Love this local cosy eatery located in the heart of Kingston Ontario for comfort food!…read more If you are looking for Brunch, this has a great breakfast menu with basic Bacon & Eggs to gourmet omelettes, Eggs Benedict's and Pancakes. I went for the homemade lasagna and it's one of the BEST I've had. Made and served in individual ramekins. Served nice and hot with thick layers of meaty tomato sauce topped with melted mozzarella cheese that's nicely blistered.

We had high hopes for this restaurant. But I guess we just picked the wrong dishes. My husband did…read morenot the flavor of his pancakes and he was hoping for maple syrup but did not get that. I got scrambled eggs and potatoes. I thought the flavor of the potatoes were really good.

This location closed down a couple of years ago. The one on Princess St is still open. I go there…read moreregularly!

The most amazing pie and butter tarts I have ever had in my life. WOW! I believe that you don't…read moreneed to use a lot of sugar for your desserts to taste good. If you do add a lot of sugar it takes away from all other flavours of the desserts. This place not only makes the most decedent pie crust......they also have the best fillings for their pies and butter tarts. Not too sweet! Just the way I like it! Try the coconut creme pie, and be sure to take a 6 pack of butter tarts home with you. I also forgot to mention that it's a great place for breakfast. Enjoy!

I took a day trip to Kingston and the first thing I was craving after crossing the Canadian border…read morewas poutine. My travel companion has a gluten allergy so we had to consider that while looking for a place. Thankfully we found Hey Darlin' Diner with its gluten-friendly menu, in the center of Kingston one block away from Princess Street. There was a decent amount of street parking available, but there is also a parking garage right next door. Not everything on the menu is marked gluten-friendly, but our waiter explained that the fried chicken and poutine are always made gluten-free. I couldn't decide between the two so I went with the dirty bird poutine, which is a fried boneless chicken thigh over poutine. The portion was huge! I was full after eating half and saved the rest for dinner when I was back home. The poutine and the chicken were both fried perfection--crispy, but not oily. Service was outstanding too! Our waiter was extremely friendly and checked on us frequently, and gave us recommendations of things to do while in Kingston. Definitely recommend stopping at Hey Darlin' for a filling meal, especially if you eat gluten-free.

Great chicken sandwich and cute place, but unfortunately will not be back, as I avoid patronizing…read morebusinesses whose employees are currently seeking recourse from the labour board for unpaid wages.

The food was excellent for a pub style place. It is exactly what you should expect from the…read moreatmosphere. Service was very prompt and friendly. The burger was perfect, the fries were special... and tasty. Lots of good booths to sit in, to have a meaningful conversation from.

Food was decent with the highlight being the French fries. Both my wife and I had the maple bacon…read moreburger, and although there were subtle hints of maple syrup, the burger was way overdone and dry. Both of us had to add ketchup to the burger to make it more palatable.

I only came here for drinks with friends. I got 2 mystery cocktails to try and both is taste good…read more Its a nice clubing / party vibes

This was my birthday breakfast and it was so good! Tommy's…read moreis a cute little 50's diner. I loved the checkerboard floor and the records on the ceiling. The place is a bit dated and could use some fresh updates to the decorating, but it was still charming, comfortable seating, had tv to watch...but was VERY hot inside. My trip to Kingston fell, of course, during that heat dome event...and I already HATE summer and hot weather. The temperature in the restaurant wasn't terrible but I was sweating. Turned out to be worth it. They have a full bar and Laura, my server, made me a pineapple mimosa on request. She looked to be handling the fairly busy place by herself with help from I believe the owner or manager. She handled everything very well and wasn't too busy to tell me Happy Birthday (I had on a shirt and she was one of the few people who did) and chat a bit and be friendly. I appreciated that. She was obviously very hot running inside and out to the patio tables, but she maintained her composure and worked very hard. I ordered the breakfast poutine and they added the pulled pork to it when I asked. I also got a side of the baked beans. The fries were very fresh, crispy and tender. There were scrambled eggs, fresh crumbled bacon, cheese sauce and that glorious pulled pork on top. I really enjoyed this dish. Great idea, breakfast poutine! While eating I got to speak the owner (I believe she was). She was from Arizona so we are both dual citizens. We had a good talk about Dump decimating the US. The owner is a very liberal, accepting, kind person. Makes you feel good to support businesses run by compassionate people. The service was great. Food was phenomenal. Yes, the beans were so tasty too. Kind staff. Cute decor. I am returning to Kingston in October and will definitely be stopping in at Tommy's again. Fantastic diner food!

