J&J Bakery

I bought the chocolate mousse cake here. I like it very much. The outside is the chocolate mousse and the cake inside is cake with strawberry. The fruits are fresh and tasty. I like the sweetness of the cake which is just perfect for me. I will came back for other cakes for sure.

Taste good. Service good. Boss is nice.

*Note* This is a Chinese Bakery.
I’ve been here a couple of times now and found that the selection of items is really slim after 1pm so it’s best to come early in the day. Service is kinda spotty and I guess you really have to be a fan of Chinese baked good to really appreciate these. I’ve had a few items — Egg Tart, Pineapple Bun (
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) which are ok, average quality and price but nothing to go out of your way for.
As well as the Bakery side of things they also have Dining area and serve hot meals.

I rarely write reviews but this place was so terrible I felt like I had to. We bought a cream puff and not only did it taste absolutely terrible, but it was stale and hard. Couldn’t believe how bad it was. And the service is terrible and the lady is extremely rude. Also, the bathrooms are unbelievably dirty. Dried stains all over the toilet and there really isn’t soap, it’s just extremely watered down soap.

Pretty average bakery
The place is hard to miss, given that it’s right next the to the main road and surrounded by a supermarket and a dim sum restaurant. I’ve walked past this place multiple times, and finally had a chance to go in!
Inside, it’s pretty much a normal bakery, with some baked buns etc. Nothing special or out of expectations. They also have a menu where they serve food like baked rice, noodles, iced tea etc, and a little sit-​down area in the back, but it looks like that is more of an «add-​on» and their main specialty is the baked stuff as opposed to the meals. The meal food is ok, but probably is not going to be that good compared to large number of actual sit down restaurants within walking distance in the area
Overall, a good place to get some bakery

I like j & j bakeries, I’ve been to many Chinese bakeries, but I have to say they have the best egg tarts around, the custard and crust r fantastic, they r great for get together ’ s or to bring to parties

Absolutely love this place. They have all sorts of Hong Kong styled product here such as egg tarts and Chinese styled cake. They even have Hong Kong styled milk tea. This place has even more product than the one in SF!

Guess they’re not crazy about serving white girls here. I was the only customer and the woman seemed put off to help me.
Came in based on Unilocal… asked about dim sum and was told no we dont have dim sum.
Then I said oh bummer I read you had pork buns. Woman responds we have pork buns but we dont have dim sum. Okay.
It was decent, and fresh not great.
Unwelcoming, cold and not very clean on the surface.

Got some moon cakes along with other desserts, all very tasty. They have lunch/​dinner food as well, but haven’t had a chance to try yet. But it looks good, reasonably priced.

J&J Bakery serves up Hong Kong style entrées, and Chinese baked goods, including my favorite item: BBQ Pork Buns.
The Baked BBQ Pork Bun is huge. I was expecting to get a small amount of pork inside the sweet, fluffy, chewy bread of this bun. But I was pleasantly surprised to find it packed with a mixture of pork chunks and shredded pork. The meat wasn’t swimming in sauce, but that didn’t take away from this awesome bun.
Aside from the pork bun, I tried a few of their other baked goods and got mixed results. The Sausage Bun features a decent savory sausage (not a traditionally sweet one) wrapped in a sweet, soft bun. The lightly sweet Sponge Cake was so airy, it melted in my mouth. The Pineapple Bread was sweet and light in texture, but didn’t pack any discernible taste. The Walnut Cookie was a bit too hard. When I bit into it, I was surprised by my cookie-​dwelling archenemy: chocolate chips.

I love this place. It has fairly decent food if you have the time to sit down and eat, and their breads are pretty decent too!
I mean, seriously, look at those cream horns/​cream puffs. They’re LOADED with cream! And, surprisingly, their sweet looking desserts aren’t all that sweet, so its perfect!
Their wifecakes are as good as it gets in the area! But they bake them fresh at random hours, and there’s no guarantee you’ll get them unless you call ahead, so take a note of that!
If you sit down and eat, the servers aren’t totally attentive because they’re manning the cashwrap, but they are very nice and helpful once you get their attention. Their meals typically come with a soup of the day, and the food is just like any Hong Kong styled restaurant. I personally like their curries!
Their milk tea is really good too! It’s very dark, and not milky or watered down at all. I would be weary of getting tapioca though! The one time I got it they hadn’t cooked it long enough so some of the pearls were still a little hard…
Ultimately, whether its for a quick Asian bread run, or a meal, this place is definitely worth stopping by!

