I wasn't a fan of this place till this year. The first time I came here was late in the afternoon. I was expecting to find a variety of breads, but was greeted with half empty shelves with just a couple loaves of bread left. I didn't see anything I liked so I left. A couple months later, I decided to give this place a try. I was able to snag a chocolate bread and the kids loved it again. I realized that the first experience wasn't great because I came too late! All the good breads are set out and gobbled up by noon. The breads here are unique, fresh, and tasty. It's not like 85C or JJ Bakery, where you have individually portioned breads. They sell loaves of bread. Prices are great too. read more

Duke Bakery - Her favorite chocolate bread! - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Used to frequent this bakery often as my family enjoys their mousse cakes. However, it really has gone downhill in the last year or so. Their individual cake slices are not fresh and I even found mold in them a few months ago. Last week, I came in and ordered 2 long cakes for Thanksgiving. I specifically asked what time I can come to pick up the cakes and the cashier said any time. I notified the cashier I will come at 10 am. The day of, I show up and my cakes are not ready. It doesn't seem like the cakes are made in house as the cashier today said my cakes were delivered to another location. Not sure if that's just an excuse or if the cakes are brought from a different location. Now I'm left on thanksgiving morning without my order I made ahead of time. No apology given either. One mistake can be excusable but it seems like this has become the new norm here, unfortunately. Poor quality and mold in pastries and horrible customer service. I can't say I'm willing to give this place another chance anymore. UPDATE: So the cashier offered a round mango mousse cake to make up for the inconvenience. Initially, I was willing to accept the attempt to making things right. I go to my family's for Thanksgiving and it's time to serve the cake only to find it to be completely frozen! 1. Complete disappointment to find out their cakes are not baked freshly and are actually frozen 2. The cashier could've at least mentioned it was frozen and suggested to leave it out for certain amount of hours before serving to thaw out. We tried to enjoy the cake but it was icy and completely flavorless. One disappointment after another. read more

I saw Glenn A.'s post of their coconut pudding, and it caught my interest ever since. After a big meal at Yigah, I needed to get that spicy savory flavor off my taste buds. So I decided to stop by this place to get some "no-to-sweet" goodies. Service: 4 out of 5 The lady at the counter was super nice and cheerful. She was also very chatty and we exchanged few funny remarks here and there, which I really appreciated. Food: 4 out of 5 Value: Coconut pudding, $9, a lil pricey. COCONUT PUDDING: OMG, I love these little "not-too-sweet" creations! It is so good! I got the sesame flavor. I originally wanted the mango or peach, but they ran out of it that day, so I decided on the sesame. It's creamy, yet so light. It's such a sweet indulgent, but yet, not too-sweet either. I immediately opened the jar as soon as I got done paying for it. While driving, I ate the entire container before I even got home! I just couldn't stop eating it! It was so addicting! My only complain is that, every time I've gone back, they never seem to have all the flavors, especially the Mango and Peach. CAKES: I got the Guava, Mango, and Chocolate cake slices. These were also very good! The cakes were moist and my favorite kind of sweets: "NOT-TOO-SWEET"! :)) Ambiance: 4 out of 5 Located in the same plaza as Sunright Tea, and many other popular eateries in the area. The place is small. they don't have a huge selections of goodies. they only have few pastry, bread, cake, and dessert selections. Parking was easy during weekdays, but it can be a pain especially on weekends. I went on a weekday around 2:30pm and it was a bit busy. I drove once around the plaza and found one immediately. Overall, I love the coconut pudding and the cake slices at this place. It is such a treat for people like me who love desserts but not the overly sweet kind of desserts. read more

Duke Bakery - Mango, Guava, Chocolate...guava is my fave. - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

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Cash only but worth it. Got 3 different types of bread and the cranberry walnut was the winner. Did not care for the durian bread at all. read more

Duke Bakery - Cranberry walnut bread - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

I would give zero star if the system allows me to. I visited the store on 10/21 Monday at 1:01pm. There was no one at the store when I walked in and after I selected 4 breads and placed them on the counter. There was a girl came out. She gave me attitude that I didn't placed my bakery inside the tray. By the way, she didn't say hi and thank you. Not even a word! Me and my friend are very unhappy about the service. Will not come back again. read more

