Tim Hortons

This Tim’s is conveniently located for those working or going to school at OISE. Other than location, there’s not much good to say. The lineups are always huge here, with little effort from staff/​management to move things along. The last time I was here, my ice cap was not properly mixed, and spilling out the top. My donut was mostly melted after just 1 minute in the bag. Probably won’t be back — this isn’t the Tim Horton’s I know and love.

Quick breakfast run. Place was busy but to be expected at a near-​campus location at 11 am.
Had a breakfast sandwich. It was ok but didn’t taste all that «always fresh» to me.
Coffee was a bit weak too. Might be time to step my coffee game up and try new spots cause my home pots are getting stronger and timmies’ is not.
Lots of seating and nice views of ago and varsity centre
I RECOMMEND– just cause they’re served till noon doesn’t mean they’re good past 10. For breakfast sandwiches, early bird gets the warmth.
EXTRA TIP– Strong wifi connection. Yay.

I waited in line forever and a woman called me up to the register very urgently like she was in a rush. I gave her my order of a chicken wrap with no tomato (I don’t care for raw tomatos) and then we stand and wait as she doesn’t have a cash register. Very effective. Eventually I get to pay and she tells me my number is 267. Anyway, the same lady then goes to make my wrap. I watch her across the distance making it with tomato. She calls number 276. I assume it isn’t me because that’s not my number and the wrap has tomato. She eventually determines it is my order. I tell her I ordered no tomato. She opens the wrap, takes off the tomato, and gives it back to me. Seriously? It’s a really good thing I’m just picky and no allergic. There was still a huge amount of slimey tomato residue. I won’t go back if I see her working.

Closest Tim’s to to OISE. I’m taking a weekend course at OISE so I grab a tea and/​or lunch from here. It’s packed. Service could be faster. More seats would be great too. By the washroom, there are some homeless people who seem to sit here all day. Does the trick when I want my tea.
Good for: coffee, tea, donuts

The tables are always dirty in this location. There was a guy sweeping the floor when he could have been cleaning the tables. The manager should tell his staff to prioritise and take care of tables first.
The food and coffee is what you’d expect from Tim Hortons, so so.

there are a lot of tim hortons in toronto. I happen to like this one.
I did my undergrad in U of T, naturally spent loads of time here getting brain juice well past 2am. I always study in the back with one or two drinks and stay a very long time. the servers never bug you and there’s lots of students that do this. I guess since the owner is a young guy who did his undergrad in u of t as well so he totally understands?
it’s right by st george station and sometimes you see lots of interesting characters in here. it’s all part of the fun tho. The line up is ALWAYS almost out the door but you are always to get your food/​coffee in like 5 mins. the staff are the most efficient people ever! There used to the a fortune telling store just cross from the street on bedford that used to freak me out. it’s a condo now i think.
I have many other good memories here. one of which is that i met hubby here. :)
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This place is an absolute gong show (on a Saturday afternoon).
The good: Lots of seating
The bad: Lots of university student laptop hobos taking up entire tables sitting alone
The good: Four or five cashiers with runners
The bad: They are really disorganized and don’t seem to know who’s job is who’s.
The good: The line moves quickly.
The bad: The customers standing in it seem like they’ve never been in a Tim Hortons before and don’t know what’s going on.
There was tons of confusion happening at this location. There were people loitering that looked like they were in line, but weren’t. It took a couple of tries for the staff to get the drink order right for the guests ahead of me. Other staff seemed to be running around like chickens with their heads cut off but no actual direction. The cashiers seemed to be trying to run food and make drinks while taking orders and confusing their runners.
Just not good.
November challenge ³⁄₃₀

No longer open 24 hours, which hurts it for me.
When it’s busy, the lineup can get long. When it’s empty, the service can get careless.
Pretty standard otherwise.

I’ve worked a couple of doors down from this location for a few years, so I go here often. My advice is to go elsewhere if you can. The service here has always been a bit choppy, but in the last year it’s crashed to the point of near incompetence. I can only assume that layoffs have caused shift cutbacks and the dismissal of more expensive, experienced staff. The remainder is a skeleton crew of trainees who become overwhelmed at sandwich orders and are constantly perplexed by their own cash registers.
While this is annoying on most occasions, it becomes completely intolerable during the student rushes. A nearby school ensures that every weekday at lunch and 3pm, the small store is packed full of shrill, obnoxious, half-​stunned kids. They don’t know how to order, and the staff doesn’t know how to deal with any snag ups or special requests. It would be funny to watch if I wasn’t in a rush.

This is the WORST tim hortons in Toronto. Avoid at all costs. There are always people coming in and out just wanting to use the bathroom… I guess cuz its near the TTC? The people behind the counter are SLOW. The line often goes out the door. Literally. Would be fine if it also moved, but it doesn’t.
There is also one lady in particular who yell/​speaks.

I would never go here again. This is not our beloved Canadian institution… this is a sad assembly line of sorry excuses for sandwiches and weak coffee. An incredibly grudging, wary woman put condiments on my sandwich and shoved it at me. I know the line up often goes almost out the door, but gah…
Also, I was sharply turned down, if not border-​line reprimanded for trying to use VISA. I just shake my head.

Efficient! The end of the line is often just inside the doors but that line moves quickly. This location usually has two people per till during the busy hours and you’ll barely have your change back in your wallet before they shout «next!».
–1 for the long narrow layout that the long line has to bisect.

You can’t hate on this Timmies– it has all the quintessential qualities needed for a student in this area:
–open 24hours
–so close to campus buildings you can catch free wifi
–bakery on site so you can get delicious FRESH treats (which is not so for soo many timmies)
–big location with great seating options on a busy street– feels less liek a gross tim hortons and more like a regular coffee shop for people watching
–fast service– one of the major locations so they have a line of tills ready to serve
–literally ten steps from the st. george subway
let’s face it. I hate tim horton’s, and so do you. But if you must go, this location makes it a little less painful with fresh boston creams =)

My donut hierarchy:
dunkin
krispy
happy donut in san fran
new to the mix: tim hortons
verdict: better than krispy, less nostalgia than dunkin.
good coffee too.