I had not been to the Sheppard Centre in 100 years. Kin Kin is still around and I was happy to see their items were all wrapped, except for the steamer baskets with yum-cha. They had my favourite jin duai - but the calories! They've added some new items to their repertoire and deleted others. I tried a "wife cake" made with dates and it was phenomenal. Their strong Hong Kong tea is still one of the best around and almost half the price of other Chinese bakeries I frequent. They have mini pieces of a Japanese cheesecake item and other mini pieces of products, which is nice. Staff are always very courteous to their customers. As an aside: to those who frequent the Sheppard Centre, I noticed that the space belonging to the longstanding bakery Furama was for lease. Kin Kin's new practices of wrapped goods will certainly encourage my future patronage. read more

Kin Kin has various buns and pastries as well as other foods. In general, the buns were okay, but many of the buns didn't have much filling, although the coconut bun had more filling. I tried various buns and tarts: MOST PREFERRED Bbq pork bun - tasty filling Coconut pineapple bun: good, had more filling than many other buns Egg tart with cookie crumb-like crust: better than the other style of egg tart curry beef bun - tasty filling LEAST PREFERRED custard bun - not enough filling Egg tart with flaky pastry: not as good, the pastry was a bit soggy and not crispy The buns/tarts were reasonably priced. They start discounting many of the items in the late afternoon. read more

See all

I recently started working in the area and pass by Kin Kin on the way home every night. In the mornings, when I come out of the subway, I can smell the yummy baked goods. They also have ice cream, hot drinks and some dim sum. My review is based solely on one item here. Their coconut buns are delicious. They're big and packed with coconut paste. I will have to try their other buns, including the custard and cinnamon ones. I passed by at 5 o'clock today and they had started their End of Day deal - 10 buns for $12.99. Anyway, I recommend if you're in the area. Good for: baked goods read more

Inflation is real!! Now 6 buns are $12. I was lucky to pick up super fresh buns of pork bb, curry beef & sausage. They were still warm when I picked up at at 1pm. I found plenty of filling inside and filing was very moist. read more

Kin Kin Bakery & Bubble Tea - $12 for 6 buns - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

See all

I came here around 4pm one day & was happy to see they have an end of day sale. I find the pastries at this location a bit more expensive than the ones in Scarborough. Probably because they have to pay more rent at the Sheppard center. I wanted to get 6 sesame balls but they only had 5. So they made an extra one for me but I had to wait 15 minutes. I didn't mind as I love sesame balls. So I came back after 15 minutes & picked up the rest of my pastries. The buns aren't bursting with fillings. But I have found that true of other Kin Kin locations. I haven't tried any of their other items except things like the red bean bun, pineapple bun, custard bun, coconut bun & sesame balls. I'd say service is pretty standard for a no-frills bakery. They could have told me they wouldn't make me another sesame ball so I could have six. But they were nice about that. I would come here again but I'd prefer to go at the end of day sale. That's a better deal. read more

New Chinese bakery that just opened up inside the Sheppard Center. Grand opening special of 3 buns for $5 or 6 buns for $9 drew a huge multi cultural crowd. Line was long but wait wasn't too bad. It took me about 7-8 mins with 10 people infront. The store had a variety of fresh buns, each looking super soft and fluffy and much larger than the usual Chinese bakeries. Side comment, I have been to other Kin Kin locations and this one was the brightest, and the selection looked the best and most fresh (probably because it's grand opening) hopefully they keep this up. Taste wise everything tastes great. It's the usual Chinese buns you find in Chinese bakeries so no surprises. I got a couple curry beef, bbq pork, pineapple buns, and some curry beef and chicken pot pie pastries. Besides buns, they also have smoothies and milkshakes which they're offering free tapioca, fresh squeezed sugar cane drink which tasted very MEH, HK milk tea which I'm gonna have to try, and coffee, as well as some Asian Vita carton drinks and pop. Service was efficient, price was decent, food was tasty and fresh. Hoping they keep this up. read more

See all

Look no further for the best Chinese buns in town! My favorite go to are the pineapple buns, almond twists and hot dog buns. I try to buy early in the morning because that's when they are the freshest. You can see the employees in the back baking so it's definitely freshly baked on the day of. I always have a bun from Kin Kin Bakery with their Hong Kong style milk tea for breakfast before work. The prices are decent and their bun size is larger than other bakeries I've been to so it's a good deal! read more

Kin Kin Bakery & Bubble Tea - a hand holding a bag of buns - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Passing by the pastry place, we picked up their Tiramisu cake on a whim. It turned out to be not too sweet, light and very flavorful. Also, it seems very affordable at the price of only $20 (before tax) for a whole cake, and they wrapped up the cake very quickly. I have not tried anything else here so I cannot comment on their other pastries. read more

Kin Kin Bakery & Bubble Tea - Tiramisu cake slice - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

