Le Croissant Factory

The location was hard to find for me, so here’s a tip for newbies: Le Croissant is right next to the GrocOut on the corner of Riverside and Florin.
Here’s another tip… go early! The displays were nearly empty by 2 pm, but luckily I grabbed the last scone.
The verdict? For $ 1.60, it was a pretty good cream cheese scone. Moist and fluffy in texture, and the filling was a good balance… not too sweet and not too sour. It was also very creamy, almost like a custard.
I still have to come back and try a croissant. At these prices, I’ll likely get several.

I really like this location because you can pre order the items that you want and I’ll be fresh and hot for you by the time you come. The service here is excellent and I don’t mind coming back and waiting in line!

So last night i had slice of their infamous coffee cake and i freakin fell in loved with it!!! the cake was so moist and just the perfect about of sweetness to balance out the coffee and the coffee crunches on the cake made it even tastier too. who would’ve known that cake that didn’t look so nice would taste this freakin good. like they say looks can be deceiving !! four stars for now until i try all the other great goodies!

Service was great — super friendly and fast.
The prices are good — almost half the cost of la bou. They only take cash so stop by ATM before coming. I got a mocha, 1 cookie and 3 croissants for $ 9.
So how was everything?
— Mocha was good. Better than I expected from a place that doesn’t specialize in coffee.
— Peanut butter Nutella croissant — delicious! How can you go wrong with either of those options? Pb was crunchy, which I liked.
— Almond bear claw was amazingly delicious! It had a nice almond taste and wasn’t overly sweet.
— Almond croissant was ok. I like the almond paste to have a thicker consistency. This one had a more runny consistency (think egg yolk) and it was a little sweeter than I like as well.
— The choc chip cookie is a pass. Kind of bland tasting and I wasn’t a fan of the texture.
Overall a great place with tasty treats. Next trip I’m going to try the coconut tart. I saw it after I had already paid so now I have an excuse to return.

I and my wife visited Sacramento on a vacation trip. My friend recommended this bakery shop for breakfast. We had almond and ham croissants with coffee. These are the best croissants I have ever had. Best of all, they taste great and are not greasy like the ones I had some where else.

Stopped by this morning on my day off with Hubby to grab one of their delicious croissants for breakfast as well as order their ever popular coffee crunch cake for a Halloween party. Place is located in Greenhaven off Riverside Drive. Small bakery with some seating.
We arrived around 8:30am after dropping off the girls to school. When we arrived, they had a line of customers already, bakery case was half empty. We were greeted with a friendly smile. They are very efficient and quick to get through the customers. We ended up getting 2 ham and swiss croissants — selection was getting slim. If you want more options gotta get here early.
Croissant was so good. It was nice and soft, fluffy and great buttery flavor! Best croissant I have had in a long time. We will definitely be returning to get more croissants!
Oh yes, if you love coffee flavor cakes, their coffee crunch cake is «awesomely good». Cake is very light and has just the right amount of coffee — not too strong. It is one of our favorites now after we were introduced to it by one of the aunties. Family favorite & we always have to get this when there is a family get together.

My new favorite bakery! Just moved to Pocket a month ago and I’m super excited
to have this place so close to my house. I’ve tried ham and swiss and custard croissants so far. Both very good! And coffee crunch cake! My new favorite! So fluffy and not too sweet. Just how I like it! You have to order at least a day in advance.

CASH ONLY please. A wonderful breakfast spot in the heart of pocket aka Greenhaven aka the nonghetto part of South Sacramento. This little mom and pop shop sells an array of crossaints, donuts, scones, turnovers, and macarons if you come on the right day. It’s fast, has convenient parking, and beyond afforadable. Their croissants are abut $ 1.75, so cheap! I highly recommend the fruit crossaints, cinnamon croissants, and donuts. The fruit croissants can be a little bit bready as in the ratio of bread to fruit is high, but they are still darn delicious, and they have about 8 different fruit croissants you can choose from. If you like cinamon, you’ll love the cinamon croissant. They sell macarons only on Saturdays, they are cheap $ 1 each, but they are mediocre if you have a high standard for macarons. The staff is always super friendly, this is a family run business. It is just great how affordable this place if, you can really tell they are in it for their passion of baking rather than making it business oriented. O yea and if you didn’t get it by now, they don’t do credit or debit, so CASH ONLY PLEASE.

