Gerhard's Cafe — Restaurant in Toronto

Best Takeout Afternoon Tea in TO!

I ordered afternoon tea takeout purely for the convenience of their location (near #401 and McCowen). Afternoon tea is a rare find outside the core of Toronto. I truly didn't expect much. Was I surprised!

First, the treats for each set came in two beautiful boxes and tied up with a bow! Each edible morceau is safely separated with diverder inside so they arrived in pristine state after a rough ride in traffic.

Second, everything was super fresh. (All afternoon tea enthusiast dread dried sandwiches and stale cakes.) For purists, the scones were not the traditional short bread type but seem to be a version of crusty croissant. However, none of us complained as we all loved the strawberry compote (again unusal) that came with them. The last chart topper was the dessert, light, super moist with flavour depth from two different kind of thinly sliced cakes, lemond curd and whipped cream.

The cafe at the unassuming plaza may not be where you would go sit down for afternoon tea, but their takeout is beyond doubt a winner! The lady who took the order over the phone was very helpful and the staff at the cafe was friendly.

Who knew Scarborough has such wonder to offer?! Apparantely American writer Tyler Cowen did. He called Scarborough the dining capital. I won't be scouring the area for other food but just happy to find such a gem outside of Toronto's dangerous parking ticket zone, and will defintitely order takeout hightea...

I have been looking forward to leaving a review for Gerard's Cafe and to try their offerings. I was looking to buy a cake for my dad's birthday and I didn't want to just buy one from Metro, which is where I would normally buy one. I like the cakes there but this was a milestone birthday and deserved something special. I googled cakes and found Gerhard's Cafe. They are just north of Bellamy and Ellesmere. After browsing the cakes online I decided on the strawberry torte. The cake comes in a cool box with their name on it that will look nice when you bring it to your gathering, nicer than a plastic clamshell or plain white box. I appreciated this detail. The cake was unique and nothing like I have had before. The meringue on the outside of the cake and on the middle layer adds a perfect sweetness level and adds a nice texture in every bite. It's a lighter cake so if you love deserts you could probably indulge in a second piece. Everyone at our gathering loved it. Price? All I can say is nice things cost money and I feel I got my money's worth. The staff at the restaurant were very friendly and I will be back to see what else they have to offer. Thank you for the high quality treat. I hope to...

Thoroughly disappointed. While I don't always write a review. I feel like such a lack of quality should be addressed. Me and my family don't like cream that's too sweet and the cream in the Black Forest cake that we ordered was ok. That's about all the praises I can sing for our order.

The whole cake just felt cheap. Shown in the photo, over half the cake was cream. I usually don't mind a little extra cream in a cake but this was unacceptable. Especially when the sponge cake itself is bland and tasteless. While most Black forest cakes will have a chocolate shaving coating, our cake just had the same bland and tasteless sponge cake crumbled and sparsely sprinkled onto the side. Even in cheap Black Forests the cream is usually mixed with a Jello that's a substitute for actual cherries. Instead, we were met with some type of jam that tasted more of cough medicine than actual Kirsch.

That means for $55 I received sad tasteless sponge cake, slathered with cream, all topped with crumbs. I expected so much more after reading reviews that their cakes were the best. I'm disappointed to say that this has to be one of the worst Black Forest...