Wien Bakery

I so want to like this place. I go in every few months hoping I’ll come out satisfied. It’s just not good. I bought a lovely-​looking package of ginger-​poppy seed cookies with the cutest label on it only to try them at home with tea: awful, sawdusty, dry. I’m sorry. Everything looks lovely. But it’s one sorry disappointment.
I mean, I even tried a madeleine. It was okay. But you can get better ones at Trader Joe’s. I’m so sorry.

I miss Wien Bakery ! You could find me here usually Sunday mornings sipping tea and munching on one of their many delicious pastries. I love how pretty they are !! Major points for artistic design.. . I loved the red bean paste donuts or chocolate filled croissants. For some reason every time I came the espresso machine was ALWAYS broken, so I hoped they fixed it by now or just gotten rid of it. I always got tea and it was delicious. You can take your pastries or cake to go, but I prefer sitting outside at their tables outside. I’ve brought friends here and they were always impressed. I never ordered a cake here, but they look tasty. The cakes I saw were usually in the $ 20 – 40 range depending on size.
The parking lot is really small so you might have to park on the street. I always came on sunday mornings and it was never too crowded.

One of the best Korean bakeries I’ve been to. I don’t know what they do to make their bread taste so good — two sticks of butter for each pastry perhaps? My favorites are the red bean donut and custard filled bread. It’s best to come early, since like most bakeries they only make a days worth of desserts.
On a side note, parking on the street is your best bet.

Really nice place with their comfortable ambient and variety of cakes and cookies. They are so well done that it takes quite some time to figure out what to order. They are like small art collection. You go from one to another and they are all better than the previous… or just hard to compare. Prices are well worth it. Don’t fight temptation. Visit them :).

Light, delicate and tasty breads. Very sweet ladies.

i like this chain. the pastries&cakes are sooooooo ‘asian cute’ &tasty&great to snack on whenever i’m at the adjacent korean supermarket… i like their cute sandwiches too! but it’s annoying how you have to buy at least $ 10 to be able to use your atm’/credit card.

A-​OK
Let me start.
The Parking:
Amazingly annoying. Too many cars in too small parking lot.
The Cakes:
Umm… too sweet.
I bought 4 cakes so far in this place with all different ones.
The Atmosphere:
It is okay. pretty small.

The inside of the bakery looks really nice with high ceiling and modern appearing menu and décor. I browsed through their cake selection which was actually not that great, standard for all dozens of korean bakeries around koreatown. That’s why I only got the sesame puff ($ 1) and a small corn bread. The sesame puff was as expected chewy and sprinkled with much more liberal amount of black sesame than Cake House ones. Corn bread on the other hand was so-​so, little bit on the dry side. There are chairs outside if the weather is nice, but unfortunately it had been raining lately.

This place is charming and quaint. I would love to spend some time catching up with a friend over tea and pastries. However, the breads themselves are just okay. I agree with the rating about the walnut filled bread, although it tastes much better when toasted. The melon bread and peanut butter bread were better than average but not spectacular — a little on the dry side. However, I would come back since the place is adorable, the workers are nice, and the prices are reasonable.

Typical Korean bakery with lots of interesting fruit cheese breads. All are good and quality doesn’t lack. I’d come here more often if it opened in the South Bay.

very nice bakery… parking is hard to find in their lot so try parking outside… i got lucky and found a place. but to compensate, they do have a nice patio area in the back to devour your goodies.
beautifully packaged pastries which is on the mildly sweet side… koreans dont like anything too sweet. look at pinkberry sour frozen yogurt another korean biz.
my only complaint is the croquettes… should be kept under a heat lamp to keep it warm and preferable hot… but it was packaged like all the other baked goods… so was more room temp than hot.
love the ice cold pops which comes in green tea, chocolate among other flavors… all yummy. their cakes look scrumptious too which i will try next time…
this is my favorite bakery because everyone else copied what they do… the owner of cake house i hear worked here and took her ideas… and made it her own? its hard to protect yourself from all of this…
so i am a fan of wien as opposed to cake house…

Total dud. Their stuff is waaaay overpriced. I used to like their curry croquette because they used to keep them warm and crispy. Now they are kept cold and stale with the rest of the bread. I did not get a hello from the lady behind the counter and when I approached the register with my selection she said «9.50». She gave me my change and that was it. No thank you, no have a nice day. Oh and when she gave me my change, she bypassed the hand that I had stuck out and set the money on the counter instead. How’s that for friendly?

OK, so I’m a few months late writing this review. I’m not sure why people have been giving this bakery poor reviews. My experience here was… well, excellent.
I came in one night, in a panic, because I had forgotten about my husband’s birthday (oops) and the two Korean ladies working that night were very nice, helpful, and pleasant to work with. I asked about their small custom cakes and they showed me a photo album of the designs that were available and the work they had done. It was SO hard to choose because it all looked incredibly yummy, but I selected a heart shaped yellow cake with a chocolate ganache glaze, lightly decorated with delicious kiwis and berries. I got to write a custom message on the cake, which they did NOT misspell (yay!) and which they wrote in yummy, delicious white creamy cursive!
The cake was finished in time for the home-​cooked Czech birthday dinner I put together for my husband at home. And when I got home and opened the cake package… let me tell you… I was surprised. And salivating. It was the most beautiful cake ever. Not to mention, the most delicious cake we’ve ever eaten. They also gave me complimentary matches, really really pretty candles, and a cake slicer! My husband was super duper happy, and so was I.
Would definitely come here again.

