LA LA Bakeshop

What Reddit says

A modern Vietnamese bakery near Bloor and Spadina, praised for its durian cake and Vietnamese coffee tiramisu. Some call the cakes among the best they have had, with prices the main complaint.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 8.7
  Coffee#18 for coffee in Toronto
  Worth trying
• 8.7
  Banh Mi#7 for banh mi in Toronto
  Worth trying
• 8.0
  Cake15 Redditors
  Worth trying
• 8.0
  Matcha#8 for matcha in Toronto
  Worth trying
• 8.0
  Pastries7 Redditors
  Worth trying
• 7.5
  Desserts#22 for desserts in Toronto
  Worth trying
• Croissants4 Redditors
• Tiramisu1 Redditor

In their words

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

• “Finally made it to this Vietnamese bakery on Dundas and was very impressed.”

• “Instant fan of their Vietnamese flavoured desserts.”

• “Nice place and desserts but man those prices are hard to stomach”

• “I wish instead of putting cake in the box even for dine-in they have actual cake slides so the plastic box isn't going to waste.”

• “which has a really good matcha (actually bitter!) as well as other fun matcha drinks”

• “The buns are stellar, so are the cakes, and their excellent banh mi is one of their better menu additions”

• “salted egg cake from lala bakeshop”

• “Lala Bakery - pandan matcha latte and cakelets”

• “Am so glad they took this space and turned it into a great sit down place.”

• “Prices at La La are pretty normal for the better Toronto bakeries these days.”

• “Their pistachio pandan latte (comes with cold foam) has been lifechanging for me recently.”

• “Their pandan matcha and pistachio raspberry matcha are so good, strong, decently priced AND they do a student discount”