I had a decision to make on whether to go out of my way for the limited edition pastries at the Vancouver Croissant Crawl (September 25 to October 4, 2026). We didn't, but we love walking around Vancouver, so it was a good excuse to try a few. This post is my running list of every crawl croissant I try this year, so I'll keep adding stops as I go. First up: three stops, one very long walk, and a whole lot of flaky layers.
📍 Croissant Crawl At-A-Glance: My 2026 Final Lineup
Event: Metro Vancouver Croissant Crawl 2026, September 25 to October 4
| Elaichi Patisserie (Vancouver) | Chai and Cookie Croissant |
| C Market Coffee (Vancouver) | Maple Cranberry Pecan Danish, $7.25 |
| Mon Paris Patisserie (Olympic Village) | Caramel Roasted Pecan Croissant Roll, $7.50 |
| Le Belisse Cafe (Robson St.) | Strawberry Basket Croissant, $13.57 |
| Cadeaux Bakery (Vancouver) | Banana Turon Croissant $8.50, Longganisa Sausage Croissant $6.25, Taho Latte $6.25 |
| A Bread Affair (Granville Island) | Black Sesame Croissant with Miso Caramel, $8.89 |
| Blue Parrot Coffee (Granville Island) | Iced Croissant Matcha Latte, $9.44 |
| Fresh St. Market (Kitsilano) | Crème Brûlée Croissant, $4.49 |
| Viva Cafe & Bakery (Kitsilano) | Tropical Pandan Pain Suisse, $9 |
| Nomad Coffee Bar (Kitsilano) | Formaggio Pizza Croffle, $9.50 |
Good to Know: Order ahead if you can. Mon Paris, both PAUL locations, Poco Rit Café and Vogue Cakes all sold out of their crawl items on my visits.
Missed This Year: PAUL's two Magnum Croissants, $16.00 each (Double Raspberry Dark Chocolate and Pistachio Almond Dark Chocolate), both sold out
Stop 1: Elaichi Patisserie (Chai and Cookie Croissant)
First up was Elaichi Patisserie and their Chai and Cookie Croissant. The crawl describes it as a quintessential Indian pairing: a buttery croissant filled with rich, strong chai pastry cream, plus housemade, crumbly Parle-G biscuit butter and a crunchy cookie crumble.
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| Chai & Cookie Croissant: dusted with icing sugar and crowned with a cookie. |
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| That airy, honeycomb crumb is what a perfect croissant looks like. |
Stop 2: C Market Coffee (Maple Cranberry Pecan Danish)
On the way to Oakridge (yes, we walked 4.1 km from Elaichi to Oakridge), we stopped by C Market Coffee because they're part of the crawl too. I grabbed the flaky, golden Maple Cranberry Pecan Danish for $7.25, and that includes tax and a 15% tip.
Since this is a croissant crawl, I always judge the base pastry first. Is it flaky, airy, buttery and not stale? This danish ticks all the boxes. The crawl promises sweet maple, tart cranberries and toasted pecans for a perfectly balanced bite, and it does deliver on the balance.
I do think they played it a little safe with the flavour. Sweet maple and crunchy pecans is a combo you can't really mess up, and the sweetness is just right. But I know C Market is more capable than this. I want to see Korean flavours like gochujang on a croissant, or something totally ridiculous. Are my expectations too high? Yes.
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| Maple Cranberry Pecan Danish from C Market Coffee, drizzled with caramel. |
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| One bite in: flaky, airy layers all the way through. |
Stop 3: Mon Paris Patisserie, Olympic Village (Caramel Roasted Pecan Croissant Roll)
On our walk home, we popped by Mon Paris Patisserie at their Olympic Village location for the Caramel Roasted Pecan Croissant Roll ($7.50). The crawl describes it as a croissant roll filled with light mascarpone caramel cream, dipped in sweet caramel chocolate and finished with crunchy caramelized pecans. I love pecans, so that will always be awesome.
The light, creamy caramel filling is not overly sweet, and honestly it doesn't taste like caramel. But it's so beautiful, and the cross section shows a perfect croissant, so I can't complain.
Tip: it's a good idea to order in advance. When I got there, the customer in front of me got the last one! Thankfully they were baking another batch of seven croissants, but I had to wait a couple of hours. We didn't mind since we live nearby, but it's good to know.
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| Caramel Roasted Pecan Croissant Roll, tucked into Mon Paris' pink box. |
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| Cross section of the Caramel Roasted Pecan Croissant Roll: crisp layers hugging a creamy filling. |
Stop 4: Le Belisse Cafe, Robson Street (Strawberry Basket Croissant)
After work, I stopped by Le Belisse Cafe on Robson Street since they're open late (a rare find downtown), and they still had the sweet, tart Strawberry Basket Croissant on hand. $13.57 including tax and an 18% tip, or about $10.95 before tax and tip.
Out of every croissant I've tried so far, this filling is my favourite. That sweet-tart strawberry combination hits just right. The ambiance at Le Belisse is also impeccable, the kind of spot where you want to linger a little. The only downside: being later in the day, this was also the driest croissant of the bunch so far. Worth it for the filling, but if you can swing an earlier visit, I'd take it.
