I wouldn't exactly recommend coming here unless you're in the neighborhood. Like any cafes in Borough Park (better known as 8 ave in Brooklyn's Chinatown), it's a pretty bad experience in the morning. I passed by three cafés before coming to this one because it actually had some seats (and by that I mean like two, for me and my mom at adjacent tables, not even the same one). Most cafés from opening time until noon will be filled with elderly men reading newspapers and sipping their coffees.
Of course, I can't let this place down completely. It did offer a great selection of buns- even a lady to help get them for you. They did have the time they were baked (8 30) and when they would be retired (11 30), so rest assured, my food was fresh. But it really did taste like any other café food, so, nothing really great there. They did have a good selection of other stuff like bread and some cakes and such- about a whole wall plus a table. Very good selection, very fast staff.
Coffees and milk tea (for those of us who don't drink coffee) were cheap, as is any, and tasted well made, as is any. I mean how hard is it to mess up a coffee...
The only thing that I didn't like I guess were the lack of seats- but that's what you get when you come in at 10 in the morning. It's also a small cafe, but still a lot of walking room, but at least it had some seats, unlike the others I had went to in the higher number streets as I was making my way down to the N train- which is relatively close.
I wouldn't go out of my way to come here again, especially because there are a ton of Chinese bakeries and cafés by my house, but you can't really beat their huge and fresh selections and of course, their prices. read more