Gateaux Bakery & Cafe

tucked in the corner of no where in jersey makes you wonder "how the heck they stay in business" ?!?!! then i tried their cake and i was very surprised how great it was, not too sweet, creamed whipped perfectly light and smooth and the perfect size to make you yearn for more.

This place has the best coffee, hands down.  My mom and I like to visit once in a while, grab a pastry and coffee, and talk.  It's a Korean bakery, but I like it much better than their competition, Parisienne in Fort Lee and Northvale.  I find this place better stocked and larger in space. .  They also have awesome homemade ice cream pops in their freezer case, which I highly recommend.  Their selection of cakes are great.  My absolute favorite is the strawberry shortcake.  They don't use very heavy whipping cream, as do other bakeries.  I have one every year on my birthday.  My mom likes their bread loaves and pretty much everything they sell here and is here at least twice a week stocking up.  If I'm in the area, I'll bypass starbucks and come here for coffee.

I've been to Gateaux several times to try out their different pastries. I was really pleased with my first pastry - it was a mocha cream bread and it was delicious. The price was also alright - under $5.00 I believe. Everything else is so expensive and mediocre at best. I've bought a few other pastries that are not so memorable as well as cookies that were.... meh. I've also had their pot bing su and it was also... meh. I have not found the mocha cream bread anywhere else so I will continue to go back to Gateaux occasionally for that. As for the other pastries and cakes, I'd go to Cafe Savoy.