White Lily Diner

Make sure to place yourself on the waiting list as soon as it opens up for the day! The 4-hour wait list was WORTH. EVERY. BITE.

Biscuits were the perfect buttery start, with mouthwatering Paddy melts and a hearty Western breakfast sandwich. Also make sure to reserve the donuts in advance! We were lucky to get 1 left to complete our brunch 😋

Really delicious restaurant for breakfast! Highly recommend a weekday morning to avoid the weekend lineups. The food is amazing! We had the salmon and hot turkey. Both were bomb! The restaurant is quaint and comfortable. Highly recommend

Hands down the best brunch spot in Leslieville! The food is incredible and love that they use fresh ingredients from local businesses. I’ve tried their breakfast and lunch menu and everything is always delicious! Highly recommend their white Lily standard breakfast + biscuits with butter/jam. Amazing service every time we go. There is a reason why there is always a line / long wait list. Worth it every time!

We were there for Sunday brunch at 9:30 and got a great booth by the kitchen. Perfect for watching all the great food being served up. The playlist was on point and atmosphere excellent. We had a hard time choosing what to order because the options were all pretty intriguing. We ended up ordering The Standard (with a biscuit, influenced by kitchen views) and the Hot Turkey. The portions were generous and flavours perfectly combined. I will be dreaming about the Hot Turkey French toast combination from now on. And definitely don’t skip on the biscuit. Worth the visit and we’ll certainly return again.

Waited around 1.5 hours to get a table for 4 after joining the waitlist at 9:16 am! Glad that they have a waitlist to stay organized and just hung out around the area when it was close to our turn. The food was pretty heavy but great flavours!

Very cute little diner spot East of the city! On the weekend, the virtual waitlist starts at 9:15am!!! It’s a lengthy wait but it’s worth it. The price to quality of food is great, and the staff are super friendly. Sitting by the bar counter means you get to see the kitchen and the prep work that goes on which is always a nice change! My favourite dish of the day was the buttermilk griddle cakes, they were so fluffy and delicious! PS: If you want a specific donut, order at the beginning of your meal, the donut flavours could sell out!!

We arrived here at around 2:40ish on Saturday thinking it’s way passed lunch time so there must be not much ppl but hell no we were put on 1.5 hour wait list lolll we waited reading their good reviews and our expectation just kept going high.

Seemed like most ppl order the Hot Turkey sandwich, hash brown, and the buttermilk biscuit. Many were favouring the biscuit with sausage with gravy so we got that and the Hot Turkey sandwich and we also got the hash brown. We also ordered OG Pattie Melt.

First of all, Hot Turkey was too greasy for me. The peach bits were the winner in this dish. But the two layer of the bread that’s probably been bathed in butter and gravy was too much for me i only ate one slice. The Turkey was delicious.

The hash brown was just a hash brown. Maybe the mayo on top was too much. Fried in oil and another greasy ingredients, mayo hmmm i had to add a lot of ketchup to balance the taste.

The OG sandwich was fantastic!! So tasty and juicy!! The pickles were so delicious. It was so refreshing and there seemed to be a hint of chilly taste which balanced the dish very well!! The salad that came with it was super refreshing too.

The buttermilk biscuit was good. But i would suggest you to pick a right side sauce with it to pair with whatever you’re ordering. We already had so much greasy food and shouldn’t have order another gravy +sausage combo.

Overall, not a bad place but not sure if it’s worth 3hr wait like some ppl said it is worth it lol 😂 i would wait half an hr max.

Also with a further research, this place was on Michelin Guide.