Reviews for 85C Bakery Cafe - Balboa Mesa in San Diego, CA

Sea salt drinks are always amazing. I have also tried their taro, strawberry milk teas. They're all good. For the breads, my go... to is their ube(r) popular marble taro bread. Read more

Incredible varieties of all things baked and most likely the best bakery I have been too. I wanted one of everything,... unfortunately the coffee operation is broke. Eating amazing baked works of art must be adjoined by coffee. Unfortunately, itwill take you 20 minutes to get coffee after you have your baked goods of choice. Read more

The baked goods did not disappoint, although the taro Croissant tasted more like mung beans filling. I wish it was open a bit... earlier or later. I wanted to come here more than once while in town but couldn't due to the hours. Read more

The Phenomenal place to enjoy both coffee and some high quality snacks

I ordered 4 cakes from here at the beginning of July for a family gathering on 7/9. Unfortunately, I became unable to attend... myself, but everyone was so impressed with the beautiful and delicious cakes my husband picked up. Fortunately, our family wasable send us the leftovers after the gathering. We enjoyed trying the Coffee Brulee, Deluxe Chocolate Mousse, Deluxe StrawberryCream, and Mango Brulee cakes. Everything was delicious. Only two small things marred the experience: I had ordered thepatriotic version of the strawberry cake, but I just got the standard version. (They were the same price.) Probably the websiteshould have been modified not to allow customers to order that cake for pick up after the 4th. Also, the Coffee Brulee cake wasa little dry, especially compared the the moist fluffiness of the other cakes, but it was still delicious. Read more

We've made it a tradition to stock up on pastries here every week. Both sweet and savory pastries here are really good. They... also have cakes and boba/smoothie drinks. Love the mango strawberry smoothie here. Read more

Today's experience was very disappointing only to noticed that almost every shelf of "fresh bakery" was bare and this was only... at 5:00 pm. The store doesn't close until 8:30 p.m according to the store hours. I've observed other customers like myselfwalked out the door due to unavailablility of products - the photos will tell all. The sign says "85' Bakery" not a coffee shop.Question for management: Why is it so difficult to keep your shelves full when it's 3 1/2 hours before closing? Read more

My family were visiting San Diego and accidentally we found this spot. So glad we did! This place is so beautiful! The baked... goods are wonderful. Use the puff of milk butter! It's getting addictive! Lovely spot, plenty of options and nice workers.Thanks for the great experience. Read more