Zak's Diner Elgin St - Ottawa

I am really impressed with Zak's Diner Elgin Street. My friend and I had an AWESOME time! We had a server named MINDY and she outdid herself. MINDY had EXCELLENT people skills and is truly a people person. In all the restaurants I have been to I have never been treated as,well as I did on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. My friend and I were super impressed and it made us want to go back to that ZAK'S DINER. My friend had a coffee milkshake and he said it was A .He loves his coffee and that was indeed high praise from him. I tried it and I HATE coffee but I loved the coffee milkshake. The food and the service was PHENOMINAL!!!! MINDY made us feel welcome and it was AWESOME to talk to her. MINDY is an INTELLIGENT, WARM, FRIENDLY and one AWESOME person and server. I WOULD GLADLY GO AGAIN AND AGAIN TO THE ELGIN STREET ZAK'S DINER. YOU ALSO SHOULD GO TO THIS LOCATION.

Went here for a late night dessert. Had the deep fried mars bar, and my wife had the sundae! Both were very good although I wasn’t a fan of the coating on the mars bar. The milkshake’s are always awesome!

This was our first visit to a Canadian diner and unfortunately the experience wasn’t that great. The service was very slow, the food was mediocre and the waitress never came back to our table to ask how things were going or if we needed anything else. I ordered Lox and cream cheese and the cream cheese was two small containers of Philadelphia. We’d heard so much about Canadian bagels but these seemed like supermarket bought bagels and not from any bagel store or homemade. Maybe that was just my impression.

We love Lilly! 5 of us went in and ordered like 8 milkshakes half an hour before closing time and Lilly was happy to serve us. Felt like we were in the kitchen at a friend's house. She's so funny and kind. Give her a raise!

Good food, especially the shakes. The day we went they were understaffed and the wait was long.