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4.8 (45 reviews)
Closed • 6:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Kimchi Spam Musubi Croissant
Sarah C.

11/3/2024 4 1/2 Stars First heard about Sugarbloom via Yelp's Café Kitsuné reviews. Sugarbloom's Kimchi Spam Musubi Croissant and White Miso Kouign-Amann were their popular pastries to try. Read these items sell out quick at Café Kitsuné, so I've decided to buy directly. Sugarbloom also a supplier to many other coffee shops around the LA area. They also sell bake-at-home pastries too. ** Order needs to be placed TWO-DAYS IN ADVANCE! Pickup at the Glassell Park location or request delivery; available 7 days a week. Delivery costs $20 or more depending on your location. When you go to their website, their front page says, "Treat yourself to LA's best croissants. Delivery by our own drivers or pickup in Glassell Park available seven days a week." Delivery and pickup in Glassell will be highlighted as links to click on. You'll be directed to another page for details and bakery address. Also, they will send you a confirmation email with pickup details as well. Tried Sugarbloom over the weekend. KIMCHI SPAM MUSUBI CROISSANT Light crunchy layer of croissant. A thin slice of spam with kimchi and thinly cut nori flakes sprinkled on top of the croissant. Everything looked delish, well at least from the pictures. I cut the croissant in half and reheated it in the toaster oven. Inspite of the spam been sliced on the thinner side, it was still not heated through after being in the toaster oven for 6 mins. So basically it's eating cold spam with hot croissant. Sadly, the spam and kimchi together was salty on salty. There should have been a little bit of sweetness somewhere. An added layer of sweetness was needed to bring an overall harmonious flavor. Maybe like sauteéd onions or caramelized onions with the kimchi might even taste better and bring that sweet / savory balanced flavor. Overall, this croissant was a huge disappointment. I would not recommend. WHITE MISO KOUIGN-AMANN Highly recommend reheating in the toaster oven. I cut it in half and toasted it until it was hot to the touch and brown sugar was melted completely. The melty caramelized brown sugar with the salty miso and buttery crispy layers was delicious! Recommend! PAIN AU CHOCOLAT Reheat in toaster oven. Yes, burnt my tongue eating it as the chocolate was ooozing out of the crispy buttery croissant, but this is the only way to eat it! I love that they've added a good amount of dark chocolate inside too! VEGAN SESAME PRETZEL CROISSANT This is what you get when a pretzel and croissant get married. You can taste a bit of the pretzel flavor. It had a clean flavor. Best eaten reheated in the toaster oven. I ate it plain, but I can imagine this croissant having many possibilities. Eaten with jam and butter or compound butter or even enjoyed as a croissant sandwich. Maybe even with nutella too! This was delicious and I would definitely recommend! This was such an underrated croissant! My personal favorite! HAM AND CHEESE CROISSANT Reheated in toaster oven as always! Full slice of thinly sliced black forest ham rolled up inside the buttery croissant. There was swiss cheese and parmesan cheese which I can taste. Mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese, romano cheese, asiago cheese too and a generous amount of cracked black pepper on top. I really enjoyed this! I love cornichons, but it was an unnecessary addition. PICKUP Pickup was on Saturday. Parking is difficult. No street parking available, so had to quickly double-park. As long as you park your car close to the pick-up door, there's no issue to picking up. Rung the doorbell and door was answered less than a minute. My order was already prepared and given immediately. It is a small bakery located side by side on a street, two small red doors with a small sign of Sugarbloom Bakery painted in white. You will miss it if you drive fast, so when on Verdugo, please slow down and look for two red doors. If you do miss the pickup hours, then you must pickup the next day.

One of the best quality of croissants ive had . I was in the area checking out bakeries for croissants and one was sold out so I came here thinking its a bakery then I was told by Lauren what's their business is and I went dammm lol I couldn't get my hands on a croissants haha so Lauren and the gentlemen In the back , we so nice and accommodating to let me have try two of their croissants and ommmmg MADE MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! THEY WERE SO GOOD I GOT the ham and cheese and cinnamon roll ommmmg AMAZING Ill be definitely be ordering soon for sure. Thank yall sooooo much. Love the name SUGARBLOOM LOL

Aileen R.

What a delectable selection of pastries! It was all well worth the wait. Just truly splendid. The white miso kouign-amann is even more delightful than I expected. I'm speechless

Plain croissant, chocolate almond croissant, miso cookie
Brian L.

