Simply Bakery
“Simply Bakery is one of the newer bakeries in Chinatown, located not too far from about four other bakeries that I frequent.”
“Can't wait to try their turtle bread.”
“The service when I went wasn't self serve which was annoying slightly but a girl came to help us pretty quickly.”
Simply Bakery
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
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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.
The turtle bread was cute but somehow it just felt lacking. Still, super cute!
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.
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!
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!
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.
Simple Bakery is relatively new to Bayard Street and Chinatown for sure. The bakery has chic decor 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.
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!