to stop eating. The waitress finally came over to ask me how everything was, and started to remove my uneaten portions, but I could not be bothered saying anything as I did not want to order more food at this greasy dive. When I went to pay, she asked me again if everything was okay and I just nodded my head. Again, I knew I would not be coming back. My tummy kept hurting and then after about a half hour , my body quickly rejected the food that I had eaten, if you know what I mean. I won't go into details but you can catch my drift for sure. This is one place that does not live up to most of its...

I've heard good things about this place so we tried it. I didn't have high expectations to begin with, but expected an old diner style/truck stop breakfast...I've been to a billion of these types of places and also come from the restaurant and line cook industry and this was a fail. Walking in, it looked like what I expected. We were seated quickly, but took about 15 mins to get a coffee and juice (from the host who said the server would be over soon) Another 10 mins goes by before we see the server. She was friendly, but brought coffee and forgot our waters. Then only brought one. My coffee cup was so badly stained that i had to rub it to make sure it was clean. Coffee and black stains on the mug that even just looked gross. Thought it was from my coffee on the inside, but its old stains. The food came and they clearly don't clean the grill often enough. Being a line cook, I know you're supposed to scrape the grill often. My bacon was not cooked well and had black grill chunks from previous cooking on each piece. My eggs were over easy but not cooked and were watery and slimy when cut into the whites. My toast was supposed to be rye and was not toasted. I'd normally mention something to the server, however no one came back to us so we got up, paid and left. $50 for two unsatisfactory breakfasts, and no service is frustrating, especially when I had low expectations to begin with. I get that it's an old family owned business, which is also why we would love to support them, but some things absolutely need an update. We won't be back. We won't be...

A long standing hole in the wall, this place has been serving the working man in Oshawa for approaching 60 years... and it is clear that it is done for, substituting large portions for quality... now it attracts a discount crowd and the food quality is nothing like I had expected from its reputation...

Had a lumberjacks breakfast - pemeal bacon which was 1/2 inch thick, 2 slices of smoked ham, 2 pieces of toast made from expiring bread, a glass of milk with a straw blocking chunk in it, 2 eggs one of which was over east, the other hard, and 2 pancakes, half of one which was cooked... all served in a pile on a small cold plate giving me about 2 minutes of working time before it was all stone cold...

The atmosphere was kitchey and had photos everywhere - kind of quaint and nostalgic... did not check out the bathroom but I heard there's a downstairs... the upstairs has only about 8 tables and the kitchen...

This place seems torn between a reputation from the past and slowly declining in the present... would love to recommend an old timey greasy spoon with a long standing reputation, but this place has had its hayday and is best left to nostalgic memory... will not bother...