Sugar bloom has some of the best croissants I've ever had. My go to chocolate almond croissant is car artisan chocolate in Pasadena but usually by the time I get there they're sold out most of the time so I've been on the looking for another place to get my croissant fix and I can safely say I've found it. You have to order two days in advance and pickup before 3pm but it's worth it for sure. Everything I got was good and I plan on trying the rest of their offerings over the next few weeks. The lady at the door was also super friendly. The store was easy to find but parking was kind of hard to find when I went at 1pm.

Take and Bake Croissants!
Liezl E.

What? How have I not reviewed this place? This is my gold standard for croissants and I'm still mad that Blue Bottle stopped carrying them. Luckily, they're still carried by places like Highlight Coffee and a couple local places in Culver City. You can find a list of carriers on their website and it is absolutely worth patronizing one of the listed coffee shops to try their pastries. That being said, all their pastries are solid... even their vegan stuff. I don't know what goes into or how it tastes so good but it makes me question my apprehension towards vegan food. Now the absolute best thing about Sugarbloom is that they offer take and bake croissants. You can order their ready made croissants OR a pack of frozens on their website and pick a day to pickup. If you love their croissants, think about how amazing they are fresh out of the oven. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, can compare to waking up to a warm croissant. You can order ahead and pickup a frozen 6 pack at their headquarters and it makes me regret not living on the eastside. Parking: Free Street Parking, but limited. You text them when you're in front of the door and ready to pickup your order and they bring it out.

Bake-at-home plain and chocolate croissants
G C.

I love SugarBloom Bakery!!! My wife and I love the bake-at-home plain croissants and chocolate croissants. It is the best combo, waking up to fresh croissants every morning would be the best way to start your day!!! Did I mention I love SugarBloom Bakery, some favorites mine are: Sesame Pretzel Croissant (vegan), White Miso Kouign-Amann, Spam & Kimchi Croissant, Miso Butterscotch and Triple Threat Chocolate chunk cookies, of course the plain/chocolate/ham and cheese croissants. Some items I want to try is the chocolate hazelnut croissant, vegan everything croissant. Anything else I should try?

Cinnamon roll cross section
Aneesa M.

Ordered some pastries after a friend recommended this place. I've never had a fresh cinnamon bun and my only reference was Cinnabon at the mall. The cinnamon roll from Sugarbloom was FANTASTIC and exactly what I expected. The pretzel croissant was perfect as well - it tasted like a pretzel on the outside and was perfectly flaky on the inside. Can't wait to try more of their pastries one day!

Almond Croissant
Marcus L.

Sugarbloom Bakery is the real deal. Literally everything I've tried is excellent. Everything is high quality - each piece looks great and tastes great. THE GOODS Almond Croissant - the croissant is perfectly flakey and the taste is just right Ham and cheese - perfectly flakey as well, just the right amount of ham and cheese Kouign-amann - crispy, chewey. Possibly the best I've had Pain au chocolat - just the right amount of chocolate. Same excellent pastry as the others Berry danish - this Danish pastry is a little different than the other items I tried. The danish had a thicker bite but was still soft and flakey. The pastry still remained crispy even with all of those toppings. Just really good. SERVICE It's covid season so what you need to do so order online (2 days in advance). When it's time to pick up, just text them and they will bring your order out. Wear your mask, pick up your food and you're set. I believe they also offer delivery. Details on the website. PARKING Street parking (free/limited)

Kwan K.

In order of what I liked Cinnamon roll Kimchi spam musubi croissant Strawberry almond croissant White miso kouign-amann Maple pecan morning bun All were very good but the cinnamon roll and kimchi spam croissant really surprised me. Typically don't really like cinnamon rolls but this one really redefined what a good one should be. The spam kimchi thing tasted just like you would imagine but with a butter croissant. Strawberry almond was delicious as well I only got a couple of bites, my son ate most of it. The Kouign Aman was good but I didn't like the hard bottom but the tasted great. The maple pecan was my least favorite but still would be happy if I didn't have the others to compare to and just ordered it at a coffee shop.

