This place is delicious Have used for years Family birthday cake favorit. read more

Hopkins Street Bakery didn't have much to offer, just cakes and cookies. nothing priced. just cookies labeled. offerings: cakes, pastries, cookies, coffee eats: bomboloni (italian doughnut, 2.75) -round looking granulated sugar on surface -not fluffy, semi-cake texture with strawberry jam filling lst time experienced. had zeppole:dough hole sized elsewhere. -recommended by cashier. crumbs: -probably bigger than one available on treasure island/ferry building. read more

The au lait loaf bread is good: http://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=L2y5RcdLLsz6llvFLnymXw&userid=wG9d5TxOKKgbd8O08-kntA It's sort of a lighter version of brioche. The bombolini (filled donuts) are good: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bFFr7HR97VjoLSv-TCAmkQ?select=Gx1InAnc5QNTbADaP9nhoQ#Gx1InAnc5QNTbADaP9nhoQ read more

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Now I know why there wasn't a soul in the bakery on a Sunday afternoon... Bought a bread and asked the employee to slice the bread. Brought it home, only to find there was a gaping hole running down the whole length of the loaf. 30% of the loaf missing. When the employee told me breads weren't their specialty - he was completely correct. Oh and their cookies are tasteless. read more

Stopped by for an almond croissant and for $5 got something that had all the flavor, texture, and freshness of a pastry from the day-old section of a supermarket chain. It's a mystery how this place stays in business--must be the location, but there are far better bakeries just a mile away where they actually take some pride in their work. Won't be back. read more

For the 75th birthday party, only 2 American Chocolate cakes were ordered. Everybody who had the opportunity to take a bite enthused, "This cake is great! Where did it come from?" Bravo Hopkins Street bakers! read more

This bakery has been our go-to place for the last several years. Their mushroom and cheese pasties are delicious and if you are in the mood for something sweet, try their custard-filled bomboloni. read more

Two reasons: 1) their Freak Out is the best nutty cookie in Berkeley and 2) their Italian Cream cake is simply the best cake I've ever tasted. Not too sweet. Soft and light. A hint of mocha and chocolate. EVERYbody loves it! read more

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I ordered both a cheese cake and a chocolate cake for my son's 17th birthday and I want to share with that both cakes with top notch quality! The chocolate cake was Dense! The chocolate in and on the outside of the cake was high quality! The cheese cake! Ah! I have never had a tastier one ever! Yes I recommend this place! Excellent quality and flavor! read more

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Every time I get a cake from Hopkins to take to a dinner party, people ask "where did you get this cake?" Chocolate-mocha cake is divine. They also make great Italian style filled donuts -- I love the custard ones. read more

The Princess Cake I recently ordered was terrible. I'd ordered one from the Hopkins Street Bakery before and it was fantastic. This time, the layers of sponge cake were so soggy that the cake fell apart when cut into. The layer of marzipan on top was so thin I could hardly taste it. When I called to complain, the man at the counter simply apologized. I asked him to please relay my feedback to the baker. I don't like writing negative reviews for small businesses, but I don't want anyone else to have the same disappointment. I suspect they have a new baker, judging from another 2023 review. First-world problem, I know.... read more

Decadent pastries and custom cakes. The toll house cookies, the fresh muffins,brownies. Jelly and cream sugar doughnuts. Three different combinations of Pastie. As well as ham and cheese croissant. Unparallel to any other bakery . Fresh french baguette and brioche dinner rolls. Baked fresh every day. Open early and then another fresh batch baked around 1pm. Don't miss the fresh baked challah bread on Fridays only. And get your favorite holiday pies. Only for the holidays. Thanksgiving. The pecan and pumpkin pie especially. Order your favorite birthday cake for that someone special. read more

