Bao Bao Bakery Café

Bao Bao Bakery Cafe is an Asian fusion bakery in the heart of Boston’s Chinatown, offering everything from French-inspired pastries to desserts it describes as almost too pretty to eat. Custom cakes are a major part of the business. Customers have ordered them for birthdays and for a baby’s 100-day celebration and baptism, and reviewers describe the cakes as works of art that are also spongy and delicious.

The bakery was started by the Chin family and later rebranded by the Chin sisters, the team behind Double Chin. Since then, Bao Bao has aimed to bring fresh and creative baked goods to the neighborhood. One customer who returned years after working in Chinatown described the staff as friendly and helpful, and recommended the shop as worth the trip for a fun birthday cake.

What to Know

• Bao Bao was founded in 2005, and the Chin sisters rebranded it in 2016.
• One customer’s cake came in a clear box tied with a purple ribbon, which made it easy to carry across the city.
• The bakery is listed with Chinatown Main Street.