Chinatown Bakery in City of London, Westminster

The custard filled taiyaki are to die for and only £2.50 for 4 they're so worth it. The batter is so light and fluffy, while the custard is sweet and moreish. Definitely recommend, the staff are just so lovely too.

Authentic chinese baked goods! Just like the ones in NY.

It's not good and it's expensive. They look like industrial products. I should have looked at the composition before buying, it's full of additives.

Great place to try some new backery.

As a dessert lover, I couldn’t resist trying the custard buns and chiffon cakes in Central London China Town—and they didn’t disappoint! The custard buns were incredibly soft and fluffy, with a creamy filling that wasn’t overly sweet, making them absolutely perfect. Just make sure to peel off the outer layer of the custard bun before enjoying the creamy goodness inside! The chiffon cake was light, spongy, and melted in my mouth with every bite. Both were vegetarian-friendly, which is a huge plus! The best part? Everything was super affordable—I got these delicious treats for under £10. However, I was disappointed when I asked for tissues and was told they didn’t have any. It’s a basic necessity that every bakery should have, and it was surprising to hear otherwise. Overall, the flavors and textures were incredible, and it’s a must-try spot, especially if you prefer desserts that aren’t overly sweet! Hashtags: #ChiffonCakeLover #CustardBuns #FluffyCakes #VegetarianLondon #DessertLovers #FoodieLondon #AffordableTreats

The highlight was their black colored taro red bean bun

Have good taiyaki but wouldn’t recommend to eat inside this place. Bit of a tourist trap too.

Found egg shell fragments in my pandan bun, and had a more bitter than usual taste. Really surprised me.

In this case we tried the fish that is served directly to the street and its not something special, It IS ok but we Will not take It again. Its foot to take away.

I do not recommend this shop... I love Tayiaki ( in my town) I don't know why,but vanilla custard tastes weird and the staff was little bit rude to me when I ask for more napkins. #London

Great for anyone who wants to try something new! We ordered the fish-shaped pastries filled with sweet red beans and were thrilled.

I tried the green tee icecream "fish", the taste was very bland. I didn't like it at all.

Love the bun.. tried cream and coconut bun… really yum.. make sure to check the expiry date or check with them.. many of them are unmarked .. didn’t like the fish ones though.. not for me..

Come here to grab a savory bun or sweet treat. I love the coconut cream buns here 😋😍

Has great buns :) quite pricey though.

love love nutella taiyaki (fish shaped)and pandan cake, literally have to get both everytime im there the custard bun so good too!!

The bakery is located on one of the streets in the China Town district. It's easy to get here, because from a distance our attention is drawn to the beautiful smell of baked tayiaki fish. You can buy them in a large version, already made, waiting for us in the bakery. The price is around £4 per fish. Or choose the option of smaller fish, baked hot after placing the order. The price is £2 for 4 small fish. The bakery operates in a self-service system. At the entrance, there are lunch trays waiting for us, on which we collect the things we are interested in, and when we are ready, we go to the cash register and add up our order. Despite the traffic there most of the time, thanks to this solution, everything goes quite smoothly. All the baked goods are very good and the prices are pleasant. I highly recommend trying the rolls with a sweet shell and bean paste inside 🥰

taiyaki filled with custard cream. It was good, but at the same time I missed the Korean one with red bean paste.

Amazing bakery if you like asian pastries and buns. The red bean knot and the snow balls were amazing. A nice snack is also the custard filled Tayaki. Don't let the crowds and long lines scare you, the service is very quick

Great tasty pastries...this is one reason I visit london 😁

i had two of their baked goods, both of them disappointed me. it isnt as good as they say it is. overrated its cheap tho

Wo! Here I am guys, once again, me, myself and my matcha’s cravings. If you love matcha and want to try something special in London, do go straight away to this bakery. They make it an ice cream. Can you believe it? There is more. You can choose between having it in a cone fish shaped or in a mango flavoured sweet bread. I have chosen the mango bread. Followers, it does taste like mango as well as the ice cream which tastes exactly like tea. This is kind of a dream. It is also so warm, just baked for us! For some reason, I have the impression to eat a healthy treat…crazy stuff over here. Very quick service and friendly staff. Will try the red bean ice cream next time. Cheers you all 👏

Atmosphere is very rushed and busy, but the products are worth it! Staff are always happy to help. The tiramisu and the passion fruit birthday cakes are perfect - light, fresh, not too sweet and delicious m

Extremely overcrowded. The food we tried was good, but it was definitely over hyped

So good and so cheap i’m literally in love with it!

