Paris Bakery & Pastry

Simply the best white bread in Toronto. Mafra, (an American football shaped roll), is my personal favourite, but all, — rolls, loaves, baguettes etc are exceptional, they bake at least half a dozen times a day.
They have a good selection of pastries as well. They are not French, but Portuguese and very informal.
This is not a health food, whole grain, new age, sort of place, so if that is what you are after, avoid.
Fine service, and you can get a decent coffee, a beer or standard sandwich there too.
Whenever I produce their bread at dinner parties, the guests are in rapture.

Just go here and buy bread, egg tarts, and sugar donuts. You can’t go wrong, and can then ignore what everyone else is complaining about. The bread is amazing. The medium sized loaves are constantly being bought so it’s rare I go here and don’t leave with warm bread. The prices are amazing as well. They sell ham and cheese if you want to DIY a good sandwich. The place looks a bit dumpy, and there are always old dudes drinking at the back bar or at the handful of tables inside. It adds to the charm of the place.

Not the best. Small coffee reminds me of the old Tim Hortons sizes, when «small» meant «a dab». Tried the tiramisu (2.95) and the egg custard tart (1.05). The tiramisu has no coffee taste, just seems like cocoa sprinkled on vanilla cake. The egg custard tart was a bit better but nothing to write home about.

Paris bakery is not actually a French bakery contrary to what the name may suggest. The do however serve European baked goods and mainly Portuguese inspired breads and pastries.
The food is quite fresh and pastries and breads are all baked on the day they are put out for sale in the café. The croissants are crisp and the bread is made well, but the flavours do not particularly stand out by any means. I usually pick up bread rolls and a couple flaked pastries, but there isn’t anything really that will blow you away about the taste or way they are prepared.
The staff however are friendly and polite. They answer any questions you have about your food without hesitation. A nice place to drop by for a quick lunch and the price is definitely right!

Great coffee, great pastries! Everything is made fresh and looks delicious. I tried a sweet egg croissant for the first time and it was amazing! The décor leaves a little to be desired, but the delicious everything makes up for it.

I really want to like this bakery because every time I pass by I can smell freshly baked bread. The few times I did try (before and after the renovation) were chocolate éclair, tiramisu, crème brûlée, and the Portuguese cookie. The chocolate éclair was hard, the tiramisu was watery, the crème brûlée looked and tasted burnt, the Portuguese cookie was hard and tasteless. The pastries might look decent but the taste certainly not. They also sell bread, sandwiches, and pizzas there, though I never tried. My coworkers had seen some expired cold cut and what seemed like droppings in the bread there before the renovation. I don’t like how the bread is all just out there on the rack for everyone to touch, it’s just not very hygienic. There are always old men hanging out and drinking there since they serve alcohol.

Portugese bakery at Lansdowne/​Wallace. Visited a few days ago and bought a variety of things.
Decently sized. Good lighting. Large variety of pastries/​bread (not so much for anything containing meat/​veggies).
Staff are fairly good with answering questions but the woman who was helping me faltered a bit with her English when telling me about certain pastries, a few times, when I asked what something was, her answer was «Portugese pastry»… Well, yes, I know it’s Portugese, you didn’t fool me with your business name, but when I ask what something is, I generally wanna know what’s in it, maybe how it’s made…
Nothing was extraordinarily fresh or good. Probably wouldn’t return just based on a few different factors. Not to mention that there are always middle/​old Portugese men there who leer at girls like me.

Steer well clear of this one. Bought a croissant which turned out to be as heavy as a loaf of bread. Washrooms don’t have soap. Seems more like a hangout for locals to drink domestic beer and get aggressive in the middle of the afternoon.

Great bakery — with a large variety of goods, however most are not Parisian pastries.
They have a lot of great Portugese breads and pastries, although they also have croissants, cream horns, croissants, cakes etc.
Lots of great custard slices, tarts and coconut tarts.
It was hard to know what to try — will be back again for something else.
On this occasion I bought:
— some large bread rolls — outstanding — chewy crust, light interior
— some cream cannoli’s — awesome and fresh! — they also have chocolate flavour — I will be trying them next time
— cream horns — these reminded me of a bakery I used to go to long ago — flaky pastry filled with cream and covered with éclair like chocolate — yum yum

I walked in here craving a croissant expecting a French café. Very misleading, nothing wrong with a Portuguese bakery but it is in no way Parisian style or French in any way. Walked right out after realizing this would not satisfy my proper croissant craving.
No real review as I didn’t purchase anything, but don’t expect a french bakery/​café.

