Caffe Demetre

I had an excellent experience here! Everything was incredible. From the moment I walked in the hostess Tanya was so kind and helpful. We had a huge party and thought we would never be able to be seated, but Tanya took care of us quickly and calmly. Their crepes and waffles are to DIE for!!! I definitely see myself coming back!

Great place to go after a movie or hang out with friends. Very busy location. Wait time to be seated was 10 – 15 minutes.
Café Demetre known for their waffles and crepes and sinful ice cream flavors and toppings. Great menu hard to chose. I had the salted caramel ice cream, delicious. Our friends had apple pie which not only looked good but tasted amazing. Their selection of cakes was limited to cheesecakes of different flavors. Not a fan of cheesecakes myself.
Good coffee, lattes and shakes where but a few drinks offered on the menu. Not a place to go if you are watching calories. I started to salivate as I watched the many plates of decadent delights being served at the other tables. I knew it had to be good by the expressions after that first bite.

I can’t believe I’ve been missing out on this place for all the years I’ve lived in Richmond Hill. It’s like one of those dessert places you see in the movies. I really liked the atmosphere– the décor was clean and bright and warm and welcoming. The menu was really entertaining & very clever. The service was a bit slow but I think everyone in the restaurant (it was full) arrived at the same time. What a great place to spend a summer evening or a winter evening with friends or family or a date. Would be a great spot to celebrate just about anything with an over-​the-​top treat. The portions were extremely generous. I don’t even want to know how many calories I consumed. Very tasty. A little bit pricey. But a real treat.

Perfect desserts, awful service every time. No offence to the servers but there is only one server for the whole place!!! To me that’s being very cheap of management.

To be honest i have no idea why the rating im of this place is so low, this is the best Creperie place I’ve been to! My sister brought me here last winter so some crepes and it was so delicious! The crepes are huge and so so so yummy. I’ve been searching for this place for so long because my sister forgot the name of the place.

Went with the family the other night for desserts. Had the DIY Crêpe with the white chocolate ice cream and toppings. Very big portion. I would recommend to share with someone.
Pros
Large portions
Fresh fruits
A little something for everyone.
Cons
The apple cider tasted like powdered cider. For that price, it should be real cider.

3.5 stars. Could be 4 if service/​cleanliness was improved. I also strongly dislike the screaming children that happen to always be present (parents, like do your job, please, k?).
Since my last review, they have actually removed the yogurt ice cream, and replaced it back with the old ice cream, which is just as good as it was originally. The waffles are delicious, and I really enjoy them.
However, depending on who you get for service, it could really change the experience. I came twice last week. One time I had a Persian girl who was super, another time I had an Asian guy with a sour look on his face and no expression, who was not great. Their bathrooms were also gross. One thing that was fantastic was the music. They had Sirius radio on and I would have enjoyed it more if it wasn’t for the misbehaving children and incompetent parents.
But good job Demetre’s for going back to the original ice cream.

I’ve been going here with my family for years — this time we went, we took family that had recently moved to Canada and we ordered a bunch of their crepes and waffles. The names they give their desserts are unique and the family we took liked the experience.
We ordered:
Fudgement Day on a waffle — Honey Madagascar Vanilla Iced Cream with sliced bananas, Belgian dark chocolate sauce, and Belgian dark chocolate buttons — it was super good, super pretty sweet — the dark chocolate was a nice decision — made it less sweet for such a chocolatey dish.
Tongue depressor on a crêpe — Cocoa Chanel Iced Cream, brownies, Belgian Dark Chocolate Sauce, and Belgian White Chocolate Buttons — this one’s for the chocolate lovers. I, a chocolate fan and a sweet tooth, loved it.
The Last Straw on a crêpe — Honey Madagascar Vanilla Iced Cream, Fresh Strawberries, an Strawberry coulis — we had to take a break from all the chocolate so this was a nice, but still sweet, change to our palette.
Chewbaclava on a crêpe — Sweet Baklava iced cream, baklava bits, Quebec maple syrup, and cinnamon streusel. This one was my favourite — it’s different from the classic iced cream flavours you expect (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate). The baklava bits sprinkled over the top gives it a nice chewy and somewhat crunchy texture — like granola. It’s another sweet crêpe choice but it’s a great one for those looking to try something new. The fact that it’s baklava iced cream also makes its flavour pop out more.
Costs:
Crepes — $ 12.75
Waffles — $ 13.25
The plates are huge — one crêpe/​waffle is good for 2 – 3 people.
I would definitely come again, as we usually do for a nice sweet ice cream treat. A lot of people have come to Demetre dessert restaurants for a long time — they serve good, consistent, and yummy desserts for a decent price.

