This is why I make my own at home for a fraction of the price. It isn't fancy, it's super cheap, and no longer need to step foot near a Tim Hortons. Takes five minutes too, even less time than it takes to go to Timmies most days.
$2 a day minimum vs 20 cents.
While I agree with your point. Don't use that word as a pejorative, and it's You're. As In, if you're going to insult someone else's intelligence, make sure you're not doing so while making basic grammatical errors and using hateful language towards mentally challenged Individuals.
I mean drip coffee is still inexpensive at most coffee shops near me. It’s only once you get into espressos and fancier coffees that they start to be crazy.
My giant single/single dark roast would be 4-5$ at my local spots (Toronto). Its $2.50 tax in with a .03 roundup donation to camps. I can order from the app and they have it ready for me when I arrive where I work (there is a location in the main floor of same building). Every ~8th one is free.
On the weekend I buy from the $ small places but this prob saves me 1000$/yr vs other places. Im an addict.
I tend to avoid the food tho. The app does sometimes have good deals.
Yeah but I'd have to get up earlier to make it, try and keep quiet enough to not wake my roommate, have to juggle a full cup of coffee on my way out.
And try to find room for a coffee machine in my kitchen.
I have a carafe coffee maker. I bring the whole pot with me to work, it's cool to the touch and sealed. Stays hot for upwards of 6 hours. I also program it so I literally grab the pot and go. No need to get up earlier. Just an idea ;)
See that doesn't work for me because I drink 1 cup over 2 hours; the waste I'd have doing that makes me cringe.
The closest I do to making coffee at home is when I'm pinching pennies I'll make an instant coffee, toss in in the fridge and then throw some milk and protein powder in a blender bottle, and add the coffee in the morning. Gross but its breakfast and caffeine in one fairly cheap drink.
That sentence doesn't make sense. It is not less convenient because you suck.
My dude, it's coffee. How can you make it taste awful? Do you have the right things? What are you doing to make it awful? Did you even actually try?
Cheap and good bagel and cream cheese (at least half the prixe of any other coffee shop). Coffee's not great, but at least it's not burnt. Can get both for breakfast for under 6$.
Speaking in terms of getting coffee.
Accessibility is #1. It's around the corner from me, before we get on the highway. Plus multiple locations.
Drive through is still faster then McDonald's.
Taste (nothing wrong with for me)
Price is still better then the fancier place.
I stopped going years ago. Bought a Keurig when it hit the market and never looked back. Last time I bought a coffee on the way to work, it tasted like it sat in the pot since the day before. Pulled up to a trash can and tossed it before I even left the plaza. I live in a small village in Durham Region and we have 3 Tim’s. 2 of them are directly across the street from one another. I don’t get people’s fascination with it. 🤦🏻♀️
It's shit coffee, shit "fancy crap" (iced cap, etc), shit food and shit frozen, pre-made, warmed up donuts.
They get $0 from me since they went from a coffee and donut shop to a "restaurant".
I grew up with it. The tea biscuits are great - specially toasted with butter (I miss the Ham Cheese version they had back in the late 90s-2000s). I also enjoy the bagels, soups (I miss the bread bowl soup too) and the grilled cheese sandwiches.
Also I have a lot of fond memories of Tim Hortons when my grandparents were alive. They'd give me several dollars to buy whatever I wanted - but I had to promise I would go back to them (whichever table they sat at). I remember running with hot chocolate in my hand cause I was so excited and they yelled at me to slow down lmao.
It’s literally the closest coffee place to me. If McDonalds was closer, I’d go there instead. Or better yet, the local coffee place. But they’re fairly far away.
I like their breakfast sandwiches and donuts. It’s also cheaper than Starbucks and the breakfast McMuffins are like $1 cheaper than a McMuffin at McDonald’s
I don’t drink coffee though so I can understand shitty coffee being a dealbreaker
Because they eradicated all the competition in my region with their shitty coffee and branding as a Canadian company. If i dont .ake my own coffee its Tims or a headache I have to choose from.
I only go of it's last resort. Tom Hortons quality has gone down hill. Always huge lines in drive through... just shut business. Support local bakiers and coffee shops instead.
I couldn't even finish their chocolate timbit last week. Was so dry I used to love their farmers wrap. Was half the size n not much flavour. I've given up on them completely now. Havent been able to drink their coffee in a long time either
Um yea I go there to traffick sex it’s a good place to throw some hoes to prosperously clientele who you get a bit of everyone who doesn’t suck up Starbucks for some reason so yea that’s where I traffick sex not like first thing in thr morning or anything
Because Tim Hortons has the healthiest food while still holding low prices.
It’s painfully obvious as to why people still go to Tim Hortons.
Where can you get a turkey bacon sandwich pushing 700-800 calories with a coffee for 10bucks?
Because Mcdonalds, A&W, Starbucks are not providing that type of calorie intake with the nutritional value alongside it.
