Cafe Mania

nice and delicious crêpe. at first we were hesitant entering this place because of poor previous reviews, but we were surprised in a good way eating their «favourite» crêpe. absolutely recommend…

I had a really good experience at this cozy little crêpe shop. My first question for the employees was, «Do you have gluten free crepes?» I was so happy when they told me they did. They told me it would take a bit longer to make the crêpe gluten free but I told them I didn’t mind. I then asked if they had toppings that were free of both gluten and lactose. They came up with the perfect crêpe for me. They added nuts, brown sugar and honey. My crêpe was very good and I left satisfied. My friend had a normal crêpe and she really liked hers. Since it was late in the evening I decided to try their polar bear shot and can I say how delicious it was. It was made to perfection
This café is really cute and cozy. I highly recommend it for a relaxing night out with yummy food. :)

Was in last year and posted a picture but I guess I forgot to leave a review. So here goes… food and hot chocolate was great! The gentleman behind the counter was amazingly sweet and kind to my husband and I. He gave us suggestions and recommendations. When our crepes were done he walked them over to us. I loved how quiet and conveniently located Café Mania was to everything. If ever back in Toronto I will definitely have to stop in again!

Good food selection and coffee. Affable host and friendly service. A nice little cozy café to read that book you have been carrying around or catching up with close friends.

I absolutely hate this place. I went in one day because I love trying new places to eat, and was greeted by a woman angrily talking on the phone. She looked at me and turned her back to continue talking in a harsh tone and then kind of flopped a menu at me, which was battered to all hell.
There was another couple in there, and I could tell they felt awkward by the woman behind the counter.
I only wanted a crêpe with strawberries (or something like that), and eventually the woman hung up her cell phone to talk to me. It was about 15 minutes at this point and I debated leaving just before she got off the phone.
She apologized, took my order but then said nothing else. I expected to pay upfront, and had my money out but she walked away from me (I had take out btw).
She tells me my order is done and when I go to retrieve it, she flops it down on the counter without much care. I wasn’t impressed with her manners and behavior at this point, so I didn’t tip her on the prompt on the machine. Upon seeing this, she snatched the debt machine out of my hand and when I said goodbye I received a very cold «YEAH.» Girl, I’m not tipping you for crappy service!
When I got home? Keep in mind, I live very close to this place, and I held the box with two hands. The crêpe was crunched into the corner and when I looked in the inside, there looked to be a single strawberry that was cut up and spaced far apart from one another. The strawberry had dark spots (it was going bad) on it, and the chocolate sauce was barely drizzled over it, and for around $ 10? This isn’t worth it.
She made this crappy crêpe before giving me full attitude. If I had tipped her for this, I would have been pissed.
⁰⁄₁₀ would not recommend.

just don’t go there.
I was a loyal customer when Café Mania first opened in 2009. since then they were sold a couple of times and every time it just got worse, all the way up till now when it became horrible.
extremely bland food, ridiculously small portions without any idea or imagination (no
side, no topping, no nothing), ingredients listed in the menu lacking in the actual crêpe plus definitely overpriced on top of everything. I’m sure you can get better crepes in absolutely any other crêpe place in Toronto — and I extremely like crepes.
waiters rather careless, the new owner talks nicely but all we ever felt visiting them last time was greed.
stay away and walk couple blocks to Crêpe It Up or Crepes a GoGo for much better crepes and prices.

Been here once and I liked it. A bit pricey but I guess it was ok for downtown Toronto. Paid $ 4 on a latte, $ 10 – 11 for a big waffle with icecream. The waffles were delicious, service was decent in terms of wait time. The guy was nice to us, he even offered a free ice cream when he brought the wrong waffle order. Overall ok ⁷⁄₁₀ I would say

I went here once last Spring, and just had an affogato, which was delicious. I went back the other day to get some dessert and I don’t really understand why everyone is complaining about the service. When we went (about 8 pm Thursday), there was only one person there, I believe it was the owner. He was very friendly and told us he was a little understaffed. We weren’t in a rush so we said that wasn’t a problem. There were a few tables seated, and one to-​go order came in while we waited, but it didn’t take too long. We ordered americanos, which we sipped while we waited for our food. My boyfriend got the exotic mania and I ordered the maple mania (waffle), and they were both delicious. The fruit was fresh and the waffle was so fluffy and delicious. I will definitely be back.

