After doing an extensive yelp search on cake vendors and comparing them all on price and decorations, i decided to come to Van's for my wedding cake. FYI, I only trusted this Van's to do the job because their wedding cake photos (on yelp) proved them more skilled than the other Van's in Westminster. Anywho, my fiancee came in with pictures of the wedding cakes we liked and the designs we wanted. As we were describing to Annie (the owner) how we wanted our cake, she did a quick sketch of it on our contract. She was very knowledgeable with all the details of how to make the cake, the designs, how many people it feeds, and she was also telling us that she's the only one (in the Van's chain) that does fondant cakes. After speaking with her, we felt very comforted to know that she'll be making our cake and we're in good hands! We wanted a 3-tier white cake with flowers on the edges as well as ribbon on the bottom of each tier. We ended up bringing in our own ribbon because I was picky with the type of gold I wanted on the cake, but you are more than welcome to use their ribbons. I was also worried about how the sugar flowers would look on the cake because I tend to like real flowers; however, we went with sugar flowers because we didn't have time to pick up flowers from our florist and drop them off here before the wedding. Luckily, our cake turned out beautiful even though we noticed they didn't use the ribbon we gave them. I assume something had gone wrong or it didn't work out with our ribbon so we're not holding it against them. We got so many compliments from our guests that our cake tasted great! They all thought it was a chiffon cake from a fancy bakery! I totally recommend this Van's bakery for an affordable and beautiful wedding cake! read more

Van's Bakery - our beautiful wedding cake! - Bakeries Near Me - Garden Grove, California

yelp, please let me give this location negative stars! The deserve a -100! I'm so enrage with this location!!!! After researching and do the math I decided to get my wedding cake here. The nice shopkeeper said she could do my 3 tier cake with pearls, ribbon, and flowers on them and even had the baker come out to look at it. They said it would be easy and exactly what I want. A very simple yet pretty design. I even printed a copy out of how I wanted the cake to look like and had her keep it. On top of that I even spent extra time and money searching for all the material; went to Joan's, Micheal's and other craft store to buy all the material that they did not have in store. On the day of my wedding I got pretty much a naked cake. All it had was ribbon and ugly pearls that was not what I supplied! The day after the wedding I went to the store and asked them why they didn't use my stuff, the shopkeeper tried to claim that I didn't supply anything. Making me angrier I told her "yes I did". She finally went to the back of the shop and and saw my bag of items which has the my flowers, my pearls, my ribbon, and my picture of what was suppose to be my wedding cake. All I got a pathetic apology and $10 discount for my material cost. Damage was already done, couldn't leave with anything else except for what was already done. Tsk, tsk on this place. Hate you! read more

Love this bakery! Came in wanting a custom cake and they did such a beautiful job on my baby shower cake! I came in the week of my baby shower and they were able to have it done by that Saturday. So thankful for the great service so happy with the outcome! Tasted delicious as well! Highly recommend! read more

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I went to this place while visiting Disneyland and needed a small cake for my son's 1st birthday. I decided on a vanilla cake with white icing and a strawberry filling. Now before I describe what we got, know that I love cake and it can't be around me. If we have left over birthday cake, I will easily eat a large slice a day until it's gone. Any flavor. That being said, the cake we got tasted off. That's the simplest way to put it. The icing tasted waxy instead of creamy and sweet. My mother said it was because of too much lard, but regardless, it wasn't very good. The cake itself was also flavorless and not memorable. We had cake leftover and I didn't eat a single additional slice. That speaks volumes right there. Being $18 for a small cake also didn't help. That wasn't outrageous, but $15 might have been a little more reasonable before even tasting the thing. read more

Love the cakes!!! I almost always get my cakes here. I even go to their other locations. They are all pretty good. I recommend getting your cakes here. Delicious. Not to sweet and the cake itself is nice and spongy. Not dry. read more

Use to like vans bakery but not this harbor location Two words summarize this harbor location : food poisoning. However it will not deter me from their other locations where I never had problems before. read more

