Bubby Rose’s Bakery & Cafe

Oi. I know Matcha is expensive, but if you are going to charge over $ 5 for a 12oz Matcha late, you could at least put some in it. The «local» vanilla bean syrup for the French vanilla late was so good you couldn’t even taste it either. This place is truly getting down to its roots when I pay $ 12 for 2 12 oz drinks that are so good, we took one sip and couldn’t even finish them. Way to goy guys, we won’t be coming back.

Sweet little rustic café with a casual friendly atmosphere. Latte was decent. Wasn’t hungry so can’t comment on the food but the soup that my neighbour had smelled yummy.

A great spot for coffee and bakery goods. We stopped in for a quick and light breakfast before exploring Victoria. We enjoyed the friendly local vibe as well as the food. My husband had the breakfast sandwich and I had the chocolate croissant, both were very good!

Whenever I’m in town for a visit, my first stop is to Bubby’s for an Africano and bagel!

I really wanted to like this place, but the food isn’t very good, there isn’t any room to sit or stand, the wait can take 20+ mins and it’s more expensive than it’s worth imo.
I lived right beside this place for 8months and went 4 or 5 times.

I have been a regular at Bubby Roses for the past couple of years but since the mark-​up in prices (particularly in the bread department), I can no longer afford to buy a loaf of bread! It is delicious, but as a student I can’t afford to pay over 7.00 for a loaf of bread. Hopefully they may drop their prices again, but it’s a steep increase for an already more expensive loaf of bread. Sad to say I won’t be going back regularly :(

Breads and bakery items are fresh and generally pretty good, except for the lemon tarts (my favourite pastry treat). The lemon curd tastes weird and synthetic, like canned stuff from the supermarket. I get a lemon tart once every couple of months hoping it’ll taste better, thinking maybe I just got a bad batch last time… but nope. They’re always terrible.
Service also tends to be poor and unfriendly, and sometimes downright rude. The breads and the Sunday french toast are really good, however.

The location is unimpressive, but the really good food more than makes up for it. Worth the trip.

We visted Bubby Rose twice during our most recent trip to Victoria.
On our first visit we stopped for coffee and baked goods. They have quite limited seating but we managed to get a table. They have a great selection of baked goods, a lot of which are organic and/​or gluten free. The prices were very reasonable, even the organic/​gluten free items. Everything we tried was excellent. We returned the next day for breakfast — my gf had the waffle I had the French toast, both were excellent.
Service is excellent and everyone is very friendly.
Update — Unfortunately I have to lower my rating for Bubby Rose from five stars to four. We bought some Christmas baking to take home with us, a package of shortbread and two stolen. The shortbread is tasteless and soft, almost as if it is undercooked. It is no exaggeration to say it is the worst shortbread I have ever had. The stolen isn’t bad, and given that it wasn’t that expensive it is okay, but it is very plain and I wouldn’t buy it again. They should either get new recipes for these items or remove them from their menu.

Their gluten free banana bread is the absolute best banana bread I have ever tasted. Even if you’re not GF, you have to try this. Their flourless chocolate torte is divine, too.

Had soup and quinoa salad for lunch — yummy and fresh. But the real hit was the Beelzebubby cookie. I TRIED not to eat it all at once!

The bakery is located up on Cook st near Fort St. It’s a small bakery with only 4 tables inside. During the summer, tables are placed outside so there is more space if you want to hang out with friends.
They have loads of choices: sweet and lunch options. They are even offering gluten-​free waffles now for breakfast. My sister thought they were disgusting though. :(I personally like their pies, cookies and pizzas. I had a shortbread cookie today and it was delicious. I have had their pies on multiple occasions and it was also really good. My mom loves their soy chai latte.
The service is nice. Usually, the female owner is the one at the bakery (the husband manages the restaurant). She is very nice and even speaks French a little bit since they lived in Montréal for a couple of years. Overall, I will definitely go back as I have always had a great time at Bubby Rose’s Bakery & Café.

I have only been here for the pizza dough, but it sure is delicious! I have tried both the traditional and the spelt and they are both fantastic. Would reccomend it completely for anyone in search of pizza dough!

All sorts of delicious smells tempted me in from the street and I left with a raspberry tart that was delicious. The tart itself was very tasty and the raspberry was good enough to want more. You want this place, you want to have some of their treats.

I love Bubby Rose’s Bakery. I work in the area, and find myself there for an Americano and Morning Gold muffin at least 4 times a week — best coffee and best muffins! My husband and I also love their pies — delicious without being too sweet. Also, part of our staple is their farmhouse sourdough bread. I’m very happy that they’re using organic ingredients. There is often a long line-​up, and I guess some people would become impatient with that, however I find the whole scene fascinating, so I don’t mind standing around waiting. This is one of the most unique bakeries I’ve ever experienced — a real treasure!

Seeing as how the majority of Victoria’s coffee houses are closed on Sundays, my wife and I walked for quite a while from our hotel to Bubby Rose’s Bakery based on a strong recommendation.
Location was in the center of a nice area of markets and coffee shops off of Cook Street. Looked like mostly locals coming by, which is always a good sign. The food we ordered was okay (basic pastries, I don’t remember exactly what) — but the coffee is what I remember. They serve Discovery Coffee, a local brew that I wanted to try. I’m not coffee aficionado, but this was some damn good coffee.
Space was very cramped, and the guy behind the counter seemed to be new to the job for he moved quite slowly and had a lot of questions he had to run by the lady working with pastries in the back.

Bubby Rose’s gets three stars for product alone int his review. I picked up two Gluten Free products to take home, the banana bread and their pizza dough.
The banana bread was absolutely yummy… sampled it at work and it was a huge hit. Very moist with great banana taste and no hint of gluten free after taste at all.
The pizza dough, which I used last night to make a totally delish pep and mush pizza, completely exceeded my expectations. It was easy to work with, filled a 12″ pizza pan nicely and cooked up beautifully. It did shrink a bit, so next time I won’t put the toppings right to the edge of the dough, but I would most certainly buy it again.
So why only three stars for these two stellar products?
SERVICE… inattentive service can indeed ruin the best meal and put a bad spin on the greatest of products. You can produce the best of the best of what you do, but unless you back it up with great service in equal measure, then you are doing yourself a serious disservice.
This visit to Bubby Rose’s was my first, although it won’t be my last because the products were so great, however, after being sloughed off by one employee and ignored by two others, I just do have to say… Bubby Rose’s, «You can do better than that».
PJ xo

I recently returned to Bubby Rose’s for breakfast. In my previous review I mentioned that the croissants were among the best in Victoria, just a little heavy for my taste, they’ve improved since then, a little lighter and a little flakier.
I can also recommend the mini cinnamon buns (just sticky enough to be good without being too diificult to eat), the maccha green tea cookies (nice white chocolate chips), and the cappuccinos (they use Discovery Coffee). I also saw great looking french toast (big slices of challah bread) but wasn’t hungry enough to try it, maybe next time, and there will be a next time.

Heavenly moist delicious carrot cake. Also tried a Polar bear — some kind of granola chocolate ball covered in icing sugar. It’s heavy, cute and white. Other treats looked good, interesting crowd and employees with community information and bulletin board.
I want to stress that they serve Discovery coffee out of a serious espresso machine and when I was there the barista was skillful. Compares to Discovery itself, though the microfoam at Bubby Rose’s was a tad bit less smooth.
Definately recommend and will go there again.