After moving to Victoria from the province of Quebec a number of years ago, I really missed going for good French bread at the corner bakery. The French Oven Bakery has filled that void with all the best staples, baked to perfection - pain au levain, croissant, and of course baguette! Not to mention the pain au chocolat. Merci Nick! The staff is so helpful too. I forgot my inst...

It was the smell that first lured us into the bakery! The staff were exceptional; very friendly and efficient! There's a good selection of different baked goods. My mom had a bun with some sort of fruit filling and I tried one of the home made doughnuts, as per the recommendation of another customer sat inside. We took our treats to go since we were heading home but there isn't...

他们家的咖啡都是非常不错的，味道很好，店面的装修和环境都是非常不错的，

I had been excited to find a 'real' French croissant but such a let down with the taste. On viewing all the croissants, they looked flaky but the texture was not quite right. Without being pretentious, a croissant needs to be made with French flour. Our Canadian flour is great for baking but not for croissants. Sadly, the 'real' croissant taste and texture was missing.

The French Bakery was a wonderful surprise on a cool west coast afternoon. Its staff were welcoming and during my time waiting to be served (short) it was apparent that they have a dedicated cliental that were more like an extension of their bakery family than customers - the staff carried on conversations from prior seemingly as if no time passed. The baking is the real thing,...