St Dave's Diner in Lindsay

Another great brunch!

The food is really good, but the service is a little chaotic, and the dining room isnt the most inviting space.

My mother and i went there Sun and was busy. Nice to see it doing well !

Had the special hash with eggs over easy and rye toast and it was incredibly delicious. The service was above par as the staff were super friendly and helpful. I will definitely be going back for more. Dine in Sept 27/2024- the food was delicious as usual ( pulled pork Benny ) and my brother and his wife had the hash, which they thoroughly enjoyed. The service was a bit slow but were very accommodating. A definite must when visiting Lindsay.

Best breakfast eats in the kawarthas. Cant say enough about this spot. A perfect morning start

The highlight of my visit was a stranger paid for our breakfast. Thank you whoever you are.

Quick service, good options, friendly people.

Great diner. Excellent food and service.

Always a great place to stop

Recommended and well deserved. Alot to choose from on the menu. Friendly staff.

Old school diner

UPDATE - DO NOT RECOMMEND! tried to go for brunch today, worst experience ever at a diner! Was not that busy but we had to stand in line for 15 minutes waiting for a table then sat another 15 minutes waiting for a menu and a coffee, when I commented that we had already been there 30 minutes the most ignorant waiter I have ever met put the coffees on the table and said too bad, if you don t like it feel free to go elsewhere- wow. The new owners have really let this place go downhill unfortunately. Sad to see a great business ruined by people in the wrong line of work, try the new Stacked in Lindsay instead- we did an it was excellent. Best breakfast in Lindsay. Super awesome buffet on long weekends. Very friendly staff. Reasonable prices.

Great bacon hash special when I was there

Best brisket ever! And I ve tried more than my share over the years. I m not from this area but sure will be back if we come to Lindsay again. Also GREAT service.

Great food! I had the BBQ chicken sandwich and its the best Ive ever had! Fast, friendly service. Clean eating area and washrooms. Come here for home style cooking! Highly recommend!!

If I could give less I would, its definitely lost its way from rude waitstaff, to long delays to inedible food. Never again. Terrible

Excellent breakfast good service

Always good. Reasonable priced, and good service.

I love St Daves Diner. The food is excellent & the staff are fantastic.

I love their breakfast choices. Plus the free refills on coffee

The food was fresh and tasty

I had the eggs Benedict with the black forest ham, the hollandaise sauce tasted nothing like hollandaise, it tasted almost completely different and something wrong with it. The fries tasted okay and as well the orange juice did not taste right, and one of the waitresses seemed to be unfriendly and gave not so nice looks, but on the other hand, the younger waitress was very nice and kind. Just by looking around, it didnt seem to clean the floor was very dirty and many of the surfaces had not been wiped in a long time including the window where they take food from looked disgusting. Unfortunately, I will not be coming back.

Great breakfast! Dining in or taking out - the breakfast is always good! Restaurant building itself isn t too cozy or intimate due the large banquet type room but we enjoy it. Food : 5/5

My family and I went on a day trip to Lindsay on Monday April 22nd and after looking up restaurant reviews here on Trip Advisor I decided to take my family here for brunch. As soon as I stepped through the door, I should have trusted my gut and just turned around and left. No warm greetings here, the older waitress looked at me with a scorned look on her face and asked how many people then showed us our table, which was on the right side of when you walk into the bigger room. She then asked us what we wanted to drink while we sat down. She brought us our drinks then asked if we were ready to order, I told her not yet and again she gave me her scorned look and rolled her eyes. Thankfully the younger, happier and much much friendlier waitress came back to our table and took our orders. She was very nice & accommodating. Then the older waitress came with our food orders. The supposed eggs benny with black forest ham had some weird sauce on it, which I would not consider to be hollandaise sauce. It was kind of watery, and plasticky tasting...it must have been made with margarine and not butter. The orange juice tasted chemically. The coffee was disgusting and so was the green tea, suffice it to say, we never got refills on any of our drinks. The food was ok at best. The place was filthy. The window where the waitresses were picking up their orders from was disgustingly dirty, looks like they dont really clean anything in there, except kind of the top of the tables when a customer has left. Looks like there might even be black mold where the floor meets the walls all around. Weve never been there before, nor will we ever return. I think next time I will also check Google reviews more than Trip Advisor, as my family showed me afterwards that the Google reviews are more recent and also some of those customers seemed to have the same issues as us. They also had very rude service from a particular older waitress. I guess this place is loved by older locals who go here as regulars, and they must be the ones who are giving rave reviews about this place as well as family and friends. In my opinion, this place should not be definitely rated number 2 out of all the restaurants in Lindsay...should be more towards the bottom of the list until they fix their many negatives!