The Hopkins Street Bakery is a nice little establishment just down the street from the Monterey Market. It's close to home, yet I don't seem to remember to stop there, as I sometimes debate whether to go to Cheeseboard, Semifreddies, or La Farine for a supply of breakfast goodies. That may be partially due to the traffic congestion, parking difficulties, and attitude on this block, which even by Berkeley standards are often challenging. My son and I stopped by last Saturday on the way back from North Berkeley BART and our day trip into the City. All he wanted to do was go home and I really didn't feel like dropping him off and heading out on a separate errand. I convinced him that the Hopkins Street Bakery was on the way home and that it would only be a "few minutes". So after finding my favourite "questionable" place to park, he pulled out his iphone, started the "stop watch", and warned me that I better keep my "promise". And of course when I returned, his only comment was that "it was about time!". The on-time part was difficult due to 3 gossiping teenage girls who were blocking the display case, while blissfully ignorant to their surroundings. Then there was the chronophage ex-hippie who was happily expressing several concurrent opinions and questions while her order was being rung up. And if they weren't so busy, I would have ducked into Gioia Pizza for a couple or their tasty slices. I had forgotten how much there was to choose from here and everything looked really good. I settled on a blueberry scone (for Gayle), an almond cognac croissant, and a pecan roll. All were delicious and I'll be back sooner than later to catch up on the other offerings. read more

This little bakery is filled with quality baked goodies including savory British pasties, loaves of bread, danish, cookies (including mini versions, full size cookies were $1.55 each), eclairs, donuts, scones, full size cakes, muffins, croissants, cupcakes, and morning buns. The morning buns are their signature pastry. They had two kinds of chocolate cupcakes. In the corner, they've marked down the day old items. It's hard not to fill up on pastries when there are so many tempting choices. * Morning bun: I chose the cinnamon version which is like a grown up cinnamon bun minus the sticky white icing, rich and satisfying, nice size too, better than a cinnamon bun * Pan au lait bread: Really nice when toasted, like a quality white bread * Gingersnap cookie: soft, sweet, thick and chewy but it needs more ginger and spice * Pumpkin muffin: this was okay, it didn't have that much pumpkin or spice flavor and the texture was on the chewy side, wouldn't get it again * Chocolate cupcake with whipped cream. The whipped cream was soooo good - lightly sweetened. The cake was nice but a bit dry. It was topped with a delicious thin chocolate glaze and Halloween sprinkles. They also had Halloween cookies (cute)! read more

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Ordering another Fruit Basket Cake because it is so so good that a coworker wanted one for her birthday too! :) I was happy to oblige! This was another opportunity for me to get another slice of this heavenly cake! I am not usually a big fan of cake, but this cake is to die for! The staff is always friendly and helpful with their suggestions. The baker, Kevin, & his wife are very accommodating to whatever changes you may want to make to a cake order. I have yet to try any of the large variety of baked goods and pastries, but I will definitely be back to check those out as well! I am just so happy to have finally found a local bakery that can bake a cake that tastes as good as it looks! Check out the picture of my cake! :) read more

Hopkins Street Bakery - Happy Birthday to me! Love this cake! - Bakeries Near Me - Berkeley, California

They have okay pastries nothing special. Chocolate chip cookies was okay it had a texture of a cake which i don't like. The other pastry was okay as well but it did look very pretty. Overall okay place read more

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After lunch at Gioia, a friend and I decided to check out the bakery since it's just next door. There's a wide selection of cookies, cakes, pasties, bread, and other desserts! We had a hard time deciding because of the diverse variety and I was considering either the cranberry morning bun since it seemed more unique or the almond croissant. I asked the lady at the counter and she actually suggested the almond teacake. She kind of seemed like she didn't want to be there though, so service was just decent. However, another man there offered to help us and looked friendlier. What I ordered: - Almond teacake ($2.35): http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/hopkins-street-bakery-berkeley?select=fnuu29Us-MBqNXxjI6oQSQ The teacake came with some powdered sugar on top which enhanced the presentation and wasn't too much so that it got all over me. The almond flavor was yummy and there were some slivers inside. It was moist in the middle while the edges were crispy, so I liked that aspect of it! The only thing that bothered me was that the paper liner was literally STUCK to the teacake so that I had to rip it off piece by piece...I probably ended up eating some paper despite my efforts to cleanly separate the two. Sorry, minus star for that haha. I wouldn't mind trying something different when I'm back in the area, but I probably wouldn't make a special trip just to come here. TIP: Minimum $5 purchase to use card! read more