Customer services was 5 star but the food was gross and NOT French! All the products can be found at any of the little donut shops around town. Extremely poor quality of food. Nothing was remotely a French pastry. No French cookies or desserts but plenty of Asian styled desserts.

The baked treats here are worthy of 6 stars IMHO, but I gotta knock off 2 stars being it down to 4 stars…
1) it’s cash only… everyone has access to iPhones these days and adding a square reader, PayPal, or the new amazon swipe is super easy and convenient, and the fees are super reasonable at about 3% …
2) they never bake enough product and run out super early on a daily basis. half the time when I come here, they have nothing left that I want. typically everything is sold out by 10am except plain croissants and a few ham and cheese.
they also do dosants on the weekend and are incredibly good. so I’ve heard. I’ve come multiple times to try them but always as out by 9am, yet seriously need to bake more or close earlier…

Yummy croissants and pastries. I’ve been coming here for years and they never disappoint me with their almond croissants. They have a nice assortment of sweet and savory croissants. Come early because all the good flavors sell out fast.

My new fave spot!
Their almond croissants are AWESOME but you should either call and reserve some in advance or get there really early.
Not sure what the lady’s name is but she’s SUUUUPER nice! Great customer service

This isn’t your usual French croissant place… The croissants here are huge (2x the size of a standard croissant) and they are on the soft and chewy side. I came here on a Sunday morning around 8am and got a butter croissant, chocolate, and almond. The croissants were warm but they were not crispy on the outside at all for any of them. There was also a lot of filling in the almond croissant that overpowered the croissant itself.
The croissants are good value given the size and price, but I wouldn’t be coming back for the taste of them.

This bakery accepts CASH only. Unfortunately, for someone like myself who never carries cash, this was super inconvenient.
Now on to the food. This was my second experience tasting Le Croissant. I have previously tried a plain croissant that my boyfriend brought me one morning and it was delicious. I told myself I would definitely make another trip.
This morning I was craving some flaky goodness and decided to venture out from plain croissants. I tried ham and swiss, almond, and cinnamon. …All of which were heavenly! The almond was sprinkled with powdered sugar and almond flakes. The inside is filled with a custard-​like filling except grainier and less fluffy in texture. The almond flavor is sweet but not overwhelming.
If a cinnamon roll and croissant had a love child, then it would be a cinnamon croissant. The ham and swiss was the perfect blend of sweet, salty, and buttery goodness. When it’s warm and fresh it melts in your mouth.

I’ve been on a mission to find coffee crunch cake locally in Sacramento rather than drive to SF!!!
I had been reading reviews from this business due to the coffee crunch cake availability but the only way for me to find out details was to call the bakery itself. I thought one could just drop in and purchase it by a slice but no it’s not available that way. One must purchase an entire cake and it must be ordered ahead of time. They definitely need 24 – 48 hours of preparation. I called yesterday to pick one up today. They asked if I wanted it by lunch or dinnertime. I said lunch of course as the sooner the better. They said it would be ready by 11 AM.
I called this morning around 1005 AM and asked if it was ready? The man who answered said give him about twenty minutes. I told him it probably would take me that long to get there. We actually arrived there at 11 AM after stopping at another business just prior. Plus it was our first time being there and we initially couldn’t find it due to the arrow being incorrectly placed on Unilocal.
Yes they can be wrong at times:(They actually are located right next to Grocery Outlet and if you are facing the GO store, they are next door on their left side.
When we walked into the store the bakery cases were essentially emptied, it looked really sad. But I had a special order to pick up, I purchased the 8 inch round coffee crunch cake. It was larger than what both my HB and I thought it would appear to be! We wanted to try their ham and cheese croissant and it was actually huge! Wish I had bought more than just one!!!
When we finally sat down and had a piece of the coffee crunch cake it was so good. Not super sweet or heavy but flavorful enough that I would buy from them over and over again. At a price of 22 dollars, that price cannot be beat. One cannot buy a full round cake for less than 25 dollars nowadays; not one this delicious or TDF!!!
I will definitely have to try their fruit basket cake too and other croissants plus cronuts!!! Gosh darn you know I will be back in a flash!!! And they open at 6 AM; OMG they know when I’m awake!!! See you very soon Le Croissant Factory!!!

