At Sneaky Dee's on Saturday morning, our waiter is looking a little rough, but he manages a smile before tottering away to get our tea. Weekend breakfasts here appeal to two groups: the haven't-gotten-home-yet crowd, and the live-around-the-corner-hung-over crowd.
This morning, I'm falling into the second category. During the week, if I order breakfast between 11 and 4, I can also get free internet on my laptop...which means a person can eat cheap, decent eggs and bacon--with awesome hashbrowns--while attempting to get some work done. Multi-tasking at its best: I could have posted this review while still eating the breakfast.
But it's Saturday, so instead, I'm reading the paper and trying to lurch into conversational mode; fortunately, my friend is in the same state. He orders the basics: eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, toast. The plate arrives, generous, with no parsley or tomato to mess things up. It's exactly the kind of grease, starch & protein combination that soothes hangovers around the globe.
I have a sweet tooth, so I have French toast; three slices arrive, not soggy (hooray); they have that ever-so-slightly metallic, eggy taste to them. I eat the side of bacon soaked in syrup, because hey, it reminds me of going sugaring-off when I was a kid in Quebec.
What really wins me over about Sneaky Dee's is the fact that, at night, the beer and nachos are fantastic preliminaries to seeing a band upstairs, while in the morning, they still manage to pull off an absolutely reliable breakfast. As if a grungy dive hooked up with a 1950s diner, and this, especially at breakfast, is their love child.
Additional Details
- Beers on Tap:
- Amsterdam, Waterloo
- Signature Drink:
- Beer
- Bar Snacks:
- Tex-Mex
- Patio:
- Yes
- Music/Genre:
- Alternative and indie rock
- Live Music:
- Yes
- Who Goes There:
- Indie Kids, Students, Musicians, Annex locals
- Hours:
- M - Tu 11-3AM, W - Th 11-4AM, F 11-4:30AM, Sa 9-4:30AM, Su 9-3AM
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Yum! nothing like Sneaky Dee's after a long night of fun!
I recommend the Spicy Eggs and Huevos Rancheros!
*drool* I am a real sucker for a rich, greasy breakfast...
I could eat my computer screen right now, that looks so tasty. Need a bigger ketchup serving though, I know, picky.
The best thing about the sneaky's breakfast is that you can always get it. There is nothing as satisfying as having the waiter tell you it's past last call and declaring "well then it's time for breakfast!" and not having to move.
The least best thing about Sneaky Dee's breakfast is that you can easily make it better at home ;)
I had breakfast there on Sunday and for the first time ever I was pretty disappointed. My Huevos had no flavour!!
The 3 eggs, toast and bacon or whatever special that is $3.25 before 11am is insanely decent for that price. I try to get that whenever I desperately need something to fill my tummy early in the morning.
I live around sneaky's for over 3 years now and this place is infested with mice like you've never seen before. I have no idea how it is still open, i guess it is because of his history. You can see 3-4 mice chasing each other right next you in a not so crowded time. Go for cheap drinks, stay away from food.
Sneaky Disease?
eat there every sunday...love the junk food (wings and fries with the ooohy goohy gravy) and the service is excellent....no complains...will be there every sunday....
This was probably one of the worst resturants I have ever been too. The one main reason was because of the atroptious waitress. She came to our table once to ask what we wanted to order with a huge attitude problem, then doesnt come back again untill she rudly drops our food on to the table without saying a word... then proceeds to not come back untill we have to call her over because we are ready to leave... then as we pay our bill and leave the cash on the table she chases us out swearing at us saying "you bitches didnt leave enough money" , so i told her to walk her ass back to the table and open her eyes and see that the proper amount of money is sitting right in front of her face along with an appropriate amount of tip for the service she gave us (which was a 16 cents). She goes and does not come back. So we leave the resturant. Then my friend from New York realizes her phone is missing as we get half way down the street and must have left it on the table. She goes back into the resturant to look around and ask the waitress if she saw it, shes says "i dont fucking care about ur phone" and walks away. at this point we get the feeling she has stolen the phone. so we go back and fouth between the bouncers and the resturant asking pls if someone could help us get the phone as my friend is waiting for a call from her bf with information about his flight comming in from los angles tonight. She begs the bouncers to ask the girl for it and tells them its an american phone and is no use to anyone in canada and she will pay the 200 dollars cash but she just needs her phone, one of them goes in and comes out saying sorry i cant do anything about it. so as we wait and have been back in about 4 or 5 times now, finally as we are about to call it quits the waitress comes out onto the street and yells "is this your phone bitch?" and throws it at my friend along with the 16 cent tip and tells us were all fucking bitches and proceeds to go back in to the resturant.
now you tell me, is this apropriate behaviour for any waitress or resturant to have with there customers? first she acusses us of ripping her off for money, but then turns around and rips off someones phone. And then on top of it uses language and behaviour like white trash trailer park. i know your resturant is just a dirty hole sneeky dees, but could you at least try to have some class? on top of all that , the food was awful as well and im pretty sure they used expired sour cream in the guacamole as we all got sick that night. I would recommend never going to this stinky dirt hole and if you do, pls try not to let our ditch pig waitress serve you! :)
I'm from Montreal and I finally got around to checking Sneaky Dees last night; NEVER AGAIN!
