Hong Kong Bakery Shop

called and ordered here instead of the place next to it by accident. cake cost $ 33 and tbh its not even worth it. The birthday cake was dry, wrong spelling, frosting taste like its whip cream. Not being mean but cake looks unappetizing Just a big disappointment.

The food here is alright. I came here today to grab some breakfast because I love my rice noodles for breakfast. Unfortunately the rice noodles must have been lukewarm, because I literally walked 2 blocks and when I sat down to eat it, they were cold :(
Also, the rice noodles and the few pieces of slices ham and veggies were burnt, which didn’t taste good. The lady who works here is really nice though they could improve on their food!

Hong Kong Bakery is one of the few places in Chinatown where you can sit inside and enjoy your boba. It’s also the only bakery selling sweet moon cakes all year long that I know. The moon cakes come in green bean and green tea fillings. The owner is so nice that she offered to warm my moon cakes to eat there. I also tried a green bean and lotus cake, which I disliked because the pastry tasted weird. But I definitely would go back here to satisfy my craving for moon cakes.

What this place lacks in glamour, it makes up for in atmosphere. Hong Kong bakery has been my late-​night refuge for quite some time. I honestly have no idea when it opens or closes, but I’ve gone here at 3 am and have been greeted by the very lively owner. Her English is as broken as the Juvenile Judicial System, yet she is able to effectively communicate her thoughts and ideas better than many of my professors. Like I mentioned previously, the real selling point of this place is the atmosphere. Very cozy and pleasant, particularly late at night. As far as the food goes, I’ve only ever had the sponge cake roll. They are cheap and delicious! However, I can’t say I come for the food…
This place is ideal for small, late-​night meetings that you need to keep private. I rate this establishment awesome and give it seven rainbows, two crescent moons and one gold star.

Awesome place. Went with my boyfriend and the staff was really friendly and pleasant. We ordered a pastry and frappé. The atmosphere was very casual and laid back and felt as if I was at a friends house where I could just enjoy a quiet evening.
Wonderful place if you just want to get out from the cold, have amazing sweets, and a quiet time with the person you love.

I live in Chinatown and there are a lot of pretty good Asian bakeries here. Hong Kong is NOT one of them. The other day was the first time (and most definitely the last) I bought something there and this is what happened… It was a cherry danish, which did not have a price marked on it. When I asked how much it was I was told $ 1.25, which is about average for something like this. I handed over $ 1.25 and was told it was $ 1.50. I handed over another quarter when it suddenly went up to $ 1.75. I was tempted to just forget about it, but nevertheless handed them another quarter. I guess it would have been ok if at least the pastry was good… It turned out to be about 3 days old, dried out with no cherries inside, just a bit of some kind of dried up jam smeared inside… Not sure where all these good reviews come from, maybe this was just a fluke, but I am definitely not a fan of this particular bakery!

…probably my least favorite bakery in all of Chinatown. Stuff here is more expensive than surrounding bakeries/​cafes, and the stuff that is similarly priced is definitely subpar. With so many other options, I don’t think I’d come here again.
The few plus sides are: they’re open later than other bakeries (that was the reason I ended up eating here — evening noms), and the owner is really friendly (at least, if you’re Chinese). Also, their stuff isn’t exactly OMG-​type expensive, only maybe a dollar more so than other places. The lady who runs the place seems really genuine and made all of our food fresh for us.
On the downside, the food here was not very impressive. Ordered a noodle soup, and the lady had to call in her disgruntled daughter (who sat in the corner ignoring us and playing on her phone while watching a Korean drama at the same time — huh?) to go out and get noodles and fish balls from the market next door. It was a decent soup, and obviously made to order, but considering my other options in Chinatown, it could only be described as average.
I also ordered the red bean ice fruit shave. Can I say… worst decision ever? Not only did it take forever to make, my fruit «shave» consisted of: sweetened condensed milk, ice CUBES, red bean, strawberries, two cherries, and the most rock-​hard and unsweetened honeydew I have ever had the misfortune to come across. The slices of the honeydew were gigantic, and it was so hard that I had to eat it with my fingers — it bent the fork more than any psychic pokemon. Oh, and did I mention that my fruit shave consisted of ice cubes? How was I supposed to eat that?
I ended up asking the lady for a cup, and poured the whole thing in. On my way home, I waited for the ice to melt, and ended up with a really weird tasting red bean+water drink thing.

No, no, no, no.
Now, although some people may find my 2 star review unjustified, but I believe that products should be consistent, and that one bad experience is a reason to judge an establishment’s products.
Ham and Egg Bun.
Bread, a bit burnt. Cold. Ham, thin as a slice of deli, and egg over hard. Every other ham and egg bun I’ve tried had a thicker slice of ham (and bigger, too), and a more substantive egg. If Hong Kong Bakery is trying something new or homemade, I don’t think it works. It’s just that the proportions were entirely uneven. Sometimes I would be eating only egg. Sometimes, only ham. In addition, there was mayonnaise. Was not expecting that. If a little, fine. However, this was a big sludge! nu-​uh!

