Willow Café Bakery — Restaurant in Vancouver

Nice, neighbourhood cafe with homemade bread and baked goods at the corner of West 16th and Willow, where free street parking is easy to find. Outdoor seating is also available, which is nice on a warm day. I visited several times to get a Iced Chai Latte (excellent) and a shortbread cookie or gingersnap cookie (both good). I have also used the Too Good To Go app to buy their surplus baked goods at the end of day. Unfortunately, the one time I tried the app, I got four chocolate croissants that was a bit stale and one nondescript muffin that looked a bit bashed in. But other than that one time, my experience has been generally positive. I only wish that they start selling individual slices of their homemade pies, which always...

Been wanting to go here for a while. The baked goods aren’t bad. Location and indoor seating area are actually quite inviting. Had I been able to visit before the pandemic, it’s probably become one of my regular study cafes. But I guess they had to make changes. Posted on their window and signs outside are still labels that say “free wifi”. Ask, and you find out they don’t offer this anymore. Another sign outside said handmade pie. I walked in hoping for a slice but they didn’t actually have pies inside the cafe. You have to order ahead of time. I got a little ginger cookie instead that I quite enjoyed. Enough to boost the rating by...

Not sure if the person manning the counter is having a bad day or something but my cookie was practically tossed across the counter to me. And our 3-minute interaction from start to finish was me asking one question and him banging on the lids and making an other noises to show me what they had on the menu. I would’ve happily left if he told me he didn’t want to serve me but instead resorted to passive aggressiveness. It’s quite a shame as I didn’t mind stopping by again to try some other goods. Disrespect is normally free and I would hate to have to pay for that too. Maybe work on being more...