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Clean and convenient spot near the R train. Everything's fresh pastries, steamed rolls, and plump shrimp dumplings. I tried the pineapple custard and lemon bao. Fluffy and tasty, but the filling was a bit underwhelming, had to take several bites to even find it (photo proof!). Cakes looked beautiful though, so I'll be back for those. Staff always friendly and fast can you out the door quick. There's two tables and seating. Sometimes customers will be sitting there taking up the tables not buying or eating and that's unfortunate. I wished they had a seating limit policy. So I'll either eat standing by the window or take it to go.
It's been so long I came here to enjoy a cup of great iced coffee . I used to work around here & it was my go to place to get coffee & cookies. Customer service is really great. Like the decor a lot , lots of seats to relax & enjoy. Bringing back a lot of good memories! Thank you guys for such an awesome experience everytime I come here.
The food is great! I wanted a cozy spot to place my order and eat while my car was in the shop. The service is very quick. You don't wait long and there's plenty of snacks or drinks to choose from!
We pass by Gigi's Bakery often on our morning walks with the kids on weekends. Not sure why it took us so long to check out this spot. My husband made a detour on the way home this morning and wanted to check out the drinks here. We initially got 2 large brown sugar bubble teas to go and ended up getting various buns to bring home to our kids. On the car ride home, we scarfed down two buns and they were so good, soft and fresh. In our total order of baked goods, we got a shredded pork bun, a coconut custard, a pineapple bun and 3 hot dogs. The brown sugar bubble tea is REALLY good! I'm not always a fan of the tapioca pearls but the ones from Gigi's are soft with the perfect amount of chewy. Already can't wait for our next morning walk so we can make another stop here.
I probably walked in when they're about to close door? Not much left at the time. The baked goods are fine. But nothing stands out.
I haven't actually visited the bakery in person but my sister has bought us some buns from here and both times, they were amazing. I'm sure it's probably because of all the extra butter they layer in there, but I try not to think about it. I've tried the cha siu bao, hot dog bun, scallion bun, and my newly discovered favorite - the ham and cheese bun. She said that each bun is probably about 25 to 50 cents more than a regular Chinese bakery, but the quality is so much better. You really do pay for what you get in this situation. Can't wait to go in person so I can eat with my eyes and probably end up buying more buns than I can actually eat.
Poor customer service experience. I ordered what I believed to be a traditional Chinese fruit cake. I was disappointed when I realized that there were only a few small pieces of fruit inside. When I went back to the store to inquire, I was told only one layer was supposed to have fruit. For the price paid there was little fruit, and the fruit on top were not in good condition. I showed the man behind the counter the pictures (attached.) The guy stated that he would talk to the chef. I was not expecting a refund, perhaps a consolidation bun, or at least an apology on behalf of the store. Instead he told me that no other customers ever complained about their cake and that if their quality did not meet my standards that I can go buy a cake elsewhere :(
Delicious Portuguese egg tarts, not the best I've had, but pretty solid. Very convenient location and great service. I've tried few different types of buns from them and they are good as well. Can't go wrong with this place.
With a few improvements I would give them 4 stars. This is a good addition to the neighborhood as there is a need for more small cafe/ bakeries in the area. I gave them 3 stars as I compared them to other Asian bakeries in Chinatown in Manhattan, Eighth and 18 Avenue in Brooklyn. Pros- the store is very clean, new, well displayed has seating for a quick bite and a fairly decent selection. Some prices are very in expensive for their small pastries such as the Portuguese egg tart for only $1.25 each. They were awesome and rivaled the bakeries in Newark and Harrison New Jersey. The staff was friendly and I believe one of the owners stepped in when I placed my order. Cons- $10 minimum on credit cards, not something I would start off with for a new business. Establish your base first then set some guidelines. Some of the prices I found high for an Asian bakery. Some pastries were $4 or more which when you try them such as the double chocolate cake do not have much size or weight to it like Italian bakeries. Communication- there were a few employees helping customers that either did not understand or speak English well. This can hurt a business as I read in other reviews that if you purchase 5 of the Portuguese Egg tarts you get the sixth one free. This was not offered to me, I would have bought the five. The chocolate cake for $2 was a good value although it tasted very salty, almost like I was eating butter off the fork. I purchased a few different items to take out and did not taste everything yet so I will do an update once I try them. All it all it was ok, I was expecting that all the products would be of a higher quality and have better portions for some of their products. Maybe their still ironing things out so I will go back and see if they took any of my suggestions in this review.