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| Strawberry Basket Croissant: a nest of flaky pastry filled with cream and fresh strawberries. |
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| Cross section: jammy strawberry layers tucked between buttery pastry. |
Stop 5: Cadeaux Bakery (Banana Turon Croissant, Longganisa Sausage Croissant & Taho Latte)
Cadeaux Bakery leaned all the way into Filipino flavours for this year's crawl with a Banana Turon Croissant ($8.50) and a Taho Latte ($6.25), plus a Longganisa Sausage Croissant ($6.25) outside the official crawl menu. As someone who loves turon, this stop genuinely made me feel seen. Read the full review here.
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| Banana Turon Croissant: crispy caramelized sugar on top of a flaky, buttery croissant. |
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| Taho Latte: a layered sip of coffee, silken tofu and brown sugar. |
This isn't our first Cadeaux visit either, we stopped by back in February for the Hot Chocolate Festival: Cadeaux Bakery Pokemon & Wicked Hot Chocolate.
Stop 6: A Bread Affair, Granville Island (Black Sesame Croissant with Miso Caramel)
October 4 was the last day of the crawl, so the goal was simple: try as many as I could. First stop, around 9:00 in the morning, was A Bread Affair on Granville Island for their Black Sesame Croissant with Miso Caramel ($8.89 before tax and tip).
This is such a great combination of sweet and a bit savoury. The miso brings a gentle saltiness that plays really well against the caramel, and the black sesame on top adds a nice bit of crunch and nuttiness. One of the more creative flavour pairings of the crawl so far.
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| Black Sesame Croissant with Miso Caramel, coated edge to edge in black sesame. |
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| A peek inside: miso caramel swirled through buttery, flaky layers. |
Stop 7: Blue Parrot Coffee, Granville Island Public Market (Iced Croissant Matcha Latte)
Since we were already on Granville Island, we stopped by Blue Parrot Coffee inside the Public Market for their Iced Croissant Matcha Latte ($9.44), a cold matcha latte topped with their mini butter croissant.
Unfortunately, this one was a bit sad. The croissant was stale, and the matcha latte had an unusual aftertaste. Not every stop on a crawl can be a win.
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| Iced Croissant Matcha Latte, topped with a mini butter croissant. |
Stop 8: Fresh St. Market, Kitsilano (Crème Brûlée Croissant)
After Mass and a failed attempt at Vogue Cakes, I walked over to Fresh St. Market in Kitsilano for their Crème Brûlée Croissant ($4.49). Only 8 were left in the baked goods case when I grabbed mine.
For a bakery tucked inside a grocery store, this is genuinely good. Not as flaky as some of the standalone bakery croissants on this list, but the burnt sugar top and creamy custard filling more than make up for it. Simple sometimes wins.
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| Crème Brûlée Croissant, caramelized sugar top with a creamy custard filling. |
Stop 9: Viva Cafe & Bakery, Kitsilano (Tropical Pandan Pain Suisse)
After grabbing the croissant from Fresh St. Market, I walked 20 minutes to Viva Cafe & Bakery for their Tropical Pandan Pain Suisse ($9).
It's flaky and buttery, but the pandan flavour is subtle. I also couldn't really pick out the calamansi or mango in the glaze on top. A beautiful-looking pastry, but the flavours stayed a bit too quiet for me.
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| Tropical Pandan Pain Suisse, dusted with powdered sugar and a calamansi mango glaze. |
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| A peek inside: subtle pandan filling through buttery, flaky layers. |
Stop 10: Nomad Coffee Bar, Kitsilano (Formaggio Pizza Croffle)
The final stop! And honestly the perfect ending, since by this point I was completely exhausted from all the walking. I grabbed an iced mocha and the Formaggio Pizza Croffle ($9.50).
Instead of pizza dough, this one uses a croffle as the base, topped with all the usual pizza fixings: cheese, tomato, pepperoni and mozzarella. This was the only savoury croissant of the whole crawl, and it was awesome. I could easily eat two or three of these.
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| Formaggio Pizza Croffle, loaded with pepperoni, melted cheese and fresh herbs. |
And that's a wrap on the 2026 Vancouver Croissant Crawl! Ten stops, so many flaky layers, and a whole lot of walking. See you next September for round two.
Sold Out This Visit: Tracking for Next Year
Not every stop works out! Here's a running list of the limited edition crawl croissants I wasn't able to try this time around, so I can watch for them next year.
- PAUL Restaurant, Café and Bakery (Robson St.): Double Raspberry Dark Chocolate Magnum Croissant, a flaky croissant layered with rich raspberry dark chocolate cream and filled with a Double Raspberry Magnum ice cream bar. $16.00. Sold out when we visited.
- PAUL Le Café (Seymour St.): Pistachio Almond Dark Chocolate Magnum Croissant, layered with pistachio cream and dark chocolate spread, filled with an Almond Magnum ice cream bar. $16.00. Sold out when we visited.
- Poco Rit Café (Richmond): arrived Saturday, October 3 at around 3:00 PM and they were already completely sold out. Lesson learned: this one goes early on the list next time.
- Vogue Cakes (Vancouver): they open at 11:00 AM, but after a half hour walk from Mass I arrived at 12:30 PM on October 4 and they were already sold out. Noted for an earlier visit next year.
Did you try any of the Croissant Crawl pastries this year? Which one is on your list? Tell me in the comments, I'm always looking for my next stop!
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