In Utah I would drive out to Salt Lake City China town to get a marble taro bun at an 85 bakery because it's a top Taiwanese treat for me. Today my family took me to the Newark location and I am seriously disappointed that a lot of the taro bun was all bread with the filling pushed to one side. Not the quality normally expected. read more

The pastry is similar to what is baked in the PRC. The coffee here is so-so. The bakery is big with limited seating.

This 85°C Bakery is located in the Westlake Lido Faire Plaza. It is a bigger plaza with plenty of parking, this location is always packed as well, especially on weekends and weeknights. I ordered my usual, the Sea Salt Jasmine Green Tea. It had a good creaminess and tea ratio, I usually do not get boba in this drink because it alters this drink taste for me. My usual breads/pastries are their Berrytale and Brioche. The Berrytale is tasty as usual, it has that nice sweetness to it. The Brioche was cold and dry on this particular visit, so that was a bummer when it is not fluffy and warm. read more

The store is so clean and organized! While I am not Chinese I do very much respect the culture, language and foods I have tried from there. Especially the food. I love the service and products of 85C! I have had a lot of their products and they have all been terrific. read more

We were here around a week ago and I recommend trying out the Hokkaido bread! The bread is not too sweet and neither is the cream which there is a good amount of it inside the bread. When you enter the bakery, you grab a tray to place the breads on. They don't provide tongs as the breads are individually wrapped, which I believe is better than before when they weren't wrapped as I have seen a couple people who would get a bread, place it on their tray and then walk away, but then change their minds and put it back. We also ordered a couple drinks here and although there weren't a lot of customers here, it did take some time to get our drinks out. read more

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one of the more spacious 85 deg locations ive been to... huge!! a trip here can be a hit or miss if the specific thing youre looking for is sold out for the day... but the customer service i get here makes up for the L. they are really kind! parking lot is shared with the newark buffet and ranch 99.. amongst other lil eateries so dont get butthurt if you cant find parking immediately lol read more

Solid 3.5 stars, nothing that makes it truly spectacular or unique but its predictable and standardized no matter where you happen to get your 85C on. It's grown as a franchise and spread quickly for a reason, 85 follows the same methodology as Paris which is more "modern" and clean looking bakery than the standard boba/bakery place in Chinatown or places like Sheng Kee, they definitely are trying to appeal to younger gens and more diverse demographics. Every couple months we go to 99 ranch to get Shabu/hotpot ingredients and stop by here. We always get: -Sea-salt-foam coffee or tea, you can control how much sweet it is (50% sweet, 75% sweet). Super good, today we got warm coffee and tea after being close to frozen to death from 99 ranch. Coffee had a slight burnt taste today. -My wife loves their salted milk bread, she bought two and by the time we walked 1 minute back to the car, loaded groceries, her and my kids already killed one. -I love the cheese hotdog, less breading than other places, has cheese on top and some dried parsley garnish to deceive you into thinking its healthy. read more

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Updating my review based on a recent visit to this location. I ordered a double creamy mango cheesecake ($34) from their online website at 8:30 AM for pick up at 11:00 AM. Upon arriving at 11:00 AM, I bought some pastries and got in line to pay. I asked the cashier if she could help me locate my paid preorder for the cake after ringing up my items or if I had to walk to the pick up line. She was inattentive and responded with "huh?" twice. I repeated myself twice and she gave me a rude look followed by "I can look for it after," which is absolutely fine working on one transaction at a time minus the unnecessary attitude. After paying for the pastries, she asked for my name. She walked in the back and came back to the cash register to rudely tell me that I didn't order anything. I pulled up my email confirmation to show her my preorder they I paid for. She then delegated the task of locating the cake to another male working in the back. He located my order after 5-10 minutes, but said they no longer sell this cheesecake and didn't know why their online website offered it. This baffled me as I feel the staff should have looked at incoming online orders and it the item was not available, then they could have called to notify the customer or sent an email with the refund. Secondly, their website should be up to date and if promotional or limited time offer items are no longer available, then they should let their store manager know. As this was for a birthday, I walked to the display to find another cake as a replacement. I wound up choosing two small rectangular cheesecakes which were $17 each (totaling to the original payment of $34). The same guy wasn't even paying attention and I had to let him know I was trying to make it easier by getting two items that amounted to be the same cost as my original payment. Alas, he slowly grabbed the cheesecakes, apologized, and again told me he didn't know why the website offered the promotional cheesecake... After frequenting here for so long, it was a very disappointing experience. :/ Minus -2 stars from my first review for this poor experience. *Added online order receipt which had the original double cheesecake. read more

