Brecotea

I came on a Saturday morning right when they opened at 10am. The display of baked goods was pristine and the world was our oyster. My wife and I ended up getting a scallion bun with rou song (meat floss.. trust me it tastes better than it sounds), a matcha swirl bun with sliced almonds, and an ube bun. Everything tasted great - the bread was so soft and pillowy, the flavors were all spot-on. My favorite was the ube bun, which was filled with ube paste and packed with flavor. I just couldn't get over the texture of the bread - it's so soft. The sweet pastries weren't super sweet, which I appreciated.

I also ordered the taro milk bubble tea (with 25% sweetness) and it was just the right companion to the pastries. The boba was the right consistency, the flavors were good, and I enjoyed it all.

The place is set up so you go to the pastries section first if you want something there, and you pick whichever pastries you want (self-serve), then you go to the register to pay for the pastries and order a drink and desserts from the dessert case if you'd like. Even though this is how most Asian pastry shops are set up, it's a bit confusing because you have to walk into the store and to the left, somewhat past the register, before you get to the pastry case. There is signage that tries to explain everything, but as first timers, we had to slowly figure our way around.

The service was quick and friendly. There is a lot of seating inside, and plenty of options of pastries and drinks to choose from. I will be back to try more!

Pro tip: Come early if you can, because not only will you get all the pastries fresh, but by the time we left around 11am, the line was ridiculously long. When we got there at 10am, there was no line and all the pastries were lined up pristinely in the case.

BLUF: Great bread and drink selection with a wide comfortable place to relax or work.

Four years change a lot of things, I retract my last review. Last time I went to Brecotea, I noted a staple bun was dry and not even shaped correctly (it was in the shape of a Milano cookie instead of a round). Everything is different now, their bread case is full and inviting! They're now succeeding in baking delicious breads instead of, if I remember correctly, trying too hard to make their breads different.

I see selections of amazing looking savory breads with scallions, sausages, pork floss. Sweet selections with perfect egg tarts, pineapple bread, and pillowy cotton cupcakes.

One nitpick of my own personal taste, they only have brown sugar boba. Why? Can they not also do a batch of normal, un-brown-sugared boba? So they don't have egg pudding or grass jelly, fine, because they do have a pretty good tea jelly.
Regular boba, please.

Taiwanese style pastries. Ran by folks from India.
Got here around 11:30ish that place was full. Long lines for tasty pastries, cakes, ice cream and boba.
Self-service and lots to choose from. If you are tired of eating big breakfasts, come down to Brecotea and have some fruit passion tea, milkshakes, or coffee. It's not Starbucks or Kung Fu tea but their not so sweet pastries are on point. I like the Ube doughnut and the boba brown sugar milk (taro). Best tasting boba latte I had since I was in Seattle. The decor is simple. They do have outdoor seating.
I will come back to try the tea and milkshakes

This is a really neat spot so I'm glad we checked it out. Unfortunately we got there around 12:30 and most of the pastries were gone so it left us with very limited options. There is a dessert case as well for cold desserts but it was pretty crowded so it was hard to see while we were there. I would like to try a different drink and come back again at a better time of day! I would aim to get there early for more pastry options

Stopped in here after running the water for the people 5K race and Apex I had won a gift certificate had never been here before It was pretty awesome it's self-service where you select the different pastry items that you want and then they offer all different types of teas and coffees that you can get as well It was a super quick in and out experience I tried the coconut custard pastry absolutely delicious they had some pretty creative stuff in their case definitely not the place you want to go if you're on a low calorie diet but it's a great place to go if you're treating yourself for doing amazing job running

The tiramisu and boba was amazing. the ambience was lively and full of energy for a great evening chat with friends. The service was friendly. It is a fun place. Won't disappoint!. :D

Very aesthetically pleasing place to be! We tried the passion fruit yogurt tea which in my opinion was okay but the milk green tea was great. Would go again to try out the bakery!

Came in on a rainy day and was surprised at how spacious this place is! Lots of seating and places to work, it was a great way to get away from the bad weather.

We grabbed a few pastries and buns and got the avocado milk paradise tea and a latte. They do have plant milk/nondairy options, but they can run out.

We had great service and the staff was very friendly. Shoutout to Paola!

8/10 - some of the tables/chairs were too close to each other (it felt like we were on top of the party next to us)

Boba brown sugar lacked brown sugar - in both the drink and the boba

We also came much earlier than normal - 415pm on a Sunday and the case of breads is already empty :(

Place is very cute. I enjoyed the orchid oolong and would go back for the drinks but wasn't a fan of the baked goods. I got the coffee cake which didn't have any flavor and the ube and red bean bun which did not taste fully cooked. I would come back to try again and see if other pastries are better