Gala Bakery Plt

The iced coffee is standard vietnamese with condensed milk. Its actually PREMADE and placed in a fridge. I didnt find it as «addicting» as the other reviews make it out to say. Also being premade, cant alter the sweetness to own taste
tiny sesame balls: only 3 left when I arrived, it was delish, but this is also standard.

Gala is a small bakery that is located in Little Saigon and of course; CASH ONLY! I don’t mind, since their Vietnamese iced coffee is AMAZING!
Lee’s Sandwiches is across the street and also knows for their Vietnamese coffee, but it is way too sweet for my liking. I much rather give my money to Gala.

My family has been going here for as long as I can remember. Whenever my sisters and I come back to visit our parents we make it a point to go to Gala every day.
Best café sua da ever. Chicken pâté chaud, croissants banh mi dac biet and banh mi ga are family staples. The banh cam (deep friend with mung bean inside and carmel glaze outside) is to die for.

This review is for the La Dua Dau Xanh! SO GOOD. It is very sweet though, so you can wait for the ice to melt before drinking it. Cash only. I would go out of my way to get this.

Mung bean and pâté chaud! YUMMYY
I love their mung bean here! It’s so good and never disappoints!
The patechaud was a bit confusing. Im not sure if the square and the triangle are the same type of meat and its variety size or the square is the chicken and the triangle is the pork?
However, I got the small square ones which are the chicken and man oh man its good! I loved it!
Their coffee is usually good too but I didn’t get it this time but you should try it! :]

vietnamese iced coffee FOR THE WIN!!! but at the cost of the struggles to find parking in that plaza… welcome to little saigon.

This review is for ice coffee only.
I’ve been there customers for years already. I’m totally addicted to it. The service here is fast and price is not that bad, $ 2.75.
There pâté sol is pretty good too.
«Do Not Buy Their Cake Desserts/​Sweets or Sandwiches. They are not fresh and they taste awful».

Hands down the best Vietnamese coffee ever! I’ve only tried the coffee and pâté chaud (which is a hit or miss). The cream puffs are a hit or miss too. But the coffee– that’s really what I come here for. Every person I’ve introduced to this place has loved it. It’s a tad bit sweeter than other places, so it takes away from the bitterness a little.
Parking sucks, but it’s in Bolsa… Where doesn’t parking suck? And cash only, but most Vietnamese places are anyways.

Ok well I’ve been on Unilocal for several years now and hate to have my first review be a negative one but I had a horrible experience here today. I was in Bolsa running errands for lunch and decided to grab two sandwiches on my way back to the office. Thinking this was a French Bakery they would baker their bread fresh daily… Boy was I wrong! When I got back to my office and to my surprise both sandwiches were hard as a rock! No kidding– I was even contemplating throwing it against the window to see if it would break the window. Never again would I come here for anything other than their coffee!

If I’m ever near the City of Westminster, Gala Bakery is on my radar for Vietnamese Iced Coffee. Mind you, these days I’m not much of a coffee drinker, let alone tea. Just been cracking down on the caffeine to a bare minimum. But, you always have to make some exceptions and this is one of them.
Here’s good reading from Steve N’s review — «Everyone raves about their Café Sua Da. It’s good but sweeter than I would like it. The secret to their coffee is the crush ice and they refrigerate it. When you order it, it’s serve cold because of the crush ice and it’s been sitting in the fridge. Gala’s food is pretty solid.» So the trick is all in the «Ice Ice Baby» — Vanilla Ice.
I do prefer my Café Sua Da to be on the sweeter side. If I’m going to splurge, would I really let some additional sugar get in the way? Probably not. For me, this java tastes slightly creamy, while definitely packing a punch for my tastebuds. Coffee never really tastes this good, unless I have it from places like this.
I can understand the situation about the parking. Just not enough spaces for the demand, with other businesses nearby. This place is CASH ONLY, but you won’t need much of it. At less than 5 bucks for the regular or large drink, you’re in and then you’re out, with a much better feeling than what you’d get from a local Starbucks.
The Banh Mi is definitely worth a try as well. There’s another location on Brookhurst, but I generally never visit that venue as often as this one.

Google defines Gala as «a social occasion with special entertainments or performances.» The definition is pretty solid for the times I choose to go here for my morning coffee, which are usually on Friday mornings. It’s a special event because it’s Friday and I’m doing my money dance walking into the store. I stop and turn in slo mo and ask for my Café Sua Da and then I moon walk out of the store to sit in traffic for 2 hours before getting to work.
Everyone raves about their Café Sua Da. It’s good but sweeter than I would like it. The secret to their coffee is the crush ice and they refrigerate it. When you order it, it’s serve cold because of the crush ice and it’s been sitting in the fridge. Gala’s food is pretty solid.
The Pâté Chaud is warm and pretty tasty. The pork/​chicken is shredded instead of a chunk of meat. Gala’s ham and cheese croissant is solid. It’s my go to breakfast item on Fridays. The cheese is oozing like my buttery sweat. Ok. Bad simile. I have mixed feelings about their Banh Mi. It’s hit or miss. On some days, it’s warm and fresh. On other days, it’s cold and old like your local neighborhood cat lady.
If anything, you should try their Café Sua Da.

