Bunner’s

1– Strawberry cream cheese cinnamon cake. Cream cheese strawberry frosting was ok but nothing that would make me come back. The actual cinnamon bun/​cake tasted like it was under bakes and heavy.
2– chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting. So greasy !!! My lips felt like a just applied a fresh coat of the MAC Lip Glass Gloss. The frosting tastes stale like «fridge taste». I just paid 8.48 for crap and the «packaging» it’s like they don’t care.
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A quaint, quirky vegan find in the west end part of Toronto. Their deserts are to die for, but the entrees/​food are a hit or miss, depending on the type of palette you like. The portobello burger was tasty! Would recommend, but only for the treats!

If you like this place, the only possible explanation is that you have never bothered to bake vegan treats yourself. This place makes it look hard.
Some of the sweets are tasty — the ginger cookie, the butter tart, the creamie, and the brownie are all pretty good. Worth the money? Maybe, if you’ve grown weary of simply flushing cash down the toilet.
The savoury foods are all terrible. No matter how much I want to enjoy their pizza pocket, it will never come close to being edible. Do your wallet and your stomach a favour, and buy your vegan desserts at The Sweet Potato.

I absolutely love Bunner’s!
I have a wonderful friend who is vegan. She knows that I have a fondness for bakeries and cinnamon buns. She suggested this place. I was not disappointed.
I hauled a bunch of different cupcakes and cinnamon buns during my first visit. Everything tasted so fresh, moist, and flavourful. Nothing is overly sweet, which is perfect.
The next time I had something from Bunner’s was at Vegetarian Fest. Again, the cupcakes were consistent and yummy.
Finally, I went there before Christmas. The eggnog and vanilla cupcakes are insanely delicious! I also had the veggie pot pie that looks like a Jamaican patty, except that it is filled with vegetable goodness and is flaky.
I love everything in this bakery. We need one in Markham, but I am happy to make the trip to the Junction for my baked good fix.

I don’t know how I managed to miss the gluten free, vegan, dairy free, flavour free description when I searched for nearby bakeries.
Obviously everything tasted like sand (I got a buttertart and apple cupcake)
Why did the frosting have to taste like sand? There’s no animal in frosting, there’s no wheat in frosting, so why did it have to be tampered with? It’s like someone created the frosting and said, naw naw b needs more sand.
Everything is very pricey because it’s vegan or special or made without delicious ingredients… this solidifies why I couldn’t become a vegan. Not when it comes to dessert. BUN THAT.
3 stars

I am new to the vegan life style so you may not want to take my comments to heart!
Customer service was awesome!
I was very excited to try this place as I had tried other vegan bakeries but heard amazing things about this place!
It is a very cute shop.
I had the super sonic cookie, which I found dry and kind of stale. It seems like it may have been a day old.
I had a butter tart, it was good, not amazing but good.
I also got the mac and cheese. I hate to say this but I could not even finish it.
I am very open to trying this place again. Or any vegan bakery at that, but I do have to say that this particular time I did enjoy my treats over all.

There are a couple of items that are quite tasty (the double chocolate muffins and vegan ice cream) but the majority of the baked goods are meh and it’s SO expensive. I am a veg so I’m used to veg bakeries hiking up the prices… But come on! PLUS they don’t open until 10 AM! What bakery doesn’t open until 10?!

This place is mind blowingly delicious. I’ve been here a few times and have tried a relatively decent selection of their items so I finally felt like I could give an accurate review. Firstly, everyone I’ve encountered that works at both this location and the Kensington location have been nothing short of lovely, so the staff gets a solid A+.
As for the baked goods themselves. The cookies are so heavenly. I’ve tried the chocolate chunk, supersonic and the ginger molasses. All of them run about ~$ 2.50 a cookie but are so worth it. Flavours are spot on, texture is perfect and they are surprisingly filling. The cupcakes are also delicious. But their cakes… Let me tell you. I was lucky enough to get a cookies & cream cake for my birthday and holy crap it was so impressive. It seems a bit pricey at roughly $ 45 a cake but it is HUGE. It fed 3 people for 3 days and they were massive, nearly unfinishable, slices. The cake was chocolatey, the icing was rich and creamy, and the presentation itself was beautiful. Even my non vegan, carnivorous parents were impressed.
So moral of the story is this place is a wonderful vegan candy land and I could eat one of everything on the menu. Please never stop doing you, Bunners.

Their cinnamon buns are huge and best shared — impressive for gluten-​free, I could hardly taste the difference. It was a bit heavy, though, and I wish I got a cookie instead. I’m not gluten-​free, and I don’t see why this is a must go place for non gluten-​free people, you could probably find better quality and less heavy baked goods somewhere else. The store was extremely humid inside, I don’t know how the staff handles being in there all day.

This place is good although haven’t been in a while. I think I’ve overdosed on their overly dense, full of agave tasting cupcakes. Sticking with Almond Butterfly these days to feed my cupcake crave. Nice vibes and amazing cupcakes.

