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

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.

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.

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?

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!

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.

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!

Jenny Y.

Super decadent pastries with contactless pick up! The only down side is needing to plan at least 2 days ahead to order for pickup between Fri-Sun, that is if pastries don't sell out first! Not much of a problem for me since I am definitely a planner! -Ham and Cheese Croissant: Tasty! Good quality cheese and ham. It looked a bit on the overdone side but it tasted so good! Loved the cute little gherkin on top! -Spinach and Cheese Croissant: This was good but the ham and cheese was definitely better. -White Miso Kouign-Amann: A little bit salty, a little bit sweet, and a lotta bit buttery...yum! I'd definitely recommend splitting this with someone. I cut this into 3rds to share with my parents and that was more than enough. -Strawberry Almond Croissant: This was my fave of the day! Not too sweet and lots of toasty almond slivers =d -Cinnamon Roll: My fiancé LOVED this.

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.