Balzac's Coffee

Balzac’s third café, opened in 2006, resides in Toronto’s hotbed of high-tech, media and cultural companies.

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  • Phone

    (416) 534-7372

  • Website

    balzacs.com

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  • Type

    Coffee Shop

Address

43 Hanna Avenue, Unit 123 (at Liberty St.) Toronto ON M6K 1X1 Canada

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi Free
Outdoor Seating Yes
Parking Street, Public Lot
Restroom Yes
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dessert

Comments / 55


Keywords:

coffee espresso drinks café scones trendy casual cookies tea quiet good service rustic muffins iced tea good for dates brownies good for singles village bar chocolate almonds
the BREL team

No-fooling-around espresso & coffee , in a venue as beautiful as their other locations. Residents in the attached loft can enter straight from the building using a keyfob--robe, slippers, cappuccino ! Read more

Dan Brown

Balzac's is the best coffee in Liberty Village , and a great spot for any daytime meetings you may have with your meetup group or potential client. They also have a wide range of tasty loose leaf teas .

Emilie Wong

a wonderful assortment of scones , muffins and other pastries !

Terri Monture

The Balzac's Blend coffee may be the closest I'll get to a perfect coffee in this life. Take some home - it will elevate your drip-coffee maker into something special.

Justin Ordoveza

A great coffee shops with a nice seating area in the back. Great to people watch and grab a cup of coffee .

Chester H

The only good coffee anywhere in the Liberty Village area! Nice selection of drinks and snacks , good seating areas.

Val

Some of the best locally roasted coffee in Toronto, plus vegan brownies and bars , and almond or soy available.

Paul

Great date squares, and the sugarless chocolate squares are great too.. Fantastic decor and vibe

Katrina Bautista

There's long lines in the morning, so ordering through Ritual is a good bet. They have lots of kinds of alternate milk for no extra charge.

- R

Liberty Village’s best coffee . Cute little shop that can get quite busy.

Arnoud Aalbersberg

No, despite the cool setting, not on my damn good coffee places list. Flat white tasted flat.

Adam Peleshok

The latte canadienne (or whatever it's called) is delicious. But only if you like sweet lattes

Tony Naldinho

Favorite coffee shop in Toronto. Their scones are awesome amazing.

Desirée MacDonald

Yummy coffee in a cool, relaxed, quiet and rustic atmosphere.

deekay

Great coffee and super cozy .

Stanislav Nosovskyi

Tasty coffee , cozy place

William Mougayar

This is not the best run Balzac location & I'm a fan generally. I wished they had more consistency across their stores.

Matt Kennedy

Cool atmosphere in Balzac's Liberty Village location. Lots of bar-style seating. Few tables for groups of 4 or more. Nice cappuccinos though!

Kyo Song

Best spot for a great cup of coffee in Liberty Village

Nicolas St-Amour

Great hot chocolate and really tasty chocolate chip cookies .

Jon Crowley

Each location has beautiful postcards, check them out.

Live Green Toronto

Ask about using your Live Green Toronto Membership Card to get 10% off fair trade coffee ! Details online: bit.ly/LGTObalzacs

Misa S

Love their cafe mocha ! The lemon booster drink is amazing too

Ryan Chang

One of the best cups of coffee I've had. I had the medium blend. Great to know that it's organic and free traded.

J B

Nice coffee but limited savory food options and very loud / busy to work in.

Shannon Watkins

best coffee and espresso in Liberty Village , and only 100 feet south of Starbucks! They have vegan cookies amongst their treats, so that's nice. Read more

DJ Agile

Peanut crunch is delicious!!

Bora N

Best coffee in Liberty Village . Try their espresso blend.

Val

Toasted almond mocha is dairy-free goodness.

Kevin Proulx

Great coffee ... but their hot chocolate is crappy instant stuff from pouches ... Carnation ... outrageous.

Find a Coffice

They DO offer free WiFi . Just ask for the password upfront. Read more

Jijesh Devan

Love the bold Balzac's blend and the magic bar !

Stefhan I

Fresh brewed ice teas are great and deelish!

Darryl Clarke

It's been almost four years since my last visit, but the place still smells bad. A strange mix of BO, horse manure, and old factory .

Mitch

Their Mocha Tastes burnt. Worth making the trip to DarkHorse.

Lance

Great coffee ! I found it was lukewarm and a bit weak for my tastes but nevertheless, I will return here!

Brad Ashby

Ordered a coffee for here, got it in a paper cup! Would much rather it in a actual coffee cup (just tastes better) I guess you have to be more specific! But other than that, good coffee !!

Rachel

Dream bar was dreamy.

Lorraine S

Car2go members get 15% off! Woot! :D

EJ

Organic milk ... fair trade coffee ... And tasty too! Farmers' blend is my fave.

Wilf Dinnick

The 'heat' often hangs out here,' as the copshop is just around the corner

Adam Schwabe

Frappé is expensive , but has 2 shots of espresso vs. the instant coffee crap you get at Starbucks in their frappucinos .

Eileen Berardini

Beautiful location but wasn't impressed with the latte .

Sean Claessen

You gotta get here early in the day to get a winter Ontario hot apple cider !

laurie D-S

Yes - lovely location and great coffee . Good for meetings. NO WIFI .

R. Roberts

Skip Starbucks. Blazac's has the best coffee is Liberty Village .

Anissa Hart

I miss the pocky sticks they used to have

Adam Epstein

Weak cookies

zach slootsky

they have delish @Clafouti sandwiches here. who knew!

Molly Stoddart

Good coffee and friendly service . And a nice selection of baked goodies !

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