The date squares are very good. The supersonic cookie is excellent and not in their cookbook (FYI — in case you wanted to replicate it). I and others I know can’t eat their cinnamon buns without it becoming a colon cleanse — what the heck do they put in there? I find their cupcakes and other cookies dry and heavy. I always considered vegan gf treats to be rich and moist — like at Hibbiscus in Kensington or the Junction Farmer’s Market has a few Bakers who produce vegan gf treats. But they have some yummy options.

I can’t believe this place is so highly rated. Who on Earth is eating this?
Dry, dense, and salty cupcakes. I was so shocked by the poor quality that I went twice. I’m offended not as a customer (I can take my money elsewhere) but as a vegan who has to explain to everyone that this kind of baking DOES NOT REPRESENT GOOD VEGAN BAKING.
I understand dietary restrictions makes life more complicated and getting to eat things you like and crave is difficult. But please do not accept to be served such wretched things. We’re being treated like fools. Demand better.

Thankfully I don’t live close to Bunner’s, I would probably go there and stuff my face with delicious brownies every day, no wonder that place is always busy. Let’s just hope they’re not expanding to the East side.

Really good bakery! I had the brownie bite and it was so cute. It was rich, chewy and chocolaty. I also tasted the Supersonic cookie which had dried cranberries, seeds, and dark chocolate. It was a little crunchy, a little chewy, semi-​sweet and really delicious. It was a pretty unique cookie, you could almost eat it as a granola bar rather than a dessert.
Unique place, I would come back!

Extremely delicious treats, it’s honestly heaven for anyone who is vegan/​gluten free. Totally would recommend however it is a little pricey but really worth it.

Their cinnamon bun was out-​of-​this-​world!!!
They are pretty dense, but man oh man soooooo filling and scrumptious. I love coming down to Kensington market and being able to pop in and grab a treat.
Hands Down a MUST GO! You will NOT be disappointed.

Truly terrible, I have no idea why they are so unbelievably popular. Everything there tastes like apples — why? If they made apple cinnamon rolls, I’d be totally on board! The cupcakes are heavy, hard and salty. I know it’s gluten-​free but there is no excuse for food this bad, especially when people keep telling you how amazing it is. Vegan food shouldn’t just be OK for vegans (because I certainly do understand the urge to be defensive) and I am sick of people settling for sub par food. I’ve gone back on four separate occasions to try different things and threw them in the garbage every time. Never again. Genuinely baffling.

The cinnamon bun was hands down, the best gluten free cinnamon bun (and maybe concoction) that I have ever tasted… and this comes from someone who is an avid GF baker and has traveled to New York and London to seek out GF/​vegan bakeries. It was instantly clear that these were made using yeast (opposed to the quick bread variations I’ve tried elsewhere) — and boy was I impressed. Despite being full, I managed to eat it all because who knows the next time I will be in Toronto. And I of course went on Amazon to pre-​order the cook book so I can wow and dazzle my GF friends back at home.
A must try treat!

I used to live 10 min walk from Bunners and would often walk-​by on my way to the park or while grocery shopping. Bunners is Vegan and Gluten Free, I often bake at home and I’m not gluten-​sensitive so I didn’t really have a reason to shop there until someone suggested I try their bread. I bought the three seed bread and it was very tasty but very expensive, even for GF, vegan bread. I tried a red velvet cupcake, it was very good but afterwards I felt like I ate a bucket-​full of sugar :)
I still think this is a great business and serves a specific need, try it at least once!
If you’re ever in Kensington in the Summer, go to the Bunners location there for the best vegan soft serve ever :)

*Updated Review*
I’m gluten intolerant and picked up a few things for me and my sister on a Sunday morning strolls. Owners don’t seem in much of a good mood but that’s ok.
The cupcakes are dense, taste full of sugar, the icing piled high a top excited me but was the worst part, and tasted full of sugar. They were actually one of the worst cupcakes I’ve had. Couldn’t eat a full one. I tried their stuff multiple times now even the cinnamon buns, but it’s all too sugary! Also, expensive and I end up throwing it out. People I got to try it didn’t like it. It was very filling so it might make the $ 4 or so each worth it. My sugar CRAZED little sister even says it tastes too sugary and immediately throws part of it out, when usually you can’t pry desserts from her hands.
If you’re vegan, you might need GF + Vegan combo. But if you’re just GF getting a single treat for yourself might be convenient, but honestly grocery store grade is just as good as this place. When I want custom baked GF goods I go to another bakery.

The only memory I had of vegan baked goods, was a chocolate cake I got for a work birthday one year, that was really mushy, and probably weighed about 20 lbs, and every bite I took there was a different flavour (one minute maple syrup, another coconut, another one banana…) It was disconcerting, and a lot of it was wasted because everyone else was similarly grossed out!
Now, enter Bunner’s. HOLY SCHNAUZERS, THAT BROWNIE!!! These baked goods are deceptively delicious, and I still can’t believe that they are vegan and gluten free.
Prices tend to be slightly steep here but well worth it! And — one more thing is that delivery times tend to be inconvenient and if you want something it is safest to pre-​order.

