It is like entering a French country home - greeted by appetizing food cooked by "Maman". It is also a relaxing place to escape for lunch or coffee break from the hectic of financial district. The cakes are the winner but everything is tasteful and well presented. A great place to host a private event too! read more

Lovely french cafe for lunch. It's located on the 2nd floor of a building (shopping mall/office). It's a great little spot for a lunch or coffee break. I love their Quiche & Salad combo lunch. Any quiche is delicious, and they have many kind of salad. The portion is huge so I can't finish everything. I honestly wasn't impressed by their pastries, but I'd definitely return for lunch if I have a chance to come back to Toronto. I had 2 lunch and 1 breakfast during my 3 days trip. Staff are very nice and helpful even when they're super busy. But this opinion can be biased because I'm from NY.. read more

The decor and atmosphere will keep me coming back to Maman, but the dry hard blueberry lavender loaf won't be see me again.

Delicious pastries, especially liked the canelé. Good strong coffee in pleasant surroundings.

I work nearby so have been here a few times for lunch/coffee. Pros: - Food is delicious! - Odette quiche (butternut squash & kale) is to die for - Pistachio loaf is decadent - Overall decor is super quaint & outdoor patio is amazing Cons - Pricey - Lunch can run you $14 if you get a combo, A loaf is $4 (I only come here when I'm looking for a treat! Can't afford to come here every day!) - They charge you $1 for tap water (for the plastic cup) if you take out; Used to be free but I guess they got tired of giving out plastic cups - Service is "indifferent" - neither friendly nor rude...but definitely not welcoming read more

This place is an oasis in the busy FCP food court.they have their own enclosed seating area. They have excellent quiches, salads and baked goods. Try their chocolate chip cookies. Full service espresso bar and patio in the summer. read more

Decent food and lovely country-feel oasis in busy financial district area. My fave from here is the egg dill and avocado sandwich.

This place is quaint and serves a decent selection of pastries, coffee and tea. The only con is their lunch selection could be so much better. Limited selection and for the price, I could get a better lunch at IQ or Kupfert and Kim. Most likely won't be back as there are better lunch and coffee options in the PATH. read more

Mediocre food, over price based on the portion. Few items were sold out. At least, the service is ok.

This place is amazing! A great addition to FCP. So beautifully decorated. Great service.

Went here on Tuesday, July 19 at 1145 am with my brother as it was the anniversary of our mothers death. I got a drink and a chicken Dijon baguette. The baguette which was over $9 with taxes, was not as good as other items I've had there before. And would recommend going to brioche doree for better options. I meant to go back in and get us chocolate cookies when we were done as they're actually amazing. However we were sitting on their patio and got kicked off. My brother was eating a burrito bowl due to dietary restrictions and we sat at the far table away from everyone. The short stubby guy came out after we had been there fifteen minutes and told us to leave immediately in a very rude manner due to my brother not having purchased from there. I myself being a paying customer didn't understand why he was making a big deal considering there were many seats left and no one was looking at us. I highly doubt anyone would have dropped their Maman products to run for a burrito bowl because they saw him eating one. He didn't even say sorry that he was asking and instead stood there until we gathered ourselves to go. We both work in the financial district and will be sure to tell coworkers to not come here based on management and their inability to assess scenarios properly. Their patio is cut off by the rest of the food court by a plant. It would be like going to Starbucks patio. I know it's within their right to ask us to leave but halfway through our meal and in the middle of a serious and emotional conversation was NOT the time. Have some decency and stop being so uptight. Will not long support this establishment and their lack of customer service. read more

went to the shortest line during lunch hour. it was thias place. got yhe wine chicken wt rice and a fruit salad. the chicken though had lots of gravy was tasteless. not overly impressed bur it was ok read more

usually have their famous chocolate chip cookie. this cookie. with it's nutty, soft, chocolately goodness is one of the best cookies i've ever had. SERVICE here is quite awful. unattentive, indifferent staff. they do not pay attention to incoming customers, and usually have their backs to the front, while doing their prep. service is long and slow, and not a place to go to when in a rush. the food and treats are great. the staff there from the cash/barista/to the smug owners/management, keep me from returning. they need to focus a lot more on their customer service. read more

So decided to go out of my way to find this place. Was greeted by an associate assuming I wanted coffee, ordered the lavender hot chocolate and frankly it's nothing to rave about. Lacked the taste in lavender and tastes like regular hot chocolate. Won't be back. Lacks service and ambient. read more

