Absolute Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Toronto

2nd Edit: Had to edit my review, again, as we've gone back a few times since my last review and have been disappointed. The Palmier cookie was over-baked and over-carmelized, on 3 separate occasions. My husband said the chocolate croissant was not fresh and tasted "day old" as did the almond croissant.

Edited: Needed bread and bought the multi grain loaf. It was amazing. Flavourful and just perfect.

What a great little bakery! I went in with low hopes of the bakery having anything for me to eat, as I follow a whole food plant based diet. I was pleasantly surprised to find onion and potato Roti squares; the squares were stuffed with a very flavorful mashed potato mixed with caramelized onions, and fennel seed filling; they were tasty! What I was impressed with was the Roti, although, not a Roti skin I've ever had, you could tell it was homemade and it was tasty and had a great texture. They, also, had the most delicious palm cookie I have ever had and it was huge! It was thick and flaky and perfectly sugared and buttery, although, vegan! In addition to the Roti and palmier cookie, they also sell apple turnovers that are also, vegan...they looked delicious and they were, also, huge! My husband had a cheddar cheese croissant that he said was fresh and warm, buttery and flaky and filled with the perfect amount of cheddar cheese. We, also, purchased a couple of loaves of French bread...WOW, they are beautiful! They smell great, they are super crusty and light as a feather; the sign of really well made bread. If it is crusty, light and sounds hollow when you knock on the bottom of it, you know it's going to be good! Their products are delicious and of high quality as was the customer service; the ladies were friendly, courteous and knowledgeable of the product. It was a great experience and we will...

We were looking for a good bakery to buy some fresh croissants from, and this place had great reviews so we went there and ordered a variety of baked goods. The croissants did not disappoint; they tasted fantastic, with crispy shells and buttery and soft inside. The butterfly cookies were crunchy and had just the right amount of sweetness. The chocolate croissant was good as well, though the tiny amount of chocolate filling inside it was disappointing.

The quiche was bland and it had too much spinach; I wish it had other, sweeter vegetables such as onion and garlic to offset the richness from the cream added to the quiche. It could have also used some black pepper and more salt. The poppyseed danish was not good at all, and this was the danish that one of the employees recommended when we asked; the savouriness of the poppyseed did not go well at all with the excessive sweetness, as there was nothing that bridged the two totally different flavors. I am not sure why the employee there recommended this; after being disappointed with the poppyseed danish, I read some of the reviews and it looks like the more popular recommendation would have been the cheese Danish. If they want repeat visits from their new customers, they should not be recommending their less popular products.

With that said, I would go back to Absolute Bakery as the croissants and the butterfly cookies were excellent. The prices of the pastries there are also great, it is definitely one of the more affordable bakeries...

Omg... Oh my GAWD! Wife's been raving about this place and, after bringing home one of their chocolate Danishes, and shared both the treat and the description of the place as a small mom & pop shop in Cabbagetown, I had not a doubt in my mind that this was going to be great. And I was NOT disappointed.

Walking in, you get slapped right in the noseholes with the warm, sugary air of baked sweets. No surprise, considering the ovens are barely 20' away from the front door - about the length of the store. Like I said, it's a SMALL mom & pop shop. The glass counter taking up much of the footprint along the right, laden with innumerable baked deliciousness. On offer were apple turnovers, chocolate, poppy or cream cheese Danishes, pecan pies, loaves of all kinds of fresh bread, and even Jamaican patties, one won't be left wanting in anything other than a strong coffee to go along with it all. We took a chocolate Danish - crusty exterior easily giving way to the softest, fluffiest interior filled with dark chocolate - and an apple turnover - the apple purée laden with chunks of actual fruit, and a couple of patties (a beef one for me and a chicken patty for the oddly-ingratiating man asking for change on the way in).

The lady behind the counter was pleasant and welcoming in the most genuine way.

Strongly recommend you make Absolute your local neighbourhood bakery; I know I'll be stepping in every time I'm...