It’s a nice enough place with good food. Just not thrilling.
Good atmosphere. Priced reasonably for downtown Toronto. Smaller than usual crepes, but tasty. Good coffee. Okay service.
Reading other reviews, I didnt see «rude» service at all. But we were attended by a lone waitress, sometimes distracted by her phone. We were the only patrons while were were there… a late Saturday brunch. She was still attentive while actually serving us.
Coffee wasn’t ready when we came in. A slow summer Saturday. It might have been nice to have coffee for a while before the rest of our order, but the coffee was quite good when we got it. One other patron came in and left because coffee wasn’t ready. That seemed a bit odd. I don’t know if they didn’t want to waste a brew, or if they were being hyper sure of serving only the freshest, but I’d have thought a crêpe joint would have coffee ready at all times.
The two crepes we ordered were delicious. One sweet, one savory. But they were on the small side. I hate to come off like a gauche American who expects a mountain of food at every meal… that’s not it. But we wanted a bit more substance than we got.
Nice enough place, really. But for everything Toronto has to offer, Mania may not be a first choice.

The service was extremely rude. There was no one in there and the server and owner reminded us on two separate times that we had to leave in 45 minutes if we did not buy any food. The tea was decent, but would not go back there due to the negative vibe that I got.

I am greatly disappointed by this place. The café seemed like a nice place for me to hang out and enjoy a nice cup of tea. However, I was immediately warned by the waitress about the 45 mins stay limit after I ordered my tea.
I understand if the place is packed busy… but there was only 2 other tables that were both finishing up!!! around 20 mins later, who seem to be the owner came by to pour out the rest of our tea from the top with very obvious intention of rushing us out. at the time, there was only another table in the entire restaurant. It was even more ridiculous when he pour both pot of different tea we were having into 1 cup since my cup was still full… He didn’t even care! and then of course, he mentioned again about how people who only order tea has to leaven after 45 mins. RIDICULOUS!
I will never go back there again. In fact, I will announce to anybody I know not to go there.

Ordered a café latte and it was equivalent to a cheap cup of coffee from a gas station. WiFi did not work on my iPhone 5 and the server blamed it on my phone. Go somewhere else !

I have to agree with Steph and Jennifer! Service here has more attitude without the bustling business to back it up. They can’t afford to be treating people like this for long because I don’t think most people will bother to come back.
Fillings were stingy and they confrontation over using a Groupon was a big mistake. I won’t bother repeating much else because the other reviews say it all.

How time flies! I was the first to review this place and unfortunately they haven’t shown any improvement, actually, my impression of this café is worse.
I came here after the Power of Movement fundraiser with a few of my favourite Unilocalers.
We were excited for crepes but ended up being treated like crap.
The service was horrible.
I’ve been here three times and I won’t be back.
The servers were very short with us.
Abrupt. Rude… Just completely unpleasant.
We had a Groupon and they made a huge deal about it.
For such a small place, I don’ t think they should be giving anyone a hard time. Even asking for the bill took forever.
Now that I’ve shared my thoughts about the service, here’s how I felt about the crepes.
I ordered the Mania ($ 7.29)
Bland and doughy crepes without much filling.
I think it had eggs, goat cheese, spinach…
I actually can’t remember because it was more dough than stuff.
The crêpe came with a salad of iceburg lettuce with goat cheese thrown on top of it. Not very appetizing.
Completely average crepes and overpriced coffee.
– And I paid $ 2.45 for a TEA CUP of coffee.
Who serves coffee in a tea cup?
Next time I want crepes, I’m going to wander over to Crêpe’s A Go-​go in Yorkville. Maybe Crêpe It Up on Church… or take a few steps down the street to Wanda’s Belgian Waffles. They have waffles and not crepes but you know what? I’ll take hot Belgian waffles over crepes-​with-​attitude.