Great baked good for great prices, hit the up early for the freshest goodness.

Wow. I never experience anything like this before.
There were 3 incidences involving in the span of 3 hours when I was there. From underage drinking, a drunk gentleman buying drinks for said minors and finally, a loud disgruntled man getting violent with other patrons. My gf and I promptly left as we feared that someone was going to get hurt. Never in my life have I experience that.
I can understand that a café cannot control a customer’s behaviour to a certain extent, HOWEVER… perhaps it’s time to re-​think the whole «alcohol» in a café scheme.
I strongly believe that if an establishment presents itself as a quaint parisienne café it should follow through in every detail. Alcohol is certainly not needed in a place like this.

wow! I was just walking around the neighbourhood and this place drew me in. It looks really authentic, catering to portugese people (not french, despite what the store name says). All their bread look extremely fresh. There desserts looked really yummy too. We tried the portugese custard tart and it was delicious. Also had some other flaky pastry that has custard inside and it was great too. Will definitely be back for more! The prices are great too!

This little café is a nice addition to the area. Although the name implies a Parisian style bakery it is more Portuguese style baking. It is quant, clean and very modest. I have stopped in here before for a latte and was pretty disappointed. Not that I claim to be a coffee aficionado or anything but the latte was a powder mixture ala Tim Hortin’s style. I think I ended up throwing it out which was such a waste. I have not rushed back since. I must say the ambiance was nice and had a strong community feel to it. Everyone seemed friendly and helpful. Maybe I will give it another chance.

This is a fascinating little bakery. It caters heavily to the local community of Portuguese residents. Don’t let the name fool you, this is NOT a Parisian style bakery, the owner merely lived there for a time in her life.
These authentic Portuguese pastries and breads are phenomenal. The buns are the star of the show, at 45 cents people often come in and by large bags. Or if they live very close, buy the bread they need daily. The crusts are indeed a symphony of crackles, with a very light and fluffy interior. Don’t look for heavy breads here.
Their donuts are fantastic, and one is all you need, trust me! I’m a huge fan of their custard, orange and almond tarts. Their cream pastries are have thick rich fillings. Be careful when getting their phyllo dough pastries, make sure they are fresh that day.
The coffee here is fantastic. They also make a pile of sandwiches each morning and sell them through the day: egg salad, chicken cold cuts or salami. I particularly enjoy their egg salad. They also have those shrimp pocket and cod fish pastries that are so common in Portuguese bakeries.
Often at about 9:30 — 10:30 am they have two or three freshly made pizza’s come out of the oven. They only do this once a day. If you catch it at exactly the right time, you can have a piping how slice of pizza for breakfast. It’s sinfully delicious.
You’ll find there are always Portuguese gentlemen sitting around the bakery, drinking a beer and quietly watching a soccer game. It’s a comfortable atmosphere, but you get the idea that their liquor license lets them sell their food extra cheap. I’m grateful as their prices are incredibly good.

4.5 stars.
This place is fantastic. The prices are very reasonable, and I haven’t had anything from them that was less than great! I hesitate to give the full five stars (gotta save those for the super special places) only because it’s a perfect place for those that live in the surrounding area. It’s probably not worth travelling great distances, unless your pastries mean that much to you — they don’t to me.
That all being said — the real hidden gem here is their pizza. A slice is something like $ 1.50, and it’s incredible. The crust is some kind of flaky… mmmmmm. Seriously, I know it’s random, but check it out. My friend bought a slice only because she was starving at the time, and we wound up ordering 3 more and making a mid-​afternoon meal out of it. I understand you can call them up and order a whole pizza made to order for pickup if you wish. Check it out!

Baking bread was never my strong point. I was fantastic at eating it, but that often resulted in paying far too much for sub-​par bread from specialty bakeries that left me wanting more from the grains I had just sacrificed to the hunger gods.
When living in Parkdale, I wished for a decent local bakery, but nothing was really there. Time went on, I moved up the road, and happened to notice that the place on the corner of Lansdowne and Wallace was opening up. The girlfriend and I checked it out, and found out that most of their bread is vegan-​friendly (rad!), but more importantly, it is bloody well amazing.
Crusty crusts, perfectly chewy within, and it will barely last you a day once you start on it. At about $ 2 for a huge loaf, you will think you’ve ripped the place off.
Go now. Buy bread, make a sandwich, or if you get something fresh from the oven, tear into it right then and there.