Don't let the small menu and quaint size of the cafe fool you; Gaby's Cafe is a wonderful jazzy…read morecafe with home-cooked meals with tasty ingredients! Highly recommend for the following: Solo or Couple Diners Looking for quick but mindful meals Enjoy jazz and other easy-listening genres of music while enjoying a hot beverage Decent but affordable portions Not recommend for: Groups Loud music Large portions

My new haven in Kingston. Now that north side is completely jam packed all the time, I am very…read morethankful I discovered Gaby's Cafe. Again, the 5* review is relative to surrounding alternatives for Williamsville/sunnyside locals- it's either the old diner, or subway egg salad sandwich, or some simple but refreshing breakfast lunch and cute pastries. No brainer. The place is hidden in a building where medical clinics are, I found this place out when I was getting tested for STDs- nuff said. Which leads to my initial surprise- from outside and the location on princess I assumed it was another old place run by a hairy guy in greasy cloth and the lights don't work, but it's not. It's clean, airy, modern. Second the pricing is good- decent amount of food for the money, and pay at the counter, tip if you would. Food is on the light side, with some Asian influence reminding me of Taiwanese tea shop menus- although it's not. It's a bit in between, but you can definitely see something you won't find in a greasy spoon restaurant on their daily featured lunch. I'm on a coffee detox so regrettably I cannot review their coffee items yet. Another plus is free WiFi The downside and probably why it took me a year to find this place although I live close by- they are not open on Sat and Sun! Closes early mon - fri as well. This is a bit odd. Again- if I take this place out of the context of this depressing part of kingston, I would've given it a 4 star maximum. But I think locals will find this place a much appreciated alternative to the smelly Tim Hortons down the street or walking thirty minutes for the next failure.

Sadly, not what it used to be. Visited recently after…read moreseveral years since we lived in Kingston and were very disappointed. Used to be reliably great diner food at reasonable prices. That's what made them special for decades. Now a breakfast costs $18 and doesn't include toast or hashbrowns anymore. Why visit anymore when they are now overpriced and there are so many other options.

on a tour from the u.s. and we were on our own for a bite to eat. great service. easy to…read morefind....we were walkers, so cant say about parking. enjoyed our time there. rlw

OK, this is a mixed review…read more First to start off, the service was great. The ambience is somewhat dated but elegant. The new patio looks great, but you can't see the river from the dining room now.. Now the food: My friend had the steak and he was very happy with it. Although he said, it was a little more rare than he would've liked. But otherwise, it was very good. Our other guest had the special, which was the salmon. And they were very happy with it. My dish unfortunately it was not so great. I had the pan-fried Seabass. As soon as it was brought to me, the first thing I noticed was a plate of nothing but brown colors. The fish is filleted with the skin left on. (which I would preferred it not to have been.), but layered on top of pearl couscous. Which was supposed to have feta. But somehow they substitute it with goat cheese, which was horrible. Because if you don't like goat cheese, it just makes everything taste awful. But there was no color to this dish. The Seabass was overcooked. It had a consistency more like trout. I've never had this type of Seabass before, so maybe I was expecting a Chilean Seabass? But it was very thin and there was not a lot of substance to it. The waiter was great and he did bring me some new couscous without the goat cheese. But by that time I had eaten my dinner. Now Desert: the kitchen really needs to let their weight staff know when they run out of things because our server had to come back to our table 3 times saying that they were "out of that." my friend friend had the peach sorbet, which he said was very good. The caramel pudding was excellent. I had the flan, honey and lavender. I really didn't taste any lavender. It just tasted like custard to me. My friend's family has been coming here for years. So hopefully next time I will get a better dish. It just seemed to me like the sous chef was in the kitchen tonight and not the chef.