Love there burger and frys. Truck parking available to the south of the building

The restaurant is spacious and clean, very busy with lots of local community friends gathering. Very nice to see, everyone was happy smiling, enjoying their morning, great conversations, being shared. I will definitely, be back. Food was also prepared very well, in a timely manor. Both servers were very nice, and ensured I had everything I needed to enjoy my morning.

Classic diner feel with friendly service staff and good food.

Good food, fair pricing, friendly staff!

Extremely slow, RUDE service! I had been going to st Dave s since before he burned down his second location. Servers were usually not very friendly, but I usually ignored it. The last time I was there the service was atrocious! The waitress, before saying good morning or hello , pointed at our table from the door and barked at the back against the wall! ! We sat down where we were directed and then the waitress came over and asked us what we wanted to drink I ve never felt more unwelcome at a restaurant. It was like I was at her door in the middle of the night begging for a drink after waking her up. We watched as 2 people who came in AFTER us got their food, finished eating and LEFT before we were asked if we wanted a refill on our dry, empty coffee cups. When our food finally came, my son asked for an orange juice, to which the waitress rolled her eyes (she thought nobody saw, but I did), then asked if anyone wanted anything else. My son who was right beside her said an orange juice please . She then bent down and made rude googly eyes and said (like my son was stupid) ONE ORANGE JUICE .does anybody .ELSE need anything ? as she moved her Karen face back and forth right in the 2 peoples faces that were closest to her. As I was paying I told the waitress that I ve been coming to the restaurant for over 12 years and the food is always good, but the service was bad, today was worse than any other day, and it was bad enough for them to lose a 12+ years customer. She literally told me that nobody cares, then she said that I was the only person who complained one of a million ! I stated, firmly but professionally, the issues I had. The waitress that rolled her eyes at my son, then stuck her face in ours, came over to try and get up in my face and started explaining WHY she rolled her eyes, while raising her voice Like there was a good enough reason for treating a customer like that . I paid, left no tip, went to my truck and made a phone call. While I was sitting there the owner came out and was rubbing his eyes like a baby asking if someone was crying! I told him if this is how he deals with customer complaints that he was an idiot. He then called me an idiot, accused me of throwing food on the floor, told me to FUCK OFF and gave me the middle finger. I m 50 years old, I m not some kid. My complaints were legitimate and that is how they treated me and my family. Never again!

Good food and service. Cant wait to go back

Hard Working, honest staff and customers. I don t get to St Dave s as much as I would like. Whenever I do go, food is always good, portions are good and staff working hard. On my last visit I somehow left my TD debit card there. I left at 11:30 a.m. by 12:30 p.m. the local TD bank called advising that someone from St Dave s had located it and dropped it off. There was no activity on my card after using it at St Dave s. I know lots of people who have lost or misplaced their card and whomever found it, used the tap and they were out money. Not at St Dave s! not sure who found it, if it was staff or a customer, but Thank you! Great hard working and honest customers and staff. It truly is a community gathering hub.

Went to St Daves Dinner today for lunch and everything was great the portions were great much bigger than I expected, the prices were really good and very reasonable and the service was amazing everyone was so friendly. I went with my mom and my aunt, my mom had the liver and onions, I had the Big Bob and my aunt had the corned beef sandwich, everything was delicious and perfectly cooked. I would definitely recommend.

