Patisserie La Legende

A-​OK? Maybe more like OK. My review is based on the Hokkaido bun and custard tartlet though some of the other desserts were okay. The Hokkaido bun was somewhat doughy and tasted like yeasty undercooked dough. I could not get beyond the first bite. The custard tarlet that someone else in our traveling group said it was dry and overcooked. I have to say that if we didn’t get these two things, my rating would have been A-​OK. One of cakes that we also bought had a good spongy texture, though I think the colors of each of its three layers suggested flavors that were not really there) and the sesame ball was not greasy and had a good chewy consistency. Just be ready to have some ups and downs.

Been to this place a lot of time to eat a snack in Chinatown and always loved it. I recommend the Vanilla Sponge Cake and the Chocolate Torsade. Also the best pastry shop in the Chinatown. They have bubble tea.
Beware of something. I paid my pastries and the cashier was going to give me te receipt, but a homeless women (I think she’s homeless) tried to steal our bag. When the cashier and I saw this, we stealed the bag off the hand of the woman and the cashier gave me the bag. This is why i give 4 stars instead of 5. Otherwise, the food is good.

We were super hungry after a session of badminton and happened to walk by Chinatown. We went for La Legende because I remembered they offer large portion for good price.
I went for some satay chicken and rice. My friend took noodles and pork meat. It came with TEA: D (thumbs up)
I was so hungry. The food tasted good and filled me up. BIG PORTION omg. Nice plates.
The couches are nice and comfy. Nice atmosphere. I didn’t feel rush.
You can also buy pastry if you’re hungry or take it to go.
Definitely coming back if I feel hungry for quality/​price food.

Nice variety of pastries and the coffee is served hot in a nice mug. The dining area is beautiful and very clean. They also serve bubble tea and some rice and noodle dishes. So if you are with friends that are split between having a bite or a dessert, that’s the place.
This can be an extra for some: They have a TV on asian channel. I kind of like to see the news from elsewhere in a different dialect and try to figure out what is happening. :3

Found this place while walking around Chinatown there was a lot people at the business so I thought this had to be place. The pastries were good also the sausage in a roll. The food was very fresh but please stick to the pastries. I ordered some food from the restaurant part. I ordered General Tso chicken, spicy chicken fried rice. O.k. here we go the food was bad in so many ways. The rice was overcooked and under seasoned way under seasoned. Our idea of spicy is definitely different. The General Tso chicken was soggy the veggies were boiled so long until it was mush would I go back Oh No!!! They received 1 star only because I had to do this review will post.

I have enjoyed numerous Chinese cafes in Hong Kong and Toronto. I was skeptical about this one at first as Montréal is not known for their Chinese food. This place pleasantly surprised me.
I have ordered the crispy pork chop with rice here, as well as black pepper beef with fried spaghetti. Both are dericious!
Lots of foot traffic comes in to buy the bakery, even at 9−10pm on weeknights.
Cannot beat the cafes in Hong Kong or Toronto, but very acceptable if you are looking for Chinese food in Montréal. Likely the best in Montréal!

I went in with low expectations and I must say, it was not bad! We had items from their breakfast menu:
— 2 fried eggs, sausage and buttered toast — comes with milk tea (or coffee) — the eggs were not as runny as I’d like, even though they were «sunny side»
— congee with fried dough — doesn’t come with tea/​coffee
It was cheap and plenty of seats, OK bathrooms!
We got egg tarts to go from the bakery across the street (Patisserie Harmonie) just to try things out.

Not the best, not the worst of its kind. La Legende hosts a variety of buns, bubble tea, and pastries.
Middle of the road: I tried the chicken bun (the fact that they had a chicken bun was actually a huge bonus in my book). It was ok, it was fried and obviously so– it was too greasy for my taste and could’ve used more chicken. It was a Sunday AM and they were running out of quite a few items, some which I wanted to try.
We also tried the bubble tea– my friends had the almond and the milk tea, which were pretty run of the mill. Overall, not bad to stop by if you’re in a pinch (like we were as many other spots were closed before 11 AM!).
The pluses: they were open early and they accepted credit cards (huge if you’re pretending to conduct business in the 21^st century).

Strolling along with some of my female friends of mine in Montréal’s unique flavor Chinatown came across this Asian bakery, thought we would go ahead and try a light snack before we head out to the poutinefest; lol i know we are like piggies. Anyhow i bought this custard bun with a dry flakey surgary top on the bun, it was just terrible, old and dry tasting with maybe a teasespoon worth of custard inside the bun, i had buns before from across the street by the buffet they were much better. I guess we’ll continue to walk pass this joint in the future.

