The Croissant Tree

The Croissant Tree seems to be a bit hit-​or-​miss for me.
First, they’ve got a huge (almost too big) selection of food. I couldn’t tell where to begin when faced with the decision of what to order.
Second, I’ve been here twice, and the first time the food quality was amazing and fresh. The potatoes (fries) were crispy and hot. The second time, I could tell the potatoes had been re-​heated, they were lukewarm, and were almost grey in colour.
Third, the coffee selection is great! I’m not sure if it’s bottomless coffee, but I was impressed with the selection.
Overall, I would say try it out and see what you think. I really enjoy the eggs benedict, croissants, and the coffee!

This simple lunch café has a wide selection of sandwiches and salads for affordable prices, with daily lunch specials that combine a sandwich and a side of soup, salad, or fries. My grilled cheese met expectations — lots of cheese (cheddar only) and nicely grilled bread off the panini press. The soup is nothing to rave about but acceptable given their main focus appears to me sandwiches and salads. There was a wide selection of both pasta and green salad available for the day. Coffee and water were self-​serve style, which sped up the ordering line. Couches, bar stools, and group tables were available.

Great comfy food. Frequent choice for a nice hearty lunch choice. Their hot food chalkboard menu is delicious.

Waren Frühstücken: Gutes Essen, niedriger Preis, grosse Teeauswahl, für uns hat alles gepaast

Decent food, Amazing coffee, fast service, great ambiance and Fabulous prices. What more do you want? I had the turkey egg omelet, with a side salad with a latte, it filled me up till dinner because of the large portions!

Decent menus, quick service and reasonable prices. Had the eggs bene, decent size. The salad was nothing to brag about. Overall would recommend if you’re looking for a place with a low key atmosphere and decent food for a good price.

Enough seats and food menu. I ordered waffle (with whipping cream, chocolate and ice cream) and coffee. It was good. I like to read a book with coffee here. Very quiet.

This is a great place to go if you’re in a rush and want to grab a quick bite to eat. It’s got a cafeteria style setting and the menu is fairly large. You can grab the quick sandwiches or wraps to go, or order something to take out as well. There is an all day breakfast menu that has various types of croissants and bagel combinations, which all taste great.
If you staying to dine in, there are plenty of seats and a nice couch area. They also have free wifi and it’s fairly quiet inside. Similar to your typical café setting, this place is a great one to study or write that book you’ve been wanting to all these years!
Overall the food is nothing out of the ordinary, but it tastes great and is relatively inexpensive compared to other places in the area. I’ll come back for a bite whenever I’m in the area and need a breakfast kick starter.

Open rafters, free wifi, all day breakfast… If I were a student looking for a place to hunker down to do some studying, this would be my favorite place, hands down.
Alas, those days are long gone. Now I’m skeptical about their mediocre coffee, the average eggs that I can make myself, and wifi? Nah, I gots that data plan!
I’ll come here again, all points aside, mainly if I’m simply looking for a spot to grab a simple bite.

Very good coffee and croissants. Breakfast was good but the potatoes were quite bland. Atmosphere is very nice. There is lots of space to sit including couches.

Really great place to grab breakfast and just down the street from one of my friend’s place! Every time I go over, that’s where I gravitate to have breakfast. They have a wonderful selection of steeped teas and of course, their croissants are amazing. Definitely recommend if you’re in the Yonge and Church intersection area, and its only a few minutes walk from Bloor-​Yonge Subway station.

Currently visiting Toronto and staying in the Yonge/​Bloor area and looking for a good croissant place. Had a plain croissant and was pretty disappointed. Coffee was decent and there is free wifi but if you’re seeking a great croissant then skip this place. I found the croissants at saint lawrence market much better particularly the ones on the main floor — future bakery?

It’s a very big coffee shop with lots of options for brunch. Portions are big and taste OK but maybe not perfect.
It’s good if you want to seat in a good neighborhood and have no one bother you to get out soon

Superb place to eat on a slow weekend morning. Excellent prices, warm environment, superb and friendly service. They even have Internet should you need it, no cost. Excellent breakfasts, quiet, centrally located, just a highly recommended restaurant to visit and often!

