In a quiet corner of Woodbridge, La Strada Bakery defies easy categorization -- and therein lies its singular charm. What presents itself modestly as a neighbourhood Italian bakery reveals, upon closer acquaintance, something altogether more intriguing: a transatlantic pastry dialogue between the Old World and South America, shaped by the hands of a Uruguayan chef who brings both traditions to bear with quiet confidence. The cannoli are, without equivocation, the crown jewel of this establishment. Piped to order, the filling achieves a textural ideal -- sweetly yielding, impeccably creamy, and notably free of the aggressive lemon notes that so often overwhelm lesser versions. The shell delivers a satisfying, delicate crunch, its restraint allowing the ricotta cream to assert itself as the undisputed protagonist. These are cannoli that would draw admiration well beyond the borders of Woodbridge. One ought not to overlook the sfogliatelle, rendered here in golden, shattering layers, nor the cherry-filled donuts -- generously proportioned, freshly made, and possessed of a quality that lingers in memory long after the visit. The facturas, custard-filled and dusted with care, speak fluently to the South American soul of the kitchen, while the empanadas offer a savoury counterpoint of notable finesse. The space itself is intimate to the point of cosiness -- a handful of seats, a tall central table, and a glass case brimming with the day's offerings. The pace is unhurried, the atmosphere warmly domestic. Tony, the proprietor, greets each guest with a hospitality that feels entirely genuine -- the kind of welcome that transforms a transaction into something closer to a visit with an old friend. If one were to offer a gentle note, it might be that the sheer breadth of the offering -- Italian classics alongside Uruguayan specialties and homemade ravioli -- occasionally tests the boundaries of the compact space. Yet this abundance, curated with evident passion, is ultimately more virtue than flaw. La Strada is a bakery for those who understand that the finest pleasures are often found where one least expects them. read more

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Nice Latte- ice and cold. Wife had cannoli. Fresh piped for you. She said it was good and "different". Found a sweet nearby park to sot in the shade and enjoy life on a gorgeous Toronto afternoon read more

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HOLLYYYYYY FRIGGGGGGG. These pastries are SOOOO GOOD. I did not expect to like these sweets as much as I thought I would. Probably the best cherry filled donut i've ever had. No actually, it is THE best cherry filed donut i've ever had. Period. Definitely need to try this spot. It's a hidden gem. Cute little spot in Woodbridge. Friendly staff! 5/5 read more

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Delicious and homemade food!!! I remember my first time I was looking for a bottle of water and the end of the day I finished investing in myself around 50 bucks in delicious food. Me and my family usually go to eat smalls deserts read more

First visit to this bakery today and it is amazing. The pastries are so fresh, a great variety to choose from. We purchased a dozen different kinds of pastries and the office staff had very positive things to say about the taste & freshness. La Strada staff is super friendly and helpful. Will definitely purchase from there again for our office staff birthdays & my family get togethers. Price is reasonable for the quality of goods. read more

Theeeeeee best cannolis I've ever had, hands down! These are probably my favourite now. Highly doubt I will go anywhere else again or even try anyone else's after coming here. The filling is unlike any other in that it's perfectly sweet, creamy and delicious! No weird hint of lemon unlike some of the other places I've tried (although I appreciate lemon-flavoured things, cannoli filling to me should not have an overpowering flavour like that.) The shell was also pretty flawless in that it was crunchy and had little to no flavour - this allowed the cream to be the star of the show! The store in itself is quite small with a small but tall table placed dead centre with a few chairs, and they make (from my understanding) practically everything in the store. They even make their own breadcrumbs for $3.99 and lots of fresh bread options. They have interesting cookie variations, biscotti, and some standard cake flavours. Behind the counter is a coffee/espresso/latte machine I believe, and they have other products made from other vendors like boxed chocolate desserts, etc. The ambiance was quiet since it was only me and about 3 other people in the store, and the lady servicing us was also very friendly and helpful. Although it did take quite a while before someone came out from the back to ring us up or help the other patron, I reason that she was probably busy baking away the goodies in the displays or fulfilling orders. Overall my experience was very good! But take note that parking is scarce depending on what time you come, so better come with someone else to run to the store while you wait in the lot or a while for a spot. They also have a TV in the background playing cp24 usually. I would highly recommend and come back most definitely! Best cannolis in town! read more

