Personally love the pretzel croissant, olive oil loaf for home, and the hazelnut kouign amann
Toto del Rosario
Pastries are awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarina Iwai
Love this bakery!!
Their pastry selection is insane and I always find myself coming here after grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s because it’s right across the street.
My favorite is their pretzel croissant- it gets sold out pretty quickly so definitely get there early in the morning to grab them! It’s perfectly crispy on the outside and fluffy in the inside with just the amount of saltiness as well to get the pretzel feeling. Their kouign amanns are great as well! Genuinely never had anything bad from them!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Ilyaas Arsala
What a gentrified and sterilized experience. Although I suppose the goes without saying for this part of Oakland. Also not particularly accommodating.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 2
T Slush
Excellent house roasted coffee, espresso and lattes. Baked goods arrive daily from Starter Bakery, a local artisan bakery. Love authentic SF vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
David
Great place, amazing food. Every pastry is built with such thoughtful care, and there's lots of space inside. Top tier and top 3 bakery in Oakland.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Paliwalli Khanyahl
It is the weekend and impossible to get ahold of anyone and there is no option for pickup or delivery as stated in their automated voice message. Please make your phone number more user friendly by having someone able to pick up the phone and assist customers and not transferring them to an email you won’t immediately respond to or saying to text you for a order we are unable to place. I have questions your website doesn’t answer and the other option is to just physically show up which isn’t always practical. Hope to try your bakery soon, but I have allergen and menu questions so in other words: pls get somebody to man that phone. ESPECIALLY on weekends.
Service: 1
Brian Driscoll
Great baked goods
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tom H
1:30 Thursday afternoon and they are out of bread for sandwiches. How does that happen ? A crazy Thursday run or poor planning? I wouldn’t mention it except that this has happened to me several times. Why do I keep going back? It has great scones and pastries. And bread and rolls, when they have them.
Scott Senjo
I followed these reviews and went to Starter Bakery for the first time and the reviews were spot on, so let me add to them. Super excellent baked goods, super excellent staff, pretty all-white high ceiling interior, kind of a plain exterior building, but in a great neighborhood. What a great place.
Too many delicious looking pastries to choose from! The almond croissant has a good amount of paste in it and is very almond-foreward. The babka was chocolatey and soft even on the second day. The pecan brioche was nice and not too sweet and almost like a cinnamon roll (would love to try a version with cream cheese in it). Both savory pastries I got were also good, and I almost audibled to a sandwich or quiche because they looked tasty too. My chain was good although I wish I could have reduced the sweetness just a bit All in all a great bakery with friendly people! I will definitely be back to try their bread.
Musaab T.
Quality and variety of bakery goods. Nice non coffee options too. Prices are fair. Vibes are good and the line was kinda long but the staff are efficient
Dave Thomas
Great little bites, pastries & coffee . Go if you're in the neighborhood 🤤
Kareem Fahmi
Absolutely delicious pastries with unique flavors. The cardamom pistachio bun is unbelievable, and the kouign amanns are fantastic. I stop by regularly and still haven't tried everything. Also, the staff is always super friendly and helpful. The kind of bakery that this world needs more of!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pastries
Nanette Mocanu
Food was good. We were first customers in the a.m. so the place seemed a little like a morgue.
Personally love the pretzel croissant, olive oil loaf for home, and the hazelnut kouign amann
Pastries are awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this bakery!!
Their pastry selection is insane and I always find myself coming here after grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s because it’s right across the street.
My favorite is their pretzel croissant- it gets sold out pretty quickly so definitely get there early in the morning to grab them! It’s perfectly crispy on the outside and fluffy in the inside with just the amount of saltiness as well to get the pretzel feeling. Their kouign amanns are great as well! Genuinely never had anything bad from them!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
What a gentrified and sterilized experience. Although I suppose the goes without saying for this part of Oakland. Also not particularly accommodating.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 2
Excellent house roasted coffee, espresso and lattes. Baked goods arrive daily from Starter Bakery, a local artisan bakery. Love authentic SF vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great place, amazing food. Every pastry is built with such thoughtful care, and there's lots of space inside. Top tier and top 3 bakery in Oakland.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
It is the weekend and impossible to get ahold of anyone and there is no option for pickup or delivery as stated in their automated voice message. Please make your phone number more user friendly by having someone able to pick up the phone and assist customers and not transferring them to an email you won’t immediately respond to or saying to text you for a order we are unable to place. I have questions your website doesn’t answer and the other option is to just physically show up which isn’t always practical. Hope to try your bakery soon, but I have allergen and menu questions so in other words: pls get somebody to man that phone. ESPECIALLY on weekends.
Service: 1
Great baked goods
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
1:30 Thursday afternoon and they are out of bread for sandwiches. How does that happen ? A crazy Thursday run or poor planning? I wouldn’t mention it except that this has happened to me several times. Why do I keep going back? It has great scones and pastries. And bread and rolls, when they have them.
I followed these reviews and went to Starter Bakery for the first time and the reviews were spot on, so let me add to them. Super excellent baked goods, super excellent staff, pretty all-white high ceiling interior, kind of a plain exterior building, but in a great neighborhood. What a great place.
Restaurantji Recommends
Too many delicious looking pastries to choose from! The almond croissant has a good amount of paste in it and is very almond-foreward. The babka was chocolatey and soft even on the second day. The pecan brioche was nice and not too sweet and almost like a cinnamon roll (would love to try a version with cream cheese in it). Both savory pastries I got were also good, and I almost audibled to a sandwich or quiche because they looked tasty too. My chain was good although I wish I could have reduced the sweetness just a bit
All in all a great bakery with friendly people! I will definitely be back to try their bread.
Quality and variety of bakery goods. Nice non coffee options too. Prices are fair. Vibes are good and the line was kinda long but the staff are efficient
Great little bites, pastries & coffee .
Go if you're in the neighborhood 🤤
Absolutely delicious pastries with unique flavors. The cardamom pistachio bun is unbelievable, and the kouign amanns are fantastic. I stop by regularly and still haven't tried everything. Also, the staff is always super friendly and helpful. The kind of bakery that this world needs more of!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pastries
Food was good. We were first customers in the a.m. so the place seemed a little like a morgue.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bakery, Croissants, Pastries
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