Hot Oven Bakery

Hot Oven Bakery has good reputation for a meat pie. The bakery is setting reasonable price overall. The meat pie is around $ 3.00 and it is small, but it is delicious. They have very nice pastries. Hot Oven Bakery is not my area, but I want to drop by when I go to that area.

I am in love with this place. Always smells like they’re baking, I have yet to have anything less than excellent and the staff is super friendly. I forgot my wallet here and they were swift enough to notice and put it aside for me for when I realized and came back. Super happy about that.
It isn’t cheap but places like this never are. $ 2 bread after 6pm is a really cool thing. Also, their granola bars are a delicious way to start the day!

Favourite bakery in Bloor West Village!
Huge selection of pastries and breads all the time. There’s always some sort of healthy option, too, which is a super bonus in my books! Everything is very reasonably priced. The staff is always super friendly too. I always stop by here on my way home, love love love!

They make delicious all natural cranberry granola bar. Much thanks to my client Taimi for bring these to us as a treat !!

It’s generally good, but today I was short-​changed on my samosas. I ordered two vegetable samosas and 1 beef and paid my $ 6.00, only to find on opening the very nicely packaged bags at home that she had given me only 1 each. I am definitely peeved.
Guess I will have to look elsewhere for a good samosa.

The pastry was palatable but the filling made this one of the worst beef pies I’ve ever eaten. Swansons makes a better beef filling (and that’s terrible).

Wandered in here last Friday and bought two pies and two tarts.
The blueberry pie is hands down the BEST blueberry pie I’ve ever had — wild blueberries, not too sweet filling, and just the right amount of flaky pie crust. Word of warning… beware of blue stains on your lips if you’re trying to eat this pie in secret!!!
Macaroni pie was not quite a «pie» per se, but it was pretty yummy and creamy (could use a bit more macaroni… and a bit more cheese).
Apple tart had large chunks of apple and the crumble was light, perfect balance between crust and filing (which sometimes is hard to come by in tart form).
Pecan tart had crispy pecans, but it was missing a runny gooey centre which I would expect from a pecan butter tart, maybe it just needed to be reheated. Tasty otherwise… and definitely coming back to sample the other deliciousness.
Don’t come in here hungry, everything smells of freshly baked bread and you’re bound of overspend and overextend your waistline! But oh my, it’ll be so worth it!

Having now spent many months trying the various bakeries in the neighbourhood, I can with utmost confidence state that Hot Oven Bakery is not only the best in this area for brilliant breads, sweets (AND perogies) they are also bang on with consistent and lovely customer service!
Hot Oven Bakery is doing it right! Their team always looks like they love their jobs whether it is lined up out the door or almost empty. They acknowledge every guest with a friendly word and are familiar yet professional. I have been made to feel like a regular customer since the first day I visited. The exceptional seed bread makes my life worth living every week as well and I have shared it with many friends and family who are now becoming very loyal fans.

Freshly baked bread. And lots of pastries to go with it. But something about their products doesn’t give me the homemade feel that I get with smaller non chain bakeries.
Nonetheless it’s one of the few places in HIGH park area that actually sells Challah (both braided and and loaf form) and a smaller chocolate orange version. It’s actually a perfect size for the two of us for shabbat.
For the conventional eater it’s great. There’s lots of choice but no gluten free options and there is one grape seed spelt bread that both I and my husband likes.
Got one of the small pies once and it was also very good. Nice tasting filling and not too much crust.
Of all the bakeries in the area I would come here firs t that is if they don’t sell out by the afternoon.

I guess if you want fresh baked buns/​rolls on a Sunday you better arrive EARLY. I’m giving one star for that reason only. The selections were well picked by the time I got there, and it was only just gone 1pm. Not a great impression for a first time customer.

I’ve only ever tried their apple pie but it’s absolutely mouth watering delicious. Best pie I’ve had.

We discovered this place as we were walking along Bloor West. We were only discussing which bakery to get bread from when we were led in by the delicious, delicious bread smells coming from this one.
We tried the pumpkin baguette which was super. We also tried the Linzer cookies, which were even better than ones I’d had in other bakeries.
Cats ate some of our nice pumpkin bread, so we came back for more. We also tried their challa which was quite good. Also tried their red velvet cupcakes, which were moist but haven’t topped others that I’ve eaten. Baklava was ok, too.
Will definitely be back for the Linzers and baguettes.

