The 9 Best Pastry Shops In Oakland

Updated: May 2, 2022

These Oakland bakeries serve the best eclairs and vegan pastry options in town! We surveyed the top review sites and analyzed millions of reviews for the best pastries in Oakland. With tarts, cheesecakes and cinnamon rolls you will be spoiled for choice at these local favorites!

Find the perfect Croissant and pastries spot

Glazed and approved: meet Oakland's 6 favorite doughnut shops
Hoodline, 2018
The East Bay Hit List: The Best New Restaurants In Oakland, Berkeley, & Beyond
Infatuation, 2021

Best Bakeries in Oakland
Three Best Rated

Hip & Trendy Restaurants in San Francisco/Bay Area
Gayot: The Guide to the Good Life

Every Coffee Shop In The East Bay We'll Be Drinking At This Summer
Thrillist
The 13 Best Local Coffee Shops In Oakland
Mcquire.com

Glazed and approved: meet Oakland's 6 favorite doughnut shops
Hoodline, 2018
The Best Donuts In The Bay
Do The Bay

How did we curate this list?

Finding the best spot to satisfy your Croissant and pastries craving shouldn't be so tough. These results are brought to you by boam, with insights from the Yelp and Google ratings for 26488 Oakland restaurants, 3104661 reviews, and 2325 top lists and articles from the likes of Gayot: The Guide to the Good Life, Infatuation and Do The Bay. For example, we considered Gayot: The Guide to the Good Life - Hip & Trendy Restaurants in San Francisco/Bay Area, Infatuation - The East Bay Hit List: The Best New Restaurants In Oakland, Berkeley, & Beyond and Do The Bay - The Best Donuts In The Bay as we sourced this ultimate list. Our engine uses real-time data to only show restaurants that are open and their available services, so you can stay safe on your terms. Nobody paid to get on this list, these restaurants earned their spots fair and square. These ten options are sure to delight.

Drink pairing tips for Croissant and pastries

Riesling and lemon cake

A lemon cake can be tricky to find a white wine pairing for. We would suggest trying Riesling. It will pair nicely with the food and complete the meal thanks to its sweet.
The ideal pairing for coconut cake
When ordering coconut cake, experts suggest pairing it with a glass of Champagne, a popular sparkling wine.
The ultimate drink pairing for fruit cake

Knowing what to pair with fruit cake can be tricky. It’s worth exploring some fortified wine, particularly a glass of sherry. This, sweet, fortified wine balances the rich fruit cake.

Fun facts about Croissant and pastries

The biggest wedding cake ever
Don’t you hate it when there is not enough food for seconds? This wasn’t a concern when the record was broken for the biggest wedding cake. Weighing in at 15,032 pounds there was more than enough wedding cakes to go around!
36 cakes of jaffa cake, please!
Stu Hayler set a new world record by eating the most jaffa cake at a time. The record, which hasn’t been beaten since, is 36 cakes.
Celebrating a love for chocolate cake
You better be ready to enjoy National Chocolate Cake Day come January 27 in The United States.

Parking tips

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