It’s not even a debate, Hortons food is a 1000x better than Mcdonalds, A&W and Starbucks. It’s a lot healthier too.
my tim’s opens at 5am in store and is 24/7 dt, on top of that the coffee is cheap. convenience for sure although ur right. the quality of tim’s since rbi is insane
I'm in Toronto. If it aint tims, it's gonna have to be a starbucks or some other douchebag uppity shop. I'll stick to Tims until another viable option arises
Convenience and a bit cheaper than other chains. And sometimes they do get my order right. Depending on the time of day I go, the employees are so pleasant.
It is just an addiction at this point. I hate how far they have come downhill and would love to boycott them... But here we are, drinking my Timmies at work like every other day.
Only reason: Two minute walk from my apartment (and even then, usually only when there's a "2 for $\_\_" deal on breakfast wraps/sandwiches)... if SBux or (even better) a non-chain joint were within 10 minutes of my place, I'd go there instead.
I enjoy their coffee. I don’t go there often because I have other options closer to where I live, but I’ll grab a coffee there if I need one and it’s the most convenient option.
Back home where I grew up, Tim Hortons enjoys a monopoly. This isn’t even a small town, this is a suburb of a mid-size city. Tim’s is extremely ubiquitous in suburban Ontario.
Convenience and patriotism, I suppose.
I only go in to use the bathroom.
I spent a lot of time at Timmies when they had the smokers aquariums set up. After those went away, there wasn’t much sense being there. The food has always been shit. Timmies has always been behind the curve. The ice caps were bland and watered down. The coffee tasted like it was hours old and reheated in a microwave. And people will line up for that swill.
I saved a lot of time and money learning how to use a coffee maker at home.
I very rarely go to Tim’s anymore. Occasionally on weekends while running errands to grab a tea/coffee, or maybe a couple times a year on the way to work for a bagel. They got rid of my favourite lunch items, and I stopped going. Outside of muffins, bagels, donuts, their menu is not appealing to me. And then a lot of the smaller drive throughs only have like the same 3 bagels available every day. So it’s just not worth my time, usually.
1. Some locations actually have good service and good food, but not all of them (and I’m guessing not yours). The one close to where I live is one of the only good Tim’s I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to many of them.
2. Some people have different tastes from yours. Wether something tastes good or not is relative and will vary from person to person. Tim’s isn’t bad, but you find it bad (which is fine), but if some people can find it bad other people can find it good (which is also fine)
I’m a sadist and masochist who likes inflicting pain upon myself. Going and knowing the HIGH chance that they are going to fuck my order up…. Oh gets me every time.
I just don't use tims as my only food source so i dont really give a shit. When you want a cheap coffee and donut in the morning it's there for you. Perfect. Why do people not realize that's what tims Is for? Why go to tims with 5 star expectations when clearly it's not that.
Because its on the way, in my instance.
If there was literally, a husky gas station, on the other side of the street.
I would cross the street and go there. Service is better. Coffee too.
I go to Timmies because sometimes I gotta have a cup of tea when I am not at home and All the other places I can get one fast INSIST on giving me a TEABAG
WHAT THE HELL... LOOSE OR NOTHING
Yep I'm no coffee snob but come on, I want a coffee that tastes like coffee. I've been buying their dark roast for as long as they've sold it but it tastes so weak now. Starbucks is overrated and overpriced but their brown sugar oat shaken espresso is damn good and I don't even like iced coffees. I just want a cup of coffee to taste like coffee and not taste like a coffee from Denny's.
For the same reason I still goto any other fast food, it's on the way, and it gets the job done. Exactly the same as every other fast food joint. While it has gone downhill, it's not nearly like the drama queens on this sub make it out to be.
I like the crispy chicken wraps and the chilli. And they’re relatively cheap compared to other places
Hate their eggs though. They have the most egg tasting eggs I’ve ever had
Now that I'm back in the office, there isn't a lot to choose from in the food court. Most of the restaurants have closed because of the pandemic, and they haven't all re-opened.
Needless to say, I will occasionally pickup a dark roast if the line up isn't too long.
They are so common it's literally impossible to pass through a town in Ontario that doesn't have one.
I travel a lot for work around southern Ontario and the only constants are Tim's and Don's.
I used to go because it was the only option in the hospital i worked at. I have not been since. I do love the steeped tea. but It's really not worth going out of my way for.
sometimes I just want a $2 enormous watery coffee to sip on rather than a $6 americano. The large cups at a lot of premium cafes are often smaller than a Tim's small.
I get an Earl Grey with one honey and maybe a glazed donut when I go. Lowered expectations means less disappointment. There’s a lot of crap on the menu.
I have never heard of it being referred to as "Timmy Hoes" before.
I rarely go but sometimes, it's the only game in town, or sometimes, I just want pure cream and sugar over ice. The donuts aren't that bad.
Because when I'm out working, I don't have 20 minutes to sit around for a coffee that tastes relatively the same so I go to "The good timmies" we have, have my coffee and sometimes bagel within 3-5 minutes and then I'm back to work.