I was not 10 minutes into the night, when the gals I'm with decided they needed a smoke break. I nonchalantly followed them outside, when a beefhead of a bouncer stopped me at the door because I had a tall can of Strongbow in hand.
"No problem, I'll just stay inside and have my drink." To which the bouncer says NO, and proceeds to take away my cider. I'm rather shocked at this point; I just put down 6$ and hadn't even started tapping into it. I start explaining this to him, and he says tough, and then tells me he's kicking me out! At which point he forcibly shoves me to the street curb.
I couldn't believe it! I've never been kicked out of anywhere, especially so physically, and over nothing... to make matter's worse, it was a "No Pants" party, so there I am, suddenly on the sidewalk, in public, in my boxers because some down syndrome retard decides to powertrip.
So I try to level with him rationally (I should have known better), explaining I just paid cover, and just arrived, and am friends with the organizers of the evening, and a batch of my friends are in tow. But alas, he's adamant I've been kicked out!
So I thank him for ruining my evening, and can't wait to blog about my experience! At this point he starts yelling, "You calling me out?!" (um, what? who talks like that?) and he looms over me all big like he's going to beat me up, and then HE SPITS ON ME!
Wow, thank you Sneaky Dees, for dragging me out into the middle of the street in my underwear and spit upon!
I'm still livid and flabbergasted; I've never been treated so rudely by any sort of establishment in my life, and I've surely never been publicly "humiliated" in such a disgusting manner. I'm just floored that anyone would employ such thickheaded neanderthals...
STAY AWAY FROM SNEAKY DEES OR YOU'LL BE KICKED OUT AND SPAT UPON!
Ha- as an ex waitress there, you most likely deserved everything you got (surely you gave the waitress no attitude at all right?). You're lucky you even got your phone- I wouldn't have been so kind...and regarding the guacamole- surprised that you, with your refined taste and all couldn't figure out that there is no sour cream in it. Muah!
@jojo
i spll thgs without vowels and short words cause its kewl >.
seriously? sneaky dees is the best nachos in toronto? this is fkng WEAK. bad choice. bad restaurant. mediocre nachos at best. I EXPECT BETTER FROM BLOGTO....soft bs battmans recos. not chill. not chill at all.
Sneaky dee's, you get what you get. the servers put up with a lot of bullshit and thus, can be abrupt. who the hell cares? if you go in there, expect that and don't bitch and moan about it later.
I've witnessed several encounters much like the ones the posters above relay it's just never happened to me. What they fail to mention is that they're usually provoked by them meaning the customer. I say "usually" because Dees has had and will continue to employ servers and bouncers with major anger or attitude issues. Expect to get some of that when you act like a douche. Some of the food is very good but the best nachos in Toronto? Not even close.
All these hilarious stories are why it is so great to enjoy a meal at Sneaky Dee's. Don't come back!
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Just want to let everyone know that SHAKE A TAIL is moving to SNEAKY DEE'S!
Starting OCTOBER 16th, we're taking over SATURDAY NIGHTS.
Come SHAKE with us!!!!
Sneaky Dee's is probably the worst restaurant I have EVER been to. I'm surprised at it's high reviews on many other websites and I'm also surprised that it's managed to stay open for so long. The service was horrible. Waiting over 20 minutes before a waitress even comes to our table, then waiting about 40 minutes for the food, another 15 before we can get a bill. Another person there was waiting for about 40 minutes just to get change.
The Food was horrendous. Their chicken breast was like dry cardboard. They fill most of your plate up with beans and fail to balance that flavour throughout the remainder of the dish. You'll also get better tasting Mexian rice from Uncle Ben's. If all of this wasn't bad enough, all of our meals arrived somewhat cold! Inexcusable!
The inside of the restaurant also resembles a public washroom with perverted and trashy graffiti all over the place. Some will think this is creative, I think it's ugly and creates a pretty trashy environment.
Don't listen to the hype and don't waste your money!
^WOW do people realize that this is sneaky dees? its not supposed to be classy and refined haha thats kind of the point. the trashy graffiti all over the place make the place what it is.
I see all this reviews on food which Im not really interested in.. Whats it like seeing a band there? I heard the sound isnt great. Any truth to this? Whats the capacity like? Overall experience seeing live bands there?