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2. 2018/06/03 - The subsequent visit: picking up the cake. This place sure is busy on Sunday morning - the lineup was about 4 people ahead of me, and they are ALL picking out bunches of pastries. There's only the one server, so it's a long (and boring, standing there in the somewhat little space) wait, but not a surprise in an Italian bakery on a Sunday morning ... At one point, one of the girls from the back comes out to bring out an item and help move things along, but there's only one operational register of the two sitting there, so it's not much of a help. She was able at least to go get my item in the interim but by then there's the little old lady behind me with her one loaf of bread and a couple of other ladies waiting as well. It looked like one customer who had finished making his selections also had a sample to eat at one of the tiny little stand up tables, and another customer ahead of me ends up picking out one of the $5 loaf cakes that stare at you on the counter on top of his initial order, so maybe it's a ploy ... Ok so I finally get my cake, and it does look great! No screw-ups no screwy messy flaws anywhere on it, looks good to go and I'm happy about that. The box is nice and big and the ladies pack it up the right way with the flaps all outside the box not to mess up the cake, good job. Can't wait to serve and eat it! When we bring out the cake, we had a great game trying to guess what exactly the flower decorations are made of - and whether or not you're supposed to eat them. They jiggled and looked delicate and gelatinous, quivering like that on the cake, but when we cut the cake, turned out they were hard, like a hard yet Styrofoam texture. Is it icing? Is it plastic? BF is brave and tries to eat it, and it does indeed taste like hard styrofoam - not to mention, turns out that you can pull them off in one pluck cuz they have wiring and are bound up together and inserted into the cake. He actually thinks it's some sort of sugar product, but none of the rest of us agreed. In any case, it served its decorative purpose and I was pleased with the aesthetic result. As for the cake itself - well, the HUMONGOUS strawberry halves were very juicy and flavourful. I imagine that's exactly why the lady who took the order initially recommended that for the topping as opposed to the other option (chocolate? I forget) as it's seasonal. The sfoglie were very crispy, you could really hear the flaky leaves crunching and no stinginess to the layers. Plenty of strawberry on the inside. My one disappointment was the icing itself - it seemed very sweet, very North American standard, and I couldn't believe it but I had flashbacks of childhood Vachon Flakie packages in my lunch! It totally tastes as sparkling WHITE as it looks. Sorry, no disrespect for those Flakies, but, I went out of my way to find a traditional 75th Italian birthday cake precisely because I wanted it to taste like a traditional, Italian version. OH well. In hindsight, I probably would have been better off picking up a sfoglie cake from Fortinos in terms of value for taste. I didn't know whether or not they had them but I'm under the impression from a more recent flyer that they at least have small/square versions ... In any case, it wasn't a bad overall experience. It was absolutely beautiful, and I'm glad I had fellow Yelp reviewers point me in this direction for the local business experiment. Wouldn't go out of my way to come back here for anything but, I wouldn't skip if I happened to be around. read more

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I've been coming to La Strada Bakery for the last few years. Tony's customer service is amazing he is a true gentleman and a true businessman always coming out to talk to me and offered me a coffee. Not many places do that as they're more concerned about money rather than customer service. This Bakery is one of the only few that actually still fly their shells. Their croissants their cookies or should I say biscotti are all so amazing. They also make empanadas and have other foods to eat weather you need something to eat or even a sweet. Tony good job the renovations are fantastic keep up the great work and always thank read more

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My wife & I ordered our wedding cake from La Strada Bakery. Tony and his team made our 2 tier cake out of lemon Chantilly with blueberries inside and a simple buttercream swirl on the outside. Our cake was excellent and we received many compliments from our guests. Not to mention the delicious cannolis they make in-house. Out of this world! read more

Best bakery in Vaughan. Best cannoli ever. Best sfoglia cake. This is our go to bakery for all our cake and pastry needs. read more

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Although it may seem like a typical italian bakery in Woodbridge, and although they carry fresh breads and all sorts of italian sweets, the chef at this bakery is from Uruguay and the food reflects south america as well. Dulce de Leche and Yerba Mate lovers look no further!! You can get homemade ravioli, tapas for empanadas and tons of frozen goods for home made dishes. They also carry a giant array of already prepared goodies: Sweet Pastries known as FACTURAS filled with custard creams, jams and dulce de leche, salty BIZCOCHOS of all kinds and empanadas as well as the ever decadent churros (deep fried strings of doug covered in confectioner's sugar and topped with either dulce de leche or chocolate sauce). read more