My siblings and I recently went here for a little dessert and were surprisingly disappointed. This location specifically has gone down in terms of food quality and service. I ordered the fridges of Madison County and some of the cake slice was missing from underneath (it was basically half of what usually comes in a serving). The ice cream that came with it was practically melted by the time it got to the table and there was some sauce on it that all in all made it look so unappetizing. We brought it up with the waitress and they just brushed it off saying «that’s how it comes». I noticed the change in quality ever since the owners changed. Wait times are long at every demetres location so I would simply go to another location if you’re going to wait anyways. Better to get good quality food when you’re paying a lot. I’ll be going to another location closer to my house.

Delicious waffles and crepes! But last time I went it was a 40 minute wait for my dessert. I saw waiters and waitresses hanging out more than serving us.

Not bad but not amazing, you know?
Came for a late dessert with my date on a Friday night around 10pm.
Here’s what we saw; kids running back and forth on complete sugar highs, teeny boppers taking selfies with their alpha female, elderly couples on a nice Friday date, post fine dining dinner groups looking to fill their sweet tooth, exhausted parents, overly enthused servers.
Don’t get me wrong, the above isn’t necessarily a bad thing, just not what I expected at all. Aside from their cartoon-​like menu, I expected a mix between the Second Cup ambiance and a gaze-​through-​the-​window-​at-​the-​chefs crepery. Do not be fooled. Caffe Demetre is more so a Chuck E Cheese dessert place for kids, at least during the time we went. I saw they stay open until 1:30am so maybe their customers die down and ‘mature’ (ugh, that word…) past 11pm.
I ordered a latte and Cappuccino Royale on a crêpe while my date had the banana milkshake. It totally threw me off that the crêpe and milkshake arrived before the latte but that’s okay cause it all went into my belly in the end. Flavours were alright, a bit too much caramel for my likings but hey, I should have asked for less anyhow. The server explained that the cappuccino ice cream has fresh made espresso folded in — we thought that was the coolest! The crêpe was light and I didn’t feel too bogged down afterwards. It came to $ 29 without tip and I was a bit surprised to see I was charged for a large latte ($ 5) instead of a small ($ 3). I definitely received a large latte but didn’t realize it until the bill came. I just assumed the default would be small… but I’m learning to never assume.
All in all, I’d return much later than 10pm and I’ll order something with less caramel.
NOTE: it took a lengthy amount of time to get our bill as it was jammed. I’d say close to 10 – 15 minutes, so keep that in mind if you’re in a rush.

Despite how busy it was, the customer service was very friendly and as efficient as possible. A table for 5 was ready for us in 5 minutes rather than the 15 mins they quoted us. Everything was delicious– food and drinks! Will be back.

The food is good however the servers are rude and show attitude. Don’t get surprised if they keep forgetting part of your order or if they tell you they can’t separate your bill.
Overall it was not the cozy place I wanted to spend afternoon.

Amazing. I’ve been here many times but went here last night for the first time in years. Ordered one if the crepes. Very tasty and well presented. It was pretty busy for a Sunday evening. We ended up seating ourselves and we had to ask for the bill. No refills on water either. Overall I’m really satisfied with the desserts. The customer service is a bit lacking but I let it go because they were so busy. Will definitely go again.

Caffe Demetre is always open late, so it’s a great place to catch up and have late night conversations with your friends. If you’re a fan of Nutella, you’ll love «Moo La La» as much as I do (strongly suggest the waffle instead of the crêpe!) I always get it with strawberries substituted in place of bananas. Other classics include «The Last Straw», which is great on a crêpe or waffle and consists of a whole whack of strawberries and strawberry syrup as well as vanilla ice cream, and the Toffee Snob cake, which is served warm and ooey gooey delicious. They recently got new menus which are very cute with punny titles like «Game of Cones». Prices have raised a couple dollars since last year, but I’ll still come back for a waffle or two (or ten) when I’m craving something sweet.

