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John's Restaurant
John's is one of southwestern Ontario's favourite restaurants for over 55 years serving great food to locals and visitors since 1964. At John's we are known for our famous breakfast, lunch and dinner, served seven days a week! With seating for over 200, a private room, catering and family meals, John's is your destination for great home cooking and great value!

Our Famous Room is available for private events such as bridal showers, business meetings, family gatherings and more! Let John's create a custom menu to suit your group! The room is ideal for business meetings, family dinners, showers, birthday parties, team meals, banquets and more! With both hot and cold catering options available John's is the perfect choice to cater your next event.
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Our special insulated thermos serves up to 60 people and keep coffee fresh for up to 4 hours without burning or altering the flavour! Includes cream, sugar and cups. All coffee thermoses are to be returned at the end of the day. Customer to drop off urn. Additional charges for set-up, chafing dish rental may apply.
The room is free when you spend $100 or more (before tax and gratuity) Monday to Thursday and Friday Morning. If $100 minimum is not spent, the bill will be rounded up to $100 plus tax and gratuity. The room is free when you spend $200 or more (before tax and gratuity) Friday night and Saturday nights.
Reviews (20)
Beth C.
Beth C.
Jan 16, 2022
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Wonderful breakfast diner in a small town! Just very good old-fashioned , generous portion breakfast that big eater won’t be disappointed. I love their fluffy pancakes ! 🥞
Adam Pakvis
Adam Pakvis
Dec 14, 2021
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My family can been coming to John's for 3 generations. To me this place is like home. Friendly service and great food. We moved to BC a few years ago but I ordered Christmas dinner last year and this year for my mom. I appreciate how easy they made it for me to set this up and for her to enjoy during covid. Thank you John's, can't wait to stop by on my next visit home.
Craig Moore
Craig Moore
Dec 14, 2021
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I don't get too Sarina much anymore. But when I do I make point of going too John's for Breakfast had the famous peameal breakfast . Very Good people waiting for them too open at 7 am that's a good sign friendly staff great food priced right.
James Gray
James Gray
Dec 10, 2021
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The hamburger tasted like it came out of a box. Our table server was not very attentive as I had to go up ask for our cutlery and the coffee refill came after a very long wait. As far as the breakfast plate was, yes that was as before very well prepared.
Paul Randall
Paul Randall
Nov 24, 2021
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Good place, pretty fair prices... 🤷‍♂️ only reason I say 4 stars is because of how standard the place is. There's nothing different or special really, just ticks the regular boxes for a breakfast diner (that's not to be taken as a bad thing tho!)
Jeff Osborn
Jeff Osborn
Oct 17, 2021
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A wide selection of menu items.
$5.00 for craft beer drafts.
I had the German Schnitzel. It was a huge! The green beans were farm fresh the home fries were perfect!!
If your not sure of where you want to eat.
Give John's a try.
You won't be disappointed!!
Jocelyn Boucher
Jocelyn Boucher
Oct 03, 2021
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Best breakfast in town! My daughter and I had the Eggs Benedict. We should've asked for our potatoes well-done but it really hit the spot on a late Saturday morning. The hosts were so friendly and made an effort to chat with my daughter. Our server Heather was a ray of sunshine! We always hope to be seated in her section.
Holy Moly
Holy Moly
Aug 13, 2021
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Amazing service with our server. She was very attentive and gave great idea for our meals whuch were were tasty and fresh. This restaurant has never failed us even though John has passed the restaurant to the next family in line.
Tracy Frances Francesca Boote
Tracy Frances Francesca Boote
Dec 03, 2020
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I went for breakfast with my mom for my birthday and really enjoyed myself. It is a bright enjoyable atmosphere, with friendly, quick and prompt service. Regular coffee refills and huge portion sizes. For Covid-19 guidelines, they allow dining in, and ask that you wear your mask preferably until the food arrives to avoid unmasked exposure times... we did not and they were understanding. I had a great time and made an awesome memory. BTW - they also have AWESOME THANKSGIVING DINNER, MAKE A RESERVATION, ITS A THING. Seasonal Patio service is also offered.
Donna L.
Donna L.
Oct 15, 2019
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We booked a reservation for John's for Thanksgiving, the place was packed and people were out the door waiting to get in, the food was awesome and the waiter we had was so efficient considering they were swamped. He got every order right and always had a smile on his face so needless to say we will certainly be going back, sorry I didn't get his name but he got an awesome tip. Thanks for making our Thanksgiving very enjoyable.
Tian Pu P.
Tian Pu P.
Sep 04, 2019
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Honestly alot of sarnia restaurant come and go but John has been here forever. The price has gone up a little with breakfast about $10-$13. The meal itself is very hearty (huge portions). They have alot of choices on types of bread, eggs are done right (poached or sunny side up).