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I am a weekly regular because there is no better way to end the week than with a perfect, dense, flavorful loaf of fresh poppyseed challah. I've had some hit or miss cookies, to be honest, and the cakes are more expensive than many bakeries I go to, but nobody makes a tastier challah than they do. Nobody! read more

See my review of Sweet Adeline to get an idea of what Hopkins Street Bakery is trying to do with its "Fruit Basket Cake": http://www.yelp.com/biz/sweet-adeline-bakeshop-berkeley#hrid:S0MQ3Evt_9NkcoR2V0r6Cg The two cakes are very similar. The problem with HSB is that their frosting is ... what's the word I'm looking for ... unctuous. I recently got a chance to taste and compare the two cakes, and my whole family agrees that Sweet Adeline does a MUCH better job on the fruity cakes. read more

5 stars for their Fruit Basket cake! White cake with light cream frosting and strawberries in between the layers, decorated with strawberries, mango, kiwi, and blueberries on top. For a 6 in. cake, the cost came to $19. The cake was for my grandma's 90th birthday and she absolutely loved it as did my husband who always passes up cake. read more

Ordered a fruit basket cake for my daughter's 1 year old birthday party. We had about 20 guests (15 adults, 5 babies) and shared the half sheet cake. I ordered it about a week in advance, paid at the order, and my father picked it up for me about 30 minutes before the party started. Even though we didn't eat it until 2 hours after pick up, the whip cream stayed fluffy and light. I'm sure it helped that the party was outdoors, and it was only a cool 60 degrees and slightly windy! Ordering was also really easy. I went in person, since I had some questions and wanted to talk to someone. Paid in advance by credit card (approx $75). Totally seamless and very friendly enthusiastic service. Also, the cake itself was a huge success. Everyone loved it and a few guests asked me where I got it. It was light, not too sweet, and the fruit was so fresh: inner layers with thinly sliced strawberries and raspberries; topped along the lower 1/4 of the sheet with spiralized cantelope ("roses"), strawberries, a few kiwi and blueberries. The whip cream looks heavy handed but it's very light, fluffy, and airy. We only had a quarter of the cake leftover, and several guests went back for seconds. I could have paid the same for a cake at Whole Foods, or even slightly less perhaps for individual cupcakes (approx $3 per cupcake at a few of the local bakeries I shopped around at). But I'm so happy I went with a sheet cake here; guests could go back for seconds (harder to work with cupcakes), and I liked supporting one of the businesses that is my neighbor. read more

Four stars for the morning bun. Minus two stars because they charge an absurd $3.50 for a tiny tiny hamentashen. Ridiculous.

Bought a brioche donut today expecting it to be as amazing and worth the calories as in the past. (It has been a while since I last enjoyed one.) Huge disappointment!! Dense, oily, not-brioche-like AT all! Certainly not worth the cost in every sense of the word. Too bad!! read more

Strawberry shortcake was delicious!!!! Staff was friendly and helpful. In a great cute location.

