Came here after school to pick up some bakery items. Did not walk to Ding Dong or Hong Kong Island on Spadina Ave because of the dreadful wind today.
After reading the reviews here my expectation was set fairly low so I'd say it's not too bad of a Chinese bakery; you can pretty much find the common items: various buns (pineapple, sausage), egg tarts, mooncakes, winter melon cakes etc. I do find the presentation and selection a bit lacking though. To be perfectly honest I know there is probably nothing wrong with the freshness but if their egg tarts looked a bit more visually attractive like some other stores, not with broken crusts like what they have, I would buy them.
Anyways I bought some winter melon cakes and a cake roll. They were quite cheap and tasted decent.
They have few tables and chairs if you wanna eat inside the store.
I have yet to go to Ding Dong on Spadina Ave to make a fair comparison but for now I find "Chinese Bakery" kind of forgettable for a Chinese bakery therefore I am giving it 3 stars.
Update: was trying the cake roll and it turned out to be coffee flavoured, not chocolate as I thought. Yet it was not indicated anywhere in the store like Hong Kong Island does and I just happen to HATE the coffee flavour. Plus, there was clear traces of eggshells in the cake. Not impressed.