Bánh by Lauren - New York, New York

Jon N

It’s so great seeing more Vietnamese businesses thriving. Love this Vietnamese cafe! The Pandan coffee cake and pandan latte were fantastic! Cute cafe with some seating space. Would love to come back and try all the other baked goods! Highly recommend 🙂

Tony Ruiz

This bake shop has become my guilty pleasure for sweets! The atmosphere is clean, friendly, and professional. Their cassava cake is like an angel fell out of a clean tropical sky into a snowy glass of joy . The wonderful bake staff make a delicious chocolate chip cookie to drool for. Try it, you'll love it.

Alyssa Jackson

Dropped into this delightful new Vietnamese coffee shop / bakery on the LES. Pandan lattes were delicious — nutty, not too sweet, refreshing. Also really enjoyed the pandan and oolong tea macaroons. The space is stunning — lots of natural light, has a few chairs where you can catch up with a friend or get some work done. We’ll be back!

Paul Cheong

The wait was nearly an hour but understandably so as it was the opening weekend and there were a lot of people who wanted get a bite of the famous pandan cake by Lauren.

My favorite wasn't actually the pandan cake, but the chive scone. It had so many layers of flavors. The pandan coffee cake was also delicious. We tried the thai tea and pandan slices of the chiffon cake. As someone who'd never really tasted pandan before, it was difficult to tell how pandan-y it was, but I did like them both.

The coffee orders were definitely what was holding up the line. Not sure how many baristas and espresso machines they have but the orders were being fulfilled pretty slowly. Hopefully they'll get into the rhythm soon past this opening weekend.

I hope they do deliveries. Could be the next Lady M!

Kathy Wu

I like the interior space, very bright and clean. The employee was patient to give us recommendations. We ended up with the baked cassava cake with coconut milk, raspberry lychee macaron, and pandan coffee cake.

Both my friend and I did not like the cassava cake. It tasted bland, and the texture was dense, not as spongy as others. The raspberry lychee macaron was good in flavor, but small and not that extraordinary. There were other unique Asian flavors that I might be interested in trying next time. Our favorite was the pandan coffee cake, and I would come back just for this alone. I’ve never truly tasted pandan pure enough to know how to describe the flavor because it’s usually too sweet in other desserts, but it comes out in this cake—“leafy and coconuty” as my friend described it, balancing well with a little bit of coffee on the top crust.

Anson Wong

Love what they did with the space! They have a ton of pandan flavored items but the chiffon cake is the star. I also really liked the honeycomb cake for its texture and the cheddar & chive scone was a nice surprise. Will definitely be back for me. As for a recommendation, honestly try everything - you won’t be disappointed.

Albert K

Cute coffee shop. Slowly gentrifying the Chinatown region around here.

Good cold brew. Lots of different pastries to choose from and a bunch of seating that is comfortable.

Khoi Pham

Busy spot for Vietnamese baked goods and pastries. The pandan chiffon cake is honestly excellent (although really pricey, so I'd recommend sharing one slice with a few people). There was A LOT of people when I went, so the atmosphere was a bit too busy for me. There were no remaining space inside to really sit down and eat, so heads up that you may have to order to go and find some spot nearby to sit down and eat.