Harbord House

What Reddit says

Quotes mix Harbord House, a pub praised for food, beer and service, with Harbord Bakery, a Jewish bakery known for latkes and nostalgic sweets. Some find the desserts too sweet. Bakery mentions dominate, so the match is uncertain.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 9.0
  Bread#5 for bread in Toronto
  Top pick
• 8.9
  Pastries#6 for pastries in Toronto
  Worth trying
• 8.5
  Cake7 Redditors
  Worth trying
• Butter Tarts5 Redditors
• Babka4 Redditors
• Croissants3 Redditors
• Desserts3 Redditors
• Fish and Chips3 Redditors

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “When I was a kid, I used to love the ones from Harbord Bakery but not sure how they are these days”

• “I recommend their challah, carrot cake, and blintzes.”

• “Harbord bakery is amazing, generally. Especially the cookies and challah. But their croissants are downright weird.”

• “ignore the recommendation for Harbord Bakery, it's not good for this type of thing at all.”

• “We keep coming back here and this was a damn good chicken sandwich about on par with any I've had at The Wren”

• “it’s very very sweet, too sweet for me these days. I used to crave them when I was younger.”

• “They have been making smaller single danishes which are great, but the OG is the ring, on the tin tray, crusted with icing.”

• “Harbord Bakery makes everything with TONS!!!!OF!!!!REAL!!!!BUTTER and they're not $8 per croissant.”

• “I've had decent fish and chips at Harbord House and the Queen and Beaver”

• “it’s quiet, has good food and drinks and has book shelves in case you forgot your book”

• “Their chocolate babka is my fave in the city as well!”

• “Have been to all of these spots a dozen or more times over the course of years”