Poached Breakfast Bistro

259 2 Ave S, Saskatoon
(306) 651-2255

Recent Reviews

Rebecca Tootoosis

Always great customer service and the food is always top notch! Our favorite place to eat breakfast and lunch!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Baked Cheddar Hashbrowns, Bacon Wraps, Potato Croquettes, The Breakfast Plate, Butternut Crunch Eggs Benedict

Krista

Every single trip to the city I make sure to stop in for breakfast. Everything on the menu is great but my usual is the traditional bennies. Everything about this place is why I keep going, good vibes!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bacon Wraps

Joe Chowaniec

Amazing ...one of the best Eggs Benny I have had in a long time. Food was amazing .. the location is so unique in side railcar boxcars - redesigned. Only disappointment for was that there was no drip coffee.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: The Berry Bowl of Oatmeal

matthew thauberger

Very nice bistro. I dont mind paying top dollar for a high quality experience. The quality of the food did not reflect the price. Also the portion size was very small. My wife and i arent big portion eaters and we left feeling hungry.The service was alow and the waitress didnt take our drink order. We were ready to order our meals by the time our drink order was taken.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 2

Lynsey Sedore

Delicious food and great service. 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pam Ryder

Lovely breakfasts. Wonderful service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hootan Badii

Such an amazing experience. Can't wait to go back. I do recommend the fruit salad item beside the poached plates.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Flor Nezhadian

Although we wait almost a hour to get the food which looks too much, food and coffee were so delicious and amazing.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: The Stacker Meal, Breakfast Plate

Joy Crawford

Love it. Funky little place with delicious, eclectic brunch foods.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kali

Bring back the cinnamon bun French

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Morgan Weigel

Really friendly and welcoming staff and a nice room are the plusses. Pros quickly end here, but I have to commend the kitchen and servers for doing an excellent job.The vegan options lacked and came with pretty steep upcharges, and were mediocre, but I realise vegan food is not the focus. Nonetheless, it was underwhelming and overpriced, as a chef myself I fully understand what goes into the labour and costing of these items and it feels like punishment just for being vegan. Vegan food is cheaper, especially when you make it in house like the chickpea omelette.The room is very loud despite soundproofing, probably due to the long narrow shape. I also found it very chilly inside.Vegetarian options: Vegetarian options abound, since veggies can eat eggs. Options drop dramatically if you are vegan or GF unless you pay steep upcharges.Dietary restrictions: Obviously not a focus at this restaurant and more of an afterthough.Kid-friendliness: We didn't bring kids, but I wouldn't recommend it. When we went there was a large table of extremely loud dudebros out for brunch. To us, it felt like they had just kept the party going from the night before.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 5

Paul L.

The good folks at The Little Grouse recommended Poached and I'm so glad they did.This menu is breakfast decadence and selecting something isn't easy because everything, seriously, seems so appetizing.I chose the Poached Over Crab and Shrimp Risotto Cakes. The eggs were deliciously soft perched atop the cakes that melted in my mouth.If I lived in Saskatoon, I might be here every morning.

Aron Klassen

The food was absolutely, positively, excellent. I had the Eggs Benedict over "crab cakes". My goodness was the hollandaise superb! Perhaps the best version of Eggs Benedict I've ever had. The only concern was that my coffee was never refilled. I shared a meal with my friend who suggested the joint and I'm glad he did.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Crab Cakes with Poached Egg

P D

I searched for restaurants on Google maps that have gluten-free food and this came up, so I went out of my way to try it out as the reviews were good.The atmosphere is almost 5-star. They definitely put most of their money towards that which is nice. You can read the reviews of others and look at the photos regarding this.The service was good. They were very friendly, quick, smiled, but did not know much at all about whether the dishes were gluten free and had to go ask a few times. Educate yourself and staff even if you can't provide a gluten-free menu, gluten allergies are becoming more and more common, unfortunately.The matcha latte was "made" beautifully, but "did not taste good" as the restaurant chose to buy low quality matcha to serve their customers at what seems like a fancy place. Starbucks offers low-grade matcha and sells it for 6-9 dollars. I expected it to be much better, since I was paying $7 for this one. If someone doesn't have a clue about what matcha should taste like, they might think it was fine and just want more sugar to cover the taste and be happy with the latte art(it was a heart and nicely done, by the way).The butternut squash eggs Benedict was a bit too spicy, but okay. The gluten-free English muffins were hard to cut with the butter knife. They were the cheap brand glutenfree muffins (possibly Udi's?)with poor ingredients(corn and white rice flour).I honestly am not sure if the dish was gluten-free. They said it was and that they use gluten-free hollandaise sauce which was exciting for me to try. Well, I have not had bloating and such discomfort after a meal like this in years and can normally tolerate a little gluten. The fatigue, gastrointestinal distress and lethargy that followed was not fun. Perhaps, there was gluten in the spicy butternut squash mixture and or the hollandaise sauce. The hollandaise sauce is almost white? Normally, real hollandaise sauce is a rich orange yellow...I asked if they use farm eggs and they said no, but their eggs are from Saskatchewan...so they use eggs from the grocery store. Why would a place like this not decide to source their eggs from a local farm which would offer a nutritionally better egg, I don't know. I know the restaurant business has been tough these last few years, but offering cheap quality food for such a ridiculous price is insulting.I paid $17 for the squash eggs dish plus $3.30 for the gluten-free English muffin, $7 for the "matcha" latte of which I only drank half. I explained to the waiter that it was not good, that it was made wonderfully, but with poor quality matcha. I then ordered a single-shot latte for another $6 and that was actually delicious, the coffee. My total was $36 and change. I paid cash and still left a tip ($13) as I like to try to be a blessing to the people who served me regardless of food quality or service quality. People are more important than my likes and dislikes or offenses. Plus the $3 I paid for parking...this was not a great experience and was way over priced!*To help, if the owner is reading this....Try DoMatcha Ceremonial Grade or Aiya Ceremonial Grade Matcha if you would like to give your customers the best OR charge maybe $2.50 to $3 for your current matcha latte...to cover the cost of the milk.Try ordering gluten-free items from Alkeme and just keep them in the freezer. The country sourdough loaf comes pre-sliced and I would be happy with a toasted slice of that under the eggs Benedict. And it's got good-for-you ingredients that tastes delicious.They ship by Purolator all over Canada out of Quebec.Try using real butter. (Preferably from grass-fed cows, but butter is always best).Try sourcing your eggs from a few local farms to get much better eggs both nutritionally and taste-wise. Why not? You seem to care about the quality of how things look, care more about the quality of the food too that goes into people's bellies.Quality is important. My money and time is important too. Still recovering..but I would return for a coffee date.Thank you fo

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 4

Jilleen Meckling

My husband and i went for breakfast. We both ordered bennies. I had the butternut squash one. So delicious! I’m going to dream of it.My husband got the classic, it was also very good. When we figured out it didn’t come with anything, we ordered a side of the potato/hash. It cost 8.75 and was so tiny. Wouldn’t recommend that.Service was good, didn’t take long for the food and mine was delicious which is why this place gets 5 stars. My husband was not happy on the other hand, not the hungry man diner experience he enjoys. ?I’d go back in a heartbeat…but with other foodies.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Butternut Crunch Eggs Benedict

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