Can you tell I always place an order for a customized cake ? I got mango mousse for my son's 100 day. The topper is also a bath toy, like how cute is that !!
Came here on New Year Eve to grab some Palmier cookies or Butterfly Cookies. I love their snack size ziplock baggie of these delicious palmier cookies. Yum $5 a bag of these mini cookies is a steal.
I used to like their bakery items but the quality seems to have gone downhill especially with their pastries. This is the second time where I found mold in their chocolate roll cakes. See pictures. There was another time I found a dead bug in one of the pre-sliced bread. Be careful what you order. If you want cake, try ordering a fresh cake from them instead.
Fifi and I made our way over to Gigi's for some Portuguese egg tarts and lemme tell ya...it melted in my mouth like buttery snow. I could eat a whole box if I could!
4 months ago
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5 months ago
There are only a few chinese bakeries in Bay Ridge and Gigi's is the best of the bunch. The base of their baked buns are soft and moist and from there, any bun is going to be good. The cakes look beautiful and they also offer frozen buns in the freezer. They have a few small tables by the front for those who want to stay a while. read more
Clean and convenient spot near the R train. Everything's fresh pastries, steamed rolls, and plump shrimp dumplings. I tried the pineapple custard and lemon bao. Fluffy and tasty, but the filling was a bit underwhelming, had to take several bites to even find it (photo proof!). Cakes looked beautiful though, so I'll be back for those. Staff always friendly and fast can you out the door quick. There's two tables and seating. Sometimes customers will be sitting there taking up the tables not buying or eating and that's unfortunate. I wished they had a seating limit policy. So I'll either eat standing by the window or take it to go. read more
2 years ago
It's been so long I came here to enjoy a cup of great iced coffee . I used to work around here & it was my go to place to get coffee & cookies. Customer service is really great. Like the decor a lot , lots of seats to relax & enjoy. Bringing back a lot of good memories! Thank you guys for such an awesome experience everytime I come here. read more
3 months ago
3 months ago
We pass by Gigi's Bakery often on our morning walks with the kids on weekends. Not sure why it took us so long to check out this spot. My husband made a detour on the way home this morning and wanted to check out the drinks here. We initially got 2 large brown sugar bubble teas to go and ended up getting various buns to bring home to our kids. On the car ride home, we scarfed down two buns and they were so good, soft and fresh. In our total order of baked goods, we got a shredded pork bun, a coconut custard, a pineapple bun and 3 hot dogs. The brown sugar bubble tea is REALLY good! I'm not always a fan of the tapioca pearls but the ones from Gigi's are soft with the perfect amount of chewy. Already can't wait for our next morning walk so we can make another stop here. read more
8 months ago
2 years ago
I haven't actually visited the bakery in person but my sister has bought us some buns from here and both times, they were amazing. I'm sure it's probably because of all the extra butter they layer in there, but I try not to think about it. I've tried the cha siu bao, hot dog bun, scallion bun, and my newly discovered favorite - the ham and cheese bun. She said that each bun is probably about 25 to 50 cents more than a regular Chinese bakery, but the quality is so much better. You really do pay for what you get in this situation. Can't wait to go in person so I can eat with my eyes and probably end up buying more buns than I can actually eat. read more
Poor customer service experience. I ordered what I believed to be a traditional Chinese fruit cake. I was disappointed when I realized that there were only a few small pieces of fruit inside. When I went back to the store to inquire, I was told only one layer was supposed to have fruit. For the price paid there was little fruit, and the fruit on top were not in good condition. I showed the man behind the counter the pictures (attached.) The guy stated that he would talk to the chef. I was not expecting a refund, perhaps a consolidation bun, or at least an apology on behalf of the store. Instead he told me that no other customers ever complained about their cake and that if their quality did not meet my standards that I can go buy a cake elsewhere :( read more
4 years ago
Delicious Portuguese egg tarts, not the best I've had, but pretty solid. Very convenient location and great service. I've tried few different types of buns from them and they are good as well. Can't go wrong with this place. read more
1 year ago