85°C Bakery Cafe-Newark - Portuguese egg tarts and Hokkaido cheese tarts - Bakeries Near Me - Newark, California

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I've tried a couple things from here and although some are a miss, a lot of it is really good! The egg tarts are to die for!!!! I don't mind browsing through here every now and then and picking new things to try. read more

The best Hokkaido Cream Buns at this location!! Reliably full of delicious cream! We've tried these buns at Fremont and Cupertino locations, they were quite sad - mostly empty with just a small squeeze of cream. So if you were disappointed elsewhere, try them again here!! We only buy these buns at the Newark location now. Frank is addicted to the 85C guava pastry, which tasted the same across the 3 locations we tried. Store is large and clean, staff are efficient and courteous. Plenty of parking. read more

Moon festival is coming to town. My favorite season of the year I got six boxes style gifts moon cakes for family and friends. Cantonese and Taiwanese gift styles moon cakes. Cantonese Style gift Moon cake: $30 includes (8ps) Walnut Date Mochi Almond Lotus Seed Pineapple York Red Bean York PINEAPPLE York is my favorite one. Taiwanese Style gift box (9pc) $31 includes: Taro mochi (x3) Dong Po pastry (x3) Golden York Rex Bean pastry (3) Taro mochi most I liked. Overall, cakes are fresh, delicious, many choices, good selections as so!! read more

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Disclaimer: I am writing this as a first time customer. Came in on a Saturday afternoon with my son and husband. There are two doorways; we entered on the right side double doors to the self-serve bread. They are beautifully arranged with very clean looking display cases. The baker came out various times announcing the fresh bread! We picked several pieces ranging from sweet to savory. I got 2 potato croquettes, one garlic loaf, one hot dog, one tuna and corn sandwich triangle, one egg tarte and one round chocolate bread dusted with powder sugar as well as one plain croissant shaped roll. My husband had an iced coffee and we ate a few pieces in the table area. Frances, the server who rang me up, looked like an annoyed teenager. She had just finished taking a cake order from a woman with her son when I had approached the counter. "I'm not ready for you yet!" said Frances, tilting her head and cocked it to the side sarcastically. I was just trying to put down the heavy tray after standing behind several patrons who had taken quite a while. They only had one cashier at the time so why not allow someone to put the tie tray down without an attitude? Bread was good. Drink was ok. read more

Went on a Saturday morning to buy 2 cakes for a family get together. Pros: Store is very clean and inviting. Looks very upscale. Display case with the cakes is very nice with a good selection. Cakes (Strawberry and Chocolate) tasted wonderful and were worth the $36 for each one. Cons: None. I can't wait until the next family get together to come back for more cakes. I may also try their selection of pastries next time. read more

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This is the French style cake in STEROIDS !!!!!!! Apart from keeping the traditions of the French cake, 85C has put a spin to it with lots of variations & different presentations. !!!! Wow !!!!! Good job !!!!!! . The made the French cakes like antiques read more

The Hokkaido Custard Bun is extremely delicious. Cream lovers will be crazy for it. The waitress who arranges pastry on the racks is very impatient and impolite. She never responds to "hello" or "thank you". It's always pretty uncomfortable to talk with her. While all the other staff are really nice. 2 stars down because of the not nice one. read more

