Cafe Cranberries

My go-​to on Saturdays, excellent food and coffee. The owners are very friendly and welcoming. Keep up the good work.

Excellent breakfast burrito! And the No 7 hot sauce they offer and sell is fantastic. A great place to hang out with friendly service and a nice vibe. The soups are also very good and perfect on a chilly day.

Easily a 5 star for what it is… no nonsense comfort food with an amazing twist on fresh ingredients. The passion Ricardo shows was evident and came through in both the service and the food. With the picky palette my daughter carries, it was encouraging to see her finish her plate. Found a new favourite local restaurant.

I work around the area on Saturdays and I love getting breakfast. Food is great and coffee is really good. Love owners too. I have been going there for 3 years. The owners recently came to our Christmas party and donated 100 bucks worth of gift cards.
Great people and awesome food

Cranberries is a perfect place for a quick breakfast. This is a «go-​to» place for me and my wife on weekends as we live in the neighbourhood. While not the classiest breakfast place in the neighbourhood, this place has great service, great coffee and a great breakfast at a lower price than expected. The added bonus is the small patio in the summer.
I love their breakfast sandwich, the toppings and bread are fresh. The size of the sandwich is quite large too.
I also love their breakfast waffle, it just hits the mark with its fresh strawberries and bananas.
Thanks, Cranberries!

Amazing breakfast. Eggs, sausage, banana, orange and strawberry. Toasts. Filled with enegry and good mood for the rest of the day.

I like this place… good brunch… awesome also for your sweet tooth… I also really like their espresso. Ricardo and his wife are really friendly and they serve quality food.

One star because I’ve got to pick something.
Place is starting to physically fall apart and is in desperate need of a cleaning. If the walls and floors where customers are, are looking grimy I hate to see the hidden kitchen areas.
Staff are continually rude or dismissive. Will not allow customers to use the washroom before a purchase.
There are MANY other cafes within a block east or west, no need to take rude service and mediocre food when I can walk a block.
WILL NOT RETURN

Came with a friend expecting it to be the same as the one that used to be next to Yorkdale and was disappointed. Had a croissant sandwich and a coffee which were mediocre.

This place appears to be getting a super bad rap here, and I can’t say I understand why? I’ve had the PLEASURE, of having breakfast/​brunch or just a coffee numerous times and the food has never been anything less than exceptional, the coffee stupendous and the service. well It’s been awhile since I’ve been made to feel so at home in a place.
Here’s what I’ve had, and what I recommend you give a try the next time you’re in:
1) Caramel Latte — Not overly sweet, not too strong, but a great value and delicious
2) Breakfast Croissant — Egg, Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Mayo, Cheese. Stick it all in a pannini press and take it out once grilled and buttery all over — divine
3) Brazilian Omelet — Was a little different than what I’m used to for breakfast, but worth a try if you enjoy Portuguese sausage
4) The Steak Sandwich — I seriously don’t know where someone else got «shoe leather», my sandwich was melt in my mouth amazing. And since when does a“to go” sandwich come with sides? People… this is easily a secret steak sandwich YOU NEED to try and YOU NEED to know about! (Remember who told you this)
Here’s a couple of fun facts:
1) Owned and operated by a husband and wife and their family. Nicest people ever! If you visit more than once and you chat with them, they make you feel totally at home and like one of the family — even remembering your names and your order. You don’t get service like this anymore
2) Their coffee beans are specially roasted (specifically their decaf) for them. The decaf beans they use go through a special Swiss water process to eliminate all traces of caffeine so that you know you’re getting 0 g of caffeine in your coffee. The Sbux and 2^nd Cups of the world cannot make the same claim as their decaf still retain some caffeine.
Ignore the negative comments, and take it from me, this place is a small hidden gem in the Junction worth giving a shot to!
Eatcrest Out!

My family and I love this Café. The owners are friendly and courteous, the food is excellent. I am addicted to the ultimate salad, the breakfast sandwiches are a great deal and the lattes excellent. When ever we enter we are greeted warmly and don’t even have to order our beverages, they know what we like. It feels like a friendly neighbourhood spot. We have met neighbours and made friends there. I for one am glad that they remain in the hood.

Editing to add that Café Cranberries have significantly improved their service, i don’t want to include my previous review. Looking forward to coming back!

