Diamond Bakery

Ruined my birthday cake. Ordered on the 16^th and today my lover picked it up on the 17^th and it was rushed with the worst customer service experience. The lady was giving him attitude while ordering a simple tiramisu cake. Thumbs down and won’t ever order from this place again. While opening the box the cake was so unstable they had to use a plastic outside liner to keep the base standing.

This place is one of the only bakery I ever go to. It has the best bread and has been a childhood memory of mine to go here every single year for my birthday cake.

The shop was very crowded that day. I came searching for Manapuas (Cha siu ba). Got the last three plus a couple other things. They were very good and I will be back again and try other things as well.

First of all this bakery deserves more stars. I was first hesitant to come here and preferred to go to a bakery at the next retail complex as it has better reviews on Unilocal.However, after I got to that bakery, there were not many things to choose from and nothing was either warm or fresh. So reluctantly I followed my husband to Diamond Bakery instead. To my surprise, 90% of breads & buns were fresh and some were even still warm when I got there. All were calling me to pick them and place them on my tray
I ate a warm sweet bun with custard and salty egg filling on the spot and it was heaven! We grabbed a box full of bread to-​go and we were ready en route to Grand Canyon.

I was looking for some authentic char siu bao and red bean pastries, and I think I found the best spot in Las Vegas. I have to admit, the bakery had many different varieties of pastries and breads, but the only few I found appealing were the red bean pastries and the char siu bao. Maybe the Diamond Bakery has more to offer, but the only two times I have been to this location I have ordered the same two dishes because I enjoyed them so much.
The staff at the Diamond Bakery struggled with English, which I thought was a good sign from the beginning for authenticity. It is located in Chinatown in the main mall. The outside screamed authenticity, and the inside confirmed. The food is great and fresh. I recommend anyone tries the char siu bao and red bean pastries. Great prices as well.

*** I’m the type to write a review only if the experience was incredibly bad or if I’ve been bowled over amazed***
When I’m in the area, I like to drop in for something different from my usual donuts. Used to love this place but the quality has gone down hill the last couple of years. Went on a Sunday, looked pretty busy so I expected at least fresh baked goods. Grabbed a few cream filled, red bean and a couple sponge cakes. Usual terrible customer service, but it’s expected in this place and overlooked because the goods made up for it. When I got home the sponge cake looked so good, very soft to the touch and appetizing to the eye. I made some tea and sat down, ready for some afternoon tea and cake… but a few bites in I discovered the inside was moldy! Nope.Nope.Nope!
I have included pictures AND a video (sorry about the auto focus). Will I be back? NOPE!

Large shop just outside the Chinatown mall– the staff speak limited English, but most items are clearly labeled so you can find what you need. The heated buns (bbq pork, etc) are at the counter, FYI. I found the savory options to be better-​tasting and better-​executed than the sweet ones, but that may just be a personal preference.
STANDOUTS: Chicken pie (it’s like a chicken pot pie, in biscuit form, with lots of juicy dark meat chicken!) and Portuguese egg tarts (thick crust keeps the eggy custard safe even if you’re grabbing to go!). Both of these were good enough for me to consider coming back JUST to get them, despite disappointment with other items and overall service.
OTHERS: The bbq pork buns (dough and filling were a little sweeter than I like, but they were nicely filled), green onion beef roll? (bright, robust onion taste to the roll but dry breading and didn’t care for the flavor of the filling at all), taro/​red bean/​coconut bun trio (amount of filling wasn’t consistent, taro was the best of the options).
Service is nearly nonexistent, no greetings, assistance, or smiles. $ 5 card minimum (with fee), $ 8 minimum (w/​o fee) is a bit inconvenient. I did not like how my card was taken out of my line of sight to be processed– not sure why the credit card machine would be located on the back wall behind the pastry case rather than adjacent to the register where the customer can monitor activity.

Who goes to Vegas to go to Chinatown? Not, I! Or shall I say I now will be. OMG talk about a great bakery. I selected a few things to try at recommendation from a random stranger and wow was I surprised. The char siu bao was delicious and the taro flaky bun was amazing. The service was great and the prices were on point. I can’t wait to go back just to try more stuff.

Their steamed and baked baos are great for snacking and noshing. Minimum you will eat at least three of them. The dough is slightly sweet, delicate and moist. The egg custard are also a specialty of theirs. A few standard savory and sweet dimsum faves made well!!!

We had their sponge cake. It was nice and fluffy. We also had cream cake with coconut it could have used more Suarez but it was extremely fresh and soft. Their Chinese tamale was huge. They did increase their price significantly

Items Selected:
Date Paste Walnut Bar
Black Egg Bun
Yam Bun
Red Bean with 1 Egg Yolk Moon Cake
Raisin Bread Pudding
3 Combo — Red Bean, Taro, Custard
Egg Custard
Portuguese Egg Custard
Located in an International Shopping Center on Spring Mountain, one of those places where one can invest in any number of statues or costumes mass produced overseas while also culling a few ornate originals from actual artisans, it was on the advice of a local restauranteur that a stop was made to Diamond Bakery and although not the cheapest spot in town for traditional Chinese pastry the results far outstripped the majority while service, too, proved far more devout.
Large in size and far less cluttered than most, the pastry case to the left with bagged goods on the right, the selection at Diamond rivals the layout with no less than sixty different options on offer, a notable lack of overlap in ingredients with selections reportedly changing day to day.
Based out of California, but offering several hot items and cakes baked on site, it was after much browsing and several questions that an order was elected and with eight items bagged to enjoy at a table outside the $ 20.33 tab was comprised almost ¹⁄₃ by the ornate moon cake, the dense red bean paste just barely sweetened around the hard cooked egg yolk while two styles of egg tarts were each equally low on sugar, instead opting to let the buttery shell and more savory custard notes shine.
Moving on to bread pudding, a dish that simply cannot be passed up wherever it might be found, suffice it to say that the raisin-​studded block was a bit too cool to be enjoyed straight from the cooler, and even when warmed up later neither the texture nor flavor was particularly up to snuff.
Put off by the bitterness of date paste that was unfortunately rendered a bit gritty by too much ground walnut amidst the fruit, the goods once again found footing in a trio of supple breads, the ‘black egg’ version a truly one-​of-​a-​kind flavor marrying sweetness to funkiness and soy sauce while both the yam bun and «3-​combo» featured all sorts of fluffiness with a variety of natural flavors packing the core.
Certainly not the sort of place channeling America’s Sweet Tooth with its work, Diamond Bakery is the sort of place where an interest in less typical flavors is rewarded, the customer service amongst the best of its kind in town

