Golden Bun Bakery

The bake and steam buns are OK but if you want dimsum it’s better to walk a block down to the actual dimsum restaurant and pay an extra buck. The pan fry dumplings are filled with pork fat and too oily.
The ladies that work here are nice but the guy that works the rice roll station is extremely verbally abusive. Asking him a simple question about the rice rolls will get you yelled at. Even the ladies that work there will warn you not to talk to him.

I’m not entirely sure what I think of this place. When I walked in, there were about 10 workers in this small bakery. That meant fast service, but little room to move. The seating here is very limited and was hogged up by the workers, so I wasn’t able to sit and eat. I really like how they sell mini buns by 3s. This makes it easy for me to try something new with friends. I only purchased the egg tarts during this visit and was very unsatisfied because it lacked the authentic egg tart consistency and flavor. The custard was too solid and the crust was not flaky at all. Because I frequent this neighborhood often, I will probably be back to try their other foods and update this review then.

They have tons of selections. Including mini buns, steam buns, dim sum items and steam rice dishes.
The food is decent. But sometimes you’ll end up with stomaches.
Their service is horrendous. 5 times I’ve purchased their shrimp rice rolls and spare rib over rice and they forget the most important ingredient: the soy sauce. Once I can understand. But 5 times is just ridiculous. Fed up to the point I actually called them to complain. They came up with so many excuses, got loud and disrespectful then hung up on me.
I’ll be spending my money elsewhere.

I’m sorry I would give a great review. I would leave more of a better review. if only I understood Chinese. I asked a few questions and I couldn’t get an answer. I wanted sweet cookies. And they didn’t know. I asked can I taste that was rudely applied no a direct no. I ended up getting just a few cookies and left. But when I opened to eat them. They were good and tasted great! I wouldn’t say my next experience would be the same. Not knowing what to expect when I buy them. And that will keep me from coming back.

When I first walked into this Chinese bakery, I get hit immediately with a wide array of Chinese breakfast to my right. The aroma of different congee, noodles, buns, dim sum wrapped around me like a warm, fuzzy blanket. Along the wall to your right, you also have a panel of photos of the different dishes with English translation and listed prices. They take care of us Americans good. Walking a few more steps forward, their famous egg cakes «Dahn Go» will hit you like a storm as they come freshly baked out of the oven. Oh they are so soft, fluffy and warm when you immediately try them. Let them sit for a few hours and they are still good! To the back they have their usual breakfast buns. Inexpensive Chinese breakfast with a wide selection. Not a bad way to start your mornings!
Of course, their food isn’t the healthiest. but it’s nice to indulge here every now and then.

Good standard Chinese bakery with odd metallic seating. I have come here many times for their dim sum items and have found them consistently decent, if somewhat cold. What I find surprising is that for a place that specializes in buns, any bun I’ve gotten from them has been mediocre at best. Whatever. Still a decent place to grab some quick breakfast if you don’t feel like going to a sit down dim sum place.

My mom frequently buys buns from Golden Bun Bakery to make at home for breakfast. My sister tried their fried pork dumplings before and told me good things about them so I knew I had to try them.
The bakery is situated on a high pedestrian and traffic corner. In addition, it is right off of the Bay Parkway Train Station on the D Line.
Small bakery and limited seating. Staff is nice and helpful. They have an assortment of buns, baked goods, dim sum, and quick fixes for lunch/​snacks which makes it very convenient to pick up.
The dumplings were 5 for $ 1.75 which were darn cheap! It seems they only have one type of dumpling which is the fried pork dumpling. The dumplings were scrumptious! They weren’t crispy or crunchy, but somehow they still tasted great. The dumpling skin wasn’t too thick which I liked. The filling inside consisted of ground pork, jicama, and chives. Very tasty and flavored well. The jicama gave the dumpling a slight crunch to it.
I really liked the fact this bakery is close to my house and the train station. There’s many bakeries along 86^th street, but this one really stands out from the ones I’ve tried because of these delectable dumplings.

Small bakery. Limited seating. Not a lot of selections. BUT cute miniature pastries. Like the mini egg white tarts. Like the mini buns. Perfect size for someone like me who like to eat small portions. This way allows me to try a little bit of everything. Nice!

I haven’t be here too many times to write a review, but since I am the duchess of Golden Bun Bakery, I have to write something.
I came here for their «bao» twice. Well, it’s golden «bun» so I gotta order some bao. Their bao were good to enjoy but sometimes it’s not that warm to enjoy even though they told me that they steamed it again.
First time I had the lotus paste and 2^nd time I ordered the pork bun. Pork bun was. «meh». but the lotus bun was pretty good.
I like the lady that works there. They are all really friendly and patient since I took a long time to decide what I want and I only purchase 1 bun at a time.

Another local Chinese bakery with average coffee and pretty good dai bau (a large steamed bun with egg, sausage, chicken and ??? inside of it). This bakery is small and has limited seating and the staff has limited English but is friendly.
I was here last winter and had asked for a takeout menu or business card. I was told at the time that they were too new and would have some soon. When I asked again today about 6 months later, they used the same excuse. Pretty lame but okay to stop here if you are passing through and want something more local than DD or BK!