Baklava Toronto

The Best Baklava in Toronto

The best baklava in Toronto is an irresistible combination of crisp and tender, nutty and sweet, brought to life by talented bakers inspired by tradition. Baked fresh daily from quality ingredients, it's a dessert that's welcome any time of day — be it morning, noon or night. 

Here is the best baklava in Toronto. 


Crown Pastries
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Crown Pastries

Trays of sticky, syrupy, golden pastries greet customers at this Scarborough shop. Trimmed with verdant pistachios or toasted walnuts, the team's assortment of meticulous sweets is gorgeous and gooey in equal measure.   

Patisserie Royale
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Patisserie Royale

At this Scarborough pastry shop, premium ingredients are baked into a number of baklava styles. Sample every morsel with an assorted box brimming with cashew-laced kolshkor, almond-filled assabeh and walnut-loaded baklava. 


Kostas Bakery
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Kostas Bakery

Tucked among a sea of sweets, find trays of buttery Greek baklava at this family-owned Scarborough spot. Made with pistachios or almonds, countless layers of dough and oodles of butter and syrup, each hand-layered portion is as pretty to look at as it is dangerously satisfying to devour.  

Serano Bakery
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Serano Bakery

Fragile and flaky, baklava is a top-seller at this family-run Pape Village go-to. Nibbled on as is, or as a top layer on lush baklava cheesecake, it's a snack guaranteed to calm insatiable sweet teeth.  


Narin Pastry
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Narin Pastry

Ignore the ho-hum North York environs for fresh simit and burek, graibe, baklava and more at this unassuming Turkish bakery. Made daily, baklava is fresh, nutty and rich, with a texture that's delicate, toothsome and utterly satisfying.


Ma Belle Baklava
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Ma Belle Baklava

Despite its name, this Scarborough restaurant dishes out an entire menu of Turkish staples. Still, with options ranging from classic, syrup-soaked baklava to fistik sarma, cream-filled baklava, cocoa-garnished soguk baklava, and more, dessert is definitely required eating on every visit.  

Liu Loqum Atelier
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Liu Loqum Atelier

Alongside an elegant assemblage of jewel-hued Turkish delights and sultan rolls, find exact morsels of baklava at this chic spot, with locations in Little Italy and King West. Moderate types can sample classic baklava with Turkish tea, while their opposites will want to fill a variety box to bursting with one of every kind. 


College Falafel
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College Falafel

Falafel? Sure. But delve a little deeper into the menu at this casual College St. mainstay and you'll discover a wealth of sweets — including satisfying baklava — to add to your order. Chockful of nuts and spiked with cinnamon, it's the only acceptable end to your College Falafel meal. 

Adonis
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Adonis

A sprawling assortment of ingredients and dishes vies for shoppers' attention at this Scarborough supermarket. Follow the savvy ones pursuing the scent of honey to the bakery's fresh-baked baklava, fat with cashews, walnuts or pistachios. Then, hustle to finish your shopping so you can dive in. 

Lead photo by

Fareen Karim


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