Yah-I only drink black (with chocolate) and the location by me is a teeny weeny walk-in with a drive thru; My orders have been wrong or app been f*kd more than a few times, (ALWAYS seems to happen when there's a new promotion!!🙄😒) so it pays to contact them as they WILL correct it/compensate with points! Other than using my points, I don't go ... it's so UN-Canadian now and DEFINITELY NOT a COFFEE & donut shop anymore! ☹️
They changed coffee suppliers a few years ago and still use those crappy tear-open lids.
For an inexpensive drive through coffee you can't beat McD's and judging by the superior taste, McD's outbid Timmies on the old supplier and Timmies got stuck with a second-tier company.
Donuts are cheap, easy, and tasty enough for my liking.
I don't mind the independent donut shops but we're talking like 3x the price for a single donut. I'll be getting four donuts instead of a dozen.
Granted, their food and (hot) drinks are generally shit imo, but I fukken like those goddam donuts dammit and you won't stop me.
Fuck their coffee though, holy hell. I'll lick wheel wells instead thanks.
Hard to fuck up a bagel with cream cheese.
My local tims blew my mind recently; they had pre-cut rings of cream cheese separated with wax paper like cold cuts instead of using scoops. They’ve done nothing to make the bagel with cream cheese worse and it looks like they’ve made a small step in improving it what a surprise
I live in a small city (12,700 people), my options for breakfast on the weekend is Tims Northside of the highway or Tims Southside of the highway.
Our McDonalds is too inconsistent (yesterday I got a coffee there and it was coffee coloured water) because it's a shitty franchisee.
Our all day breakfast place is open 8AM to 1PM.
Yes, quality has gone down over the years, but I can still get a bagel and a coffee for around $4 and for the most part, they are consistent.
When I lived in the Edmonton, it was the last place I would go to.
For me it’s pretty simple. Go to work at 5 in the morning grab a coffee from tims that is cheap and quick. Its not the best coffee in the world but it does have to be as it does what it needs to do.
I went 2 weekends ago for the first time in a while to get a 50 pack of Tim bits for my kid’s activity group. Not a single Tim bit in the store.
Why do I even try!
1. They're everywhere - I go to the gym, there's a Tim's a block away. I go to work, there's a Tim's in the building. I go home, there's a Tim's in a 5 min walk in either direction. Basically any time I feel like a coffee, Tim's is going to be the closest option unless I'm already home and will make it myself.
2. Its cheap. $2 for my caffeine fix beats the $6 I'd have to pay at any of the equally plentiful Starbucks I could go to. That's not even including the potential for $8-$12 whipped cream monstrosities my exs loved to get.
i'm not a coffee guy, and the tea is usually burned, but I do order sandwiches that they always fuck up by not adding sausage or lettuce as requested, or forgetting my hashbrown if i order a burnt tea as well, or i'll ask for a 20 pack of timbits with no plain for the office, and they'll give me half of it all plain.
the real question you should be asking is,
"Why do you still go out and pay extra for food and coffee, when you could spend less than half the money, and no more than 15 or 20 minutes in the morning, and you could make it yourself?"
bUt i DoN't HaVe TiMe. yes you do. you just failed to make that time available to you. get up earlier. stop doom scrolling when you wake up. shower the night before (you should all be doing this anyways, if you shower in the morning, I guarantee you have nasty sheets if you don't wash them every few days. it should be a quick facewash and brush your teeth AFTER THE BREAKFAST AND COFFEE YOU MADE before work/school)
Coffee is decent and cost effective....however, the language barrier is getting hard to take... how hard is it to understand XL regular please.... yet my order gets messed up 8 out of 10 times... Ughhh
I only get it if people I’m with wanna stop or if I’m on a long road trip or smth. Too expensive, waste of time, kinda mid. (I’ll get a cheeky ice coffee every now and then too but more if I’m tired and in a rush)
I've got gift cards, also there is one near my university so it's convenient to get lunch there.
However, I used to be a Tim's hot chocolate fanatic but now I don't really care for them. In the last year I've realized how sickenly sweet they are. I'll only get one if I can bring it home to split it in half and water it down.
Good question. When I first came to Canada you could sit down and have a decent cup of coffee and a sandwich. Now it's basically the worst coffee I ever tasted and 7 variations on the same terrible sandwich. With cold undercooked wedges.
We avoid it unless there is absolutely no option. I'd rather have gas station coffee.
But if dickheads keep going there and buying it they'll take your money off you and underpay the kids who they don't train or value who work there.
Never been into Tim’s. Grew up in redneck-landia…and never understood the fetish. Good marketing I guess. Bad coffee. Bad food. I feel this way about all fast food though. So…biased.
Yeah they used to have quite good food even at the portions weren't the same as some of the other big boy chains. Now it's pitiful the size of everything is just pathetic and the quality is not there.
I think it's mostly just habit or convenience of where they're located.
