The employee didn't know a whole lot about the ingredients, which is a detriment especially for a natural bakery which caters to people of various dietary restrictions. That aside (already a star off as I know how important an employee's knowledge plays a part in these kinds of places), healthy food has a bad rep for being nothing like their unhealthy counterparts and unfortunately this place only serves to solidify that argument. Carrot cake: This was awful. It was very dry, crumbly, and had no carrot taste or cinnamon taste. This reminded me of the green stuff that you poke flowers in for flower arrangements in terms of texture and the taste probably isn't very far off. Spelt chocolate chip cookie: Following the former, this was also tasteless and a weird crunchy even though it looked like it should be chewy. To make it worse, I couldn't even taste the chocolate chips. Gluten free chocolate chip cookie: Tasteless and bland is the theme for today. There was at least a slight bit of sweetness and it was a tad chewier than its spelt twin but that's like saying wet sand versus dried sand. Sweet lupin pumpkin cake: This was the best of the bunch. It was still crumbly but at least soft and moist. I tasted a light pumpkin flavor and it was well spiced. This was the only edible pastry I tried from here. Overall, this was a horrible place to try as my first foray in GF V bakeries in the area. Definitely do not come here unless you want to waste your money...but if you want to waste your money, message me and donate to my traumatized taste buds instead lol. read more

Amazing refined sugar free bakery with a variety of pastries, cakes and desserts. We bought a bunch of things to try and a were delicious. The poppy seeds danish was so wonderful. The bakery is also in a laidback setting, not pretentious at all Staff was friendly. I wish we have places like this in NYC read more

Kensington Natural Bakery - a variety of baked goods - Desserts Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Actually, I only came here because Slanted Door (the cafe two stores down) was crowded. And a pleasant find! The decor is extremely homely, with a nice relaxing green palette and lots of plants. I know theyre big for their vegan selection, but honestly the price is so good for the stuff they offer. Coffee is $1.50 before tax, and I got a chocolate croissant, all together it was $3.75. CASH ONLY. Location is 3 min walk from Bathurst station. Very nice place to study and read a book. Noise level is quiet. read more

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[DISCLAIMER] - I ordered a pie online during the covid-19 lockdown and did not visit this bakery in person. I feel terrible to give this bakery a 1 star review especially since small businesses are struggling during this time and because this bakery offers vegan options (I want to support vegan bakeries/businesses whenever I can). However, this was the worst vegan apple pie I've ever had. Firstly, we ordered an apple pie and a blueberry pie. We received 2 apple pies and were never notified of the order change. After calling the bakery, the manager said it was because they didn't receive their shipment of blueberries that week. Okay, that's fair. I understand many businesses are experiencing shipping delays at this time but, you should notify your customers in advance and not make assumptions. Also, the blueberry pie was more expensive and I got charged for it and never received a refund for the extra amount. I feel thats very dishonest. As for the pie, the crust was extremely tough and hard. The crust tasted like cardboard with a bitter aftertaste. The apples were not peeled. If I never had vegan baked goods before I would assume that vegan would taste like cardboard (which is not true; Sorelle, Bloomers, and Almond Butterfly are some vegan bakeries that prove you don't have to sacrifice flavor to be vegan). Suffice to say, I would not recommend this bakery. read more

Kensington Natural Bakery - Apple pie - Desserts Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I'm sure the baked goods here would be good if they were fresh. I had high hopes when coming here after reading some good reviews and having had some difficulty finding vegan AND gluten-free baked goods in Toronto. There was a vast array of vegan and gluten-free cookies and even more baked goods that were vegan and wheat-free (contain spelt, which isn't 100% gluten-free). I ended up choosing three vegan/GF cookies and a rice flour cocoa cupcake, all of which came out to be just over $6 ... which is unheard of. But then I found out maybe why the cookies at least were so cheap. They were stale. All three of the cookies I took a bite out of tasted like they had been made many, many days ago. They were dry, crumbly, and just did not taste fresh. Not at all tasty. The cupcake was a little better. At least the cake part was still moist and the frosting - despite a mild off-flavor I couldn't put my finger on - tasted decent. That I could eat and enjoy. But those cookies? NO. read more

All these years I've been walking past Kensington Natural Bakery and never noticed it. I guess I saw it but I didn't see it, if you catch my drift. Then I'd read stuff online that mentioned it and think 'Where is this place in Kensington Market?' Well, it's not in Kensington Market, that's probably why I took so long to 'discover' it. It's just east of Bathurst in the Annex and quite possibly the last untouched business on this strip. It looks like it's been here for eons, whereas nearly every other storefront has changed or, at least, updated over the past 10 years. Because 'bakery' is in the name, I was expecting to find a big selection of baked goods. Instead I found a pretty decent selection of pre-made vegan asian food and the very, very reasonable prices. If you dine-in, you can get a plate of food (3 items) and a cup of soup for $6. Nothing about the place makes you think 'I'd like to stay here to eat'. There's no ambiance, the walls are hideous shades of yellow and green, and the place is generally run down. For some reason it feels crowded, even though it's empty. If you can get past that, it works well for take-out or even a quick bite. I recommend bringing your own containers because they are still stuck in the styrofoam age. The veggie stir-fried noodles with tofu were pretty good and so was the garlicky snow pea dish I had. I will definitely give this place another shot when I'm short on dinner-making time. The baked goods I tried were a bit of a let down. I had one vanilla iced cupcake and one chocolate. They both turned out to be 'healthy' cupcakes, whatever that means - severely lacking in sugar. Maybe even sugar free. Great news if you're diabetic, but crumby if you're me. The vanilla turned out to be a carrot cake and the chocolate icing tasted mostly like cocoa powder than anything else. I'm curious to try their vegan pumpkin and vegan pecan pies. Maybe they are better? Maybe not? Maybe this is only a bakery in name and I should stick to order noodles. We'll see. read more

