Hamada-Ya Bakery — Restaurant in Costa Mesa

Fresh and tasty bakery treats! :)

Everything here is so delicious and they have a large range of items! It was our first time and we were glad to see that they had the treats we liked. Items are pretty reasonable priced and they also have drinks available. I highly recommend anything with real fruit or chocolate like their Fruit Tarts or Bavarian Chocolate!

Bavarian Chocolate: 10/10 - loved the chocolate chips Fruit Tart: 9/10 - delicious pastry and real fruits Chocolate Croissant: 9/10 - fluffy and nice chocolate flavor

The people there were super nice and friendly. It’s located in the Mitsuwa Supermarket, but the bakery itself is kind of small. It also gets kind of confusing because there aren’t any signs that tell you where the lines starts so you’re kind of just crowding around. Finding a parking spot is pretty easy, however, because they have an underground structure.

One of our new favorite...

I finally tried their GREEN TEA SOFT SERVE here after getting bakery items a few times.

The soft serve is definitely the star at $3.50 AND you get cinnamon toast crunch at the bottom that goes really well with the treat. I've always liked getting "crunchy" things on my frozen yogurts as a texture contrast so this was perfect that it already came along with it. It melts really fast though, but you'll be scarfing down that yummy matcha flavored soft serve pretty quick!

Besides the soft serve, their Onion Cheese Bread is also really delicious!

I've also tried their various donuts and Bologna Rusk pastry that's overly too crunchy for me.

It's amusing that when you get the soft serve, the worker opens up the "wall" behind him/her and it just looks like they're getting your dessert from a locker. . Maybe that's why I never noticed there was soft serve served here.

But...

Very good pastries, bread, and toast. I especially like the Boston Cream donuts and Waygu donuts. BUT...horrible customer service! Everytime I go there, the lady in the back counter is always in a terrible mood. They are VERY stingy with boxes even if you offer to pay for them. One time I asked to please pack the pastries in a box for my office. The Japanese lady replied in extremely terse tone, "We KNOW how to pack them." But in the end, she packed half of the stuff I got in a box and the others in a plastic bag. I just don't get it. I spent over $50 and you can't even spare 2 boxes?! The boxes are just plain, white, foldable ones with a sticker logo in the center. Anyways, yummy food but if you want your pastries in a box, be aware of either getting turned down, or suffer rude, exasperated stares. Location: Costa Mesa, CA (inside Mitzuwa...