85°C Bakery Cafe

Now the hype has died down, there is less baked products coming out of the kitchen. Lines are long. The employees are working very hard but there’s not enough of them. They need more workers. Their system of service is very inefficient. Don’t ever order an item from the drinks/​dessert section along with your regular baked goods. After they bagged my baked goods, I had to go over to the drinks/​dessert section and wait another 10 minutes for my coffee crème brûlée. The original cashier could have taken 5 small steps to get that crème brûlée and bagged it along with the regular baked items since I’ve already paid for everything there.

This corresponds with the horrible looking bread:
Ok first of all, this place doesn’t even deserve a star. I ordered a Thai bbq chicken and guess what. PLOT TWIST: it’s not bread. I was really angry at 85 because my sister ate DOUGH, at first I didn’t believe her but when I inspected it, it felt sticky and gooey. Oh and btw I baked cookies before, and the middle part of the «bread» was COMPLETE dough. I called up 85 while we were going home and Nick picked up the phone and gave responded with a rude attitude, TO COME BACK AND GET A REFUND. Excuse me but I do not live around the area and I’m not going to drive back to get $ 2.60 back! So I talked to the manager to inspect it and apparently, «it’s supposed to be doughy.» I don’t know if the bakers were having a bad day, or made a skeptical batch, but PLEASE don’t put your consumers’ health in jeopardy!

I remember when 85 Bakery first opened, the lines were out the door and it was nearly impossible to even get inside. The hype has seemed to die down quite a bit, but don’t be surprised if you randomly come in and it’s super crowded.
85 Bakery is definitely a go-​to when the wifey and I are in the area. Whether we’re enjoying some Mexican food or conveyor belt sushi close by, 85 bakery sometimes has just the thing to cap off our meals with a sweet note. Sometimes.
I’ve come to notice that as time goes on, the bakery seems to be producing less, and less bread. Is it just me or have some of the bread display cases been removed? The baked goods here are extremely fresh, but unfortunately as with lots of Asian desserts, they just fall short on sweetness of flavor.
Among our favorites are the calamari sticks, garlic cheese filled buns colored black with squid ink. The calamari sticks are both sweet and savory, with the perfect touch of cheese and garlic. For $ 1 per piece, you can’t go wrong. Wifey and I also enjoy the marble taro as well as the chocolate cookie bun, which has an interesting, almost crunch-​like texture on the surface of the bun. Highly recommended.
My absolute favorite pastry here is the Milk Pudding bun. Absolutely delicious. Light, fluffy, airy sponge with a rich, dense, vanilla custard pudding in the middle. In the words of Gordon Ramsay, «F****** Delicious!»
I once purchased an entire tray of the Milky Buns as they came out of the oven because I needed something to contribute to a potluck. I noticed an older gentleman behind me, disappointed that I had taken all the Milk Pudding buns.
Queue image of the sad-​face crying Jordan meme!

Usually we go to a café for gathering and sit down, so saying that I only gave 2-​stars because there is no free wifi.
Therefore, we chose Paris Burggettes at Milpitas.
In terms of breads and drinks I would say 85° bakery is better, however we like more selective choices from Paris.
I hope all 85° Bakery will provide COMP wifi, especially in the bay area. Thank you.

I will always love 85 degrees but this location has gotten a lot worse since. There’s been multiple times where I came in and they have completely sold out of everything. I would see only 1 of each item or maybe not even see anything.
I went in pretty early one day and asked if they were still baking and they said no. I think its completely ridiculous seeing as they close really late. I kept giving them the benefit of the doubt and think that «ok they must’ve been really busy that day» or «i probably didn’t come early enough.» but no, after discovering the berkeley location, i probably would never come back here!
If you’re thinking about coming here in the afternoon/​evening, you should definitely try the Berkeley location! They do a fantastic keep their shelves fully stocked up than this location.

