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The Apricot Tree
Categories: Restaurants French Restaurants Modern European Restaurants Cafes French, Modern European, Cafes [Edit]
1900 Dundas Street WestMississauga, ON L5K 1P9
(905) 855-1470
- Hours:
Mon 10 am - 9 pm
Tue-Fri 10 am - 10 pm
Sat 9 am - 10 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dessert, Lunch
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
10 reviews for The Apricot Tree
10 reviews in English
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Review from Cecilia M.
Mississauga, ON
12/17/2011
One of my fave restaurants in Mississauga! All the locals know about this treasure.
I love coming here for breakfast, lunch, dinner AND desserts. Chef is Austrian and the desserts are authentic and so good!
ATMOSPHERE: Small little café restaurant. Very cosy, dimly lit. Good for tables of 2-8. Larger groups may be difficult to accommodate.
SERVICE: Staff are very professional. Overall service can be slow though - so make sure you give yourself extra time if you're catching a movie afterwards.
PRICE: Very affordable prices for great quality food!
FOOD: Amazingly fresh ingredients is always used! As mentioned before, ANY meal here's good. Breakfast is one of my faves because their Eggs Florentine is the best. Monte Cristo is also very tasty. Daily Specials are always guaranteed to be great, but the regular dishes on the menu are good too. I have a soft spot for their pastas which are always fantastic. Portions are good.
Also, look out for their annual Crepe Festival in the Spring - which boasts an expanded menu of both savoury and sweet crepes!
And if you sign up for their online newsletters, you can get a free meal on your birthday! -
Review from Adil L.
Mississauga, ON
2/18/2012
Nice little spot for lunch or a coffee/dessert.
I went today for lunch and had the Greek salad to start and the arctic char entree. The Greek salad had a raspberry vinegrette which was a little odd (I think it was just their regular mixed green salad topped with feta and olives) but it still tasted good. The arctic char was well cooked and tasted great. And this is coming from a guy that's not the biggest fan of fish.
My GF had the sweet potato and spinach soup to start and the veal cutlet entree. The soup was delicious and the veal, while a tad salty, was also very good. Portion sizes were good - so good in fact that we didn't have room to try one of their delicious looking desserts. Prices were decent as well. -
Review from C P.
Mississauga, ON
12/6/2011
I heard such great reviews of this place so I thought I'd give it a shot.
I had the evening's special which was a basa fillet with rice and veggies. My husband had an item off of the menu which was the braised short ribs with mashed potatoes. We also both had french onion soups to start.
The soup was okay. I've had better at other places. I found it too salty. I wasn't sure what kind of cheese they used but the cheese kinda fell flat with this.
The basa fillet dish was nicely cooked, albeit bland. The rice side was essentially steamed rice with bits of broccoli.
My husband's ribs were phenomenal. The meat was perfectly tender that it came off the bone clean. The sauce was great. The mashed potatoes were so-so. Could've been done better.
What was great were the desserts. My husband had the tutti frutti crepe which was an ice cream (can't recall the flavour) with mixed fruits. Meanwhile I had the apricot crepe. Oh my god. This was soooo delicious. The crepe was filled with apricot mousse, with an apricot-ginger ice cream on the side, as well as apricot chutney.
I think I will come back to this restaurant mainly for the desserts. I'm craving for another round of crepes tonight!!! -
Review from Tara L.
5/31/2011
Based on numerous reviews online, we decided to give this place a try. The menu looked enticing, and the prices didn't look too bad.
The location of the café is quite cute and adorable, with foliage and vines surrounding the courtyard environment. Walking into the café, it was already pretty busy (as we arrived around 7pm or so) and dimly lit. Since there was only 1 table for 2 available that was so close to the next tables, we opted to sit out on the patio.
We decided to split the Seafood Pasta, and the Sweet Potato, Spinach, and Rosemary Soup. The soup was quite nice and had a nice aroma. The bread that we were given initially was tasty too. Almost like a crostini, but a lot flakier. I'd prefer it to be less salty, but it wasn't too bad. Then our entrée came, and though the amount of seafood given was very generous, it was drenched in too much olive oil. I understand that the dish was supposed to have olive oil in it already, but in all honesty, it didn't need to have THAT much oil. But overall, the food was okay, not bad.
Where the evening turned south was with the service. Our server was not attentive, and she seemed like she was preoccupied. It took her over 30 minutes between segments to get our order, give our order, pick up our order, and she forgot to bring us our bill. We had been there for over 2 1/2 hours, and eventually gave up and got up and went inside to just pay the bill at the counter. We wanted dessert, but given her pace, we had to pass.