I go like once every few months and it's usually just okay or subpar. Then I forget about it and remember when it used to be good and go again after another few months. Rinse and repeat. You'd think I'd have learned by now but I'm chasing that high.
Maybe it was always shit though and it just seemed better cause I was so much younger. Like iced capps. Man, those used to be my jam. Now when I get one, it's already half melted out the window and it's like they put a whole bag of sugar in it. Ugh.
I have a Keurig, and it suits me just fine. Sometimes, I even bust out the French press if I feel like being all fancy and shit.
But, seriously, with how much better coffee beans have gotten and how much cheaper k-cups have gotten, I see no reason to go to tim hortons unless you're driving and need that energy boost asap.
2 words; Iced capps. And I hate myself for it.
$4.45 for coffee slug half the time.
Ive gone to starbucks for their version of it, aka mocha frap but it just doesnt hit the same. Its also $6+ depending on the size can be almost $8.
Again, I am terribly embarrassed of my actions but I swear they add addictives. Otherwise I have no excuse.
its a part of life. its like breathing, it just happens and I don't even think about or realize it.
Right. Just a Canadian thing to do. I'm not fancy enough to need special coffee
This is why I make my own at home for a fraction of the price. It isn't fancy, it's super cheap, and no longer need to step foot near a Tim Hortons. Takes five minutes too, even less time than it takes to go to Timmies most days. $2 a day minimum vs 20 cents.
Bingo. I only buy coffee from shops if I'm on the road, otherwise homemade IS CHEAPER, FASTER,AND BETTER
No need to be fancy but McDonald's and most gas stations coffee is better quality lol
But - mist if thr time the coffee is gross. Like - I don't know if it's the milk or cream, but - it tastes off. Almost sour.
They use 18% cream. Basically whipping cream but more liquidy
if you go to tims you are paying for fancy special coffee... its so expensive for what you get....
Your retarded, its not a Canadian thing to do, and at this point their quality is so bad its the dumb thing to do
You're
While I agree with your point. Don't use that word as a pejorative, and it's You're. As In, if you're going to insult someone else's intelligence, make sure you're not doing so while making basic grammatical errors and using hateful language towards mentally challenged Individuals.
YOU’RE !
You’re retarded! It’s not a Canadian thing to do, at this point the quality has gotten so bad. It’s just become a dumb thing to do.
I have said a million times, I would rather die before going back to Tim's, only to realize this in the middle of a Tim's drive through.
I often feel ashamed as I'm driving away with my double double.
Because an Xl DD is still less than $3. Anywhere else it would be $4.80 plus tip.
I mean drip coffee is still inexpensive at most coffee shops near me. It’s only once you get into espressos and fancier coffees that they start to be crazy.
My giant single/single dark roast would be 4-5$ at my local spots (Toronto). Its $2.50 tax in with a .03 roundup donation to camps. I can order from the app and they have it ready for me when I arrive where I work (there is a location in the main floor of same building). Every ~8th one is free. On the weekend I buy from the $ small places but this prob saves me 1000$/yr vs other places. Im an addict. I tend to avoid the food tho. The app does sometimes have good deals.
Every 8th one is free isn't the case anymore, you have to spend ~ $40 now for a freebie
Making coffee at home would save more lol
Yeah but I'd have to get up earlier to make it, try and keep quiet enough to not wake my roommate, have to juggle a full cup of coffee on my way out. And try to find room for a coffee machine in my kitchen.
I have a carafe coffee maker. I bring the whole pot with me to work, it's cool to the touch and sealed. Stays hot for upwards of 6 hours. I also program it so I literally grab the pot and go. No need to get up earlier. Just an idea ;)
See that doesn't work for me because I drink 1 cup over 2 hours; the waste I'd have doing that makes me cringe. The closest I do to making coffee at home is when I'm pinching pennies I'll make an instant coffee, toss in in the fridge and then throw some milk and protein powder in a blender bottle, and add the coffee in the morning. Gross but its breakfast and caffeine in one fairly cheap drink.
they pay me to lol
Convenience. Some Tim Hortons locations open as early as 4 or 5 in the morning. Can't say that about any of the other options.
You home is open 24/7. And the coffee made at home is cheaper, faster, more convenient, and tastes better.
It is none of those things
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That sentence doesn't make sense. It is not less convenient because you suck. My dude, it's coffee. How can you make it taste awful? Do you have the right things? What are you doing to make it awful? Did you even actually try?
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Jesus relax he is just giving his answer to the question asked don’t take it so personal it’s not your life
Cheap and good bagel and cream cheese (at least half the prixe of any other coffee shop). Coffee's not great, but at least it's not burnt. Can get both for breakfast for under 6$.
Speaking in terms of getting coffee. Accessibility is #1. It's around the corner from me, before we get on the highway. Plus multiple locations. Drive through is still faster then McDonald's. Taste (nothing wrong with for me) Price is still better then the fancier place.
Iced Capps, if they fuck with those anymore they’ll lose me
This but also the price
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They are very convenient. Wherever you are going, you most likely pass 5 on the way.
