Bud's Restaurant in Kitchener

Way over priced now over 20$ for 2 eggs3 small peamel bacon and half raw hashbrowns . Just like everything else buds has gone way down

Good size portion,food was ok,coffee was horrible. Outdated and looks filthy. Was definitely charged more than listed price with no receipt. For this reason I probably will never go back.

The staff over there they don t know how to talk with their customers my wife called at12.15 PM in this restaurant they abused her and after that when i try to call they didn t answer for the next time we don t prefer to go over their and i recommended to all think twice before going to this restaurant.

This is such an eclectic, retro experience with amazing owners and the best hash browns youll ever have!

Quite expensive for breakfast. Very friendly family business. Serve yourself coffee and order at the counter. Food was good and large portions of potatoes.

Always friendly and everyone that comes in is not treated like a customer, they are treated like family. Great food and always super friendly.

Overpriced. Pricing is not clear and obvious. The food is not tasty, average at best. You will easily get much better value for a lower price somewhere else.

Ive been goin here since I was young w my grandparents and have continued to for many years. They always remember you and the service is amazing as well as the food! The home fries are next level, its jus good home cooking and the place is like eating in their home lol looks a bit like a dive or hole in the wall but also what I love about it lol Hope its around for many more years! Give them a try!

Nicest guy you will ever meet! Breakfast was excellent! It s a really full plate. We will make a point of eating here again.

Staff is very friendly and inquisitive. Cozy place. I tried their goulash. Very nice, coming back for cabbage rolls when theyre available.

We come here at least once a month for the best breakfast In the tri-cities. The food is DELICIOUS and the coffee is always AMAZING. Service 100% always. We will be back.

Amazing breakfast and Vesna is the sweetest lady. She always remembers my order from the first time I came for breakfast and she treats my daughter and I like part of the family.

Theyre very cute couple. My eggs were so good at them first. Get your own coffee and tea. But l like this.

Very good home cooking

Ive been coming here forever and it feels so homey, great shredded potatoes

This is my favorite little breakfast joint in the region! Best bang for your buck, and its always good!

Love their breakfast!@ Everytime Food : 5/5

Service was incredible, and love the help yourself area they have. Seem like such a nice family. $30 for 2 breakfasts. The taste unfortunately just wasnt for me.

Great mom and pop joint. Huge portions, great price. Definitely will be back!

Went here two days in a row, the food is simple but great, the home fries are just incredible ! Very homey and you can help yourself to the coffee when you come in. Everything is decently priced with good sized portions and I will definitely be making my way through the menu to check it all out. A hidden gem for sure and wish we had found this place sooner.

Best breakfast in Southern Ontario Great home cooked food Friendly excellent service Food : 5/5

We always feel welcome and enjoy home made home fries with breakfast! Dietary restrictions: Gluten free options for lunches during the week. Food : 5/5 |

Love this place been going here for year great food an love the the lady an her husband that work there

Very friendly and simple atmosphere. Good home-cooked food!

Food was alright owner was very rude wont be returning

Great place for a basic breakfast. Good food and wonderful service.

Nice little family run restaurant / diner. Peameal bacon and eggs breakfast was excellent! Good portions of protein with our eggs! Would recommend to my friends!

It was like Sunday breakfast on the farm lots of food and fantastic atmosphere

Old School Delicious!!!! Headed back again soon Food

More relaxed vibe than other diners in town. I got the steak and eggs, tasty and a good portion. Bottomless coffee is self serve which was nice when I was sleepy and didnt want to talk to people.

Great little hole-in-the-wall diner. Owners are lovely and the experience is a perfect small town diner vibe. Note. You are expected to get your own coffee and water from the carafes, so dont be caught waiting for someone to bring it.

Best breakfast ever

Nice little diner. Amazing breakfast! Staff/owner/cook was delightful. Would definitely recommend.

Fantastic place, best Breakfast place, amazing and friendly staff, highly recommend

Wow a great old fashioned greasy spoon. Just go. Food

Best home fries Ive had! Wonderful service and deliciois breakfast!

Oh what a gem. I hope we dont lose places like this. Owner has been at it for 44 years. One man show. Super welcoming and friendly. Best home fries in the region.

Love to enjoy my breakfast there and a tea on the way back home.

