22$ for a shower are you kidding me. wet towels on floor and in the sink. zero service and respect from few of the employees.

The Truro Heights Irving Circle K Big Stop is a good place to stop for a hot meal, gas, snacks, and drinks, located near the crossroads of Nova Scotia between Halifax (to the south) and Amherst (to the north) and Cape Breton (to the east), conveniently located just off Hwy 102 Exit 13. There are 8 standard fueling pumps and 2 diesel pumps (in the back) with ample parking for autos and trucks around the building. The Circle K convenience store sells snacks, cold drinks, coffee, newspapers, auto supplies, tobacco products, and miscellaneous items and there are washrooms and a driver's lounge on site too. Connected to the convenience store is the Big Stop Restaurant, which is one of several locations at select Irving stations in Atlantic Canada and Eastern Maine. The Big Stop serves up homestyle cooked meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner anytime, similar to Smitty's. The breakfast offerings (most meals $6.29-$13.99 plus HST) include egg platters, omelettes, pancakes, French toast, cereal, home fries (fried or grilled), and breakfast sides. They also offer some breakfast specials which also include tea or coffee. The lunch/dinner offerings (most meals $6.49-$15.99 plus HST) include burgers, hot dogs, wraps, sandwich platters (include fries & slaw), chicken tenders, soups, chowder, salads, fried foods, seafood dinners, comfort dishes (roast turkey, roast beef, chopped steak, mozza chicken, liver & onions, spaghetti with meatballs, lasagna, stir-frys), and fresh baked desserts (pies, cakes). Pepsi fountain pop served here. They also have a Senior Menu (55 & over) with smaller portions priced in the $4.99-$9.88 range. At each table, there is a small peg game board, the same table game also found at Cracker Barrels in the USA. Packaged fresh baked goods and pies are on sale near the register. They had fresh baked breads and butter tarts. I stopped in here during the mid-morning on a typical weekday. The place was not busy with only one waitress working the entire dining room solo. I decided to keep things simple and ordered an ice water and a Vegetable Stir-Fry ($9.59 plus HST) instead of a heavy breakfast. The food arrived in about 15 minutes after ordering. The hot portion of food was just right which had a medley of sautéed vegetables (broccoli, red peppers, green beans, onions) in a sweet teriyaki sauce served over soft rice pilaf. The food tasted pretty good and I was content with the food. The waitress seemed friendly and spoke in a sort of a "robotic tone" to all guests, as I describe it. As soon as I was done with my food, the waitress motioned me up to the register where I settled up on my check and given an after dinner mint. Overall, the standard healthy stir-fry was just what I needed to start my day instead of a big heavy breakfast at the Big Stop. I would stop in again at Big Stop for a dependable meal at a fair price. read more

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It's a convenient and busy location. It seems to have outgrown itself however, as the convenience store is super cramped and there aren't a ton of gas pumps. The washrooms are thankfully spotless, which is probably the most important thing. The staff is very friendly too. There's a decent looking restaurant attached to the gas station that looks to be quite popular. read more

Poor service. Team truck drivers with my husband cashier treated me like I was a lot lizard instead of a driver then refused to give us extra towels. Completely rude and disrespectful read more

I haven't had a good experience here the last few times I've been to the Truro Heights Big Stop. My friend and I went on New Year's day... fully expecting it to be busy.. we waited approximately 15 minutes to be seated... no big deal... placed our orders... we asked for drinks which included water, coffee and a juice. I received my coffee...the juice was forgotten... and one of the glasses of water was dirty.... I attempted to make eye contact, as I've been a server myself for years... when that failed... I waved... servers saw me... and ignored me... I ran out of coffee... and no one returned... I could see that our food was in the pass for approximately 15 minutes and our server's number was up for a long period of time... people who arrived after us were served before us and had left before even receiving our food. We left... without eating... I normally do not post or rant about experiences... but this was one bad experience too many with this establishment. I will not be back and will tell anyone that is looking to eat there the same. read more

Absolutely the worst service ever. Waited 10 minutes to be seated and 40 minutes to get a meal. My salad came out with the wrong ingredients because they substituted without checking with me first. They replaced cucumber with green peppers (which I am allergic to). Our server was so busy she didn't even bring out our meal or come back to see how we were doing. Sat with an empty water glass for 20 minutes. Not recommending this place. read more

Slowest kitchen ever. Don't waste your time. Pick up chips and drive along. We stopped en route to Cape Breton I ordered a small poutine and a salad. My fiancé a burger. We had to flag someone down for refills on our drink. It took 45 minutes for our order to be completed and restaurant was not at capacity. Servers were friendly clearly this was a kitchen issue read more