Napoleon’s Bakery

Inside of Zippy’s on Kapahulu Avenue, this bakery should never be overlooked. The lemon bars are highly anticipated by the locals. We stocked up on regular donuts, Napples (also a local favorite in the following flavors: Apple, cherry, coconut, and blueberry cheesecake) and Danishes. The lady behind counter tonight was so helpful and friendly. She explained that every month they have specialty items that they make. Today was the last of the strawberry shortcake donut sandwich tower. Tomorrow they have new donuts coming out. We may find ourselves back there again next week for breakfasty items.

Napoleon’s Bakery has a decent assortment of treats, donuts, cakes and pies. No cookies, however. =(Prices seem moderate. The bakery shares space inside of a Zippy’s diner and is open 24 hours a day.
We tried a cocoa fudge brownie with walnuts and a Dutch apple crumb cake. The brownie was mildly sweet but a little dry. It wasn’t a complete miss, since it’s hard to totally screw up brownies, but it wasn’t satisfying. The apple crumb cake was light and fluffy and had just the right amount of sweetness. I would get this one again.
Napoleon’s had a few interesting items like the «Reese’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Chunk Ultimate Donut», a huge donut topped with Reese’s crumbs. Other notables were a guava chiffon cake, haupia chocolate cake, and peach Bavarian cake. We didn’t get to try any cakes, but they did look pretty appealing behind the counter.

Located inside Zippy’s. We love their bread pudding. The size, taste, and consistency are spot on. I wish we had the chance to try their other baked goods.

NP in any Zippy’s is da bomb. They always have good cakes and pies. I think the all time favorite is the Chantilly cake. My move loves that cake. They also have strawberry guava, chocolate, and many others. They also have some awesome pies, from blueberry, strawberry, custards, haupia, etc. The napples are also awesome. I like the blueberry one. The coconut and apple ones are also good but I am just a big fan of anything blueberry. Depending on which one you go to some locations might have different assortment of pastries lined up such as donuts and malasadas. The prices are decent. The staff and customer service is good. Getting something from NP after a good Zippy’s meal is always awesome. The two areas compliment each other very well. It’s always best to get it early in the morning because you know it’s always fresh out of the bakery/​oven. Nonetheless, pretty much anytime you get it, it’s always good because it is that good.
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The Apple Napple is wonderful! Flaky pastry goodness! Even better if you heat it in a toaster oven — yum, yum.
Good eclairs with traditional custard, not whipped cream, for under $ 2!

Napoleon’s Bakery is inside Zippy’s!
Can I say I’m in heaven? I got the gigantic jumbo sized chocolate donut with macadamia nuts and caramel. I haven’t found anything close in the states. I want to go back to Oahu just to bite into this heavenly treat! Yum!

Good thing I’ve never actually spent money at this place. All the stuff I’ve ever tasted from Napoleon’s has been just average. To be fair, I’ve only tried the Dream Cake and most of the doughnuts and malasadas, so maybe I’m underrating them for possibly the other things they make. But I could get better doughnuts at Safeway and malasadas at the Leonard’s nearby. And better cake from my oven.