Tori’s Bakeshop

So good. A vegan bakeshop that non vegans can enjoy to. Have a savory scone, an tasty donut, or a cinnamon madness bun! You wont leave unsastisfied on the baked goods.

I called in and ordered 6 donuts and 6 cupcakes for pick-​up the following day. There was a bit of phone tag going on, but I do give Tori’s props in getting back to me and ensuring my order was taken. It was pretty obvious they care about their customers from the phone call alone.
Picked up my order the next day and everything was waiting for me, packaged nicely. When I placed the order the day before, the girl on the phone informed me that I would be receiving 2 vanilla cupcakes, 2 pear, and 2 margarita. In reality, I was given 2 tiramisu cupcakes in lieu of the pear. When I mentioned it to the girl at the counter, she exclaimed that someone should have called me to inform me of the change.
Okay, so I’m not going to mince words here, Tori’s is on the pricy side. The donuts are quite small and for the 6 donuts and 6 cupcakes, I paid a hefty sum of just under $ 50!
As far as taste goes, I will say that the salted double chocolate donuts were divine! The vanilla donuts were okay and a tad too ‘raw dough’ tasting for me. The margarita cupcakes were tasty. The tiramisu cupcakes were awful. Great effort but the taste was totally unbalanced, especially the failed attempt at some mocha filling which tasted more of stale carob.
I’ll definitely go back for more of their chocolate donuts, and I’d try out some of their other offerings.

Oh my my… This place was on my list of destinations while in town and it was totally worth the drive to the beaches area! (Plus we got to see a lot of cool stuff in this neighborhood which we might have missed if Tori’s hadn’t caught my eye on Unilocal!)
All vegan and all amazing! Cutest cupcakes with mini donut toppers, both so moist and delicious… And the cinnamon roll was the best we’ve ever had! Really, not to missed, also is the sandwich! They make the crumpet and ours was stuffed with tofu scramble, cartelized onions, greens… So good!
Cute and friendly staff too!

My favourite place in the city. I’m obsessed. The coffee, baked goods and oh my god, everything about the after hours portion. The gnocchi. The cheese plate. The veggie plate. Those little cheezy cracker things. Help me. The cocktails, don’t even get me started. I can’t say I understand their descriptions on the menu but whatever, they’re amazing. I bring friends here quite often when I want to make sure that they get a stellar impression of vegan food.

I came to Tori’s bakeshop with some friends and it was packed. The seating is first come first serve, which makes it slightly difficult with a large group. However, I used my awesome negotiation skills to ask a table of two if they could switch tables with my two friends so we could have their table that would fit up to 5 people.
Once we all were seated we began to place our orders. To order you walk up to the bakery, wait in line and decide which goodies you would like to try.
All of my friends said their lunches and/​or desserts were fantastic! Two of my friends had the item that looked like a pizza and they both said it was great! Another friend had a muffin and latte and she said it was really good too!
I ordered the cauliflower soup of the day and it was really good. I found it a little bit salty but the crackers that came with it were to die for. I also purchased a mocha latte and 6 desserts to take home and freeze. Well, one was for that evening. All of the baked goods at Tori’s are vegan (lactose free). In addition to this splendid news, half of the baked goods featured in the counter were also gluten free. This literally put me into dessert heaven.
The cupcake that I tried the first night was a chocolate chip cupcake. The frosting tasted just like cookie dough batter. It was amazing! The cupcake was slightly dry but that could be because I left it in the fridge until the evening.
The other desserts that I purchased (all from the gluten free selection) included a vanilla donut, a chocolate donut with sea salt, a chocolate cupcake with a mini donut on top and lots of frosting, a lemon cupcake and an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. I wrapped all of these individually and froze them for later consumption.
After trying all the desserts over the course of a month, here are my reviews:
April 5: I tried the chocolate donut and it was the best donut I have had since discovering I’m gluten and lactose intolerant. I highly recommend this donut!
April 14: I tried the lemon cupcake and it was really good. It wasn’t as good as the chocolate donut but it was really nice. The lemon flavour was fantastic but I found the cupcake a bit sweet for the lemon flavour. If it was less sweet, I may have liked it more.
April 18: I tried the chocolate cupcake with the donut on top. The cupcake was just average (nothing special) but the mini donut on top was to die for. It reminded me how delicious their donuts are and that I’ll have to go back and buy more to freeze once I try all of my goodies.
April 29: I just tried the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie and I really wasn’t impressed. The cookie either had this awful taste or it was too sweet. I want to say the dough wasn’t blended evenly during preparation and the oatmeal or whatever «flour» they used just had a horrible flavour. I definitely won’t be buying this cookie again.
May 1: I tried the white donut with pink frosting. It was okay but the chocolate donut was much better. The donut had that weird flavour that the cookie had. It was really sweet during some bites and and not so great with others.
The Verdict
I will definitely go back to purchase Tori’s gluten free chocolate donut and the chocolate chip cupcake (the frosting was out of this world). My third choice would be the chocolate cupcake with a mini donut on top.
Would I return to Tori’s bakeshop?
Definitely! I might go to buy desserts for my birthday or some other event. I’m not sure I would plan an event there since seating is first come first serve and it’s a little out of the way. Allover I am very happy I discovered Tori’s Bakeshop.

