Reviews of Wait's on Nelson (Coffee Shop)

Elijah Bergs

the food is delicious, the portions are big, the prices are incredible and the staff is friendly and helpful. One of my favorite places for breakfast in town! my order got mixed up because of the morning rush and when I brought it back they were super kind & replaced it with the right order super fast. their sandwiches and burgers are also incredible!

Amac Trees

Fast Friendly Delicious

Ivan DeLisle

Classic diner styling. Great coffee and breakfast. Staff are on point

Paul

Good corned beef

Cam Brown

Always slow service. A little expensive. To many bums hanging out.

Jeanette

The whole atmosphere has History with its groove amidst each crook.&.cranny!

Zoe Laisnez

Great gluten free pancakes!

calyco thomas

Quaint little Diner, friendly staff, nicely prepared food. Sure to recommend and return! Keep up the good work.

Duncan Lake

Inexpensive relaxed atmosphere

Isabel Curiston

They are really sweet, have good food and great drinks. Highly recommend

Carrie C

It was great food just no a/c so it was hot! Server was awesome!

Bunny Brooks

Hate this place gross coffee great staff literally crazy owner and questionable food

Ann Wilson

Stop here on your way into or out of town if you dig a good greasy spoon joint. They're big on serving and supporting community.

Dawn Tofsrud

Excellent Kootenay Coffee, best breakfast sammie ever!

Dale Grant

Family owned and operated/pleasant place

Lily Bogus

Very busy at times

Adele Summers

This heritage news and coffee stand is the absolute tribute to vintage and authentic real service. Terry et al are wonderful, kind , and so very caring.????

stacy schewalje

It's a busy place and nice

Crawford Girl

Great service, nice selection and tasty meals! We also appreciate the safety measures they have put in place.

Kim Harley

Great service

Rohit Virmani

A nice cozy classic diner in Nelson. Delicious meals at affordable prices by friendly and efficient staff.

Brodie may

Love it here , need more foods though, and French fries!

Gavin Neil

Old school milkshakes

Gangha Dharan

Nice place for breakfast. The staff were very friendly.

Angeline Droszio

The lady who served us was wonderful and my whole family had yummy ice cream. Next time we will try some savoury.

Danimal

Really good sandwiches

Christopher Cerovec

Excellent food, service & atmosphere. The diner experience brings you back to 50's & they have great breakfast for great price. ????????????

Di McMullin

Great food, friendly service

Jake Toews

The best

Ezra Hutchinson

Absolutely love this place. Cheap food, classic diner setting that i love, open concept kitchen/pass. It has turned into my regular spot to grab a quick bite for breakfast or to sit with my partner on a nice day. Great coffee and good hash browns what more could you want... The owner also employs a lot of young servers, i imagine to give them a shot at something good, which i respect. This does leave a little do be desired with the quality of service but be patient and u will get exactly what you need. over all 4/5 would eat again. And again...

Tan C

Excellent breakfast...always a fun experience!

Keagan Jade

some of the staff are heartless and cruel, i was waiting for a bus out of the cold when some of the staff members lashed out at me and kicked me out simply because i was drinking coffee that i did not purchase there. i had to wait 20 minutes in the cold. i treat most situations with respect and i respect certain business owners that ask me to leave nicely with respect, but some staff at waits news were very disrespectful towards me and i think that needs work.

FRANK PASACRETA

An absolute must when you visit Nelson. Be sure to get there in time for happy hour.

Purple Angel

It's a cozy place n the staff are really great.

Paige Bogaerts

Both the coffees and our breakfasts were fantastic, I will definitely come back here next time I am in Nelson.

Abby Gail

Had the most delicious old fashioned breakfast, ate everything on my plate. Amazing cook at this nostalgic old school restaurant. You won't be disappointed!

Chris Diemert

Great staff and very comfortable and welcoming environment. Convenient Store, newsstand, and restaurant/cafè all-in-one makes this business a quick stop shop for cigarettes, lottery, snacks, and many foothills creamery ice cream flavours that change on a regular basis or stop in for a bite to eat featuring many home-made and unique menu items. Stop in and try a in-store made from-scratch ruben; it's definitely recommended!

Kaal Letawske

Great food and awesome milkshakes

Bernadette Humphries

Good food and nice people.

