Best Foods of Calgary

Alforno (2/10)

• medium size
• no raisins (pro or con depending on what you're looking for)
• surprisingly hard and stale
• icing in a big blob, not spread around
• icing was cream cheesey and tasted delicious so I do give them credit for that (best icing I tried)
• not fresh or tasty, maybe I went on a bad day, honestly I would have returned this. it was terrible
• pricy ($7)

Atmosphere - the building is very cute and

Cobs Bread (6.5/10)

• medium size
• no raisins
• outside was unflavoured, crunchy, dry (no cinnamon or icing to edges)
• middle inside was good
• icing was average, I don't think it was cream cheese though (if it was, it was light on the cream cheese flavour)
• decent cinnamon bun, but not special
• reasonable price ($3.83)

Atmosphere - Nice but no seating or coffee, not a place to hangout

Prairie Mill Bread (7/10)

• massive in size, lots of layers
• has raisins 
• no icing
• whole wheat so a "healthier" bun
• not super sweet (pro or con depending on what you're looking for)
• only $3
• I feel like this would be grandma's favorite for sure, also because it's not as sweet you can eat more and not be dying for water

Atmosphere - very plain setting, no seating, no coffee, not a place to hang out

Cinnaholic (9.5/10)

• decently sized
• tons of icing, like almost too much, it slid off my bun
• not cream cheese icing, but it's a light whipped texture
• no raisins
• served warm!! hell ya, really took it up a notch
• very soft and lots of cinnamon flavour
• kinda pricy ($6.29)

Atmosphere - cute place on 17th that serves only cinnamon buns, they have lots of wild flavours. I was in and out fast so I didn't notice sea

Love Sugar Dough (7.5/10)

• large size
• no raisins
• good layer of thick icing
• icing spread out over whole bun which was a nice distribution
• served cold (refrigerated, so lost points, could potentially be much higher)
• big square bun, bread was fluffy, but hard to tell how soft it was because it was just out of the fridge
• average price ($4.50)

Atmosphere - a little rough around the edges, no seating, no coffee,

Sidewalk Citizen (9/10)

• on the smaller side in terms of size
• no icing
• no raisins
• very gooey and soft, falls apart easily
• excellent sticky bun flavour, you know that deep heated brown sugar flavour, you get that here
• bread had a bit of a weird texture (grainy?) which didn't bother me but I could see some people not liking it
• average price ($4.46)

Atmosphere - cute side area in Simmons Building in East Vill

La Boulangerie (5/10)

• no icing
• a couple raisins on top as a garnish
• very soft flaky bread, but it was basically a croissant and not a cinnamon bun
• very little cinnamon flavour, it was only on the outside and not baked in
• not sweet, more like eating a slightly sweetened croissant, a good croissant, but this would not satisfy someone looking for a cinnamon bun
• average price ($5.25)

Atmosphere - nice bakery

Patisserie Du Soleil (10/10)

• medium size
• no icing
• no raisins
• served warm!!! 
• incredibly soft bread
• they were out of their cinnamon raisin ones so I got a chocolate cinnamon, it wasn't very chocolately but it was flipping amazing, so perhaps the chocolate gave this bun an advantage
• layers of flavour, not just one sweet mass, so it kept each bite interesting
• good price ($3.25)

Atmosphere - bakery/small resta

Cinnzeo (8/10)

• small in size 
• light cream cheese icing, very minimal
• no raisins
• served warm!! YES
• very soft
• very sweet
• hard to criticize it, but loses a few points for size and being overly sweet throughout, every bite was the same
• expensive for size ($5.24)

Atmosphere - the atmosphere is chinook mall lol so if you're familiar with the food court area then I don't need to say more haha

Good Bread (6/10)

• cream cheese icing, but not evenly distributed
• medium size
• no raisins 
• bread was fresh but could have been fluffier
• a little weird it was in a muffin wrapper, not the best aesthetic 
• tasted great but I wouldn't say it's special
• price (?) not sure because I bought other stuff and didn't ask for a receipt, oops

Atmosphere - cute modern bakery located in Acadia, there are a few seats and th

 Lazy Loaf & Kettle (5/10)

• 2 options (raisin or no raisin) (I went with no raisin)
• no icing
• large size
• not stale, but not as soft as I would have liked
• tasted good but not amazing
• had seeds in it which was a little weird
• upon further tasting, some inner bites were doughy/undercooked, so I actually lowered my original rating on this
• average price ($5.95)

Atmosphere - homey little restaurant that is always b

Lina's Italian Market (7/10)

• medium/smallish in size
• no icing
• no raisins
• pecans on top (a non-pecan version was also available)
• served very cold, so this hurt the rating for sure, if this was warm could be a 9 
• soft bread, but cold so made it stiffer
• good sticky flavour
• average price ($5.76)

Atmosphere: very cute Italian market, has seating and place to buy coffee, sandwiches or baked goods, great place to

Monogram (8.5/10)

• medium/large in size
• no raisins
• flavoured icing that was spread throughout
• tasted very different, had nutmeg? or ginger? reminded me of christmas, after tasting so many cinnamon buns this was a surprising hit
• quite sweet but too sweet
• soft dough, but not the softest
• if you want classic cinnamon bun flavour, this isn't it, but this was an amazing twist that I really enjoyed with each bit
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Yum Bakery (6.5/10)

• medium/large in size
• no raisins
• cream cheese icing spread throughout (option for no icing as well)
• quite wet! felt like I should have ate with a fork
• smothered in apple/caramel "sauce," while this made it extra juicy, personally not a big apple flavor fan
• too sweet at first, but actually less sweet towards centre
• very soft dough, fresh
• average price ($5.25)

Atmosphere: this was their fa

Canela (7/10)

• medium size
• no raisins
• vegan
• outside layers a little tough 
• icing in big blob, not spread out
• icing not good, tasted like plain icing sugar, would have preferred cream cheese 
• extremely sweet towards centre
• little pricy ($6.30)

Atmosphere: nice little café in Inglewood, lots of baked goods and coffee options

Forage (7/10)

• large size
• no raisins
• wet and saucy outside
• icing served on the side (icing wasn't good, was allegedly cream cheese but I tasted no cream cheese)
• very soft and fresh
• average price ($5.25)

Atmosphere: little shop in Marda Loop/Altadore area, no seating, no coffee

Big Buns Club (8/10)

• very large in size
• no raisins
• fantastic icing distribution 
• one of the better tasting icings out of all that I tried
• soft dough/fresh
• only critique, it takes a few bites of bread to get into the cinnamon bun flavour
• pricier ($6.56)

Atmosphere: none, you order ahead and pick them up at Culinary Coworking Kitchen