Commodore Restaurant

My favourite "greasy spoon" in town and Edmonton's oldest restaurant continuously run by the same family. The style of the place is very 1940s, probably because it might still be sporting its original decore. It's diner food. I can't say I've tried everything on the menu, but I've enjoyed what I have tried. It's a great place for comfort food for bang for the buck. I think their burgers are very illustrative. They're not fancy. They're not huge. But whoever is in the kitchen knows how to cook a burger on a flat-top. You get that nice brown crust on the outside, juicy on the inside, some basic toppings (including bacon if you like) on a fresh bun. You get some perfectly drinkable diner coffee. And you get out being surprised by how low the bill was. Other things they do a good job with are their eggs benedict (served on a fresh biscuit rather than an English muffin), any of their soups of the day I've ever tried (even mushroom, and I'm not normally a fan of mushroom soup) and anything involving corned beef.

This rating is more like 3.5 stars. Came here for breakfast/brunch. Place is clearly a local favourite so we decided to try as we are visiting. Very cute diner-looking place and frequented by locals. You can walk in and sit anywhere that’s free. The staff are very friendly and menu is easy to navigate. We tried the omelette, French toast and hot cakes. Omelette was good, would recommend getting that as it’s your best bang for your buck. The hot cakes were pretty standard and well-portioned. The French toast was unfortunately underwhelming. It didn’t have the powdered sugar and wasn’t sweet at all.

The prices here are so good. Its a great place for classic diner food. Cute atmosphere. My blt had a good amount of toppings. They had a guy singing on Sunday which was nice. The only thing that was a bit sad was that a BLT was my third choice. They didn't have the ingredients for the two things I asked for previously.