2022.05.19 Twist - blueberry lemon
Lis K.

Must pre-order days in advance so plan accordingly! So after seeing Sugarbloom's baked goods in various cafes, I needed to go to the SOURCE. First the level of high key communication confirmation and detail is one of the best I've experienced in the client service realm. The pastries are amazing and dare I say even better than the cafes since you can't get much fresher straight from the Sugarbloom ovens. They have a days in advance pre order pickup system that works fantastically for me. I parked on the curb (then even kindly give a heads up regarding some uneven tree root sidewalk action) texted the number provided in the detailed email, and had my items within 2 minutes. Excellent system Sugarbloom and excellent baked goods!! I'm more of a savory palette and the pastries are buttery and flaky delights. I did try the following non savory: Blueberry lemon twist - solid flavor performance on both lemon and blueberry as well as a lovely subtle herby accent In the pastry, rosemary? Blueberry cheesecake morning bun, def more of a flaky sugary delight than traditional "bun" and filled with a fantastic light blueberry cheesecake mix. Will update later as I try others!

Cindy L.

Our friends got us a box of treats as a gift. I'm vegan so they were searching for some vegan treats. They got the vegan options that were available, the strawberry shortcake doughnut, brownie cookies, pretzel croissant, curry puff and the Black Forest hand pie. They were all really delicious! My favorite was the cookie! Probably one of the BEST cookies I've ever had (compared to cookies even before I was vegan), chewy and not too sweet . The croissant was nice and flaky, we even froze them because we couldn't eat them all right away and a few days later we just took it out to defrost and ate it without even putting it in the oven (it was still flaky and crispy!) there's only a few tried and true vegan bakeries out there I love and will always support, but an establishment that will give us vegans some top-notch, thoughtful pastry options is something I can support! I hope to see more vegan options in the future, maybe vegan cakes?! 10/10, will recommend to my vegan friends.

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Ask the Community - Sugarbloom Bakery

Is it really still "pre-order" with a 2 day advanced order? We can't drive up to pick up anything morning of?

Yup

I see that your orders require two days notice. do you have anything for sale by walk in?

Everything we produce is baked to order... so at the moment, no. We are, however, looking into offering walk-in purchases soon.

Do they have any vegan baked goods?

Yes! At the moment our vegan items are a chickpea curry puff, savory galette, and chocolate brownie cookie. (We are also working on a vegan croissant but it's not quite ready for prime time.) You can find our current and up-to-date vegan offerings… Read more

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Fondry - Mustard Sausage, Fomboise Croiffin, Apple Crumble

Fondry

4.4(301 reviews)
1.1 mi•Eagle Rock
•$$

5/27/2026 BUTTER…read moreCROISSANT Ate it the next day and doctored it up with melted butter, honey, and salt and toasted it in the oven for even more buttery goodness. The croissant was even flakier and the inside layers were still slightly soft and just perfect, even the day after! Deeelicious! HAM & GRUYÈRE CROISSANT (Butter croissant rolled with slices of ham and Gruyère cheese) It was good, wish there was there was more ham & gruyère inside. Nonetheless, the croissant was the star! It was flaky, buttery, crispy perfection! Having said that, get the butter croissant instead! TRIPLE PAIN AU CHOCOLAT Deliciously dark chocolatey! Flaky, buttery, crispy croissant, what more could you want? Loved it with a cup of coffee! Better when you toast in the oven! ORANGE BLOSSOM ALMOND CROISSANT (Crispy twice baked croissant filled with light and silky almond cream studded with bright candied orange pieces, and a smooth, floral orange blossom pastry cream) Flaky, crispy croissant with beautifully floral, full orange blossom flavor! This croissant was beautifully done! I haven't had a pastry that honored orange blossom like this! The almond cream comes through alongside the orange blossom, which complemented each other wonderfully! I love elevated croissants like this! It makes me happy to come to Fondry, knowing they can deliver on all their baked goods! PASSIONFRUIT CROIFFIN (Croissant x Muffin; filled with bright, tangy passionfruit curd, and tart, bouncy passionfruit jelly, topped with a very vanilla chantilly cream) They did not hold back! This was a passionfruit flavor bomb! Sooo good! They did not hold back! The croffin was crispy outside and flaky soft inside. The passionfruit curd was flowing out of the croiffin as you cut it open! Passionfruit heaven! The vanilla chantilly cream was also excellent in flavor! It was so good, I went back to get another! TOFU CLOUD CROISSANT TOAST (Crisp and sweet miso honey butter toasted croissant topped with a cloud-like sweet tofu cream) Crispy, crunchy, deliciously toasted croissant. Can taste the miso and the croissant tasted like burnt caramel. The tofu cream was fluffy and sweet, like whipped cream, but fluffier! The bottom layer tasted like almond frangipane. Such a delight to eat! I regretted not getting a second one! Beautifully done! BLACK SESAME PARISIAN FLAN Not good. Tart was crispy on the outer layers, but underside was soft. The black sesame flavor was there, but it was a muddled flavor, not a clean toasted black sesame flavor. The flan texture was a bit gummy and a bit dense too. FYI: There were some brunch items you can order in person before 11:00am. ONLINE ORDER Encouraged to order online and order in advance if you want specific pastries. I went in person to order on Wednesday morning. There was no line. CUSTOMER SERVICE Smiling and friendly, helpful and welcoming! Staff was amazing and it felt as though you were walking into your neighborhood bakery! My second visit at Fondry has been even better than the first time! PARKING As always parking is sparse on their lot. Come on a weekday if possible and before 11:00am if you want to grab a parking spot on their lot. Came on a Wednesday at 10:30am.