Wow! This place is Kitcheners best kept secret. The food is delicious- home fries and Pemel are to die for. The portions are generous and the price is RIGHT! The owner(Zoran) runs the place seemlessly. Friendly and relaxed vibe! My go-to spot for breakfast any day of the week. Thank you Buds! Yum

Good food, generous portions, the home fries were made with real butter instead of oil

Been a few years for me eating here. Food good, whats listed for price and whats billed is completely different. Western omlette and cheese and coffee 29. Not going back ever again.

love it here. honestly doesn t look like anything fancy coming through the doors, we sat down not realizing you have to order at the counter first but the owner was super nice and welcoming the service was fast and the food was amazingggg. the food is just 100% no frozen hasbrowns everything made to order delicious home cooking will be back definitely.

Amazing little breakfast spot, went here for the first time today to try something new and was not disappointed in the slightest. Extremely fast service and the Food was 10/10, very large portions, was even pleasantly surprised by the coffee. Had me feeling like i had stepped back in time to family breakfast when i was a child, the kind of place that does not need to impress with fancy decor because the food speaks for itself. I will definitely be returning and look forward to trying the schnitzel which i heard is a specialty of the cook/owner. The salt might not move but your heart surely will have.

Good greasy breakfast

Their soup is amazing.

Been the same adorable duo running the place since I was a kid well over 10 years ago. Absolutely nothing has changed in here except maybe its a few bucks more than 2010, gotta support a neighbourhood pillar.

I had a grilled cheese and my friend had back bacon two eggs and home fries. Will definitely be back

Never knew this place existed! A hidden little gem for some good ol breakfast, cabbage rolls, BLTs, hamburgers and more. Love their made from scratch home fries! Self-serve coffee, wonderful and friendly owner.

Good classic style breakfast, lots of options

Its a small family run restaurant, I tried the hamburger It was delicious Food

I loved the place.

Food was ok with generous portions. Owner couple friendly. Billed about 25% more than posted price and no itemized receipt provided. Extra charge if paying by credit card. Will not return due to questionable billing.

Okay, so this is based on this mornings breakfast, havent tried anything else. I came here years ago but this is my first visit in many moons. When you walk into this place they are very welcoming and you feel at home already. Everything is very clean (didnt use washrooms) and service was quick ... well, the cooking and bringing to your table part (you order at the counter and serve your own coffee/tea). I ordered peameal breakfast. Coffee kinda weak, but I like strong coffee so may be just me. Breakfast came ridiculously quick but I will tell you, I have been reading a lot about crude oil prices lately and if OPEC cuts back, Buds can make up the difference. Lots of reviewers like that but be forewarned that you might want to wear sunglasses for the shine and equip them with splashguards. When time comes to pay the bill the price was a higher than I thought because apparently hash browns are extra (menu board not overly clear) and to use a credit card they wanted 2 bucks more (equal to 10% of my single diner bill) so clearly there is a bit of a profit margin in there as well. For less money, with full service, I can get a much better breakfast elsewhere. YMMV

Delicious breakfast, great prices and the owners are so friendly and sweet.

Go here greasy good breakfast

Amazing food, big portions.

Fast service good food good prices excellent servers

Always super friendly and welcoming. Food was excellent as per usual.

Very nice breakfast restaurant, the food was great. But I think the best was the friendly atmosphere, owners were super nice.

When Fast food doesnt cut it.

Amazing diner style b fast ... Can go wrong Parking: Yes you can park here

For the type of restaurant, absolutely great. Deservedly well know for their peameal and over-easy with home fries breakfast combo but lots of variations and far more than breakfast. Soups and lunches are also very good, Central European style. Decor is low end and seating is partly benches but very high degree of cleanliness everywhere including restrooms. Recommended.

Best price, best portions, best owners. This is my favourite spot in town for breakfast.

A lot of food for a great price and a free drink. The guy is really nice and give the place a great atmosphere. Id give them a 6 out of 5 if I could Just reading some of the negative reviews. I think some of might be high or mentally ill. The prices are quite fair. Even if they jumped a tiny bit, these people probably dont have the mental capacity to understand the concept of inflation. They may need to go over a quick overview of primary school educational curriculum. For those of you who left a negative review, if you see this. C is for carrot. B is for Banana.

Home fries are a new level of crispiness. Just a little too greasy for my liking but if youre looking for that, this is the place.

Amazing breakfast!

Great breakfast and cabbage rolls you can take home.

Absolutely 10/10. Best example of home style breakfast! Great food, friendly service and unbeatable prices.

Large portions. Eggs were not cooked to my order probably because the cook was overextended. Home fries were swimming in grease. Coffee was weak and self-serve. Peameal bacon and sausage were both tasty.

My favourite place, for years! The staff are incredible and its such a homey feel, my favourite breakfast

Amazing Value and the friendliest service. I wish I had a place like this is my home town!