I can’t give a totally accurate review because I haven’t visited bunners — but my friend who lives in the junction brought me several items to try. Keep that in mind while reading please :)
So my friend picked me up a loaf of bread, a chocolate cupcake and a cookie sandwich.
The bread was great! Super tasty and I really enjoyed eating it. Downside? After a few days it got REALLY hard and so about half went in the trash. Next time I’d freeze it sliced up (which I do believe they suggest)
The chocolate cupcake was meh. The icing was great but the cake itself was dry and crumbly. Made a huge mess trying to eat that thing!
The cookie sandwich was two chocolate chip cookies with a cream filling in between. The cookies were pretty good — nice flavor to them, but the cream was dry and tasted kind of funky.
So a few things to note — these items were all gluten free and vegan. I can make really great gluten free baked goods that are soft and not crumbly but once you take away the eggs and dairy it probably gets a lot more complicated. Despite not really enjoying the bulk of what I tried, that wouldn’t actually deter me from trying more (or going to the actual location). They have a huge amount of choices (though from what I understand, what they have varies on a daily basis) and I think they’ve probably got some real gems in there.

I have to say Bunner’s deserves 5 Stars. I have both a gluten and dairy intolerance and was pleasantly surprised that I could eat everything they sold.
I tried each of the macaroons and have to say the vanilla toasted coconut macaroon was the best one.
I also absolutely loved their double chocolate brownie. They sell a large brownie and a bite size one, which is the same size as the macaroons.
The macaroons with coconut look more delicious but I have to advise you to purchase the moist vanilla macaroon and the double chocolate brownie.
I will definitely make my way back to Kensington for more delicious gluten/​dairy free desserts.
It is so hard to find gluten/​dairy free treats in the city and Bunner’s definitely nailed it. :)

I went to Bunner’s Bake Shop because like a zombie sustained by butter tarts, BlogTO told me it had one of the best tarts in town*. Well actually, I was in the area incidentally, so why not? I knew nothing else about this Junction bakery – I love going to places serendipitously blind.
Upon arrival, besides the cute cartoony storefront, I learned that Bunner’s (a name that kind of reminds me of a Pokémon – the cartoony front doesn’t help) does only gluten-​free AND vegan-​friendly goodies. It is so far the only bakery in Toronto that does both AND only both.
Wait a minute, does that mean I’m about to eat what amounts to BUTTERLESS butter tarts?! How does that work out?
Not so bad actually. It has the visual texture of a high quality bakery butter tart, and taste a tad better than the best supermarket tarts, without being overly sweet. The filling is a bit runny, which I don’t like. And it has raisins, which I don’t mind but others will. A decent good pass, as in, «I can’t believe it’s not butter.»
And I stared at their cupcakes and other treats, wondering what on earth gluten-​free vegan cupcakes are like. Really, Steve?
The cupcakes ($ 3 – 4 for fresh ones; $ 2.5 for day-​olds) leaves something more to be desired of a cupcake. Beer and bacon is an interesting flavour for a place like this; it is heavy on simulated bacon flavours, and topped with what I like to call «mystery meat» (simulated bacon bits made of coconut). Interesting. The cake base held together well with some damp softness. But what peeved me was how oily the cupcakes were.
You can definitely though taste the passion of this business. Watching the bakers at work behind the counter of this tiny shop (forget about eating in; this is all takeout), they are filling a market void in the city, where those glad a bakery like Bunner’s exist can finally have their cake and eat it too. I am not a vegan nor buy into the gluten-​free diet thing, so the «OMG! Vegan! Gluten-​free!» craze doesn’t faze me, but for the most part for me food is food. I do know people suffering from celiac disease though, and they could care less about the consequences the moment a cupcake of any origin is shown in their face. Probably because they never heard of Bunner’s. What would they think if they did? And while I don’t profess to be an expert on gluten-​free food either (hell, I know nothing), I have been warned that gluten-​free (and to mix that with veganism?!) grub tend to taste bland. Bunner’s not completely tasteless, thank goodness, but they certainly are not perfect either (as I wipe way all this oil coming off from the cupcakes).
Maybe if I’m around next time I will be sure to try other goodies they are raved by many to excel at. Like their cinnamon buns – also declared one of the best by BlogTO**.
{TTC: the 30 or 40 bus to Dundas/​Quebec will get you here. You’re very welcome.}
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BONUS GLUTEN-​FREE VEGANNESS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD: Soon after my visit, the CBC’s Metro Morning did a feature on Bunner’s. Have a listen here:

This vegan and gluten free bakery is better than the conventional bakery’s — hands down. I love the variety of items to chose from and the friendly staff!
I love the morning glory muffins! Best morning glory muffins I have ever had! Pair this with a coffee, what a treat!