Good but tiny portions. Paid $12 for a sandwich that couldn't even feed an 8 year old.
Christine C.
My favorite place in DTSA. Great customer service and incredible pastries and sandwiches. So glad we have this place in our neighborhood.
Ruben Alfaro
Awesome experience!!The food is great and very friendly service that's why I'm going back if you're near by check out their breakfast.Just a quick comment on the breakfast sandwich I had it's calledSouthern comfort and it's amazing the biscuit was so good you gotta try it.
Katrina C.
I can't believe that I haven't left a review for Blackmarket in DTSA when I've been going there for years now. One of their mottos is "powered by butter," and they truly are. All of their ingredients - in addition to the butter - are natural and of high quality. I've loved everything I've had there - from the tarts - black widow, derby, to the cookies - shortbread, butter, Russian tea, cinnamon rolls, sandwiches - avocado, artichoke, brie, to my favorite drink - Santa Ana Fog. The space itself is very cool - lots of wood and art. Their Costa Mesa branch is also great and one of these days I'll be able visit their original bakery in San Diego.
Julie H.
This Blackmarket location is located on busy Broadway and has street parking available in front of the store. The parking is metered and costs $1.50 an hour. It's located next door to Proof Bar. I visited on a weekday morning around opening time and waited a while to order as both employees were busy making food and being cashiers. I ordered the Matcha Dreams latte with almond milk and the Farmhouse breakfast sandwich without ham and with a biscuit instead of a brioche bun. You can also have the sandwich on a croissant for $1.50 more. I like that the music isn't too loud in the cafe and there is a good amount of seating. They have bar seating, tables for bigger groups and some more seating in the back closer to the restrooms that I completed missed until I went to use the restroom. When I visit a cafe, I enjoy having my latte in a mug if I'm dining in and when they brought my latte over in a to-go cup it just didn't feel as much of a treat. The sandwich was pretty good. The biscuit is huge so they definitely don't skimp on that. It was pretty straight forward - egg, cheddar and bacon and could've used a big more flavor with some greens or bacon jam, etc. For being a bakery I actually would've expected a wider range of baked goods. They had about 4-5 different things, none of which really caught my attention. I've definitely had better options to choose from at the Blackmarket in Costa Mesa. I visited with the intention of doing some work on my iPad and fortunately most of my work was done on Excel because if I'd needed internet, I probably wouldn't have stayed very long. The internet was extremely spotty and my cell service was pretty much nonexistent inside the bakery. Definitely something to keep in mind if you plan on working there and need to use internet. Probably a nice place to read though!
Jeff Cozine
Try the ranch hand for a chipotle mayo type sandwich, or the gobbler for something sweeter- both are excellent
Michael Wauschek techno shaman pyro minion
Everything looks good so delicious made with love
Emily Brunelli
Their bread pudding is 10/10. I tried their cranberry shortbread and earl grey shortbread as well, also very good but the earl grey cookies taste more like lemon than bergamot.Cafe has a cool aesthetic.
April C.
This location is much bigger than the Costa Mesa bakery. It's seems a little out of place in the area but it has a great downtown vibe. I went in with four others and we all ordered sandwiches and coffee drinks. Everyone enjoyed everything. The sandwiches were definitely big enough to share. The ingredients are high quality and the bread is baked in-house. What else could you ask for? We all grabbed a few pastries to take home with us because they all looked amazing. The pastry case is full of cakes, cookies, cinnamon rolls, scones, etc... The barista was friendly and the rest of the staff was super helpful. If I'm ever in the area again, I'll be sure to pop in!
Buddy 3000
SO YUMMY! I tried the HaNdsOM ItAlIAn sandwich and it was a ?. The latte I tried was really dark but I went home and added milk, caramel and whip cream then it was good.The black widow dessert was the best in the shop ( in my opinion) I got it to celebrate the new Marvel movie, super good my mum couldn’t resist the chocolate! Definitely recommend!!!!
I took my 97 year old mom there. We had a delicious meal and My mother was treated like a queen! Mom can't wait to go back ?
Lucy P.
This place is amazing, great designs ideas, all here were very kind, awesome service and the best the food! We ordered a chorizo breakfast sandwich and a regular sandwich with some pastries...everything delicious. The place feels cozy and comfortable to eat inside.
john hsu
The pastry is fresh and tasty. The 1st time I went, the cookies were right out of the oven. The coffee is sour. It's only good with pastry. The cakes in the display case seems to be the same pieces two days in a roll.
Eduardo M.
Mainly judging there coffee to be honest if your looking at getting coffee there wouldn't recommend it there's Cafe Cultura not to far on left or my favorite one Coffee Muse a few blocks down the right A lil embarrassed I usually have a lot of coffee shop from various locations but this one gave me the runs lol The coffee tasted pretty bad I don't believe it was dialed in properly I could barely taste the oat milk however the Farmhouse eggy sandwich was good and staff was very nice & polite I haven't had there desserts but I'd asume those are tasty aswell
Jill M.
Just picked up sandwiches and coffees to go. Great tasting sandwich, but paid and extra $1.50 to have one of the sandwiches on a croissant, came home to find out they didn't even put it on a croissant... that's an expensive upgrade to not be upgraded. Too far to go back now...so had to deal :( Good coffees though.
