Our second day in Montreal we wanted to try something different for breakfast.  Meaning, not a chain, and not just pastries and coffee/tea.  We had spied this place the other day and it looked intriguing, although the menu out front wasn't totally clear, the sign saying \"breakfast served all day\" was pretty clear.  \n\nWe were there at 9:40.  Took about 10 minutes to get anyone to notice us in the empty and freezing shop.  We were told the kitchen doesn't open until 10 (this was a weekday!).  No suggestion to sit and wait with some espresso, no offer to look at the menu.  Not a good start.  We went next door and got a drink (a missed sale! empolyees of Marche).  I convinced my dinning partner to come back and try again.  Probably was a bad idea.\n\nWhat I had was good.  Let me say that first off.  The service was not up to snuff but as long as it isn't horrible I can usually handle that.  Waiting for the cook to get to work was a bit of a trial, about 40 minutes.  The people next to us ordered croque monsieur and waited nearly an hour while the staff filled the deli case instead of making their meal.  When they complained a manager type made them in about 30 seconds.  hmmmmm... another bad sign!\n\nI tried the omelet special, which was more of souffl\u00e9.  I'm not an omelet conisure but it was nice.  The ham, bacon, cheese, pat\u00e9, fruit and bread was all good and really more than I typically have for breakfast but a nice treat.  What wasn't good was putting a salad on top of all of that on a warm plate next to the piping hot dish that held the omelet/souffle thing.  Which creates  a  wilted salad as anyone will tell you.  But here is the kicker, my companion ordered the fruit crepe.  It came out looking like a burrito, which is not the end of the world and could be interesting.  While it was filled with fresh fruit, most of that fruit hadn't been properly cleaned.  The cantaloupe still had the rind on it!  And the crepe was chrispy like it had been fried or something.  I have no idea how you do that to a crepe.  Maybe this is a regional variation I'm not aware of but when you got to hack at your crepe with a chisel to get at hard cantaloupe rind something is not Kosher.  \n\nLike the hair that was served with the crepe.  \n\nI wanted this place to be better.  It is cute and interesting and I wanted to sample all the things in their deli case.  But I'm not coming back for $15 a person breakfast that isn't served until lunch and isn't properly prepared.  Should have gotten pastries at Olive+Gourmando.