Okayama Kobo Bakery & Cafe Laguna Niguel

Small outtdoor seating area only. There was a line, but service is both friendly and efficient so it moves at a good pace. We tried Strawberry Milk Cream, Chocolate Emoji, Japanini, French Toast, Cheesy Spicy Curry Pan, Curry Pan. All really excellent. We each had a matcha latte. Mine was rose. The rose didn't really come through for me, but it was a really good drink with salted foam. My son-in-law liked the Banana Creme Matcha Latte and my daughter loved the Kobo-jicha Latte.

This place gave me a complicated feeling. I’ll try my best to give clear and fair review. 1. Food: breads are good but not amazing enough to line up. Their process system needs to improve. One employee pack bread customers choose and hand it to cashier. Cashier then check what bread is in the box and add up so there’s a loss of time. Also, American kids in the front end—- they don’t look happy that they are there…you are in customer service people— can’t bring your personal feeling to work. 2: Drink: I decided to review separately from food cuz they are so slow——- their Hojicha latte was AWESOME!! That being said—Tectonic plate probably move faster than their drink order. 3. Space was clean but they had their bag of flour where customers wait— that was concern for me. Over all I would

We finally had the chance to visit Okayama Bakery, and it absolutely lived up to the hype. From the moment you walk in, you can tell how much care goes into their bread. We were especially impressed that everything is made with no additives or preservatives — you can really taste the difference. Our favorites were the emoji chocolate bread, the cookie, and the salt butter roll

Good bread and good matcha. Parking is so much easier than the Anaheim location and not as busy either. Went in the afternoon and there were plenty of bread choices. No inside tables but several outside tables in case anyone wants to eat there.

I've visited both the Anaheim location and this one, and while both have pros and cons, the cons significantly outweigh the pros here. While their signature breads are still delicious, the much smaller store size frequently leads to them being sold out. As a result, you have far fewer selection options compared to the Anaheim store.