This has been my go to spot for cakes since I was introduced by a friend. For birthdays, family get togethers, or last minute occasions, the fruit tart with cake ha been my life saver. It's eye appealing and delicious. To be fair, there's been one mix up in the years I've been going, but nothing serious, and the fruit tart without the cake was fine. Love this place! read more

I love this place last year for my son's 3rd Bday they created a beautiful jungle book theme cake. This year on short notice they gave me wonderful cars themed cake for my son's 4th birthday. 3 tiers different flavors in each. The fruit was fresh the bread was fluffy this cake practically melted in your mouth. I got nothing but complements. If you like style and taste please give vans a try you won't be disappointed. read more

Van's Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Garden Grove, California

I stopped by here just to look around. There was no other customers when I came in...and the lady was just kinda sitting behind the counter...I kinda felt awkward looking around...but I, in general, feel awkward when looking around a place when I'm the only one in there. From the plethora of cake displays...I'm guessing they specialize in wedding cakes and the like...They also have a lot of Vietnamese pastries and other snackie things. They also have the cafe sua da!....which is a coffee beverage that I find totally yums...and I'm a black coffee kinda gal. I love that it still retains the strong coffee flavor...even with the milk and ice. I was thirsty so I decided to get it...it was two bucks...and stronger than Lee's Sandwiches' cafe sua da....(which I find to be on the sweeter side...they add more milk than coffee...)... Van's iced coffee had a nice strength to it that I really liked. Service was meh...I ordered, she made the drink and said "two dollars", and I paid, she went back to her seat behind the counter...and that was that... will come back here in the future to try out their snacks and such for a more accurate and rounded out review... read more

Stale pastries here! Horrible customer service. Maybe it's why they have no customers. When I came in, they said "want do you want!" In a very harsh and "I don't need you" tone. Never returning ever! There's plenty of Van's Bakery around this area especially in Little Saigon. read more

Van's Bakery made the cake for my daughter's wedding. It was delicious - not too sweet- and beautiful. We chose the whipping cream icing. We got many compliments. The price was really reasonable. If your cake isn't too big or complicated, you can save money by picking up the cake and stacking it yourself. We preferred to have them deliver and build it. read more

Ordered a cake for my son's birthday party. The theme is Lighting MCQueen cars, so I ordered a cake with RED frosting and BLACK decorations. My husband went picked up the cake and its GREEN and PINK. How could someone messed up colors RED n BLACK to PINK and Green? It was too late for buying another cake so we have to stick Lighting MCQueen decorations on top to make it look a little better. WOULDNOT recommend this Bakery. If you want a better cake, go to Final Touch and spend a little more but you will get what you want read more

Van's Bakery - Horrible mess up. Ordered cake with RED and black to match with lightning McQueen theme. And this is what we got, Green and Pink - Bakeries Near Me - Garden Grove, California

The cake was delicious! It was not too sweet and was nice and light. I got the chocolate sponge cake with the strawberry filling. Anne was amazing and the rest of the staff were really nice~ will be coming here to order my cakes from now on. I read more

Delicious! I love their fruit tart cakes! I was on my way to the hair salon and was craving for sweets and saw this van's bakery so i made a little detour and bought alot of cakes and it was sooo delicious! read more

Rude owner so rude! She gets impatient when you take your time to pick your macaroons. Those macaroons are super stale! As if it has been there for months! For that reason, I have to say it is definitely overpriced for stale macaroons! Never coming back. read more

My mom loves this place so every time there is a birthday or Mother's Day we get one of their fruit cakes. Usually the Durian one with coconut they spit decent sized chunks of fresh coconut meat and durian layered into the cake, it's moist and light , it's the best. If you're one of those people who can't stand durian they do have other flavors.They are beautifully decorated in buttercream and if your a last minute person like me you can just pick up the pre made cakes they have in their display fridge and they will write whatever you want on it! read more

The BEST fruit tart cake I have ever had!!! The fruit looked and tasted fresh, the custard was not very sweet and overwhelming; and the cake part was not soggy like other fruit tart I've had. It makes for an excellent birthday cake too! Highly recommended. read more

This is the best cake we ever had. It looks nice & it's exactly how we wanted the cake. Vans bakery you all did an amazing job. Everyone @ my son's party enjoyed the cake & couldn't get over how beautiful the cake was. Also it was a reasonable price as well. We will definitely have vans bakery for the rest of our party's. YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB. Thank you very much. read more

Van's Bakery - Thank you Vans bakery for the most beautiful cake ever. - Bakeries Near Me - Garden Grove, California

I attended a party where the fruit tart was served- absolutely fresh and delicious!!! A++++

Excellent service and Very awesome cakes. Prices are really good. Highly recommended. You won't regret it.