We went in today and while the items look delicious the young girl at the register showed no interest in helping is but kept fiddling with the computer instead so we walked out. That place needs customer oriented people at the register read more

Duke bakery has a delicious variety of breads. Every time that I order bread here, it's always soft and fresh. Amazingly, their bread stays fresh for quite a few days, if you haven't eaten it all in one day. read more

Had the mango pudding. The presentation is awesome. Pudding comes in a sturdy container with a metal screw on cap and comes in a very quality plastic sealed bag. Cost of one pudding almost as much as a fast food meal. Think half the cost is for the packaging. Besides that it tastes wonderfully light and fruity. Mango is perfectly consistently ripe and plentiful. Pudding is flan consistency but very good coconut flavor with subtle sweetness. If all you have eaten are American desserts your whole life, this might not be for you. I first thought this is kind of bland, but more I ate it the more wonderful it became. Feel refreshed and don't feel like going into sugar coma. read more

Duke Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

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When we visit a new area, we try to check out a new bakery and this was such a win except for the really strange experience we had inside the store. We came on 4/6 around 1pm. There was a customer ahead of us who was just about to leave and there was a lady with a clipboard walking around the inside being really rude towards the staff member. It was EXTREMELY uncomfortable to the point where I did not even see everything because I felt unwelcome and I just wanted to get out of there as soon as I could. She was pointing out all the things she was doing wrong in a very demeaning way in front of us which in my opinion is so unprofessional. The staff member just took it and said Ok I'm sorry. Ok I'll fix next time sorry. She made this lady start moving pastries around as we were browsing??? I understand if things were not up to some standard but it could have waited until the customers left the very tiny store. We had to keep switching sides because she was pointing at things and making the staff member move things as we were trying to pick out pastries. I just grabbed what I could on first glance and then just tried to get out of the way. Even when we were standing by the cash register this lady was STILL telling the staff to move things around to the point where this lady was now running with trays to move large amounts of pastries. As soon as she was done carrying this huge tray of pastries she quickly came to the cashier and was very polite and kind. Thankfully the quality of the pastries was GREAT. We enjoyed the Duke sandwich, French hotdog and the Mango QQ as soon as we left and have the Taro pastry and Blueberry pastry to try when we get home. We definitely would come back to this chain, but something needs to be done about the rude lady ordering the staff around. It really left a bad taste in my mouth and I almost said something to her because her tone and attitude was so unprofessional and degrading. I felt so bad for the staff. No one deserves to be spoken to that way. Do better. read more

Came here for Scone, my favorite! Ordering our annual dinner breakfast here. Good service , delicious bread! read more

Bought a guava & plum birthday cake from here this morning. It's $22. Tastes ok, but not super tasty. Staff was friendly. Also bought a loaf of their Hokkaido red bean toast, which was good & soft. read more

Duke Bakery - Guava & plum cake - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Delicious breads made from grape yeast. My favorite is the Choco Blue Mt. Coffee, which is a coffee flavored bread with walnuts and chocolate chips. Their mango mochi breads are also delicious - they're dinner roll sized and have the same fluffy texture with an amazing mochi filling. I don't think you could go wrong with any of the breads here but they're also on TooGoodToGo, which is an inexpensive way to try their breads if you don't know what to choose. read more

Duke Bakery - Assorted breads - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

We had the Hokkaido milk bread, with red bean, black forest bread, valhorna chocolate cake, and the taro and mango mochi. Overall I thought it was just okay. Maybe we need to try more of the items on the menu but for what we tried, it was kind of average to slightly above average. Just being honest my fellow Yelpers, I was not feeling it or tasting it to give this place the 4-5 stars it averages here. read more

The service here is terrible. The employees don't greet customers or show any emotion--they're like sad mimes, completely disconnected from the basics of customer service. Even something as simple as buying a loaf of bread deserves a "hello" or "thank you." read more

It is annoying to see them asking for 15%~25% tips at check out. Seriously, there is no sit in or service at all, you go in, pick what you want, and then go pay for it. But they are pressuring you to tip them 15%~25%??? read more

I came here because I read that they were selling yeast. Unfortunately, they were sold out but they did offer to take my contact info so they could contact me once it was in stock. The bread looked good. I got the mango Mochi bread but I didn't see any mango in the bread, which disappointed a bit. I will be back to try other goodies. read more

Tried an assortment of breads here and only liked the walnut bread. The other breads were dry and flavorless. I prefer 85 degrees over Duke.

