Crêpes on Main

I wish businesses up their customer service if they go through the trouble of creating a Groupon promo. Afterall, the promotions are meant as advertising, correct?
I attempted to place an order at the cashier and told them I had a Groupon. One of the girls behind the counter who spoke very little, directed me to the order forms I needed to check off with her glare. Fine, I complied and went back to place my order. The gentleman at the cash register was pretty friendly, probably the most pleasant of them all.
Coffees were brought to our tables but they shout out your name to pick up your crepes. When you walk over they don’t even look up. We ordered the chicken and mushroom whole wheat crêpe with vegetable pesto. Tasted like pizza and the crêpe like a very refined piece of dough. Also ordered the buckwheat chicken spinach crêpe with onion sauce. It looked like there was hardly anything in there but the crêpe turned out to be surprisingly tasty.
Overall, service was lacking, food was okay. Cups needs to be scrubbed– look at that smudge on my coffee cup. It was a great Groupon deal; we paid $ 13 for 2 crepes and 2 regular coffees. I will NOT pay full price for their food.

Girlfriend and I stopped in for a midday meal-​snack. So yummy. First we shared savoury buckwheat crêpe with chicken, spinach, mushrooms, pesto, tomato topped with a dollop of hummus. Then shared dessert crêpe of strawberry, banana and vanilla custard topped with vanilla sauce and nuts. Surprised that they were so large! Will definitely come again…

We were surprised to find that there was a place with crepes so close to home. The Groupon deal was an even bigger incentive to give it a try. We went on a rainy weekday and were hesitant to go in as there was no one else in the restaurant. That’s alright! We had the whole place to ourselves! The menu was a «choose-​your-​own-​toppings» kind of slip where you get to choose the batter, fillings (savory or sweet) and sauce. Basically you get one protein and two vegetables so we got the sausage with peppers and mushrooms and mozzarella cheese. For the sauce we tried pesto with a dollop of sour cream on top (as recommended by our server/​cook). It was a very delicious crêpe.
Our second crêpe was a sweet one with apples, blueberries (more like a jam/​pie filling) and strawberries with chocolate sauce. We decided to add a scoop of ice cream and were shocked that it cost an extra $ 9+ including taxes. There was no price posted to add a scoop of ice cream but we never imagined that ONE SCOOP could cost that much! Was it organic? Artisan? I don’t know but it wasn’t the most spectacular scoop of Oreo ice cream I’ve ever tasted so it was definitely not worth almost $ 10 extra.
Would we return? Yes. It’s something different but I would not order a scoop to go with my sweet crêpe. No way!

I’ve never been more compelled to write a review as this was the rudest, most offensive customer service I have ever encountered.
I came with my family of four with two Groupon vouchers — the fine print says only one voucher per person, NOT one per table, one per order or anything like that. We had two vouchers between four people and was told that I was trying to break the rules. When I asked if splitting the order into two transactions would help the situation, I was asked why I was trying to be smart with them, while at the same time, basically asking if I knew how to read. That is the most shocking, condescending and inappropriate response I never could have expected, and I was with my younger sister.
As a small business owner in the wonderful Unionville Main Street, I would highly recommend that you reevaluate your attitude and treatment towards customers, also if you are reluctant to honour your offer on Groupon, please don’t participate as its a great way to draw new people to and promote your business but not if it’s only to treat them with disrespect.
I will not be returning to this place or have anything nice to say about it after this dreadful experience.

Delicious! Went with a groupon deal of 2 crepes and 2 coffees for $ 13… Was so worth it!
You have the choice between a savory or sweet crepes where you can choose your own ingredients. You will be given a list to choose from.
Great place to go for Crepes!

The Crepes themselves are pretty good.
They have a Google Voice number — so long distance call to find out what their hours are.
The restaurant is hard to find — signage is not very good — especially after sunset.
Parking is even worse
I had a Groupon for 2 crepes and coffees. Taxes and gratuities not included. They automatically add on 15% gratuity even though the only ‘service’ was the mediocre coffee brought to the table. The crepes — they just shout out your name and you have to collect them. Coffee tasted like it had been standing a while — was extremely strong and no decaf offered. Want tea instead of coffee — that is an extra charge.
Toilets not all that clean — may be the customers that mess them up — but up to the restaurant to keep them clean
Bottom line — this is my last visit there

If you are using the groupon deal, bare in mind that you still have to pay the taxes and gratuities, plus any extras (i.e. Ice cream scoop +$ 4)
Had the dessert crêpe.
I found the crêpe to be nice and thin and very nicely made. As for fillings, I chose strawberries and blueberries, the fillings resemble pie filling. Other crêpe places use fresh fruit which is more to my taste, but if you like the saucy fruit filling, this is quite good. The filling isn’t too sweet.
3 stars because the ice cream was a miss, a single scoop for 4 bucks and I found it to be powdery lumpy, not well mixed.