The review of this bakery is biased because I have a sweet tooth for Korean baked goods. I could easily devour 3 – 5 yummy goodness in one sitting.
How do I describe Korean baked goodness? Well it’s a very European with a Korean twist. The foundational elements are french/​german without being too sweet (because Koreans hate any desserts that’s too sweet).
I ALWAYS must have the Korean Custard bbang (bread). It’s a flaun like custard enveloped in a soft buttery bread. The velvety texture of the flaun + buttery and moist bread = bliss.
They’ve also perfected the Korean Peanut Butter Bbang. In the past this pastry was merely bread with a crusty peanut butter top where the bread to pb topping ratio was ¼. Wien has totally re-​engineered this pastry and has taken it to another level. It’s mere perfection with a good balance between the buttery bread and the PB topping.
Wien is a bit on the pricier side as you can find similar pastries all throughout Koreatown a bit cheaper.
I haven’t tried their cakes, but I want to see them try to perfect a new trend of sweet potato cakes.

Wein (located in Korea Town) is considered a high-​end bakery… but it falls very short of living up to the hype. Everything I’ve ever had here…(breads, cakes, and pastries) always turned out to be mediocre at best. On top of that, most of their items are overpriced for the location, décor, and quality. On average, each small average-​looking cake ranges from $ 30-​$ 40. Their individual cakes are about $ 5−7…and are unfortunately all below-​average in taste. I would pass on this one.

This place is not bad. The parking lot is small, but you should be able to find street parking.
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My friend suddenly wanted to go to a bakery and they were still open at night so we headed on over. They were open but with little choices. Some of the pastries were pretty good. I actually enjoyed the pumpkin stuffed pastries. The cookies are a little bit expensive but they tasted great. I really enjoyed them.
I do agree that Korean people need to get a lesson in service at times. They barely spoke English here and didn’t answer any of my questions. It was a little frustrating and I gave up. My advice is if you don’t want to deal with them, pick up your stuff and go. Less interaction will make it taste better! ^_​– lol

Everything looked so delicious but I only had room for a sliver of cake. I preferred the green tea cake to pumpkin pie like cake. We got to enjoy it on the patio in the back. They also serve popsicle (ice candy) and ice cream (which they did not have).

DISCLAIMER — THIS IS ONLY A REVIEW OF CAKES
I ordered my son’s ddol cake from Wien. You really can’t beat the price for the cake ($ 200) compared to other American bakeries in Beverly Hills and on Robertson. The cake was beautiful and exactly what I ordered and the cake itself was delicious. The cake really fits the palate of Koreans (not too sweet).
However, they charged me $ 25 for a cake plate deposit, which was fine. But on the day of, when we went to pick up the cake, they told us someone had already come to pick it up. WHAT THE!!! I ordered the cake. Who else would come pick it up??? Needless to say there was a mix-​up and they found the cake. Koreans, however, really need to learn to apologize. After the fit they put me through and making me come back after they «found» it, did anyone say sorry. NOPE!
I was still fuming after the party so when I went to return the cake plate, I was going to say something. However, since the cake did turn out so well, I thought better of it. But then they told me I brought back the wrong cake plate. They didn’t want the cake bottom but something inside the cake that supports its two layers. How the hell was I supposed to know? No one explained that little detail to me. They told me (AFTER THE FACT) that I am supposed to tell the servers at the restaurant to save something inside the cake or they will throw it away. Nice. I was seriously considering filing a lawsuit against this place because we think it’s a racket. I can’t tell you how many of my other girlfriends threw that stinkin’ thing away too.
Long story, even longer, if you do order a cake because of the great price (which I say is very tempting and I would never fault you for it), be sure they show you what the stupid cake thing is that they want you to return. It is only $ 25. But it just seems so shady.

You can never go wrong with Korean bakeries. They always have yummy pastries (unless if you go later afternoon when they run out). And their prices are unbeatable compared to American bakeries. I like how you pick up a cardboard box and a pair of tongs, and you can walk around to different pastry bins and pick up whatever you want to put in your box. But more than the individual pastries, their breads are so yummy. Everytime I go, I pick up a loaf of MOCHA BREAD. Its good to dunk in your milk or tea. mmm… i’m craving some now.

Wein used to be inside the Koreatown Galleria mall, until they decided to be fancy and be a free standing bakery. This place hands down has the best baked goods in Ktown. Get there early to have the best pick in breads. The cream milk bread is a loaf of bread that tastes like heaven. It is so soft and moist its delicious. Melts in your mouth! Their cakes look really delicious too but I have never tried it. Make sure to stop in and get a goodie in here!
My Favorites:
*Corn Bread
*Red Bean Paste Bread
*Custard Bread
*Cream Milk Bread