I like to go to Asian bakeries when I am in Las Vegas because there aren’t any where I live in Southern California. There is a certain one I normally go to but it wasn’t that good last time so I went to Diamond bakery this time. The pastries look better than they tasted. They had a large selection of ones I haven’t seen anywhere else. The cakes were beautiful. I guess because they were so beautiful I was expecting something spectacular. They weren’t bad they just weren’t great.

Hands down best freshly steamed Chinese BBQ pork buns in Vegas. And their size is huge! It can barely fit in my hand. I was lucky to have bought a fresh batch that just came from the kitchen and the staff was busy packaging them. Yummy! For the price of $ 1.99 each it was worth it.
Plus they accepted credit cards which is also another star for my rating because most asian places only take cash which is a huge inconvenience these days. I was only browsing through and bought items on a whim. I did notice however, that this bakery also does cakes and wedding cakes as well as desserts and other small side snacks. If only I lived there I would try it all…
But the next time I come visit Vegas again I will be sure to stop by this hidden gem

Walked in to grab some snacks for a family friend. This establishment is an insult to Asian bakeries which are usuallY BOMB. Employees were rude, they didn’t greet us or answer any of our questions about their pastries. Pastries are bland and terrible.
I should have known, when I walked in the bbq pork buns were wrapped in plastic in a heater as well as the egg tarts that were oddly shaped, burnt, and looked like its been sitting there for HOURS (we went in the morning like 11am). You know it’s bad when they have to sit in a heater. Red flags all around.
You deserve better guys. Don’t treat yourself to such torment.

God this place really is going I downhill. Went in there to order cake and the ladies are soooo rude. They yelled at me because I asked them how big is the cake and how much. I’m not asking for an effing discount, I just want to know if it’s better to buy a big one?
What a dump. A big change from 10 yrs ago. Cake selection is limited and the quality is just terrible. They can’t even change the color of the icing. Told them that I can’t give my grandpa a pink longevity cake. How hard is it to put blue icing on it instead of pink?

Not a bad little pastry shop. I’ve been here twice so far and really like the sesame balls with red bean paste. I tried a taro with mochi bun today and it was really good. Looking forward to trying some other items in my next visit when I’m in the area.

**Come for the savory pastries, not the sweets, and you won’t be disappointed. If you come for the sweets… you might be,**
Been going here for years, and whenever someone wants a BBQ Pork Bun, I always point them here. The only downside to this place is that you have to be in before 1 or else most of the good stuff is taken, and I work night so I rarely make it here.
The bread they use for their savory pastries (i.e. Japanese Hot Dog, Ham and Cheese corner) is delicious. So buttery, yet somehow not flaky. It’s almost as if a croissant and a soft pretzel had a baby and you put meat and cheese in it. Delicious, right?
As I said above, come for the savory things with meat in them. You MUST TRY:
BBQ PORK BUNS– though now they’re half the size of what they used to be, which I don’t mind, except that they upped the price for smaller portions. That’s never satisfying no matter where you go.
JAPANESE STYLE HOT DOG – I’ve woken up in the middle of the night and craved this.
HAM AND CHEESE CORNER – Only one slice of ham and once slice of cheese, at times can be too little, but the bread makes up for it. The lack of filling remind me of French sandwiches. Maybe that’s the style.
I do enjoy the cream cheese buns and red bean buns and those type of things, but I get those sporadically as I’m in there. The savory stuff is what I come for, and all the sweets are just picked on a whim. I’ve never disliked anything I’ve had here, though.
I hear a lot of people complain that the cakes and tarts and those things are bland and overpriced, so as I said, if you come for those, you may be disappointed, which is why I took off a star. Other than that, this place is my favorite bakery.

I can’t believe this was in LV. This shop located in the Chinatown in Las Vegas. I was very happy to find out the sesame jelly roll and bread pudding, which was a hit.
I enjoy this kind of old school Chinese bakery style.

How has no one raved about the taro pastry? I’ve fallen in love with it. It’s a heavy, dense ball of thick and delicious taro paste, enclosed in a delicate and flaky layer of purple swirls. They’re $ 3.00 each, but can last a couple of days because they’re so dense. Definitely going to stop by for more…
On the other hand, their taro mochi bun is alright. It does have mochi in it, but the bread isn’t as doughy as the marble taro bun from 85c, nor does the taro paste have as much flavor.
P. S.: $ 8.00 minimum for cards

This is an okay Chinese bakery located in the Chinatown plaza. The sun biscuit I had was huge (the size of my face), but the interior of the biscuit didn’t quite taste like the sun biscuits I am used to. The buo luo bao did not look that appetizing. The egg crust looked kind of dry and there didn’t seem to be much egg on it.