Nova Era Bakery

First time trying this bakery, but definitely coming back. I was never pressured into choosing right away, the girl working there was super nice and let me take my time. She answered all of my questions about what dessert was which, or what was inside. I ordered 1 shrimp patty that was heated up, gave it a nice crunch. Also ordered a grilled chicken bacon sandwich that was being grilled in the little kitchen area, took longer then I expected. Ordered 6 Portuguese tarts to go. The sandwich tasted very good, the chicken had a lemony herb flavour, not your usual boring grilled chicken breast. I really liked the bread, sour dough that was chewy but not stale at all. Later tried the tarts and they were perfect combination of custard to flaky crust.
So delicious! Will be back to grab more tarts and more patties! Prices are so affordable too!
TIP: They don’t serve soup in the summer time!

The sandwich was good but it was very clear I had no clue how their ordering process works and pretty sure that was clear given all of my questions. She asked what I wanted on the sandwich and I said everything but onions. I was charged 50 cents for every vegetable! They should really mention that’s extra when it’s obvious I had never been there before. Needless to say, kinda shocked at the cash after I had eaten the sandwich and could have had something much better for 10!

How could a place so yummy be so cheap?! Seriously had one of the best coffees here and under $ 3. Egg tarts baked goods croquettes… all great afternoon or morning tea staples. I have been a few times. I always leave happy with crumbs sprinkled over my top!

While waiting for an event to start (cuz god forbid anything starts at the time it was advertised to start!) came here to chill for a bit. For some reason this place reminds me of a cafeteria. They have bread loaves you can buy and then several different pastries and small bites to get. My friend got the fried cod and some fried shrimp cake thing. She said it wasn’t bad but assumed that perhaps they would heat it up before serving. I had the chocolate croissant. Now. as far as croissants go… this one was friggin HUGE. And covered with oodles and oodles of delightful powdered suger. The inside was a delicious creamy chocolaty center. With other places the centre is some hard piece of chocolate… usually milk chocolate, which i hate.
Service was quite nice, but since there was only one other couple in here I would expect it to be. We ordered some stuff and got some tea and they brought it over to our table. It was pretty cheap — my add a few pounds to my hips croissant was under $ 2! The entire bill came up to about $ 10. At Starbucks that will get you one cuppa joe!
I certainly wouldn’t drive back there or highly recommend it. But it worked in a pinch

Pretty decent for dirt cheap food and bad coffee. Free wifi and no judgement. I like the mix of old Portuguese women and construction workers. Good times!!!

The only thing I’ve ever had from this bakery are the Portuguese Egg Tarts (Pasteis de Nata) and they are solid.
I like these ones better than other places, because they are caramelized a little more on top. The pastry is flaky, crisp, and chewy. A winning combination for sure.
My friend brought Egg Tarts for me from Pasteis de Belem in Lisbon a while back, and these come very close to the quality of that product, if not better.
Best you eat them the same day they are purchased, so that the pastry doesn’t go stale on you.

Terrible Service all the time! They are notoroious for their terrible service. But if you must go, yes the coffee is good (if they manage to get your order right). They offer Soy milk now but don’t bother, it is always old. The popular desserts like the natas are good and fresh but everything else, I wouldn’t touch.
Honestly, they need to shape up especially since new competition has come around. They have a terrible reputation in the portuguese community which isn’t a good sign. I would just go to Golden Wheat Bakery further east on College St. instead.

Best Natas in the city– hands down. Lattes are also very good:)

Bustling place. Service is friendly. I had a very nice brownie and coffee. The coffee is really burnt, and I like that. Reminds me a lot of the Algarve.

I stopped in to Nova Era because I was craving for Portuguese custard tarts. This easy to find location is on the ttc streetcar line. I originally just wanted to go in for 1, but I ordered 6 and they threw in 2 extras which was really nice of them.
Their custard tarts are a little on the sweet side, but very delicious. The textures was good. There’s a lot of seating available and they serve a lot of other desserts and baked goods. The portuguese tart definitely satisfied my craving. I also ordered a mocha, which was nice, but a little more than I’d pay for the satisfaction I received from the drink.
I think the tarts were a little over a $ 1. I still recommend stopping by for a custard tart.

I was going clubbing and tried this traditional portuguese bakery.
I felt like I was back in Brazil, where most bakeries are run by portuguese or italian families (I’m half italian, and my family used to have a bakery, obviously). Food is good, but not awesome. Service is AWFUL. I asked for a traditional coffee-​and-​milk (supposedly, a latte), and was served a cup of coffee… with extra milk, charged. The cheese-​and-​ham sandwich was good, yep, but I’ve had better.
I was going to ask for some portuguese candy, but gave up due to bad service.
It’s not a cheap place. And there’s not even free wi-​fi. It looks better than it really is. It’s like a place to eat when you’re hungry late night, because it’s obviously clean.
I really don’t know why they expect you to be served on the tables, if you asked over the counter the service would be faster.