Butter Avenue

Every review I've seen online or heard through a friend liked their experience, so I had to come myself to believe it. My friend and I wanted to try their high tea here but we never ended up making reservations so we just paid a walk-in visit. Considering I had my hopes high and was really excited to come, they definitely didn't let me down.

Because we waited in line for quite a long time, the manager said he'd give us each a macaron for free! So generous. ($2.50 per macaron)

The left is "White chocolate strawberry", and to the right is "matcha chestnut"(this flavour was a weekend special). I normally don't like macarons, but I gotta admit the macarons here are amazing. Crispy yet chewy. I really liked the white chocolate strawberry. I didnt take a picture of the inside, but there's actually a small piece of strawberry jam mixed with the white chocolate coating in between. I expected it to be really sweet considering it's white chocolate but to my surprise, it was quite acceptable.
They have a large variety of macaron flavours. They have a cup of mini macarons with a variety of flavours, good for taste testing. ($7.50)

I decided to try a cake. I dont remember the exact name but it was a dark chocolate mousse cake. ($7.50)

It wasn't that sweet since it was 60% dark chocolate. I liked the bottom piece of the cake, it was similar to the "crunch chocolate bar". It had those crunchy pops in chocolate. One good thing was the cake didn't feel very heavy or filling. Not bad, but not the cake that I originally wanted to order, they sold out of the other mousse cake i was hoping to try.

I ordered their Iced salted caramel latte ($4.95)

I've actually never tried this drink anywhere else, but it sounded cool so I gave it a try. I couldn't taste any caramel in the drink, but you can clearly see the caramel that's added. Strange eh? The drink tasted good, kinda reminded me of a cappuccino, but would I pay that much for it....not so sure.

My friend ordered this. I really don't remember the name of it.

I believe the 2 macarons' was raspberry flavour with pistachio cream tart. The pistachio cream was really really good. It didn't taste heavy or creamy at all, but really smooth. I definitely recommend trying this. Not to mention their macarons are a must try.

*Note: they are closed on Mondays.

Food: Very declicious, amazing macarons.
Service: Amazing service
Price: Expensive. However, macarons are all normally priced $2.50 in bakery/cake shops. So I would say their macarons are standard priced.
Atmosphere: They place is very small but pulls off a fancy yet delicate feel. There are approximately only 5 tables? I would recommend making reservations or else it might be hard to get a spot when its busy on weekends.
Overall: I really enjoyed it and definitely will be coming back. When i come back, I will be ordering macarons or their macarons on a tart. You can't leave this place without trying their macarons.
They have 2 options for high tea, the light set ($30 per person) or the deluxe set ($45 person). For both sets you get the standard plate with the selection of tarts and cakes. The only difference of the 2 is a different selection of tea choices and the light set only comes with 1 macaron, whereas the deluxe set has 3 macarons.  Yes, I will be coming back to try this.

Butter Avenue
3467 Yonge Street, Toronto