Beard Papa’s

So darn good! I only bought one original cream and immediately regretted it. I should’ve bought more! There’s another location in Fullerton that I want to try out because it’s closer to me, but it has worse reviews so I’m kinda wary about that. I don’t want to ruin the perfect memory of that puff haha

1 star for rudeness of employee when I spied something I had never seen before — a Mochi. I asked what it was and he responded with «Seriously? How do you not f*cking know what that is?» Then said to his coworker «Can you believe that anyone doesn’t f*cking know what Mochi is???»
The manager was also standing right there and didn’t even say anything to me, but said something to him in a foreign language. He attempted to cover up by saying he was «just messing» with me.

Best éclair creampuffs in the world. It’s not a ‘Beard Papas’ franchise, but they carry them and make them fresh. Just amazing.

The aesthetics of the place is nice! You can definitely come and study and chill; there are a lot of tables and room to sit. Id say the price is alright for the flavor. There wasn’t anything too special about this cream puff place :/

The customer service is amazing! I showed up 30 minutes before they opened, but they still let me in and prepared my beard papas for me within 5 minutes. So nice! And of course the pastries are amazing — that’s a given.

Love their original cream puffs.
Shell is not dense but crisp texture. Filling was not sweet. Delicious!!!
Mochlito was really good too!

Love the cream puffs! My favorite is the vanilla custard. OG style. Goes well with coffee or tea!

I heard good things about beard papas but i dont get it its so bland? It is so not work two dollars per cream puff so dont even bother people. The cream is bland and its just really not that great. I dont know what else to say because its so basic.

Tasty shaved ice and seems like the other options here are pretty good too. Lots of asian family walking in and out of this place. Nice location and ambiance. Would recommend. :)

This place is perfect for hanging out. The beard papas super good!!! The custard filling is chilled and sweet vanilla flavor without being too sweet. I like the original outer shell the best, the éclair and cookie shells are not better.
The mochilatos are good! So many flavors!

Yum! I am not a pastry person at all, but this is delicious. At $ 2.50 for a cream puff, it is not cheap. But hey, at least it deters you from eating too many.

I’ve had beard papa’s before but never this location. It’s very open inside and it’s easy to order.
It’s a large modern spacious shop with ample seating and the shop has lots of parking
The cream puffs make a fun dessert gift and they come in a nice little box. If you buy 6 you save $ 1 which can be convenient. These aren’t cheap but are around $ 2.50/each depending on what type of puff pastry you get.
Free wifi, helpful stuff.

This place is located inside mochilotto.
I originally wanted to try the éclair but they ran out so I just went with the other three choices (original, paris brest, and cookie). The cream wasn’t overly sweet and had the right consistency. The puff pastry was good as well. It wasn’t stale and it still had a bit of a crunch to it. When I bit into my beard Papa the cream squeezed out of the holes of my pastry which made it perfect.
The Paris was okay there wasn’t as much cream as the original and it tasted a little dry. I recommend sticking to the other three options.
I’m not typically a sweets person but this I would definitely get again. I also recommend grabbing it in the morning and afternoon because it looks like they run out out the different choices and original is left.

Came in here to kill some time while waiting for our table at Boiling Point. Got the herbal tea and a cream puff. That cream puff… Seriously devoured it! So tasty!
The employees were very welcoming and friendly. Helpful with choosing your order.
I recommend this spot! So many choices for dessert. Wouldn’t mind coming back next time I’m in town!

yum, dessert heaven. its right next to really good restaurants, like boiling point and bruxie, perfect dessert spot to grab some mochi ice cream, cream puffs, and some drinks if you dont want to part with your friends yet!
they have various flavors of mochi ice cream and cream puffs. cream puffs here are HUGE. and it is FILLED with yummy custard. they have green tea flavored custard too (that i havent tried out yet). you could get one cream puffs or get a boxful, they have many different options. same to mochis as well.
one thing is that i think this store is not the cleanest. while i was waiting for my box full of cream puffs, i could feel the stickiness on the table/​chair. it wasnt that big of a spot, but i could still touch it. but i think this is because the ice cream would drip and make it sticky.