A great cute bakery with very nice customer service. I bought a pineapple cake and I wanted to try the Boba Tea Bar. The pineapple cake was great and the boba tea bar was too sweet for me but I enjoyed getting to the boba part in the popsicle. The bakery itself looks like they make delicious bread which I will try to buy next time. read more

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I view this place as a half step up over the 85 degree or similar Asian bakeries around town. I really do want to give this place a better score, and will be stopping by again to give it another go. Hot dog bun - I'd like to call this a staple of this type of bakery, and it really was just ok all things considered; we had gotten a couple of other items that were definitely above average. Mango Mousse - Ordered this item because I like all things mangoes. Except when we got home and opened the box, we realized we go something else (I think it was a berry tart or similar). To be fair, the tart was good; just not the item I was looking forward to. read more

I was craving asian bakery bread and thankfully Duke Bakery is on Uber eats to get me through this quarantine! Tuna cheese- 10/10 this is so amazing! One bite of this got me excited for my next duke bakery delivery. It's so pillowy and soft, and the flavor of the tuna is great and not too fishy. Yam bread- 8/10 this was really good too! The flavor of the yam filling wasn't too sweet but the breads pillowyness did not compare to the tuna cheese one. I also froze this and it defrosts really well. Carrie black- 8/10 super chocolately! This also defrosts really well. Uji matcha- 7/10 the outside bread is whatever, a little dry but where the bread and the filling is, is super delicious! I only planned to taste this and save it for the next meal but I ended up devouring the entire thing. After this amazing bread experience, I can't wait to try the rest of the breads on their menu! read more

This is a small bakery on Jeffrey Boulevard but delicious items to choose . I always buy the bread very fresh and a pastry item. Customer service is excellent and very friendly. It's a very busy strip mall so parking is difficult. It's worth your trip to try this bakery read more

Love this bakery! I tend to stick to places like 85 C or Paris Baguette, but Duke's has some delicious bread. I love how they have samples for every single bread they sell - AMAZING. Like I have when I buy a pastry or loaf and it ends up not what I'm envisioning and I'm stuck with it. At Duke's you can try the bread prior to buying (and their sample sizes are pretty hefty), which can save you that bread-buying anxiety. Not sure if I'm the only one who gets that LOL..commitment issues am I right. They have a great assortment of options but only thing that might deter me from Duke's is that their pastries are HUGE. Like a little overwhelming because of how large they are, and clearly because I have commitment issues, this isn't ideal hahahaha. Their Taro Angel bread is my faveee but it's like the size of a whole loaf of bread. Like I wish they made smaller normal pastry-sized ones! read more

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I loveeee their mochi buns! And they sell rice and Hong Kong MX eggrolls here! Can't wait to try out the popular chocolate bun next time! read more

Duke Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Dukes bakery, I remember seeing a lot of pictures of this place when it first opened. They are a specialized bakery where they make larger sized bread, including loaves, cakes, and tarts. This is not a place that has a large variety of items, but they have some really good stuff. You can sample their bread at the window of every item that is presented. I got a variety of items, including the hotdog bread, red bean loaf, their coconut stuffed bread, and a few others. The price for what you're getting is pretty good, considering most of the baked goods are meant for more than one person. It is a small store, but it has its charms because it's small. It took me a few days to try everything out, but all of them were delicious. I will definitely be looking forward to trying more of what they will be offering. read more

Duke Bakery - A variety of baked goods. - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Horrible ! See the photo ! I was so excited to try it but I literally pulled a hair from the bread. This is digesting ! read more

Duke Bakery - There's a hygiene issue at the bakery. - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Update: went back and they gave us a replacement and had really good attitude. Thanks! Found some black stuff baked into the toast after we ate half of it. Not sure what it is but I hope it's not toxic? Throw out the rest already. read more

Duke Bakery - Some black stuff baked into the toast - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

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I found mold on the bread. I bought last Saturday. Today is Monday. I want to have it at breakfast just now. It has mold taste. Really sick. The quality is not good anymore! ... The slice I bite is thrown. The other slice is in picture. read more

