Polly Ann Bakery

Diane and the Polly Anns Bakery staff was a dream to work with. Our cake (4 tiers and 4 different flavors!) is still being talked about. From the tasting to the design — Diane was patient and listened to what we wanted. When it came to the final decisions about the design of the cake I left it all in their hands and I would not have had it any other way. It was absolutely perfect. And I will continue to use them for all of my bakery and cake needs!

This bakery is wonderful! With 24 hour notice, they made me the most beautiful and delicious cake and were extremely helpful. I will be moving to San Pedro next month and will use this bakery exclusively! Diane and her team are so very kind!

I think one of the best ways to judge a business is by how they react when there’s a problem. This business is awesome! I needed a specific type of cake that was not available that day. My event was in a few hours. Not only did the women working there make recommendations, they also helped me with filling and frosting! I decided to make my own layered cake and one of the women told me exactly what to do to prevent it from sticking to the pan and how to turn it over onto the other cake. Without her help, I never could have pulled it off! Especially on such short notice!
Also, their raspberry mousse filling is AMAZING!
The manager even called me the next day to see how my cake turned out. Wonderful place, very helpful staff, tasty treats, and exceptional customer service!

They were great on the design and very professional at delivering the cake on the wood base we provided. The only thing that keeps me from giving a five star is the taste, it was ok.

Five stars is not enough. Ordered a cake for my daughters third birthday, princess Sofia theme and they absolutely blew me away. And it tasted amazing. Thank you so much for making my daughters birthday party even more special.

They have something called a devil dog (I think that’s what it’s called) and it’s amazing. I HIGHLY recommend it if you’re a chocolate lover like I am. It’s a basically a piece of chocolate cake with buttercream frosting that’s dipped in chocolate. The thumbprint cookies, brownies, and eclairs are also really yummy.

I come here sometimes to buy bread, which is fine if you want basic bread. But the sweets aren’t good. Donuts, bear claws, Danishes, bars, croissants, etc. I have tried almost everything here and they really should just stick to the bread and nothing more. As a kind gesture to my kids last day of class, I wanted to bring his class blueberry muffins since I’m not allowed to bake for the kids so I wanted to place an order with Polly Anns. It was sad to learn that their blueberry muffins are not made fresh everyday, they make a batch, freeze them, and then take some out when they need them. In my opinion that is a disgrace. This is not my. Grandma’s house, it’s supposed to be a bakery business. Sad to learn this and I can say that I probably won’t go here for bread anymore… they might freeze it. I want fresh bread & muffins! Is that too much to ask?

Last week I went to Polly Ann’s to pickup a birthday cake I had ordered to take to Santa Catalina for my sister’s 60^th birthday celebration. I live in No. Cal., so found Polly Ann’s through an Internet search. The cake was a carrot cake with vanilla custard filling and cream cheese frosting. It was beautifully decorated, and almost looked too pretty to eat! The cake was the best carrot cake imaginable – moist, delicately spiced, and not overly sweet, but just right. We are very appreciative of the baker/​pastry chef’s outstanding skills. We could not have been more impressed.
B. L.

Love this bakery more and more every time I go in. the recipes are over 30 years old and they are perfect. we always get our birthday cakes from here. Plus the employees are always friendly thank you Polly Ann bakery!

One thing I found about this place is that they dont make all there stuff frsh, a lot of their items including cakes are not made on the premises, they are pre made and in packages as if you were buying from the supermarket. They take them out and display them for sale, how sad a bakery that doesn’t make their own stuff. When you walk in it, it looks empty and old. Parking is awful, maybe because a lot of people go to the post office and a lot of in and out of traffic.

I had my wedding cake made here for last weekend and they did a very good job! Better than I thought it would be! Went with the chocolate and chiffon with vanilla custard and it was good. :) Wish we would have been able to have some leftovers to take home so I could have tried some of it! Thank you!

And yet another beautifully decorated and yes, DELICIOUS cake for my other GRAND-daughter’s makeup birthday party. As long as Polly Ann Bakery keeps delivering wonderful cakes, I’ll remain a devoted consumer.

Probably the best éclair that I have ever had. I have no idea how anything else they make tastes. On a whim I came in here one day while running errands, got an éclair and that was it — it was perfect. I purchase the éclair exclusively now when I visit this bakery. I think about trying other things, but I do not want to miss an opportunity to eat the éclair when it presents itself.