Bunch of options for good quality cakes and Pastries! Not so costly! I usually go and get Mango Brulee and Classic Tiramisu slice or cake. Attached photo of the last order. Mango Brulee is full of fresh flavors. It has layers of sponge vanilla cake, mango moose and decorations was finished with raspberry. It is super yum! Feels fresh! Classic Tiramisu is layered with mascarpone cheese and coffee flavored lady fingers. It has a bit of bitter test because of strong coffee flavor. If you are a big coffee person, you will like it. In past I also tried Strawberry mousse cake, Strawberry chocolate Mousse slice, Black forest and mostly all their cakes and pastries. All were good. My personal favorite is Mango Brulee for sure. They have enough parking available. It is usually busy but line moves quickly. I am happy with the cake and pastries. I have yet to try their Drinks, teas, beverages. Hopefully from next time will start trying drinks one by one along with my favorite Mango Brulee :) read more

85°C Bakery Cafe-Newark - Mango Brulle and Classic Tiramisu - Bakeries Near Me - Newark, California

4 stars for the desserts! Service was good at the counter. Place is nice and bright and lots of room to accommodate people. The con about my visit was when I asked for half and half for me Americano, the barista poured it into my drink and it came out lumpy. I looked astonished and asked if it was still good. The barista responded, "oh it's because it needs to be shaken." Umm, no it needed to be thrown away. I mentioned to another lady and she said it probably needs to be stirred. So I did and that resulted in white bunches of curd floating to the top. I had to ask the cashier to make another one, which he did and apologized. I was a little taken aback that the barista did not know her half and half was bad. read more

All my friends know that I love 85 and I go to 85 almost every week! 85C Bakery originated in Asia and now has multiple stores in the bay area. They carry pastries, cakes, boba, tea, coffee, and smoothies. I personally love bread so I go to 85 a lot! My favorite bun is the brioche, and my favorite drink is the sea salt mountain green tea (less ice and less sugar). Most of their drinks' sweetness can be adjusted, just be sure to ask the cashier! I also ordered the tiramisu and mango cake last Christmas for holiday parties, and most of my friends loved the tiramisu! Decided to finally write a review for 85 because I recently found a few tips that I wanted to share with you guys! On random weekday evenings, this location has a buy 3 get 1 promotion, so pick any 4 buns and the lowest priced one will be free! 85 also recently launched an app, use the app to earn rewards! There's also promos on there! I even got a sea salt drink with brioche combo for free through the app! read more

85°C Bakery Cafe-Newark - Bakeries Near Me - Newark, California

Neat and very clean franchise location with very pleasant and smiling customer service. Bakery has a wide verity of cakes, breads and backed products to chose from. Didn't find a cheese twist though...however had similar cinnamon churro. Facility provides great accommodation for larger companies as well as little tables for a couples. Would definitely come back to enjoy something new. read more

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I like going to this place. I always buy the garlic cheese and mango tale bread every time I come here. I like that the mango tale has a filling inside. It tastes just right and not too sweet in my opinion. The garlic cheese tastes like a regular garlic bread. I honestly like garlic cheese than the French garlic cheese 'cause the bread is softer. My new favorite is the coffee milk butter; this bread is so good. I like the taste of the coffee and butter together. The whole wheat mushroom was okay; nothing special about it honestly. The tiger boba latte was also good, but it was very sweet. I'm not sure if they can adjust the sweetness level, but they can definitely tone it down a bit. The staff was fine. The cashier was friendly, but the service was kinda slow. There was only one person making the drinks, so it took a while before I got my drink. A lot of people were also waiting for their drinks. The cashier helped the guy when the check out line slowed down, which was nice. read more

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Have been coming here regularly because I was recently starting to crave their sea salt mountain green tea for some reason. Pastries are mediocre as usual - 4/5 stars if you happen to get them right as they come out and they're still warm. I think the only thing I really crave here is the dan tat - I tend to like soft crust vs. the flaky crust (I know this is odd), so they make it the way I like it here. Also - download the app! It will give you a free sea salt strawberry green tea free right off the bat and if you come here a lot, you can rack up rewards. read more

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The baked goods are inexpensive and good. We stopped by after lunch and got a few items - all tasted great! The place looked clean.