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Love Duke Bakery! Best bread ever! Grace is always nice kind, always has sweet smiling on her face to everyone. She gives us warm welcoming feeling every time I go to Duke Bakery. read more

I tried this bakery for the first time a few weeks ago and not a fan. I bought a variety of breads (sweet and savory) and they were all very dry and dense. I prefer fluffy and light bread and pastries so I will most likely not be back. The one good thing though, compared to other bakeries are that their items are larger in size so perfect to share with family. read more

Whenever I want to get the taro angel bread for my daughter, I think of Duke Bakery. The taro angel bread is delicious with very natural tasting taro pastes. The bread is also soft and the size is huge. The Chinese wolfberry bread that I got for my husband was amazing! My husband really enjoyed this healthy and delicious tasting bread. It had lots of gogi berries, two different kind of raisins and many pumpkin seeds. The lady that worked there was very kind and friendly. I saw some delectable pudding desserts to try with my family next time! read more

I give a 1 star review due to their unfriendly, and rude service. Tuesday around 3:40 pm. Girl with the glasses slammed down my bag of bread. poor bread read more

Terrible business etiquettes! They left me waiting on the phone for 45 mins. I have to hang up because they didn't get back to me. They should just close the shop, seriously they did this to me couple of times. I love their pastries and cakes but they definitely don't have good customer service. read more

The Chinese cashier lady is not helpful and no clue with all the order. She does not seems to be interested in helping. Especially the one with glasses. Rude. read more

I'm from NYC and my cousin brought me here to try stuff from his favorite bakery. I have to say, Duke Bakery did NOT disappoint. Grace was amazing and provided the best customer service! Everything there was also very delicious and I really appreciate the chance to sample the options before making a purchase. Since I will be flying in a few days we decided on purchasing one bread and thus we brought home the Sesame Bread. We only bought 1 because I was scared we weren't going to finish it. Let's just say we only have half the loaf left and only 5 hours has passed. We had to use all our willpower to save the other half for breakfast! This sesame bun is so good! The filling reminds me of the Asian black sesame dessert. I would definitely recommend this! read more

Duke Bakery - Sesame Bread - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Stepped into Duke Bakery in Irvine just before closing time. As expected, it was slim pickings because of my late arrival. Most of the bread had already been sold. They provide samples for most of their bread products. I sampled their Taro bread and decided to buy one. Also purchased a Caramel Cheese Tart which looked very appealing in one of the display cases. The sample of the Taro bread I tried actually tasted better than the one I bought. The one I brought home was not as soft, and it lacked taro filling. The Caramel Cheese Tart tasted good, but for the pricetag of $4 for this little tart I thought it would taste extremely delicious. That was not the case. I plan to return in the future. Hopefully, I will get here much earlier. Would enjoy trying some of their top 10 items next time. read more

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Such a cute little Taiwanese bakery! They legit have samples for EVERY bread which is amazing. I tried hella breads and literally every single one was so CUSHIONY and not super sweet, just like the bread in Taiwan hehehe. Their selection is decently vast and the size of the breads is bigger than most so they're consequently a bit pricier per piece. I came here on weekday afternoon and there were little to no people. I will be coming back when I'm in the area :^) read more

Duke Bakery - just one of two sides of the goodness *_* free samples for EVERY BREAD!!!! - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

I love the selection here & also the quality here is way better than 85 degrees bakery. The bread is soft & ultra yummy. The cream fillings makes these bread to die for. Yummo Love that the size of the samples here are generous. Yummy makes me want to buy more & more Favourites here: Uji Matcha Coconut with raisins Pineapple Matcha with cream Hokkaido Azuki Very clean inside & customer service is nice. A+ read more

Wanted to come here and get some of the Matcha breads cuz I was drooling when I saw the pics on Yelp. Bakery is small but very good selection of breads They have samples of everything. And the samples aren't small either. You can have lunch here. LOL. The breads are also made with natural yeast so has less oil and sugar. Yay, more carbs for me :P read more

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Everything is delicious and fresh. Love the macarons and pineapple cakes!! We also always get egg tarts. Also one of the few bakeries that carry Orangina for you Francophiles. Stop by for some goodies! read more

Great cake. But a little expensive. Yummy stuff and I can't believe I liked chocolate. Wow. Yummm. Might come back again and maybe try their cappuccino cake. Hehe. read more