See all

It is a year since their grand opening. Unfortunately this place does go downhill imo. First of all the food is overpriced (note that I am not using "pricey") for what you are getting. Good thing they accept debit and credit here but cleanliness doesn't seem to be a priority here anymore: their store looks so nice and bright but don't let that deceive you since I've seen quite a few fruit flies in the store especially around the buns. To be fair I did not experience any problem eating from here yet but it is really disturbing to see. Also, check their inspection result if you want .. Second, the service is less than satisfactory. Some of them definitely talk nonsense among themselves in front of customers. One girl would even flirt with her boyfriend, who is not working in the store, right before other customers waiting to pay. I found it rude and inconsiderate. The only pro for me now is the proximity here. Sad. read more

Beware. This Kin Kin prices at Yonge/Sheppard are higher than the same Kin Kin inside the Atrium on Bay (Yonge/Dundas). It's a franchise, but the prices are higher up at Yonge/Sheppard location. Example: $4.50 for all-day breakfast deal downtown vs. $5.00 for all-day breakfast deal North York. $1.75 per bun in NY and it's $1.67 downtown It's not a big difference, but nonetheless, there's an increase at the North York location. Why is that? read more

Kin-Kin has great cha sieu bao! And only $1.75 each, decent value for a mall location. Will come back to eat two more of this tasty classic canto snack anytime I'm in the area. read more

Kin Kin Bakery & Bubble Tea - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Thoroughly enjoy their freshly baked buns, no pun intended. They open early around 7:00-7:30am on a daily basis, they have a variety of assorted buns that will make your mouth drip in saliva. Each buns is generously packed with protein and not like other bakery shops where it's almost nothing. I usually grab their specials which is 3 for $5 in the wee morning. They do provide other assortments like coffee, tea and other pastries. They are located in the lower level concourse across from the TD bank. Great alternative to Tim's. read more

Been meaning to write a review about this place but never quite got the chance. This place is pretty expensive for what you get. They don't fill the buns with a lot of filling, so it's mostly just bread. I wouldn't recommend the bubble tea here, it's powdered and you're better off getting something from real fruit or shuyi tealicious. I wouldn't say the service here is all that good compared to the service at the downtown branch. Overall, I would stay away from this place, even if it's convenient. read more

Absolutely disgusting specially when it is end of the day sale. I bought here twice when it was fresh made and closing. Both times were regretful. Biggest nightmare was buying two of their chicken pot pie it was paste like bread biting on it and when it got to the meat it was mostly fat and chewy bones. It crumbled open and a I found probably 3 small pieces of chicken meat and it was absolutely disgusting. Their dumplings were so unhealthy and their tarts were terrible. I won't but from here again unless I want another stomach ache. read more

A newly opened, busy new bakery with a large variety of freshly baked buns, coffee, ice cream and amazing bubble tea. They sell the components for their bubble tea too! I will be definitely back for more. Welcome to the neighbourhood, my new favourite breakfast on the run place :) read more

Be careful. The staff like to talk smack (in Cantonese) about the customers in front of them when it was not justified. Friend confronted them since they thought he didn't understand. Boy were they wrong. read more

I live close by and wanted to try out the new bubble tea place. The first time I attempted to buy a bubble tea I left because there was a ton of people in there and they were completely disorganized and I didn't have 10 minutes or more to wait for a bubble tea. One of the employees was having a leisurely personal chat with a customer while a dozen customers waited in line to order and or pay (it was hard to tell which as there is not a designated spot for either) The staff are not friendly and they speak to each other (in front of English speaking customers) in their own language (which I find very rude). I ordered a coconut bubble tea with no ice. When it was ready they yelled from the other end of the counter that my drink was there (instead of bringing it to me, which would have required about 5 steps to where I had just finished paying for it at the cash). All of a sudden the woman who yelled for me to come to the other end of the counter, grabbed the drink, without saying anything to me and took the lid off and started pouring the drink through a strainer because she realized that she had made the drink with ice and I had asked for no ice. When she poured the drink back it didn't reach the top because there was no ice to displace it anymore and she filled up the rest with tea. So not only was the drink already diluted from the ice that was put it in but then additionally diluted with tea so my coconut bubble tea tasted watered down and not very good. There are MUCH better places to get bubble tea in the Yonge-Sheppard area - take your pick. This might be just a matter of working out the kinks in a new shop but judging by the disorganized chaos of the shop and the complete lack of good customer service, I highly doubt it. They are also very expensive for the sizes they offer. I will try them again because it might have been an off day but if my experience is similar I won't go back - they aren't worth it. read more

although i have only tried this place once, i was very pleased with the products i'd purchased. the bubble tea was great, the custard bun was AWESOME, and they even have a mini selection of dim sum. the buns look beautiful and are HUGE, probably can be shared between 2 people. what i love most are the low prices. I will most definitely be back to try out the other buns and pastries read more

horrible place , found a wire in the chicken bun. please be careful how you are eating the buns. zero star