The Harbour Diner welcomes you to their dining room. Discover a menu offering hamburgers, priced at 11$ to 25$. They are open nightly from Tuesday to Saturday. You can pay by Visa.
Breakfast is served daily until 11am; weekends until 2pm.
The Harbour
2 eggs, bacon, sausage or country ham, home fries and toast
The Midship
2 eggs, bacon, sausage and country ham, home fries and toast
All Aboard
2 eggs, bacon, sausage, country ham, 2 pancakes, home fries and toast
Just Eggs!
2 eggs, marinated tomato slices, home fries and toast
Peameal Steak & Eggs
2 eggs, hand cut peameal steak, home fries and toast
Eggs Benedict
poached eggs, peameal and hollandaise sauce on your choice of a white or whole wheat english muffin, served with home fries
Buttermilk Pancakes
3 pancakes and bacon served with butter and syrup
Blueberry Pancakes
3 blueberry pancakes and bacon served with butter and syrup
Belgian Waffles
2 fresh waffles, served with butter and syrup
Cinnamon Raisin French Toast $7
hand dipped slices of cinnamon raisin bread toasted and served with butter and syrup
Salads & Starters MENU - The Harbour Diner
Soup
made fresh daily, ask for today's selection
Ridiculous Cheese Bread
calabrese ring topped with roasted garlic butter and five cheeses
Meatball & Marinara Cheese Bread
calabrese ring smothered in homemade marinara sauce, crumbled meatballs and topped with 4 cheeses
Garden Salad
fresh mixed greens, tomato, cucumber and red onion
Baby Spinach Greek Salad
roma tomatoes, cucumber, red onions, kalamata olives and crumbled greek feta tossed in our oregano-honey balsamic vinaigrette and served on a bed of baby spinach
Cobb Salad
crisp lettuce, turkey, bacon, tomato, avocado, hard boiled egg, crumbled blue cheese and spring onions tossed in the original "Brown Derby" dressing
Escargot
simmered in garlic butter and served with portabellini mushrooms and 3 garlic crustini
Pulled Pork Poutine
baked potato wedges, creamy cheese curds and pulled pork topped with roast beef demi-glaze
Harbour Diner Nachos
corn tortillas topped with tomatoes, spring onions, hot peppers, black olives, red onions and three cheeses. Served with sour cream and salsa ~ add pulled pork or turkey
Sandwiches MENU - The Harbour Diner
Served with a kosher dill pickle and Harbour Diner Slaw
Roast Turkey Club
turkey breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato and black pepper-chive mayo on honey oat bread
The "Manhattan"
corned beef, fried onions, hard boiled egg, swiss, lettuce, tomato and black pepper-chive mayo on marble rye
Fried Egg Sandwich
2 fried eggs, peameal, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, black pepper-chive mayo on honey oat bread
Marinated Roma Tomato & Mozzarella
roma tomatoes, mozzarella, lettuce and black pepper-chive mayo on toasted 12 grain bread
Classic Reuben
corned beef, sauerkraut and swiss on marble rye
"Turkey Dinner" Sandwich
roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, turkey gravy and cranberry mayo on a crispy baguette
Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
breaded chicken breast dipped in hot sauce, lettuce, tomato and blue cheese mayo on a kaiser
"Can I buy you a fish sandwich?"
delicious tuna melt served with lettuce, tomato and cheese on honey oat bread
Grilled Cheese
triple decker with swiss, cheddar and mozzarella Add soup or salad or potato wedges to your sandwich for $3!
We have been to the Harbour Diner a few times. This by far was our least favorite. My husband had the feature Farmer's Skillet and enjoyed it. His eggs came as ordered, soft poached. My Eggs Benedict on the other hand was a huge disappointment. My poached eggs were " Hard ". Eggs Benedict eggs are suppose to be cooked soft boiled unless ordered otherwise. Any short order cooks knows this. I advised the waitress right away and was told they always do their Benedict eggs " medium". My eggs were " well done" and she walked away. Another patron leaned over and said his eggs came soft poached as they should be. I watched everyone around enjoying their properly cooked eggs Benedict. Another waitress stop by to see if we were enjoying our breakfast and again I advised her of my over cooked eggs. She apologized and said they usually came "soft poached". And again she just said sorry and walked away. An egg costs about 10 cents so you would think they could have cooked me 2 more properely cooked eggs. Very poor customer service.
I travel the world and search out the best food. Paris, London, Toronto ... and Hamilton. Harbour Diner is like a truck stop run by Gordon Ramsay -- impossible to imagine and incredibly good. Add to Gordon Ramsay, Honest Ed because the prices are ridiculous. The "killer seafood soup" is the best I've had outside of Marseilles. Benedict isn't worthy of eggs this good. On the other hand, it could use a makeover but then it wouldn't feel the same. This is a place for food, not for atmosphere. The staff have always been very friendly and so far, parking hasn't been a problem. Just don't come when I want to be there because I like to park in front.
A little Gem in the North End.
My husband and I have had breakfast at the Harbour Diner a few times and it has be consistently a quality breakfast experience.
I have ordered the raisin french toast and the mid ship on past visits. The scrambled eggs are egg-cellent (sorry) rich and fluffy . It is hard to find a good scrambled egg in this city. The fair trade coffee is good as well.
My only advice is get there early because it will fill up fast . It has a nearly cult like following of regulars (including myself) for weekend breakfast.
Great atmosphere of mismatched chairs, floral wallpaper, and jazz. Feels like a cool, eclectic, 70's inspired kitchen. Friendly attentive service & tasty breakfasts. Would definitely visit again!
Food Heaven on James North! What a find: superb home cooked food, lovingly presented by an enthusiastic, attentive, friendly, knowledgeable staff overseen by Chef Chris (thermometer firmly in his sleeve pocket) who visited every table as diners finished. Prices are more than fair ($10 for fish and chips...no deep fryer means the fish is baked and accompanied by home-cut potato wedges, homemade coleslaw and tartare sauce)($15 for Beaujolais-marinated lamb shank on a huge bed of creamy mushroom risotto (albeit with regular not arborio rice)). Joyous fruity deserts (didn't dare try the monstrous slices of rich chocolate cake). Mismatched chairs, tables and dinnerware give a homey touch and belie a wonderful dining experience where good food always done with "a twist" (eg: turkey wings with blueberry BBQ sauce???) reigns supreme. A smallish, packed dining room can't be wrong! Go!
