Ararat Bakery — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Old & Stale Bakery is more suiting of a name; a dozen lahmajoun w/ 9 in the trash. With a faint of meat on stale dough, it was anything but edible. A tray of pastries from Ararat became the butt of our Thanksgiving joke, as it found its way to the table, only to to be mocked and ridiculed for the horrendous taste of old pastries having taken on the smell of the refrigerator. The amount of money I paid for both we were able to recoup in laughter and a lesson to not deviate from the quality of bakeries we usually shop from. The sad part was this women behind the register took so long to figure out the amounts to ring up, I honestly believe she just made up prices. $2.25 per lahmajoun and $35 for the mid-size tray of this particularly popular pastry that I cannot recall...

The bakery is great, and the pastry quality is about the same or better compared to other similar places I've tried. I just think the quality in all bakeries went down overtime in the last 10 years but they still taste fine. One of the employees was honest that three pastries was from last night and when I asked for two, she gave me all three for the price of two, which was nice of her. I also went back to say thank you to a different employee, because she gave me an extra loaf of bread for free, when I only asked for six. She wasn't there, but the way I said it to one of the other employees makes it sound like she charged me extra, so I hope my compliment wasn't misunderstood and didn't accidentally get...

From the moment you enter, you start feeling that something is different here. They have absurd low prices for the quality of their products. The display, the variety, the care to make the pastries is highly noticeable. You can even start thinking in taking extra products for someone else. You have the notion that your dear ones will appreciate this delicious gift. Clean displays, light is abundant and I only suggest parking not on the main entrance (Foothill Boulevard). A lot of arrogant jerks are driving at fast speed on the line you park your car! Be careful with that. Park to the side of the store. Oh!, and speak slow and clear to the clerk. Her English...