La Boheme

The stars are really for the two male staff I had tonight. They were friendly and nice and they even gave me a free almond chocolate croissant as they were about to close and would have had to throw them out anyways. They also saw my pleading eyes staring at them. I also got an almond milk hotchocolate. It was good but not the greatest that I’ve had. Mind you it could also be the almond milk? The store itself was bright and cleanish but not very Parisian or warm feeling per se.

Hmmmm, not sure about this place — highway robbery with the price they charge for the food. The restaurant is large and has ok seating but the food was just ok. I recommend you go to douce france next door. They are more authentic and the food/​service is much better
Food: 2.5÷5, I got the chocolate éclair and it was ok tasting but it seemed old and squished down for staying out for awhile.
Service: 2/​5, just ok here as well. They don’t explain the food or any kind of service — just buy this and leave kind of feel.
Ambience: 3/​5, quiet, not much music and the tables are far apart and many people just on their laptops.
Price: 1/​5, it was $ 5 or an éclair and $ 2.5 for a Portuguese tart. I thought this was very overpriced.

La Boheme is a beautiful bakery. They have croissants, varieties of sandwich, soup, and beautiful pastries. They have nice comfortable seats and tables. The service is very good. They are pricey, but it may be reasonable by their space and location. Their croissants were salty and their tea was just like hot water. La Boheme is a fancy place, but customers are just regular people and casual.

Since La Boheme opened, I have been irritated by the problem with freshness of their pastries. Quite a few businesses in my neighbourhood, Yonge & Eglinton, are asking me to ‘eat’ their losses. It presents a dilemma. I cannot decide whether they can survive in this area of insane rentals. So many places have come and gone over the past two decades.
I recall some of the patisseries that are gone: La Bamboche (pastry chef on site), Comte de Provence (chef trained in Paris), Jedd’s Frozen Custard, etc.
La Boheme is a very pleasant place, airy, clean. The staff is accommodating. Just the ticket for a coffee with a friend. I caught the round cheese cake with strawberry glaze on the day it was delivered. It was to die for (even at $ 6.50). But a week later, the same cheesecake was by far not as good. The glaze had shrunk and became rubbery. The crumb base had hardened. The sublime taste of the filling no more.
Is it utopian thinking that a business should put their old stuff on sale or even donate to charities? Would they survive? When a student in Montréal, I was fired from a well known bakery. I refused to tell customers that yesterday’s goods were freshly made.
I would come to La Boheme more often if only their pastries were fresh.

Only had their tea and sweet stuff. Didn’t get to try any of their savory items.
Presentation wise, all the sweets looked amazing and it was hard to choose at first but I went with my all-​time favorite, lemon meringue tart and an earl grey tea. My friends ordered strawberry cheesecake, lavender macaron and white chocolate mousse cake.
The first lady who tried to assist us didn’t really know the products well. She told us the cheesecake wasn’t cheesecake but it was. Another lady ended up assisting us instead.
I have to say there is a bit too much hype for this space. I was underwhelmed by everything. Everything tasted just okay.
I was not impressed with the tea bag holding the loose leaf tea. The bag gets soaked and drips off the side of the cup and all over the saucer and table.
Another thing that definitely turns me off is seeing the insect/​critter trapper in the bathroom. Glad I went at the end and not the beginning. I understand there is food and sweets which attract unwanted insects and animals but please do a better job of concealing it!

The staff are really friendly and nice. The selection of sweets, bread, and even a bite for food cravings is really great. This place has managed to maintain its quality despite ownership changes. They offer a loyalty program and craft a very tasty Cappuccino, but the other options are by no means inferior. It’s a good spot to get some sun rays, before this beautiful planet sets, they have a lovely big window for this purpose with convenient seats.

I accidently found this place. For almost half a year, I lived in France. This place imports many jams and other delights (specific after dessert candies, speciality pastries, etc) that bring me memories of France. The shop part is what I’ve been looking for, and I’m so happy to have found it in this little place. Yes, most of their products are a bit expensive, but considering the long lists of regulations and standards that the government has placed in imports (most imports usually need to be relabeled under certain guidelines of Canadian standards), the prices are expected.
I fell in love with their fig jam. You can probably find fig jam in other locations, or chains, but this is the real deal. Try it.
I haven’t tried their coffee or their sandwiches, so I can’t comment. Though everything smelled delicious.

Still 2 stars. I would only come back because of the beautiful and quiet backyard patio and reliable WiFi. But be warned, best to just stick to really basic things (e.g. tea — can’t be screwed up). Their iced latte was really watery and they didn’t have any simple syrup to use as sweetener. I tried one of their vegetable sandwiches and it was overpriced and completely bland. A few sad vegetables on bread that was slathered with mayo. Bleh. Service is ok, lacking in friendliness or enthusiasm but competent. Oh, and they are really generous with their ‘special deals’ — «like» them or check-​in on facebook and get a whooping 10% off (only weekdays before 10am). Wow.
If you want better quality drinks and snacks, head up a few doors north to De Mello or south to Zaza. Both are better options (but don’t have patios, sadly).

