Smitty’s Family Restaurant

Reviews

• Du Preez S.

  star star star star star_border 20 July 2026

  Came here for a seminar in a room towards the back of the restaurant. It was surprisingly large and spacious with high ceilings, completely sealed off from the frequently noisy rest of the restaurant.
  
  You could probably hold quite a variety of functions in the space, and you have the convenience of the large menu of Smitty's for flexibility.
  
  All the staff were really nice and kept the coffee cups filled.

• Lily T.

  star star star star star 16 July 2026

  Intended to go to Swiss Chalet but the parking lot was full -- SO glad! Stopped at Smitty's for supper and left full and happy!
  Staff were so friendly, helpful and efficient and the food was great. We're from out of town but we'll be stopping here again when we visit next

• Hugh M.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 6 July 2026

  Why is it so difficult to keep a coffee cup full at this place. It's worse than Cora's for sure when it comes to getting a coffee. I walked in here, seated right away to a sticky table and sticky booth seat. I mean super syrup sticky. My server did a jazz hands jump from the side over to our table and said "HI!!!", it's TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR JAZZ HANDS!!!!! Ordered a coffee and eggs benny along with one pancake. When I picked up my coffee the saucer stuck to the cup, I looked at my friend and said "Cheers!!!". We both tried for a picture but then the saucer fell to the table and made an unholy racket. The whole place stared at me. Ok, the food SUCKSSSSSSS! I mean super sucks. My hollandaise sauce was congealed and gross and too savoury, like thick vinegar. The "maple" sausage tasted like licking a green tree air freshener from the mirror of your car. Not maple more like chemically added pine flavour. The pancake was like something you'd get at McD's, and no amount of Syrup can fix that. They have I got two types of ketchup but I strongly suspect they are both from the same barrel out back. I'm still pissed about the coffee man... just come around once every 15 mins and even that would be good. This whole place needs a hosing down and new management.
  
  On the bright side there was this really cute kid in the booth next to us to make faces at :) that got smitty the second star.

• Justin C.

  star star star star star 4 July 2026

  Open on Canada Day, all day breakfast, and lots of selection. It's a great place to go to start the day. Service was good, atmosphere was good. I got the nachos and a chocolate milkshake, both delicious.  no complaintz :^) and ill be back here for sure.

• Rachelle B.

  star star star star_border star_border 2 July 2026

  Have eaten at this location dozens of times over the years (and other locations just as often).  I don't consider myself a huge fan of 'family restaurants' in general, because I find the atmosphere generally boring and there may be loud children nearby.  But when one wants predictability, come here.  This location can have line-ups on the weekend (definitely on days like Mother's Day), but often I have gotten a table immediately during regular times of the year.  It has a section to your right and a section to your left upon entering, and each has at least a dozen tables.  Overall it must hold over 100 people.  I have only ever eaten off their breakfast menu, at times when hungover, at times when with my parents who are fussier eaters and I hesitate to bring them to places that have a more diverse menu.  Service is always consistently straight-forward here, generally quite friendly.  I don't ever recall a long wait for food, coffee is always in the servers' hands to pour for you the second you sit down.  Their omelets, skillets, waffles and versions of eggs benedict have always been delicious and very filling.  I often get the Western Skillet (onions, peppers, hollandaise sauce and replace the sausage with cheese). The Texas toast is always fresh and thick and I love it.  Their hash browns I think are frozen, but still tasty.  Their milkshakes are too filling but great.  My partner is not a big fan of the place.  He tried some kind of chicken club wrap on our last visit and said it was very bland.  I keep saying I want to try other lunch or dinner items on the menu because there are a lot that I'm sure I would like, but I always come back to the breakfast menu every time.  And this is close to 20 yrs eating at Smitty's overall.
  July 2017: still eat breakfast here on occasion because I am always satisfied with it, although you pay a bit more here than at other restaurants for the same quantity of food I find.  Tried their potato skins on a recent afternoon visit with my parents and found them ok.  They had a lot of bacon and taco beef, but not a lot of cheese and were well done (I prefer food further away from the burnt side), but they weren't terrible.