Delicious!!! Got a groupon for 2 crepes and 2 coffees which was only for $ 13. Sooooo worth it! The groupon is still on !
Great atmosphere and the crepes were delicious. You have a choice between savoury or sweet crepes. We went ahead with the savoury and then bought a sweet crêpe for dessert. That one cost about $ 15 for ice cream, 2 fruits, and nutella. SO WORTH IT to share!
They are generous with their toppings and the crêpe was beautifully done.
I would definitely come back just for the crepes. Everyone was wonderful and I thoroughly enjoyed spending my brunch here :)

We also went to Crepes on Main with a Groupon offer. It is in our neighbourhood and offers gluten-​free crepes (necessary for me), and we were quite looking forward to trying it out. We were profoundly disappointed. We were told that because they were busy, it would be a half hour before we could be served. It was actually 50 minutes. During that time, we had to listen to a loud action movie. It made conversation difficult to have constant shouting, machine-​gun fire, and monster attacks in our ears. I was also puzzled by the practice of charging an extra 50 cents for a cup of tea. Not everyone drinks coffee! As we waited, we heard the two young women who were making the food discussing the fact that they were running out of certain ingredients (spinach and red pepper) and one cautioning the other to put very little of either on the crepes that had been ordered. This was not particularly professional. Finally, my husband was called to get his meal (no, they did not even have the courtesy to bring it to the table). He had to rescue his meal from someone who had a similar sounding name and thought it was for him. I sat there and watched him eat, as I got light-​headed and cranky from being so hungry. Just as he was finishing his, I was called to get my food. I also had to rescue my food from someone else who had a similar sounding name and thought it was theirs. So, after sitting and watching my husband eat, it was now his turn to sit and watch me eat. I ate as quickly as I could, as we had been there for an extraordinarily long time and we had other errands to do. I have never in my life been in a restaurant where no attempt was made to serve a group of people at the same time. And there were no apologies for such tremendously slow service.
We will certainly not go back and we will not be recommending it to others in our neighbourhood who are all within walking distance.
Another note — if you are celiac, this is not an appropriate restaurant. While they do have a gluten-​free option, the crepes are made on the same griddle and with the same utensils as the wheat-​based crepes. It would make a celiac sufferer very sick indeed.

Like most others, we came here because we got the groupon to try it out. The service was really really slow, when we went in, there was just 1 table of 4 seated, and another family that went in just before us and ordered before us. After we placed our order of 2 crepes we were told there’ll be a little bit of a wait because there’s 6 crepes in front of ours… I acknowledged thinking it’ll take maybe 20 mins or so… but we waited quite a long time, I would say at least 45 mins. When the first of our crêpe came, I started eating it right away without waiting for my husband’s as I was starving! After the first bite, as I was cutting the 2^nd piece I found a long piece of hair in it! I had to return it to the guy at the cash… he was apologetic. But of course I had to wait for another 2 – 3 crepes to be made and served before they got to mine, that’s another 20 mins at least… the guy came over again just before the crêpe was almost ready and apologized again, and offered coffee/​tea or ice cream… so I said I’ll try the ice cream because I was sooo hungry! Anyway, I picked flavours avocado and swiss chocolate… but unfortunately they’re not good quality ice cream, they were a bit powdery plus the flavours weren’t there… I was quite disappointed! The crêpe finally came, it was not bad but I wouldn’t go back even with the Groupon deal mainly because of the slow service…

Least satisfying crêpe in my life, a horrible gunky mess. Be aware the strawberries and cherries listed on the order sheet as a filling aren’t fresh fruit, its pretty much a syrup with TINY pieces of fruit.
Also, ice cream costs extra.
9 – 10 $ for a crêpe with pie filling. Bleh.
The crepes themselves are nice enough, as is the vanilla filling, everything else was pretty disappointing.