Overall, I think the place itself is quite cute, but with the slow service and just mediocre food, I won't be going back the next time I'm in town. I really wanted to like the place, but it just didn't happen. -
Review from Nelly Y.
Mississauga, ON
5/6/2011
Lovely little place, we went there last summer, food was amazing.
Sat outside, the bees were amazing and so friendly! A little hard to sit outside and get attacked by bees (what can you do about that we were too sweet!), but otherwise really cute little place, the food - yummy!
The stores in this plaza make you feel like you're somewhere in europe, really high end boutiques - a must visit! -
Review from William P.
Mississauga, ON
1/16/2010 1 photo
So normally, I plan to write reviews shortly after I have visited a place. However, the Apricot Tree is such a hidden gem, I had to add my two cents right now.
The Apricot Tree is a quite ordinary looking cafe that is pretty basic on the decor. It has a limited menu when it comes to main courses and beverages. However, the food is amazing, the service is solid, the prices are reasonable and as good as the main courses are, the real standouts at the Apricot Tree are the desserts.
The owner, Franz, is a master pastry chef trained in Austria. If you are tired of chocolate-bar cakes shipped in frozen from central commissaries, give the cafe a try and get ready for a flavour explosion. Apricot Strudel is probably their signature dessert, but they have crepes, handmade ice cream, cheesecakes, mousses and more. I have too many favourites to list. I enjoy everything from the healthy simplicity of the berry bowl mulled in red wine and cinnamon to the apple cheesecake to the baked Alaska. They have their menu online if you want to see more.
The cafe can be busy and they have shorter hours than many places -- closed on Sundays. I recommend going your first time in the middle of the afternoon, so the staff will have lots of time to tell you all about all the cakes and strudals at their sinful pastry counter.
Anybody I have ever taken to the Apricot Tree has loved it (and I have taken many there). Not only is it more than worth a visit, it is worth a long-drive to get there.
While I am more likely to review a place I liked than one I did not, please know that I am not one to rave lightly. The food at the Apricot Tree is absolutely top notch -- perhaps only beaten by the very most expensive restaurants. -
Review from Denise S.
I have been going to The Apricot Tree regularly for the past 15 years, pretty much since it opened (back when it was in this tiny space and mostly served only desserts and coffee). It's located in a small, upscale shopping plaza in Mississauga's west end (Sherwood Forest).
They are famous for their desserts. To this day, they are my gold standard for tiramisu. Other favourites are the mango mousse and various cheesecakes. They also make their own ice cream on the premises and do wonderful crepes (every year around March they have a crepe festival featuring savory and sweet selections). Around Christmas, you can buy cookies or gingerbread houses as gifts.
But there is a lot more to the Apricot Tree than their desserts. The owners are a husband-wife team. Franz makes all the desserts and his wife, Esther, is in charge of the soups/salads/pasta/etc. There are always daily specials to keep things interesting and lots of fresh, healthy options. Warm salads are solid, as are the various pasta dishes. Schnitzel is another staple, going with the Austrian vibe. Really, it's hard to go wrong here. Even now that I live in Toronto, I still come back to the Apricot Tree because I have yet to find another place that is so reliably good and reasonably priced. For instance, during the crepe festival, I had a 3 course meal (soup, crepe main, crepe dessert + strawberry tea) for $22.50!!
I should declare a conflict of interest -- I worked at the Apricot Tree for a year when I was in high school. However, I dined their regularly before and after I worked there. And having worked behind the scenes, I can only say good things in terms of the freshness of the food and the quality of the ingredients.Listed in: The Sweet Escape, The 'ssauga
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Review from Joy L.
Toronto, ON
12/1/2009
It is a very small, crowded and noisy place to eat. We could barely understand the waitress when she was telling us the daily special because of her accent. The result was, she got annoyed when we keep asking her the same question.
My soup was lukewarm and the seafood pasta was loaded with black pepper and no good cook will do that.
We will never go there again. -
Review from Mike C.
Mississauga, ON
4/7/2010
Gourmet food, casual atmosphere, affordable prices. Love this place!!!
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Review from Sarah D.
Maple, ON
5/19/2010
Owned by an Austrian couple, the Apricot tree is a delight for any occasion and any time of the day. Infact, my family goes here ever Easter as a tradition. The food is fresh, meals exciting, flavours delicious and staff extremely attentive and friendly. Their desserts are to die for and all made in-house with fresh ingredients. I would recommend to try the white chocolate cake or the apple cheesecake. You won't be disappointed!
