Sablétine Fine Pastries
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Always fantastic! One of our favourites. Whether for lunch, tea or just desert it's fantastic! You've got to try the orange bar, the cookies, mini tar…
Bugaboofudge
Sablétine Fine Pastries
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Very disappointed. Took forever to get two simple pre made salads and pre made tartrine served to our table. Asked for coffee but they had no cream to…
Jacquie
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What a find! Stumbled acros.... What a find!Stumbled across this place on a Sunday morning. Great baked goods at a reasonable price. Quaint setting.…
Nadeem Sheikh
Sablétine Fine Pastries
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6 Reviews on “Sablétine Fine Pastries”
Always fantastic! One of our favourites. Whether for lunch, tea or just desert it’s fantastic! You’ve got to try the orange bar, the cookies, mini tarts and macarons!
Very disappointed. Took forever to get two simple pre made salads and pre made tartrine served to our table. Asked for coffee but they had no cream to go with it after they charged for the coffee. Just poor service, people seemed scattered and unattentive to customers.
What a find! Stumbled acros…. What a find!Stumbled across this place on a Sunday morning. Great baked goods at a reasonable price. Quaint setting.
Fine Pastries… yes but not great. I read some of the older reviews and noticed how it mentioned the service was akin to a grumpy baker who didn’t have their cup of morning latte. I am happy to say that my visit this week was far from that experience. If anything, the service was overly pleasant and so inviting that I’m tempted to go back next week. Polite, attentive, and geniuine. I can’t ask for more… they were eager to share and explain all the various goodies on display. I went during lunch and was surprised how much was sold out already. Perhaps they underestimated the morning crowd but at 11:30 am, 2 of the 3 types of quiche were gone. All the pain au chocolat disappeared and there was not a sight of a macaron anywhere. Though I was hoping to snag any of the forementioned items, I was still enthralled in trying their tarts, cakes, and plain croissant. I purchased a tarte au citron, creme brulee tart, opera cake slice, and a plain croissant to satisfy my pastry tooth.For croissants, the hallmark of a great croissant comes from two wonderful things. The first being that wonderful technique of folding over and over again to get that beautiful layered swirl. And secondly, a lovely amount of butter that helps develop a light crispy flakey texture that keeps you wanting to eat more. Let’s be frank… butter = good. Sabletine’s croissant was a bit smaller than I’m used to but I’m ok with portion control on butter. It looked like it puffed up a decent amount so I was hopeful it’d be good. When sliced through, the cross section showed the lovely layers. Upon taking a bite, I wasn’t disappointed but I wasn’t wow’d either. It wasn’t dry or lacking in flavour but it wasn’t flakey. It had a hardened exterior and even harder bottom… perhaps the butter leaked out and it sizzled in the buttery oil while baking? It reminds me of my earlier attempts at baking croissants. The tarts faired much better. The pate sucree (sweet pastry crust) was lovely. The crust was buttery with a nice texture (not soggy!) and it was a nice foundation for the filling. Though these weren’t large, the size allowed you take many small bites of lucious creamy centres. The tarte au citron was a good balance between puckered lemons and sweetness. The creme brulee tarte was a decent and comprised of a smooth custard but it was missing it’s signature crackling caramelized sugary top! Overall, there are some good pastry and tarte choices that will have me coming back to try. It’s a decent bakery for a city of that normally would not have a French bakery. I hope next time though they’ll actually have some good macarons, quiches, and pain au chocolat so I can hopefully write a more positive review!
Good pastries, bad service. I had their quiche a few times before, which was pretty good. My favorite is their savory pastries, which are perfect. The coffee is always at least decent. What I don’t like about the place is their service. The employees are always indifferent and not friendly, and the owner is extremely rude. The owner always acts as though she doing me a huge favor by serving me, and she refuses to take her time to give suggestions about her own pastries.
Had the croissant and a small coffee. Coffee was ok, croissant was over baked and strangely greasy (not in a good way). Maybe they’re having an off day.