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Called ahead to pick up a sugar free dessert for a birthday snack and was told they offer sugar-free options. When I got there the cashier said otherwise, "we use sugar, no sugar-free" options. She started reading ingredients which showed she was obviously new. I walked out with nothing, as I had no confidence in what the cashier was telling me at that point. Called back, because I wasted time to get there, and the manager tells me that they do offer sugar-free and that I should have asked for him when I walked in. Basically, their staff is useless and they are just there as theft-prevention, because the manager said I should have asked to speak to a manager. Train your people! No one should have to ask for a manager every time they walk into a store/bakery/bank. Will never go back to this incompetent business. read more

Kensington Natural Bakery - No sugar-free options? Don't put it in your sign. - Desserts Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I love this bakery and I come here at least once a week. It sells vegan cakes, pies, and baked goods (plus breads and meals too) for really reasonable prices, and the staff are friendly and accommodating. While every other store around the Annex is raising their prices, the Kensington Bakery has kept it's quality high and prices stable. I hope it stays for another 40 years because it's my go-to for delicious vegan/gluten-free/diabetic-friendly custom cakes (with only a day's notice necessary!) read more

Potassium Chloride.... Sorbic Acid... Calcium Carbondate... Calcium Sulphate.... wahtttt??? Those are the typical things you will find in the list of ingredients of Wonder Bread or any other bread in your local supermarket. I don' know about you, but I'm not a chemist, and even though I did ACE chemistry in highschool, it doesn't mean I know what those things are and if they're good for me. Kensington Natural Bakery bakes their breads fresh and with natural ingredients. They have a good variety of loafs, from rye to seven grain and they're baked fresh in the store weekly. I recently purchased their Farmer's Rye Bread and like always do, I read the ingredients to make sure I could eat it first because I'm vegan and I have certain limitations. To my relief, I understood every ingredient listed for the Farmer's Rye Bread, which made me feel good eating it this week because I'm confident that I'm not ingesting crap or something potentially dangerous or useless for the body. This week I also tried their new product: gluten free, organic quinoa goji berries cookie. Priced at $1.25, this crunchy and lightly sweetned cookie is a delightful and guilt free treat because it's gluten free and it has quinoa and goji berries, both very good for you! Needless to say, I'll be back. It's hard to find bakeries that don't use crap in their products. It's also harder to find a place like this that won't charge you an arm/ leg for their baked goods. Really, life is hard enough, people who choose to be healthier and eat wiser, shouldn't be punished with high prices attached to our food. I don't want to be the guy sitting next to me chowing down on a McD's wrap for less than $2... sue me, I choose to exercise my rights and choose to not eat crap. read more

You don't come here for the atmosphere. But holy heck the price is right! You won't find vegan/vegetarian food and specialty bakery items anywhere for this price! Many options are gluten and/or dairy/egg free, and lots of spelt and kamut. I enjoy the tofu or rice banquet, which is lasagna like and delicious and only $4.25 with salad. Butter tart without butter, as good as the original, $1.10. Are we in the 1980s?! The furniture would make you think so, but with 1980s prices, no complaints here (and I won't ding em a star for it either.) My favorite, only made when in season, is their Peach and Cranberry pie, with spelt crust. It's so healthy yet satisfying.. totally delicious. Also try their dumplings, and their spelt coco cake. Yum! Huge fan for years. Never disappoints. read more

The food is okay. I like the ambiance. It is very relaxed and makes me feel like I can spend hours in there just hanging out reading. It is very cheap and mostly vegan! read more

Kensington Natural Bakery - $6 for all this food - Desserts Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Bought a loaf of bread here yesterday and when I got home, there was mould on literally every piece! I went back today to see if I could exchange or get my money back and they told me that it was my fault because I bought a day old loaf. Day old bread doesn't have mould on literally every piece! Yikes. The person in charge actually told me it was my fault that the bread was mouldy.... What? How am I suppose to know when your bread goes bad? Also the packages are sealed so how you are suppose to figure out if you are wasting your money is a mystery to me. I've worked in food service for a long time and know that keeping track and disposing of old product is super important. I've never had someone blame me for unknowingly buying their expired food that was still on their shelf. I'm never going here again, avoid this like the plague. read more

SOOO bad. Been here twice now, hoping the first time was just an off night. But nope, its bad! My wife loves vegan, gf, all natural bakeries, so Ive had my share of these type of desserts, but wow this place is horrible. Bought two cupcakes. They were both dry and tasted stale, and the flavor was off. read more

Awesome prices! We got a carrot cake with strawberries and white icing for our daughters birthday and it was beautiful and delicious!