Pretty packed place, service was a tad slow. Long wait to be seated. New management they told us. Place looked a lot better than past visits. They took away the cone from the a la fraise. For me, it was the best part of the dish, and even on the menu it states it’s supposed to have it. Asked for it, said it’s not part of the dish anymore. ⁴⁄₅ stars because it’s a great place, but they ruined my favourite dish.

Coming here is never a wrong choice. Their desserts are fantastic! A friend and I came here a few days ago after a long day to unwind and catch up. We were greeted right away and seated. However, there seemed to be a bit of confusion because while we were taking our jackets off a lady came and asked us what we wanted to order. When we politely told her that we just sat down she looked slightly confused. We were than told by our actual server that this specific location was under new management and they were getting the hang of things.
Our server was friendly and quick to get things started for us. We ordered a caramel latte, jasmine green tea, brownie points and a life sentence on a waffle.
The brownie points consists of a slice of caramel brownie chocolate cheesecake along with a huge scoop of their chocolate ice cream with a triple fudge drizzle on top. It was delicious!
If you are a peanut butter lover, you will absolutely fall for the «a life sentence». Freshly made waffle with a larger than life scoop of peanut butter overload ice cream, sliced bananas, fudge brownies and triple fudge sauce drizzled on top. MMMM!!!
Just writing this review makes me want to go back for more! Overall, we had a great time. Stayed for a little bit over a couple of hours. Our server came by every so often to make sure we were doing okay. Filled up my pot with hot water without me asking. I was a happy camper! Will absolutely come here again!!!

Really good dessert! I was here with my husband yesterday around 8pm. The waiter was very attentive and nice. He seated us immediately and let us choose our seating. He gave us a lot of time to decide what we wanted to order instead of asking us every 5 mins if we were ready. The food came extremely fast. I had «the last straw» (strawberry/​whipped cream/​vanilla ice cream/​waffle) and my husband had a cappuccino with a slice of blueberry cheesecake. It was delicious!
The waiter even took the initiative to bring us water (I was just about to ask him for water and he already thought of it). Overall this place is great! Would love to come again.

haven’t been here in years, but glad to be back for my sweet tooth had a craving.
Just south of 16^th avenue on Yonge is Caffe Demetre’s. Its selection of sweet tooth desserts from Crepes, and waffles, to ice cream, and shakes can make obese.
With a few friends we decided to order their crepes with the choice of upgrading it to a waffle.
I ended up having the Fudgement day, filled with bananas, and chunks of brownies, lathered up with chocolate it was as blissful and filling like an actual meal.
Portion is worth it, esepecially for those who love their desserts.
The service was very polite, efficient, and knowledgable when it came to decisions. No complaints!!! Its a location that can easily be missed, so keep your eyes out!

When I am hankering for a sinful late night dessert Demetre’s is always near the top of my list because they will always have something to satisfy my ENORMOUS sweet tooth.
I have been to this location a few times and have always had a pleasant experience. On my most recent visit a friend and I came here after dinner to indulge in some dessert. The place was barely half full since it was a weekday evening, I have been here on weekends and they do get pretty busy. My friend and I decided to share a waffle and the task of choosing the waffle was left up to me, I decided to venture away from my first love (their nutella ice cream) and go for the «life sentence» waffle. This waffle came with peanut butter ice cream, chocolate brownie pieces, bananas and chocolate sauce. No need to adjust your computer screen, you read the succession of ingredients correctly. I suppose they call it the «life sentence» because if you ever finish one on your own it will take a lifetime of exercise to burn it off.
Our waffle took a while to be made but was definitely worth the wait. OMFG the peanut butter ice cream was ridiculous, not only did it have an intense peanut butter flavour but also had whole peanuts and chocolate chunks in it, it was over the top delicious. The brownie pieces were quite decadent (but a little heavy) and bananas are always a great compliment to peanut butter. The waffle came in a cute flower shape; it was crunchy on the outside and fluffy inside. This was probably the most well put together waffle I have had at any Demetre’s, the single scoop of ice cream was ginormous and looked like 3 scoops had morphed into 1 mega scoop, the other toppings were piled on generously which made this ideal for sharing and more than justified the $ 13 price tag.
The service here has always been good and in my experience they are willing to accommodate any special requests. As many have noted the décor at this particular location is quite dated, they are also lacking a patio which the Markham location has. This place is easily accessible by car or transit and is a great destination for all kinds of desserts. Now excuse me while I go grab some insulin