congeeking 1 Apr 03,2010

Fantastic lunch spot

Cora's is the place to go to when you want your filling of fruit. and almost every meal comes with "mountains" of watermelon, kiwi..

Most of the meals are priced well within the $10 meal range. It’s a more expensive place comparing with the other franchises (Sunset Grill, Eggsmart etc) though.

great deco and color all over the place.

service was ok. Overall this place is definitely worth a visit.

tags: fruit, healthy

Johnnysks Nov 29,2009

I'm impressed by their business model and menu.
It seems very inspirational, fresh and delicious,
and all at a premium price that seemed fair (if
the food lived up to the hype). The waitress
seems joyless, overworked and irritated, but
understandable considering how busy they were. I
ordered a french toast, and my gf had the
chocolate ganache. What was bought to our table
was very ordinary french toast that was a bit
undercooked, and instead of a molten, rich
chocolate ganache that I paid $10 for, what my gf
receive was a doughy "chocolatey" pastry that I
would expect to pick up at the a chain supermarket
for $2 - once again quite ordinary. The fruit was
under rippened as well. I have to say, I wonder
if the people that thinks highly of this place
actually stopped to really taste the food or if
they just bought into the hype. Long lines
doesn't necessarily mean something is good. It
only means they're popular. I was going to give
Cora another shot at a different location (in
hopes that my bad experience was a fluke), but
after reading all the negative reviews I am
beginning to think serving ill prepare food (to
keep cost down) is part of their business model as
well. Another reviewer has already noted they
couldn't serve omlette without onions as the food
was already prepared. Lastly, I think I caught a
cold after eating their food. I know I am not
100% certain on this, but the timing is highly
suspicious. It's too bad. I so wanted Cora to be
good, but my tongue can tell no lie. Highly
disappointed. Save your money, your calorie
budget, and your appetite for something more
worthy.

denis the hopper Oct 30,2009

i can't believe i waited in line for 45 minutes for
this new edmonton location. felt like a bunch of
lambs being led to slaughter after being ripped off
for lousy breakfast. my how a lousy breakfast can
ruin a saturday. never again, i'm going to cook my
own breakfast and although it may only taste
marginally better than Coras, at least it won't rape
my wallet

Lorna Sep 17,2009

The music was too loud ,you couldnt talk.
the food was not fresh it tasted musty.We had salad with bbq chicken ,which was pressed chicken.
Will not go back and will tell my friends about this experience

Lorna.

Hedy Kraneis Aug 11,2009

Hostess was unfriendly, crepes cold, thick, like piece of leather. Had to send one order back because got it wrong and by then part of it was cold. Fruit hard and unappetizing.

Coffee was average, and expenive, better coffee at McDonalds for half the price.

Andrew Jun 06,2009

Hey, I wanted to share with you a recent experience I had at a restaurant. I'm sure you've all seen the Cora billboards almost everywhere with a lady in red serving strawberries or a lady in blue serving blueberries . Anyways, my wife and I went out to try a breakfast place. We thought we'd try sunset grill but then there was all this hype around Cora that we thought we'd check out. The greeters were friendly (almost overly friendly) and the ambiance was a cross between Denny's, St. Huberts and Kelsey's. We were seated and oddly enough they took our utensils away (they left two but not where we were seated but next to us at our table. So we got the menu.....and for a breakfast menu it was brutally expensive. French toast with butter and bacon was $8!! (fair value is $5). They were pushing their fruit drink, even the kiddy one. I figured I tried it. It was $2.75 for the kiddy. It was made of 5 or 6 different fruits. The wife ordered an omlet with potatoes and fruits. That was $9!! But after she got her order there was hair in it!! Then they asked me if I wanted canadian maple syrup which I said, sure. They brought it over and said, "Oh, by the way those are 50 cents each". I was about to say, "What the f*@#$? You overcharge for everything else. The least you could do is provide free maple syrup!!"...but since kids were around I said it in qbert language ^$Q@%*%$(#.....lol.
Overall, overpriced, overhyped and overrated. Move over Denny's, someone just beat you in overpriced food. It wouldn't surprise me if their tap water was $1.79!!

marco mariani May 22,2009

went to coras in bolton, nothing special and way overpriced..bolton is just desperate for a breakfast place. most people i speak to will not go a second time, only the high maintance types that want to be seen go again and again..tim hortons is better and cheaper.

John Budge May 02,2009

The food was average and the little extras like a tomato, lettuce and a slice of orange somewhat dressed up the plate. What I found disturbing was the fact that my glass of orange juice($3.45)cost more than half the price of the basic breakfast plate that I ordered! Definitely no value there and my main reason for not paying your restaurant another visit. I like orange juice with my breakfast but refuse to pay those kind of prices for it. I must pay closer attention to the menus and pricing in restaurants, it seems. Good food does not have to come at premium prices.

Sarah Jan 14,2009

I was so excited to hear a Cora's was opening in Calgary and was counting down the days til it opened. Both times I went were total letdowns. First time I went I ordered a crepe. It was cold, leathery/rubbery and the fruit was tasteless. Second time I ordered an omelette and asked for no onions, but was told they couldn't do that because all the food was pre prepped. They also ran out of sides and would not substitute.

Negative all around.

Don Nov 30,2008

Waited 20 minutes in line, then another 15 minutes for food. Order was wrong and server did not even apologize. Just casually said some other server had taken my order ! Complete apathy for the situation.
Called the manager over and he had no customer service skills either. Only offered a discount on my bill.