#1 Breakfast in KW!

Have really liked this local shop over the years for occasional meals. BUT!!! I have recently gotten 3 different meal orders. After leaving with my take out, I started wondering about the pricing. As an example, the breakfast that I ordered was expected around $12 and my bill ended just shy of $20. Now when I try to order I ask the price. The board says burger $7.99 BUT he told me $14 and change. When I asked about it he asked if I want it. I said yes only for the posted price. He said hes busy and needs to go, and hung up on me. I understand prices for everything are going up, please be up front and honest. I feel bad it has gotten negative and do not plan on returning there.

Decent food, good value.

Super nice and incredible people who own this place. Great food, and a great atmosphere, seriously so amazing. The portions are massive too.

Excellent food & service at very reasonable prices!

Bad experience at this place during covid that makes me never want to go back.. we walk in told 15 minutes give them 30 as we are getting out of car other people walk in and get seated.. even after we said we were here first their response was its first come first serve.. they the lady literally started to argue with us asking what would we like for her to kick people out.. how about no but maybe take some names or remember who is first.. also not to be rude or ignorant to your customers..

Always amazing food. Have always loved going there.

This was my first time here great food and great service

The bacon was cooked perfectly and the hashbrowns are amazing! Bud is very friendly and adhered to regulations when a man tried to light a smoke at the picnic table next to us. Will be back!

Just a nice spot with good food and a lot of charm.

Best restaurant for breakfast with great and friendly customer service

The best diner breakfast in town. Wonderful hospitality and service, they really make you feel at home as soon as you walk in! Incredible hash browns, peameal bacon, and eggs. My go to

Amazing food delicious place for breakfast

Great mom and pop shop. The couple that runs it is so adorable. I order takeout since I live across the street, but they always offer complimentary coffee while I wait. The home fries are really yummy and if you order the bacon and egg breakfast they give you like half a pack of bacon! Portions are huge, but as you may expect from a diner, it s greasy. I wouldn t eat here too often.

Vesna and her husband, Always offer great service and value. On those cold miserable days when working outside I make a point to treat the crews to lunch at this place. Never have I left here not full.

The best breakfast in Town! Period!

Great owners and delicious food. Ive eaten at a lot of places around Waterloo and this is probably my favourite breakfast place. Homefries are actually like a kind of hash which is quite tasty. If you hate fast food or diner food you probably wont find it as enjoyable, but if you like big portion comfort food this is the place. Apparently this place can get busy, but Friday morning at 8 was really chill for the first hour.

I was absolutely blown away by this place. My entire breakfast platter was fantastic and the owners were an absolute delight. Ill definitely be back when Im looking for some great food!

Great food with real homemade taste,and really nice owners

real review of a great breakfast If you want well made breakfast with large portions, then go here. The prices are good and I wouldnt forget the excellent customer service.

Great place ! 1st time there and found it very clean and cozy, they are very friendly. Almost like visiting family. I highly recommend it. Quality food qith large portions too!

Super friendly service great portions great taste awsome little restaurant will be coming back for sure !

I love this sweet little place! Owner is such a kind heart, food is always fresh and great, and the coffee is flowing!

Friendly, family run hole in the wall with big portions. Great place to go for delightful, big, greasy breakfast. The hash browns are one of a kind

Wonderful owners and great diner food. A true gem in KW.

Best breakfast place in kitchener, hands down. Amazing pemeal bacon, the best greasy hash browns, and excellent friendly service. Self serve coffee, water, utensils, and condiments are a blessing.

Was ok

It was delicious as always. Very friendly owners and excellent service. Love the food.

My new favorite breakfast spot. Potions are large and tasty.

Great breakfast, hidden gem of greasy spoons.

If you ever want a great breakfast and feel at home, like Norm for Cheers, become a regular here. I did and I always feel a welcome. Great value food.

The best service and breakfast ever

One of the best breakfasts in town, has the old time family feel to it. Always a joy eating here.

It was really greasy. Too heavy for me. Probably good to a trucker or a person who likes a big greasy hangover breakfast. Just my opinion.

Simple, honest food. Good value, great service

Big breakfast.

Great family restaurant with excellent food for a great price! Most items on the menu are under $10. The meal completely filled the plate and the staff was very friendly. Highly recommend checking out this hidden gem

Lovely people, bottomless coffee and good food with excellent prices.

Amazing breakfast and the friendliest owners. Eggs are cooked perfectly every time.

Best breakfast Ive had in a long time. Place is quaint and clean. The folks who run it are very nice. Ill definitely be back.