Thanks to all the tellers who left the tip that the Beard Papas was located inside the Mochilatto! I almost missed it!
So, after having first discovered this chain in Little Tokyo, my trips to LA would always end with bringing some cream puffs home. This time, I was in Long Beach with a friend, and threw in «Beard Papas» for a lark, and actually noticed one on the way home!
For the actual experience, I would rate things «okay». I was bummed that my only filling choices were vanilla and chocolate. I was totally jonesing for the cookies and crème one I had before in little Tokyo and little Seoul. Service was friendly though, and if it wasn’t so damn hot, I would’ve loved to have tried their mochilattos. They also serve my favorite tea, (tea forté!) so I know if I lived in Irvine, I’d probably make this place a frequent stop!

Had the classic puff with vanilla filling. It was
pretty good, but slightly overhyped. I don’t know if I would necessarily go back. But worth trying at least once.

I had bookmarked Beard Papa’s and when I saw they had it inside Mochilato, I went in to give both a try.
I was surprised by how small they were and how expensive.
Just under $ 3 for a cream puff, or $ 5 for 5 minis which I was going to get until I saw the cookie crunch and paris brest for a few cent more.
Going for variety I went with a cookie crunch and eclaire paris brest, both tiny and they were super stingy with the filling.
The only flavors were vanilla and green tea, I went with vanilla for both and that was the only good part about the entire thing.
The cookie crunch was ok, the whole thing just really stale.
The paris brest soggy in the one tiny part that had custard in it, the rest stale and the chocolate not great on top either.
This seems to be more of a hype than actually good thing, maybe a «real» Beard Papa’s would be better, but honestly there are so many other great desserts, I’m over it.

Call us crazy as we just came from a huge dinner, desserts at Mochilato Café and then as the ovens with FRESHLY done cream puffs came out, we decided to stuff our faces AGAIN. Those puffs were calling our names. Man we are total suckers for PASTRY anything. Unilocal… our noses were leading us to DEATH by DESSERTS! We all ordered 2 each. I know I had no more room in my tummy but I stuffed my face with 2 of them… Vanilla Cream & Green Tea.
Beard & Papa’s first started in 1999 when Yuji Hirota opened the first Beard Papa’s store in Osaka, Japan. They are known as the «World’s Best Cream Puffs». They are the only one chain I know that has opened internationally.
I’ve only had the pleasure of having eaten them in San Francisco where they crowds will wait for them to come out of the ovens and followers come in and buy bags of these amazing puffs. I was so happy to see that they are now inside Mochilato Café in Irvine. As far as I know… this is DOUBLE THE TROUBLE for sure. Don’t come in if you have a weakness for desserts, ice creams, shaved ice! You will hate me for it but LOVE me for telling you about it. I’ll take the blame for both.
Of course, the nite we come in, their ovens were getting fixed since it stopped working. We saw the technician working hard on fixing it and the lines of ordering was filling up. We decided to order some as well… we didn’t plan on moving anywhere for the next 30 minutes. Finally… the words we were waiting for «the oven is fixed!» 16 minutes later, we had our cream puff babies.
I got my fix with the Green Tea & Vanilla Puffs. The outer shell has the texture of a pie crust that has the crunchy part and the spongy part inside. 2 amazing layers of pastry and the center always creamy yumminess! This location is limited in the flavors they offer so you might want to call ahead before you think they have all of the flavors.
If you’ve never had their puffs, it’s worth the try.

I’ve been craving cream puffs for a while now, so when I saw a Beard Papa’s in Irvine AND it’s in the same location as Mochilato, I made a mad dash there to satisfy my craving. There was a lot of people waiting to order either mochis at Mochilato or cream puffs at Beard Papa’s, but the guy working didn’t seem to hate his job. (Actually, if I worked there, I probably wouldn’t either! But that’s cause I’d probably eat all the sweets.) He was quick and very friendly.
I ordered their special for the week, which was green tea. Honestly, I’m not the biggest fan of green tea flavored food items, so I wasn’t too sure if I was going to like it. But it was pretty good. He filled the cream puff with plenty of the green tea cream. yum! The shell itself wasn’t as light flaky as I would’ve liked, but it’d do. I kind of regretted only getting one!