Top 5 croissants in Toronto
Published April 4, 2025 at 3:59 pm
Toronto is far from Paris, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get many excellent croissants in this city.
Perfect croissants are crispy and golden on the outside and flaky on the inside, with an airy honeycomb structure inside composed of infinite thin layers of buttery pastry. In Toronto, you can find croissants in all sorts of styles from classic butter to more outrageous viral varieties.
No matter what style you prefer, all of Toronto’s greatest croissants are best enjoyed fresh out of the oven with a cup of coffee.
Here are the top croissants in Toronto.
5 – Fantail
This coffee shop on Roncesvalles bakes their croissants right in the back of the cafe fresh every morning. They’re made using 100 per cent real butter and have a rich, tender texture on the inside.
They’re always offering different varieties of croissants, so stop in to see what they have in the morning before every last croissant gets snapped up. A cheddar variety has a very crispy exterior and a sharp, savoury cheesy flavour.
Fantail also makes chocolate croissants, almond croissants, and rare kinds like a gouda croissant with caramelized onions, fresh thyme and sangria jelly inside.
This jewel box patisserie at College and Ossington makes buttery amber croissants that are perfect in their simplicity. They have nubby ends that are perfect for holding onto as you walk along or sip a coffee, and when they’re freshly made in the morning, they’re still warm on the inside and are so soft that they even flop down a little in your hand.
3 – Little Pebbles
If you’re looking for where to find the latest viral croissant trends, locations of this bakery are the places to go. Not only do they make exemplary plain croissants, they also make them in all kinds of elaborate flavours as well as in eye-catching shapes like wheels and cubes.
A matcha raspberry croissant is filled to bursting with grassy matcha cream and brightly tangy raspberries, topped with an entire Pocky stick for decoration (and an extra snack).
2 – Cherry Bomb
At this steamy little coffee shop on Roncesvalles, croissant production takes place right behind the cash in full view of customers, resulting in heaping piles of warm pastries on the counter.
Almond croissants are their most popular variety, crispy inside and out with a filling of delightfully sweet and nutty almond paste and a generous amount of sliced almonds and powdered sugar on top. The best parts are the little crunchy, sugary bits around the edges.
1 – Bakery Pompette
This minimalist bakery is affiliated with a fancy French restaurant just up the street on College, so you know their croissants are the real deal.
They have a very distinctive wide diamond shape with a very tall domed top and thin strips of pastry swirling into a perfect puffy spiral. The crunchy outside yields to a soft honeycomb structure with big puffy air pockets, and these croissants have a very buttery, toasty flavour.
