Mc Garden Coffee & Bakery — Restaurant in San Francisco

DO NOT go to the bakery! I'm forgiving toward honest mistakes, but in two separate occasions, they messed up and straight up denied their mistakes:

They mixed up sugar and salt in making their pastry, and so I got the saltiest cream horn I've ever tasted! Well, no big deal, people make mistake. The bad part was that when I mentioned about it to the owner's wife on my next visit, she got all defensive and denied it. Fine, this I didn't appreciate but understood...

I went back another time and ordered a slice of one of those cakes in their front fridge. As the owner got it for me, he 'casually' mentioned, 'Oh btw, the fridge has been set a bit too cold last night, so the cake might be a bit hard.' Okay... Got cake and ready to eat. THE FORK COULD NOT GO INTO THE CAKE EVEN I PUSHED HARD!!!!!! Wth, could it really be the cold temperature? So I decided to pick up the top layer with my fingers and take a bit. Ugh, bad decision. That was basically a piece of bread left outside for a week!

No more Mc...

Okay, so, we were staying at a friend's place and desperately needed coffee. We decided on this place, and they had 2 beverage options. Hong Kong style milk tea and their own coffee blend. That's it. We got the coffee, and it was good! It's got a nostalgic element to it, so it's likely a blend of instant coffees, but for a couple bucks for a large cup it is perfect. I also got one of their bread puddings, and it was perfect. Here's the thing, though, the owner / man behind the counter was incredibly nice. He was attentive, he was conversational, he was friendly, and I love him. It's an unassuming place, but go...

Taste wise everything was solid, probably 4 stars. But considering price I paid, I’m giving 5 stars — wish I bought a dozen! The cashier was very friendly, the place was quite empty on Saturday afternoon. I got a pineapple bun and two paper-wrapped sponge cake— both bun and cake were pretty good: soft enough but not too puffy so they were quite filling. All three items for only $2.75. Would go back!! Con would be location, the street right outside bakery isn’t very clean so you pass by some flies as you walk in but the bakery itself was fine, all baked goods in closed spaces and not out...