With a few improvements I would give them 4 stars. This is a good addition to the neighborhood as there is a need for more small cafe/ bakeries in the area. I gave them 3 stars as I compared them to other Asian bakeries in Chinatown in Manhattan, Eighth and 18 Avenue in Brooklyn. Pros- the store is very clean, new, well displayed has seating for a quick bite and a fairly decent selection. Some prices are very in expensive for their small pastries such as the Portuguese egg tart for only $1.25 each. They were awesome and rivaled the bakeries in Newark and Harrison New Jersey. The staff was friendly and I believe one of the owners stepped in when I placed my order. Cons- $10 minimum on credit cards, not something I would start off with for a new business. Establish your base first then set some guidelines. Some of the prices I found high for an Asian bakery. Some pastries were $4 or more which when you try them such as the double chocolate cake do not have much size or weight to it like Italian bakeries. Communication- there were a few employees helping customers that either did not understand or speak English well. This can hurt a business as I read in other reviews that if you purchase 5 of the Portuguese Egg tarts you get the sixth one free. This was not offered to me, I would have bought the five. The chocolate cake for $2 was a good value although it tasted very salty, almost like I was eating butter off the fork. I purchased a few different items to take out and did not taste everything yet so I will do an update once I try them. All it all it was ok, I was expecting that all the products would be of a higher quality and have better portions for some of their products. Maybe their still ironing things out so I will go back and see if they took any of my suggestions in this review. read more
6 years ago
Can you tell I always place an order for a customized cake ? I got mango mousse for my son's 100 day. The topper is also a bath toy, like how cute is that !! read more
I used to like their bakery items but the quality seems to have gone downhill especially with their pastries. This is the second time where I found mold in their chocolate roll cakes. See pictures. There was another time I found a dead bug in one of the pre-sliced bread. Be careful what you order. If you want cake, try ordering a fresh cake from them instead. read more
Awesome coconut bread that we used to make sandwiches. Sort of like the King's Hawaiian bread but even better. I enjoyed the egg tarts. Regular and Portuguese. I prefer the regular egg tarts. The Portuguese egg tart is too dense. The regular egg tart has a bounce and eggy taste. The Japanese Cheesecake is also great: has a nice bounce to it, more like a moist cake than cheesecake. Must try! read more
This upscale modern Chinese bakery has been a godsend for ever since I moved away from my mini Chinatown and to the Bay Ridge Area. It's convenient location means I can take a quick walk over from the R train 86 st stop. They have all the usual items a Chinese bakery has and even some American ones like almond croissant or apple turnover. I don't have photos of everything I bought but I can assure you everything sold here looks nicely prepared and clean. The store itself is immaculate!! Whoever runs it sure runs a tight ship. I've had a few items so far and all of them have been great except the drinks. Both the coffee and the milk tea were a step below what I usually get from the Chinese bakery. Somehow the flavors were muted, like they added too much water to fill up the cup. Things I liked: -coconut flake bun: so greasy but the bread is soft and coconut filling's sweetness makes it a treat -egg tart -Portuguese egg tart: these are as good as Lily Bloom's! Just the perfect amount of sweetness and the shell is crispy and flaky. -snow skin moon cakes: price was great for these! I got a box of 4 for $30. However the skin was off. It didn't have the slightly chewy, bouncy skin. Instead it tasted mushy. The fillings were delicious though! I loved the matcha, mango, durian, and pineapple fillings. I also loved how they came with a gift tin since they were a gift I brought over to my family. Gigi's a great spot to grab a quick spot or breakfast! Prices are just a tad higher than your average Chinese bakery but it's worth it! read more
6 years ago
4 years ago
Blown Away. Saw comments online that this bakery has better egg custard tarts then an old school place on 8th Ave. totally lived up to the hype. Got the Portuguese style, very creamy and perfectly flaky crust, flavors were wonderful, These were the size I expected. The buns were huge. Both roast pork and shredded pork, super super soft bread: like a cloud that floated down from the sky and picked up succulent pork. My My My. The sesame balls were also big, we liked the big balls- super super super chewy perfect texture you would not believe until you try it- red bean was not sweet as I expected but still totally worth it, Raisin bun extremely soft, stuffed with many raisin- they really made this so nice. Stayed fresh longer then expected- I had forgotten about it. The lemon roll? Wow. That was really great. Very nice lemony custard/jelly and the outside of the cake had a little blueberry preserve design with large pieces of blueberry, most excellent. The coffee almond croissant was more coffee than almond, did not really get much almond flavor from this, strongly led with coffee flavor - has a coffee strudel swirl inside. Delicious. We Frozen some buns and sesame balls, the pork buns heat up better then the sesame balls so far. Everything we ordered we loved, that's not typical. This bakery is very passionate about their products, you can taste the love. I'm a fan now. Only regret was not ordering drinks to sample. read more
4 years ago