The place is okay, not bad… Not good. The good part is that they use fresh fruits to make the drinks, but it’s $ 4 for a regular. Customer service here is okay during the day with the tall lady, she’s very nice. At night, the older lady is alright as well, but the young man and young fobby girl are very rude. I was waiting to order, but those two just kept talking to each other, and totally ignored me. Come here only for the drinks, other than that… Go somewhere else. Customer service is terrible.

So I got there Asian buns and honeydew bubble tea… there buns are reasonable for there prices. Pastries weren’t to dry or thick the filling inside the bread has a decent amount… There honey dew bubble tea was kinda bland… loved the fact they put fresh fruits but they should add some cream or sugar to sweeten there bubble tea. The bubble tea cost three bucks the Asian buns were 60cents-​one fifty depending on the types of buns you chose… They have good customer service. they even have free wifi thought that was pretty cool… never really been to an Asian bakery that has wifi lol

Not really sure why a bakery served noodles in the middle of the night… But found out they shouldn’t. Period. Our waiter was our server, AND cook. From a microwave. Our wontons weren’t even nuked enough and still raw in the middle. Maybe they should stick with what they know like bread, but now this experience has totally ruined it for me.
Update: my brother ended up getting food poisoning later that night. … Enough for me.

Got ripped off, I know it was mainly because I am a westerner… Never experienced that in NYC though, and I used to live in a Chinese neighborhood. Disappointing, won’t stay in business long.

Long, long ago my friends and I came here. One of them ordered an avocado smoothie and it was watery and she made the lady redo it. :/​My friend still wasn’t happy. She got what she paid for. It was like two or two fifty. I didn’t order any so I don’t have much to say.
Recently, I came back and ordered curry fish balls, which I was expecting to be on sticks. They had heated it up, placed inside a plastic to go container and poured curry sauce on it. The fish balls were ok, not a favorite.
I don’t know this place seems dead to me and a bit gloomy and rusty. But until I fully experience it more, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt with three stars. I mean I hardly give two stars unless the place really pissed me off or is completely run down.

I’m begging to notice a lot of places in Ctown do not have AC. It is sweltering inside.
Nothing really eventful. We I came here to get a decent taro bubble tea for my gf.

Here’s a good bubble tea stop– fresh and fruity, is my report. The first time around we just going to stick to the cold refreshing drinks, but the eye starts to wander to bakery cases. Constantly.
The nicest lady, who’s always there, suggested that I try the coconut bun, as I couldn’t decide. Good choice! These days I can’t walk by the place without considering it. I’ve returned for that very pastry. Or the coconut pineapple one. And then there are the egg tarts; egg custardy little devils.
Inexpensive sweet snack stop! Hong Kong Bakery Shop!
(I just started chanting this. I like to chant.)

A good variety… they had a nice shrimp rice roll. The egg custard tart was really good, light and just the right amount of flake.
Steam buns need some work and so do their sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf but the sugary stuff rocked

Tasty and quite reasonably priced Chinese pastries. the grean tea/​lotus/​red bean pastry is pretty good. they make Vietnamese style coffee. very friendly people! a simple place with a few tables.

With a great selection of pastries i simply cant resist giving this place 4 stars.
all i can ask for is a great hot dog pastry and my day is set !!!
they even have an awesome «poop» shaped pastry which i thought was really funny and cute ^_^.

Came here for bubble tea only — we ordered durian, honeydew and mango. The nice thing about this place is that they make all of their drinks from scratch (REAL FRUIT, not powder). However, this also means that the drinks aren’t always consistent — mainly because ingredients are measured by eye and certain fruits may not be in season.
Out of the three flavors we had, honeydew was definitely the best. The mangoes they used for the mango bubble tea weren’t at their peak, so the drink tasted like unripe mango. My friends, who ordered the durian bubble tea, both said that it was somewhat watered down. The tapioca balls in the bubble tea were perfect though (not too soft, not too hard).
They also sell a bunch of different Chinese pastries — including egg tarts!

This is my favorite bakery in Philly’s Chinatown– I love their bubble teas, egg tarts, congee, etc!
I think they switched owners in the recent years and the new owner is such a nice guy. I see him working behind the counter every now and then and he’s always so friendly & down to earth.
A few times I dropped by when they were about to close shop and was able to get extra egg tarts on top of the ones I already bought.
All in all, this is a great place to just swing by for some tasty pastries and a nice cold bubble tea!