Sabletine Fine Pastries

Everything in this place is amazing. Others have talked about their pastries and sweets, so let me add that they also have the best bread in town.

The butter croissant is pretty good. Their bite-​sized macaron is decent, not too sweet and most of the fruity fillings are light (not a gooey texture). They have 8 different flavours now. The chocolate mint and vanilla-​almond are impressive (or in another word, memorable that I don’t forget what they taste like after 1 hour). The pistachio one is also nice. The lemon-​blackberry and apricot-​peach flavours balance the sweetness and tartness well too.

Very lovely little French bakery here in between Waterloo and Kitchener! Enjoyed a coffee and some pastries! Quiet jazz playing was a good touch to the environment. It is nice and clean in the sitting portion and the whole place smells absolutely delightful! It’s a great place to relax and read a book or magazine without the noise and chaos which other more well-​known establishments have (Starbucks, Williams, Coffee Culture).
Was super disappointed they didn’t have WiFi; it is 2015 guys, come on. As an employee of a popular coffee establishment myself, WiFi is a must if you’re serving coffee and treats — it’s not difficult or expensive to provide WiFi (it might even keep customers coming back to the counter)
Still ⁵⁄₅ for an almost perfect experience.
Illy coffee was stellar as expected.

Mini cakes are delicious! But service is crap. Even if you are a bakery owner that has a business to kill time and pass the days, at least be nice to paying customers.

This place is honestly just really cute. The atmosphere is what really gets the 5 stars in my book. The staff speaks French, the pastries taste French, and the whole place is so quaint that it feels like a small patisserie in Paris. The desserts are top notch to boot. Great place for a nice brunch or tea session.

Had a lovely Sunday visit with my sister. We shared a scone, a slice of apple gallette and an apple strudel. All were quite nice. We also enjoyed the illy coffee — smooth and delicious. I had an americano, my sister a regular coffee. The eating area was pleasant. Bright and sunny with a few tables and seating along the window. There was another room with one large table. We lucked out and had that room to ourselves. Which was terrific because it was quiet, we both have trouble hearing in restaurants. Nice service, our order was brought to us. We will definitely be back. Perhaps the soup and quiche next time.

I am definitely a fan of this place! It so cute, and makes Waterloo seem like a more wonderful place. I sat in and had lovely conversations while enjoying the big windows and the sunlight coming in
I had their croissant which was quite delicious, but would have liked if it was heated — maybe i’ll ask for next time. I also had the pecan tart, which was SO GOOD! I basically bit into it and was like WOOOOOOOOOW, so the entire thing was absolutely delicious, and i must recommend it. I also had a coffee which was yummy.
Everyone complained about the staff, but I found them to be very friendly and they also brought our food to us. The girl was very friendly!
I would love to one day sit in there and study, not sure if they have Wi-​Fi!

Best macarons! The price is reasonable and the quality of their pastries are very good! Nice little place to have a date!

Great pastries and sweets, no doubt. We tried a chocolate chunk cookie (probably the best cookie out there), a chocolate croissant (so buttery and flaky but barely any chocolate inside), the crème brûlée tart (light with the right amount of sweet but not much of a brûlée finish), le ventoux (ideal chocolate richness), and the noisette (pleasantly surprised).

I have stopped by this place several times, as it is very near by condo. Every single time I’ve tried something new and have been incredibly pleased. The pastries are amazing and inventive. In particular, I’ve become somewhat addicted to their cookies, I just can’t eat one. Their coffee is a great complement to their sweets.
My only gripe is that their hours are somewhat limited. It would be nice to come down in the evening for coffee and dessert, but that isn’t possible.

I’m rating based on Customer Service only!
I called on Friday to place an order for 12 croissants for Sunday. Person told me «we might not have enough, we had a large order on Tuesday» my response «just bake some more» Let’s just say, they don’t quite understand how a bakery works.
Second request Me «i’d like to order the Opera cake» «oh, that cake is already reserved»
WTF.this is a bakery and I’m placing an order. JUST MAKE the things i’m ordering.

I thought it was amazing. The best french-​style pastries I’ve had in Waterloo. Great coffee as well. There’ s a small cute, Provencal like eating area. Lovely.

