Stiemar Bread (Windsor) Co. Ltd - Windsor, Ontario

Christopher L.

I have visited Stiemar Bakery in South Windsor since I was a child in the early 80s & today it still lives up to the taste and delights that I remember. Awesome doughnuts and pastries, cakes, and breads. Support your local businesses and pay Stiemar a visit the next time you need breads or baked goods.

cdaisymae

Very disappointed in the cake i received for my daughters birthday. The writing was sloppy (my guests thought my 8 yr old did it) the leaves did not look like leaves at all.. no leaf tip was used, just blobs of dark green. The green was so over saturated with colour that it bled onto the white. The worker said it was because of the dark colour. I pointed out that all the cakes in the display also had the same dark green and yet not one bled.. she told me the cake person left for the day and she walked away.. leaving me standing there. The icing had a large crack down the center. The funny part was this was the redemption cake from the terrible job they did on her 3rd birthday cake.. I finally used the voucher they gave me.

The employee walked away and left me standing there.. there was no offer of compensation, she left me standing there. You can say what you want about colours bleeding but not one cake in your fridge, with the same colours bled..

My voucher was a lifetime voucher for the lopsided and colour mismatched cake you gave me for my daughters 3rd birthday.

The instructions were.. do the name in brown to represent tree branches (not vines) in similar size to the words on cake topper. With the green to match the shade on the green of the small sloth branch.. the final cake is how I finished it with my amateur skills.. my branches and my leaves.. if you are that proud of this cake.. please use it in your ads.. I chose the whipped filling, you chose the whipped icing and for future, if you are icing a cake and feel the colours will bleed and look like crap.. maybe inform the customer beforehand as I don't know anyone who will willingly choose a cake that will have these bleed marks all over it.

cooper L.

Honestly every time i’ve been here the employees have been SO miserable. I’ve watched them be rude/short to other customers, and eventually experienced it myself. The last time I was there, I had come in about 50-40 minutes before close to be greeted by an employee with glasses and long blondeish hair in a pony tail who gave me a nasty look after I said hello and then she rolled her eyes and threw her hands up in the air seemingly frustrated when she thought I wasn’t looking, I was just coming in to purchase a quick treat on my lunch. Disappointing really I almost walked out. She was by the front door. I quickly purchased my treat thinking “I didn’t mean to inconvenience anyone by coming almost an hour before close.” I wanted to leave as fast as possible and I have not went back because of this. As someone who has a touch of social anxiety, being treated the way I was, was extremely disheartening. I would call the store, leave the date and time etc, because i’ve seen on multiple disappointed reviews they have shown they would only rectify anything based on that but honestly I think it’s important for other people to know what they could be walking in to. You shouldn’t need all of that to tell your employees to do better. Seeing just how many reviews have stated similar things should be proof enough. Maybe everyone was having a bad day, but seeing how the owner & manager respond to low reviews it seems otherwise. As someone who has worked in retail their whole life it’s honestly shocking that being respectful and nice to customers isn’t a priority. Or that the employees think that’s acceptable. I have had some bad days, or been frustrated but I have NEVER made a customer feel they shouldn’t be there or that they did something wrong by shopping at my store.

The treats weren’t bad so at least you’ll know the food is okay, but the service from the employees sure makes you never want to come back.

Before getting defensive, rude or snippy to my review you guys TRULY need to reflect on yourselves and have a conversation with your staff about the way they present themselves to customers. It ends up reflecting badly on your business and that’s not fair to you, the owner. I mean no disrespect by my review, however, I will ALWAYS be honest, and you guys need to be aware some of your staff is not respecting your business. Peace & Love.

Ala A.

This place feels like a piece of heaven. You’ll want to try everything! They offer a variety of amazing freshly baked goods—sweet and savory, cookies, breads—you name it.

Itzia N.

Uff uff ufff, we are from Toronto and we are early birds, so we want a coffee and a good bakery, our friends send us to this location, we were thinking to grab a couple of donuts, but when we arrived, omgggg the deliciousness heaven infront of us. They have fritters with so many flavors, and then the 🍩 donut section it's just so colorful and fresh. The nice lady that help us was so kind, we finalized having a dozen and a couple of their old day breads that are at incredible price. Please if you are around you need to came here, they open at 7am. Oh and everything was so yummy. Specially the cranberry fritters.

J A.

The doughnuts are absolutely amazing! I doubt there is an equal out there by anyone! One of the best bakeries in the country! I can't say enough good things about this place. You have to go yourself to see!

Steven X.

If you had any decent dounuts before, you know the ones here are not even close to be good.

Would not recommend for visitors.

To Owner's Reply:
My review is purely based off my past experience and opinion based.

Reasons I didn't like the dounuts:

Boston Cream - I like it when the chocolate is glazed, rather made into a hard shell. Although the cream was on point, but the dough was stale and crumbly in comparison. It doesn't have that nice chew to it.

The Fritter - All the fruit chunks are enclosed in the middle of a sphere like shaped dough, the fruit won't get that caramzation from frying the Fritter. Due it's shape and composition all the crunchy semi ripped fruit in the middle are uncooked. Which leads to very uneven bites. One bite you ll get a mouthfuls of hard sour peach, another you ll get nothing but wet dough.

I had zero issues with the ascetic of the dounuts, only the taste.

I have nothing against the owner or the establishment. Everyone was very friendly there. I am simply expressing what I think from my visit.

Thank you Stiemar Bread for replying to my review.

Mary F.

We ordered the rum torte and it was amazing!!!! It was so flavourful and moist!!! Would definitely order it again! 10/10