Simply Bakery

I started going here one day when I saw how clean and fresh the bakery looked, I keep coming back because there goods are delicious, fresh, and Not self-​serve, although they are placed along the walls for you to pick out.
I started buying pork floss buns, then graduated to the pork floss on top of the sweet bread
Also, Not sure of the exact name but it is a pork roast bun with sweet topping
— I love it and will be adding it to my list of must buys. I will pick this over «mei li wah» any day!!!
I have no complaints about here, every time I go the experience is pleasant. They greet me, grab and bag each item individually, and drop to cashier for me to pay.
My only wish: they accept cards

Only had the Napoleon cake. Heads up, this is a Chinese style Napoleon, so there aren’t thick layers of cream. Rather there are thick layers of puff pastry that stay crunchy even after a couple of days in the fridge. There are several layers of thin cream and chunks of walnut. I’m usually turned away from Napoleons because the layers become soggy but this wasn’t too sweet and stayed fresh. Simply Bakery made me a fan of the Chinese Napoleon again!

The lady who makes the bubble tea is HORRIBLE with TERRIBLE customer service. I ordered a cold matcha milk tea with no ice and less bubbles. Usually at a bubble tea joint, that means they still shake it with ice (so it’s cold) but leave the ice out. Instead, this chick presents me with a super watery, lukewarm drink that’s not even green (like, did she even put matcha in there?) halfway filled with bubbles.
Okay, first off, just because I ask for no ice, does not mean you can sell a shitty drink just to save a couple cents from using a bit more powder or milk. Furthermore, when I told her it tastes like water, she shakes her heads, glares and blames it on me for asking for no ice. I ask her to take out some of the bubbles (I literally could not take a sip without my mouth filling with 10 tapioca balls) she just dumps it into the sink and adds milk to fill it up to the top, which DID NOT improve the taste at all. I dumped the drink when I got outside.
I don’t know who this lady working here was, but she gave me a ridiculous amount of attitude and was too cheap just because I asked for «no ice» on a $ 3 drink.
Would NOT come here again and please just save yourself the trouble of dealing with her by sticking to the breads.

I used to shop at Taipan and Fay Da for breakfast but since I discovered Simply, this is my go to backer my in Chinatown. Char siu buns are my favorite here, really yummy on par with Taipan, but cheaper. The shop is also a lot tidier and less crowded than Taipan. I also get the «wife cake» 老婆饼 from here a lot. The ones from Fay Da are dry and 99% just flour. Simply bakery gets the filling and the pastry texture just right. Their buns are always fresh and the quality is pretty consistent. Servers are very a attentive and helpful too.

Very modern and well kept up bakery! Very fancy and still pretty cheap in price.
They have these cute little turtle buns that are to die for! The bun it self was so soft and fluffy with a nice crisp on the outside. It also had a sweetness to it and a little glaze on the «turtle» shell. Definitely in love!
Egg custard– Portuguese style
–they don’t place this out, you have to ask for it at the counter
–these are one of the better ones I’ve had here in NYC and the custard consistency was perfectly sweeten and soft
–the sugary glaze on top was also a great texture when you bite into it, giving a little caramelized taste
–the crust was also not too soft where it will fall apart when you take a bite which I like so it doesn’t crumple in your hands and potentially fall, but at the same time it was soft enough that it didn’t take over the custard
–little more than some other places, but it was pretty huge and kept the flavor well
I definitely will get some of my baked goods here again!

What a delightful little bakery! My husband and I were impressed with the customer service, the price point and that it was immaculately clean.
We made many selections. The chocolate cake by the front register is the perfect cake for a chocoholic. A coconut bun that was lightly sweetened, yet it didn’t overpower the bun as a whole. A box of butter cookies that are perfect for a hostess gift or for dipping in tea or coffee. And, we also tried a cupcake and one dark chocolate piece of cake that we didn’t find to satisfy our tastebuds, but that’s okay!
There was such a diverse selection of desserts to choose from, that we look forward to returning to this establishment during our next adventure to discover many more mouthwatering treats.

Simply bakery is the plethora of Chinese bakeries opening up in Chinatown. One can’t walk a block without one. We wanted to try it out. It has the usual suspects of tarts, custards and coconut buns plus smoothies. They had mini green tea mooncakes I wanted to try out. The lit counters along the wall display countless choice of sweets. My Chinese friend noted that the translation was all off. We got what was labeled egg custard was really pineapple. The labeled sponge cake was actually marshmallow to our surprise. We wondered why the ‘cake’ was jiggling.

I love this Bakery.
The prices are great, and everything I’ve had thus far is very tasty. I always make sure to stop in here when I’m walking through Chinatown.
Can’t wait to try their turtle bread.

This is my everyday to-​go breakfast because it’s literally right in front of my work place. Their bread are average. I do not recommend getting their bread at night because they were there since the morning (I learned it the hard way).
I ordered a cappuccino and i don’t think the barista knows how to make them. She made it as a regular hot coffee. I was disappointed that I did not receive the drink I wanted.
I don’t recommend this location to get cappuccino, lattes, etc.
Their macarons are not baked, they’re bought. That also disappointed me.
I recommend this place as a last resort for bakery pastries.

