Caldense Bakery & Pastries

Egg Tarts and that’s it.
I ordered egg tarts, whole wheat bread, and a lemon type Danish.
Egg tarts were decent. Some say they are the best in town. They are good but I wouldn’t go out of my way to get them. You can get good egg tarts on any decent Asian grocery.
Bread was normal. Nothing special at all. Tasted like the regular bread from loblaws. Actually loblaws is more moist. The stuff I got was quite dry. Not terrible but not great.
The Danish was terrible. Really. The pastry was dry and almost stale. I won’t go back any time soon. I’d pick up the egg tarts again if I was in the neighborhood.

stringy alien orange tarts or their custard tarts will bring you to happy place.
wish the staff was friendlier though.

Service here is not the friendliest. It was our first time trying a portuguese bakery and we asked what a lot of the pastries were or what they consisted of and the staff would either say they dont know or answer unenthusiastically with the «stop wasting my time and get out of here» face. Even though we ended up trying almost everything they had.
Either way the pastries are fresh and yummy and the prices are nice.

5 SLICES OF BACON! That’s right, five thick slices of bacon.
If you order a BLT anywhere in the city you will get 2 slices of bacon, 3 if you’re lucky. My sandwich had 5 amazingly crispy and thick bacon slices, which was fried up right on the spot when I ordered it.
I ordered the whole grain rye bread with seeds and it was absolutely fantastic! I can not say anymore how much I truly enjoyed this sandwich.
Thank you, Caldense!

I like coming here for the natas (Portuguese custard tarts), they’re the best in the city! Their other traditional Portuguese desserts are very good as well. Their lattes aren’t the best but like I said, I come here for the natas!

Worst bakery in the city. Before you order any of their cake slices, ask them if it was made today. They sell cake slices that are so old, they can bounce like a basketball. Especially beware of their Black Forest Cake and Tiramisu.
I would avoid this place altogether if possible.

(To the owners) can you please teach the girls how to make coffee or lattes. It very horrible. Seriously I come back hoping it’s going to change but freakin no! Stop counting money and help out in the front some time and improve services please.

Really great Portuguese pastries. The pastel de nata are so good. Custard is very flavorful, pastry on it is light and flaky, I could eat a million of these! Everything we got was very fresh and flavorful. My favorite was the custards. So why not 5 stars??? They burnt the espresso which kinda ruined it but the pastries were 5 stars. We brought a whole box of patries to friends for under $ 15. So good prices as well. The atmoshphere is ok, not great. The place could use a little sprusing up but for take out it was perfect!

This is another one, added to a total of eleven Caldense bakeries in the GTA. The original Caldense Bakery is only a few blocks west in Little Portugal on Dundas a little west of Ossington. This neighbourhood has no shortage of Portuguese bakeries, but Caldense is the most chain-​like with the multiple locations selling the same baking. The coffees they make are terrific, and the pastries divine. One could argue that there are better mom and pop Portuguese bakeries, but Caldense I am a fan of because it has the European look and atmosphere so lacking in obvious North American wannabes like Starbucks. Everything about the place, the colours, the graphics, the presentation, the sounds, the staff, all feel different than if you were anywhere else but in Little Portugal, Toronto. Stop in and have a latte, you won’t regret it. And, say hi to the neighbours too.

Best thing about this bakery is that it’s open late, ’til 10 PM every night. So when you get that late night craving, you know where to go.
They’re known for their «Custard Tarts» here, but I bought a brownie instead. It was really gooey and good.
It’s also not a bad space to sit and have a coffee– it’s clean and the staff don’t seem in a rush to get you out the door. I don’t think it has Wifi though… something to keep in mind if you’re thinking of lugging your laptop there.