I went to Patisserie La Cigogne earlier this week having enjoyed this place many times in the past and I must say that I WILL NOT BE BACK!!!
The cake I had was so obviously stale. The chocolate glaze over the cake was hard to a point that a fork could barely slice through it and when it did it stuck to the utensil like Play-do. The consistency of it was like rubber. The chocolate glaze over Tim Horton's Bostom cream donuts are more soft and edible than this cake was.
Okay I understand. People make mistakes and they may have missed this one when they were putting in a fresh batch but the most INFURIATING thing was that when I brought it to the attention of the lady who was behind the counter she did NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, to fix the situation.
How is it possible that a place like this on Bayview can have such TERRIBLE customer service?!?!?!?!?!?! I made the effort to go up to the lady to tell her that the cake was stale and all she did was look at me, say "Okay" and then walk away.
Honestly people, forget this place. It may have been good once but it's completely over the hill now. THE CAKES ARE STALE AND THE SERVICE IS ATROCIOUS.
TAKE MY ADVICE, ENJOY YOUR DAY AND JUST GO TO RAHIER.