A quick glance through the negative reviews of this business all appears directed towards the baked goods. My lady friend and I came this afternoon for lunch because I told her about this as being a new place in Millbrae serving HK style milk tea and she wanted to come. As it turns out, she said this is the same business as the J&J Bakery at 9^th Ave and Judah in SF, something I didn’t realize. At least the difference is that this location has a dine-​in menu, something the other one doesn’t have. She ordered a fried rice plate and I ordered a curry pork chop rice plate, both from their lunch special board. These specials include a soup and choice of coffee or milk tea. We both enjoyed both items since we shared with each other. She even picked out other items she may want to try on a future visit.
As for the bakery, her family always order birthday cakes from J&J in SF and always liked it. At least they don’t have problems with their products.
The facility doesn’t have very many tables, but since it’s new there is still a very clean feel to it.

I don’t understand all the negative reviews about this place. I came her for lunch and the food was really good, and the owner is super nice. The portions are huge and the prices and really reasonable. My friends and I tried the satay beef stir fried noodles, baked pork chop with tomato sauce, and the baked onion pork chop with black pepper sauce over fried rice. For dessert I had the egg tart which is one of the best I’ve had.
I will definitely be back.

My mom and I went here to buy a cake for my dad’s birthday and I felt a bit overwhelmed by the pushy salesperson. She jumped on us immediately upon entering the store and listed all the cakes that she had available (which I could see anyway because they were on display). Instead of allowing us a minute to choose, she kept asking which one we were interested in. Feeling the pressure, we caved in and chose a small chestnut cake which she boxed up. The very small cake costs $ 18 and she wouldn’t even throw in a «Happy Birthday» sign for free — instead charging us $ 0.50 for it. It wasn’t a big deal so I let it slide, but most places give you that stuff for free with the purchase of a cake. She also neglected to include or ask us if we wanted any birthday candles, so I ended up having to run over to Lucky to get it.
The chestnut cake was ok. It was really mostly whipped cream which we don’t really eat, but the cake part was very spongy. The whole thing was not too sweet too, so it was good for my Asian parents.
I wouldn’t come back to this place again and will opt for the nearby Sogo bakery for my next cake purchase.

It seems overly unreasonble these days, especially in the Millbrae area, to expect a new Chinese/​Asian food business to deliver and execute in premium quality during the first two months of opening.
And those with Chinese blood flowing through their veins, either by birthright or by association, have this uncontrollable urge to try out new places, in many cases hoping to find that cubic zirconian in the rough, or just feel sick and tired of what is out there. This always comes with a risk, and not always for the better.
This is a Hong Kong style bakery, and you can tell these folks are trying but perhaps not aiming right. While I have yet to try the café/​cooked dishes (at this rate, probably not interested at all), the baked items from sampling a few things were not terribly impressive, and ditto for the drinks.
I want my fellow bruthaz and sistaz to really succeed here, so hopefully this will be taken into consideration as feedback, rather than criticism (which we pseudo critics on this review site tend to do a lot as it somehow empowers us…)
— Consider opening before ⁸⁄₈:30 am. This is huge… given one or two of the cafes opens up at 7:30 am (e.g. Broadway Bistro) but has no baked items ready for consumption till 8 to 9 mark. Yes we all hate waking up early when it is warm & snuggy under the sheets, but perhaps you will get a few early birds through the door
— One huge pet peeve is not having any fresh out of the oven baked goods bright and early in the morning. Came in after 8 am one time and pineapple bun and egg tart were cold/​room temperature. Huge faux pas. Bigger one was not even offering to microwave the purchases, until I asked… Fix the first thing, and you will get more than just the early birds. Egg tart is $ 1.20 ish which is closing in on the Golden Gate Bakery price, but nowhere near as good (even if cookie dough crust). Improve upon this receipe and you will get my vote.
— the HK iced milk tea and iced coffee preps do not cut it at all. Sheng Kee San Mateo gets by with their pseudo HK milk tea using a teabag, but only charging a lot less than you do. Change the receipe, and do it quick.
— if the bulk of your business is the bakery instead of the cooked food, consider spending more of your resources and time on improving on the baked goods. Once than is done, then move on to the food. Historically unless you are really good, or are a Chinese/​Taiwanese Café and Bakery (with café being first), the bakery will always last longer. Look at Sheng Kee, they tried to do café + bakery business twice in the 1990s (Milpitas Square and Richmond Pacific East Mall), their café business tanked. The food was ok, but many people weren’t feelin’ it. Learn from your competitors and history… there’s a reason why those locations went back to just being bakery, and did what they did best.