Exceptional price quality. Quick and easy in every store they have. Taiyaki with delicious ice cream!

really tasty, fluffy soft buns & cakes. i recommend the pork(sausage) and roast pork / chicken curry buns! very reasonable price, ill definitely come back whenever i pass by leicester square

The peanut cake was so fluffy and the stuffed fishes were delicious 🥳

My all time favourite was the red bean with mochi bun and also the custard bun and mexican bun. And do not miss getting the pandan cake as well.

Would defo recommend, closest chinese bakery items you’d get to the real deal in China, and not too expensive! Recommend the pineapple buns :)

My goodness, everything is too good. Quite affordable prices for London. It is essential to stop by these Chinese pastry shops if you go through Chinatown. It's worth waiting in line

They have 3 bakeries all within a small area, very busy with tourists and unfortunately pickpockets. This is my favourite branch for no determinable reason, the ladies that work here are brilliantly no nonsense.The food in my opinion is both delicious and incredibly well priced. I limit myself to one trip a week (work local) normally get the roast pork bun and red bean roll for myself and a pandan triangle cake for my daughter. Delicious. When the day comes that they jack up the prices it will be a very sad day indeed.

Busy, cramped, a bit expensive but worth it. Pulled pork buns or youtiao for savoury, nutella taiyaki for sweet, are all excellent choices. Lots to love here from traditional Chinese to modern twists.

Great HK style buns. Would be great if black sesame buns were more available and if they did curry donuts!

Truly a gem! Specialties made at the moment very delicious!

A wide selection of very good pastries, especially fish, which are a waffle with a filling inside. Tasty and cheap - I recommend it!

Yum me and my family always come here when we are in London

A great day out In Chinatown different delicious food to taste

5/5 without hesitation. A must-see in London if you love baking! We went there every day for a quick takeaway breakfast or a snack.

Special bakery, visit if you can. Love the pork buns.

As a sweet tooth the Chinatown bakery is like a piece of heaven! I loved the moon cakes for the Autumn Festival (black sesame, and white Lotus are my favs); and not to mention the fluffy cakes: Pandan flavored cake? Yes please! A little tip is to visit the bakery during at opening hours, because it's less busy.

Attracted by the super affordable price of £2.5 for 4 fish stuffed with custard, I decided to try them. Let's say I wouldn't take them again. The dough wasn't even bad, it had just been baked. The problem was the cream, totally tasteless and almost sugar-free. Sin

Amazing service and the highlight of China town bakery for me was the little custard fish (taiyaki). 4 for £2.50 which I think is a good price. They were really tasty and soft. Highly recommend

Delicious fish and lots of baked goods. The queue goes quickly, everything goes smoothly, I recommend! I especially recommend coconut

Perfect bakery, always fresh and crowded.one of my favorite place in China Town.

A busy bakery, people maintain a queue and grab what they want on the way to billing counter. I love the mini creme taiyaki (custard filled waffle in shape of a fish) 4 pieces for £2.5, readily made in live counter and served super hot

Great baked goods and it is always very busy. I especially recommend the pandan sponge cake. Fluffy cloud delight. Great location and great baking!

One of the best in London, every time I go I always leave a few pounds there but it gained weight 🤣. 100% recommended

I love their pandan cake and their white cake. It’s so fluffy and just divine. I definitely recommend checking the place out and getting some cake!

The plain cake is delicious, seriously! 2 pounds per portion, enough for one person. Perfect to match it with a good cup of coffee. The shop is overcrowded...

one of my favourite places to eat in london

the prices were so good for real i got pandan bread i think and mochi which was quite cheap but kinda wish i got the tiramisu tho

One of the best bakeries in China Town! My personal favourites and recommendations are the Custard Taiyaki and Sausage Buns. Although the food here is definitely something to marvel at, there is often little to no space in the bakery itself due to the large abundance of people in a cramped space especially at peak times, making it difficult to navigate the shop. Aside from this, it is still worth checking it out!