Cute little mom and pop diner with prices that are nice.

This was one of the best diner breakfasts I ve had in a long time. Service was happy, quick and attentive. The food was a perfect diner style breakfast. Hash browns were fantastic, and the peameal bacon couldn t have been better. The price, cheap. This will definitely be my go to spot for breakfast from now on.

Went here for breakfast when we couldnt find anything else open.. What a great spot. Not fancy but very clean with a relaxed atmosphere. The owners are very pleasant and serve up a huge breakfast for very reasonable prices.

Great mom and pop shop. Breakfast was like my grandmother cooked it, tasted amazing!

Great hole in the wall diner offering a great fry up. A bit on the greasy side but made up by the fact their peameal bacon was out of this world! Also great service.

super place, great food delicious, typical European style.... :)

Always a hit. If youre jonesing for peameal bacon and eggs with shredded hash browns, this is the place.

Breakfast was okay I found the home fries a little greasy. Eggs cooked over easy the way I like them toast was good ham was okay

Friendly service, great fried potatoes and peameal bacon for breakfast.

Had breakfast eggs were okay served over easy shredded potato I found a little greasy. Ham was okay not one of the better hams Ive had. Coast was okay although it was late coming to the table. You had to get your own coffee at the counter I can live with that. Portion size was excellent big portions. But again the breakfast was little greasy for my liking.

Great breakfast

Was good! Very nice couple working.. Just didnt like being charged a different amount than what was posted on the menu...

Great cooking like Grandma use to make. Best Homefries in town.

Always a great breakfast. Lots of food and good quality, home cooked style meal.

Best breakfast and Vesna is the best

Home cooking done right! The Best breakfast in KW!

Over priced and VERY greasy food!!!!!!!

Very not worth your money....

Fast service, large portions, pretty standard breakfast

By far the best hangover cure!

Grease food

A local treasure, amazing food and amazing quality been that way for more than 20 years

Very good food, comfortable atmosphere, wonderful hosts/owners. We eat here often!

Just ok nothing special. Place is very outdated. Breakfast is ok very greasy good size portions. Very nice owners. Not sure if we will go back.

It was ok. Great place to grab a bite. Not rushing back.

Huge portions decent pricing super friendly service and great location. Tuck in away from the main path but Def a place to make a detour for. The decor is slightly outdated but it makes you feel warm and welcomed.

This is such a cozy diner! What a hidden gem. Buds feels like being in my grandmothers kitchen and the owners are such lovely people.

As always good food, friendly service.

Great place great food and great staff

Great family owned restaurant with the best peameal bacon!!! The #2 changed my life! Eat here!!

Great go-to greasy spoon-type breakfast place. Good classic diner vibe, with quick service and large portions. Complete with old photos of Kitchener on the walls.

Absolutely love this place. The owners are always warm and inviting and the food is fabulous!

Home cooked food for an amazing price! Love the atmosphere and how fresh everything is.

Great breakfast

My favourite breakfast in the region!! Great atmosphere, very friendly and fast service. Generous portions too, you will not leave hungry!!

Best breakfast in town. Hidden gem,great service. Very hard working husband and wife team. Love it

A Great place for Breakfast with your buddy clean and lots of food.

Great people with delicious food from Europe

Delicious breakfast food! Huge portions of food! Reasonably priced! Thats what you call a 5/5!

Great food super friendly owners.

Awesome breakfast. Super cute couple running the show :)

By far one of the best breakfast places around the hash browns are to die for and their the nicest people ever. Ive been going there for over 10 years and they treat me like family...such great people and the best restaurant

Best service. Massive amount of food. Priced perfectly.

Love the food, atmosphere, and people. If you love a hearty old school breakfast, nothing beats Buds!

I have been going to this place for 20 sum years. Best breakfast on the planet

My buddy. Always treated the best for many years now

This is the hands down best breakfast in town. Just be aware it is kinda like going to a friends place to eat, pour your own coffee, tableware may not be all matching... but the food?.... hmmm good!

I was in for a rude surprise when they added a $3.50 service charge (on a $10.00 order) for using credit card! This is despite asking ahead of time if I could pay with tap because I only had my smartphone and no wallet. I would not return here again, even with a wallet, as this was such a shock. A $0.50 service charge would be reasonable, but 35% of the bill is outrageous! Otherwise, food was good and service was OK. I had to wait for about 5 minutes at the cash to pay in the first place, despite ringing the bell for service twice.

Food was great staff make you feel like your walking into moms kitchen

Good little breakfast place

Excellent and very friendly

Great home cooking

Very friendly and homey

Great deal