FUZE BOMB

This is a classic diner location for Nelson. Operations hours are almost 24 hours . Located on Baker Street. You can purchase tobacco,drinks and snacks here. My only complaint about the place is that there is a large amount of people standing outside the place bugging people for money ( I know it is not their fault but it makes entering and exiting a bit of a hassle )

Will Urbanski

I’ve got a pretty high tolerance for attitudes but it’s hard to underscore how rude the staff is at this business. What should have been a simple interaction was met with hostility and rudeness at every turn. I would not have ever bothered to go in to this business if I knew that the staff would be so incredibly intolerant and rude. Don’t bother visiting this dump and spend your money elsewhere.

J Whitey

One of the best breakfast spots in town...or a great meal anytime of day.

Preston Weist

classic. good food friendly people.

Andrew Bagley

Good food.

Tamara Matthews

Great menu and good value!

Adam Mink

Server was engaged and friendly. Food was very good. Took a little long but well worth the wait. Most amazingly the food was underpriced!! Don't know how you guys do it! I absolutely will be back.

Kevin Smith

Great lemon gelato, nice staff too

Bev Little

Great food and awesome staff

Brent Joly

fast service and tasty food

Joelseph

Excellent choice for a nice breakfast. I would be a little cautious with groups bigger than 4 because there is limited seating.

Jason Farquhar

Great staff and good food. The roast beef sandwich I had was really tasty and made to order

Anthony Fleck

Great food and good service. Omelette and eggs Benedict were excellent. Service was fairly good for us, they were extremely busy and understaffed in my opinion. Two servers and two cooks total. Some people were seated and left due to slow service. But our experience was good. They need to hire more help.

Talister Crowley

Nice little diner in the heart of town. Mary is really caring even for the people most consider "riff raff" Breakfast and lunch all day and Friday Saturdays into the night (one of the only places for after bar food). Awesome milkshakes.

Dakar Hitchon

Awesome staff and always remember my usual!

Will Smith

Great place friendly service. Sad they have to move

Brianna Laking

Love these guys!!! They are so warm and welcoming!

Anthony Nadeau

Good food...Good service...Reasonable price.

Lucas Billingsley

Great food, friendly server I felt bad as she was the only one though and it was quite busy. Breakfast served all day is always nice on a Sunday after some drinks. Will be going back!

Marty Atherton

Good old fashioned Diner. Good food, nice staff. Not as good as they could be on social distancing but acceptable for the locale. Would frequent the place if I lived there.

Nicole Soltys

A lovely casual diner with amazingly delicious milkshakes and excellent burgers (great flavour and easy to eat in the park!) It's nothing fancy but everyone provided excellent service even though they were super-busy. We appreciated their time & hard-work and will definitely be back to try something else (perhaps a rootbeer milkshake?)

Kitty Lau

Friendly local dinner with fabulous food and great menu. We stumbled upon this place very close to closing time and very hungry but they were lovely and welcoming, and we werent rushed out. Can't wait to go back to try the pancakes! Very tasty! Thanks!

Brian McIntyre (Hatchi)

Super home made food worth a visit for sure.

Katherin Zerrath

I absolutely love this place. I find the food is delicious, the people are nice, and best of all, I didn't feel awkward at all! I love that suspending food is an option. But if you're in a hurry, let them know (politely) there isn't a hurried atmosphere here. Everybody's chill.

Robyn Macfie

Amazing food, great staff!

Judy Mulloy

Brilliant food. Always good with lively attentive good service. One of my favourite places.

Craig George

Great food good service

Tiana Gairns

This place is amazing! Not only the friendliest of staff, but the atmosphere is so cozy and the food was awesome. Could not recomend more!

Ken Ergang

Great place to see the Kokanee salmon spawn.

Fiacre Rwirangira

Vintage and unique place in Nelson! Loved the look and service ????

Nathan McLaren

Great homestyle cooked meals an extremely friendly staff

Jordyn Garvin

Waits is a fun place to stop by. Weekends usually there is a dj there and they have pizza available, very good! During the week you can get delicious milkshakes, popcorn, regular drinks, and even some good food there available.

Don Pinette

The food was wonderful. Old school diner vibe. Diet unfriendly. I like it.