One of my customer recommanded to me cause I'm vegan and she say they have quite some option so i went to. I had a mud... pie (sorry impossible for me to remember this name) well it was ok but not my favourite. I also took a cupcake coco banana, the topping was delicious but then the cake wasn't tasty it was powdery and birk awful. Moreover the cashier was just not friendly at all so i doubt i will go back. read more

I truly hate doing this. I am a vegan and I 5000% want to support small businesses (hence, I went here today). I want people to like vegan food and I am thrilled when I find a place that shows that you CAN make good vegan food. But this was not one of these places. Their cookies were exactly what people think the stereotypical vegan cookie would be - dry, bland, tasteless. i purchased the 20 cookies for my vet office (because many of them are vegan) and I wanted to be thoughtful and show how much I appreciated them. But before bringing them to my vets office, I tried one of the cookies at home - and was glad I did. It was SOOO incredibly dry and bland (it was "chocolate chip" but you'd never know it). So I tried one of the gluten free ones. Again, SO bland, and dry. And so I tried one of the other ones... again.... dry and bland. So now I'm stuck with over 20 cookies that I don't like - there is no way I would give these cookies to my vet office - I would be embarrassed. I'm sorry Kensington Natural Bakery - but you're not helping yourself by selling bakery items that are bad. I mean these are NOT good cookies. NOT. read more

Sweet deals on day old items! I ordered a brownie. It was okay, but I appreciate all the vegan options in this bakery amongst all the restaurants in the area that are non vegan friendly. The place has a ton of plants, and there's something calming about the place. The freshly squeezed juice was also awesome, and very affordable compared to other establishments. read more

Visited this place on the weekend. The service was great and the place was nice. the food looked good and was incredibly cheap. We got the 3 dishes with soup of the day, you select what dishes you want and then they heat them up. Once we received our food we found that not only were they still cold but my partner found mold growing alongside one of the potatoes in his meal. After seeing mold in your food, you completely lose your appetite. We stopped eating, requested a refund and left. I'm not sure if the fridge was not working properly or if the food had been left too long, however, this was not a pleasant experience. Sadly, we will not return. read more

I don't want to post this ad because then you're all going to go, it's going to be crowded and I'll never get a seat. This place is close to my heart - It's a hidden gem. It's nothing fancy (dated decor) but the food is good, prices are great and there are tons of vegan options! The staff and owners are always nice, patient and helpful. It's always quiet and laid back in there. I never feel rushed. The ingredients are all listed, so I can make sure I'm not eating things I'm not supposed to. The prices are very reasonable. It s a place that I can go to and hang out with a friend without having to yell over the crowds *cough Fresh* or music. read more

Kensington Bakery is full of all sorts of yummy surprises! Yes, there is a plethora of delicious baked goods (although not the best vegan options I've ever had) but they also have a great selection of hot, mostly vegan food. For $5.25 (plus tax) you can choose three dishes (up to 400 gm in weight) and get an order of the soup of the day. I had heard so many good things about this place and decided to pop in after trying some of their cookies last week. I was really delighted with their colourful selection. When I grabbed my takeout container I was pleasantly surprised that it was as tasty as it looked. The soup of the day could have been better - potato and chickpea? Can you say "bland"? Although I can vouch their soup of the day isn't always a miss, just based on my friends personal reviews. If you're on Bloor and need to grab something quick but crave something warm and nourishing, check out Kensington Bakery. Cash only. read more

A nice neat cafe that I stumbled upon. A wide selection of baked goods. The items looked run down as in not a lot of items on sale. Price is ok-ish. Nothing really wowed me about this place read more

By far the best prices for bake goods. And they taste great. Almond Butterfly sold a vegan gluten free pumpkin pie for $30. Kensington charged $10. Their cakes are also great. They have made several custom birthday cakes for me, all delicious. read more

No flavour or attention to the baked goods. Just cheap. I don't know if they care about the business or just complacent.

Kensington Natural Bakery has the cheapest, healthiest, and absolute best quality pastries and hot food for anyone conscious about what they eat. The products are all made in store and cater to vegans, diabetics and other food restrictions. I would highly recommend for EVERYONE!!! read more

I go out of my way to come here for certain items. Other stores buy these items from Kensington Bakery and sell them at a much higher price. If you come directly to the store, you can get them much cheaper. I'm not a huge fan of the cafe itself, it's not very cozy and the staff can be kind of unfriendly sometimes. But this is one of the healthiest, best bakeries in Toronto, a real gem, in terms of product offerings. read more

Amazing, real butter, croissants! Also, the juices are fresh made and excellent! A bit of a pain to get to though :(