Starry Bakery & Cafe

anybody know where they moved? I couldn’t found any bakery makes egg tarts better than them I search the app and visit most of the highest review shops make egg tarts but every shop wasn’t good enough what I used to have before they disappoint me I miss their Portuguese egg tarts so bad!!! SO SAD!!! they are gone!!!

I usually go there for breakfast. The baos are pretty good and taste pretty fresh. The way they make my coffee is just the way I like it! I had the Singapore chow mei fun. It was decent but not the best I ever had.

A big difference I noticed was the cleanliness of the store. The ambience is usually alright. I just don’t like their iced milk tea. The tea taste is just not there for me. I do like their ham and egg sandwich though.
Update: Very busy on the weekends, seating may be hard to come by.

Nice little bakery in Elmhurst, always good prices and deals… Never tried the food but they make amazing sweet pastries… Taro buns are delicious here!

The minute I walked into here I noticed the biggest difference between here and the average Chinese bakeries in Chinatown, no fussy Chinese mobs hogging the few tables there. Also the clean environment attracted me to stay and have a few sips of iced jasmine green tea, which was Super refreshing.
My favorite thing was the cheesecake there and the 3 clover shaped mini bread stuffed with dry pork and topped with scallions. I wish I would post a picture but… my stomach cried otherwise. Lol. This is a Taiwanese style bakery so the baked cheesecake here was of a lighter kind but still fluffy and not too sweet. But aside from taste, the pastry chef there must be pretty talented be those cakes are not something to turn the other cheek for. They are decorated super well, each cake having their own design and they don’t usually put out the same decoration like the Chinese bakeries do.
This place was like an Asian version of my go-​to Starbucks!

Really good Chinese bakery by Elmhurst standards. This is my go-​to place where I dont go the time to take the 7 out to Flushing. I love the green bean roll and the egg tarts here, I would say the Portuguese egg tart is a pinch better than the Hong Kong, but they’re both worth a try
I also appreciate the cleanliness, Chinese places sometimes look like something straight out of a Kitchen Nightmares episode, but this place is spotless. Keep it up guys!

I walked in here and every single employee stopped what they were doing, looked up, and focused their eyes squarely and directly on me. Their gazes did not waver or wane. They burned holes in me with their eyes, transfixed to my every move. So now you know how the busines got its name: the Starey Bakery And Café.
What to get: Portuguese Egg Custard Tart
What not to get: Hong Kong Style Tart
What else not to get: Typhoid
If the tarts are so hot that they permanently mark your skin, then it becomes Scarry Bakery. Whereas if it serves sh*tty Italian food then it’s Sbarro’s Bakery.
The best tart I’ve ever had was the one with the big shoe collection who follows my reviews on Unilocal.And after that, it was the crazy Brazilian in a certain European Capital City. But if we’re talking about baked tarts, and specifically not talking about fake tanning when we say baked, but in fact edible desserts, then these are right up there with the best I have ever had.
If they refused to turn the AC on, and were secretly owned by a bank, then they would be Hot Starry Bakery Café, or HSBC for short. No? Nobody?
The #1 — just — is University Bakery in Toronto. That was where I first discovered Portuguese Custard Tarts, and if you go there right when they open up at 6am, they are hot right out of the oven and utterly amazing. Flaky. Warm throughout. Perfect.
If everyone in the place was drunk on red wine, it’d be Sherry Bakery Café. And also probably Slurry Bakery Café… hic.
So this experience wasn’t quite that, but it was a very close second. And I’ve had a couple of dozen inferior Portuguese custard tarts since the Toronto experience, and several were in NYC, usually in Queens. But finally, NYC — and the USA in general — has a Portuguese Custard Tart that tastes as good as Toronto. And this is it.
This bakery has been through a lot and has a long background with many twists and turns. Which is why it’s called Story Bakery. But if I owned it, it’d be Studly Bakery Café. Or maybe that should be Smarmy Bakery Café.
Make sure that next time you are in Queens, you swing by the Starry Bakery. These tarts are so good, they cannot be put into words. Which is exactly what the brothel madam said to me last night, but I still declined. Are you proud?
If a certain large portion of NYC Unilocalers (and Unilocalers in general) owned it, it’d be Stoner Bakery Café. What do you mean, you doubt it? Come on, I just saw a review that was talking about being disappointed about not being invited to participate in Sodomy with the owners and employees of a Korean restaurant. And you’re telling me the guy that wrote that isn’t clearly high? Are you serious? Are *you* high?
The best custard tarts (and one of the best baked treats, period) in the USA that I have found. The second best in the world I’ve had. You can’t really even aspire to much higher praise than that. Well done SB&C.
And if I owned it when I was about 17, then it would have been called «Sl*tty Bakery Café.» And then they would pretty much give their custard tarts away to literally, absolutely anyone of any gender. They’d probably give them away for less than a dollar to any man… or woman… that wanted a go.
Oh wait, that’s what they do. So maybe we have a new name for them now?

I only ever eat here for their rice casserole dishes. There are definitely places in flushing and chinatown that make better dishes. But for the most part this place is pretty good and the convenience definitely wins me over. The Portuguese chicken rice casserole tastes good and you can do no wrong with boneless chicken. The lazy in me takes over The pork in tomato sauce rice casserole is also a favorite but there can be some improvements. The sauce itself is too runny and doesn’t go with the dish as well as it can. In both dishes fried rice is used and I’m personally not a fan green beans and carrots in my fried rice.
Placing an order ahead of time will be more efficient but it’s also difficult since the employees don’t speak english or chinese. We eventually just needed to tell them the dish number on their menu.