Like many others, I purchased a coupon for for 2 crepes and coffees for $ 13 (does not include tax and gratuity). Parking is available at rear. We came on a weekday at lunch, so there wasn’t a lot of people which was great.
The place is set up so that you order at the counter and they will bring it to your seat. The server provided us with a sheet where we can select toppings and extras we want on the crêpe. There are both sweet and savoury crêpe options. Be mindful that ice cream is around $ 3.75 extra! We both ordered savoury crepes and was made to order. It was very delicious and was very filling and the egg wrapping itself was very thin. Coffee was the standard brew.
We had a great experience and would recommend buying a groupon to try it out.

Small shop on main street, we discovered it because we found it on Groupon which had a deal for 2 coffees and 2 crepes for $ 13.
First of all to change your drinks you could pay 50 cents more for tea (which is weird because tea is cheaper than coffee) and $ 1 for hot chocolate. And then we had to pay $ 5 more, which didn’t seem right but whatever, it was still better than ordering two crepes which are $ 9.50 each regularly (talk about overpriced).
So when you go and order, you fill out a checklist for how you want your crêpe to be made. And then they took pretty long to actually make it and they gave us huge mugs for our drinks but filled it probably only a ¹⁄₃ up. Then after 10 minutes of waiting for my crêpe, I was kind of disappointed because the crêpe was so hot the bananas turned liquid and instead of putting strawberry toppings, which they heavily implied, it was just a strawberry sauce, so I was pretty disappointed. The crêpe itself was also very difficult to cut, and in the end I’ve had much better and cheaper crepes.
I would not return to this place, I think they have to step up the quality of the crepes and not be so frugal about things where every little extra thing costs more money.
It was $ 4 more for an ice cream scoop!

A nice, spacious location on Main Street Unionville with tons of Parking in the back! We walked in and were greeted by a friendly staff as she was making the crepes.
You can decide if you want a savoury or sweet crêpe, with three toppings included in two of the lists and another list of unlimited toppings. They serve ice cream for $ 3.99 a scoop plus tax, though it is marble slab ice cream.
We had a Groupon, and it was $ 13 for two crepes and coffees, not including tips and tax. If you don’t want coffee, tea upgrades are $ 0.50 and hot chocolate upgrades were $ 1. Groupon does not charge taxes, which you have to pay the original price of, so with one cup of hot chocolate, we paid an extra $ 6. I believe there was a «sitting fee» or included tips for it to cost $ 5 extra.
We decided to get one savoury crêpe and one sweet crêpe. The hot chocolate and coffee were served in a massive cup, though it was only half full, making it a regular size. I wish they could give smaller cups. The crepes took about 35 minutes to make, considering four people were in front of us.
The crepes were created nice and thin, slightly crunchy on the edges. The toppings slash fillings were delicious, though for the savoury crêpe, it was a little empty of fillings, I had more crêpe than filling. The sweet crêpe was covered with nutella, though fresh strawberries were not used. I know that these crepes costed less than what they would charge usually and the crêpe might have less filling, but I feel like this makes me not want to go back for the normal priced crepes if the ingredients werent fresh and it wasn’t filled with enough ingredients.

Waited almost 30 mins for a sweet crêpe on a Sunday afternoon despite having 3 people working and the restaurant wasn’t even extremely busy… Why does it take so long for a crêpe… Ridiculous. They didn’t use fresh strawberries, just strawberry sauce, such a let down. Will not be coming back. The quality of the crepes is not worth the money nor the wait time. It’s current rating 3.5 star is not accurate

Tried this place yesterday, after purchasing a Groupon. I had a savory crêpe and a sweet crêpe and both were equally delicious! The service was great and so was the atmosphere. Highly recommend trying it if you are a crêpe lover

Awesome! Went in for the first time today. Food was ¹⁰⁄₁₀ and service ¹⁰⁄₁₀. I will definitely be back.

