Little Swan Bakery Cafe

Reviews

• Yerm I.

  star star star star star 13 July 2026

  Their crepe cakes are 100x better than u:dessert. The crepes actually taste like what their supposed to. The black sesame and green tea matcha were good. U:dessert crepe cakes taste like cream, it's pretty bland.
  
  The location is pretty busy and hard to get to in a car. Walk if you can. Parking will be hard to find.

• Kev H.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 13 July 2026

  Little Swan - 1 star
  
  I visited this place to try their boba milk tea since it was a warm sunny day in Chinatown today.  I ordered their "boba milk tea" with a decently nice picture of a cup of milk tea with boba right next to the menu.  And once I paid, the cashier just walked straight up to a refrigerator and grabbed a prepackaged cup of milk tea WITHOUT the boba.  So I asked, "doesn't it come with the boba?" to which she replied briefly, "no boba."  Wow... who would do this???  They actually put the word "boba" in the name but didn't actually include any boba in the drink.  That'd be a total mis-advertisement if you asked me.  And at $3.50, the price was certainly way too steep for a not-freshly made 16-oz milk tea drink that'd been sitting in a fridge for I don't know how long.  It was a major disappointment, and I sincerely hope this review would help them realize this and get them to work towards a solution that would provide better customer satisfaction.

• Elly S.

  star star star star_border star_border 6 July 2026

  This bakery really scratches the itch for affordable, Asian baked goods. Coming here reminded me of ShengKee Bakery back in Berkeley where I used to grab cheap sausage buns or cream puffs in between classes.
  
  It was very clean, had a lot of different baked good options, and the cashier was pretty nice and welcoming. That being said, I think you definitely get what you pay for. After I ate some of the baked goods here, I got a headache and got pretty thirsty - aka an MSG headache (google it if you don't believe me). I think most people are fine with the food here but if you have sensitive reactions to MSG, then skipping may be the best.
  
  The items worth getting from here are the crepe cakes (VERY affordable compared to places like Lady M). They accept credit cards, which is a rare occurrence in Chinatown.
  
  Little Swan Bakery Cafe is a great option if you're looking for some affordable, quick bites or if you're craving something sweet and don't want to go far. Personally, I think I prefer to pay slightly higher prices at Asian bakeries like Paris Baguette for better quality pastries and bread.

• Tina O.

  star star star star star_border 24 June 2026

  So much YUM!!
  
  This bakery is one of the few spots in San Francisco that does Crepe Cake. It is especially rare to see Durian flavor Crepe Cake! The bakery not only has baked goods but also affordable drinks.
  
  Matcha Crepe Cake $6.50 - I really enjoyed this! This cake was stacked with layers and had a really strong matcha taste. If I could compare it to Lady M, it isn't as delicate and dense as Lady M. But it is a good alternative if you are looking for the "fix".
  
  Durian Crepe Cake $6.50 - You are really getting durian in here and not anything artificial. Bits of durian are spread into the cream and between each layer of crepe cake. The layers were less than the matcha crepe cake which was disappointing. I also noticed that the slice I got was a lot smaller than the ones further in the glass display. Maybe there is more than one baker who handles slicing and layering the cake.
  
  Avalanche Cake $6.00 for 2. (BOGO special). - They had a BOGO special on this so I had to try it. I wasn't expecting much because of the simplicity of the ingredients (egg, flour, sugar). But maann this cake was delicious! Think of a really soft Angel food cake but with memory foam texture. To honestly describe this cake, it wasn't dry at all .. dare I say.. it was moist! The cream was not too sweet. The "avalanche" didn't happen on this cake as the cream got too cold in the fridge.
  
  I will be back!!

• Harry X.

  star star star star star_border 23 June 2026

  If you come here, you gotta get the crepe cake.
  
  I actually tried to do just that last week, but when I arrived 30 minutes before closing, they were all out :(. This week though, I arrived at about 5 PM, and they were all out again...except for their black sesame flavor. Lucky me, because (fifty bands later) that's exactly the one I want (Majid Jordan anyone? No?). Even luckier me, that slice didn't cost fifty bands, but rather a very reasonable $6.50.
  
  This cake is STACKED. I tried to actually count the number of cake layers, and I think it's around 20, but I don't have an exact number because the cake was too good to stop eating. Sorry.
  
  It wasn't overly sweet, the cake:cream ratio was on point, and I could really taste the black sesame. Someone else described this as the poor man's Lady M, but having had Lady M myself, I would instead describe Lady M as the clueless-rich-person-who-spends-way-too-much-on-overpriced-cake's Little Swan. Not as catchy though, I know.
  
  Nice clean shop, good service, and delicious cake. Just make sure to come early!