Maxim’s Bakery

I get every single birthday cake ever from this place. Their mango cake, choco cake and chestnut cake are amazing and customizable. They’re also very fresh. I was also very much addicted to their coconut ball pastries for a while. My go-​to Asian bakery

Great selection of baked goods and almost everything is already individually packaged for grab and go. This Maxim’s is either the same or a franchise of the famous Maxim’s in Hong Kong which run bakeries and a whole conglomerate of restaurants. If you can’t find the baked goods in nearby T&T, Maxim’s should fill the void.

I do like grabbing buns here. Its fresh. Made Daily.
Staffs are ok. Not like friendly but again this is not a restaurant. Most people just grab what they need and go.
Its located in a mall so parking is not a problem. Come early to get the good stuff. Or else you are left with left over.

Reasonably priced fresh cakes, pastries, buns and breads. They bake/​make items on site. If you buy 6 items you don’t pay gst. I would have given them 5 stars if they accept debit or credit cards. You don’t always have cash, right?

I only go here for the coconut buns! Soo cheap and soo good, you can’t go wrong! I always want to try something else but nothing really seems to catch my eye.
There are always a lot of people in here so they must be doing something right! When you walk in, you can grab a tray and fill away as its mostly self serve. The store is quite small so sometimes people end up stepping on your toes.
The store is clean and the staff are very friendly. They are also very fast, you will never be in line for too long.
Ps. This is a cash only store

Best selection of Chinese bakery at the right price. Store is clean! I love the mini coconut bun, the mini red bean paste rice ball, the mango mousse, egg tart, and mini pineapple bun.

I love this bakery!
When you enter don’t even think of it just grab a tray, yes the ones you see in the food courts trust me you’ll need it everything is pretty affordable usually under a dollar per pastry except the cakes. I love the coconut buns, anything with red bean or taro! If you like Asian pastries this place is for you! The white fruit cake are also delightful so light not too sweet. I always leave here with more then I planned on buying, its like the Costco of bakeries. Only down side is they only take cash which is disappointing, I think Id be here more often if they accepted cards. They also have gift certificates.

I went there few days ago for the first time. One of my friends told me how this bakery carries chestnut cake and I was craving it so I went. I purchased 3 different types of buns (chestnut, red beans and pineapple), a slice of chestnut cake and a slice of tiramisu.
Qualities of buns are like what many other Chinese bakeries carries, but they were all tasty. Quality of cakes were simply wonderful and I wanted more by the time I finished eating them.
Sponge was so moist and soft. Whipped cream was not too sweet which I love. Chestnut cake hit the spot right on my cravings and I’m definitely coming back for more!
Buns were $ 1 to $ 1.50 each and cakes were $ 2.97 each, so it’s pretty easy on wallet.

I bought a cake for my special man on his birthday and learnt two things… they have fresh fruit cake and canned fruit cake. I never knew that since I don’t eat a lot of sweets or bothered to ask.
Anyways I purchased a fresh fruit cake and boy was it one of the best cakes I’ve had in a loooong time! The fresh fruit made a huge difference you can hear the crunch in every bite, cake was light fluffy and had the right amount of sweetness.(I hate overly sweet cakes)
I also love asian pastries and everythings so cheap and fresh! Forget going to T&T for their stale buns and soggy pastries I’m going here from now on and for birthday cakes!
P.S this place only accepts cash.

I like the egg and ham bread. Cream bun also very good. Avg. Price $ 1.00 — $ 1.50 each.

I like Maxim’s bakery in general and will continue to be their client for sure. My only complaint and recommendation for others is not to purchase the Maxim’s gift certificates unless you get a special deal and not dollar per dollar. For our wedding we spent a lot of dollars to provide $ 10 Maxim’s bakery gift cards from this Metrotown location for some of our many guests. We were told it was the same as cash at Maxim’s bakery which makes sense just like any other gift card and as usual there was no special deal, it was straight cash dollar per gift card dollar. After our wedding what we and some of our guests discovered when trying to use the gift cards was they only allow them to be used on small items so if you’re buying a large cake and want to pay for part of it with gift cards they won’t let you. I assumed they were joking as that’s obviously illegal as that would be the same as future shop claiming you can only use their gift cards on small items like USB flash drives and not their computers which wouldn’t make any sense. When I told them that they said they wrote this (in Chinese) on the gift cards. I again assumed they were joking as you can arbitrary write anything on the gift cards but that doesn’t change the fact it’s illegal as people pay for them and should be valid for anything in the store. You can arbitrary write any rule on a gift card but it can’t be against the consumer protection act. They even said well you didn’t ask when you bought them. When I asked them how I’d even know to ask that because it’s obviously assumed gift cards from a store can be used on any item from that store they just said it’s on the gift card again which means nothing. For sure I will file a complaint with the Consumer Protection BC Group and Canadian Competition Bureau and let the Government deal with this. Anyways other than the gift cards they’re gold and would recommend them.