My friends and I came here for coffee and something quick to eat after a walk on the beach. There is a wide variety of sweet and savoury bites to choose from (all vegan)! I had the focaccia (delicious and a generous serving) and their vanilla cupcake which was perfection! The coffee here is great too, I had an almond milk cappuccino and a flat white!!! Love this place!

Lovely little café.
You’ll find amazing soy/​coconut lattes

Love this place! The cheese plate was DELICIOUS! Especially that brie. Wow! We also had a pizza which was quite lovely. So much on the menu that I wanted to try! I forget the cocktails we had but they were lovely, also not the type to skimp on alcohol :)
A bit of a trek for those of us living over in the north-​west side of the city. If it was closer, I’d probably be there every day.
Such a cute, quaint place too. :)
Would highly recommend!

Delicious baked goods, beautiful space, pleasant staff — I couldn’t ask for anything more, except perhaps that the bakeshop would move closer to the subway line.
My top picks for baked goods are the pizza pocket (not the GF version) and the cinnamon bun.
Tori’s After Hours became my go-​to special occasion restaurant, and I’ll definitely try to go back on my next visit to Toronto.
I’d say that the daytime baked goods are $$ and the After Hours menu is $$$.

Scones = amazing.
I ordered half-​dozen scones for an omnivore (i.e. no one was vegan/​gluten free) ladies brunch and the scones (blueberry lemon flavour) were to die for. Everyone raved. Not too flakey, not too buttery, soft & crunchy combination in all the right places. (Note — I didn’t get the gluten free version… just regular). Yay for Tori’s! I’ll be back for my brunching needs.

Very grateful to have this place close to where I live!
The food is fantastic, this is my type of restaurant: organic food, gluten free options, fresh, delicious …
The staff is great, courteous and friendly
Thankful

After visiting the Bluff’s for our engagement photo session this morning, our photographer suggested popping over to Tori’s for coffee and cinnamon buns. Although it was a bit out of the way, we were told the baked goods were to die for.
I ordered the cinnamon bun while my partner ordered the smoked hickory coconut BLT. I can’t put into words how delicious the cinnamon bun was. When I was told it was completely vegan, I was astonished. Despite wanting to try my partner’s sandwich for myself, he’d already wolfed it down before I could even ask. It was just that good.
The shop itself seems like it was made for Instagram. Cute lighting (mason jar chandeliers and some that look like whisks). The exterior mint-​coloured paint even matched their retro espresso machine. Overall, it was quaint, clean, and fresh.
Although there isn’t much seating, there was a constant turnover of tables so it wasn’t ever too long to wait for one. Highly recommended!

Taking the time to bring in an update… Still fantastic! The day time bakery stuff is still some of the best vegan baked goods in the city!
The real reason for this update is inspired by visiting Tori’s After Hours. Been in 4 times now and each time was fantastic! Everything I’ve had (provisions, cheese plates, and different versions of the protein, salad, pasta, and dessert) have always been so excellent! Cost is high and it is easy to order A LOT of food — but you’re likely to be very happy you did. Though you may feel a bit of regret after paying the big bill.

