LOVE this place. The cream puffs are the biggest seller here. I saw someone had driven in from a…read moredistance to order these cream puffs to go. They offer these ice packs which are genius and a must since these cream puffs will melt and worse, may not taste as great after the drive home. This place is cute and TINY. The ladies who work here are so kind,hard-working and humble about how amazing these puffs are. My favorite is the black sesame one. Of course, there are several other desserts here. Their cheesecake is another favorite of ours. Parking is limited but I've been able to snag a spot. Definitely check this place out.

Their cakes are super fancy, cute, and they all taste amazing as well! All the cakes are…read morebeautifully displayed crafted. These cakes were all a hit with my friends and I'd definitely come back to try more. It's about $5-$7 per cake slice which seems like a lot but they're all finely crafted so I think it's reasonable. They also have a drink menu which I didn't have time to try unfortunately. The workers were all quick to pack up your cakes as neatly as possible.

This French bakery is aways a wonderful brunch option. Lovely casual ambiance with comfortable self…read moreserve indoor and outdoor seating and pleasant French music playing in the background. Free but limited parking. Perfect French pastries, quiches, sandwiches, and desserts. Fresh squeezed orange juice too. Can't leave without a box to go too. Everyone appreciates sharing in these treats.

I was excited to try this French bakery for the first time, but unfortunately it was a…read moredisappointment. We stopped by this morning, and the pastries we ordered were not fresh at all. They tasted stale, which was surprising for a French bakery. We also ordered the chicken sandwich, and it wasn't good either. It had only a very thin slice of chicken and lacked flavor, making it feel overpriced for what we received. The only positive was that the service was decent and the staff were polite. Unfortunately, the food didn't meet our expectations. This was my first visit, and sadly, it will also be my last.

The BESTTTTT macaroons ever! You could really tell that she uses only the BEST high quality…read moreingredients! The cookies are soooo soft and melt in your mouth while also being perfectly crispy. I've had a lot of macaroons, even from a famous bakery in France, it id have to say that these are the best macaroons I've ever had!!

Wow, wow, wow. I got married on 10/4 and was looking for custom character macarons to use as a cake…read moretopper for our wedding cake and as party favors for our small guest list. My husband and I are super into cats, so we really wanted our cake toppers to be cat themed. I found Vicki on yelp and sent her a text with my inspiration, and she went above and beyond! She sent me a draft of what the final macarons would look like, and listened to my suggestions for a flower crown for the bride kitty. The final product was so much more amazing and were too incredibly cute! On top of that, the flavors was DELICIOUS. We ordered earl grey and salted caramel, and our guests loved both. Vicki is the best - definitely hire her for all your macaron needs! She is absolutely fantastic, and her work speaks for itself!

My niece wanted mochi for their graduation treat. I tried to…read moresee what was available in SD. I did read about this little spot. It is located inside Mitsuwa Marketplace. They have a lot of very nice pricey packaged goodies(special Japanese chocolate and peach jellies and fancy mochis) in the front area. I ended up near the window displays towards the back. I was eyeing up the cream buns. (red bean, custard, matcha, chocolate) I have never seen these before, but I decided to not get these since they do not contain mochi. Right beside them are the Mochi creams. They had many different flavors, it definitely took me some time to decide. (some are: red bean, mango, green tea, peach yoghurt, apple pie, blueberry yoghurt, strawberry shortcake, choco Banana, white chocolate, chocolate, Black sesame, raspberry) These have the wonderful mochi on the outside with the flavored filling inside with soft sweet white cream in the middle). I will say the mochi on the outside is super delicious, it was chewy and incredibly soft. I have had my fair share of mochi and it's very good here. There were the flavors we got: 1. Black Sesame: 3/5 2. Strawberry Shortcake 4/5 3. Green tea 4/5 4. Red bean 4/5 5. Mango- 5/5 Each piece is not cheap, but I think they are pretty good. They come frozen and you place them in your fridge to thaw. I do think they recommend you eat them within 24 hours. They also do carry mochi ice cream too, but I could not these since they would have melted. I have had mochi ice cream before but not from here, I'll be coming back to try at some point in time. We did try special peach jelly mochies (packaged), they were indeed good but for the price of them, I do not think I'd get them again. (mochi on the outside was incredibly soft especially for it being packaged) Service: 5/5 Ambiance 4/5 Food: 4/5

If you love mochi, you have to try J.sweets! Every time we're in the area, we grab a dozen to take…read morehome and my favorite has to be the Raspberry Mille-Feuille. It has the right amount of sweetness and a slight crunch to it. Perfection! Please know that when you order the mochi here, they do come frozen and they ask that you wait about 10 minutes and leave the mochi at room temperature before consuming. After the wait, it's great! Soft, chewy goodness! Service is always great and the ladies are always friendly. Can't wait to come back to load up on their awesome mochi!

