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    Le Maxim’s

    3.6 (21 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 7:00 pm

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    Slice of mango meringue
    Joy W.

    It is an attractive bakery cafe at the plaza behind First Markham Place. There were three tables with chairs for dine-in. We bought the six slice mango meringue cake. Service was welcoming and friendly. At the first slice, the meringue tasted over baked and too dry. The cake held well refrigerated over the week. As the days went by, the meringue in the cake did not become soft, instead the cake tasted better at the end of the week. My only first and last impression is that the pieces of mango in the cake was not the best quality that I have had with the Maxim meringue cakes or any mango cakes. Many pieces of mango had the stringy fibres that is closest to the mango seed and this took away from the enjoyment, thus the rating. The quality at the original Maxim on Finch is superior and the location I will return to.

    Philip L.

    Couldn't resist revisiting this fabulous cakeshop for its beautiful craftsmanship again. This time we ordered a 10" Mango Almond Meringue Cake to visit a friend's family for dinner as dessert. My friends were amazed at the moment they opened the box. "The cake is so pretty. I didn't know you could find beautiful cakes like this in the neighborhood!" and "It is so beautiful and I just wanted to keep looking at this eye candy without eating it." and "Did you get it from far away? Where did you get it from?".... I am telling you, everybody was so happy with the awesomeness of this handcrafted cake, just by appreciating the look of it. The moment when we started eating it, awwww.... we all just couldn't talk anymore. The crunchiness from the meringue was so good. So light, so airy, so fluffy. The cream in the middle was simply fantastic. Smooth, rich, and tasty, and done with a great amount of crushed roasted almonds. However, the mango flavor could be richer to balance out the sweetness in my opinion. Anyhow, the beauty of having meringue cake is that it wouldn't stuff you up like some other heavy cakes would do. Won't feel guilty about eating too much, LOL! Such a great dessert for the entire group. My friends were greatly delighted, and I felt so cool about bringing the meringue in, haha! So happy about it. Seriously recommended. Fellow Yelpers, check this place out. They also have seasonal Christmas Logs available now.

    Very dry and not fresh

    Ordered a 8" Black Forest unfortunately it was very dry and they forgot to add the Birthday Message on the cake. Quite disappointing because I've ordered from them before and I remember this being really good in the past :(

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    Ying L.

    This is a hidden bakery in the first Markham place. They offer various cakes with different flavors. Service is friendly and quick, package is neat as well. Ordered a mango cream cake, the presentation was beautiful,with fresh and light flavors!

    peach danish/pastry
    Tiffany C.

    Overall 1.5, but happy to bump 0.5 for their customer service. Taro cake was dry, the taro while was real had a really unappealing texture, as it was grainy and was crumbly. There was an artifical flavoring in the cream. Layers of the cake was minimal, and the cake itself was quite small in size for the price. I believe this might have been a stale cake, perhaps a day or two already. Lychee cake was ok, and it did taste like lychee but sponge was just average. Quite a sweet cake overall. This one I may give it a 3/5 but wouldn't pay 7.50 for it. The pastries were also ok, albeit quite sweet. The peach tasted like those from a can, and the creme wasn't that flavourful and was overpowered by the sweetness of the canned peach flavour. The layers of the pastry was flaky though, and I can see it being a good base, but with this combination it was underwhelming. Overall I do want to support the soft opening, but there is definitely room for improvement. Hopefully give this place some time and they will make a few touch ups!

    I bought the 12" mango meringue, which was about $55 (incl tax)
    Jen H.

    This location is new! A bit hard to find to be honest! The sign is too small and easy to drive by. Be on the lookout for a small gray sign with small black writing!! Maxims has always been the place to get the 'cake to impress'. Super delicious, nice to look at, and not a typical cake....so it's different without being risky. Of course, I'm talking about their meringue cake! A bottom layer of meringue, middle layer of cream with fresh mangos, then topped with meringue! Visiting my friend and her family after many years, I decided to bring this and it was a huge hit! *Note that there are nuts in this cake!

    Mango almond meringue cake, xmas decoration
    Jason T.

    Came here for the first time and purchased their mango almond meringue cake. Check my picture to see how nicely they decorated the cake for Christmas. Super nice! The cake itself was delicious and everyone enjoyed it. The cream was not sweet, which is a good thing, to balance the sweetness of the meringue. Service was friendly, too! Located at First Markham Center (next to First Markham Place), and parking can he scarce during peak hours. I'd recommend you try this place.

    Arlene B.

    Le Maxim is a cute cafe and patisserie that opened up near First Markham place. They have limited seating (12 seats). Similar to it's sister bakeries at Bayview (Richmond Hill) & Finch Avenue East (Willowdale), they sell pastries and cakes, as well as cake slices. They are particularly well known for their meringue cakes with fresh fruit such as mango and strawberry. Unique to this location is a purple taro cake which clearly has real taro in it. We purchased the mango almond meringue cake slice ($7), which had chunks of fresh mango and lots of almond speckled meringue and whipped cream. You can tell that the ingredients are all fresh. The meringue is crisp but not overly sweet. The fresh whipped cream helps marry the crunchy meringue and sweet mango. Cash only during soft opening as their POS system hasn't yet arrived. Will definitely be back for the mango meringue cake, and to try the strawberry shortcake and danishes.

    Mould in the chocolate dessert.

    I used to go to Le Maxim's Finch location, the cakes were elegant and tasty. So, I thought to give Le Maxim behind FMP a try. We went to this shop around dinnertime yesterday. The shop was empty, but with lots of cakes and sweets. I got mango cake and chocolate dessert. After we got back home we took a bite of chocolate dessert, it tasted kind of weird. When I was about to throw it out, I realized there was mold on it. It was mostly inside the cake. I was super disgusted by it. I have never been to a cake shop that sells moldy desserts to customers.

    Mango Shortcake

    Understand they are still going through soft opening so trying to give them a pass but expected atleast a better execution based on price point and big name of Maxim. Their POS wasn't setup yet but they didn't have a sign that said Cash Only so only found out when I tried to pay with card...luckily I had cash. There were like 4-5 people working behind the cake stand so a lot of standing around. Ordered Mango Shortcake and Napolean and heard the worker had to ask another worker which was the Napolean. Another worker insists to hand write a receipt using carbon copy invoice...totally unnecessary and waste of effort and paper as I was only buyung ready made slices in the cake stand. Took the cakes home and probably our fault with driving but small tip that other cake shops do is put a piece of small tape under the piece to avoid it moving around in the box. Taste wise is pretty average. Two pieces were $13+ that's like 30% more than Saint Germain...if you are going to charge that big of a premium then there will be higher standards in terms of taste, service, and overall execution...so I am expecting more. Will give them benefit of the doubt and try them again in couple weeks.

    Isabelle C.

    Like to get the meringue cakes. Other cakes also look good. There are a few tables to sit inside. Prices are reasonable

    Tiffany L.

    First time here, the place is beautiful and the staffs are nice and very helpful. I ordered a piece of green tea cake and a strawberry tart, not very sweet and tastes pretty light and delicious. Price wise is reasonable compared to other ones. Highly recommended!

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