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I love this place :) Service: I was greeted by two lovely ladies when I checked this place out. They were very helpful with explaining the pastries. I love how they freshly pipe their cannoli. Thumbs up to that. The only thing was I ordered a specific eclair and the lady who packed my eclair gave me the wrong one. It's all good though. Dessert: yummmmmm .... Best cannoli ever! I love the different variety of alfajores they have. I love white chocolate so when I saw the white chocolate covered alfajores, I got sooooo excited lol. I also had the butter pecan chocolate chip cookies which was delicious. Environment: not much decor, but it's a take out place and you won't even notice it because you will be focused on the display cases read more

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I go to Strada I think since they open, everything they do is wonderful, my daughter she loves Empanadas pizzas and for me, Everything is Argentinian sweetness, and Los biscotti di la nona, I loved, is sad I leave far away. Toni is a wonderful person, I wish I was leaving close to buy my medias lunas for the mate. read more

OMG.....I have found my FAVOURITE Italian bakery!!! Thought I would try getting my son's birthday cake from here after reading some of the positive reviews and I was not disappointed. Their SFOGLIA BACIO RICOTTA cake was out of this world. All of their ingredients were fresh and of high quality with the right balance of ricotta, pastry, cream and sweetness. Everyone devoured this cake and is definitely a family favorite. We will be returning clients without question :) Thank you Strada Bakery read more

Folks, best Cannoli perhaps dare I say it, this side of the Atlantic may very well be found here! Guaranteed best in the GTA spanning Niagara Falls to Thunder Bay. Best darn "Bacio" Sfoglia cake in the GTA as well. A Southern Italian Staple, the sfoglia they make ( puff pastry layered with chocolate and ricotta custard creamed covered in Butter Cream and Ganache) - superb! These two items, no one compares. Their traditional Italian cookies will even make your nonna blush. Very, very clean facility - front to back, great people and truly under rated! read more

The best cannoli I've ever had. They don't have any on display because they are made to order so make sure you ask. Sometimes you feel guilty eating too much dessert but not these... Worth every calorie read more

Let me start off this review by stating that we used this bakery in the past for cakes. However, my last experience was a disaster. I ordered a cake from their instagram page and I spoke directly with Tony the owner about exactly how I wanted the cake. He said he understood. I expected the cake to look like the instagram page or at least very similar. When we went to pick up the cake it looked nothing like the cake on the instagram page- the colour and marbling were way off. I paid $175 for this cake and it was beyond disappointing. What was worse is that - Tony did not offer to fix the cake or make it better. In fact, he was dismissive and condescending of my concerns. Total lack of customer service. I will not buy any cake or product from this bakery again!! read more

The staff was extremely friendly. She recommended some great pastries. I wasn't a big ricotta cannoli fan but the cannoli here was absolutely delicious one of the best I have ever had!!! All the pastries we got were soooooo delicious. Can't wait to make another trip there and try their cookies. I would definitely recommend coming here for the most amazing Italian pastries. read more

Nice local Italian bakery in Woodbridge. Staff are genuinely nice and friendly. Purchased Sicilian style cannoli and pistachio eclairs for a family we were visiting and they called back to compliment our choice of pastries and bakery as each piece was devoured in seconds!! Will definitely be coming back as both service and quality was wonderful! Thank you La Strada bakery!! read more

I am blessed to have this bakery around the corner from the office. Yes I must say best cannoli in Vaughan. We had I blind taste test with friends and there was no contest. They make a perfect espresso. They also have amazing cakes for those special occasions. read more

Great Cakes always fresh. Was able to accommodate me, and have a cake ready for me within 3 hours of ordering it!! Definitely recommend! read more

The products are very good BUT the service is horrible! The blonde lady at the cash is always nice but the owner is rude! I've ordered sfoglia cakes for years there now and every time I encounter the owner he just stares and never greets me. He never serves me and makes it seem like he didn't see me and waits until another worker comes to the front. The price for the same cake is always different. And today was the last straw. I went in to pick up a sfoglia cake I ordered in advance and had to wait more than 10 minutes. The owner was at the front, did not acknowledge or greet me and was too busy speaking to two ladies who didn't speak english and were trying to explain that they wanted to work there. Instead of greeting me or saying, "just a second, someone will help you in a moment," etc. like the decent thing to do to a paying customer, he said nothing and waited until the blonde lady finished making coffee for those ladies and she asked what I needed. After several years of business, I will definitely NOT be ordering cakes or purchasing anything from there again. read more