Review for Groupon: 1 crêpe + soup and coffee
Facility: Parking is free in the rear. Location was a little hard to spot from the outside. They have a small sign. Originally when we arrived, it was closed with no displayed hours. At the time of my Groupon purchase, I couldn’t find the hours of the store online either. I was slightly annoyed about that and waited another month before returning.
Inside the café, it was spacious with a TV that the staff control. During the time we were there, they played Christmas music on the television and then switched to Wall-​E. There were only about 3 small tables occupied on a Wednesday afternoon. Tables were clean. When you arrive, you go up to the cash and pay right away.
Despite having a Groupon, you pay taxes and tip up front. For two, it cost me $ 5. In all honesty, I think this is a poor practice and that the owner of Crepes on Main may want to reconsider this practice. It puts off the patron who has to fork over extra money up-​front for a service not yet received. Additionally, it does not motivate the servers to give any more service than the bare minimum because they know exactly what «tip» they are making. Tip needs to be optional and taxes should already be included in the Groupon price. Have the patron pay for it AFTER food and service. Making me pay before hand gives me the impression that you don’t trust your customers and that a few dollars up front is worth more to you than a customer’s positive experience. This is a risky choice for an establishment on Main Street Unionville. Please revise or do not be surprised if all that customers you get are simply «Grouponers» looking for a deal and not loyal patrons passing on the experience and recommending you to others.
Food Quality & Price: I spent $ 9 on each Groupon (which includes a crêpe, soup and coffee.
The Crêpe — you fill out a card, your choice of 3 toppings and unlimited spreads/​sauces. Submit your card and the staff will make your crêpe. I was told to «pick it up at the counter when they called» by the female staff member when no one was around. (So why am I tipping you?) At the end, a male staff member (the owner? manager)? brought our food to our table. Contrary to other reviewers, the savory crepes we received were pretty stingy. Unlike the photos others submitted, ours was quite flat. My spinach crêpe had exactly 10 leaves (I counted). To give them the benefit of the doubt, we ordered a sweet crêpe ($ 8.50, not on the groupon) and it was quite sizable.
BUT, there was a hair in it. … I picked it out but couldn’t be bothered to complain as the staff were behind the counter on their cell phones. (Now I see another reviewer found a hair in his). SHE NEEDS TO WEAR A HAIR NET. YUCK. But when I realized that they didn’t even put in the Nutella we ordered, I had to call someone over. The male staff member was courteous. He apologized and took the crêpe back. We didn’t get a brand new one, just the old one we cut into with Nutella slathered on top…
The Soup — The menu displayed two soups: Barley and Borscht. NEITHER were available that day. They said they «stopped doing that and only have a Soup of the Day». It was Cream of Mushroom, which I didn’t mind. The Cream of Mushroom is exactly like that from Tim Hortons. It was fine, the portion was small and delivered to us in a take out cup.
The Coffee — I don’t generally drink coffee, so I asked if I could substitute a bagged tea (which in all honesty, should’ve been cheaper), but was told that there would be a $ 0.50 surcharge. I declined and just had a coffee. It was also given to us in take out cups with no lid.
Each crêpe is $ 8.50, the Groupon was $ 9 for a crêpe + soup + coffee. It MAY have been worth it if they didn’t skimp out on the actual crêpe. But you can clearly tell that this establishment counts it’s nickels and dimes.
Service: Service was minimal. The male staff (I’m still not sure if he’s the owner or the manager) was friendly and delivered what I consider a very standard service. The ladies left much to be desired and they didn’t seem like they wanted to be there. I mean, at least fake it, it’s your job. But then again, there is little incentive for them to do anything well since we’re essentially giving them tip up front. I expected little from them.
Overall: It’s an okay place, passable. But you need consistency in service and quality to be successful. I would not purchase the Groupon again. I don’t think I would return unless someone else asked me to (and from the looks of how they treat their customers, I don’t think anyone will). I’ll go somewhere else for crepes. Everything is mediocre and passable, but the clumsy way that service is approached really brings it all down. Such potential clearly being wasted. Those considering the Groupon, I would say to save your money and find another location until this one gets its act together.

This restaurant is very cozy and the décor is lovely. It’s not fancy or highly decorated, but quite the opposite. The white walls contrasting the dark wooden floor boards makes the interior look fairly large, clean, and with a touch of old main street comfort.
The crepes are honestly not that special here. It’s just like crepes you would get anywhere else. You get to choose 3 toppings and your sauces and they aren’t anything specially creative. The staff are really friendly though so that’s always a bonus.
I came with a groupon for crepes and soup. They had no soup but she scanned my coupon already so it’s such a hassle to have to get groupon to credit that back to me. Luckily the store owner was there so we substituted for ice cream.
I’m surprised their coffee comes out of a giant pre-​made machine and the ice cream is marble slab, not really home made. I didn’t care for the ice cream at all.
Would I return? Maybe if I have a crêpe craving while I’m in the area. It’s a nice quiet place to work and catch up with a friend or business partner.

