Manna Bakery

So sad this place is closed. They were one of the first Korean bakeries in Ktown. They will be missed.

I just started buying some of the pastries that this place makes from a local Korean store here in Tucson. I’d been eyeing this huge box the lady has on her counter, layered with assorted Korean pastries for a few weeks before giving in to temptation. Now I really know nothing about the pastries details (name, ingredients, etc) but I can say, these are great little cakes.
Whatever I bought last time looked to be a slice out of some sort of rolled cake, and it had that distinctive Korean sponge cake texture to it. The filling tasted like heavy cream and sugar, but there wasn’t really any other flavoring added. I let it sit in the fridge for a few hours because I enjoy my cake cold, and it was delightful!
I can’t wait to go back and get another slice to enjoy!

Loved their desserts but just stopped by and found out they are closed for good with no known reason. Too bad!

DELICIOUS CAKES!!!. This is my spot where i buy our cakes for all occasion. It is my Daughter Birthday Today and the Frozen Cake was Amazing. The staff are super Friendly and i always get a treat. The pricing is decent and Worth my Money. Cakes are delicious, My favorite is the Tres Leches. MUST TRY. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.. THANK YOU!!! MANNA CAKE FOR MAKING MY DAUGHTER SMILE.

I bought a small round cake with assorted fruit (strawberries, kiwi, etc) and chopped almonds decorated on top with fresh fruit filling on the inside. The cake crumbled as I was cutting it, indicating that it wasn’t fresh and had been sitting around for awhile. There probably isn’t heavy traffic for this bakery, which is why there probably isn’t a huge turnover for their cakes. This review is based solely on the cake I bought and I definitely won’t be purchasing anymore birthday cakes here. I am, however, open to coming back for their large assortment of breads though!

Nice lady working behind the counter. I’m usually a fan of bread found in Korean bakeries, but the bread texture here was a bit harder than I would’ve liked. The Mocha bun was almost perfect except for its texture! Liked how each bread was contained in clear wrappers. Pretty sanitary.
Prices for bread range from $ 1-​$ 2, typically.

I was never a big cake person. I came here randomly for a convenient location. It was a simple store packed with baked goods and also made mexican cakes (tres dulce?). I ordered the standard fruit cake that I was certain almost all korean bakeries had. I had their medium sized cake for $ 26. The worker wrote the details on the cake with her icing. I didn’t expect much from the cake. But once i ate it, I had two slices and my friend had four. The icing is SUPER good. It isn’t the cheap greasy kind. Its sweet and fluffy. The bread and fruit were so delicious too. I want more!

Madeleines — good texture and flavor, could be softer.
Green Tea bun — I meant to grab a red bean but got one of these by accident. The bun portion was super chewy and well done. The green tea paste filling was overly sweet and somewhat artificial.
Kastella — a fairly plain, sweet individual sponge cake, normally a favorite of mine. Something was off with this one… it had some kind of odd, background flavor I couldn’t identify.
Almond flavored bun, dark brown, in the shape of an actual almond nut — has a great textures and is on the sweeter side. Has a very strong almond flavor, reminiscent of marzipan.
I feel there’s nothing special about this place. Their fruit cakes do look pretty though, and I’m know their prices are lower than others’ because of their lower overhead.

I’m probably slowly killing myself due to the frequency in which I stop into bakeries but its just physically impossible for me to pass up a glass case filled with pretty little pastires. This place is cheap. You can get all types of little individually wrapped pastires for a dollar or less each. This is how random strip mall bakery prices should always be. My favoratie was the red bean bun… mmmm soft sugary goodness with a bean paste center of satisfaction!

Service: 4
Bread: 4
Price: 4
Cleanliness of bathroom: n/​a
You go in, buy pastries, and leave. There isn’t space to sit around and nibble on said pastries luxuriously. But the pastries are great and well worth the price. (Select pastries are available 10 for $ 11). The lady behind the counter is helpful and will sometimes give you freebies.
It’s cheaper than Paris Baguette. Though PB has more swank and pomp, I like Manna because of its simplicity.
My favorites: soborro bread with cream on the inside and the classic red bean bun.

Great deals on Korean bean paste pastries!!!
All the different colors of bean paste you could ever want! The more you buy the better the deals are! The lady that attended me was really upbeat and friendly! Quite a memorable experience! Oh, and the pastries are really tasty and individually wrapped! I’m definitely coming back!

This bakery is absolutely fantastic. Their cakes are works of art and they taste delicious. I have been coming to Manna for the past 20 years, and I have never been disappointed. I only come to them when I have a special occasion where I need a cake. The pastries are wonderful, too. They are very reasonable and gracious, which keeps me coming back.

You don’t go to this bakery for the ambiance or comfort. You go to Manna for the price, quality and service. The ‘ajumma’ behind the counter was so nice and their baked goods are yuuummmy! not to mention how cheap it is! I bought a cup of coffee, 3 cream breads and she tossed in a freshly baked toast package, on the house (coated with some sweet scruptiousness) ALL for $ 5 bucks! I will be here again~
**the store is quite small and they don’t have too many selections…*

My parents have been coming here forever and I’ve come to love their pastries and breads.
Who would have known they can create some awesome wedding cakes?!? After runnning around and finding decent cakes for $ 1200, my mom convinced me to trust our go to bakery. I walked into my reception and was shocked to see the most beautiful cake! 4 tiers, exactly done the way I had described, and decorated with real flowers that matched my décor.
The cake was delicious and I got a ton of compliements on it. The price was half of the pricey cake boutiques in LA. I was super happy with the results.

cream puffs are NEARLY as good as beard papa, except smaller and you get 3 for $ 1.25.
it helps cool the burning tongue after the bcd tofu house run.

A reliable go-​to place in LA for Korean breads and pastries. But now that I can make fresh cream cakes, profiteroles, and korrokes at home from scratch, I can take this place DOWN, jk ;). Either way, I don’t find as urgent a need to seek this place out, or deal with the ridiculous parking.

Has solid traditional Korean pastries but what I love about them is their BREADS — pumpkin and vegetable are my favorites. I have yet to find similar ones at other bakeries. They are sooooo addicting, worth eating carbs for!!!

manna bakery is a ghetto looking korean bakery in a strip mall on western … which seem to have been around forever. parking space is small and limited.
however, this is a place to go if you’re looking for QUANTITY over quality. you can get your plain soboro, cream-​pan, pat-​pan (red bean), etc. for 13 for $ 10 (it used to be 15 for $ 10). and they taste pretty good too.
lastly, this place is closed on sundays (i think they open briefly in the morning for cake pick-​ups).