Good but tiny portions. Paid $12 for a sandwich that couldn't even feed an 8 year old.
My favorite place in DTSA. Great customer service and incredible pastries and sandwiches. So glad we have this place in our neighborhood.
Awesome experience!!The food is great and very friendly service that's why I'm going back if you're near by check out their breakfast.Just a quick comment on the breakfast sandwich I had it's calledSouthern comfort and it's amazing the biscuit was so good you gotta try it.
I can't believe that I haven't left a review for Blackmarket in DTSA when I've been going there for years now. One of their mottos is "powered by butter," and they truly are. All of their ingredients - in addition to the butter - are natural and of high quality. I've loved everything I've had there - from the tarts - black widow, derby, to the cookies - shortbread, butter, Russian tea, cinnamon rolls, sandwiches - avocado, artichoke, brie, to my favorite drink - Santa Ana Fog. The space itself is very cool - lots of wood and art. Their Costa Mesa branch is also great and one of these days I'll be able visit their original bakery in San Diego.
This Blackmarket location is located on busy Broadway and has street parking available in front of the store. The parking is metered and costs $1.50 an hour. It's located next door to Proof Bar. I visited on a weekday morning around opening time and waited a while to order as both employees were busy making food and being cashiers. I ordered the Matcha Dreams latte with almond milk and the Farmhouse breakfast sandwich without ham and with a biscuit instead of a brioche bun. You can also have the sandwich on a croissant for $1.50 more. I like that the music isn't too loud in the cafe and there is a good amount of seating. They have bar seating, tables for bigger groups and some more seating in the back closer to the restrooms that I completed missed until I went to use the restroom. When I visit a cafe, I enjoy having my latte in a mug if I'm dining in and when they brought my latte over in a to-go cup it just didn't feel as much of a treat. The sandwich was pretty good. The biscuit is huge so they definitely don't skimp on that. It was pretty straight forward - egg, cheddar and bacon and could've used a big more flavor with some greens or bacon jam, etc. For being a bakery I actually would've expected a wider range of baked goods. They had about 4-5 different things, none of which really caught my attention. I've definitely had better options to choose from at the Blackmarket in Costa Mesa. I visited with the intention of doing some work on my iPad and fortunately most of my work was done on Excel because if I'd needed internet, I probably wouldn't have stayed very long. The internet was extremely spotty and my cell service was pretty much nonexistent inside the bakery. Definitely something to keep in mind if you plan on working there and need to use internet. Probably a nice place to read though!
Try the ranch hand for a chipotle mayo type sandwich, or the gobbler for something sweeter- both are excellent
Everything looks good so delicious made with love
Their bread pudding is 10/10. I tried their cranberry shortbread and earl grey shortbread as well, also very good but the earl grey cookies taste more like lemon than bergamot.Cafe has a cool aesthetic.
This location is much bigger than the Costa Mesa bakery. It's seems a little out of place in the area but it has a great downtown vibe. I went in with four others and we all ordered sandwiches and coffee drinks. Everyone enjoyed everything. The sandwiches were definitely big enough to share. The ingredients are high quality and the bread is baked in-house. What else could you ask for? We all grabbed a few pastries to take home with us because they all looked amazing. The pastry case is full of cakes, cookies, cinnamon rolls, scones, etc... The barista was friendly and the rest of the staff was super helpful. If I'm ever in the area again, I'll be sure to pop in!
SO YUMMY! I tried the HaNdsOM ItAlIAn sandwich and it was a ?. The latte I tried was really dark but I went home and added milk, caramel and whip cream then it was good.The black widow dessert was the best in the shop ( in my opinion) I got it to celebrate the new Marvel movie, super good my mum couldn’t resist the chocolate! Definitely recommend!!!!
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I took my 97 year old mom there. We had a delicious meal and My mother was treated like a queen! Mom can't wait to go back ?
This place is amazing, great designs ideas, all here were very kind, awesome service and the best the food! We ordered a chorizo breakfast sandwich and a regular sandwich with some pastries...everything delicious. The place feels cozy and comfortable to eat inside.
The pastry is fresh and tasty. The 1st time I went, the cookies were right out of the oven. The coffee is sour. It's only good with pastry. The cakes in the display case seems to be the same pieces two days in a roll.
Mainly judging there coffee to be honest if your looking at getting coffee there wouldn't recommend it there's Cafe Cultura not to far on left or my favorite one Coffee Muse a few blocks down the right A lil embarrassed I usually have a lot of coffee shop from various locations but this one gave me the runs lol The coffee tasted pretty bad I don't believe it was dialed in properly I could barely taste the oat milk however the Farmhouse eggy sandwich was good and staff was very nice & polite I haven't had there desserts but I'd asume those are tasty aswell
Just picked up sandwiches and coffees to go. Great tasting sandwich, but paid and extra $1.50 to have one of the sandwiches on a croissant, came home to find out they didn't even put it on a croissant... that's an expensive upgrade to not be upgraded. Too far to go back now...so had to deal :( Good coffees though.