Would recommend the big john sausage breakfast. Honestly you cant go wrong. Might have to wait a bit on weekend branch depending if you get there before church ends. Plenty of parking.

The service is decent. Remember you have to get up to pay if credit/debt.
Jeff
Jeff
Nov 03, 2018
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Good place for a weekend breakfast. Sundays morning busy, large menu lots of choices, enough for us vegetarians to get something to eat.
Good local involvement in sponsorship of local youth sport teams
Just went back really really good breakfast .....added a star now I rate at five stars
Sinny C.
Sinny C.
Jul 15, 2018
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Restaurant is nice and clean and spacious as well. Now for the food, seeing it was a Greek restaurant i was excited especially seeing they had pork souvlaki on the menu.
There was so much fat on the pork, wasn't cooked enough and had absolutely no flavor.
The Greek salad was okay, they used oil and vinegar for the dressing. Salad also lacked authentic Greek flavoring (spices). They also chopped the lettuce into such little pieces you had to scoop it up with your fork.
The fries were okay, they had no poutine? In Canada no Poutine, très américain. If i wanted just french fries i would have
Octavia Daenerys E.
Octavia Daenerys E.
Jul 26, 2017
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Johns is a long established local restaurant.

Now I can't tell you if their lunch and dinner items are any good because if I can get breakfast....I get bfast!!!!

I can tell you their breakfasts are one of the best in town. (Evidentially the popular Pemale bacon is great. I'm a veggie so I don't eat it but be warned they only have Pemale they don't serve the other traditional bacon if that's your cup of tea).

Service is good and the value and prices are good.

The only downside is they tend to get very busy as they as a very well known and popular establishment. That
Sharad K.
Sharad K.
Oct 31, 2016
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Looking for a good old family restaurant with a great breakfast, good service and lots of hot coffee. You've found it at John's restaurant. (We had a peek at the lunch and dinner menus on our way out the door and we'll definitely be back for those as well.)
Brennan C.
Brennan C.
Jun 03, 2016
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Visited sarnia this week for work and i absolutely loved this place! Food is amazing and at a decent price, i had the eggs bennidect and thought it was great! Will definately drop by again if Im in the area.
Dorota O.
Dorota O.
May 07, 2016
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I love this place. This is our new stop over whenever we go to the US and back. The food is excellent. We had the breakfast (potatoes, eggs and ham), the gyros and the spinach (spinakopita).
T. J. G.
T. J. G.
Sep 07, 2015
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Been crossing the border to come here since I was a kid - usually as a first stop before heading to London, Hamilton (do people go to Hamilton?) and Toronto. As others have indicated, this place is always been known for its bacon, but it's that all-around great food and service keeps me coming back. The interior was redone a few years back, and it was a great improvement, in the dining room area is much more spacious than it used to be. All in all, you just can't go wrong here - good food at decent prices.
Dwayne P.
Dwayne P.
Jan 12, 2013
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Great spot for all your needs,breakfast ,lunch, dinner. Food ranges from Greek cuisine to all Canadian home cooked meals . Wait staff is friendly and the the restaurant is very clean along with the bathrooms.the only bad thing about this restaurant is parking ,there's lots of parking but this place is so good that its packed with people . so if your in need of a good home cooked meal then come on in
Elle P.
Elle P.
Sep 18, 2012
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John's might be known for its bacon, but they can sure do other things well.

My partner in crime has a porc intolerance, so you'd think that going out for breakfast would be dangerous, especially at a place KNOWN for its bacon. However, John's restaurant was very accommodating. Having allergies in her family, our gracious waitress helped us choose off the menu and suggested alternatives. He had the best Eggs Benedict of his life. My Veggie Omelette was absolutely delicious with red and green peppers, onions and broccoli(!). I have never thought fo putting broccoli in an omelette