Just had dinner at The River Mill and we loved it!…read more Our background: my husband and I are young professionals (34) from Toronto. We love good food at cool places just like any of our demographic (which we'll gladly pay for) and we were unexpectedly impressed. The room is not beautiful but there's a comfortable feel and a lovely water view. The menu and specials offer a few gems for the more adventurous and it is a feast of local goodness for locavores. I had the lamb carpaccio and the trout fillet with spinach salad. Both were creative without compromising clean flavours. The husb had the Table d'hote which was a 4 course steal at $48: cream of mushroom soup, pulled pork arancini with black bean curry, pan-seared tilapia and choice of dessert, black forest semi freddo. All of it fabulous with bursts of flavours. They have a long, reasonably priced wine list that covers new and old world and many Canadian options. The service is calm and doting and the piano player was a lovely throw back without being cheesy.

This place is pretty poppin' on a Sunday. Talk about popular brunch spots. First come, first…read moreserved, no reservations. I know this place exists because of their generosity to Camp Outlook. They have absolutely 100% scrumptious bread! And baked goodies. I love their dinner buns. They are made in this pull-a-part style and absolutely delicious to accompany soup, or toasted with butter, or, Pb&J, or cheese. Almost anything really, you can't go wrong. I was in Kingston recently and really wanted those dinner buns, unfortunately they didn't have them. Not on Sunday, not on Monday. I settled for their mini olive and rosemary dinner rolls. They were good too. Service here is pretty on point. There was a question I had asked the lady behind the counter and she came out from behind the counter to help answer any questions I had and serve me. She was really awesome! They have a catering menu, a cafe for brunch, they have fresh breads available and they do specialty cakes. They are totally the real deal. AND they sell Neal Brothers' cheese puffs. Havent been able to find these bad boys anywhere. They discontinued them in grocery retailers and health food stores don't seem to carry them. I'm in Toronto and havent been able to find them for a couple of years. They are a pretty penny, yet worth it for the sheer pleasure. Their store front is spacious and inviting. Certainly the place to be, everyone seemed to be walking in when I went. It is very well known. They can for sure accomodate a large amount of people. I would most definitely revisit when Im in the city next.

Well, we didn't expect this experience when we went to Kingston! We were on our way to a hardware…read morestore, but got lead astray (yes, Yelp can still do that to us on occasion! the location noted had closed or moved! Ok, COVID doesn't help, as this is happening more frequently these days!!) Needing to recharge and regroup to figure out where we are going and make it to the hardware store, we were hungry and needed better sustenance than is usually provided in a coffee shop. After looking around a bit, we ended up on Kingston's Princess street, and chose to try this place out. First of all, it's deceiving from the outside: it looks way smaller than it really is, like a bakery outlet with a reasonable variety of baked goods on offer. However, there's a back portion where customers can eat in the store. Being that we're still getting used to the "new normal", we weren't ready to dine in, and wanted a seat outside. **Note: to get a seat on the patio, you actually have to go outside to find the hostess and request a table. It was a Sunday afternoon, and they were doing a booming business! But the wait was not long. We had a hard time choosing from the menu; there are a LOT of options! I was expecting a beautiful bakery selection but it was more sandwiches and other unusual, eclectic meals. We eventually chose a burger for hubby, and a shrimp sandwich for me, with a regular coffee for him and Café au lait for me. The Café was great, and even came with a wafer cookie. The wait was not long for our meals. OK, to be honest, I was not expecting to have my sinuses cleared out while I ate, but the food was so spicy to me, also with an after bite, that I was blowing my nose throughout the meal! Not a good look during COVID (sad face!) Worse, I picked up the great big sandwich to take a bite and a shrimp rolled off the top and fell to the ground! Very sad! These shrimps were lightly breaded and quite tasty! No wonder they gave me a fork and knife! Note to self: use cutlery! Here's the great part: one of the servers, went over and above, beyond the call of duty, and got me another shrimp!! It was so prettily laid out on a lettuce leaf, and quite hot - so fresh! Kudos for that!! I will have to bear this experience in mind for next time we visit Kingston, when we are looking for somewhere different to eat.

the service was very good and we got free chocolate for easter and i liked the ambiance with the…read morebanners and the older feeling also the food was really good

This restaurant is built in part of an old stone horse barn. Loved the ambiance! We all enjoyed…read moreour meals, but I didn't think to take pictures for a review. The food was tasty and the service was fast. The restaurant was located down a narrow lane which opened into an open air grotto. Clearly they serve outside when the weather isn't cold. Today was quite chilly and windy so there was no outside service.