BjornBar Bakery

Food: sadly, poor quality. Cheap ingredients are used across the board. Cutting corners on costs by choosing the cheapest chocolate to bake with results in aftertaste. They use matcha (bitter, blech!) from Bulk Barn. The portions got tinier while the prices have gone UP significantly. Ie) $4.75 incl tax for an overly-sweet cookie where sugar compensated for flavour is a poor reflection of the pastry "chef".

Location: brilliant! Convenient.

Ambiance: fairly empty since everyone chooses to go to Delaney's cafe and bakery next door.

Keeping the tradition alive and enjoying a cup of hot chocolate at @bjornbar&bakery for the 4th year in a row

#26 - A BEAR NECESSITYSpicy cayenne and caramel infused hot chocolate topped with whipped cream
and caramel. Served with a shortbread cookie shaped like a bear covered in delicious sprinkles.
#27 - "BJORN" THE BEAR-SCOTTI LOVER Dark chocolate orange hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and chocolate
decor. Served with a dark chocolate biscotti filled with orange zest and toasted hazelnuts.

Both drinks were delicious. I personally liked the bear cookie more because the biscotti was a little too hard for my liking. I really liked this year's features but out of the 8 hot chocolates I've tried from here over the years, these weren't in the top 3.

Parking 5/5
Ambiance 4.5/5
Seating (limited seating right now because they have closed their rooftop seating area and removed their outdoor tables and chairs)
Service 5/5

A busy place to visit if you're meeting a friend for coffee or having lunch with family. It was busy at lunch on a weekday. Our rating is below (5 is the highest)

Service: 4 - if you're dining in, you'll get a number & they'll bring your food to the table.
Ambience - 4 - nice casual contemporary café - I loved the couch & 2 chairs beside the gas fireplace. Maybe a challenge if you have more than 4 people dining in. Ideal for 2 people. It was busy. If you intend on dining in, you'll need to be here before the peak times.
Food: 4 - If you love desserts & gooey cinnamon buns, go no further. There are lots of desserts (I counted over 36 kinds of dessert bars) & pastries. They have simple lunch items such as soup (only had one type of soup) & grilled sandwiches/paninis. If you like good quality coffee, they serve Illy. We had the tomato basil soup which I found a bit on the salty side. We shared the spicy chicken sandwich which wasn't too spicy. There wasn't much chicken inside and found it a bit dry. The sandwich was about $15.

A nice local coffee place to visit whether you're in the Edgemont neighbourhood or enroute to Grouse Mountain. It's worth the detour. There's free street parking around the area.

Due to work I sometimes get lucky to come to this place, and just know this, it is in Edgemont Village, close to two other coffee shops, those one's don't even come close to being busy compared to this place... why is that... well when you go inside you will know.

The abundance of different, interesting pastries is what makes this place stand out in this little community. I remember my first time coming here, I had no idea what to get, did not read up on anything about this place, just was waiting for a co-worker who wanted to meet up for coffee at the place next door, and I decided let's go to this place instead, and wanted a little snack, and had their apple & cheese muffin (yes.. this odd combo) and it was history.... now everytime I go here I seldom leave with this item with my coffee.

If you are wanting other things this place does have it, from cookies to croissants to a wide arrangement of baked goods, this place will make your taste buds happy. Also if you want to know they serve Illy coffee.

It maybe the smaller coffee shop in the area, but it is the better coffee shop in the area too, it is small and cozy and a good place to just sit down and chill. So if you are in Edgemont village make a stop here, and if you have been to the other Bjornbar in Burquitlam, this is the better one!

Bjornbar Bakery makes all sorts of wonderful goodies, but our favorite is the Ganookie. The Ganookie is a humungous cookie that is filled with Ganache. Ganache + Cookie = Ganookie! We first tried them a couple of years ago, for my birthday. Munchkin and I fell in love with Ganookies right then and there. They are soft, ooey gooey, and packed with flavor. You can order them online at https://www.ganookie.com/ or just walk into the shop and buy them. Ordering online is really the best way to buy them (in my opinion), as you can choose as many as you like and you get to choose from a wide variety of ganache flavors. When you walk into the shop, there's a limited selection and you just have to settle for whatever is available.