Fondry honestly amazed me! Every single pastry we tried was perfectly made. My favorite was…read moredefinitely the kouign amann which is kind of like a croissant, but sweeter, richer, and a little more dense. I also loved the mushroom bechamel danish. It was super flavorful and surprisingly filling. For drinks, I got the MVP (matcha vanilla pistachio) and it was delicious too. Overall, such a great bakery that I'd definitely recommend checking out! They have a small parking lot, and if it's full, there should be plenty of street parking nearby (at least when I went right around opening time).

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Artelice Patisserie

4.8(1.2k reviews)
13.5 mi•Sawtelle
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Family-owned & operated
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I came here the other day to see what all the hype was about regarding the fruit pastries everyone…read morehas been talking about in Los Angeles. I visited this local spot on Olympic Boulevard, and I was definitely impressed. The shop was clean, welcoming, and had a great atmosphere. Unfortunately, I arrived later in the day, so it seemed like they were starting to run low on some of their inventory. Even so, I was able to pick up a few items, including three mango pastries, which I absolutely loved. I also grabbed a couple of other treats for my partner who was with me. To top it off, they even included a few complimentary items, which was a very nice gesture and greatly appreciated. Overall, I had a great experience and was thankful for the opportunity to visit and review this location. If you're looking for delicious fruit pastries and a friendly local business to support, I highly recommend stopping by. This is definitely a spot worth checking out.

Finally had a chance to try out this viral patisserie. We got the dubai chocolate cake and kouign…read moreamann before being offered a free macaron. Our pastries were super delicious! The kouign amann may have been the best we have ever tried. The dubai chocolate was really well balanced with sweet chocolate and buttery pistachio. The chocolate macaron had a deep cocoa flavor. Throughly impressed

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Yamazaki Bakery - Pretty light green Matcha Latte...and delicious curry bao.

Yamazaki Bakery

4.0(703 reviews)
5.3 mi•Little Tokyo, Downtown
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If there is bread in heaven, it might taste like the fluffy, softly sweet bread in their steamed…read morebuns fresh out of the steamer! We tried the nikuman and curryman, and both were outstanding! The nikuman had a meat (chicken?) and veggie filling that was crunchy and slightly sweet and salty, while the curryman had a traditional Japanese curry filling that was tasty with the perfect amount of spices. They perfectly warmed both body and soul on a chilly LA morning. If I lived nearby, I'd eat these every day! We also tried the yuzu cream pan, which was also pretty epic. The topping was a little crunchy, complementing the soft bread and creamy and smooth tart filling. This is definitely my new favorite Japanese bakery in the US! I just wish I lived a little closer to it.

I stopped by for a quick coffee and ended up spending way too much time deciding what to order…read morebecause the pastry selection looked so good. There were so many options, and everything in the display case looked fresh and tempting. The pastries I tried were really delicious -- soft, flavorful, and not overly sweet. It felt like the kind of bakery where people actually care about quality instead of just making things look pretty. The vibe inside was cozy and relaxed, which made it easy to slow down for a bit and enjoy everything. It's definitely the kind of place I'd come back to whenever I want good pastries and coffee without going somewhere overly trendy or complicated.