This is a major chain bakery, however, for cheap and simple this is awesome. Nothing here is gluten free, however, when I have a lazy day baking and want some cheap Asian pastries this is the best place to go. They’re right beside T&T market. I like the cafeteria idea of using thongs and placing said pastries on tray. Most hygienic method of self serve pastry grabbing (bit of a germy). They are cash only which is why I don’t stop in here on a regular basis, however, they have dirt cheap prices on pastry. It’s always busy and the staff just wanted to serve the line as efficiently as possible. In fact this is one of the few Asian bakeries in which the staff have been smiling and efficient with the check out. They will even take a few quick seconds to put all your pastries in individual baggies to prevent cross flavor and germ contamination. They wear gloves which I rarely see other bakeries do. Maxim’s is a regular Chinese bakery for my mom and I. Most of the relatives B-​day cakes have been from here.

Big fan of their coffee sponge cake before they stopped making it last year, so Anna’s is the only other true good one.
And if you’ve come this far to grocery shop at T&T across the mall inside, you better come to Maxim’s for the baked goods, find the T&T stuff over pumped all day & just sits there. Much more fresher & tastier too.
It gets busy at times, so you have to grab a ticket.
Only drawback is the parking.

Maxim’s is an institution for baked goods that started in Asia. I wasn’t aware that they were established in Hong Kong until one of my coworkers who happened to be Irish Canadian told me about it. She lived over there back in the 1980’s and she said, «They were at almost every street corner!»
As for myself, I’ve been eating baked goods from Maxim’s since I started crawling. Hey, my first birthday cake was from Maxim’s. That was when they had their first store at Chinatown in Vancouver. Now, they have expanded elsewhere to the suburbs such as Burnaby. They’ve been always reliable for baked goods such as fruit topped birthday cakes, buns that are either sweet or savoury, and egg tarts.
I tried their coconut buns and it had generous amount of coconut filling and the bun itself was soft and moist. If you’re a fan of coconut, you will love it!
Their dark chocolate covered fruit tarts with custard and cream was quite tasty. The tart was lightly dipped in dark chocolate, so there wasn’t much dark chocolate taste to it, but the fruit, custard and cream tasted fresh and flavourful. They’re small tarts, so expect to eat more than one.

This is my favorite Chinese bakery in the Vancouver area. I love the chicken pies and chicken rolls. The egg white tarts are pretty good as well. My favorite thing to get here, though, would be the coconut buns, which come in a pack of three (not too big). It is always surprising when I give the cashier my items (mostly self-​service: pick up a tray and some tongs and get what you like) and the total always seems to be around $ 10.
Buy your groceries and prepared foods at T&T across the way, but hold off on your bakery purchases until you go to Maxim’s.

Pretty convenient location for your Chinese baked goods.
Besides a few other Asian bakeries out there in Vancouver, I’ve been returning to Maxim’s for over 20 years. They have a huge variety of sweet and savoury goodies. I also see they’ve improved their skills in the cake department too. When I walked into the store, I was greeted with a «Hello, how can I help you?» Wow, surprised I actually received a smile and greeting. Good job overall!
Keep in mind they are cash only.

My family has been die-​hard fans of Maxim’s Chestnut Cake for 15 years now — it is the unspoken choice at every birthday occasion. Nothing has changed about it. The cream is light, fluffy, and not too sweet. Rich flavours in the chestnut filling. Similar cakes from the few other Asian bakeries we’ve tried have yet to dethrone Maxim’s. In fact, I just picked up another one for Mom’s birthday today.
Their buns are good too — at least better than T&T.
CASH ONLY.

This is the place to buy your Chinese buns when you are done shopping at TnT. The buns here are fresh and cheap. You basically grab a tray and a tong and go medieval on their a$$. Buy at least six items and pay no HST. Most of the buns are smaller in size then the ones from New Town Bakery or Chinatown. But on the good side, you get to try more buns. They are constantly baking throughout the day, so it’s easy to get a fresh batch. Although, I find their pork and curry buns to lack flavour as compare to New Town Bakery. Their buns are a little inferior in quality as compare to St Germains on the other side of Metrotown. If you need to buy a birthday cake, I would get it from St Germain. But if you want something cheaper, there’s nothing wrong with Maxims.

This is my favorite bakery for Chinese pastries and buns. The coconut and BBQ pork buns are so soft and grabbable (I like grabbing buns!). And the coconut buns aren’t too sweet. There is a lot of traffic here so you can be sure your buns will be fresh.
Their egg tarts are delicious too when they’re fresh. My other favorite thing here recently are their fruit tarts. You get 8 of them for $ 3.75 and they’re simple and awesome. The tart shells are lined with chocolate and filled with custard and whip cream with a piece of fruit on top. It’s a great deal!

Great bakery located across from T&T Supermarket at Metrotown. They have many cheap baked goodies. Like their mini danishes which are a good bargain and are a better deal than buying a regular size version. They have many types of buns, Chinese baked goodies, cakes and breads in addition.
The mango cake I had there was good and not overly sweet. And the green tea bread that they carry makes for excellent toast. Interestingly I could not find this at the Chinatown Vancouver location when I went looking for it. As for the BBQ pork bun, it was okay but I felt that it was a little small and had less filling. Nevertheless, I would recommend Maxim’s as a place to go for awesome baked goods for its prices, freshness and selection.