Expect to spend some time looking for parking and being disappointed about not having the bread you want, if you come on a Saturday night. With that said, park on the other side of the plaza, and try to come as early as you can when the choices are still available. I almost always get the Sea Salt Mountain Tea, and 85C usually has good boba *New Promotion* Buy One Get One Sea Salt Coffee on Mondays in October read more

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If you're in the mood for a beautiful light whipped cream cake and delicious LaVazza coffee this place is for you! Stopped in for their dalgona coffee but sadly they've stopped making them. Thoroughly enjoyed my latte in its place! Looking forward to trying the blueberry Chantilly cake! read more

85C Bakery is located in the Lido Faire Plaza in Newark. I'm surprised I had not reviewed this place yet. I've been here many times since it opened. They have many baked goods and drinks to choose from. It was Christmas, and I decided to get a drink here. The line wasn't too long, so I got in line. The staff were friendly and courteous on Christmas as I placed my order for a Grapefruit Green Tea with Lychee Jelly. The wait wasn't too bad, and I got my drink. It was good, and I'll be back. read more

Great service, I was helped by Samantha. Cakes and teas are always great. Love the food, live everything. They are fast and friendly.

Long line at the cashier but it moves fast. Lot of bread and cakes varieties, nice bobas drinks. read more

85°C Bakery Cafe-Newark - Sea salt cream green tea - Bakeries Near Me - Newark, California

My parents use to go here a lot. I like the hot dog sandwich. The milk tea was ok. Spacious and looks nice on the inside.

I'm a fan of this bakery store until now. Every time I go to this store, I normally spend in the $50 range. We usually finished 1 or 2 boxes within 2 days. Yesterday, 8/8/2020 was no exception. We bought a box full of varieties. Amongst those, there was Spicy Cheese Dog. At the time I was about to have it, look what I found. There are long piece of hair(s) that wrapped around the edge of the cheese dog. I couldn't even pull it out. At that pointed I fell so disgusted and was about to throw up everything I had in earlier. I am going to save this and bring back to the store and asking for my money back. Check your food before walking out the store NOW. I still have throw up feeling every time I think about or see these pictures. read more

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One of the girls was rude when my mom asked her a simple question, and to top it off, my boyfriend nearly bit into a LITERAL FLY embedded into one of the strawberry rolls. I might throw up from secondhand disgust. On the plus side, the girl working the register was pretty sweet up until her patience for us ran out. The selection here is pretty vast but be sure to double, triple, quadruple check your food before devouring it. read more

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The pastry bums have something special that reminds my time living in Japan. Careful care for the aesthetic presentation in all stores across the chain. Subtle flavors, not invasive, not competing, not too sweet, just right. Soft and delicate consistency. The pastries pair well with tea or coffee. read more

Stopped by to buy a birthday cake last minute. Full cakes are 8" ( serves 8-10 people) and are $30. I got a mango brûlée cake because the cashier said it was their most popular one. I was not disappointed at all! Not too sweet, the cake was fluffy and moist, and the layer of mango mousse wasn't very heavy. Lots of fresh mangos on top and s couple of strawberries too! The girl who rang me up was so sweet and patient with me. They are unable to write on the cake but they have chocolate signs that say " happy birthday". She gave me one of those and also grabbed me some candles too ! Overall, I was really happy with the cake. Despite it being late in the evening (5-6pm) the cake was still fresh and tasty ! Not to mention the beautiful presentation! read more

As solid as 85C Bakery can get. I'm glad we have this 85 as an option nearby, and I'm very thankful it's always stocked up with all their breads, so you'll have plenty to choose from. Drinks can sometimes take longer to come out, but they still taste great. The bread is always nice and fresh. As of March 2022, the store is in construction right now so there might be a little dust kicking around. But all of the bread is now individually wrapped because of covid, so it wasn't too much of an issue to me. My favorites are always the ham and cheese, pork floss bun, cocoa buns, and sea salt coffee. read more