We drove from Scarborough to Unionville with a Groupon to give them a try.
Groupons are a great idea for attracting new business, but perhaps this restaurant owner did not realize the importance of the over-​the-​top service for first time customers.
It was Friday around 1:30 pm and there were only two other young folks there.
The place looked clean and spacious. We just wanted to take our time to select the numerous toppings. The owner was too eager to help us choose from the menu what to have on our crêpe.
The bill was paid for before they started preparing the order. Taxes and extras came to about $ 7.00. The Groupon was $ 13. for two crepes and two coffees.
The buckwheat crêpe was fantastic. My friend loved the sweet crêpe she ordered.
Now the bad news.
Only one kind of coffee was offered — a medium brew — served in a small paper cup (A small coffee was offered on the Groupon). Not being happy with a paper cup they did relent and give me a soup/​tea mug and added more coffee.
My friend ordered tea which came in the soup mug, but without a saucer for the tea bag so she had to find a garbage can to dispose of it.
The wait was not long for the crepes — we were called to come up to the counter and fetch them.
The music on a large TV screen right next to our table by a window was so loud we could hardly have a conversation. I asked them to turn it down and suggested it was not suitable music to accompany a meal. The sound was turned down, but it was still quite agitating for dinner music.
There were no other customers while we were there. An empty table across the smallish room was still left uncleared of crumbs from previous guests.
The washrooms were brand new and clean but no soap in the ladies washroom so I had to go into the «For Employees Only» washroom and wash my hands.
I will definitely not go there again.

Nice place! Crepes were much larger and tastier than I had expected considering my last experiences with Groupons. Had a savoury and a sweet crêpe and coffee. Nice ambiance but overall, great crepes and good coffee! Only gripe is ceramic mugs would really make this place a gem to sit and enjoy for a while.

Decided to come here with the new Groupon offer with my boyfriend. It’s in a nice little corner on main street Unionville. Ordered a savoury and sweet crêpe. The groupon came with soup and coffee. My boyfriend had the coffee was pretty good and strong flavour. We got borscht for the soup. It had a lot of beets but not much flavour besides that.
Being able to select 3 toppings for each crêpe was nice, got a strawberry banana blueberry crêpe with raspberry sauce, condensed Milk and nuts. The filling was warm and I didn’t find that they skimmed out on the toppings like other reviewers indicated.
The savoury crêpe was not bad, lots of toppings. Got ham, feta cheese and grilled zucchini with tomatoes, red peppers and pesto sauce. It was a little dry, but still tasteful and filling.
If you wanted ice cream as a topping it was 3.50 a scoop or 3.99 for mixed which I found a little steep.
The service was good, owner was being helpful with explaining the menu. It was a little slow since there was only one girl making the crêpe and also noticed a 2.50 charge for using the groupon. Asked the owner and he said this was for taxes and tip. It’s the first time I’ve been charged like that but didn’t mind since the service was welcoming. Overall a good little shop for a date night.

Went 2ND time but the service is still vert slow… and found a curly hair in my crêpe bUT it was a take out so I had to toss it out! GROSS. Thinking about it makes me puke! Had to call health department!

Despite the long wait, the spot is great for crepes. Lots of choices in terms of how you customize your crêpe. The owner is really warm and friendly. They do apologize for the wait and it’s not really that big a deal. Place is bright and has enough seating. Overall, an enjoyable spot!
We got the mixed strawberry/​banana crêpe with a Nutella ice cream scoop on the side. Portions are the right size and the crêpe was made well, not over or undercooked.
Coffee was fresh and strong!

Stopped by here on a beautiful Markham evening. Got some great crepes, love the fact that you can customize each crêpe to order! The management was really nice and helpful! Definitely drop by Unionville and give this place a shot!

I visited on the weekend and found it to be not busy. They share the kitchen with Zen Juice. I disliked how they did not have labels or signs advertising the fillings you can fill your crêpe with. I had to ask the teenager what each fillings they had available to choose from.
FOOD: The crêpe was very soft. There was not too much filling even with getting to choose 3 fillings. I had the original crêpe with cherry, blueberries, banana, and nutella inside. I topped it off with condensed milk.
PRESENTATION: They flop your crêpe onto a ghetto paper plate you find at parties. They also have disposable plastic forks and knives (not eco friendly at all).