The Local Place Bakery and Cafe

Cashier Dorian is very friendly, polite, exceptional service.The entire staff is excellent! What a wonderful place to dine. I give them 101 STARS for EXCELLENCY!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Beef, Kalua Pork

Usually very good, but not tonight. Chicken hard and dry like it had been cooked way earlier, Kula pork flavor was right but all fat. FORGOT my doughnut in the take out bag. First miss but a bad miss. Spend 23 buck eat 1/3 of it because the rest was bad. needs a night manager to over see them

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Nice eatery but very crowded and no reservations. Not a great selection of foods however quite tasty on what is served.

What a gem! I came to buy a Paradise Cake and decided to get dinner to go too. The food was great, super fresh and really reasonably priced. The staff was great. The restaurant was really clean. They have seating to stay and eat but not like the bigger Kings Hawaiian restaurants, more like self serve dinning but it's still really nice. Definitely worth trying.

Recommended dishes: Bakery, Potato Salad, Kalua Pork

I didn't know Hawaiian Bread had a restaurant until I moved to the area. And after eating there I sometimes have a craving for their delicious food. Hawaiian fried chicken with rice and macaroni salad and after a mocha donut. Completes my day after putting in a 10 hour day. Customer service is always sweet and welcoming. And atmosphere makes you want to come back. I prefer the smaller restaurant as opposed to the bigger one.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bakery, Keiki Hawaiian Fried Chicken, Spam Musubi

Paradise delight cake was a hit and devoured by my family for Tet/lunar new year. Mochi donuts were delicious too. Manager Jazzy went above my expectations and wrote Chuc mung nam moi with the correct tonal marks. Left a huge smile on my family's faces.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food is always amazing and you can't leave without a cake!!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spam Loco Moco

Good food reasonable prices. My go to lunch spot

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First time here. Loved it. Ordering was easy and quick. Service was friendly. The food was amazing! I regret not taking any of the bakery items home for dessert. So we will definitely be back soon

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stopped by The Local Place for breakfast after a few years. Last time I was here, I'd noticed three kūpuna, good friends having a spirited discussion over coffee and a pastry. Pretty sure the same guys were there today, shooting the breeze.

The restaurant's vibe was different today, however. Used to be able to come in here feeling like ohana. Today? Just another customer. The next person to be served by the lone counterterrorism trying to get through the line.

Sat down for the Island breakfast. It's why I came in after all these years: just wanted some King's Hawaiian French toast. That was as I'd remembered. Sweet (didn't need the syrup), light crunch with a soft (not soggy) interior.
Utensils were as flimsy as ever, barely enough to cut through the bread. Lone counterperson apologized for not having ketchup for the spam, which I was totally fine with, and offered hot sauce.

None of that detracted from the breakfast. Decent food at a decent place.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Their Hawaiian sweet rolls and rainbow cake are well known - the rainbow cake has a light, Asian-style sponge texture and isn’t overly sweet. The Dobash cake was also excellent, rich but not too sweet, and the Dole Whip had a nice sweet-and-tangy balance. For five people, we ordered the Ohana combo ($60). The fried rice was average, but the fried pork chop was pretty good. Overall, it’s a great spot for a casual meal and desserts.

📍 The Local Place Bakery and Cafe
18605 S Western Ave, Torrance, CA 90504

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I don’t dislike it. Ordered 3 entrees and 2 sides. Chicken, Katsu, Hawaiian chicken, teriyaki beef, fried rice, and potato macaroni salad.

Fried rice tasted like bonito or dashi stock. Flavors from the rest of these items are generic, or can easily be found in many Japanese or Hawaiian restaurants.

Overall quality was good.

I’d return if convenient, but not something I’d go out of my way for.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

great food fast service and friendly employees

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bakery, Salad, Teriyaki Chicken

ordered pretzel chicken sliders. served with uncooked chicken, then showed the kitchen to confirm if it was cooked and they confirmed it was not cooked. served me another plate for the mistake, i received it slightly more cooked than the first time but still needed more time for the chicken to turn white inside. don’t come here !! why are they rushing to bring out the chicken fast? leaving it uncooked both times

Very forgettable place!
Food was just about average, so was everything else.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2