Honestly this place does not deserve a star. I wasn’t impressed with this bakery at all. The times I have went the selection was poor and the I wasn’t thrilled with the service. Not very pleasant! Acted like we were a bother. Bad attitudes! My daughter got a couple of cookies and she said they tasted so dry and no taste to them at all. Nope won’t be going back and nor will I recommend them to anyone. There are far better bakeries in San Pedro than this place

It really pains me to give 2 Stars to a Bakery that I have been going to for so many years. It should actually be one star, but I didn’t have the heart to do that. It seems that the owners here are not much interested in their bakery anymore. They need «Save my Bakery» to step in. The bakery itself is so outdated and dingy looking. Very, VERY unappealing. The wedding cake they have on display has finger marks on it? Their Croissants used to be the best! Their cheese danish used to be «to die for» delicious. Now the filling is some type of packaged goop. The little rolls dipped on each end with chocolate were always my favorite, but the last 3 times I got them, they were mushy. The Cannoli’s are soft and not crunchy.
A few years back we got my son and daughter-​in-​laws wedding cake there, and it was awful! It looked nice, but the cake was dry and filling was so sweet, that nobody could eat it. That was so embarrassing.
The place is extremely run down. I keep hoping somebody takes an interest in this San Pedro icon, and turns it around. They have the same items they have been selling for 30+ yrs (or more). And that’s ok if you keep them tasting the way they did years back, and if you add a few new things. It’s heartbreaking and disappointing to see this. What a great location! We need a great bakery in San Pedro, make it happen Polly Ann’s! Bring it back, you can do it!

I have always ordered birthday cakes from here, I have to say that although the cakes are great, especially their trademark cake which is marble with banana flavor cake and buttercream frosting, I always end up paying about $$ 100.00, and that’s for the ½ sheet. I guess you pay more for the art then for the actual cake. Their customer service skills are not all great, the older lady that takes my order always looks upset and she seems to hesitate when I ask questions about the cake, she does make me feel uncomfortable. Next time I’m just buying a cake at Costco, it taste just about the same and a lot cheaper !!!

Oh this place is yummy! My boyfriend got me a princess cake from here for my birthday, and it was the most shockingly, craziest, cutest cake ever! He also got me a tiny minion cake (despicable me), the size of my palm! Cutest thing ever!

Don’t ask them to do anything complicated for your wedding cake. they cannot execute… even our cake was not complicated, but they failed to execute. i was deeply disappointed on my wedding cake. They positioned the decorations all wrong. All of our cake pictures came out bad. I cringe when see my wedding cake photos. We paid extra for fondant but they refuse to refund me that. It was totally their fault and they were blaming others. How can you blame others and tell me that the cake decorator was on vacation? the backup decorator should be as equally competent and logical (they put my cake backwards!!!)… i’m so upset. the husband and I still talk about the cake incident and makes us really upset.
the cake was overly dense and it was too sweet for my taste. but i guess that’s personal choice. i’ll never go here again.

Polly Ann Bakery needs a bit of help. I’m not really sure why it has such great reviews.
I’ve lived adjacent to 8^th for a little over a year now (but am also a San Pedro local), and I had never set foot in Polly Ann until the other day when my friend and I thought we’d venture in and peruse the sweets. I know it has a reputation in San Pedro, so I was expecting a little more.
The inside needs a total makeover. It looks dirty (even though it’s probably not), the pastries looked really old, and I was horrified at pizza that was sitting in the case (it looked like it had been there for DAYS). Granted, I did visit in the afternoon, but it seemed relatively busy, so you’d think the presentation would be a little better. The selection was good — everything from cakes, cookies, muffins, pastries, coffee drinks, etc. — but it just wasn’t that great. My friend and I split a Napoleon and a cream puff. The cream puff was tiny and nothing to write home about. The Napoleon was just meh. The filo dough was nice and flaky but not particularly buttery or delicious. The cream was just okay. We sat at a table that looked like it was a couple clicks away from caving in… not safe. The woman working inside was super friendly and helpful, though, so kudos for that.
The only thing this place really has going for it is that it’s been a family (mother to daughter) run business for many years and is located on a quaint, cute street. It’s a shame Ramona’s closed; I’d much rather get pastries there.
My take? You can pass this place up… unless you just like to window shop.

Polly Ann Bakery has been around as long as I can remember. I remember going here with my grandma for sprinkle sugar cookies at the wee young age of 6 or so. And this place has been around long before that.
Décor still looks the same and the cookies still taste the same. I guess that’s all you can ask for.
When I’m near Weymouth Corner (which is hardly ever) and have a sweet tooth I’ll pop in for a sprinkle sugar cookies and a few thumbprint cookies.
The gals working are young and super friendly. It always seems like I usually stop by towards the end of the day but they still are always well stocked and the cookies always taste fresh baked. Brings back great memories coming here. Nostalgic all the way…