Mei Sum Bakery

36 Beach St, Boston
(617) 357-4050

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Terrie Chan

I used to like this fried sweet dough (牛利酥) in this bakery. Yesterday I bought two, and they were gone bad when I tasted them today. It tasted a little sour. Please keep your food quality good and if they were long time, throw them away don’t sell them to your customers. Disappointed!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 4

Kebin Wang

I bought a piece of cake, two tea eggs, and a few cup cakes(纸杯蛋糕). The two eggs tasted sandy. I saw black spots on the cake piece after removing its parchment paper. The cup cakes were soft to touch. But when I removed from the plastic bag, I got something gluey on my finger. I did not take the chances. Definitely my last time to this store.

TB H

I bought egg tarts from 3 bakeries and this place had the best one - dense, fluffy crusts with a not-too-sweet custard. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cotton Sandy

Used to go here years ago, and chose this place for a lunch takeout. Went around the afternoon, while not expecting the freshest quality this wasn't half the the quality I remember. For a box of 6 egg tarts and 1 shrimp rice roll, it costed 14.25. I am accepted the pre-made boxes the teller handed me, and looking at a glance they seem fine.
The noodles are rice shrimp rolls that are suppose to be slippery, but mine were rubbery and had a small tang as if the noodles were slightly off. Non-confirmed, but usually that indicates a dish prepared the previous day. Which can be a concern when the shrimp are wrapped inside them.
The 6 egg tarts are just the slightest bit of sweet, and are soft. The crust can get a bit oily so have a napkin on hand. No complaints for these. Guess if you want anything else though with the eggtarts go else where.
Edit: Had 6 egg tarts, shared 1 and both of us had bad bowel movements. This was the last thing I ate and I hadn't even 3 hours before hand.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Hien Tran

I visited to get only a bun and an egg tart. However, the lady and the man were super nice. They treated me with kindness and heartfelt attitude. Hope more customers will come by this bakery

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Wyatt Banks

Wonderful authentic Chinese food.

Delicious. I enjoyed trying their food and friendly locals enjoyed me being there.

Barclay Lee

Banh mi wasn't very good, very salty and they put in raw onions which I've never seen before in banh mi

Sandra Lee

Very authentic - even the desserts were minimally sweet. The little ladies were so eager to please. Very different from the other bakery I went where even the bread was sweet. This is more old school tastes.

rith prum

I went in with my family. We bought cake from this place years ago when my Son was just a toddler. We remember how good the Durian Cake was, we walked in ask for a slice to go. The slice was $12.00 just for a slice. We wanted to support a local shop regardless of price so we bought it. Took it home and had it for dessert next day. The cake slice is overdue, very foul tasting. Not only they didn't displayed price for the slice like the rest of the bake goods , our 2nd surprise was wasted food. Sad.

Doy Gold

Been buying pastries at Mei Sum for a few years now and my boyfriend and I love their fluffy and light cake rolls!

HUNG BUI

I love durian cake.. everytime I came to Boston and I buy like 3,4 cakes to eat.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Nickel

Delicious and affordable. 5 stars!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Edward Park

It seems some reviews are not factoring in price and value. It's easy enough to spend 2x the money on similar foods. Certain items will be better with a quick heat in microwave. Pork buns are top-tier as is, and only $1.50 each.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Leoni Desai

got an egg tart here and it had a fishy smell like it had been stored with seafood products :( took a couple bites but ended up throwing it out because i couldn't get past it

Food: 1

Service: 2

Trung Nguyen

Man the meat pies were a disappointment. The pork was a strange pink paste and the pastry was super sweet. The pastry was also not cooked as it was dripping butter.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 5

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