Edward Levesque's Kitchen

DO NOT EAT HERE!
The owner snapped at me 3 times for asking to substitute homefries for salad. (I even offered to pay more!).

worst service ever. This place will eventually go under due to service. The waitresses seem so sweet for the first while and after a few months they get bitchy like him.

I heard great things about this place, finally decided to give it a try and I found this place to be totally overrated.

The food was 'okay' at best. The place was a sauna in the summer time and I would have to agree with the above poster, the service was HORRIBLE.

For 15-20 a person I could think of many other places in the neighbourhood that would be worth going to, such as OKOK or Stratengers (both up the street from Edward Levesque's)

Food was good - service was terrible. What was worse than an hour's wait for a sandwich was the overwhelming sense of apathy about the wait coming from the staff.

Would not return.

Delightful classy restaurant. Exquisite food, prompt friendly service. The strawberry lemonade is perfectly refreshing and if you linger long enough over the fabulous desserts you can watch the streetcar gliding by.

I agree with the first two posts. I have personal experience with Edward Levesque myself. And have found him to be rude and ignorant and miserable. I have lived in the area for 2 years and have never seen him smile. EVER!!! The staff looks miserable and look like they want to be anywhere but there. I have never eaten there but am afraid too because of the lack of character and personality.

I went to Edward Levesque for the first time yesterday and it will be the last time. We went for brunch and waiting for a table was the best part of the experience. My girlfriend ordered a banana smoothie and when it arrived, it was warm.

We waited for an hour for our food and it was average at best. Another friend had the french toast and there was next to no ricotta filling inside. The fruit salad was warm and inedible. The kitchen forgot to make the side order of bacon even though we reminded our server on 2 occasions.

The table behind us waited an hour and they only ordered soup.

The food was average at best.

I feel sorry for the servers as the kitchen was really slow in getting the orders out and they were taking the brunt of the complaints.

The best brunch in Leslieville?!?!?! I'm not quite sure how this resto gets so much positive hype from the critics. I have to agree with all the naysayers (which seem to out-weigh the lovers... 1 post so far) above. I've been to Edward Levesque's twice. The first time, to see if it lives up to the hype. The second time, to give it another chance. Both visits, the service was terrible (rude, forgetful & painfully slow)& the food wasn't anything special. Definitely wouldn't recommend it. & no plans on going back either when there are so many other fabulous brunch options in Toronto.

I agree with most posters here. The food was VERY average at best. The service was terrible- that Edward was rude. And when we wanted separate bills they just averaged the bill and added waay too much tip - "so that'll be easier for us to pay" - WTF? I'll tip whatever the hell I want and with the crappy food and service - no tip was justified.

this place gave me food poisoning on new years eve....the food seemed decent at the time which is the kicker....you are better off to give up eating completely...do not eat here, your bowels will thank you

Wow. I'm really surprised to see the negative comments. I took my mum here recently and both of us loved it. The menu is way more interesting than most spots, the service was good and the prices are reasonable. We didn't even mind waiting more than 20 minutes to get in. Brunch here on weekends usually means a line-up (as they don't take reservations) and given that people continue to line-up I suspect that, on average, most people really like the place.