This is a vegan bakeshop. I am not a vegan.
However, this ended up not being an issue at all, as the cornmeal blueberry scone I had was DELICIOUS. I also tried a pistachio biscotti that was excellent, while my friend indulged in a gooey looking cinnamon roll and my husband had a cupcake. The baked goods, across the board, were high quality.
I have a personal hangup about vegan substitutes for non-​vegan items, so the savory items mimicking BLTs or cheese and bacon (in scone form) weren’t for me. I was actually hoping for a savory item when we popped in, so was a little disappointed that all of the savory items were meat or cheese pretenders. I’d have gone for a seitan sandwich over a «B“LT.
Tori’s really shines with its pastries. If I lived in Toronto, I could see Tori’s becoming a place to stop for an occasional treat.

Best vegan food I have tasted so far. The freshness of all the local and organic ingredients dances on your tongue asking for more… This is located on the beautiful Beaches, Toronto… I recommend to take a few good friends for a lovely dinner, share the meal with some good wine and dive into the desserts and you will find yourself in heaven again, especially with the cremebrulee… The service was Excellent and I am very glad I finally got to try Tori’s and recommend everyone to try it out and will never be let down! Love xox

Came back to try the after hours menu.
We actually just had dinner in the area and decided to stop in for a drink before heading home. I ordered the calamity jane and dave ordered something with kraken in it (spelling?) My drink was delicious! It had like a fresh citrus taste, perfect for summer.
We shared the cheese slab. Holy vegan! this was absolutely the best cheese board I’ve ever tasted. They are cashew based. We tried the smoked, brie and another (sorry don’t remember). It was served with crackers, pecans, fruit preserve, pumpkin seeds.
It was the perfect end to date night.

It’s nice to have a vegan bakery in the east end! Most of the vegan places I am aware of are in the core. Its nice that this place is a hop and a skip away.
I have come here several times for sandwiches, baked goods and coffee. The Sammie’s are good and they have a decent selection to choose from. I have had their BLT which was quite yummy. I have also ordered their cupcakes as a treat and was quite happy with them. They are a tad on the expensive side, much smaller and not as pretty as some other vegan bakeries I have been to in the city. But they sure are delicious.
A friend who was not vegan came with me and ordered a scone for breakfast. He devoured it and was quite impressed that it was vegan.
Overall, I had a good experience… the staff was friendly, service was good and the food was tasty!

Beautiful interior, great food but coffee could be better.
I tried the eggplant pizza pocket and was floored at how good the gooey pastry was. Also ordered my bday cake from them, wasn’t cheap but was delicious!
The coconut lavender tea latte was watery and so was the cappuccino with coconut milk. Maybe they can start using actual cooking coconut milk vs the very bland carton ones.

After hearing a seemingly endless amount of good things, I made the trip to Tori’s Bakeshop this past weekend to indulge my sweet tooth.
The vibe in the bakeshop is super relaxed and cute. I could definitely see myself whiling away the hours with a good book, coffee, and a delicious treat in the softly lit and cozy bakery.
I admit, I got so excited and overwhelmed by delicious looking choices that I forgot to double-​check that the treat I purchased was gluten free! That being said, I’m not celiac and my GF lifestyle is by choice, so even if it was wheat-​based I wasn’t about to die from enjoying one of the cutest cupcakes I have ever seen. A mini Simpsons-​esque doughnut on top of a cupcake! You’re killing me with cuteness, Tori!
All parts of the cupcake were delicious! The icing was soft and fluffy, and the cake was moist and flavourful without being overpoweringly sweet. I didn’t feel overstuffed or bloated after enjoying this treat, and that’s a big plus for me. You know when you eat a really rich dessert and you get the «sugar sweats.» No sugar sweats for me. Just satisfaction.
Tori’s is a bit of a hike, but I will definitely be back when my sweet tooth is begging for attention.

Contrary to all the positive reviews here. I would like to give this place the lowest rating allowed by Unilocal.The good reviews can be attributed to the special dietary restrictions that this place offers i.e. dairy free etc. but the way items are stored here I would suggest people stay away.
The desserts though look good in the display area were surrounded by bugs/​fruit flies and even though we pointed it out to the sales person there was disdain and so what attitude! seriously I am OK with gluten free/​dairy free or whatever else the tree huggers, hipsters are into these days but I don’t want my proteins from bugs! At least not till its absolutely necessary.
I am sure their fans will keep them busy but I will not be back.
Coffee drinks we tried were OK.