Ruby King Bakery

This is my favorite traditional hk bakery in the bay. Nothing fancy, nothing creative, just your traditional baked goods you would get back in the days in Hong Kong. Our favorite thing here are their egg tarts. They are super flaky, so many layers and the custard is incredible. we love it so much we even bought a hundred of them for our wedding to have as desserts. Some of our other favorites are their pineapple buns, hot dog buns, cocktail buns, corn buns and red bean pineapple buns. Would highly recommend this place. It used to be cash only but I think now you can pay with card without additional fees if your order is more than $10.The only hard part about this place is parking is hard to find. What I typically come with my husband and we will double park and one of us will stay in the car in case we need to move it and the other goes inside and orders. You're in and out in 5 mins with your baked goods and don't have to worry about finding a parking spot.

Classic Chinese pastries, and the aunties are super nice. They've been open forever and they're honestly our favorite place to get egg tarts and sausage buns (蛋挞和肠仔包) since the start. Yes it's a little run down but the food here totally makes up for it. Come here for the authentic flaky crust egg tarts! Best thing in all of Oakland.Edit : make sure to come early or mid opening hours because they sell out of the sausage buns fast! And make sure to get multiple egg tarts at a time because one is not enough.

My favorite egg tarts in Bay Area. Honestly I like them better than that OTHER really famous (almost always on vacation) egg tart place in SF. The ones here are not sweet, very custard-y, and always fresh. I love eating them right as they come out of the oven, piping hot!We arrived later in the day, around 2PM, so the selection in the glass case were limited. However, my pro tip is to just ask for the egg tarts or pineapple buns. They have them in the back and don't display them. These are the BEST items in the whole store, and why this place is so popular among Chinese people. However, the bakery items in the case are pretty good too, especially the bbq buns!Egg tarts are amazing. The pineapple cake is amazing as well. I find that at 90% of Chinese bakeries, the top of the pineapple cake always falls off so easily which is soooo annoying. But Ruby King has somehow figured out a way to bake them so that the tops stay on the cake. It is definitely one of my favorite pineapple buns in Bay Area as well.This is in Chinatown, so street parallel parking is a must. Bathrooms available but only for paying customers (locked with a key). There is some seating inside (2-3 tables) and coffee as well.

Came and got egg tart, ate it while it was still warm. Wow what a bite! The pastry was so flaky and crisp, and the custard part of it blends so well with the pastry. Probably should have gotten some other things to try too -- maybe next trip! They have a fancy machine that ties red string around the box, which is apparently from the 70s! Very cool to watch

I tried their fresh egg tarts, which was so flaky and perfectly custardy at an affordable price. The curry beef and bbq pork puff pastries were also nice and flaky, but would be better heated up. Got 7 items for roughly $8! Quick service with some seating, but is mostly a takeout bakery. Parking may be a bit hard too.

We came for an event in Chinatown and got there early so we decided to have a cup of coffee and some baked chicken buns. This was my first time here and there's plenty of tables to sit down at and we ordered 3 cups of coffee and 3 baked chicken buns. Coffee was piping hot and just hit the spot. The chicken buns were also good and moist. Now I have a place in Chinatown to have some coffee for only $2.10. One thing that needs improvement is the bathroom as how C Town bathrooms go!

Ruby King Bakery is our favorite bakery for egg tarts in the Bay Area! Flakey crust with soft egg custard inside. It's not too sweet and the price is very affordable!Other buns are good as well! Service is good! Highly recommend this bakery!

The pineapple buns were really good at a good price. I really wanted to try their egg tarts but I went a little late on a Wednesday. Will definitely go earlier next time.

4.5 stars rounded up to 5.Okay. If you are following, I met with my friends from the past at Hashi Gawa the other night and they encouraged me to get my egg tarts from here rather than from Napoleon, where I am a regular customer; see all my other reviews.Quality/Quantity - 6 egg tarts, see pictures. Good size and quality.Wife really liked it, daughter prefers their competitor.Atmosphere - Decent size location. Plenty of indoor seating. Actually fairly busy.Many people (of the older generation) was hanging out, drinking coffee, & eating pastries.Street parking only, or nearby garages.Open 6 days a week from 7am to 5pm, closed Tuesdays. They used to be open 7 days a week, glad they are now taking a day off. Such hard workers.Service - Good, two employees at the front of the house. Very efficient, welcoming, and nice.Price - $1.50 each; $9 total.Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since like forever. We might be regular customers now.

I heard that the egg tarts were really good, so I made a note to stop by while in Oakland Chinatown.There was no line when I went, and they had plenty of baked goods available. Cash only!Egg tart ($1.50)+Warm, flaky crust: I heard an audible crunch as a took my first bite, and that definitely wasn't my last!+Custard was creamy, eggy, and not sweet.*Verdict: 4.5 stars rounded down to 4. Service left a lot to be desired as the cashier rudely commented "That's it?" when I just ordered an egg tart. However, that won't stop me from returning for a fresh egg tart if I'm ever in Oakland Chinatown again!