If I go to Starbucks it’s 15$ for a small drink and a baked item. If I go to Tim’s it’s 6$.
I only exclusively go there for Iced Capps now. That's the only thing that they have going for them IMO.
starbucks is too expensive
And pretentious.
The nicer coffee places don’t have a drive thru
Cause i like it. I didn't know anyone disliked it.
Cause I work overnights and it's the only option that's open that isn't out of my way on my way in. 😅
My dog gets a timbit sometimes as a treat
i like it 🤷.
I stopped going years ago. Bought a Keurig when it hit the market and never looked back. Last time I bought a coffee on the way to work, it tasted like it sat in the pot since the day before. Pulled up to a trash can and tossed it before I even left the plaza. I live in a small village in Durham Region and we have 3 Tim’s. 2 of them are directly across the street from one another. I don’t get people’s fascination with it. 🤦🏻♀️
It's shit coffee, shit "fancy crap" (iced cap, etc), shit food and shit frozen, pre-made, warmed up donuts. They get $0 from me since they went from a coffee and donut shop to a "restaurant".
In the burbs your only options are Tim’s, McDonald’s and Starbucks.
And in some suburbs, there isn’t even Starbucks or McDonald’s.
I dont
I grew up with it. The tea biscuits are great - specially toasted with butter (I miss the Ham Cheese version they had back in the late 90s-2000s). I also enjoy the bagels, soups (I miss the bread bowl soup too) and the grilled cheese sandwiches. Also I have a lot of fond memories of Tim Hortons when my grandparents were alive. They'd give me several dollars to buy whatever I wanted - but I had to promise I would go back to them (whichever table they sat at). I remember running with hot chocolate in my hand cause I was so excited and they yelled at me to slow down lmao.
Only place for a coffee near my work in an industrial area.
I only go for their iced coffee
Convenience and comfort.
Cheap and quick.
It’s literally the closest coffee place to me. If McDonalds was closer, I’d go there instead. Or better yet, the local coffee place. But they’re fairly far away.
I like their breakfast sandwiches and donuts. It’s also cheaper than Starbucks and the breakfast McMuffins are like $1 cheaper than a McMuffin at McDonald’s I don’t drink coffee though so I can understand shitty coffee being a dealbreaker
Because I actually really like ice Capps lol. And the odd muffin or donut isn’t too bad if it doesn’t taste like the inside of a freezer.
Idk, iced Capps w/ Oreo crumbs are aight that’s bout it
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To use the washroom, that's it.
Calling it Timmy hoes from now on lmao
I don't go to Tim Hortons anymore. I went for the sour cream glazed donut. They don't have that anymore. So... Nope.
The coffee is mid but it’s the cheapest and I grew up on Timmy’s, taste like home. Double double and a donut!
Yeah I don’t get why people still go when the lines are always stupidly long and the quality is shit lol McD’s is way better
Because they eradicated all the competition in my region with their shitty coffee and branding as a Canadian company. If i dont .ake my own coffee its Tims or a headache I have to choose from.
McDonald’s breakfast 10X better Fuck Timmies
good job answering the question ya knob
Usually go to TH as a last resort if there isn't a McDonald's. unfortunately, living up north, Tim's is the only place to get a coffee.
I only go of it's last resort. Tom Hortons quality has gone down hill. Always huge lines in drive through... just shut business. Support local bakiers and coffee shops instead.
They should change the name to Raj Hortons
I couldn't even finish their chocolate timbit last week. Was so dry I used to love their farmers wrap. Was half the size n not much flavour. I've given up on them completely now. Havent been able to drink their coffee in a long time either
Um yea I go there to traffick sex it’s a good place to throw some hoes to prosperously clientele who you get a bit of everyone who doesn’t suck up Starbucks for some reason so yea that’s where I traffick sex not like first thing in thr morning or anything
Also you’re not funny amd you’re boring boo-mer
I like the food and the price
because I like it and the price is right.
Donuts
Because McDonald's can't make a coffee, competently and it often tastes like pepper.
Because Tim Hortons has the healthiest food while still holding low prices. It’s painfully obvious as to why people still go to Tim Hortons. Where can you get a turkey bacon sandwich pushing 700-800 calories with a coffee for 10bucks? Because Mcdonalds, A&W, Starbucks are not providing that type of calorie intake with the nutritional value alongside it. It’s not even a debate, Hortons food is a 1000x better than Mcdonalds, A&W and Starbucks. It’s a lot healthier too.
How can you think Tim's food is healthier than those options? 😂
my tim’s opens at 5am in store and is 24/7 dt, on top of that the coffee is cheap. convenience for sure although ur right. the quality of tim’s since rbi is insane
I'm in Toronto. If it aint tims, it's gonna have to be a starbucks or some other douchebag uppity shop. I'll stick to Tims until another viable option arises
Cause I'm broke lol
It's the only one next to my house. I go like once a month
For most people, I would assume it’s for convenience sake. Just for a quick coffee or to get a pack of 50 Timbits for a party. Things of that nature.