This place is great place for hangout
Good coffee and good bread
Worker are friendly
And now they have some hot dish from the kitchen

Very good food and atmosphere for an asian bakery. Cleaner than most and the staff is very friendly and nice. I will be coming back to try more of their goods.

People that work there were nice.
Egg tart wasn’t bad, but wasn’t great. Sponge cakes were really thick and wasn’t that soft.

In a neighborhood full of Chinese bakeries, this is definitely one of the better ones. There is an extensive selection of breads and pastries, all at a relatively cheap price. After 6pm daily, there’s a buy two get one free special for all bread items — an awesome deal considering the already low prices.
In terms of the bakery layout, there’s more than sufficient seating at the back. The staff is friendly and diligent (I’ve seen them sweep and clean and wipe down tables on a frequent basis).

I like the style of this bakery. It is great to get a tea with milk and sit down with a nice pastry. Oh gosh, do I love Chinese baked goods. I like the chocolate croissants, the almond twists, and similar buns. Every time I visit, there is something new or unfamiliar, so it is worth the journey. Oh and I see that there are hot lunch items, too.

Been here so many times. Ate at the Café and take out food as well.
This review is for their rice and noodle dishes. Yes, I get take out for breakfast, lunch and dinner sometime on the go as they say.
This is a clean facility. Staff wipes and cleans the tables. Only one bathroom and it is unisex which is also clean. What a relief! Love restaurants that have clean facilities which makes me feel better eating at these establishments. Yes, I have walked out of restaurants when they are swarming with flies and bathrooms that are not kept clean. Anyways, back to the review.
Roast Pork Bun and Hot Dog buns, etc… vary in price from $ 1.10 and up. Got these two for take out and ordered a Beef Chow Fun which are broad noodles or wide noodles. Rice plate ordered is battered fish and broccoli with rice. Waited about 10 minutes. The rice dish and noodle dish was piping hot by the time I got home. Not too salty and really good.
After 6 PM they have a buy one get one free. They have a stand outside the door and list specials.
On the wall across from cash register are pictures with numbers of all their rice, noodle and cooked meals.

I dont know how someone could give this place a 1 star review.
Right off the bat, you notice that this spot is very clean compared to most other places within the area. I’m a queens native and was raised in the area so I know first hand what most bakery’s are like within the area. Starry was definitely clean and well kept. It was well spaced out and you’d be able to sit there comfortably and enjoy your meal without being disturbed.
Although I didn’t eat the food (dietary reasons), my friends that went with my completely loved the food. I was dubbed into having one wing, and one wing was all I needed to know that the food here is legit. Definitely a good spot within the area. Recommended!

I dropped by earlier today with a few friends for some lunch. We tried the pork buns (I will be back for more), the wings and one of the chicken over rice entrees. All of them were awesome!
This place is a pretty good sized place considering the area that it’s in. There is some steep competition in the area for pastries but Starry pulls their weight in gold. The presentation of the store is great, there is ample seating and lots of varieties to choose from. Sweet or savory snacks to full blown entrees. One of the guys had a milk bubble tea and I went with the Taro one… Both of them put the more «popular» guys across the street to shame. You must give this place a try if you’re in the area. If you are a lousy parallel parker, it may be in your best interest to park a few blocks away and take a stroll.
My one wish… That they’d stay open till the wee hours of the morning so that I could stumble in here with my wife and friends and have a post night on the town to help us sober up meal. :-D.

Starry is a decent bakery for them, early birds! They are a very neat and well organized bakery. Many of the pastries have their own touch of creativity. Other bakeries usually have the same menu and even look the same, however, at Starry you can see that difference immediately. Aside from baked goods like buns and cookies (almond cookies are delicious by the way!), they also serve hot entrees such as the Portuguese-​style chicken over pasta and rice noodles. It is inexpensive and pretty tasty!
I am giving Starry a star off for their drinks. The milk tea/​iced milk tea drinks I ordered several times are way too «milky» for my taste. For a bakery business, perfecting drinks is a must!

Between Starry and home are dozens of bakeries, so distance wise, it’s not the best location for me. However, I make a point to take the trip out for their pastries and cakes for occasions that calls for dessert. I’ve only ever heard great comments, and have had people ask me where I got these delicious cakes from.
It doesn’t end there, however, because if I’m making a trip out for a cake or two, then I’m definitely picking up dinner from their hot food menu.
Generally speaking, most places are only good or great at one «type» of food. Not so at Starry. While they’re known for their pastries, you’d be surprised at how good their hot foods are as well.

Amazing egg tarts for a good deal
Buy 4 egg tarts, get 1 free, so pretty much $ 4 for 5 egg tarts.
I got 2 Portuguese egg tarts and 3 Hong Kong style (regular) egg tarts. The crusts were flaky and the filling was custardy and eggy, just the way I like them.
The cashier was super polite and even put my egg tarts in a cute little box for free!
(The box says «Egg Tart Shifu» at the sides, which is totally adorable)

Since it is a fairly new bakery, it is very clean and tidy inside.
Pros:
–Unlike Fay Da, this bakery is a lot cleaner. However, this might be due to a small flow of customers. I’ve been there around lunch and it’s been pretty empty inside.
–CLEAN bathroom — Yays!
–Really cute pastries
–Very tasty Egg Tart — they have a variety of them unlike most bakeries — they have a promotion buy 4 egg tarts get one free!
Cons:
–They need to improve on their drinks — too much sugar
Overall, if you need a clean, tidy bakery this is it!