Truly tasty food! I have to Café Cranberries several times and have never been dissatisfied. The thing that stands out with them is the excellent service. Every time we go, we are greeted with a warm and sincere «Hello! How have you been?». Their food is top notch as well, my favorite dish the tostada (with beef). The filling is flavorful and the beef is always tender. The crepes are great as well.

Had a good coffee there. The service was good and friendly. They’re open late-​ish which I like, many places around here close early. During our stay someone ordered a dessert waffle; it smelled really good.
It’s a little overpriced but I think it’s worth another try!

I have eaten at Café Cranberries on a number of occasions and found the food to be exceptional. I have no idea what the other reviewers ate but I have had a number of the dishes and have not yet found anything to be upset with. The staff have always been very friendly and helpful even offering items that have not been on the menu.
I love that Café Cranberries has come to the Junction and I hope that they are here for many more years to come. In fact since they have opened I have only seen one day when there was no one else in there but the staff.
Amazing food. yes a little on the high end side of cost but you get what you pay for

Ahhhh and wahhhhh The Junction!!! One day you will have a really nice restaurant and maybe a really great Candian food café that will bring out the foodies.
For now, we can only keep hoping and eating really good sushi and Vietnamese.
Café Cranberries is a clean place that offers slightly over priced food. I had the recommended 8.50 steak sandwich. It came with no sides and tasted a bit more like shoe leather.
The place has no wi-​fi. It does offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The place gives a large ad space in the restaurant for desserts. Most of these are 6.99, which seems a bit steep for the place.

Horrible. Just horrible.
My group shows up on a Saturday afternoon to find one employee in the whole business. There are several tables and the same lone employee is responsible for taking orders, cooking the food, serving the food and collecting payment. Needless to say, service was slow.
The food itself was medicore and severely overpriced — you can pay up to $ 10 for a tiny sandwhich. They clearly do not use premium ingredients — it’s basic cheap food at a premium price. The cake was store bought and the cheesecake was served at room temperature (eww).
The worst part of the trip was the extreme dishonesty or unhygenicness. The server/​cook/​cashier/​owner refused to serve us tap water. When I asked why, she said that it was because the building had «bad» water. The water wasn’t bad enough to stop them from using it to cook, clean (their hands and the dishes) and to use in the washroom. So either this is a filthy restaurant knowingly using (but not serving) dirty water, or they are crooks who try and trick their customers into buying pop, bottled water and coffee. Lies like this insult everyone’s intelligence, and they ruined our lunch.

This is possibly one of the best independent cafes in the uptown Toronto area. The ambiance is similar to that of Starbucks. Portuguese pop music play softly throughout the store. The washrooms are clean and rarely run low on toiletries. The seating area is seldom crowded and have plenty of comfortable leather couches to rest on.
Their menu offers a wide array of European style desserts, pastries and breads. I’ll admit that I’m not much of a dessert fan or anything sweet so I can’t comment on how they taste. I mostly order coffee or tea based beverages when I walk into any given coffee shop.
The staff however may need a little bit more training in the art of communication. One late evening, I ordered a decaf red-​eye and the barista looked back with a confused face and replied with «I’m sorry sir I can’t make that because we don’t have that on the menu.» Instead of that reply, she could have asked her fellow co-​workers on how to make it or ask me «What is it?» or «How can I make it?»
Overall, Cranberries Café is the ideal place to have a casual chat with your mates or have a mug of fresh brewed coffee while reading your favourite book.

I was suppose to meet some friends at the Demetre’s Café by Yorkdale and it was very busy with the usual underage teenage crowd on a Friday night.
Our small group walked about one block on Dufferin and, lo and behold, we found the small gem that is Cranberries Café tcked inside the Red Lobester Plaza on Dufferin Street. The atmosphere in the Café was unbelievably romantic with low lighting complemented by a candle flickering on each table. The café had couches, tables for two and areas for groups. The décor was very warm with red and black being the dominate colour combination.
The menu was surprisingly extensive for a café and they had everything from all day breakfast, to crepes and funnel cake (a la Wonderland). The drinks were also lovely and even the coffee tasted wonderfully fresh even though it was a late night visit for us. Our server was very pleasant as was all the staff. The staff never tried to rush us and after we left we realized that it was a bit past closing time.
I love this place and feel lucky to have found it. Cranberries is the perfect place to go and unwind after a day of shopping at Yorkdale Mall, meet some friends for brunch, or to study late into the night as they have WI-​FI. The atmosphere also makes an ideal place to take a first date. Give it a try if you are in the area, you won’t be disappointed.