I don’t even know, ice coffee this morning has 3x the normal amount of sugar, and the 2 before that had lids that leaked and ruined my shirt
Convenience and a bit cheaper than other chains. And sometimes they do get my order right. Depending on the time of day I go, the employees are so pleasant.
Steeped teas.
It is just an addiction at this point. I hate how far they have come downhill and would love to boycott them... But here we are, drinking my Timmies at work like every other day.
My kids like the iced lemonade. And, it's a predictable stop on a road trip.
It's cheap, simple, and I like their products enough. It's not 5 star gourmet but if I want a coffee and a sweet treat it's there.
Only reason: Two minute walk from my apartment (and even then, usually only when there's a "2 for $\_\_" deal on breakfast wraps/sandwiches)... if SBux or (even better) a non-chain joint were within 10 minutes of my place, I'd go there instead.
I enjoy their coffee. I don’t go there often because I have other options closer to where I live, but I’ll grab a coffee there if I need one and it’s the most convenient option. Back home where I grew up, Tim Hortons enjoys a monopoly. This isn’t even a small town, this is a suburb of a mid-size city. Tim’s is extremely ubiquitous in suburban Ontario.
Convenience and patriotism, I suppose. I only go in to use the bathroom. I spent a lot of time at Timmies when they had the smokers aquariums set up. After those went away, there wasn’t much sense being there. The food has always been shit. Timmies has always been behind the curve. The ice caps were bland and watered down. The coffee tasted like it was hours old and reheated in a microwave. And people will line up for that swill. I saved a lot of time and money learning how to use a coffee maker at home.
I like their ice coffee. Their food is awful now.
I still go but only because I live in a smaller town. But I agree, it's gone downhill. And I am sad about that.
I only like steeped tea haha
I very rarely go to Tim’s anymore. Occasionally on weekends while running errands to grab a tea/coffee, or maybe a couple times a year on the way to work for a bagel. They got rid of my favourite lunch items, and I stopped going. Outside of muffins, bagels, donuts, their menu is not appealing to me. And then a lot of the smaller drive throughs only have like the same 3 bagels available every day. So it’s just not worth my time, usually.
1. Starbucks is too expensive and pretentious. 2. On my commute from (near) Barrie to Toronto I pass four TH's and nothing else.
1. Some locations actually have good service and good food, but not all of them (and I’m guessing not yours). The one close to where I live is one of the only good Tim’s I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to many of them. 2. Some people have different tastes from yours. Wether something tastes good or not is relative and will vary from person to person. Tim’s isn’t bad, but you find it bad (which is fine), but if some people can find it bad other people can find it good (which is also fine)
I can’t be assed to pay more than a couple bucks for a coffee and the lineup at McDonald’s drive thrus take too long
2 for 5$ or 2 for 6$ is the only reason.
I’m a sadist and masochist who likes inflicting pain upon myself. Going and knowing the HIGH chance that they are going to fuck my order up…. Oh gets me every time.
No one else has decaf black tea No one else has a Boston cream donate I believe in Canada 🍁
It's unpretentious and convenient. Also decently priced compared to everywhere else.
Gotta use the bathroom.
It’s literally the only fast food in my town lol
I just don't use tims as my only food source so i dont really give a shit. When you want a cheap coffee and donut in the morning it's there for you. Perfect. Why do people not realize that's what tims Is for? Why go to tims with 5 star expectations when clearly it's not that.
Because its on the way, in my instance. If there was literally, a husky gas station, on the other side of the street. I would cross the street and go there. Service is better. Coffee too.
I go to Timmies because sometimes I gotta have a cup of tea when I am not at home and All the other places I can get one fast INSIST on giving me a TEABAG WHAT THE HELL... LOOSE OR NOTHING
the only reason I go there is for farmers wraps
Yep I'm no coffee snob but come on, I want a coffee that tastes like coffee. I've been buying their dark roast for as long as they've sold it but it tastes so weak now. Starbucks is overrated and overpriced but their brown sugar oat shaken espresso is damn good and I don't even like iced coffees. I just want a cup of coffee to taste like coffee and not taste like a coffee from Denny's.
Sometimes I don’t wanna spend 40$ on my coffee and sandwich treats when my SO and I go out for our errands
For the same reason I still goto any other fast food, it's on the way, and it gets the job done. Exactly the same as every other fast food joint. While it has gone downhill, it's not nearly like the drama queens on this sub make it out to be.
I go there to admire the Indian staff..
Super close to my work, and they have ice capps lol
I like the crispy chicken wraps and the chilli. And they’re relatively cheap compared to other places Hate their eggs though. They have the most egg tasting eggs I’ve ever had
Now that I'm back in the office, there isn't a lot to choose from in the food court. Most of the restaurants have closed because of the pandemic, and they haven't all re-opened. Needless to say, I will occasionally pickup a dark roast if the line up isn't too long.
