Origin Gluten-free Bakery

VEGA Bread is dope and the dark chocolate mocha cake with sea salt on top is crack. Delicous, gluten free, vegan crack.

I would normally praise this bakery, being the only fully GF bakery in the city. I have visited many times, and dropped a pretty penny to enjoy their goodies. This review however, is for a custom order that was placed. My husband placed a custom order weeks in advance for my birthday cake. This was my one request for my birthday. He made sure to call the closest location, provide all the details, and confirm the pick up date. After not hearing from them, he called to confirm pick up, to great disappointment. They had no record of his order — my birthday cake! He’s pretty sure he was talking to the same women too. They offered 15% off some cupcakes if he wants to come in today, wohoo, ummm no. IMHO when you screw up on someone’s birthday cake you offer to make it (albeit late) for free or provide a GC, or something of a more generous nature. Anyways, we’re gonna make the most of it for my birthday, without them. But I don’t care to give them my service anymore, sadly. And I certainly wouldn’t count on them for any custom orders. If you do anyways I understand, just double check and triple check along the way, so your order doesn’t get lost in the shuffle of disorganization this place apparently has!

LOVE this place. For someone who has to eat gluten-​free, this bakery is a dream come true. For people who don’t have to, but would like to try? Do it for sure — we always say «I can’t believe this is gluten free» when we eat from here. The Focaccia bread is our absolute favourite! And the staff are always friendly as well!

This is a very good bakery period. It has a nice range of GF baked goods. It is a bit of a hike from the shore, but it is worth it. Highly recommended.

Four stars for amazing tarts, pie crusts, cupcakes, almond slice (!), biscotti, quiche…
But, please, someone’s got to do something about the muffins — all I can taste besides the sweet something-​or-​other on the top is baking soda. Yummy top and rest is YUCK and not worth getting.
Big thanks for bringing gluten-​free into the lime light, I’ll be by for some non-​muffins in the near future ;)

Another great thing about Victoria is that they have a dedicated gluten free bakery. Its tucked away in a residential part of the city. They have everything here from eclairs to cream puffs to quiche. It was difficult deciding what to try, especially since as daytrippers we couldn’t take much in our backpacks.
I decided on a lemon meringue cupcake, which I just couldn’t resist, an apple almond muffin, and their sourdough boule loaf. The cupcake was quite original, with everything you would find on a lemon meringue pie, with the cupcake as the crust. It was delicious, although I needed the moist topping as the cake itself was a bit on the dry side. The muffin was really enjoyable, and reminded me of a bran muffin from back in the day. The sourdough tasted exactly how a sourdough loaf should taste. I wish I could have fit more loaves into my pack. My friend had an almond cake, which was delicious as well. We agreed that if we lived on the island, we would hang out here every week.

I have tried a number of their breads and every time am blown away.
One of the hardest things for a celiac or person with a wheat allergie to do is accept that they can’t have sandwiches. Well look no further.
I got the oat bread and the focaccia and I just absolutely adore it. The oat bread stands up to the sandwich test AND the french toast test. It’s really moist and lasts for quite a while.
I found the focaccia a little dry, but I think that’s what it’s supposed to be like. I was just happy to be enjoying it. The bread is a bit pricey, but I think that’s probably just how it is, I’m happy to pay it.
The people are super friendly and they keep decent hours for popping in after work if you need to. A gluten free must if you’re visiting Victoria or if you live here.

get the vega bread. now. just do it. it’s delicious. As a nut/​corn/​wheat allergic person this rocks my universe.
(preslice it and chuck it in the freezer, since as a natural product it goes off quite quickly)
their granola is scrumptious and sweet.
pricey, but delicious gluten-​free whole foods.

Oh wow wow wow!
My mom and I are gluten free, visiting from San Francisco. We made a pilgrimage to Origin from our downtown hotel and it was so worth the walk!
For lunch, the Strata is fantastic. The Focaccia sandwich is a little small (ie, you get more food with the Strata), but also delicious.
Cupcakes are amazing. Chocolate with candied orange buttercream frosting? To die for! We got pumpkin spice muffins to eat for breakfast tomorrow and I can’t wait.
I’m bad at counting Canadian money, but I think the cashier might have given us too much change (sorry!). I promise it wasn’t a bribe to write a good Unilocal review!

I can’t believe it’s not gluten!
This is an amazing bakery for so many reasons. Wholesome ingredients. Ridiculously delicious goods. They recycle or compost everything — it’s a garbage-​free bakery. And everything they make is gluten-​free. The entire place!
Even though they are not using any wheat, the baked goods here easily rival any «regular» bakery in town. Most of what they make is better than what you can get elsewhere.
Must have items:
— Granola bars
— Brownies
— Muffins
— Foccacia Bread