Love the food, and the owner and staff make you feel right at home

Keep in mind there s six of us that go to this every weekend

Will highly recommend

Great place for lunch with farm buddies!

We had lunch at St. Dave s today and it was great. The mushroom swiss burger was delicious ! The meat was moist and tasty with fresh toppings. I highly recommend the food and great services at Dave s!

Classic diner experience. You cant find a better price anywhere else, especially for the quality food. The funny little waitress Karyss was very kind.

Great food & wonderful staff!

Always good food and service Kid-friendliness: Kids menu choices Food : 5/5 |

I love this place. I wish it was closer to Oshawa. A must visit for breakfast when driving through or around Lindsay, ON.

Been there many times. Enjoyed each visit. Even got my family going there now. Food and service is Food : 5/5

good traditional food, i think the restaurant should be opened longer in my opinion. very affordable

I wish I could eat there every day! Thanks so much the food was awesome!

We have always loved St Daves. The wait staff is really fantastic and traditionally the food is exceptional. However, St Daves has fallen victim to COVID and other issues recently. They admit they are having issues finding good, reliable people to work. As much as it pains me to say this, some of the quality/taste of food items have slipped a bit. However, it hasnt slipped enough that it isnt good. Its just not quite as good as it was. Before it was 10/10 and now its 7/10 if that helps. St Daves is still a good little eatery that is worth going to.

Great classic diner with smoked meat! Does a great breakfast and they have a variety of hotsauces. Would recommend

Stopped in here for lunch on route. I ordered the big Bob fish and chips, absolutely fantastic! I felt like I was back on the East coast again. The fish was perfectly flaky and not at all soggy, batter was crunchy and perfectly golden brown. The service was wonderful, all of the staff so friendly. Well definitely stop in again the next time we are in the area!

Had a great experience all around during my first visit. Their attentive and friendly staff made it easy to enjoy a meal and conversation without looking around for service. Being conveniently located on Hwy 35 (minutes from Kent St) made it an easy addition to my morning.

Terrible service. After reading reviews, and seeing their golden stars, my coworker and I decided to give this place a try. When we arrived, the lady behind the counter just angrily said to us Youll have to wait. Not hello, please wait a moment. Just a very rude, abrupt Youll have to wait. Another woman brought us to our table in a rush, and promptly says (without saying hello, or anything else) We close in 30 minutes Ok. ... ?? The service was absolutely horrible. Rude. Rushed. Food was practically thrown at us. We will never return. The food was ok. Definitely not good enough for us to want to return and be treated poorly.

Always great food and service. Our go to for lunch everyday.

Great food great place great staff.

Great food, really great food. The customer service is fantastic and friendly. Ill be going again and WILL be recommending this place to others. Thank you.

Nice food and very kind servers!!

Great diner. We have always enjoyed the food and service. A must try diner.

Food is excellent as always. Kitchen staff is excellent, the rest of the serving staff is amazing. but for my third visit in a row the little owner man likes to scream at his kitchen employees full profanities with a full restaurant of customers. If I could only tip the kitchen I would. All of the staff deserve MUCH better than how he treats them.

My family and I went in for breakfast before we did our running around we ordered drinks and waited people who were seated after us were getting drinks before us (we ordered a coffee, a water and a chocolate milk) my wife was very specific about how she likes her food (well done and eggs over easy) when we brought it to the attention of the worker I was greeted with attitude about how it wouldnt take long to fix we had been waiting for a while at that point

Great food, great service

Awesome delicious

Good quality home food diner! Always been good over the years!

Absolutely fantastic food, service and atmosphere. Recommend to everyone. Stop in and fill up. Will definitely return again.

Everythings always so good

Quick and great food most of the time

Never been here before. Was just out cruising around on our bikes. Great breakfast! I had the scram slam and it was perfect. Home made strawberry jam for my fresh made toast. Eggs where perfect...I asked for soft bacon and it was perfect! Waitress was friendly and on top of our food and drinks. I was shocked at what we paid for what we got...great value! So glad we stopped in .

