la brioche

horrible service. they charge you whatever they feel like and don't even give you a receipt. they lie you about the freshness of their cakes and charge you 30% more than the price. arrogant and dishonest staff.

a must-try!. absolutely a great place to stop in for lebanese pastries. their offerings include numerous "user friendly" cookies and pastries, for those less familiar with lebanese cuisine. they also have a huge variety of lebanese delights, which i've been trying to slowly sample one at a time; some are a little exotic for my ottawa palate, but this is to be expected.

their strawberry custard tarts are particularly tasty. my only minor complaint is that some of the prepared pastries (especially their mini-cakes) have a bit of an "edible oil" taste to them, sort of like what you'd get at a grocery store bakery; happily, this seems to be the exception rather than the rule. also, they have an awesome deal where you can buy a huge stack of "broken" baklava (the deliciousness is not broken) for like $3. solid. baklava. deal.

as a final bonus, the service is generally very friendly, and on several occasions they've been kind enough to give me a free sample while i'm being served!

best baklava in the city. whenever my family and i go out for supper we go here for dessert. there are so many little cookies, pastries and cakes for you to choose from you'll end up leaving with alot of delicious treats.

arrogant owner if you give your opinion about bad taste or low quality ingredients , you get insulted and called names. they are so full of themselves that they don’t care what customers ‘ reviews are. pricey and bad attitudes.

great little middle-eastern style bakery! best place in the city for baklava, maamoul and many other traditional delights (don't even know all the names but it's all good). they also have trays of 'broken' baklava for 3 bucks (or, 2 trays for a fiver) .... an unbelievable bargain. have not (yet) tried their 'western' items like cakes and tarts. 
so far everything has been good and the ladies who work the cash are nice and efficient. highly recommended.

ps- good thing i don't live close enough to indulge too much :)

absolutely did not like this place. all of the desserts we got were either way too sweet without any real flavor or tasted otherwise gross. the staff was quite slow and not particularly helpful. and nothing in the store had a price on it when we went and we weren't given a receipt. overall bad experience and wouldn't recommend.

my absolute favorite pastry shop in the city! you walk in and it feels like the chocolate factory but for all types of pastry! their baklava is absolutely delicious and made from honey, their small cakes look gorgeous and the whipped cream of their cakes is always fresh and delicious! the only place where i would get birthday cakes for my loved ones. i also really appreciate that they don't overdo the sweetness of their pastry. it tastes just right!

desert heaven. my wife and i frequent this bakery quite often. we especially enjoy their chocolate pastries and cookies. the service is usually fast friendly & courteous. prices are reasonable given what one would pay at a restaurant for the equivalent quality.

brilliant solution to "what do we serve the guests for dessert?". i confess - when i don't feel like making a dessert for a dinner party, i head over to la brioche, select an assortment of their yummy honeyed pastries, pay a ridiculously small amount for them, then get ready for satisfied smiles all round the dinner table.

if god had wanted us to make dessert, he wouldn't have given us bakeries. ;)

delicious. great food for a great price. their baklava is so tasty and flavourful. the service has been decent the last few times i've gone and i've eaten in the restaurant once. i usually get my sweets and leave since the tables aren't that nice to sit at and the atmosphere isn't the greatest. i don't really mind though, since i can get such a great deal for the baklava. their selection is the best i've found in ottawa and their prices are amazing. i love coming here! :)

service was very slow and then some friends of owner or staff cut the line to say hello, which further slowed down the service. so their sweets could be decent but their service repelled me from finding out.