Future Bakery & Cafe

THE WORST cabbage roll I’ve ever had in my life. Why do they even sell these?! I literally spit it out, and I’m not at all a food snob.
The Portuguese tarts were bad too. Rum ball was mediocre. The only decent thing I had was the coconut macaroon.

The glass layout does encourage many compliments. The spread of sweets appeals to patrons walking by. I was pleased with the butter tarts, set out in full form. Unfortunately, the crust was rather dry and did not crumble when breaking into. And we bought four… The lady at the counter was very friendly which makes it difficult to give such an unfavorable review.

After purchasing a baguette here, I would simply not come back. The price was commensurate with other baguettes I have purchased in this city, yet the taste was not. I could not distinguish the baguette from the cheapest loaf bread. From the first bite I really did not want anymore of it.

Claims to be a Ukrainian place but most of the prepackaged products are from Poland.
The desserts are way over priced, small and not really fresh— You are better off going to any other European bakery, such as the ones in Greek town –
Basically most of the stuff is a wannabe version of Polish baked food and desserts.
Future bakery is only good if you have no bakeries nearby to get a loaf of fresh bread or a container of kefir and huslanka.

I just bought about 10 croissants (and a rice crispie square, my weakness) before a meeting from Future Bakery’s St. Lawrence Market location. All were stale and generally bad. I’m so disappointed!

Ripped off. disappointed. It is very difficult to find good baguettes in the states. Was looking for eating this with the cheese and pâté. We were so angry after cutting the first slice. This so called baguette is Italian bread. The baker should be fired for baking this and calling this a baguette. Don’t go here.

6÷24÷15: Came here as part of a food tour, and supposedly they had good examples of the butter tart. Upon arriving in Canada I immediately started seeking out «Canadian food» but despite asking a dozen people for what food could be labeled as Canadian, people unanimously said there is none. Well, … but after some hard thinking some were able to come up with maybe one item. So, all the Canadian food I could find would be «pea meal bacon», maple [anything], and this… the butter tart…
1. Plain Butter Tart C$ 1.25: I actually already had one of these in the morning from a coffee place, which was frickin’ good. But since I actually had one to compare with, I’d have to say that despite being prettier and fancier here, it actually didn’t taste as good. Unfortunately I don’t remember the specifics, but I do remember I didn’t like the crust they used here. It was good enough and finished the whole thing, but since a standard coffee chain beat it… well… ⁵⁄₁₀.
I only had one item, but based on that, ³⁄₅
#canada #canadian #buttertart

Went in looking for an egg tart but since the ones they had were totally burnt, and I mean completely black with char, I went for an almond croissant. It wasn’t bad but not great either. For 2 $ I didn’t feel ripped off but I won’t bother going back for it. The bakery is woefully understaffed with unfriendly employees and its a long wait for a mediocre pastry.

This location of Future Bakery and Café had an attractive display of baked goods, including cakes, cupcakes, macaroons, gingerbread, shortbread, lemon tarts, dessert bars, and of course butter tarts.
Being a huge fan of most things flaky and buttery, I went with the butter tarts, which came in pecan, apple, and regular flavour. Best thing about the tarts was definitely its presentation — the folded layers of golden crust was glistening after being coated in some kind of sugary glaze. Beauty aside, the crust was actually a bit stale, and tasted more pretzel-​like rather than flaky as most butter tarts are. That being said, the filling was still excellently done.
Definitely not the best in baked goods, but would give this place another shot if I’m in the area.

In the center of the St. Lawrence Market, Future Bakery knows how to make its goods look good. Unfortunately, that’s about as far as it goes. The cookies are pretty.
I bought a nice selection here, including shortbread and several flavors of macarons, and they were all awful. I threw my shortbread in the trash without finishing it, and the macarons were among the worst I’ve ever had. There was something off about the filling and the outer portion was flavorless. Shame.
My mom had something lemony that she didn’t hate so maybe they have some items that aren’t bad. I just didn’t find anything that was worth my money, and that was a bummer.

Come here for their butter tarts. I only had one and that was my mistake. I should have bought two dozen: one for my family and one for me. To eat. By myself. Not a fan of the girl that scowled and rolled her eyes at us when we gave her the wrong change (accidents happen!), but that was one really freaking good butter tart.
To the girl: cheer up, life is too short to get angry over a dollar something!

Future Bakery’s quality is extremely variable. When things are fresh, they’re pretty good, but you can tell when they’re not. I haven’t found the right time to go to guarantee a fresh cookie.

I love this bakery. All sorts of goodies to be found. My favourite is the Skor brownie amongst other things. The selection of breads is great too.

Tried the chocolate dipped coconut macaroon and a Portuguese egg tart. Both tasted OLD that I threw them out after a bite from each. Unfortunately I was already back at the office and I didn’t have the time to complain over $ 3 pastries. Will NEVER buy again and have told everybody I know about this horrible place
Even posted the pics of the stuff I bought

I came here around 2 pm on a Saturday. I wanted to try their sour dough baguette because that’s one of my staples at a bakery so I can then easily compare bakeries but since they were out, I had no choice. I ended up getting their brioche and another bread. They were okay. The brioche was a little dry and a little too sweet. The other bread was nothing special. It was a bit too chewy. I personally wouldn’t trek all the way here for their breads since I don’t live in the area but this is a decent bakery for those nearby.

This review is only for the Florentines since this was the only thing I tried. I typically love florentines … but I am not a fan of the ones from Futures.
The chocolate on the chocolate florentine is waxy and tastes cheap. The vanilla florentine is slightly better but the icing is pretty sweet and can get sickening. The cookie itself was little soggy and soft instead of crisp like I like it. The cookie also seemed to have absorbed all the smells from the St. Lawrence Market. This is not a good thing for a cookie.
So disappointed :(

How nice~ A slice of Tiramisu for $ 2 today — Special. Yayy!

After trekking through Toronto seeking out the perfect Butter Tart I came upon the Future Bakery located inside the St. Lawrence Market. At first I was overwhelmed by the large selection of various flavored tarts. I wanted to try them all. However, I thought to myself «stick with your mission, pace yourself, get the Butter Tart». But after one bite of their Butter Tart it had me wishing I could go back in time and reverse that mistake. The center left a horrible after taste in my mouth and the crust is barely worth mentioning. It was just bad. If I could do it over again I would have gone with the Custard Tart or one of their many other tarts.
Despite my bad experience with the Butter Tart I would still come back to try one of their other baked goods afterall something has to be good here, right?

Solid selection of cookies and baked goods. The coffee seemed popular as well. Reasonable butter tart and carrot cake. Not mind– blowing. Good value and location.

You really understand how unenchanting futures is when it is not a student haunt and just a stand in the St. Lawrence. While it still has it’s proper functions– being a bakery and all, it has ZERO charm sans Annex-​location.
Yes it sells more stuff than the Annex spot –various breads and tarts that aren’t available at the other location. But why oh WHY would you buy it from Futures when you could go to the downstairls carousol bakery in the market and practicallly salivate a river for the delicious breads and pastries down there?
Yesh. go elsewhere– there is plenty of selection elsewhere that I would define as more «artisan» than futures within the st. lawrence market.