Love the neighborhood feel, " where everybody knows your name." Pasteries are tasty and obviously made from fresh and real ingredients (vs artifical flavoring). I love how their cakes are not sickening sweet and the pastries are not greasy. I actually feel somewhat "healthy" eating their stuff as opposed to sweets from other places. My favorites are: the custard filled donuts, mango mousse cake, and strawberry cupcake. read more

I ordered my engagement party cake from Hopkins bakery. My experience with them over the phone wasn't very professional nor was a professional in person. I booked an appointment with them over the phone but when I went in they said I didn't have an appointment nor do they allow me to do any cake tastings. I was desperate to order my cake since my that was only a couple weeks away so I went ahead and just ordered a couple of their more popular flavors. I sent one of the guys pictures of the cake I want. He said they can make the cake like that with the same colors and decoration. So my engagement party event day comes, The cake was delivered on time. The only thing that was a little disappointing was that the cake decoration was not the way I wanted it. The top-tier was supposed to be a quilted white color but instead it was just gray. I wish they would've told me that they couldn't re-create the top layer the way I wanted it. Luckily my florist had extra flowers with him which ended up making my cake look a lot nicer than it was without the flowers. The cake tasted amazing although I only want to give us feedback in hope that they are more professional with their customers and also if they can't re-create a decoration, they shouldn't commit to it. read more

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Hopkins Street Bakery made the most delicious strawberry cake for my daughter's 17th birthday. Thanks for making her day so special!

This bakery has been a staple in Berkeley forever, but only now am I getting a cake from this neighborhood gem. The American Chocolate cake proved to be so chocolatey decadent,moist and delicious. I love how easy it was to order and how many different sizes they offer. I got a 10" round and it was plenty to serve 20. I'm told the owner has nearly 3 decades of baking expertise and they make everything from cakes, breads, croissants, cookies and more! Their cakes look absolutely scrumptious and staff super friendly, patient and helpful. It's nice to know these neighborhood treasures still exist. Can't wait for that next occasion to order a cake! read more

I just got back from a horrible experience at this place of business and I just had to warn other folks in or out of the area. on 12/17/22 I called the bakery to ask if they baked apple pies. The fellow who answered the phone said that they did not have any at the moment, to which I said I was calling for a future order closer to Christmas he then gave me a few dates closer to Christmas which was fine with me since I live quite close. He then proceeded to put me on hold and never returned. I hung up and decided to find out who was answering the phone. I was only ten minutes max away. when I asked him if he was the one answering the phone he reluctantly said yes. I calmly ask him why he never came back to the phone and it was bad customer service. His words were " I don't know why you came down here to tell me that, I am very busy". At that point I stated to him that I was trying to support small local businesses and that he was making it difficult by being ass hole. People beware this is possibly the last place you want to do business. Very poor judgment on hiring personnel and the parking is horrendous! read more

My grandson was turning 5 years old, so I-traveled up to Berkeley from Las Vegas, and stayed in North Berkeley, not far from his home. I walked down the hill from Shattuck past this bakery a few days in a row, and after enjoying some wonderful raspberry danish, fruit danish, and cinnamon nut rolls with Italian roast coffee on Sunday morning, I offered to provide a birthday cake for the party tonight. My son had intended to make a cake, but I convinced him that with two little boys, and so much to do, I knew where to find said cake. (On Sunday I had barely been able to resist buying even more goodies, including a cake...) I called in the order on Wednesday and asked for the chocolate mousse cake with strawberries plus the greeting. The cake was ready as promised today, and now that we have devoured this creation, I can tell you that they won my heart with an intriguing nut crust under a very rich mousse with a very light cream topping and chocolate covered strawberries. This cake is impressive and I was thrilled that the entire family loved it too. read more

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This is my go-to place whenever I need a beautiful, delicious cake. Hubby has sweet tooth and really enjoy their chocolate cakes. I like savory, so I would stop by every now and then to get their tasty and fulfilling pasties (both the beef pasties & cheese and mushroom pasties are equally delish!). Cashiers are mostly friendly & quite efficient, although there were a couple times I had a cashier who was rather rude, especially after he saw that I didn't leave a tip. Ha! Anyways, it didn't stop me from coming back for those yummy pasties and chocolate cakes! read more

I ordered Fruit Basket cake to celebrate bday. Everyone loves the freshness of the fruits and cream. It is absolutely one of the delicious cake I have eaten. All my guests praise about it. Parking is difficult. But it should not take away any star from my review. read more

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They have the best croissants in town and awesome empanada-style turnovers for breakfast. Their challah is out of this world too.

