Visited Karelia Kitchen for evening tea/refreshments. It is a very nice neighborhood cafe serving tasty desserts and drinks.
Food:
Tea - I had an Orange Grapefruit mint rooibos tea. It was very refreshing and tasted great with a little honey.
Coffee - Wife had a kaffe dulche de leche. It was very good as well.There was no sugar in it. They provide sugar syrup/honey on the side.
Pistachio crusted cherry cheesecake - It was fantastic, with loads of pistachios and low on sugar. Cherry jam on top gave it a much appreciated sourness which complemented very well with rest of the cake.
Dobos torte - This was our least favourite part of the order. It was very bland, tasteless and uninspiring. We wish we would have tried something else instead from their amazing dessert menu.
The presentation of the food is worth raving as well.
Service:
The service left too much to be desired. The waitress didn't seem happy to be there and didn't make any effort to hide that at all. Not sure if she was having a bad day or she's usually that grumpy. Her remark on paying by card was "The only one making money these days are the credit card companies".
Location:
It is conveniently located in Bloordale Village; walking distance from Dufferin mall and Dufferin subway station.
Overall, a very nice cafe to visit. the service could be better.