First off, parking sucks! People would illegally park behind your car and go into this place to order.
Second, cash only.
Third, tight place and you feel rushed because people are going in and out.
Fourth, Mung bean drink was not all the hype I thought out would be.
That’s all I got.

Parking sucks. Banh mi and coffee are so good though. Just bring cash. Most Asian places don’t take credit cards just FYI.
The location on Brookhurst has better coffee. The coffee at this location is a little watered down.

Thanks Annie N for recommending Gala for ice coffee. The bakery has a private lot so getting in and out was easy.
The ice coffee is reasonably priced and I’ll make this a regular stop when visiting little Saigon. I didn’t try their bakery items but the ice coffee is definitely a must try.

Gala has the best Café Sua Da (strong Vietnamese iced coffee) in town! I’ve had so many before and their either too biter and strong or just too weak. Gala’a is just perfect for me! I love the taste of it and it is not too strong either. But it definitely gives me that wake up boost to get my day started and going! I always go to gala for my coffee if i can. Especially for road trips? OMG. Just perfect!
**Small parking area**
** $ 2.50 per cup come with money in hand and you will be in and out with a yummy iced coffee in less then 30 seconds! **

My go to for Vietnamese coffee and pork pâté Chaud (triangular one). I haven’t tried anything else here.
Service: hit or miss, but I don’t have high expectations. I ordered 4 pâté Chaud and 3 coffees. Paid and left. I decided to check the bag, saw only 3 pâté Chaud when I paid for 4. Luckily I had just left the plaza, so I returned and the same person who helped me apologized. Very interesting, it’s not like I ordered 10+ which may make it difficult to count. Oh well, everyone makes mistake and his is one I cannot reasoned why. At least he apologized. I will come back because it’s too tasty!
Price: $ 2.50 for coffee, $ 1.50 for pâté Chaud. Cheap but tasty.

This is right across the street from Lees Sandwich.
Pros: They have the best café sua da ever.
Their Pâté chaude is really good they have a choice of chicken or pork. 75 cents per Pâté Chaude.
Cons: Their Banh mi is a hit or miss. Sometimes the banh mi bread is fresh and sometimes it is stale and disgusting. They are inconsistent with their banh mi.

Every time I come to Westminster I have to go to this place to get coffee! I’m such a coffee lover and this is the best café sua da I’ve ever had and its reasonably priced (only $ 2.50)! I wish there was one in Sacramento because I would drink this everyday!

One thing I like about Gala Bakery is the texture and firmness of their sandwiches/​bread. Unlike other Vietnamese-​style bakeries in the area with bread hard enough to cut the roof of your mouth, the bread at Gala is firm, but soft at the same time — it’s hard to really describe, but what I found to be «perfectly pleasant». You can tell it’s fairly fresh.
I like to get the Banh Mi Thit Nuong (BBQ Pork Sandwich) ($ 2.50) — there is a English and Viet menu for those who only speak one or the other. Gala is generous with their meat fillings and stuffs your sandwich with cilantro as well as pickled carrots/​cabbage.
The Café Sua Da/​Vietnamese iced coffee ($ 2.50) here is decent — not as strong or rich as other places, some may prefer Gala’s due to its sweetness vs. bitter taste that other iced vietnamese coffees have.
I also had two triangular pork pâté chauds ($ 1.50 each) and while the first one was great, the second one had a slimy, spoiled pork filling — which sort of turned me off on the whole thing — so the pâté chauds here are a hit or miss.
Service is friendly and prompt — cash only. There is no indoor/​outdoor seating, this is a grab and go sort of place or eat in your car. Parking can be messy at times, so if you want to check this place out, go during non-​popular hours like after breakfast/​before lunch hours.

The Pâté Chaud here is big, delicious, and cheap! They keep several trays of pâté chauds and other pastries warm. A large triangular pâté chaud is only $ 1.50 and it tastes good! The crust is very crispy and has many layers. The pork meat inside is juicy and not as salty as other places make it.
The Vietnamese Coffee, as everyone else has mentioned, is pretty good. It’s more milky and less bitter than a normal cup of Vietnamese coffee. Vietnamese coffee is supposed to be very strong but Gala makes a nice variation for those who can’t handle it.
The place looks huge from the outside but it’s pretty cramped inside. There’s no in door seating and barely any space for many customers — they use up their small space for their huge selection of various pastries and desserts.