VERY VERY slow service. Went around 8:30AM. Only 2 people in front who ordered coffee (americano and cappuccino). Took almost 10 minutes to take their orders. Finally received double espresso. The coffee was very sour (some like that flavour profile, I don't) and gritty (beans too finely ground). I won't be going back. read more

Would be a good spot to grab a quick snack or coffee. We went for a proper lunch and there are definitely better options in the city for a French meal. read more

Very snobby. Had lunch with a friend here today. I bought a sandwich for lunch and she bought a dessert. We ate on the patio and although we were both paying customers, we were asked to leave because my friend had a salad from a competitor outside of Maman. I didn't even get a chance to finish my lunch (that i purchased at Maman). When we explained to the waiter and showed him what we had just purchased from Maman he said he didn't care and told us to leave. It was very rude and unprofessional. I will not be dining here again and will recommend to my colleagues to not bother giving them their business. read more

Cute cafe in FCP. The food (salads, sandwiches, quiches) are delicious. Desserts are even better. A bit on the pricier side.

FYI if you're only there for a coffee, they kick you out (even if the place isn't full) at 5pm, unless you buy more food or alcohol.

Ordered the lavender blueberry loaf but got lemon poppeyseed one, very stale. Madeleine was dry. Canele was ok, but the outside was too soft. Cappuccino was nothing special. For a place that has such beautiful decor and charges prices like that, they should offer better food. read more

My first time getting my morning coffee at Maman...they charge extra $0.50 for lactose free milk!!! Is like I am being punished for being lactose intolerant. The lactose free milk is not that much more expensive. Charging each client an extra $0.50 for lactose free milk is a little steep. When buying lactose free milk in the store I pay extra $ 0.50 for 2L of milk. The coffee was okay for the price they charge....nothing special about it. read more

When Maman first opened, I was super excited and enamoured with this place. Like other reviewers have mentioned, it is so so cute inside, and a refreshing change from all the other standard, humdrum fast-food places littering the PATH. I have been here three times in total - once for lunch and twice in the early/late afternoon, just to satisfy my sweet tooth cravings. Perhaps it is due to poor timing on my part, but by lunchtime/the afternoon, the selection of pastries is largely depleted, so the only things I have had a chance to try are the "famous" nutty chocolate chunk cookie, the pistachio loaf, and small samples of the lavender loaf. I have also had lunch here once, and got a quiche. Food-wise, unfortunately nothing really blew me away, and the one thing that was fairly consistent was that every item I got felt really dense and heavy and also really oily... particularly the cookie, to the point where after eating I just felt kind of gross. I am intrigued enough to want to come back and try some of their other pastries (i.e. almond croissant), but I don't think I would particularly feel the urge to choose this place again as a lunch option. read more

Yesterday, I had plans to meet my best friend (who was flying in from DC) for breakfast at Maman. It was closed. I had checked google the day before and Tuesday morning - it stated that you were opened. Last week on your website, it stated that you were re-opening on Dec 27. Moreover on Dec 22nd and Dec 23rd, I tried several times to call to confirm the opening hours and no one picked up the phone. I was left to scramble to find an alternative option due to the misinformation and lack of communication. It was a great disappointment especially with the reviews- and I haven't even set foot in your business. read more

i work very close to maman and some of my coworkers talked about how pretty this place is, so i looked it up on yelp and it had decent reviews so i decided to check it out. as they said, the place is gorgeous! both the inside and their patio! really enjoyed sitting on the patio with the green view (rare in the financial district) and great music. however, the food didn't live up to its beautiful ambiance. their unsweetened iced tea was good, but nothing great. their pistachio loaf was not too bad, i liked the pistachio bits in it but i wouldn't get it again as it was way too greasy, sweet, and heavy for my taste. i couldn't finish it cuz it was just too heavy... and it was 3:30 pm and I hadn't had anything all day before that! i was super hungry and could have eaten so much more! the croissant was too oily as well. i felt pretty gross after. to be honest, i was a little bit disappointed; seemed like they focused so hard on the presentation that they neglected the most important part - the food. i dunno, maybe i just got the wrong stuff. regardless, if it wasn't for the decor, i would have given it 2 stars. read more

Maman served me a day old Egg salad sandwich. Brioche was dry, avocado turning brown, the yellows of the egg were crusty and to top it all off I got pieces of eggshell in with it all. read more