Great pastries, bad service.
I love the place for their pastries. I first stopped by randomly while browsing shops in the west village and came across their almond florentines. They were absolutely heavenly. The perfect balance of crunch, delicate chocolate, almond slivers and sweet pieces of marachino cherries.
Later I also tried their pistachio florentines, which are not as great as the almond ones but also good (they’re a bit too sweet for my taste).
They have a great selection of cookies, cakes, bars and even savoury pies like classic steak and kidney, steak and mushroom, beef, chicken… mac and cheese, lasagna, shepherd’s pie… you name it.
Their shortcoming is that they do not serve any decaf espresso drinks. They have decaf coffee which is good, but it disappointed me that they could not make a decaf espresso. That makes my visits limited to a time of day in which I can enjoy a regular coffee (i.e., before 3 pm).
Their service is also very lacking. The last time I came in there, one of their servers was busy at the espresso machine with another girl, another was at the other end of the counter (opposite the cash) and another was attending to customers randomly, ignoring ones that have been waiting for some time (like me). I was ignored for a good 5 minutes (mind you, it wasn’t busy at all) before I decided to take my money elsewhere.
It does not inspire me to come back, florentines or not, and that’s too bad.

We live in the area and have been visiting Hot Oven Bakery for over a year. Overall, it’s hit or miss, with the (really) good stuff keeping us coming back almost every week!
Hit:
Friendly, efficient service. It’s often busy but they move people through.
Bread selection. Olive Bread and Jalapeño Cheese Bread are awesome.
Beef Samosas, very tasty!
PIES AND TARTS! Raspberry and Blueberry are the best pies. Apple and passion fruit tarts are great too.
Croissants (in the morning). Chocolate ones are great! None of that cheap filling.
Miss:
Cookie selection. Assorted, but we found the cookies looked a lot better than they tasted. They didn’t taste bad, just bland.
Custard Tarts (Pateis de Nata). Don’t know if they changed bakers, but they were good a year ago, then inconsistent… now just consistently bad.
Baklava. Good taste but dry!
**No credit cards. Also, after 6:00, bread on sale for $ 2.00**

I have been a customer since the old location at Cloverdale mall. Muffins and cookies usually. The store is immaculate and the aroma really gets me in the mood to eat some pleasure food. My wife’s favorite is the blueberry crumble, bring that home and I am greeted with all the love I can handle!

Sweet welcoming aroma of freshly baked bread when I stepped into Hot Oven Bakery on a Sunday afternoon!
Great selections of pastries, cookies, pies and breads. The baked goods have more a rustic look and so pleasing to the eyes…
Ended up getting 2 crisps (dried fruits and nuts) and an almond cookie. they tasted A-​OK…
The servers here were quite friendly… really patient when I took my sweet time to pick what I want!

We have been there three times on Saturday mornings, and the bread has been very fresh and tasty. I thought the prices were decent too, especially considering the tony over-​priced location.

This place always smells wonderful. The artisan breads are not the cheapest but they are expertly made and very pleasing to the eye (nicely shaped loaves) as well as to the palate. Mousses and pies are good here too, and we like the apricot horns.

I like the bread here better than the bread at Bread and Roses nearby. It’s a great little bakery, really close to me and their bread is never stale, always super fluffy and great for french toast.
However, I’ve tried their cookies and they’re not the freshest. I’m a big fan of soft cookies and I have yet to experience that when buying them from Hot Oven.
Also, to avoid confusion, this bakery used to be called Sunglow. But after a much needed renovation (it’s much cleaner and organized in there now) they renamed the place Hot Oven.
My favourite thing about Hot Oven are its big front windows displaying their wares. Mmmmm. That plus the wafts of fresh bread smell that hang around the corner of Runnymede and Bloor because of it. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Sunglow Bakery might get lost in the crowd of Bloor West Village bakeries, but it’s been around for a while for a reason. They still bake good stuff here, even if the store may not look as slick as neighbouring competition like Bread & Roses.
My favourite at Sunglow has always been the sweet stuff, like cookies (though the bread is fine too). I’ve got a lot of fond memories of devouring their tasty gingerbread men (painted like the latest superheroes and cartoon characters) as a kid.