Got the sea salt jasmine tea, and I wasn’t really blown away. While I liked the tea, I didn’t feel the salty foam really added that much to it (also to be honest I couldn’t figure out where the salt was for the first few sips before I realize you really have to mix the foam on top into the drink, which is harder than it seems).
Also got a variety of bread:
Pine nut bread — very bland and boring. Gets surprisingly better as you eat it but the bread isn’t quite as soft and fluffy as the other options.
Marble Taro Bread — It was okay, but I realize now what I dislike about it — the filling is too sweet and the bread is too chewy. Also too much filling, not enough bread. That explains why I somehow have a weird dread of buying it.
Brioche — It’s nicely sweet and soft, and probably my favorite of the breads, but it’s still just bread at the end of the day. I prefer my traditional Chinese baked goods like cupcakes/​pineapple buns/​hot dog buns. Warning: gets more addicting the more you eat.
Mango bread — It’s an interesting filling that’s more like mango cream cheese but the bread wasn’t that great so I wasn’t particularly enamored. I was surprised that I liked this as much as I did (probably second favorite after brioche?).
Earlier, I got a mango panna cotta which kind of just reminded me of mango mousse in a cup form. It had a great mango flavor but oddly enough after a few bites it would start tasting a bit like mango yogurt (hint of yogurt tartness). Also it’s too creamy for lactose intolerant me so I couldn’t eat more than a few bites. Mango pieces on top were not all ripe but that can’t be helped given that we don’t exactly have fresh mangoes lying around all the time here. All in all, it was good but I don’t think I’d bother to get it again (rather get the mango brulee).
Overall, I think I prefer the dessert offerings to the bread here.

Fresh baked breads and pastries and cakes. With Coffees and drinks. There is always people but the wait is not lo g. As other Unilocalers said get your bread first the order drinks and that way you dont wait 2 times. Lots of the breads dont have signs so you have to guess. Ive tried the taro and the hotdog one being my favorites. They make a great milk tea taro with boba also. They just dont clean the tables fast enough. I always have to request it.

At its busiest, this location is still far better than the Milpitas location (which is undersized) in case you’re between the two and wondering where to go.
Drink service can be slower than usual here.
Other than that, it’s an 85*.
Rich’s recommendation: sea salt mountain green tea.

One of those bakeries that I had bookmarked for a long long time. I have to admit the hype has died down! Thank goodness bc I hate it when it’s crowded! Yikes. We were here on a Sunday morning to grab a bite to eat before seeing a foreign film. It was also convenient to meet up with a good Unilocal friend Tiffany D. Yay! I was thankful that parking was free and close plus bathrooms were there right inside the bakery. That doesn’t happen much nowadays! It’s a plus when you drive from out of town!
When you first walk in it is similar to Sheng Kee Bakery, another popular Bay Area Asian bakery that does not have seating areas or bathrooms. Yes you walk in grab your sheet of paper, place it on a tray and pick those tongs up! Then start shopping for your baked goods. Being Chinese I was searching for chasu bows or hot dogs but I didn’t see that exactly. In fact no salty bows but a hotdog a lot like pizza but small. There were other salty items but I didn’t get it! So that hotdog was just okay but hubby liked it. It sufficed I guess! I did pick up a mango bun that was like why didn’t I buy more than just one bc I have to watch my weight and other things!!! That mango bun was foodie heaven! Yummy deliciousness! I know what to get next time! Hubby did get the chocolate chip bun which was huge! He likes humongous items!!! Lol
I was thankful we had seats to sit down and enjoy our baked goods. Also it gave us a chance to meet up with a great friend as well. At least we know this is in the area and just might come back if we are in the area. We didn’t get a chance for their coffees, drinks and really sweet cakes. They had a separate line for the cakes too which probably was a good thing! Just have to try some other salty breads the next time!

3 words. Pine Nut bread! Grab them while they’re warm. So. Good! I ate the whole thing in one sitting, three days in a row! I bought four the day I went. The Milpitas location ran out the day before. What a disappointment. Newark alleviated my pain. Soft bread with a hint of sweetness topped with toasted pine nuts. So simple yet so delicious. $ 2.50 each. I want to go back and buy five.
I discovered the round packaged green tea bread with some red beans hidden in the bottom. I’d buy it again.
Almond half moon with cream. Refrigerate it for dessert or a sweet snack.
Separate line for those ordering just drinks and desserts displayed in the case. You can order drinks and desserts in the bread line though. Once, my cashier was nice enough to wait while I looked at the case trying to decide what cake slice/​desserts to buy. The mango panna cotta in a cup is a winner!
Right now they’re having some Lunar New Year promotions with four types of bread, buy 3 get 1 free deals and they’re giving out $ 3 off a future $ 12 purchase coupons expiring sometime in March.
It’s quite overwhelming to move around, which is the case for most bread establishments such as this. I feel bad for workers trying to put fresh batches of pastries into the appropriate compartments yet a whole bunch of customers just swarm them. I saw it happen– it’s a mess. Might take a friend’s advice and go here early in the morning one weekend. Great photo op and warm fresh pine nut bread mmm.

