Michel’s Baguette French Bakery Cafe

This is the best place to eat at Fairview because it’s decent value, the food is fresh, and it’s usually nice and quiet. Also — it’s just beside the parking lot but accessible from inside the mall (unlike Spring Rolls). Bonus.
Menu selection is limited to soup, sandwiches, salads, and desserts (possibly also breakfast), but everything I’ve ever ordered here has been good. I love the tomato bisque soup! This place isn’t fancy, but it’s a wonderful alternative to the din of the food court.

Delicious fresh foods and pastries matched with their impeccable service.
Great «go-​to» spot.

Great place to grab a latte and some fresh pastries or a sandwich. The staff is quick and efficient and the spot is bright, welcoming and tidy. Great location in the mall tucked right in a corner by an exit to Sheppard Ave.
I’ve tried the grilled cajun chicken sandwich, wicked thai soup, and sugar twist. The butter croissants aren’t bad either. Prices are comparable to other bakeries of this calibre. One of my favourite comfort spots for a fuss free weekend lunch.

I’ve been coming to this location for years and it never fails to meet my expectations. Getting a chocolate croissant and coffee here is my morning ritual. Great service!

Found this gem while doing some major damage shopping, nice bakery away from the crazy food court. The blueberry cheese danish was really tasty paired with a latte is perfection. Service was attentive and quick. Liked the ambiance of the bakery.

Love the chocolate almond croissant! It was nice, warm and flaky. Delicious. My go-​to place when I’m in the area… Great place to grab a coffee and pastry before shopping.
Staff is helpful and friendly too. Service was quick.

This is the perfect location while rushing to work to grab a tiny bagel with chopped egg, cucumber and tomato for $ 7.50.

Amazing ambience. Amazing cakes from la rocha. Great place to meet a client or a friend.

Oh Michele’s baguette.
Just thinking of their spinach and feta croissants make my mouth water, they are that good. Also love their German chocolate cake coffee — OMG.
This place is perfect for me for a «once in a while» treat. The one star deduction comes from the pricey-​ness — my medium coffee and croissant were $ 6.15 after tax.
They have a very nice space at this location, lots of seating and natural light. The staff are also very kind, especially to their regulars.
All in all a nice place to grab a coffee and a treat!

Never thought that a business owner can be so narrow mind limited and with so much lack of customer service …. Stay away of this location!
I will never get anything again in the future from this place …
We got four pastries from the café and got a table to serve them.
It happen that we purchased before getting in Michel’s café a box of Cinnabons; the owner of Michel’s café, seeing the box of Cinnabons on our table, was keep coming like a clown at our table and was keep repeating, with totally lack of respecting his customers, that we cannot bring food from outside. For this guy was more important that we got with us a Cinnabon box than we were his customers … I regret paying four pastries from this location and left my $ to this dinosaur business.

The almond croissant I purchased here was the best croissant I have ever had; it was also the best pastry I have ever had. It was as though I had stepped into a bakery in Paris straight from the streets of Toronto. Outstanding!!!

The pastries are the best I have ever had.
Those almond croissants are so delicious!!!
A bit pricey for my budget for pastries, but worth it.

I got a quinoa salad with a spinach wrap. The salad was stone cold. Ick. Didn’t like it. It didn’t taste too fresh. But the spinach wrap was nice. Panera Bread is better in terms of quality of food.

The Yorkdale location is better than this location at Fairview Mall. This location is slow and they also stopped serving German Chocolate Cake coffee (i.e. what is there to live for?)

I’ll be quick…
–Omelet w/​ham ⁴⁄₁₀
tasted microwaved, not many choices for toppings, couldn’t substitute the bun with something else
–Chicken Noodle Soup ⁷⁄₁₀
Average, tasted out of a can
–Turkey Bacon Wrap ²⁄₁₀
Horrible, if I wasn’t as hungry as I was I would of givien it ⁰⁄₁₀. Tasted like it was made last week, with way too much lettuce!

Wonderful option when looking for coffees and sweets.
Sandwiches here also… but who needs that when you can get Butterscotch Almond cookies and Chocolate Almond Croissants!
Yummy

My family and myself have been coming to this spot for years till we moved but we revived the tradition of late and the food is still awesome at this location.
Coffees, Pastries, Breads, Sandwiches are always fresh and delicious. They revamped the dining area and now there is way more room to accommodate more customers also it is not as cramped as before. The staff is very friendly and helpful especially to their older/​elder customers that frequent here.
Always will be a long time patron of this particular Baguette.

Mushroom Soup + Brie & Pear Panini combo FTW!
Hits the spot in a very good way.
Lots of seating. Easily accessible within the mall & from the exterior. Healthy options… especially compared to Cinnabun across the hall.

I truly had no idea that there were so many Michel’s Baguettes in Toronto, I just learned that upon searching this place to review. Interesting.
Anyways, I am reviewing this as a sandwich shop/​café. This is not a full French bakery as the name implies. If you show up expecting a bakery, you might be disappointed.
Think of this as the fancier version of a Tim Horton’s lunch. They serve your basic sandwiches, a variety of salads, and a good selection of soups. You go through, cafeteria style, pay for your food and seat yourself. The bread is very fresh, as well as the salads. In my experience, the soups were kind of watery and not so appealing.
They have a really good special, not sure if its all day or just lunch — but pick a small sandwich, a drink, and garden salad or soup for $ 6. Not bad. They will probably let you sub for a fancier salad for an extra dollar or two.
If I am shopping at Fairview Mall, I will come here to eat instead of the food court. Healthier, more food for your dollar, and a much quieter, friendlier atmosphere.