We happened to be in Edgemont Village already and made a spontaneous decision to drop by Bjornbar Bakery, so we just took whatever they had. On this day, they had several different cookies, all filled with Mocha Ganache. We actually made the mistake of thinking they were all filled with chocolate ganache as we brought the Ganookies home and didn't bother reading the labels on the back until after we'd eaten them. Ooops! The coffee flavor was very prominent. As soon as I tasted it, I knew it wasn't chocolate, which is when I finally flipped over the wrapper and saw the words "Mocha Ganache." Super yummy all the same, and the fact that the coffee flavor was so pronounced that it caused me to question what flavor I'd bought and read the wrapper is a positive I think, as it means they did a really good job of making the ganache mocha flavored!

The food is really good and high quality. With very reasonable prices. HOWEVER. The service and 'system' of this place really needs help. The staff are all over the place and not focused.

Oh. My. Word. Why have I not come to this wonderful place sooner?? I guess I always pictured the bars being sold as granola, energy type bars. I was in the area and wanted to stop by for Hot Chocolate Fest, so I looked at the website to see what else was available. I was drooling just reading the menu. Now imagine being there and seeing a display case full of dessert bars. The selection is a bit overwhelming. I had a box of 4 (2.99 each): tiramisu - superb, just like the actual full size, lemon meringue - awesome except for the saltiness of the meringue that I didn't really like, black forest - deeeee-lightful, and matcha - kinda underwhelming, but not bad for those looking for something that isn't too sweet. I like the idea of bars because it's a smaller portion size for those of us (ie) me) who have a huge sweet tooth. They also sell other pastries (muffins, cinnamon buns, strudel type offerings they call jalousies, etc). I ordered an apple jalousie, it was alright, nothing mind blowing, but packed full of apples.

The only downfall here is that the space is pretty small. Limited seating and the area where you stand and wait for your order is super cramped.

Limited street parking. (good luck)

We had a difficult time choosing what to try and ended up leaning towards the baked goods (although the pastry case looked delectable as well).

We were blown away by all four items we had--a pistachio pastry, a marzipan croissant, a chocolate zucchini muffin, and a small chocolate donut like item. The marzipan croissant was generously filled with marzipan and an amazing croissant.... while I love pistachios and really appreciated the generous amount in this slice.

I wish I live in this village or nearby, just so I can try all the cakes, pastries, sandwiches and drinks here. They all look so appetizing.

The place is welcoming and staff are friendly.

My friend and I came here to explore Edgemont Village and to try the hot chocolate here. We had the same one -- Ciao Bella -- which is tiramisu hot chocolate served with tiramisu ganookie bite.

This was very yummy. Rich and dark chocolate with a hint of alcohol. It went very well. As we were waiting to go somewhere else for lunch, we did not try any of the other baked goods or sandwiches.

Definitely a place to visit again when I am in this area.

Food here is great. The baked goods always sell out quickly... I was here at 10am on a weekday and they sold out of their last butter scone (hmmm, maybe make more??). The food alone will get them 5 stars. But I've downgraded them to 2 because of the service. I came at 2pm on a Saturday, with only one person ahead of me in line. There were 3 girls working behind the counter. One of them was helping this person ahead of me (spending a long time deciding which bars to get). I just stood there for a full 5-7 mins while I watched the other 2 workers chat and gab with each other without even looking up at me (they knew I was there). Why did it take so long to help me? If the service matched the quality of the food, this place would get 5 stars from me. They have brush up on some basic customer service training.

Also, bring back the glasses for the water station. Don't waste plastic cups for in-store customers. You're washing dishes in the back anyway.