Probably more of a 3.5 star, but Unilocal doesn’t allow that.
I came here three times to get coffee/​breakfast during my 4 days in Toronto. We kept coming back because it was extremely close to our hotel, not expensive, relatively fast, and they had wifi (our hotel only had it in the lobby!).
We tried a variety of croissants and danishes each day, and the coffee and espresso drinks. My lattes were okay– not great, but very drinkable. The coffee was less good, and refills are not free, even if you are sitting in the restaurant. The croissants were good– a bit on the greasy side, but there were a lot of different varieties, and anything made with the amount of butter that goes into a croissant is going to be a bit greasy.
We particularly liked the bacon and cheese variety (why haven’t they done this in the US?) The apple danish was also a highlight.
We didn’t have enough time to order a full, hot breakfast, but everyone around us who did looked satisfied.

Patio is nice. You can see potential in the place. Lots of coffee options too.
I wasn’t blown away though. I keep meaning to go back but keep ending up at other places instead.
Looks like a good crowd on weekends.

This place is great — came here on a weekend away and had a great eggs benny for under $ 10, including coffee! Good other selections too (waffles, omlettes etc). Coffee selection was perfectly adequate.
We came back a second time the next day. This place is seriously good value and basically just what you need when you don’t want to pay $ 30 for a crappy hotel breakfast.

A very nice place! First of, very spacious — you can always find a seat.
They have a great assortment of foods to choose from, from regular sandwiches, to croissants, and quinoa salads and all sorts of things. I really enjoy their food selection.
The coffee selection is rather limited, usually to three choices (at least the times I’ve been there). However, they have some interesting blends and flavours, which I have thoroughly enjoyed, so no complaints there, really.
I love studying there, since it tends to be rather quiet, but always has good seats. Love sitting on the couches next to the fake fireplace.
My only complaint is their relatively short hours… well, they are not even that short. They work until 7 (and 6 on the weekends) but they do tend to try to get people out before so they can close by that time. Nonetheless, this is one of my fave spots to do work downtown, so unless something equally diverse food-​wise and spacious comes up soon, I’ll be spending my moneys here! Cheers!

Here is my biggest problem that I have with this place. It’s name the Croissant Tree, but they don’t have good croissants!
I mean, I’ve had worse. But I was expecting a memorable experience while eating there. But realistically it wasn’t a memorable one.
I also had their grilled cheese which was greasy as hell. This was a terrible lunch and I expected more. Maybe I expected too much, but I was disappointed none the less.
I wouldn’t recommend this place. but it isn’t the worst place you could go to either.

Why come here: you work/​live in this area and want «fancy breakfasts» for under $ 10.
Why you shouldn’t come here: you want extremely good coffee (better options around the area).
I’m on a quest to find the best value breakfast in the Yonge/​Bloor/​Yorkville area.
Atmosphere: Like a high end coffee shop and has Wi-​Fi and CP24. Has a patio. Pretty nice and seems good for meeting up with clients or friends during business hours. 4.5÷5
Service: order at counter and they bring food to you. Not bad. They should have those buzzer things like Panera. ³⁄₅
Food: I ordered the peameal bacon eggs benedict and it came with home fries and vinegarette salad. Eggs benedict were pretty good, peameal bacon had a decent salty taste to it. I liked it. Home fries tasted like they were out of a bag. However I really liked the salad. Ingredients were very fresh. Coffee was average, but overall, great breakfast to start the day. They also have a good coffee selection if you’re picky about coffee flavours. So ⁴⁄₅ on food.
Would I visit again? Yes, maybe once every few weeks for breakfast. I will have to try lunch from there too.

Compared to the vegetarian omelette I’d had in the hotel restaurant the day before, the omelette at The Croissant Tree was impossibly fluffy and full of fresh cut vegetables; the potato chunk fries were golden and delicious; and the coffee was spectacular. I think this speaks more about the horrible hotel food than what the Croissant Tree presented, which was all very nice and promptly served by friendly people. The tomatoes and peppers were large enough to dominate the omelette, but also too big to «fit» in the omelette, with no chance of making sense on a fork. But the taste was good, even if my ability to engineer the food was subpar.
Another day I had their fruit salad and it was great.