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Coin De Rue Bakery & Cafe - Crookies

Coin De Rue Bakery & Cafe

4.0(283 reviews)
6.8 mi•Harvard Heights
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Family-owned & operated

I used to stop by this bakery whenever I was in Ktown because I thought it was pretty solid. But…read moreafter today, I've definitely changed my mind. I got a sausage bbang, a chocopie, and a dalgona latte. The sausage bbang was soggy on the bottom and honestly tasted like it was from the day before. The chocopie barely had any filling, just a thin layer of marshmallow and jam. It honestly felt like they used most of the marshmallow for their Dubai choco cookie because it's probably more profitable, instead of properly filling the chocopie. If that's the case, it's better not to sell it at all than serve something like that. The dalgona latte was also disappointing. With ice, the drink only filled to the bottom third line of the cup marking. Clearly, they skimped on the milk. There was also a weird moment when I paid. My total was $15.25 and I paid cash, but I was given $4.75 in change. When I said it should be $5, she seemed confused and asked what I meant. I told her I literally gave you a quarter right now, and she questioned it before eventually giving me the correct change. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and assume it was a mistake. I understand times are hard, but charging more for products that clearly had corners cut doesn't sit right with me. It just comes across like there's no integrity. Clearly the quality and portions are going downhill. I wasn't even planning on writing this review. I was going to stay quiet, but the chocopie really ticked me off. I'm not going to pay for food that skims on ingredients and shortchanges customers by charging more for less, so this will be my last visit.

This bakery has so many tasty options to choose from! I wanted to try something I haven't seen…read morebefore and got the purple yam bun. The bun was pretty good! My friend got the strawberry brick toast and although the presentation was a little messy, the toast was solid. I think my issue is just that it feels more like a bakery than a cafe. It's not the best place to study because their seating is outside, meaning no outlets. You are also super close by the street and sidewalk so lots of external noise. Parking is a bit hard but that's ktown for you. For sure the treats are good but wouldnt describe this place as one of my go-to's in korea town to study nor to catch up with my friends.

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Magnolia Bakery

Magnolia Bakery

3.8(2.2k reviews)
8.9 mi•Beverly Grove
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It's a white colored building inside and out and so pleasant. People are friendly and they'll help…read moreyou with the menu. I got the carrot cake banana pudding, which for me was ok. I'm not big on creamy and sugary things and I'm more of a chocolatey person. They had lots of different options for cookies, brownies, banana pudding, and drinks.

I should have read the reviews first - then I might have ordered the banana pudding. Instead I got…read more3 vanilla cupcakes (1 for me, 2 for my teenagers). I bake a lot. So do my kids. And I know that vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting is pretty easy to make, but sometimes I'd rather just buy baked goods than make them for myself, especially when I'm driving past what I thought was a popular (and presumably good) bake shop. I expected a high-quality cupcake. The cupcakes looked cute, but they were as dry as the Sahara. They should have been labeled as white cupcakes as I didn't detect any vanilla in them. I suspect that the "buttercream" was made with milk and margarine and powdered sugar.....so much powdered sugar. It was sickeningly sweet, and it was dry too. And a true bettercream doesn't even use powdered sugar. So not only were the cupcakes terrible, they were not even what they purported to be. This is like calling a cut of meat a filet mignon and serving a hamburger. Von's, Ralphs and Albertson's make better cupcakes than this for a fraction of othe price.

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Bottega Louie

4.1(19.6k reviews)
5.6 mi•Downtown
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Sat in the back patio which is very comfortable and beautiful, great ambiance without being…read morepretentious! Had the pizza, salad and portobello fries, all were good! Greeters at the door as we entered were extremely nice and accommodating and seemed happy and welcoming! Server I believe was Jacob and he also was very good! No complaints, will definitely be back!

I've been going to Bottega Louie for over a decade, and it's sad to see how much it has declined…read moreover the years. Ever since reopening after the pandemic, both the service and food quality seem to have steadily deteriorated. I keep returning out of nostalgia for what it once was, but each visit leaves me more disappointed than the last. On my most recent visit, the service was noticeably dismissive and a bit sassy. The food was equally underwhelming. The Calabrese pizza was excessively greasy, and while I managed to finish the ribeye because I was absolutely famished, it was overcooked and dry, but at only $65 for the bone-in ribeye with fries, I guess I can't really complain. What truly ruined the experience, however, was the pear martini. It arrived garnished with a pear that still had the produce sticker attached. At best, this demonstrates a shocking lack of attention to detail and at worst, it raises concerns about whether the fruit was even properly washed. Seeing that completely killed our appetites. The restaurant removed the drink from the bill after i asked them to, but unfortunately the response felt indifferent, as though no one particularly cared that such an obvious mistake had made. After years of returning Bottega Louie, this visit was likely my last. It's disappointing to watch a once great restaurant decline so noticeably, but unless something changes, I can't imagine returning.

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