Okayama Kobo Bakery & Cafe Laguna Niguel — Restaurant in Laguna Niguel

I'm a regular at the Anaheim location and when I saw Okayama Kobo open in OC near my home, I quicky rushed over. I got to the bakery around 11:30am and was third in line. One person ordering, one person waiting, and me. It took over 10 minutes to place my order. One lady was packaging the bread, one just standing at the cash register, and more than five people in the back. I was watching the people in the back and a handful were just staring off into space and moving bread to random spots in the kitchen. When I finally got my order, the bread was harder than expected. I wish I took a photo but the faces on the famous kobo kuma breads were all off. The rose matcha was excellent but I know the barista put maybe double the amount of matcha. (I love a strong matcha.) I know it's a soft opening and I really hope this location improves. The location is a great spot and has potential. I'm definitely sticking with the Anaheim location but will try this location again in...

I’ve been a loyal customer of the Anaheim bakery since the very beginning, often visiting the original location once a week. I was so excited when they opened a new branch in South OC. My absolute favorite is the cookie salt and butter roll, which I always order. Since it’s such a popular item, I know it sometimes sells out, and in Anaheim I would wait 20–30 minutes for a fresh batch.

Today was my first visit to this new location. I drove 25 minutes just to get the cookie salt and butter roll, but unfortunately, they were sold out. I was really disappointed and didn’t want to wait another hour.

Okayama Kobo, since the cookie salt and butter roll is clearly a fan favorite, could you please consider making more of them? How can customers ensure we’ll get the bread we came for without risking a long drive and leaving...

This is probably my new favorite Japanese bakery. They only use 100% Hokkaido flour. No additives or preservatives in their dough. So you probably should eat most things the same day.

Turkey croissant was just ok but everything else was so good! We went back into line 3 times to get more food for friends and kids. My favorites were the salt and butter bread. Regular or with everything on it. All the paninis were excellent. My favorite was the fish fillet panini the cheese/jalapeno and the japanini were also really good. The emoji bread (chocolate and vanilla custard) were also really good. The banana creme matcha latte was...