I had more than enough points to redeem a free pastry reward, and since I was just at nearby Del…read moreAmo Fashion Center, I figured why not use one of my free pastry rewards at this Paris Baguette? So first things first, be aware that this Paris Baguette is actually inside Hannam Chain Supermarket at Village Del Amo on the southwest corner of Torrance and Hawthorne. I didn't know it at the time, so I circumnavigated the plaza, looking for Paris Baguette signage like I usually do for the other standalone locations. After stopping my car somewhere in the plaza, I had to double-check the location to be inside the Hannam Chain Supermarket, which I had just literally passed by minutes ago. D'oh! lol I hadn't even heard of Hannam Chain Supermarket, so I took some time to explore the store even though Paris Baguette is literally closest to the entrance. The overall selection of baked goods kind of disappointed me because it felt like there were fewer choices of pastries here compared to the other locations I've been to before. However, oddly enough, they had more selections available! I think it's because they have time stamps listed on each pastry so that the pastries are inside the display case for no more than 4 hours. I thought the pastries would have remained good at least until the end of the day, so to hear of their 4 hour shelf life was a bit surprising to me. For the record, I've been to several other Paris Baguettes before, but this was the first time I noticed these time stamps. Even though the variety of pastries was not as much compared to the other standalone locations, I still had a difficult time deciding which pastry to get! However, I noticed a new flavor of a supreme croissant I hadn't seen before: pink velvet. I've heard of red velvet, but not pink, and presuming that this is a seasonal offering for Valentine's Day, I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to try one before that special day. They had other supreme croissant flavors like chocolate and salted caramel pretzel, but I'm sure those flavors will be offered for much longer than the pink velvet. I do remember trying a strawberry supreme croissant from the Cerritos location, so perhaps after Valentine's Day, that would take the place of the pink velvet. After grabbing one of two Pink Velvet Supreme Croissants left in the display case, I made my way around and to the register. Phone in hand, I had the Paris Baguette app pulled up to redeem my reward. Actually, a good part of me had thought that this location inside Hannam Chain wouldn't honor my reward because for Tous Les Jours, the locations inside Hmart wouldn't be eligible for earning points or redeeming rewards. Luckily, Paris Baguette is not Tous Les Jours, and I was able to redeem my reward with no trouble. The cashier who rang me up was pretty friendly as well. She placed my Pink Velvet Supreme Croissant in a small paper bag and wished me a good day. While there are a handful of tables inside the food hall portion of Hannam Chain, most were occupied by customers of other eateries, so I simply went outside to enjoy my free sweet treat. The pink velvet ruby chocolate that covered the top portion of the round croissant didn't have nearly as much flavor, though the Valentine's sprinkles on top did make for a nice touch at least. Also, the custard cream inside didn't taste like anything at all! It wasn't bad, but it makes me wonder how much more flavorful the salted caramel pretzel would have been. I'll be sure to get that on my next visit to a Paris Baguette! I got the croissant about 2.5 hours after they were prepared, so maybe they would have tasted better had I gone 2 hours earlier? Lastly, I'm kind of shocked that this is pretty much the only Paris Baguette location in the South Bay. With how expansive a city like Torrance is, you would think they'd have at least a second location elsewhere like in Hmart. Otherwise, the next closest location would be in Long Beach, which literally just opened at The Pike Outlets. Overall, it's not a bad Paris Baguette to go to, but if you live in the South Bay, you'd be better off downloading the 85C Bakery app over the Paris Baguette app as there are much more 85C locations in the area. Also, this Paris Baguette may not necessarily carry your favorite pastries here, so heed caution if you plan to go out of your way to visit this patisserie.

