Annie's Place Cafe

Everything here is prepared fresh and by hand. We can only recommend the western omelet and French toast de lux. The service is first class, the boss cooks personally and the conditions are very friendly. We really liked the small room as soon as we entered, everything was very comfortable. Both locals and tourists eat here. We can only recommend it, and a visit to the nearby citadel is also a good idea.

A great little cafe serving home cooked food with really nice staff.
The home made apricot jam with my pancakes was especially good.

Annie is a lovely lady, and we enjoyed chatting with her. Her place is also very cute and cozy, with a great casual atmosphere. However the food quality and the price do no match up. Our simple breakfast of 2 eggs, toast, bacon, and hash browns was $13. Having experienced much bigger and better quality breakfasts all over Halifax on our trip (Cheeky Neighbour, Robie Street Station), you'd get better value elsewhere. I also wish that Annie herself would have cooked for us. She was training a waitress at the time, who overcooked the eggs and the toast, and only put 9 potato cubes on the plate. The bacon was excellent though. The girl offered to re-make them but we declined. I would say the meal warrants a $9 price tag. I also had a hot chocolate that was on the weak side, not all that chocolatey. Meeting Annie made up for much of the experience, she's a lovely lady.

We love Annie's and have been going for many years! Annie is a great host and the food is fantastic! Great coffee as well! Stop in and see!

Annie is super nice. She is trying. I wish it were better, but it missed on lots of levels. It didn’t take long for the breakfast to unwind when the first cup of coffee was delivered, a whole carton of cream dropped onto the table and then taken back when the waiter said the coffee was messed up as there would be copious grounds on the bottom of the cup. The omelette was a veggie omelette unlike anything I have ever experienced. It was a salad in an omelette. Like cucumber, cabbage…. In an omelette? I was game. It was not good. The other order was two eggs over medium and one egg yolk was over hard with broken yolk. If you break the yolk start over? I don’t know.

Orders the pancakes as a third dish and they were uninspired and flat with thickness like a crepe. The best part was the store bought syrup sadly.

The homemade bread was as hard as a rock. Gosh I wish this review were different and if you read my reviews you will know I try to be both entertaining and accurate. This review doesn’t have a lot of platitudes for a reason.

The place is super small and it seems that two of their tables are broken because people showed up and turned away because there was no room and only four tables being used at the time.

The reviews were so favorable. I love local finds and one of a kind spots. But sadly to say, I have no clue where those reviews came from. This place is one to unfortunately pass up.

I love Annie's Place! It's one of the few quaint down east homemade delicious restaurants left in Halifax. I've eaten breakfast, and had lasagna. Both were done perfectly (and I shy away from lasagna normally, but I'll be back for Annie's lasagna guaranteed!)! The atmosphere is cozy, welcoming, and non-pretentious. I've recommended Annie's Place to friends and they love it too. If you are looking for delicious homemade comfort food, good coffee, and a chill vibe, I recommend Annie's. I have lived in all of Canada's major cities, am a foodie, and I appreciate a real local diner I'll return again and again. Thank you Annie for your yummy menu and coziness.a real treasure in downtown Halifax.

Very nice and intimate breakfast spot. Sits 8-10 people. Delicious, cheap homemade food. I highly recommend! The owner is lovely!

Annie’s Cafe is a homely spot with fresh local breakfast served up in good portion. Annie is a kind and welcoming owner that treats her staff and customers incredibly well. I can’t wait to visit Annie’s Cafe again for a coffee or snack - outstanding atmosphere.

Annie’s is the best spot for a home cooked breakfast or lunch! Annie does it all, including great conversation! Homemade bread and the eggs Benedict are amazing!

Over many years this has been the place to go for a wonderful breakfast and even a more warm greeting from Annie herself. There are big chain breakfast places but in the long run you get local products here, from eggs, best bacon in town and homemade bread. Annie takes the time to get to know you and where you are from. She is the most down to earth person I have ever met. If you want a wonderful breakfast or lunch this is a place so read the positive reviews and ignore the negative ones cause they would complain about anything.

Annie delivers a hearty breakfast with great bread, awesome cinnamon rolls, and free entertainment!

Annie will make you feel like you are right at home! The menu is small but everything is made with care (and homemade bread!). Annie and staff takes their time to explain everything if you have any questions and Annie loves to get to know her guests. We had a great time dining there and got great recommendations for places to visit which turned out to be the best part of our trip. Would definitely recommend if you are sick of tourist trap food and prices and looking for a simple home-made breakfast and great Maritimes hospitality!

Annie's Place Cafe is one of the things that I look forward to most every time I visit. Halifax. The food is fantastic and the hospitality that Annie provides is exceptional and makes you feel like you are a member of her family.

I really wanted to like the food more than I did. Owner is lovely, ambiance is cute. Coffee was pretty good. But pancakes were dry, French toast was burnt, and nothing was served with fruit or anything so it cost a lot for a little portion of bread. I had the special chicken jambalaya (which I’m pretty sure had hot dogs in it?) and it tasted all right but was over cooked (rice was mushy) plus the scone or biscuit served with it was tough and dry. I’d maybe give it another try if I were in town again, perhaps it was an off day? Still, disappointed the whole thing was $75 for two coffees, French toast, the special and plain pancakes with add on side of bacon (2 slices)!

Very friendly place, food always fresh homemade.

Great place to meet people from away. I

The food, service and atmosphere at Annie's is outstanding. Annie is such hidden gem and you haven't experienced real food until you eat there.

Don’t go there upon positive comments! We did some days ago and we regretted it! You’ll ruin your day with this horrible breakfast! The price is the same as the fancy and clean breakfast place with a range hood but that’s a total shelter! That all bad smell and smoke will remain on you
No whip cream, bananas, blueberries or any fruits on pancakes! Supper dry and burnt! Seriously this horrible breakfast for both of us costs in total 35$! Without receipt!
I needed to take medicine and I didn’t have time to change to another place otherwise I would leave and didn’t eat that burnt dried pancake!