Mary's Bake Shoppe - Kensington, Prince Edward Island

Marc A.

On a hâte à chaque année d’aller chercher des Ginger Snap Mais ils ont changé de proprio et c’était horrible! Vraiment très déçu

Stephane L.

Très bon poulet frit, bon service!

Stephane G.

Belle boutique pour un lunch et des gâteries sucrées

Melyssa T.

De délicieux produits

Abi M.

Mary's Bake Shop in Kensington, PEI is perhaps not the fanciest or the most creative & artistic bakery but for a simple bakery they have the best Cinnamon Rolls, breads, fried chicken and potato wedges you can find anywhere.

On our stay on the island we stopped at Mary's for some cinnamon rolls and we got hooked. The cinnamon rolls are awesome although they don't have any icing or frosting on them.

The next day we ordered more cinnamon rolls ($2 each), 4 pieces of fried chicken ($8.75), small container of beef barley soup ($6) and small size potato wedges ($4.25) or as they call it, taters!

The fried chicken was one of the best we've ever had. The beef barley soup had plenty of veggies and potato and was delicious. The potato wedge were fried on the spot, they were crisp and well seasoned and the portion was plenty for two people and leftover for later.

Obviously this place is a favorite of locals as we were waiting for our order we saw people come and pick up loaves of bread and packaged of cookies and other baked goods.

Service is friendly and attentive. We'll definitely go back.

Kristen

Picked up two coconut cream pies, they were just like I remember them!

The crust was very flakey, even after two days. The filling was chock full of coconut, and the whipped topping was piled high.

The price was affordable too, $14 per pie.

L S.

STAY AWAY. This was always a must-stop for our summer trips to PEI, so we eagerly made the trip out to Kensington after not having been here for a few years. We got a variety of baked goods and with the exception of the gingerbread square cookies the rest ranged from mediocre (scones and cinnamon rolls) to literally throwing it in the trash because it was terrible (strawberry rhubarb pie). Turns out that the Mary’s of old that comprised the overwhelming majority of the 5* reviews on here no longer exists—the place has been under new ownership for the last year and a half and the reviews absolutely reflect the nosedive in quality. For example, the strawberry rhubarb pie was small, flat (maybe about a half inch tall), the crust was heavy and difficult to cut, then somehow simultaneously chewy and hard when eating it. We all ate our pieces by hand because you could not eat it with a fork because it wouldn’t cut. The filling neither tasted like strawberries, nor rhubarb, but more like date-square filling that took a wrong turn somewhere. Just awful. The cinnamon rolls used to be delicious—big, fluffy, and the perfect cinnamon-sugar balance. Now? Small, heavy, barely any cinnamon flavour, and it’s clearly missing some fat like a butter that is needed for good balance. The scones were dry and flavourless.

So, do yourself a favour if you are wanting your nostalgic Mary’s fix and just don’t. Don’t waste your hard-earned money or time on coming here looking to buy what obviously no longer exists despite claims that the same recipes are being used or training happened. It is absolutely not the same and the majority of the reviews in the past year are backing this up. I wish I had thought to look at reviews before we went, but we never considered that this local institution would change hands. We absolutely will not be back, particularly when Willow’s up the road was an amazing new find and we enjoyed everything we got from there to the point of making a second trip.

Jean C. S.

Mary's cinnamon rolls are the best on the planet. They are not smothered in icing, or drowned in sugar, they are just delicious flaky pastry and cinnamon... Absolutely perfect.

They are really great about letting you bring your own bags too! If you call in advance and tell them what you want and when you'll be there, they will set it aside for you to come pick up in your own container (everything on the shelves is bagged in single-use soft plastic).

Before we leave the island, we always stock up on cinnamon rolls for friends and family back in NYC.