Theo Bill's Restaurant

SO I am constanly driving up and down Victoria ave with my friends and family and really, there is so much on that drive that it all becomes a blur. But last time we were driving down victoria after a mildly successful breakfast at perkins my friend cassie mentioned that she heard that this 'theo bill's' place was good.
and my friends, like me, are ridiculously indecisive. so to have a preplanned place to go for breakfast is a novelty for us. On sat it was Cassie's birthday and we went for breakfast...and without even using my google search for 'breakfast regina' i was able to decide on theo bill's. We drove up and it looked pretty busy from the outside.. we walked in to a very weird scene.. about 8 eldery men by a pool table sitting and drinking..... interesting. we sat down at a booth and thought.. this cant be right. so we decided to venture further and low and behold there was actually a restaurant part. THANK GOD.
so we walked in and had a seat. the service wasnt bad. it took a bit to get our menus and coffee but there was one woman working and it was kinda busy. after a bit she was great, always there with more coffee and really talkative and likable. which i think is something you really need at a breakfast place.. you want to feel like you are being served pancakes from your mom.. they always taste better that way dont they?
me and cassie both ordered a basic breakfast... bacon, eggs, toast and hashbrowns. and i am not kidding you, it came in less than 2 mins. it was great!!! a great basic breakfast... eggs done right. and the hashbrowns were so good!!! seasoned well and not deepfried, they were just like homemade hashbrowns. they were soo good.
downfall: we were a little put off by the grungyness of the place and the smell... but i assume the smell was from some customers boot as a leftover from the barn... not really the restaurants fault but it didnt make my food taste any better!

if you're looking for a good, and fast, breakfast place.. then head here. its worth it.. it was 10.40 for 2 breakfasts and coffee. what a freakishly good deal!

Aroma Saskatoon

On a recent spur of the moment road trip to saskatoon I made a stop at Aroma restaurant. It is located in the radisson lobby and is a great restauarnt to have readily accessable when you are travelling. I never ate supper there but I wish I had. Once i sat down and read the menu there were about 5 things i wanted to eat. But I was there for some drinks and Appi's. so thats what I had. I started off with a ceasar (the drink) which was actually pretty good. there was only one server and the service was kinda slow but we were in no rush so it didnt really matter to us. then decided on the bison wellingtons. they were pretty good, not excellent. the meat was cooked well and the dough surrounding them was good at one point i am sure but by the time I got it, it was a little doughy and soggy. but I am sure if they were hot off the press they would have been great. the gravy underneath the mini wellingtons was really good as well... it could have used some kind of cream of something inside the wellingtons since it was shaved meat and not one peice of meat covered in pastry.

last but not least I got the brulee trio.. it was chocolate, caramel and saskatoon berry..... the saskatoon berry creme brulee was amazing.. so creamy and prefect crust on top. the chocolate was like a thick chocolate truffle.. so creamy and good.. the one downfall was the caramel one in the middle.. it wasnt in a cute little cup but just sitting there .. there was no burnt crust on the top and it was all slimey and watery. but i just ignored it and enjoyed the other two. It was worth it just for the saskatoon berry brulee.

i really like the atmosphere in aromas and i did like the food.. i am sure the main courses would be great. went there the next morning for breakfast and it was AWSOME.... well priced and great food! and it filled me up!

I'd check it out for sure if you're in the mood for some different appi's and great breakfast in the morning.