Bijan Bakery And Cafe — Restaurant in San Jose

I’ve had mixed experiences here. For a quick treat from their display case, this is a great place. However I won’t use them again for a special order. I ordered a pomegranate torte in December for our Yalda night celebration. I’m not sure what part of the process was worst: The 45 minute process of ordering the torte, the 30 minute process to pick up the torte, or the the awful taste of the tort. The girl who rang up our special order wasn’t sure how to input pomegranate torte into their computer system so she ended up inputting it as an almond apple torte. She said it would be OK and we wouldn’t have any issues at pick up. But then, when we went to pick it up, it was a different person and she did not believe us. It was pretty offensive, like we would lie about something like that. Finally she called over a colleague who remembered us. What an ordeal. Then we got the torte home and the torte itself was beautiful. We were really looking forward to it. But this was the worst dessert I’ve ever had. It tasted absolutely disgusting. Sickeningly sweet. After spending so much time getting it, the torte was a let down. We threw it away. I’ve been debating about reviewing because I have only had good experiences before this one, but the attitude of the associate at pick up has stuck with me for the month and a half since. I understand needing to be skeptical in a downtown, urban setting, but the associate could have apologized and she didn’t. That’s a choice to display sad...

Have been going to their Saratoga bakery for a long time and switched things this time a bit and ordered a cake (and bought a bunch of slices on the day of pickup) from Bijan bakery in San Jose.

Parking for sure is a pain to deal with when getting in there. Please do keep that in mind (though i have been luck that both the times that i went in there i found an empty parking slot on the street pretty close to the store).

Have always been a big fan of their Burnt almond cake and this visit definitely was to pick another one of these for a birthday celebration later in the evening. The folks at the bakery were pretty welcoming and as well helped answer all my questions around the options for different slices of cakes that i saw , eggless options etc etc.

Upon receiving the ordered cake along with the other slices that i had ordered, it got a bit overwhelming to take it all by myself to the car. The folks in there, lent me a helping hand by having one of the behind the counter personnel carry the cake with me while i carried the rest to the car.

Friendly folks, wonderful ambience in there and an array of choices with each being one of its kind definitely gives you reasons more than one to be there and enjoy their offerings.

Hopefully...

Great place, a little odd in organization but great pastries and hot drinks. If you are looking for some pastries that are not overly sweet try this place! They have a good variety of European style (Persian really ) sweets, pastries and cakes. There is plenty of seating. They are fast and nice people too. When u enter you have to get a number from one of them old red and black things and they’ll call that to take your order do not spend time waiting aimlessly in line like us😆 We did like their balck forest very much with a sweet saurry cherry jam on top! The place had a little bit of “i am a little old and semi-neglected “ vibe too.

Cleanness: decent Seating: bar high tables, regular tables and lovely outdoor seating Price: on the pricier side but given the location it makes sense i guess People: nice and friendly Value: i’d have put it slightly on lower proces but good! Menu diversity: they have many pastry options and hot drinks were very diverse too! Food menu was relatively smaller but still more than what you’d expect from a cafe! They also had veryyy exciting...