The turtle bread was cute but somehow it just felt lacking. Still, super cute!

Simply Bakery sells turtle bread (how adorable!).
I came here and purchased mini mooncakes (pineapple, pandan, and green tea) that go for $ 1.50 each. The pineapple mooncake is sweet and chewy. I didn’t really taste any pandan from the pandan mooncake; what a bummer… but at least the fresh green color looked appealing! The green tea was dark in color and bitter; that’s when you know it’s authentic green tea! My favorite would be the green tea mooncake, which I said was quite authentic in taste, compared to the other two. Overall, I’d come back for more desserts.

The Portuguese egg tart is amazing and kept warm in the cases, so 5 stars for that warm, flaky, sweet amazingness. The small bubble tea is also HUGE. I’d say it was a ~12 oz bubble tea for $ 2.75 which is such a good deal. I got Thai tea, which is my standard bubble tea order, and it was just how it should have been. I spent under $ 4 on what was a pretty sizable snack, which is standard in Chinatown, but I really do think for how clean this bakery is and how nice the interior is, it’s definitely worth going to.

One of the brighter, more modern bakeries in Chinatown. In here you would find bakeries from both worlds, ranging from char siu buns to cheesecakes and biscuits. I have only sampled their Chinese buns and so far they have been decent. If that interests you, I have tried char siu bun with crusty top, dried milk bread with raisins, seaweed bun, custard bun, and sponge cake. Prices are a bit higher than many other bakeries around, but they do blend in some varieties into their products. Slushes are decent; I did enjoy my red bean slush. Staff are helpful and friendly. On most days, they would pick and pack the buns for you if they aren’t too occupied.

On our way back to our car after a hearty meal and grabbing a bubble tea, I saw this small yet neat bakery across the street. Curious on what this place has to offer, I decided to check it out. I ordered some cookies and cake and the way they were made is kinda impressive.

Beautiful place, incredibly clean, and the pastry and treats are displayed in spotless cases. We had 2 different types of cake… awesome…see photo attached!
Really well displayed menus and pricing, on stone veneer walls, and flat screen monitors…
It is an Oasis in Chinatown… and we will be going back!

Simple Bakery is relatively new to Bayard Street and Chinatown for sure. The bakery has chic décor compared to the other bakeries in Chinatown and is well lit too.
My boyfriend’s mom had stopped by this bakery at one point and brought a bun shaped and appeared like a turtle. I didn’t eat it since it was too adorable.
One afternoon, my boyfriend and I stopped by this bakery since he didn’t have lunch and I was thirsty. The ladies there aren’t the friendliest, a little impatient if you ask me.
I tried their Grass Jelly with Ice. It was refreshing, but way too sweet for me.
There’s a lot of bakeries in Chinatown and I’ve definitely been to better ones where the workers are more friendlier and food tastes good as well. Maybe I will give this a second shot at some point in the future, we will see.

I love egg tarts and they have good Portuguese and traditional egg tarts. We also tried the Neopolitan cake, but it wasn’t spectacular. My friend loves the walnut muffins because they’re not very sweet. I thought they were ok. I’d recommend going for the egg tarts.
As with all the Chinatown bakeries, everything is very affordable and tasty. This Chinatown bakery, I would say, is a bit cleaner looking than the others. May be a good first one for people who don’t normally frequent Chinatown.

Looking for some baos to buy, I embarked on my way to my regular chinatown bakeries. I passed by Simple Bakery and contemplated stepping in here, but shortly scoffed at the idea, thinking the usual and more-​experienced Dragonland bakery or Taipan would probably be better. But then I thought… but Simply Bakery is probably cleaner.
I decided to give it a try.
Very delicious and fresh – as all bakeries should be, but this one seems much cleaner! They also make some americanized treats such as muffins, which doesn’t hurt.

Simply Bakery is exactly as described. Baked baos and cakes and a few sandwiches. Nai cha uses the Hong Kong brand tea, not Lipton. Staff is good and the person helping you buy bao is on top of it without being in the way. The décor is nice but since there are only three seats its a waste of money cuz you can’t enjoy it for long.
Nothing notable to eat here, just the usual. Carry on!

Local, inexpensive, and clean bakery shop.
Was recommended to come here to get some bubble tea by a friend as it was nearby after I had gotten some dimsum from Jing Fong Restaurant. I got a regular black milk tea with boba and it was good! The boba was still hard, not sure if it was done boiling or not, but not a big deal.
But what I was most excited to try that I saw in the bakery was the green tea cake roll with red bean inside. Those are my two favorite flavors so I was ecstatic to see a product that contained the two together! But it was not good at all :(. The taste was very bland. Definitely do not get that. But I will recommended getting other bakery items and the boba drinks.