we always loved this Sunset Grill. staff is lovely & efficient. we have stopped here many many times on way south or north. last couple visits we notice big changes. portions are smaller by far. fruit & yogurt was always piled over the top. now it's a full inch below the rim. strawberries were frozen. pancake smaller. peameal bacon half the size. toast is mini rye. used to be a normal size. if it's a struggle to stay open I think cutting is by not a way to keep faithful customers. read more

As I travel a lot for work, I have had breakfast at many different Sunset Grill locations. I would like to personally compliment the chefs working this afternoon who made my meal. You can just tell when someone puts their heart, care and time into cooking something. From my request of well done home fries and how nice and crispy but not burnt they were, to the perfect over easy eggs. Some may say that cooking breakfast is easy, but the little details make the biggest difference. Thank you for a fantastic breakfast. ...or maybe I just really enjoyed everything because I got my pancake craving fix. :P read more

Covid or no Covid ridiculous service here's the experience and how the restaurant cannot understand how anyone would be not be frustrated is beyond my comprehension phone call do you have space are you currently booked up restaurant response sorry sir we don't give out any times how about you drive here so when you get here I can tell you I need to take your name and number and will call you later like why in the Christ would you not just say on the phone sorry we're booked up please if you'd like to come in will take your number no instead let's waste customers time and make the drive to the restaurant how inconsiderate read more

I've come to this Sunset Grill a few times on my way up north and for Saturday at breakfast time (around 9am) we've always gotten a table here and have always had fast service. The strange thing was though that even though my group could always get a table for four no problem, there's usually a big group of people standing right in the entrance who are presumably waiting for a larger group table to open up. None of that is obvious of course, if you see a bunch of people you're first instinct is to wait behind them. The problem I had was there wasn't anybody watching the line, asking how large of a group we were, or guiding people. It we didn't just walk in front of the large group we would have been waiting for a while. A strange but real problem I have at Sunset grill is that at a table for four, we can barely put all of our food on the table. With three people we have some space, but at four we have to combine plates and send empty ones back. Hell, I just want to eat breakfast, not go into crisis mode! I also don't like how you have to pay at the front, I'd rather just leave my cash on the table and be on my way. On the plus side, because you have to go to the front to pay, I've never gotten people giving you your bill and rushing you out of the restaurant. Lastly, even though I've come a few times when it wasn't super busy, I found myself waiting for a coffee refill longer than I should have been. Aside from all that, the food always comes hot, which is one of the few biggies for me, and it tastes fine. The two stars mostly come from the lack of table space and the "just ok" service, the food is fine. read more

We endured a 45 minute wait at our table for breakfast this morning, AFTER a 15 minute wait just to order and get coffee! Sub-par service - they are not prepared, and obviously short-staffed. The food is good, but not THAT good! We couldn't find our server and asked another to find out about our order. She had quite an attitude and made it clear that we weren't HER customers. (Short-sighted, if you ask me!) We did get our meal eventually, but hardly noticed its taste for the frustration. Our server did apologize after we complained, and he discounted our bill, which was appreciated. But who wants to pay ANYTHING at all for such a lousy experience? For the little bit of extra money it will cost you to have a satisfying meal and experience - go to Cora's. read more

Marooned in south Barrie while my car was being worked on , and in dire need of something more substantial than Tim H or McD's...lo and behold, this was withing walking distance of the car dealership...good variety on standard breakfast fare (yeah, that's kinda contradictory, I know). Services was polite and reasonably attentive (they lost 1 star for forgetting my orange juice), prices are in line with others in this genre. All in all, a good place for a basic b'fast or lunch! read more

Great breakfast place! Fast, and friendly service! In and out in 20 mins! The burgers are fresh, BIG and delicious!

Ok food. Ok service. Greasy food. I had a Greek omelette and my husband had a ham and cheese omelette. The servings were huge. You get what you get. Boring breakfast I have to say. If you love carbing up come here. read more

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Dried out bacon and under done home fries that tasted weird were the order of the day. My daughter had pancakes that were doughy and dry, only the maple syrup saved them. Service was good but we were not there for the service. Avoid this location if possible. read more

Food ok. Most noise is because of open kitchen. Have to raise the voice level to talk over the clinking of dishes. Long time to get seated. Limited seating over parties of 4 which means getting bi passed to sit over and over. Waited a long time to get our food. Few couples were in and gone before we got ours. Was warm, not hot. Waitress kept our cups full. It was just ok. read more

Not bad for a general breakfast place, decent price and good service. Cheaper than Cora's, for approximately the same meal, minus the fussy little bits of fruit on the side. The main problem I had was the noise - I expect a busy place to be a bit noisy, but I have a decibel meter on my phone, and the place registered at between 80 and 90 db throughout the meal, the same level as "factory machinery at 3 ft" says my meter. There's no reason to be yelling to each other at a small table just to hear. Sound baffling - a bit of fabric hung on the walls or glued under tables - can be an easy retrofit and would greatly enhance the experience. read more

Food tasted fresh, especially the potatoes. French toast was good but was lacking taste! Coffee tasted terrible in my opinion, did not even drink it and went to Tim Hortons right after to get better coffee. The cups we're small also. Despite those things, it was overall good, might go again because it is conveniently located for me and not too expensive, although it is not my number one choice for breakfast. read more