Great bakery, so happy to have found it. Had a lovely cake with orange filling and fabulous whipped cream frosting. Will be back!

Was able to pick up a gluten-free cake for my husband day of - they even had a selection! The cake itself was tasty - not stellar but certainly good. Service was a little meh ... its really the availability and selection that pushed this to a four star review. I'd called, literally, all over the bay area, was totally thrilled to find this. read more

I didn't realize how much I loved Hopkins Bakery until my commute took me to a different part of the Bay. The bombolini are still absolutely delicious. There's something nostalgic about the brown sugar and plump raisins in the Freak Out cookies. HSB now also has Cornish Pasties (they call them "British Pasties") which I haven't seen anywhere else locally and are dead on with lovely pastry and tender filling. Worth every single calorie. read more

First time here and the clerk made me not want to return. He was looking pissed and acted pissed the whole time. I had questions about the cakes and he wouldnt even speak up. He was extremely slow as well, looking like wanting the customers to leave due to his slowness. He was staring at the tip button when i was paying and Im not leaving tips for this kind of service and he turned worse after seeing no tip. I see im not the only one who experienced this. We bought a cake with couple of snacks and they weren't bad, but not to the point for me to drive there intentionally for a purchase. read more

Pretty good cake and flavors. We order here all the time. A little pricey but so worth it. Small personal sizes available. Try the mango mouse delicious! read more

That's 3.49. This nice little bakery was Tam's and my next stop after the Country Cheese Coffee Market. There was a line out to the door when we entered. Tam grabbed a bottled water for me and a little round jar of apple juice for her. We looked at all the lovely pastries in the case on the right. She chose a ginger cookie and I chose a chocolate croissant. There was a mammoth almond croissant, big enough for two to share. I considered it for Alan and me sometime in the future. In the case on the left were the cakes and tarts. I saw a beautiful lemon tart, about 5" across. Too big for a little treat, but Tam spotted a tiny one on a lower shelf, maybe an inch or two across. That would make for a good dessert for me. All that was about $8. We kept checking to make sure they'd charged us for everything. The women behind the counter were friendly, patient and helpful. Tam took a bite of her cookie as we drove away and wasn't impressed. I had the tartlet after dinner last night and it was excellent, better than the one at La Bedaine. The lemon flavor sang. It was as good as the one I make and a hell of a lot less work. I had the croissant this morning for breakfast. It wasn't bad, but it was a croissant in name only. It wasn't lightly layered as a croissant should be, but more bread-like. It tasted good, but was heavy. I'm not sure whether I will return for the almond croissant. If I do it will be w/ the expectation that it will be a roll, not a croissant. If I need to buy a cake I'll probably check out their offerings, but I don't see myself returning here regularly, because I don't often buy sweets. read more

I would give them 5 BIG stars just for the wonderful smells that greet you as you enter the store------oh yeah---butter! fresh bread! mmmmmmmmmm We had a gift certificate to spend. And even though I've live in the Berkeley area forever I have never been here. I think it's the dread of finding parking.. (We actually found parking around the corner) Being newbies we had a hard time deciding what to pick. The prices are so reasonable with our $25 certificate we got: Two yummy curry turnovers Two yummy and large blueberry scones Two chocolate croissants Two cornmeal blueberry muffins A small fruit tart A raisin roll The counter person was super sweet. A couple of customers came in after us and weren't too pleased that we were pondering what to get. Despite their impatience and grumpiness the counter person graciously helped them in between our questions and pondering, So 5 stars all around. Yummy pastries Yummy ambiance Excellent service I scoped out some choices for my next visit..... mmm those eclairs look tantalizing! And I did see some great possibilities for my birthday cake......okay how about my half birthday in March? I can't wait till September! read more