The bread and cakes were nice. However the movement in shop was really poor: customers need to get in the shop, then go to the counters in other room to pay and finally squeeze themselves out to the door when they originally come in. I don’t understand why it is designed like this.

Nice, simple efficient bakery with reasonable prices for London.

Very good discovery, too bad the cream is not tasty enough, lacks a little sugar

A place that tends to be crowded, it really offers a lot of choice between sweets and various delicacies, including savory ones. We got some kind of coconut mochi which was extremely good but other things looked interesting too. You have to queue a bit to pay but the staff is very quick. Prices okay. Advised!

A real Japanese style bakery in China Town in London. Delicious baked goods at low prices (by London standards). Traditional but crowded environment.

Have the vanilla flavor fish cone and also the green tea - or u can have combo and other pastries as well

As a Malaysian, this place reminds me of those bakery in Malaysia. Classic sausage bread, simple yet delicious. Very good pandan cake too!

A lovely bakery in Chinatown, a very busy shop but worth the wait, food is very nice.

Delicious buns . Lots of choices . Quite busy and popular . There are queues to get in as popular . Good sign . You can buy a mixture of savoury or sweet buns .

Just tasted the best cake ever so lovely!!!! shame they Don't do delivery

Best taste and recommended use it more.

Enjoyed the Matcha icecream and the gentlemen serving me was very helpful and friendly will be back

Very good treats but it's the factory!! Other stores also offer good products but are nicer.

Busy shop, shop assistants are polite and they do the best banana cake.

Delicious affordable beancurd tayaki! Workers were very kind and quick to serve!

Cheep Chinese treats that taste fantastic

Very authentic. We tried the Pork Bun and Bean paste tayakaia and both were great.

I dont trust it at all!! The staff dont even speak english, how are you living in England? Home office needs to do a check

Nothing special. Wasn't tasty at all.

Very bustling place and small place, they warn over the public address system to be careful with pickpockets. What they sell there is Chinese pastries, the sweets that we tried were very delicious and of course curious. Take a walk eating exotic pastries, what more could you ask for?

Great choice of items. The BBQ bun is tasty and you must queue for the custard fish made fresh outside. A doughy fish shaped bun filled with hot custard.

I literally went to China and yet this bbq pork bun was the best thing I’ve ever tasted

I'm so grateful I got to experience this bakery because it's better than anything else I've been to before. The food was genuinely amazing—the best I've ever had. I'm so jealous this bakery isn't in my area, but if you ever go to Chinatown, you have to visit this place. It's incredible!

good pastries for good price! Some staff are friendly (especially the younger), some are less (impatient,...). I love all the products, I do think that the char sui bun filling is a BIT too sweet.

Chinese pastry with a lot of variety. They sell freshly made taiyakis directly outside and there is usually a line. To enter you do it through a door, you take a tray, you fill it in self-service with everything you want and they charge you for it at the exit, which is a different door. The prices are a little high for my taste.

Excellent pandan cake with a lovely colour. Light flavour that comes through delightfully with what I think is a light cream filling through the middle. Would highly recommend and one portion is big enough to share between two. The custard bun was also great, but very filling. My advice would be to order one at the time in case you can’t finish it all haha :)

We ate green tea ice cream. The ice cream was great and incredibly tasty. She wasn't too sweet either.

Used to come here from time to time but most recently a short, dark and heavy Asian female staff working on packaging and stocking buns was absolutely rude even by Chinatown standard… She aggressively complained to customers for them being in her way in such an offensive manner that we just put down the selected products and left. There are plenty other options in the vicinity if you want the same or more variety of exactly the same buns but without some staff seeking to insult customers.