Café Mania’s crepes and waffles we ordered were not bad… but this place just have this negative vibe…
The wait staffs are the most of unfriendly and confronting ones I encountered. Everything is a No. Customers are always not right!
No, this. that’s not possible… even asking the bill and pay was not an easy task! Since they don’t have bills, they have to ring it in the cash register just like you eating at a fast food joint!
I don’t think I will be back… the food is not worth all these agony!

I came here on the tail-​end of one of my pretty-​much-​weekly pilgrimage to the Yorkville area. It’s got some very comfortable and chic (although somewhat clubby) seating, with soft, round, bright red individual couches surrounding black round tables. It also has free Wi-​Fi
Food-​wise, I tried the Veggie Garden Mania (with goat cheese, portobello mushrooms, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, lettuce, red onions and caesar dressing). I found that the tomatoes (and possibly the dressing) made the dish a little too sour, and I was a little non-​thrilled at the use of bland iceberg lettuce. The crepes themselves have a moderately chewy texture; while it wasn’t overly undercooked as some other creperies I’ve tried prior to joining Unilocal and which shall remain unnamed until I’m dragged there again, a crunchier texture would have been nice.
I think I might come back to give their sweet crepes a try…

Mmmm, crepes.
The Café Mania Original — a sweet crêpe filled with mascarpone, bananas, walnuts, honey and topped with cinnamon powder — is definitely a winner.
The prices are a bit expensive, but when have crepes ever been cheap?

Food: 4.5÷5
Service: ³⁄₅
Ambiance: ⁴⁄₅
Drink: ³⁄₅
Great crepes, and i actually go out of my way to visit this place for some crêpe cravings.
Favorites:
Nutty mania: hazelnut Nutella with almonds, coconuts, and walnuts.
Banana mania: haze;nut Nutella with fresh banana
Each for around $ 7.
Crepes are prepared to perfection, crispy on the edge and moist in the center. I always enjoy every single bite and before I even know, the whole crêpe is gone.
Service is quite slow mainly because they only have 1 person serving everybody in the store, and 1 person making crepes. They are simply understaffed and cannot handle everything promptly. It took them almost 20 minutes before serving me the crepes.
You wont miss out much by skipping the mixed drinks here, obviously not their specialty. Go with the safe choices of crepes + coffee (Americano was amazing!!!)

The quality of the food was very good, but I did not find it very filling due to what seemed to be smaller portions. The server’s knowledge seemed limited, especially when it came to what different teas they had were like.
M’lady and I went there for breakfast (or closer to brunch). It wasn’t very busy with plenty of free tables, and the environment was very enjoyable. It was a difficult to get the server’s attention at times.
The china seemed old with chips on each of the plates we used, and the large tea pot we got was very difficult to use as it was all metal, and the handle was at a 90 degree angle. Touching the top of the lid which seemingly was the handle to lift it up by got your fingers burned.
All-​in-​all, this quality of the food was very good as was the environment, however they have a long ways to go until they become deserving of a 5-​star rating, both in terms of customer service and their china.

So I always walk by this place because it’s right around the corner from me… I never went in but fabfind had a coupon special $ 10 for $ 25 dollars worth of food. We went on a martini special day and I was happy! Drinks, sweet crepes what more could a person want… well actually a lot. The food was good but nothing like Café crêpe on queen.
The ambiance was cute. Unsure how we racked up a bill of $ 80 dollars at a café place for 3 people but maybe that was my fault for the drinking… even though I had 2 drinks only… anyways continuing on. I had a strawberry nutella banana YUMMY! and my boyfriend and his friend had this Mediterranean grilled thing which was FANTASTIC except I dont think salty things should be in a crêpe… I know I’m weird like that.
Service was decent, the server was trying a little too hard to «be my friend» to the point where he was being a tad mean to me for a server however he was attentive and came to check on us very often.
Cost: 3 people, 1 cheese plater, 4 crepes, 6 drinks (2 alcholic) $ 80 (inc coupon for $ 15 off)
Food quality: ⁴⁄₅
Food quantity: 3.5÷5
Wine Selection: ³⁄₅
Service: 3.5÷5
Perfect for: First dates, Dessert craving.
Would I Go Again: Only because I have two more coupons, or else probably not… I love café crêpe