One of the best services I ve ever had, I would surely recommend

First visit but not our last

The waitress was confident, professional, and polite. Excellent service. The food was hot, delicious, and fresh. Wonderful meal.

Amazing Diner with delicious food options and great prices. Mary was our server and was such a delight!

Excellent food and quick service

We shared soup and enjoyed a Cobb salad and beef brisket sandwich. The food is always delicious and fresh. Vegetarian options: The salads are always fresh. Love the Mandarin dressing.

Friend took there yesterday. Place was great good prices good portions. Staff fantastic

This is always a great place to eat good food and great service every time we have been there. Keep up the good work Food

Great service, 5 of us pulled up front, the server came out and asked how many we need a table for. Reserved us a table for 6, once our last one showed, we got our table right away.

It was an okay experience; not good, but not bad either.

First time at this budget dinner, bland club sandwich.

Great breakfast. Best in the Kawarthas.

Decent amount of people tons of space Parking: Free more room Food : 5/5 |

This is our go to when heading to Lindsay...food is authentic home cooking...staff is super friendly..prices very good

Food was hot. Good price. Friendly service

Wonderful breakfast place, a little out of the way but a lot out of the ordinary is the perfect way to put it. Their care, attention to detail and customer relationship is second to none. Very friendly, small-town goodol service that is always going to keep bringing people back for more. Good work always Jason and team in making each experience special

Food is phenomenal. I can certainly see why theyre so busy. Certainly not much to look at and service is spotty and gruff.

1st time there so not a lot of experience. Covid protocol and tables well spaced. Staff were friendly and efficient. I had the greek omelet with homefries, and rye toast. It was tasty and well prepared. Ill go back.

Just went here for the first time and it was great. Food was reasonably priced and very tasty. Servers were friendly and efficient. I was impressed with how well they sanitized their tables and had the tables socially distanced. A very nice experience and we will return.

Good portion sizes with below average pricing. Good spacing and comfortable atmosphere. This is the only restaurant I drive to Lindsay for and I usually make a breakfast bowl, or go for a big classic breakfast. Youll be pleasantly surprised every step of the way, from first walking in, to paying the bill.

The food is very down to earth great! The service is very friendly and helpful.

Excellent food. Excellent service.

Very pleasant great service.

First visit, homestyle food, really delicious. Great service and reasonable prices.

Worse food and service never be back and it wasnt busy staff lazy

The barnyard hash was great !

Its always a nice place to go for brunch on a Sunday.

Yummy country rusty spoon stop! The physical restaurant could certainly use some updating, however food and staff were fantastic! Great prices for great food! Ps, the eggs Benny comes with CHEESE SAUCE. Not hollandaise sauce. However, still very tasty.

Great little gem! #1 breakfast place! Great service! Great prices!

Amazing homemade meals served with the smile! Huge portions that dont break the bank, and the staff are always so friendly, helpful and truly care about their customers. We happily drive from Barrie every month to eat here.

Excellent food big portions clean facility friendly staff and good service Will definitely be going back when in the area

Well its definitely not like it use to be.... use to have more tables and staff.. now less tables and about the same staff... when they had more tables we got our food faster... now we where here at 820am and didnt get our food till 930am.. are you kidding me.... and it was nothing special just a simple breakfast... it should not take that long to cook eggs!!!! One table got up and left cause they came in just after us. And still didnt have the food by 945am... this is absolutely ridiculous. We will not be coming back.

Was there on Sunday with 3 other people. We just moved to Lindsay and decided to try this place out. Never ever again!! Took over an hour to get our food. There were other tables sitting around for awhile as well. No one came around to see if we needed any drink refills. When we finally got our food it was ice cold. Don t waste your time unless you got a couple of hours and want cold breakfast.

My family and I go to St Daves for brunch at least a few times a month. My 93 year old mother always gets a warm welcome and food cooked to her liking. The food is very good and you really cant beat the prices. The service is great and the staff always go out of their way to accommodate us, even through these strange Covid times. I definitely will keep going back.

