Little Pebbles
Cafés, Bakery, Japanese in Kensington-Chinatown, Toronto
Part of Kensington Market and Chinatown
#2,374 in Toronto. 33 Redditors across 52 mentions, Dec 2023 to Sep 2026.
What Reddit says
Kensington-area café known for Japanese-French pastries like croissant wheels and a strawberry shortcake. Opinions are split: some praise the baking, while others report stale pastries, rude staff and poor service.
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In their words
Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.
“Last time I went there I spent $40 on a few pastries. Every one of them had turned.”
Disliked itr/FoodToronto, Nov 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “little pebbles cafe also has a black sesame latte, but hot! and they have a black sesame chiffon cake”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Sep 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “I don’t find them as flavourful as you’d get in Japan but: Cafe Neo, Hitotoki Bakery, Solaris Coffee, Little Pebbles.”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Mar 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “the service was awful and the food and drink were terrible. It was truly shocking tbh”
Disliked itr/FoodToronto, Nov 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “These guys suck. Staff/management are super rude.”
Disliked itr/FoodToronto, Nov 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Their marketing now is so odd to me bc I remember when they were a small korean cafe before the owners sold out lol”
Not a fanr/FoodToronto, Jan 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Little Pebbles serves up some lovely Japanese-flavoured desserts”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Apr 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Little Pebbles (Kensington Market or College and Bathurst-ish locations) have some p tasty Japanese-French croissant wheels”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Feb 2025Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “They had high chairs, but not any kid toys. Lots of space for strollers.”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Mar 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “The Japanese Strawberry Shortcake from Little Pebbles”
Loved itr/FoodToronto, Dec 2025Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Library, The Brick Room, Coffee Island, Little Pebbles Cafe, El Pacho”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Sep 2025Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Little Pebbles is on the same street and I like their pinwheel croissants and black sesame cream croissants.”
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