I've been to Port Credit many times before and have always been intrigued by macaronZ. They also have a Brampton location with glowing reviews, so I thought I'd finally try it out. Upon entering, I noticed that the store didn't have your traditional display of the macarons and cakes. It was just a glass display of takeout boxes. Their menu showed options for buying assorted macarons or donuts at either half dozen or a dozen. The menu didn't show flavours either. Since it was my first time trying, I just went with the 6 piece assorted macaron for $15 which seems to be pretty good pricing compared to other French macaron places.
I was in a rush to make it to an appointment, so I didn't ask for the flavours since I'm assuming there would be a slip in the box. As I was paying, the worker there mentioned that I needed to wait at least 30 minutes for the macarons to thaw to room temp before eating. In my head, I was like,'These are frozen?!' I never got frozen macarons before ever when buying them at a store, and I was now super skeptical. As instructed, I waited actually a couple of hours before trying them to make sure they were fully at room temperature. I opened up the packaging, and the macarons were laid out nicely, but no slip with the flavours. I was disappointed because now I have no idea what the flavours are and have to guess. The only distinct one I can taste is the chocolate and lime, and that's about it. The other 4 tasted exactly the same. The most disappointing part is that the macaron shell would shatter into pieces even when I'm just gently picking it up to take a bite. It left a huge mess eating each macaron, and I didn't get to really taste the shell with the filling because of this. Overall, I was so sad and disappointed at the macarons from this place and will not be revisting. read more