Ruby King Bakery Café

718 Franklin St, Oakland
(510) 835-2366

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Kenneth Hong

The bread is so delicious and affordable. It’s very hard to find a traditional Hong Kong style bakery like this. It’s a family owned business with very nice staff. I got the egg tart, baked chicken pie, and curry beef puff. I would come here again for sure.

J L

Cocktail bun is amazing

Polar Beare

Yummy corn bun and delicious taro bun! Not many vegetarian options for salty buns though. Coconut twist on the dry side.

Gladys Pablo

Love getting my cakes here!! Bread always taste so fluffy and good, never going back to anything else. The only thing is that they only accept cash and limited parking.

Sheena W.

Around 9am on a Saturday — inside is bustling with regular patrons, mostly grandpas enjoying their baked goods over hot coffee.

The counter display is filled with shiny, golden wife cakes and other baked goods, but my eyes navigate to the rack behind the counter — I’m looking for egg tarts. At $1.75 each I get two, plus a bbq pork bun for $2.50

They’re all warm :-) I eat them right away as I walk to catch my bus. The cha sui bao is baked (instead of steamed, my usual) and the inside is sweet, but too mushy for my liking, and without as much meaty pork. The bread to filling ratio is nice, but the paper is overly sticky so I ate some paper.

The egg tarts were to my liking - a thin, flaky tart and a sweet, almost gooey custard. I’ve been told Ruby King’s egg tarts are comparable to Golden Gate Bakery’s in SF. A warm one from Ruby King’s is smaller in size but hits the same in terms of flavor and texture.

I’m already thinking I’ll try the cocktail bun along with an egg tart my next visit :-)

Jodi H

Got a 9in Asian bday cake (mixed fruits) for my dear friend and it was so popular. Call at least a few days before to place your order. Everybody loved it. The sponge cake part was so fresh, and the cream wasn't too sweet. Loads of strawberries too. $33 bring cash.

Alex Grant

Lovely family-run bakery with the most delicious egg tarts, pastries and cakes - all with great prices. Love this place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ziyu Xiang

No people help to order , the service is terrible. They sometimes help people behind you to pick food while ignore you.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Eric Rhode

Egg tart and beef curry hit

Helen Lim

Nice services and incredible delicious cakes in here???

Jay M

5 Star review for the
Egg tarts at

Ruby King Bakery Café
Oakland, California

Must do:
⭐️ Go early

⭐️ Buy Egg tarts

⭐️ make sure you buy Extra

⭐️ Eat one in the car while still hot

⭐️ Be happy to start the day

Note: Eat one more ?

好吃 • Hào chī

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Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Tart

R

Fantastic pastries, and coffee. Room to sit and drink coffee. Pleasant service. My favorite stop to pick up breakfast for a group.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Justin Jung

old, oily, stale, inedible

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

P. H.

Good tasty bread & pastries. They sell Chinese bridal pastries here too.

Hester Pamela

This is the place if you like eggtarts! This is comparison of Ruby’s eggtart & Napoleon. If you like more crust, then Ruby is the one to go to. The custard is not too sweet, soft and not too eggy as well.Plenty of seats available, coffee /tea is $2-3, with option to refill for $1.Friendly folks tooAnd I enjoyed the fact that Ruby serve warm egg tarts.Highly recommend

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Tart

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