Manila Bakery

I grew up in a Filipino household in Mississauga and, consequently, grew up eating Manila Bakery hot pandesal, every weekend. Located just east of the southeast corner of Hurontario and Dundas, this spot has been a long-​serving storefront for Filipino desserts, snacks, buns, and they also take bulk orders for parties and special events. I’ll always be a fan, and not just for the nostalgic factor — their desserts and pandesal (soft, sweet hot buns) are consistently fresh, straight-​out-​of-​the-​oven delicious. They have the recipe down pat.
Manila Bakery sells their products at various Asian supermarkets across the GTA (like T&T, etc.), but if you want their product fresh, right out of the oven, and you’re in the area, buy it directly from their store. A dozen piping hot pandesal, packaged in a no-​nonsense brown bag, costs $ 2.50, which can last you a couple of days. And, if you’re looking for a spot to order Filipino Ensymada (sweet bread topped with sugar and cheese) for parties, a tray of 70 pieces of Ensymada costs $ 20. Really reasonable price point. Overall, a reliable source for Filipino sweets and treats.

When I need my Filipino fix and in Toronto, I stop by Manila Bakery to pickup baked filipino goodies. I pick up pandesal and the bread thats filled with coconut. I think its called Pande Coco. They also have tons of other baked goodies in the case that you can pick from.
They have a lot stuff from the motherland like chips and skin care lightening products. I pretty much wanted to buy everything in the store to bring back to Buffalo and share to my family but alas, i didn’t.
The pandesal that i bought was hot and fresh out of the oven. Oh man it took it back home. They had some Spanish rolls but i don’t think it was the same as the ones back in Hawaii, so I passed on those.
Over all, When I need my pandesal fix I will most definitely be back to Manila Bakery.

Travelled all the way from Illinois to check out this place. Very poor customer service, not even a smile or a greeting to acknowledge someone’s presence. This is such a sad behavior that ruins the image of Filipino hospitality and courtesy.

The go to place for pandesal and barbecue sticks. Always serves fresh and friendly service.
They have other goods in the store. From chips to bags of rice and peanuts. Its a nice variety and a good place for quick imported goods.
The place is kept clean and popular to the Filipino community. Good job guys keep up the good work!

Luckily for Manila Bakery, they got some overflow business from me! I was painstakingly waiting for a Chicken Biryani next door and thought that I’d investigate this place where I saw hot buns on a rack.
I believe this place does most of their business shipping out their buns to various Asian grocery stores ’cause their name looks familiar.
I just stepped in and it’s a small store front. Against the window were buns on trays, in bags. And on the longer wall, were various packaged items of Filipino products.
Then, out of nowhere, the man behind the counter asks me if I wanted «hot buns». He pointed out some buns that were already bagged and emphasized, HOT ones. I asked him the price ($ 2.50), agree, and he hands over a paper bag with a dozen, small, round buns, piping hot from the oven. I think they were called pandesal.
Very yummy and not too sweet! I think they’ll be good for breakfast/​snack. What a treat!
I wouldn’t drive out of my way to this bakery ’cause there’s not much goin’ on, but how can anyone say no to fresh buns?