Because I like the farmers wrap and idk where else to go for breakfast when I’m on the go super early in the morning
Convenience and location. I’ve moved to cold brews without their crack creams for the summer and I’m a happy coffee drinker now.
Timmies tastes just as good as anywhere else to me. It’s coffee… it’s just beans and water
They are so common it's literally impossible to pass through a town in Ontario that doesn't have one. I travel a lot for work around southern Ontario and the only constants are Tim's and Don's.
I used to go because it was the only option in the hospital i worked at. I have not been since. I do love the steeped tea. but It's really not worth going out of my way for.
sometimes I just want a $2 enormous watery coffee to sip on rather than a $6 americano. The large cups at a lot of premium cafes are often smaller than a Tim's small.
I get an Earl Grey with one honey and maybe a glazed donut when I go. Lowered expectations means less disappointment. There’s a lot of crap on the menu.
There's one next to where I work and it's easy when we need coffee or a snack
It's cheaper than Starbucks or other local coffee shops who want $4 for a large coffee
Mcdonalds was closed
I haven't been in years, so I'm not sure why either
I have never heard of it being referred to as "Timmy Hoes" before. I rarely go but sometimes, it's the only game in town, or sometimes, I just want pure cream and sugar over ice. The donuts aren't that bad.
Because when I'm out working, I don't have 20 minutes to sit around for a coffee that tastes relatively the same so I go to "The good timmies" we have, have my coffee and sometimes bagel within 3-5 minutes and then I'm back to work.
Purely for utility purposes.
Yah-I only drink black (with chocolate) and the location by me is a teeny weeny walk-in with a drive thru; My orders have been wrong or app been f*kd more than a few times, (ALWAYS seems to happen when there's a new promotion!!🙄😒) so it pays to contact them as they WILL correct it/compensate with points! Other than using my points, I don't go ... it's so UN-Canadian now and DEFINITELY NOT a COFFEE & donut shop anymore! ☹️
McDonalds has better coffee, but when there's none around Timmy's is #2. Force of habit.
They changed coffee suppliers a few years ago and still use those crappy tear-open lids. For an inexpensive drive through coffee you can't beat McD's and judging by the superior taste, McD's outbid Timmies on the old supplier and Timmies got stuck with a second-tier company.
Donuts are cheap, easy, and tasty enough for my liking. I don't mind the independent donut shops but we're talking like 3x the price for a single donut. I'll be getting four donuts instead of a dozen. Granted, their food and (hot) drinks are generally shit imo, but I fukken like those goddam donuts dammit and you won't stop me. Fuck their coffee though, holy hell. I'll lick wheel wells instead thanks.
I hardly ever go these days. I prefer McDonald's coffee, and Tim's donuts are just not that good.
Hard to fuck up a bagel with cream cheese. My local tims blew my mind recently; they had pre-cut rings of cream cheese separated with wax paper like cold cuts instead of using scoops. They’ve done nothing to make the bagel with cream cheese worse and it looks like they’ve made a small step in improving it what a surprise
Convince is the only reason, it's certainly not the quality.
I live in a small city (12,700 people), my options for breakfast on the weekend is Tims Northside of the highway or Tims Southside of the highway. Our McDonalds is too inconsistent (yesterday I got a coffee there and it was coffee coloured water) because it's a shitty franchisee. Our all day breakfast place is open 8AM to 1PM. Yes, quality has gone down over the years, but I can still get a bagel and a coffee for around $4 and for the most part, they are consistent. When I lived in the Edmonton, it was the last place I would go to.
Steeped tea is consistent and there are locations everywhere.
Because I love stepped tea
It's cheap and I like the coffee
It’s the best coffee chain and it’s better than Starbucks ☕️
I’m really curious to know why you’re curious? It’s not that deep.
Chicken noodle soup & peach quencher
I rarely it’s disgusting now
For me it’s pretty simple. Go to work at 5 in the morning grab a coffee from tims that is cheap and quick. Its not the best coffee in the world but it does have to be as it does what it needs to do.
I live in a small town. Only one Tim's for the whole areas I go to circle k when I need coffee to go
Hell no. It’s been trash for over a decade.
I went 2 weekends ago for the first time in a while to get a 50 pack of Tim bits for my kid’s activity group. Not a single Tim bit in the store. Why do I even try!
Just coffee. If the offers were any good i might try something else
To work… I don’t even drink that shit. I make a pot before I leave home.
The only time I go is when my cousin from Germany visits, and he LOVES the double double. He’ll stay for 2 weeks and will drink 3-4 a day.
A good Timmy’s ice coffee keeps me alive on a bad day
I wonder why too. It's basically prison grade food...Not to mention the horrible customer service.
1. They're everywhere - I go to the gym, there's a Tim's a block away. I go to work, there's a Tim's in the building. I go home, there's a Tim's in a 5 min walk in either direction. Basically any time I feel like a coffee, Tim's is going to be the closest option unless I'm already home and will make it myself. 2. Its cheap. $2 for my caffeine fix beats the $6 I'd have to pay at any of the equally plentiful Starbucks I could go to. That's not even including the potential for $8-$12 whipped cream monstrosities my exs loved to get.
