Yamazaki Bakery
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3908
Phone: (213) 624-2773
- Price:
- $
- Hours:
- Daily 7am-8pm
Editorial Review for Yamazaki Bakery – by Cynthia Chang
In Short
Since 1938, this family-owned patisserie has been a cozy quick-stop for piping hot coffee and warm savory mans (soft white buns with sweet or salty fillings). Stretched across the woody old-fashioned store, a glaring neon white display case is compactly lined with both Eastern and Western pastries and fruit-topped cakes that are made fresh every morning. The shop is modest in many ways: Decorations, if any, are plain, and lukewarm pastries are still heated in boxy 7-11-like ovens. The customers, mostly regulars, come and go in a matter of minutes, but stragglers are occasionally lured in by the waft of freshly-baked bread.
Hits: Most pastries and a cup of joe are under $3 each. Not only perfect for snacking, the bakery also makes a variety of stomach-filling sandwiches, pizza and curry buns. Because the space is so small, the store props three to four tables outside.
Misses: The register takes cash only, and bills higher than $20 aren't allowed.
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Insider Tips
Save TimeThe soft, less-than-$3 and perfect-for-toast Sunroyal and British bread loaves sell out almost instantly--arrive before noon to guarantee you get one.
Know Before You GoOlder customers typically go for the raisin double bread and walnut bread, while sweet-toothed youngsters go for the melon pan roll or cachucha, a custard-filled bread.
ParkingA purchase of $15 or more comes with a 20-minute parking validation at the Japanese Village Parking structure on Central Avenue.
The ExtrasAlthough it's not written anywhere, you can ask for your pastries to be heated up by a microwave to eat right then and there.
User Reviews for Yamazaki Bakery
05/23/2008 Posted by MAYRA21
I AM NOT A CAKE LOVER BUT WHEN MY DAUGHTERS GRANDMA BROUGHT HER A CAKE FROM YAMAZAKI FOR HER 3RD B-DAY (SHE'S 7 NOW) I JUST LOVED IT. IT'S NOT TOO SWEET, THE BREAD'S JUST DELICIOUS AND THE FILLING FROM NATUARAL FRUITS AH! YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY IT. I HAVE HAD GUEST THAT ARE NOW REGULAR CUSTOMERS . I DRIVE OVER AN HOUR JUST TO GO THERE BUT IT'S WORTH IT. MATTER OF FACT I'LL BE PICKING UP A CAKE FOR MY HUSBAND ON SUNDAY. EVER SINCE I ONLY BUY MY CAKES FROM THEM!
11/30/2007 Posted by netter1
Unlike Mikazawa just across the way, Yamazaki bakery is more what one expects when walking into a bakery. There are shelves of fresh bread...and cases full of fluffy cakes and pastries. If you are a lover of creme puffs, you have to try these. Personally, I'm partial to the "cocoa puff" baked in a small Hawaiian bakery on Oahu...but ... well...don't get to Hawaii much lately. These definitely do in a pinch.