I have been here many times. their cakes usually have the nice looking. I was happy everytime I ordered cakes and drinks before.
But somehow, their service started being worse and worse. They took so long for a drink and getting a cake to pick up. Even business WAS NOT slow at all.
One time I picked up a strawberry Tiramisu (I usually pick up 30mins later than the pickup time), even I was late, they took 20 mins to have it ready. And they didn’t give any candles and the happy birthday Chocolate slice as I requested!
Last time I ordered strawberry Chocolate mousse, they had me waited for 25mins again with an attitude! I was not pleased of course. But I thought maybe he (probably the manager) had a bad day.
This time, I was so disappointed. The mango brulee had me waited for 20mins, I ordered a drink while waiting. The drink took 25mins. OMG! I was so devastated… business Wasn’t slow at all! I really don’t know What’s wrong. They were not rushing. they didn’t seem care. The service was terrible at this point. The cake? It Wasn’t pleasant. It didn’t look good. It was just rush work! No where is round and smooth!
I missed the nice, efficient 85 bakery. I really hope everything will be improved soon. Letting customers down isn’t a strategy of keeping them.

85 degree finally expanded from SoCal to the Bay Area. I am proud to live near the first NorCal location!
Recommendations:
–Taro marble
–Egg tart
–the taro bread with swirl on top (i forgot name)
–the loaf of bread (i forgot name)
–sea salt green tea
–sea salt coffee
–caramel sea salt coffee
–taro brulee cake
If you’re new, allow me to explain. There’s a bread part on one side and cake/​drinks on the other. If you want all 3 types, start with the bread part. Usually, there are a lot of people. The line goes out the door. If you’re lucky, you’ll be lining up inside the store. Anyway, grab one of those white trays and the tongs. And, go nuts! Just kidding. There are a wide variety of pastries– savory and sweet. A few of them have descriptions. but beware, some of them do not match the correct description. If you want the popular taro marble, order it at the cashier if you don’t see any out. Also, they yell out fresh bread every time they bring out piping hot fresh bread from their kitchen. Don’t go too crazy because it adds up. Trust me. Especially if you’re planning to get a drink and try a few slices of the cake. After getting your bread, line up and then order your drink at the cashier. This saves you time instead of having to line up at the second line to order your drink/​cake.

I have heard there was a huge 85 Degrees following from friends that had lived or visited So Cal often so when this was the first location that opened in Nor Cal, it was a big deal. With so many places to go already, I decided to wait until the hype died down before checking it out. They have since opened quite a few locations here in Nor Cal so it’s not so crazy at this location.
This is like a larger, cleaner, Taiwanese version of Sheng Kee. There are two sections, one to order drinks and cakes and the other to order breads/​pastries. Whole cakes run $ 30 which is a bit pricey for Asian cakes but they also have individual sized desserts for about $ 3.20-$ 3.60 a piece which I think is the better bet.

If you want to sit around for their false promise about waiting time, come here. This is my 2^nd time coming here and the 1^st time, I ordered a mango smoothie. It took them 30′. They told me it’d take 5′ and they forgot my order. Today I ordered a Late and they told me 10′, it has been over 20 min’ and still waiting.
It’s the Chain Management who is cheap and not hiring enough people. The kids here work hard and running like crazy!

Boo. I was expecting 85C to be above average.
Taro puff pastry had absolutely 0 taro flavor, though the bread was pleasant. I kept checking to see if I had hit taro gold in the middle of the pastry or if I was just eating bread. Nope, there was definitely a purpleish substance present. It just didn’t taste like anything…
I had an Iced Salty Green Tea something something with lychee jelly. I didn’t ask for reduced sweetness here like I do at most drink places. It was so average. Gong Cha has much better milk foam. So boring! The lychee jelly wasn’t even sweet.
Maybe 85C should focus on either bread products or drinks and make one of them exceptional, ’cause I wasn’t impressed. Maybe the cakes are really good? I don’t know…
Service-​wise, it took almost 10 minutes to get through the line with only 2 people in front of me, then another 10+ minutes to get the drink.
This is a case of a nice interior and brand logo promising something slick and delivering average. So disappointing! At least it’s cheap.