I came here on a Friday to pick up treats for a training class. I ordered pork pate chaud, chicken pate chaud, pork bao, croissants and another fluffy pastry (the gal working at the bakery didn't know what it was called either. The chicken pate chaud (rectangular shape) was good. The chicken isn't quite minced-you actually get big pieces mixed in with peas, carrots, onions and vermicelli noodles. I love that the filling is as big as the flaky pastry. Chicken pate chaud is $1.00 each. The pork pate chaud (circle shape) is also $1.00. The filling is also very flavorful, but not as big as the chicken filling. Both chicken and pork are good - you can't stop with just one. The pork bao came straight out of the kitchen into my belly. It was so yummy. The filling was a great size (I hate when the filling is tiny and all you get is the dough). They have bbq pork, regular pork, chicken and vegetable - $1 a $1.25 depending on the filling. The gal helping me was very friendly and accommodating. She explained everything to me which I appreciated. I will definitely return and would definitely recommend. They also make custom cakes and sell cakes by the slice for $3 a $3.50. I'm definitely a fan! read more

Is it me or has anyone experienced the same thing? I've picked up cakes from this bakery before ordering it the day before and looking at the cakes that are in the fridge and order the exact cake and then when I go back to pick up the cake the existing cake is not there anymore but mine is in that same fridge and it looks to me like they're using the same cake from the day before. Honestly I don't think that they're doing fresh cakes I think whatever they don't sell and if it's what you ordered that's what they're using they just change up the decoration at the top. I don't think I'm going to be buying cakes from here anymore.I've asked them before is it fresh and I'll tell me yes but why would they tell me any different. If this is what they're doing I think it's terrible I honestly think they it is what they're doing because they're trying to get rid of their cakes that are in the fridge and the lady that's there I think she's the owner she is not nice at all she is very rude and just not nice at all and not pleasant terrible customer service. read more

First off, I called to let them know I was coming and the saleswoman was rude as heck. Second the cake was supposed to be chocolate yet it tasted like some kind of cardboard. The strawberries were rotten and the texture was grainy, like if they kept it frozen for a long time and the set it out to defrost an put a bunch of frosting on it. Oh and the small cake was $40!!! NOT WORTH IT! read more

Ordered the 3 tier birthday cake for my daughter's debut....cake is so beautiful and delicious. We received so many complements on the cake. The whipped cream icing is not too sweet and the sponge cake is really perfect. Only one comment, there should be more fresh strawberry filling. read more

Fruit tart cake never fails. Arrived 30 min before closing and needed a last min birthday cake. It took them 15 min to make me a beautiful fruit tart cake. Looked so fresh and tasted great. I love this place!! Great cakes, great service, highly recommended. read more

Such a bad experience. Never coming again. I order my wedding cake and didn't get what I asked for! The design was completely different then what I chose, so where the colors. Didn't like the taste of the cake. Supper bad experience. ! read more

Great cake, good service ! Cake was for our wedding. Marble cake with mocha filling. Everyone loved it. Delivered on time.

I have been going to Van's Bakery for 28 or 29 years! YES! that long I use to buy cakes at the Westminster Bakery from the original owners now I understand their children are the owners and are doing very well. Your mother and father should be very proud of you. I went in to the Harbor locations just recently and was so glad I did I got to tell the owner of my great cakes that her mother in law use to make me. Guess What! nothing has changed the cakes at Van's are delicious they are very pretty and most of all the Bakery is very CLEAN. Thank you for keeping things the same. read more