I really really dislike posting bad reviews. First the good, Portuguese egg tart was delicious. Flaky buttery crust and the tart itself was perfectly sweet, meaning not very sweet. Delicious! And now for the bad. I ordered rice roll with shrimp. What kind of gelatinous mess was this. Huge ball of rice roll ? Shrimp somewhere in there, or maybe not! Maybe just a huge clump of steamed gelatinous rice. So whatever you do , order the Portuguese egg tart and skip the rice rolls! Also the shredded pork bun had way too much Mayo , it was almost inedible , read more
4 years ago
$4 for milk tea it tasted normal. I don't think it's worth it. it's too expensive from a bakery so 4 stars. read more
A nice addition to the Bay Ridge area for pastries and cakes. Aside from Lily Bloom down the block it has all the typical Asian buns and sweets you can name. I got the Portuguese Egg Tart with a Peach Oolong tea and it tasted good. Place is clean and bright with plenty of seating. Don't know if its necessarily a cafe where you can spend your day on the laptop, or more like a grab and go. The girls behind the counter are new so when I asked for recommendation, said all buns taste good. Will probably be back for their cakes if I'm in the area. read more
I had my eye on Gigi's Bakery since it appeared on Yelp and finally took a trek out. It's sort of out of the way for me in that I don't anywhere that would have me pass by this area. It's in the depths of Bay Ridge. There was construction going on in the block and the parking situation was not good. So I had my friend run in and grab a Po Tot and Green Tea Roll. My standard for great Po Tot is XinFa / Lily Bloom's. So, in comparison I would say I like the flavor of this slightly more. The crust is light and flaky and the eggy part is similar to Xinfa's but less sweet. So if you like really sweet, you might complain it's not sweet enough, but for me it perfect. The only minus is that since they don't get the foot traffic as XinFa, the tart was not piping hot, but only warm. I guess on the plus side, they don't have the foot traffic and the tarts will be available. The Green tea roll is a bit too sweet for me with not enough green tea taste. I think this place is needed in that neighborhood, and I hope they do well. I would like to try their boba tea next time since I read the bob was soft and sweet. read more
Verdict: it's an absolutely gem in Bay Ridge. It's close to the train station, beautifully decorated, friendliest staffs EVER, and the best damn PO TATS (Portuguese egg tart). What more can you ask for? Conveniently located next to the train station for instant access to coffee and baos (bread) before work. Not only are these drinks, cakes, and baos inexpensive, but they are DELICIOUS! You can taste the love and hard work that was placed into these recipes. You literally cannot find the same with other Chinese bakeries. The fun aspect about Gigi's bakery is the modern decorations and fixtures. It gives a traditional Chinese bakery a new and fresh twist without taking away the traditional aspect. Baos are more modernized as well but the taste is still authentic - which I gives Gigi's so much props to because that seems really hard to achieve! There's a wide variety of everything which makes me so happy. Some of the baos look so pretty (such as the shredded pork roll omg - take my life. It's so damn good as well) and they are basically telling me to buy and eat them. I'm absolutely OBSESSED with this place. Lastly - their drinks ugh. So good. If you like Yaya's "Boyfriend" drink, then you're gonna love Gigi's Lychee Greentea with Lychee jelly. I swear - they literally takes the same and Gigi's version is more affordable and more convenient. Don't trust me? Go try all of the items that I mentioned above and message me if you think I'm wrong! I haven't tried everything yet but that's because I'm guilty of getting at least one po tat (Portuguese egg tart) from Gigi's every single day. I need to branch out, that's for sure. So stay tuned for more info on other items. p.s.- it's super modernized and IG-able af inside (look at my photos!) read more
7 years ago
I came here on a Sunday morning with a group of 5 people. This place seemed brand new with modern decor which was so different from typical Chinese bakery cafes. I ordered a chicken sandwich (chicken cutlet, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, mayo) and an iced coffee. The chicken sandwich was fresh and cutlet was crispy. The bread was soft and fluffy. The cup was durable and very cute. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I would definitely come back to try their other items. The cakes, buns, and drinks all look really good. FYI -There is a $10 minimum to use for credit card. read more
7 years ago
Portuguese egg tarts ate delicious here. Priced and tastes better than the competitors in the area. Sad that they stopped the green tea custard bun. It was amazing. Maybe because it was more expensive than the other buns. We also love the bun with the custard and the coconut bun. I had the opportunity to try their chestnut cake. It was as delicious as it was beautiful. The sponge cake was moist. The cream was light. I would have liked more of the chestnut filling because I just love it so much. The whole thing was lightly sweet. The fruit on top was very fresh. I was very happy! read more
7 years ago
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