MOCHI CRAVINGS
Last year I ate at Coi, a 2 Michelin Star restaurant in San Francisco. One dessert I had was coconut mochi bun. It was one of the top two desserts I ever had at a restaurant. Ever since then I had mochi cravings. Whether it was buying mochi ice cream at Traders Joe’s or Ranch 99 or having mochi toppings at a yogurt or gelato place I have mochi addiction. The reason I love mochi is the floury texture reminds of the Filipino dessert ginataang bilo bilo, which is small rice flour balls in coconut syrup.
I read reviews regarding this place. My cousin from Stockton likes this bakery a lot. From what I’ve read what intrigued me was the mochi egg tarts. Since this location is close to my parents’ place I would check it out soon. I came here yesterday morning for breakfast with the purpose of getting items that had mochi. I first looked for the the mochi egg tarts. I found out that this bakery stopped baking mochi egg tarts last year. I was bummed as I’ve read great reviews of this particular item. I ended up getting a regular egg tart. The two other items I ordered with mochi are strawberry mochi and mochi coffee bread. The strawberry mochi was delightful due to its floury texture taste. I didn’t know what to expect about the mochi coffee bread. The coffee bread is stuffed with red bean and mochi. I was disappointed with the coffee bread as I couldn’t really taste the mochi as the red bean overpowered the mochi. If I enjoyed the mochi coffee bread more I would’ve rated this bakery higher. My rating for this bakery is based only on the mochi items. For the amount I paid for the two mochi items I thought mochi items were alright, but not exemplary.

I love 85 degree bakery.
I love how the layout is & the fresh baked bread.
They also serve drinks, cakes and other desserts.
My favorite bread is the milky pudding. Omg it’s so good. It’s light and fluffy !
My second favorite is the taro swirl. LAWD, thinking about the bread here makes me sad we don’t have one in Fresno.
The breads here run from $ 2 — $ 4 a piece.
If you’re in the area I would def recommend coming by before heading home for some treats.

If it’s one thing people know about is that I love love love bread! Bakeries make me the happiest especially when I have it with coffee in the morning. My sister brought me to this place near where she lives when we made a quick stopover during her lunch.
It was a case full of different pastries that I couldn’t decide which one I wanted. I kept going back and forth being indecisive of what I wanted. I decided to go with the mushroom bread and garlic round bread that my sister recommended that was good. It definitely was! I don’t think I’ve ever had mushroom bread before but it was a favorite of mines. I like that they individually package each pastry so it wouldn’t be bunched up all in one bag.
I also got a hazelnut boba drink. It was tasty, fresh and not too sweet. The boba was perfectly sized and soft. Although I wish it had been colder though. Perhaps more ice? But nonetheless it goes perfectly for a hot day along with a pastry to start the day or an afternoon picker upper. They have a variety of cakes and desserts as well in their front display that looks awesome to try as their presentation was appealing to the eyes. The ambiance is quite welcoming and seems like a great place to hang out or study.

Review for the mango cake… cake looked good but the fresh mangos on top were obviously not ripe and hard like apples and not sweet at all… disappointing especially at $ 30.
Cake was light, mousse fluffy, not overly sweet but again, having fresh mangos that tastes like apples didn’t add anything to it or make for an enjoyable cake… in the future, will either check each cake to see which looked ripe or go elsewhere for a better one.

This oh so popular bakery has so many fresh baked delicious breads and pastries to choose from!
This location seems more spacious and popular than the location in Milpitas. The bread is always coming out in batches and you can really taste the freshness here. There are many different kinds to choose from and most of them are actually pretty big! They also have drinks, cakes, cookies and other desserts/​pastries. There’s a lot of people and not enough seating so plan to just bring these goodies home.
I like that they individually wrap each bread in plastic. However, the person who wrapped ours up wasn’t very good at it. As she was wrapping the honey bread, she placed the sticky bread on top of some bread that was already packaged so the plastic got sticky. Not fun to grab when it’s all sticky. She also had to repeat things to us multiple times because she couldn’t remember what we had said.
The honey bread is huge and fun to eat. It’s sticky from the honey coating. The bread is so fluffy inside and it has a slightly sweet flavor to it. If you love honey then this is quite the treat.
I really wanted the marble taro but they were out. I do like that they shout how long it’ll take for certain breads to come fresh out of the oven. That way it keeps you updated and notified on certain breads you might want. Instead I got the marble swirl which was also yummy. It has a nice crisp outside that almost reminds me of a bread version of a Palmer cookie. Inside a sweet taro filling that is luscious. The dusting of powdered sugar adds another level of sweetness to each bite as well.
I would definitely come back here again to grab a box of breads home if I’m in the area. There’s still so many that I want to try and I just love how they are constantly baked fresh! Each bread is relatively cheap at about $ 1.50−3.00 per.