Lakeview Bakery — Restaurant in Calgary

I have yet to find better GF sourdough bread than Lakeview makes- it's really outstanding. Most of their bread and buns are very good. However, I've noticed this bakery struggles with consistency in quality: the bread is often overbaked or underbaked, and the cupcakes are quite dry. The brownies and Nanaimo bar are almost always great, but their GF pastry needs work (it tastes like dense sand). Same with the cinnamon buns.

The macarons are always delicious. The other GF baked goods are hit and miss. The prices are a bit high for (somewhat) mediocre quality, especially their cakes. $45+ for an 8 inch cake is on the high end. I inquired about a discount for bulk orders of cupcakes for a party but they said they don't offer one, so I chose another vendor in that case, as $4.50/cupcake wasn't in my budget.

Overall, I really do like this place and will keep coming back because the staff are very nice and I haven't had problems when needing to exchange products that weren't quite up to standard. They also have one of the biggest selections of GF baked goods in the city. I think working on consistency and improving existing products would make this good bakery...

I used to really like this bakery, but their products have gone downhill in quality over the past few years. I used to love their Cherry Almond muffins, but the last 3 times I've bought them (over the course of about a year), there were hardly any cherries in the muffins. In fact, this last package of 6 had two muffins with NO cherries at all, and three with ONE cherry in each. They are also consistently dry, whereas before, they were moist and packed full of cherries! They also poisoned me at their SW location, by giving me something that wasnt gluten free, after I'd repeatedly asked what was gluten free and explained that I was Celiac. When I brought it to their attention, I barely received an apology - more of an excuse ("well that location offers some items that are not gluten free"). I'm seriously debating whether or not I will ever buy any of their products again, which is really unfortunate, as their quality used to be much higher and it's hard to find gluten free bakeries in Calgary. For these reasons, I would not recommend Lakeview...

I have been coming to Lakeview for many years, the gluten free selection perfectly meets my celiac needs! The products may be great, but the constant rude customer service I encounter makes me question why I still support this bakery. Customer service is so important especially for a small business like this bakery, why is it that I get sassy comments when I am simply confirming that a certain unlabelled item is gluten free, or I can’t decide which flavour of cupcake I want and in return I get a big ol eye roll… these are just a couple examples of the horrible customer service I have received on multiple occasions. Why I continue to go back to this bakery and give them my money, despite how great the food is, I don’t know. I hope you take this review into account, as I have talked to other celiacs who purchase from this bakery and have had similar experiences with the staff! It’s not hard to just be kind and...