Had try the much talked about Coffee Crunch Cake. It was good, but not like your everyday cake. The cake its self was not lite and airy, instead kind of doughy almost like mochi. There was about eight layers of cake each about ½″ thick. The frosting tasted like it has no sugar, it almost tasted like plain yogurt. The coffee candy on the outside gave it most of its flavor. A great cake for adults, the kids probably will just eat the candy on the outside.

This place is amazing! What a gem. Thanks to word of mouth, I stopped by in the morning around 11ish and sadly they were almost all out of everything. I was able to snag 3 turkey and cheese croissants, 2 almond croissants, and 2 glazed cronuts. Everything was delicious. The service was great. The young girl behind the counter was very helpful and sweet. I am definitely coming back.

I can’t believe it took me 23 years of living in Sacramento to discover their coffee crunch cake! Their cake is super soft, not sweet, and their coffee crumbs surrounding the cake are so yummy! The coffee crumbs on the outside are chewy and creates the perfect coffee flavor without making the cake too bitter. I’m not a fan of sweet desserts, but I would actually prefer the cake to be a litttleeee sweeter. The coffee crumbs make the overall cake taste a little sweeter, but without it, the cake and cream is a little plain (although it’s still amazingly soft, moist and yummy). Make sure you call and reserve! If you get lucky, they may have extra and sell it throughout the day (but not often).
I caught a glimpse of their drink menu and coffee and everything else is very cheap. I wanna say you can get a cup of coffee for $ 1-​$ 1.5? Don’t quote me on it. Tried their macraons and didn’t like it. Tasted too soft/​cake like. Also tried one of their muffins and it was wayyyyy too oily. The bag it came in was drenched in oil… it was pretty gross. It didn’t taste like anything special; just a normal muffin… kinda dry.
Customer service is really good here. Ordered a cake for pick up at 4:30…came around 4:15 and freaked out because they were closed. Good thing I went up and knocked on the door because this nice looking Asian lady came out. Apparently they have pretty good business because they sold out of everything, which is why they closed. I didn’t realize it was cash only (my first time there), and she goes «Oh just give it to me next time!» I looked at her like she was kidding and didn’t know what to do… but she insisted and I stopped by a few days later. Definitely coming by for their coffee crunch cake, but not too sure about their other pastries.

I’ve got my eye on the fresh fruit basket cake, they offer. The next time I don’t feel up to baking something, I think I will order one– it’s just too tempting. The first time I came in here, I had my two little ones. My son was given a plain croissant, my daughter had the blueberry muffin, and I picked out the most delectable and (quite dainty) coconut tart. All were devoured almost immediately.
The croissant was light, buttery, and not super flaky… no bits of croissant in MY car! Apparently the muffin was scrumptious enough, seven year olds don’t really seem to mind what they eat, as long as there is something sweet or interesting about it. The tart was lovely, as expected– though next time I may order myself an extra one to hide away for later.
We will be back– I would like to try and stop by during the morning, I hear they offer Cronuts or Doissants. whatever those are. I’m just curious. I had also seen the meat and cheese croissants; my true weakness. Hopefully I’ll refrain from ordering a box– for myself. Nice shop, nice people, excellent eats in the Pocket.

I have been going here to get my ham and cheese croissant craving. THe croissants arent your standard buttery and flaky crossiaints, they are light but chewy but still really good. They used to be $ 2 a piece but now they are $ 2.25. They also now make dossaints (cronuts) but they arent the light flakey and buttery ones Ive had in the past, they are very similar to their croissants and super chewy. I personally didnt care for it.
The service here is always good, the same girl behind the countter is fast and efficient.