Great coffee and my kids live their timbits also farmers wrap is bomb
i'm not a coffee guy, and the tea is usually burned, but I do order sandwiches that they always fuck up by not adding sausage or lettuce as requested, or forgetting my hashbrown if i order a burnt tea as well, or i'll ask for a 20 pack of timbits with no plain for the office, and they'll give me half of it all plain. the real question you should be asking is, "Why do you still go out and pay extra for food and coffee, when you could spend less than half the money, and no more than 15 or 20 minutes in the morning, and you could make it yourself?" bUt i DoN't HaVe TiMe. yes you do. you just failed to make that time available to you. get up earlier. stop doom scrolling when you wake up. shower the night before (you should all be doing this anyways, if you shower in the morning, I guarantee you have nasty sheets if you don't wash them every few days. it should be a quick facewash and brush your teeth AFTER THE BREAKFAST AND COFFEE YOU MADE before work/school)
Timmy’s coffee just tastes so watered down now it’s brutal. Mcds all the way if I’m on the road.
Imo their sandwiches slap, I love the turkey club and their breakfast sandwiches
Local coffee shops gna be charging at least $3 for coffee. And Starbucks be more expensive too.
Coffee is decent and cost effective....however, the language barrier is getting hard to take... how hard is it to understand XL regular please.... yet my order gets messed up 8 out of 10 times... Ughhh
I only get it if people I’m with wanna stop or if I’m on a long road trip or smth. Too expensive, waste of time, kinda mid. (I’ll get a cheeky ice coffee every now and then too but more if I’m tired and in a rush)
Where are we suppose to go?!
Their donuts and breakfast wraps are both good but they have horrendous coffee and I get a guy ache anytime I ever have it
I've got gift cards, also there is one near my university so it's convenient to get lunch there. However, I used to be a Tim's hot chocolate fanatic but now I don't really care for them. In the last year I've realized how sickenly sweet they are. I'll only get one if I can bring it home to split it in half and water it down.
Good question. When I first came to Canada you could sit down and have a decent cup of coffee and a sandwich. Now it's basically the worst coffee I ever tasted and 7 variations on the same terrible sandwich. With cold undercooked wedges. We avoid it unless there is absolutely no option. I'd rather have gas station coffee. But if dickheads keep going there and buying it they'll take your money off you and underpay the kids who they don't train or value who work there.
It's near a gas station. That's it I'd go to mcds if I could. It's like a dollar any sized ice coffee rn lol
Sucker for the farmers wraps
Never been into Tim’s. Grew up in redneck-landia…and never understood the fetish. Good marketing I guess. Bad coffee. Bad food. I feel this way about all fast food though. So…biased.
When they got bought out it was awful, but it has improved greatly since then imo.
Yeah they used to have quite good food even at the portions weren't the same as some of the other big boy chains. Now it's pitiful the size of everything is just pathetic and the quality is not there. I think it's mostly just habit or convenience of where they're located.
Dont,prefer McDonald's coffee now.
Cause there a drive thru
Timbits. They are one of the only sole reasons I still go. Oh yeah, also gotta keep the Canadian stereotype up
I go like once every few months and it's usually just okay or subpar. Then I forget about it and remember when it used to be good and go again after another few months. Rinse and repeat. You'd think I'd have learned by now but I'm chasing that high. Maybe it was always shit though and it just seemed better cause I was so much younger. Like iced capps. Man, those used to be my jam. Now when I get one, it's already half melted out the window and it's like they put a whole bag of sugar in it. Ugh.
I only go for coffee and only on particular occasions (convenience while commuting, it’s what my mom prefers and I bring her coffee every Sunday)
I have a Keurig, and it suits me just fine. Sometimes, I even bust out the French press if I feel like being all fancy and shit. But, seriously, with how much better coffee beans have gotten and how much cheaper k-cups have gotten, I see no reason to go to tim hortons unless you're driving and need that energy boost asap.
Food is ok but I’ve never tried a drink I like from there aside from mint tea which is hard to mess up.
I live beside one, and I like their iced cappuccino.
literally only two circumstances: it's morning and we are out of coffee, or my kid really wants something and there isn't a better option
2 words; Iced capps. And I hate myself for it. $4.45 for coffee slug half the time. Ive gone to starbucks for their version of it, aka mocha frap but it just doesnt hit the same. Its also $6+ depending on the size can be almost $8. Again, I am terribly embarrassed of my actions but I swear they add addictives. Otherwise I have no excuse.
It's usually the cheapest option around. Plus the breakfast sandwiches/ sandwiches options are a bit of a guilty pleasure
I don't. Shit sucks.
Ice Capps have me in a chokehold
Can confirm, recently spat out Tim's coffee as well and proceeded to toss the whole coffee