The pastries in this place are amazing! However, service is way below standards. There are only 2 people to service 3 stations - cash, food and coffee bar. So either you are waiting a lot to get your coffee (which then is prepared in a rush and therefore not that good), or you are waiting in line to get your food. The financial district is very competitive and so service and speed are some of the success factors that this place should keep in mind. read more

Cute little shop with long tables inside a shopping mall. Delicious iced matcha green tea and pistachio bread. All the pastries look amazing. Will definitely be back. read more

I've been wanting to try this place after reading about it in blogto. I went there during lunch and the place was packed. In spite of the crowd I was served pretty quickly. I got the pain au chocolate and Maman's famous nutty chocolate chunk cookie. Both were DELICIOUS! The cookie is packed with chocolate chips, macadamia nuts, walnuts and almonds. I'm not a fan of nuts in cookies but I will definitely be back for this decadent baby. The pain au chocolate was easily the best I've had in Toronto so far and came a solid second behind some of the amazing ones I had while visiting Paris. All in all, excellent experience and will definitely be back for more. read more

Lovely setting but horribly RUDE service by the manager - completely unexpected this. After politely notifying the staff that there was a large black bug in my salad - which suggests that the lettuce and kale had not been washed thoroughly - the manager rudely looked between me and the bug and stated that she was also surprised by this as it's never happened before. There was an implicit accusation in her tone and attitude. I declined a replacement salad (as there was no reason to believe that the rest of the salad had been properly washed and so free of bugs!) and asked for the remaining piece of my quiche. She stormed off, I returned to my table and about 5 minutes later she stood at the door, beckoning me to come to her to get my replacement quiche. I asked for cutlery and she said I should get it myself. When I suggested that her attitude was completely offensive, she then grabbed a handful of forks and shoved them at me. The restaurant was not busy today, not that that would be a good excuse for her rude service and bad attitude. Maybe she was having a bad day. Either way, I don't recommend eating in and definitely do not recommend ordering their salads. If you don't care about terrible service and bad attitudes, the quiche was delicious, as was the coffee and cookie. Unfortunately, with so many other options in the area, those are not big enough draws to get me to back to Maman. read more

I found myself down in the core on the weekend and popped into Maman as I heard they were launching their brunch menu and I have to say I was NOT disappointed! The food was AMAZING, the vibe was cool and the pricing was for once reasonable. Typically I find most place overcharge for your basic scrambled eggs or omelette but not Maman there's nothing on the menu over $20 which means you have $$ left for desert which is a must at this location! read more

I was in there for lunch with my friend. My friend bought an egg salad sandwich and I bought a pistachio loaf. I had my lunch that I bought from IQ but also had the loaf that I bought. We thought that we would sit on their patio seeing as we both bought something from there. We weren't even halfway through our lunch and the owner kicked us off the patio because he noticed my IQ lunch. I told him that I had bought a loaf from his store but he still kicked us out without even letting us finish our lunch. He was quite abrupt and rude about it to and that was the owner. Last time I am ever going there. The people behind the counter aren't very friendly either. The food there is nothing spectacular. Their loafs (I've had the pistachio and the lavender) are really dense and a bit in the dry side. We also noticed that there were flies sitting on some of the food they had out in the open. Nice decor but doesn't make up for the rude staff and the average food. I will add that the pistachio loaf was a bit burnt. The owner only cares about money and not the well being of his customers seeing as he wouldn't even let us finish our lunch before kicking us off the patio. read more

croque maman + a slice of pistachio cake (and sometimes a chocolate chip cookie to save for later) is my idea of a great lunch. a little on the pricey side and they sometimes over bake my sandwich - but the flavours?...oh so goood :) read more

happened to find this place last year when i was here working the weekend (last fall) brunch on a sunday. i was most impress with the very fine details of the flatware and plates they were sparkling and gleaming totally flawless . staff services was very attentive and chef sab (i believe) from paris was there to see everyone was happy. i went back awhile ago twice ,once for lunch. i 1st had to go to the washroom there i ran into a black women (staff) she became complaining to me about how we people here in canada are so rude and dirty ! she then went in a side door that was jarred open speaking in french on her cell complaining about management and cooking staff saying they are not even french! they know nothing! they treat us like we are slaves it went on for some time ! i later after taking note to return for brunch ..it was very bad..water marks on pates and silver ..glasswear was dirty ..staff were rather overwhemled ..down hill!!! and staff complaining where we could all hear them ..not a happy place to work i guess? please find a place out of the public ear!!! read more