This place has potential. It’s still pretty early, but for a baked Chinese pastry/​bun, it’s nice having an option on the peninsula.
Now if only I needed to order a mixed fruit sheet cake — this is probably easier to go and pick up at than in the Sunset or Chinatown.

J & J bakery is in the middle of a row of new chinese businesses on el camino. they sell cakes, pies, coffee, tea, and prepared food
sampling: hot lemon teas (L) 3.50
real lemony taste from freshly squeezed lemon and nice nonbitter jasmine tea taste. 3.5 stars
tea drips:
–mousse, pastries, looked appetizing
–undertrained cashier snafus very quickly remedied.
–dining room not that busy, maybe cuz the place doesn’t look like a restaurant but a coffee shop.

just about the worst mousse cakes we’ve ever tasted. mango, strawberry, opera, and tiramisu mousse cakes all had the hardened gelatin texture. the flavorings were extremely artificial. i had to spit some out at one point. the sponge cake was dry and the chocolate doesn’t melt in your mouth no matter how long you chew.
they also serve other foods such as rice plates and bakery goods like egg tarts. maybe those items would be better. but beware of those mousse cakes, you have been warned.

I strolled in on a sunday afternoon looking to buy some dessert buns for my family. Here’s what I got and some comments:
Pineapple Bun (bo lo bao) with custard filling: It’s tricky to find it, as it is located on a separate rack than the regular pineapple bun without the custard. You have to look for the one with the sesame seeds on top. First bite and I was a fan. I like the fluffyness of the bread and the lightness of the pineapple. The pineapple crust could have been a little more crusty though. The custard filling inside was delicious. The one with the filling is $ 1.25. And without, $ 0.70.
Pork bun: eh. Nothing special. A Little dry for my taste so I don’t think i’ll be getting that again. Less than a dollar.
Coffee roll: It was one of those tube looking things. They aren’t entirely cheap ($ 7.00) but it is quite light and fluffy. Mine could of used more cream, but oh well. They just opened.
I’ll be back to try more of their desserts and menu items next time. I’d like to reiterate what Eric said about the some buns being out in the open for anything and everything to touch/​land on, (some are covered with a plastic sliding thing). Seriously, just cover them up.
Decent price and a contender against Sogo Bakery in Burlingame Plaza.

Honestly, not bad at all.
I dropped in for a quick lunch today. 3 orders and walked out paying only $ 23+tips.
What did I order:
— Baked Pork Chop over rice in Garlic and Mushroom Sauce!
— Chicken Fried Rice
— Brocolli Beef over Rice!
The Baked Pork Chop was excellent! Nothing wrong about it at all. It tasted good, the pork wasn’t chewy or anything. As for the Brocolli Beef, the beef was a bit hard and not tender (i don’t think they prepped it correctly). Chicken Fried rice has a Maggi Soy Sauce taste to it.
I also noticed that the place was a bit weird. Wasn’t organized correctly. They have bakery stuff on the right hand side when you walk in. On the left hand side you got a small flower room (which was out of place). Then you got the tables that were outdoor style like garden tables and chairs!
I would like to come back to try some other stuff and perhaps give their bakery a try. I’m sick of Sogo Bakery in Burlingame!