🥐🎉 **Chinatown Bakery: Bun-believable Delights!** 🎉🥐 If you find yourself wandering through the vibrant streets of London’s Chinatown, do yourself a favor and make a beeline for Chinatown Bakery. This little gem is a carb-lover’s dream, where sweet and savory buns beckon from the windows like fluffy clouds of deliciousness. The moment you step inside, you’re greeted by the intoxicating aroma of freshly baked bread. The selection is vast, with most treats priced at a friendly £3-4. But let’s cut to the chase: the must-try here is the soft, puffy sweet bread. Imagine biting into a pillow of sweetness that practically melts in your mouth – it’s like a warm hug from a bun. Don’t overlook the savory options either. Whether you’re craving something meaty or cheesy, there’s a bun with your name on it. And for those with a sweet tooth, the small cakes are the perfect pick-me-up, adding a touch of elegance to your bakery haul. In summary, Chinatown Bakery is a delightful mix of flavors and textures, all wrapped up in a cozy, bustling atmosphere. Whether you’re a local or a tourist, it’s a stop that promises to satisfy and surprise. Just don’t blame us if you leave with a bag full of buns – resistance is futile! 🥯🍰🌟

Didn't get a chance to buy cake and try it. Instead I was robbed within the first 60 seconds of entering the store. Asked a lady at the till for help and CCTV info, she told me to go to the police station like it was a normal occurring event. to be fair its posted all over the store that pickpockets work the area.

The taiyaki were good. The staff was friendly and the prices were right.

I normally love this place but I got custard fish from here yesterday and they were honestly not very good. They gave me pre made ones already bagged and they were cold and the custard wasn't melty. So basically cold batter with tacky custard. Not nice and not worth it. My friend got an ice cream and it had a hole it so it was melting everywhere. It's such a shame! The issue could easily be fixed by going back to the system on giving out fresh custard fish.

Hit or miss in terms of food quality, but still tasty overall. Reasonably prices compared to Chinese bakeries in other UK cities. Good food hygiene measures. I recommend the pandan cake & the roast pork bun. The place is always crowded but the queue moves fast. Give it a go if you're in the area!

I recently tried this fish cake with custard and it was okay. The cake was nicely hot, which added a comforting touch to the experience. The custard was decent but didn't particularly stand out. The staff were courteous, though nothing exceptional. Overall, the dessert was fine for the price, but it didn't leave a lasting impression. If you're looking for a quick and affordable treat, it might be worth a try

Was yummy but not the greatest thing, still good tho!

I have bought cakes here many times. But actually today I feel very disappointed. In the evening, when I returned home, I ate cake, but inside the cake there were salmon bones. I’m so scared. Because the staff wasn't careful while making the cake, that's why it happened. Please check the quality of the cake before selling it to customers.

Busy bread shop . Bread taste ok

I tried the Chiffon Cake, the taste is unusual, but I wouldn't buy it again. It cost £2 a piece.

Light Soft and springy texture. It have variety of bread, curry bun, polo bun, char siew, red bean and etc. Beside bread, it have cake too, panda and vanilla cake too. Some special flavour such as chicken floss cake too. Good place to fixed your craving.

The filling was poor and prices were high.

Delicious cakes, there are many choices but if you come late you will have to leave empty handed

I bought a red bean paste bun today and it was all filled with baking paper👎🏻 The quality control of this store is really poor. I will definitely not come here again.

It is not the first time I have gone to this store, and it is never that they have been the height of excellence and friendliness! The other day I went again after many months without visiting and it will be the last time I go. All the staff are rude, unsympathetic and they make fun of any type of customer, whether you are a tourist or a local and they always charge you a few pounds extra for no reason!! You complain and they laugh in your face... with absolute passivity!! I will never buy from this store again… because there are many more in London with better quality and treatment!!!

The best bakery in town. Can be a queue but it clears super quickly. Opens late so I can swing by after work.

Decently priced, freshly made buns and snacks. Standouts for me are the BBQ pork bun and peanut cream puff. They don't skimp on fillings, and each is around £2, so probably the cheapest snacks around Chinatown. They have a few branches around town, and this one's the busiest, but you shouldn't wait more than a couple minutes to pay. Good stuff.

This shop is always busy and crowded, but all their pastries are so soft and good quality. Sweetcorn chicken floss cheese bun is my new favourite, it has spring onions in it too, slightly spicy, so yum. Asian mum approved.

I visit this bakery every time I go to London. It’s reasonable price and you’re in and out quickly