I’m giving this place two stars because the croissants and sandwiches are delicious.
I haven’t tried the coffee, so I won’t comment on that.
I’ve been here a few times, and I think the place has really gone downhill. The prices do not reflect the quantity or quality (except for maybe the sandwiches, which are great). I bought a salad, sandwich, and bag of cookies, and paid $ 20. I thought it was a bit absurd, as the salad consisted of four slices of tomato and the same amount of cheese. It looked so small that I assumed they just forgot to fill it up and went on to do something else. Nope, that’s the actual size. The girl was kind enough to add some more to give me a normal-​sized salad. The salad was ok, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It would be infinitely improved if it had basil instead of cilantro in it.
Don’t even think of buying the bagged cookies at the front. While they were stingy with the quantity of salad, they were overly generous with the quantity of sugar in the cookies. They were so sweet nobody at my office wanted to eat them. Not something you would expect from a bakery.
It’s a cozy little place that has the most adorable little patio out back. That’s about it, really.

This café has a really cool French experience to it and has friendly staff and grate coffee. Today I ordered a salmon sandwich and kale salad, they made the salmon sandwich fresh for me, witch tasted amazing. But the place needs a touch up.

This place is overrated. They have decent coffee and nice desserts, but for the reputation and the price you pay, it’s not worth it. The atmosphere lacks charm, pretty utilitarian, with little taste. The service is cold, persons were unpresentable and unprofessional. The bathrooms were atrocious. I ordered a quiche, it was heated, the outside was burnt the inside was cold. The lack of effort in the atmosphere and the service indicates a lack of dignity, pride and investment in one’s work.

Nice little neighbourhood Café. Their macarons and chocolates are great. Highly recommend the sea salt and caramel chocolate. Both the macarons and chocolates are made in-​house.

I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! I can’t believe it took me as long as it did to try this amazing café! I have had an amazing experience every single time. It is dangerously close to my house! I have to talk myself out of going every day. Their coffee is fantastic, very flavourful but not too strong. I live for their almond croissants, and have taken to picking up a few when I have company or am visiting friends. Their eclairs are heaven! I am going to be 500 lbs in no time! Their salted caramel macrons put my old macron shop (ruelo) to shame… bigger, chewier, with real caramel inside! My only tiny suggestion is they should have signs that say «pay here» «pick up here» etc. The staff has always been friendly & helpful!

This place is nice and the mood is right. Great patio in the summer and friendly staff. I could not help noticing that the quality of the croissant did go down in the past month and there are not as fresh as they use to be.

My favourite uptown café/​bakery. Superb coffee, sandwiches and quiches. Pastries are great too but must get there early because they don’t bake them onsite so whatever they get in the morning is it. By 3, they just aren’t very fresh. Still, with so many cakes and sweets to choose from, can’t go wrong. Also a great spot to work or study in. And fab big patio out back in the warmer months.

This café continues to have friendly staff and good coffee. Their savory and sweet items are almost all stale stale stale! On several occasions I’ve gotten stale macaroons, tarts, cakes, croissants etc. This stuff is overpriced too and not worth it.
Come here for the coffee, but don’t come here to eat.

La Boheme sucks. Went there today for the very first time and ordered macarons and a quiche. Oh my gawd. Nastiest food ever. I’m not even joking. I wanted to cry while trying to eat that sweet quiche. Gross. The macarons suck. Big time. I’ve had macarons from France which were awesome. These are no where close. It’s an insult to the macaron. Seriously. Actually most places in toronto fail at the macaron… But this sucked the most. Save your money people. I gave all my cash at hand for this sucky food.
On top of it all… The service was slow and they looked confused. Although the store looks cute, a closer look will show it’s true colours. The ceiling was leaking… And it wasn’t even raining. I saw mold on the wall from the moisture and a drop of water landed on my cheek.
Overall… If you are planning on going here… Walk either the opposite direction or pass it.
I’m sorry to the store, but to all you reading, you’re welcome.

La Boheme gets an extra point for having the most serene hidden back-​patio in the area! The zen open space area provided the perfect atmosphere for a catch up session with an old friend. On this trip we tried the apricot danish and the almond pain au chocolat. Both were good, and there were no complaints about the hot beverages either (standard iced coffee and rooibos tea).
Overall La Boheme would be able to dominate were it not situated right in the middle of an area boasting the most impressive lineup of patisseries Toronto has to offer. Still, they’ve managed to create the most relaxing atmosphere, which is half of the formula.

They make great pastries, it is as good as in France.
The only thing is that they don’t speak French :)

The last 2 times I’ve come the cashier has been unbelievably rude!
This time around, the Asian girl with glasses who took my order was rude. I had my hand outstretched to receive the change, and she placed it on the countertop and didn’t even look at me in the eye and immediately turned away!
SHe asked me 2x if the Croque Monsier (or rather, mon — chur as she pronounced it) was to stay or to go. She brought me a cold sandwich. Ugh.
For a snooty place, their staff is rude and ignorant.