The little egg cakes were super powdery even though they looked so cute wrapped up! The pineapple bun was ok… cha siew bun was hot but it wasn’t spread out inside so just a huge clump in the middle. Coffee was good though (from a NY perspective).

This bakery is located in Montréal’s little Chinatown. Arrived here late at night, and it was not our first choice. The other bakery we went to was sold out of just about everything. Patisserie La Legende still had plenty of good looking choices.
This is what we bought:
2/​$ 1 mini egg tarts. Great value and tasted pretty good. (3 stars)
$ 1 regular size egg tarts. Good value and tasted okay also. (3 stars)
$ 1.30 Brioche custard filled buns. Fair price for a decent bun. (3 stars)
$ 1.30 Chinese beignets (donuts) on a skewer. Not too bad. (3 stars)
Taro drink is used with powder. Boba did not taste fresh. (2 stars)
The girl put our purchases in an oily stained box even after I told her not to the first time. Well, at least it was the least stained box after looking at all the other plain white boxes they had.
I probably would not return here again in the future. Although, they are cheaper than our favorite Chinese bakery in Montréal… the quality and taste of their baked goods are just not as good. Maybe their restaurant located in the back is better, though.

Excellent variety of delicious pastries at very good prices. In NYC the items we purchased would have been at least 4 times as expensive and half as good. Everything we got was tasty and I was amazed by the prices as well. We will definitely go back here earlier in the day next time as they were out of some things we wanted to try by the end of the evening.

Although I have never tried their food and many poor reviews thx to their food. I am only rating the sweets and Bubble tea. My kids love this place for the bubble tea and my wife for the desserts.

Great pastries at reasonable prices. The interior is very lovely, a nicer bakery. I love their vanilla sponge cakes, so huge and very cheap. Great noodle dishes as well. Reminds me of the bakeries in Flushing and Chinaown, NY. Really great bakery, extremely cheap.

Great selection of pastries, I tried the sesame ball, the cream bun, and the three type bun (red bean, green bean, and coconut). The servings are very generous for the price, I’ve been to several Chinatowns on the East Coast and this one seems to have the cheapest bakeries so far. I also had an almond bubble tea, the tapioca was a little hard and the tea wasn’t the greatest, so I recommend going elsewhere if you need a beverage.

First time went on a lunch date there and it was busy but still very good defs try it out

Their buns and pastries are good, but the food in their restaurant section is below average and the employees are extremely rude! When we ate dinner there the service was terrible so we decided to tip them below the expected 15% and the employees yelled at us that tip wasn’t included in the price. We reluctantly gave them more but we’ve never been back. Since then we just get buns from Harmonie or Callia which are on the same street.

This place has a French name, but a Csoul. It has a good selection of Chinese buns and pastries. For 1 $, the chicken bun I had was warm and tasted as well as I expected.
They offer a large selection of teas and bubble teas that are as good as most places around.
The service is a bit below average and sometimes the place does not seem as clean as it could be.

I’ve been here at least twice, and both times consistently ‘meh’. The buns were fine, but the bubble tea was way too sweet. I asked if it was possible to get black tea in my mango flavored bubble tea (which, as one would expect, often contains actual TEA), and the person working there snidely replied «Umm no, we don’t put tea in juice» as if I was making an unreasonable request. So basically they don’t serve bubble tea, they serve juice, according to their staff.
Also, questions regarding sanitation. I asked someone working there where I could find some tongs, and she pointed to a pile of dirty one grouped together on a counter. Those were the only tongs available.
My suggestion: go to Harmonie or L2 for real (and good) bubble tea, and Harmonie has great pastries without the attitude. Not sure what the point of being rude is when you have so much competition 2 doorstops away! It just pisses people off and makes their dining experience unpleasant. Why would you want your restaurant to be associated with that? Won’t be going back.

The ladies here don’t have any time for your lip! However, they do make a bangin’ bubble tea here for a decent price. My favorite is the Lemon Green Tea, and I ask for less sugar. I recommend asking for less sugar and you will find that you cab taste the beverage flavor.
Once they had cookies that were made with XO sauce, so I just had to buy them. They tasted exactly like super sweet XO sauce. In case you don’t know what that would taste like, it is sweet dried seafood with a strong dark soy taste. It was pretty bad, but I just had to give it a whirl.
They also have full entrees of Hong Kong style diner foods here, like stew on rice and curry chicken on rice. I will definitely hit up the HK diner menu next time we are in town.