Delicious food, courteous staff, they were super busy but we werent forgotten.

Best breakfast around.

Always great food and service.

Made a stop here with the wife and kids going home from the cottage. Lovely breakfast. Everyone went home happy. I would definitely return.

Great toasted Western

Great food, friendly service! We had the hot hamburger (nice charbroiled burger) and club sandwich (perfectly cooked chicken breast & bacon) with possibly the best onion rings I ve ever had. They even have a wide selection of hot sauces, should you need any.

Service was great, and the food was even better!

My poutine was delicious! Great fries!

Great breakfast, incredible service, kind people work here, no negativity

Man, this place was awesome! Friendly, prompt service, fresh food, real fruit, excellent portions, price on point. 10/10 would eat here again. Tell them its your first time, get a ribbon!

Good service and good food. Server handled our large group well and the offered coffee re-fills often.

Horrible service from the waitness/ hostess... not sure what her job even was, we ended up leaving and have zero plan to go back!!

Awesome little diner. Great food. Great servers. Felt like family. HIGHLY recommend.

Phenomenal service. Super friendly. Very glad we stopped for lunch. Portions were huge and food was delicious. Fantastic diner.

Great staff. Eggs a bit under cooked but everything else was good!

Great food great staff always welcome.

Great lunch, large portions and delicious and staff were very friendly

Breakfast was just ok, was barely luke warm and the coffee needed crutches very weak.

I love it at St. Dave s! I have been going there for at least 15 years. The Scram Slam is my favourite. Enjoy the very friendly staff and homey atmosphere. I will always come back and bring friends!

First time there. Food and staff were excellent.

Good eats, busy tho

Good food, realistic prices for what you get.

Not what it was when Dave was the chef owner.

The food is consistently delicious and the menu is reasonably priced.

Eaten here a few times and its been very good. Today, ordered the hash breakfast, 2 eggs, and hash with bacon, onion and sausage. Honestly, couldnt find any bacon and hardly any onion or sausage (maybe 1/2 a normal breakfast sausage cut into dime size pcs). Basically just a plate of potatoes. Very diasppointed. Dont know whats changed but wouldnt order that again. I mentioned to the waitress and she said yeah, I can see a few pieces.

Service was slow. Slow to take our order, slow to bring us beverages, slow to bring us food. Strawberry packets for our toast was just thrown on the table. The customer service from the servers is actually quite poor. The food was aweful also. Had The Triple breakfast. 3 eggs, toast, homefries, bacon, sausage, ham. Food quality is POOR. Homefries overcooked, bacon overcooked, toast under toasted. Absolutely no love or care put into the food. Would NOT recommend and would NOT come back!

Food was good but could have been warmer. Service was good as well. My only concern was the older lady looked like she was angry that we didnt have our bills even though we had been finished for a while. Id go again.

Great place for any time breaky Lunch great service fantastic service great food didnt leave the table hungry thats for sure thanks thanksBarts Food

Home fried potatoes are GONE !!. to bad

Great breakfast

Excellent as usual

Prices were rock bottom compared to other breakfast diners. The service and quality of the food was excellent! You couldn t get an better experience. Thank you.

Great food great service

Ordered the Cheese Steak Supreme. Lukewarm, soggy fries and dry steak led to a disappointing experience. Will not return. Staff was pleasant, though. My response to the individual that replied to this review 16Jun2021. Unless there is another St. Daves Diner across the street from the Lindsay Stop Esso station in Lindsay ON then I absolutely have the correct diner. Moreover, your reply is a definite red-herring intended to gaslight.

We order for delivery and our food has always arrived hot and delicious, during these times a delivery service was just what we needed and honestly saint Dave s has the best breakfast so I definitely recommend going

When i was there it was a great setup but best use patio furniture because i got burnt from the black on the table

My bacon and eggs were swimming in grease. I was sick 15 min. later. Had to wait along time. Wasnt very busy. Was told they were just getting back into routine after covid. What does that have to do with cooking food.Has gone down hill. The waitress was great.

