The workers could spit on me, there could be roaches crawling on the counters, there could be roaches in the food.. and I’d still come back for the sesame balls
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Ball 放堆, Apple Turnover
Yan Torres
One star because I can't give 0. Bought a double chocolate cake, took it home only to find out it was completely moldy on the bottom. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM HERE. COMPLETE
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Spencer
I’ve gone here a few times for moon cakes and egg tarts, both of which were super yummy. Recently they even let me get two egg tarts for 3$ because I was short a dollar! How nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mooncake
Valentina D.
It's alright! After discovering my childhood NYC bakery went out of business during the COVID pandemic, I went on a quest to find a replacement and visited 4 Chinatown bakeries in 2 days. This one was the most modern of the ones I visited, with the most amenities including a sit-down area, a number of drinks and bubble teas to purchase, and a big variety of baked goods. I always grew up going to a bakery with just the baked goods and nothing else so this place was a little too much for me, but I recognize that it was good for my kids. They enjoyed being able to pick out any pastry they wanted, and I enjoyed the mango tapioca drink as a less sweet alternative to bubble tea. The staff did leave a bad taste in my.mouth though. I know they're super busy, but they made me feel like they did me a favor by answering my questions. I guess that's the NYC way though.
Danielle Sato
I’m super disappointed. The employees are very old which isn’t a problem. But it’s the attitude that gets me. On the website, an Iced Matcha latte is $6. They charge me seven dollars. And you know a one dollar difference didn’t bother me but I still asked why. They kept saying that Matcha on the website would be a small while the one for $7 is bigger, but they don’t serve the small. I said these two are the same here and on the website what’s the difference? They decided to speak in Cantonese and started making fun of me for asking why. I guess they didn’t know I was Chinese, so they started to talk trash. I still payed. And the matcha was honestly not the best at all. It was water down and mostly taste like literal water. And I really do love Matcha so for it to be seven Dollars was very underwhelming and not worth it. However, I did buy an egg tart and the egg tart was pretty good. But yeah. The service was just really rude and disrespectful. And if you don’t speak, Cantonese, or Mandarin or understand, just watch out. The lady on the right was the one that was speaking in canto making fun of me for me asking. Just beware.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Bakery
Wing Zhen
The food in the store is goodI just bought a defective oil horn (not yet ripe)Give feedback to their person in charge and arrange for me to get another bread immediately.I also asked the chef in the kitchen to deal with all the grease corners. It’s great to see that they can solve these small details immediately?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cupcake, Bakery, Black Tea and Coffee
Angelica A
Cash only, has seating for 15 minutes and is cute. Otherwise, I’ve been to other bakeries and by far this has to be one of my least favorite experiences. I can’t speak for the actual pastry’s, they looked appetizing but I came in for a match which was advertised outside to be 4 when ordering the lady at counter said 7. That’s like $10 .. I was embarrassed to walk out and just paid for it, which she said something to the other lady’s with a smirk and back to me. I got my matcha and it had a smell immediately as I opened it, this could be due to low quality or just poor storage. Either way, for the aesthetic of the place and possibly some of the pastries I’d recommend otherwise I’d suggest any other one.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Naved Durrni
Amazing staff... Life saver!!!!! Cash only though!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Karen
Even though it's greasy as hell, the beef curry filled bun/donut is so satisfying.
Crystal Blackman
Everything we had here was delicious. We just stopped to grab Boba. Well thankfully we did. The coconut cream bun was delicious. Everything was so fresh. I will visit again.
Replying to reviewer Bernice below, yes, you are supposed to wait for an employee to get your items for you. They place them on a tray and you bring the tray to the cashier to pay. For those old enough to remember, this was the location of the defunct Hong Kong bakery chain Maria's, which I loved as a kid. Glad to see Sweets is serving the same fare in the same place. My nostalgic favorite is the custard bun. My parents used to get a couple items and we'd just park ourselves here to enjoy the food and the corner view. Still the same, there's seating but you'll be lucky to snag a seat.
Yatsumi Hamasaki (Yatsumi)
Not recommended. Dirty tables and seats. Bought a drink and sat down for 5 mins with the snack I brought. It is common courtesy not to ask your customer to leave when your policy stay not staying over 30'. I only been here not even 5 mins.
Tian Zeng
Went to this afternoon and accidentally split the coffee. The bakery did not even want to offer some napkins. What a cold shop. I got burned from that coffee, super hot.
albert navetta
Great affordable bakery. Cash only. They have my favorite steamed pork bun in the neighborhood.