This Korean chain for pastries has been a solid save of mine to visit. Unfortunately it did not…read morelive up to the hype this visit. My first mistake was coming later in the afternoon. They close at 8:30 and I came in 2 hours before. The pastries leftover were scooched over and the labels did not match entirely what they were. It was difficult to know what I was picking up onto the tray. There was also a small fruit fly or gnat flying around inside the bakery case as well. The icing of the orange donut thing also got stuck to the box and we had to scrape it off... Out of 4 pastries none of them were really that good, it really made me not want to come back. I also ordered a plain iced coffee and the coffee quality is not good at all. Tastes like it was made from a Mr coffee machine at home. Service was friendly. She explained each pastry when we asked what we picked up. Small location inside the market. Parking in the plaza. Restrooms are located within the building.

Such a cool little spot to grab some boba and Food as well. We came here after a Soccer game and…read morehad 3 minutes before they closed. The doors were still open and we were able to order on their self checkout pad. It was easy and convenient and we were out the door in a few minutes. Love that they had a Goodbye song when it was time to close that's was so smart and a fun touch. We had their cookies and crème one with boba and it was so good! Also had their mango tea and was refreshing and so good. Probably the best boba I've had. Can't wait to try their food next time some of the stuff they had looked good. The inside is a cool hangout spot and cool vibes there and big parking spot as well. The place was clean and the staff were nice and easy going even though we showed up 3 minutes before they closed. Appreciate that.

Pretty cute hidden gem that is in a plaza with plenty of other stores/spots. Inside was really cute…read moreand clean, has outdoor seating as well! I like their biscoff matcha and their pistachio matcha. They also serve a variety of food options such as popcorn chicken- which is really good and is portioned nicely unlike a lot of other places that serve popcorn chicken. Will be coming back to try more on their drink and food menu! Service is quick and prompt!

LFB is in a touristy area also frequented by locals near Redondo Beach. There is a paid public lot…read morenear by, but locals know that you can park for free on the lettered streets just north of this area and walk over. LFB has a very small store front in a relatively small strip mall and is off the Main Street and so not too visible, but not hard to find with a map app. The service people were reasonably friendly, but we felt a bit rushed going through their line. There is limited seating outside (only two tables outside apparently shared with other near by businesses) and barely enough room for the line inside with no indoor seating. So plan to get your food and eat it while you walk on the beach, in your car, or at any near by scenic overlook point. We got four items: mushroom pastry, chicken jalapeño pastry, beef curry pastry, and chicken croquette. We liked all of them. The chicken jalapeño pastry had good flavor but was not super hot--others will not think it is not hot enough. The mushroom pastry is literally covered and heaped with mushrooms, so make sure u like mushrooms if u try it. The chicken croquette was very "potatoy" but seemed to have decent amount of chicken. The beef curry pastry absolutely had the best flavor, but it was super greasy. Make sure to check their menu online for the most recent offerings before you go so that you do not slow down their line or feel rushed and definitely give these guys a try if in the area.

Stopped by the Little French Bakery after a Galentine's lunch because we weren't ready for the day…read moreto end without something sweet. The display case alone will get you -- everything looked so good. We ended up getting the red velvet cookie and a peanut butter cookie. The peanut butter cookie was really good -- flavorful but not overpowering, and not overly sweet, which I appreciated. It had that classic soft texture with just enough chew. The red velvet cookie, on the other hand, was a bit too sweet for me personally. If you love super sweet desserts, you'll probably enjoy it, but it was a little much for my taste. Overall, still a cute stop for a quick sweet treat, especially if you're already out and about and craving dessert.

This place is amazing friendly service clean, and the cookies are amazing big selection. The whole…read moreoffice loved every kind of cookie they had highly recommended. I wish they can add another location closer to me, but they're worth the drive.

Torrance Bakery is one of our family favorite bakeries. When we lived in the South Bay, it was our…read morego to bakery for cakes, pastries, cookies, and many other wonderful baked goodies they offer. Their Buttercream Frosting is one of the best around! Their Chocolate Frosting/Dobash is definitely the best around! We truly miss being close by, but when in the area, it's a must stuff either this location or their Garden store! My son made a special trip to Torrance Bakery for my birthday cake. What a special treat! Boston Cream Cake! It was so good! The tiny presents on top are actually chocolate covered brownies! I also shared with some neighbors and it was a hit all around! In addition, my son was surprised that the prices are still very reasonable! Some things don't change. Thank you Torrance Bakery!