Review #276 - 2019 Updated on Wednesday, October 9th I called to speak to Tiffany regarding the strands of hair I found in my bread and she was extremely apologetic regarding the situation. She asked me to come back in & fill out a customer complaint form so she could officially submit it to headquarters. I very much appreciated the fact that she took my complaint seriously & went out of her way to try & make things right. I drove in to give her the bread so she could submit it with her form as well. She refunded me for the bread and then offered me a voucher for one free bread and a free drink. In all honesty, driving an hour in traffic, both directions, is definitely way more of a pain than the bread itself, but I just wanted to make sure the issue was addressed so they will be more aware of how they handle our food in the future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So disgusting!!! Just found two long strands of hair on my Pork Sung Half Moon bread!! See attached photos... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So strange that I've only checked into this spot once considering I've been here several times over the past 4-5 years. I decided to bring my kids over to see if they had any of our favorite breads were still available on Sunday, October 6th. We showed up around 5:45 PM so we were kind of cutting it close. Sadly, most of the stuff that I really like were completely sold out & they weren't making more for the night. There was a rude lady & her two kids who were literally standing right next to me, while her kids were breathing on my breads and trying to poke at them. I wish the cashier would've told her that the line was further back. The breads were good as usual, but my drink came out not as consistent as I normally get it. I got a large sea salt jasmine green tea, and it was flavorless. I normally don't mind my drinks less sweet, but I'm not ok with no sweet at all. read more

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Shelter in Place 2020: Take out only (no tables or chairs) Keep distance when picking out the pastries Giving out boxes (free of charge) instead of trays to place food on All pastries are already placed in plastic bags Glass screen at checkout to protect workers and customer Take receipt without worker touching it They are doing a good job! read more

85°C Bakery Cafe-Newark - Temporary Hours during Shelter in Place 2020 - Bakeries Near Me - Newark, California

Ham and cheese was good, yesterday when I bought the elote bun and some others, they were not baked long enough and was chewy. Going straight in the garbage. read more

85°C Bakery Cafe-Newark - Upper half of the bread has a mochi like consistency....not cooked all the way ‍ - Bakeries Near Me - Newark, California

I always love coming here for reasonable and tasty treats. Disappointed they didn't have the calamari ink buns but there was one with bacon. It was good but really filling. My favorite are the Portuguese egg tarts. Could eat a dozen. read more

85°C Bakery Cafe-Newark - My stash. - Bakeries Near Me - Newark, California

We went to this cafe at about 6PM on a Friday and there were no tongs to pick up food. We were the only ones in when we came in and then it got busy but they made no attempt to get tongs. J*** who was at the counter was super rude. When asked if they had the mini cakes at the back - he told us, "what's available is out there". He did not even ask us if we wanted a bag for our purchase. Disappointed. read more

Don't eat here. It's no good. I ordered a jalapeño cheese bun, and when I got home and took a bite this is what I saw. Called the store and spoke to the manager, RJ. He said he would give me full refund, but only refunded me 3 dollars for the bun. He gave me a nasty look when I told him I lost my appetite and wanted my whole meal refunded. He said "bring everything back for me to inspect and I will give you refund". Not worth my gas money to drive back 3 different times for a measly 10 dollar refund. He should've given me the refund no questions after seeing that I just consumed garbage from his store. Clearly his first managerial role and hopefully his last. Do not eat here unless you don't mind being charged money to get food poisoning. read more

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85 in SoCal is usually packed. I associate 85 with people calling "fresh bread" every few minutes. Not the case here ... all of the sliced bread loafs I saw expired the next day... The buns were slightly better but not sure if that's just because there's no expiration date. The bread itself did not taste particularly good. The worst part of 85 is that it never tastes as good the next day. In Taiwan, 85 is not considered a good bakery. If all of them were like this location, I can see why. read more