Jordain Brulotte

What you expect from a diner. The good is a solid OK but not great. Coffee is strong. Food is greasy. Prices are reasonable. They forgot to take off the tomatoe from my benny.

Chris Hearnden

Servers were awesome, food was okay, left a bit to be desired. Parking was a challenge.

Frank Crockett

The place for ice cream and shakes.

Barry Marsh

Great friendly service and just the basics

Eleanor Schmutz

I have passed Waits on Nelson and wanted to go in so many times, SOOOO glad I finally did! Fun staff and OMG milkshakes! Great place to bring family and friends

Kent Wood

Wait me

Shawn Herzog

Real diner atmosphere, I think half the people in there knew each other. Food was classic diner food, the dish I ordered wasn't exactly what I expected but it all tasted great. Coffee could be stronger, especially for a diner.

Vicki M Pratt

Great breakfast!

Vic Olak

Great place for breakfast. Best meatloaf sandwiches

JR Ries

Local vibe. Sit at the counter. Smell food, feel good.

Serge Tetrault

Excellent food excellent service employees respect all clients ????

Tanner Dobson

Hearty and wholesome

Brian Hardy

Awesome home cooked meals at affordable price points.

Jason Hancock

Great gluten free and other allergy options available. Food was great and affordable.

Willie Dye

Did not scan covid cards

Erik Mueller

Best sandwiches in town

v brown

Waits knows what they are doing and the staff is always super friendly. They have consistently delicious breakfast that is always on point. The toast comes perfect with melted butter, and they have 3 kinds of gluten free toast including cinnamon raisin! The bacon is crispy but not burnt, never floppy and sad. They also have some fine milkshakes to bring all the boys to the yard. Their pancakes are also amazing, including their gf ones!

Kyle Compton

Exceptional service from Alex. Would recommend waits news simply for that reason alone

Cameron Bond

Delicious food, great staff.

Jacy Bonikowsky

Everything a diner should be

big Evans

A favorite place . We Will never return. So sad.

Kathy Little

Awesome food,people and comfortable enviroment,not so much the stools.

Dominic Lewis

Wonderful place . Lots of character (including the staff, ????). Could use central air but that's not picking.

Rachel Mcdonald

For 35 dollars you can get a very small amount of extremely bland food for two. If you want a big burger don't go here. The only thing good about my breakfast poutine was toast. The server only came by once. All around a bad experience.

Jamie Robinson

Nelson’s official diner, all day breakfast, friendly folks, and tons of sandwiches!

Nathan Wheaton

Great Diner experience!

Dave Bond

Reasonably priced excellent food casual atmosphere. Try the egg Salas sandwich it's awesome

Candace Pongratz

The staff is amazing and friendly. Family atmosphere and everyone truly cares about what they do!

Gord Renke

Cool retro diner. Definitely a place to go while in Nelson. Good eats, clean, friendly staff, easy parking compared to downtown.

Jason Borley

Waiter was great, food not do much. But they do have a feed the hungry program which is amazing! Thank you for that.

Mandy Mcleod

The food is really good but the name may have more of a meaning when it comes to waiting. Wasn't extremely busy but waited over 20 minutes before coffee was delivered and a very very long time for the food. After we were finally able to pay the server wouldn't acknowledge us for the recept and she just walked away. Food was good but wouldn't go back unless the staff becomes more organized.

alien Mars

Dam best breakfast in town

Jordan Blais

My fiance and I stumbled across this place while walking around trying to enjoy the beautiful city of Nelson. We were served by an older lady who was just an absolute grumpy hag. When we sat down in this very small store, we waited about 10 minutes before this so called server went on to ask "have you been served? Well would you like to be served or not?" . We ordered two black iced coffees (without milk/cream) as we both have lactose intolerances. From then we were told by this grumpy hag that "if you want an iced coffee without milk then you don't want an iced coffee." In a very snarly 'bitchy' tone. We eventually got our iced coffees. (With milk may I add, after specifically asking for no milk). Overall a terrible experience. Don't waste your hard earned money here.. unless you like being treated like absolute garbage.

Kent Daley

Eggs were way overcooked and toast was very dry and crumbly. Will definitely not go back