Yulea Xia
Chinese style bakery, but selling more western pastries and cakes, haha ?.I was searching for moon cakes, yes found them though.p
The workers could spit on me, there could be roaches crawling on the counters, there could be roaches in the food.. and I’d still come back for the sesame balls
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Ball 放堆, Apple Turnover
One star because I can't give 0. Bought a double chocolate cake, took it home only to find out it was completely moldy on the bottom. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM HERE. COMPLETE
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I’ve gone here a few times for moon cakes and egg tarts, both of which were super yummy. Recently they even let me get two egg tarts for 3$ because I was short a dollar! How nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mooncake
It's alright! After discovering my childhood NYC bakery went out of business during the COVID pandemic, I went on a quest to find a replacement and visited 4 Chinatown bakeries in 2 days. This one was the most modern of the ones I visited, with the most amenities including a sit-down area, a number of drinks and bubble teas to purchase, and a big variety of baked goods. I always grew up going to a bakery with just the baked goods and nothing else so this place was a little too much for me, but I recognize that it was good for my kids. They enjoyed being able to pick out any pastry they wanted, and I enjoyed the mango tapioca drink as a less sweet alternative to bubble tea. The staff did leave a bad taste in my.mouth though. I know they're super busy, but they made me feel like they did me a favor by answering my questions. I guess that's the NYC way though.
I’m super disappointed. The employees are very old which isn’t a problem. But it’s the attitude that gets me. On the website, an Iced Matcha latte is $6. They charge me seven dollars. And you know a one dollar difference didn’t bother me but I still asked why. They kept saying that Matcha on the website would be a small while the one for $7 is bigger, but they don’t serve the small. I said these two are the same here and on the website what’s the difference? They decided to speak in Cantonese and started making fun of me for asking why. I guess they didn’t know I was Chinese, so they started to talk trash. I still payed. And the matcha was honestly not the best at all. It was water down and mostly taste like literal water. And I really do love Matcha so for it to be seven Dollars was very underwhelming and not worth it. However, I did buy an egg tart and the egg tart was pretty good. But yeah. The service was just really rude and disrespectful. And if you don’t speak, Cantonese, or Mandarin or understand, just watch out. The lady on the right was the one that was speaking in canto making fun of me for me asking. Just beware.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Bakery
The food in the store is goodI just bought a defective oil horn (not yet ripe)Give feedback to their person in charge and arrange for me to get another bread immediately.I also asked the chef in the kitchen to deal with all the grease corners. It’s great to see that they can solve these small details immediately?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cupcake, Bakery, Black Tea and Coffee
Cash only, has seating for 15 minutes and is cute. Otherwise, I’ve been to other bakeries and by far this has to be one of my least favorite experiences. I can’t speak for the actual pastry’s, they looked appetizing but I came in for a match which was advertised outside to be 4 when ordering the lady at counter said 7. That’s like $10 .. I was embarrassed to walk out and just paid for it, which she said something to the other lady’s with a smirk and back to me. I got my matcha and it had a smell immediately as I opened it, this could be due to low quality or just poor storage. Either way, for the aesthetic of the place and possibly some of the pastries I’d recommend otherwise I’d suggest any other one.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Amazing staff... Life saver!!!!! Cash only though!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Even though it's greasy as hell, the beef curry filled bun/donut is so satisfying.
Everything we had here was delicious. We just stopped to grab Boba. Well thankfully we did. The coconut cream bun was delicious. Everything was so fresh. I will visit again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Replying to reviewer Bernice below, yes, you are supposed to wait for an employee to get your items for you. They place them on a tray and you bring the tray to the cashier to pay. For those old enough to remember, this was the location of the defunct Hong Kong bakery chain Maria's, which I loved as a kid. Glad to see Sweets is serving the same fare in the same place. My nostalgic favorite is the custard bun. My parents used to get a couple items and we'd just park ourselves here to enjoy the food and the corner view. Still the same, there's seating but you'll be lucky to snag a seat.
Not recommended. Dirty tables and seats. Bought a drink and sat down for 5 mins with the snack I brought. It is common courtesy not to ask your customer to leave when your policy stay not staying over 30'. I only been here not even 5 mins.
Went to this afternoon and accidentally split the coffee. The bakery did not even want to offer some napkins. What a cold shop. I got burned from that coffee, super hot.
Great affordable bakery. Cash only. They have my favorite steamed pork bun in the neighborhood.
Chinese style bakery, but selling more western pastries and cakes, haha ?.I was searching for moon cakes, yes found them though.p