I just had the most incredibly divine meringue cookie (I saw cookie but it was enormous!) at Sabletine’s. I have never been in there before but happened to be walking by. Everything looked amazing but this chocolate swirled meringue is going to my new guilty pleasure. It was crispy and fluffy and slightly moist in the middle… Out of this world. Great coffee too!
I think the meringue is gluten free since it is essentially egg whites, sugar and chocolate so it is a slightly-​less guilty pleasure than others I could name.:)

I managed to snag some macarons here finally! With their new fall flavours, I bought all of them except the pear (I’ve never had a good pear macaron and at $ 2 per macaron, I’m not risking another let down). I bought the pistachio and bing cherry, raspberry, cassis, pumpkin spice, cappuccino, vanilla, and sea salt caramel. When I first spied them, I was pretty darn happy that I finally got to try them. Like all things in French bakeries, these were not cheap. The 6 moderate to mini sized macaron cost over $ 10. So was it worth it…? Not really but it holds pretty good promise.
With macaron, they’re notoriously fussy to make. They depend on good technique to get that nice crispy meringue like crust while trying to prevent air bubbles in the cookie. The texture cannot be too gummy (undercooked) but slightly resembles a homemade just freshly made marshmallow (not gummy but soft chew without being cakey). I’ll be upfront and say Sabletine has good technique. These macaron were well made. Nice smooth shells so that tells me they grounded the almonds very nicely. The crust was crispy and shattered perfectly under a bite. The texture was that nice perfect mild chew without being gummy or cakey. I was quite happy with this part of the macaron.
As for flavour and size, this is where it was a bit of a letdown. Some of these macaron should be labeled as mini macaron (as they do in Bouchon bakery) and not charged full prices. They’re that small! The flavours were not as good as the Chocolate Alphabet bakery in Oakville (which is the best one I’ve found so far west of Toronto).
The pistachio and bing cherry was good… I really do love the slivers of bing cherry in the filling. That was very well done! The pistachio flavour was there but was very mild. I wish it to be a more pronounced.
The raspberry macaron was just ‘sweet’ and barely had a berry taste.
The cassis was wonderful. You really taste the black current and it wasn’t overly sweet.
The sea salt and caramel had a nice flavour … Personally I found it on bit light since the caramel was in a butter cream filling. The best sea salt caramel I’ve had was a ganache base.
Cappuccino held a surprise! It had an actual coffee bean in it. I wasn’t expecting it so I didn’t love it… It was an over whelming bitter coffee burst in an otherwise mild coffee flavored macaron. If it was smaller and chocolate covered, that would be great.
The last macaron I had was pumpkin spice. I really liked this one but they should call it fall spiced or just cinnamon and nutmeg. There was no ginger taste at all. The flavour though did shine through nicely though.
So about half of the macarons were very good (cassis, ‘fall ’ spice, and caramel) with the rest being decent. They have really good technique. I just wish they’re more consistent with their sizes and all of their flavours be as good as the cassis or fall spice.

I came to Sabletine a month ago, and was so impressed that i had found a great lunch place that also serves up some of the best baked goods in the area. We were at the restaurant shortly after noon, and were debating between a few of their lunch items that were written on the chalkboard. After pondering for a few minutes, the counter girl informed us that since they had just served a party they were hosting, they had run out of everything, but a few tartines. I wasn’t that bummed because i was going to order one anyways, but if you are out of something, it should not be written on the board.
My tartine was excellent, the cheddar was super aged, the addition of the boccocini was masked though by the robust cheddar. I love how crusty the bread gets when they toast it, but near the end, my sandwich was slightly soggy.
The macarons were better then the last time, we had cassis, strawberry, and salted caramel. The buttercream was fruity in the two, and the shells had that great chew.
We ordered a chocolate chip cookie, this thing was massive, and it was on the verge of being burnt, they must bake it at a very high temp, but it was delicious. Now for the downside of the meal, i ordered a chocolate almond croissant, and it tasted more like a bun than a croissant, it was not flaky. Also, i didn’t like the melted choc, and the frangipan, it was too wet. My sis had the regular croissant and she found the same issues with it as mine, it just wasn’t flaky.
Overall this still remains one of my go to places for lunch, just next time i would opt for more macarons instead of a croissant.

I did not have any of the issues with service that were mentioned in the other reviews – perhaps the owners responded by putting someone more personable in charge of liaising with the public?
The food is delicious – I had a quiche of the day (caramelized onions and other goodies), and a crunchy salad (wheatberry, maybe?, with cranberries and other yummies). Really tasty, but a bit pricey for the serving size – especially given that you can go a few doors down to Vincenzo’s and get a generous hot entrée with side for the same price.
It was enough for me, for lunch, but I am not a big eater (e.g. the Vincenzo’s entrée lasts me two meals, whereas this was entirely finished in the one meal, and while I was not still hungry, I could probably have eaten a little more than the serving size).
The taste, however, was lovely. And the price isn’t terribly exorbitant (~$ 7 – 8 for the lunch) – but I’m on a budget these days, so Vincenzo’s usually wins out.
Their cookies are delicious!
The seating is very limited (3 tables for two, I think, and a few outside, in good weather), and there is no AC, so the inside seats might get a bit warm, of a sultry summer’s day. Probably cosy in the winter, though!