Very busy place, I can t understand why the food was disgusting and cold. Waited 30 minutes to even be spoken to to have a seat Ordered the chicken club, bread was burnt and so over toasted it crumbled into pieces when picked it up. The fries were cold and tasteless.. This place went downhill I won t be sending in a resume Jason;)

Great place to grab a quick bite!

Best breakfast in kawartha, We stopped here in our way back to the city , Party of 6 with our twin grandchildren, 1 of which is autistic, The owner/manager was amazing at accommodating our group ,

Definitely our new go-to breakfast spot! Great prices and food.

Great breakfast, good service, good price.

Delicious!

Busy but always awesome food

Great food, friendly staff and the price is right! 10/10 we will be back for sure.

This place is phenomenal. My guess is it s a family owned diner. My two experiences we re both amazing. The food is so good, great price and the staff are so friendly. They are very efficient are don t have to wait long for your food. The owner is a great guy along with his daughter who also serves there. I highly recommend this place.

Amazing service Clean restaurant exellent food This place was exellent first time there

The last few times, we have visited to food quality was poor. Staff are doing great to remedy the problems.

Awesome service and awesome food!!

Great place for breakfast..

Had brunch at St. Daves with my family this morning and it was not a great experience. When the food arrived I wanted to order a second drink as I had just finished my first one, and the waiter very quickly asked if others at the table needed anything and left in a huge hurry after only 2 people had placed an order, leaving me no chance for mine. Upon returning to the table, someone else wanted another drink and just as I was about to request the same thing, he zipped away again. When he came back, I was finally able to ask for my drink... and he very politely patted me on the back and said Its gonna be a while. (Politely is in italics as I could very much tell he was annoyed at my request, despite it being his own fault I could not get my order in the last 2 times he was at the table). And then, just to top it all off, my drink was never delivered. We sat there for 30 minutes and nothing came. I had to get a water bottle out of my car just to wash down my meal. Heck, a waitress who wasnt even looking after us had to come over to see if we wanted the bill. Like, I get it, its a busy place, the wait would have been totally understandable, but maybe make sure everyone at the table is taken care of before rushing away, and if someone happens to get missed for whatever reason, the least you can do is be pleasant with them. Really not a great experience. The food was good at least.

Went for brunch, food was mostly good (though we werent fans of the pancakes). However it was served on checkered paper that got cut up with the pancakes and transferred dye to the eggs. We werent really impressed with the service.

Poor service the last few times. My business is appreciated at another place on Queen St in town with much better food.

Covid restrictions are one thing but at St. Daves Dinner, they are a sullen bunch. I wont be going back. The food is average, atmosphere is cold. The coffee is terrible.

Been going to St Daves for years and they have never disappointed us. And they are very big on families. I love the liver and onions. And they have a very good menu.

Owner was very rude. Soup was barely warm though 3 of us asked waitress to make sure it was hot. She claimed to burn herself it was so hot lol. It was inedible and when owner was told it wasnt very hot he was extremely rude. Will never go back there again.

This is a great diner!! Food and service are always great! Two thumbs up for their clubhouse sandwich

We had a delicious breakfast here. Really good pancakes! This restaurant is very clean. Service was great too!

Excellent food and service

Food was delicious and service was fantastic. We stopped on our way through town as we were looking for a quick burger. We were not disappointed.

Great service, food was delicious, havent been in a while but will surely start going back more often.

Excellent meal and friendly staff. Thank you for an enjoyable experience.

Great people and great food at reasonable prices,Great spot to eat in Lindsay.

Great food. Great prices. Great STAFF. met family members for lunch on Friday for first time there and pleasantly surprised. Will return next time passing through Lindsay.

EVEN WITH COVID RULES..ITS A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE..WAITRESS WAS AMAZING..AND FOOD A PERFECT 10..LOVED THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE

First time back since pandemic. Lots of space. Well organized. Clean and all protocols followed. Breakfast was perfect and staff was friendly.