Susina Bakery

Made a late night sugar run tonight to Susina Bakery & Cafe. (7122 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036)

The restaurant came highly recommended to me by my cousins who swear that the cakes are to die for.

The European-style interior was very cute~ we went at 10pm so it was pretty empty. The place was well lit (perfect for a relaxing read-my-book-and-sip-my-coffee deal) and clean. The staff was friendly and helpful. But the food? Doesn't rate so high in my book.

The majority of the bakery cases were filled with pies and cakes. The pies didn't look too appetizing... actually they looked quite boring. The cakes are not as delicately decorated like Sweet Lady Jane's. (And the 'wild berry cake' did not compare at all to SLJ's Triple Berry) The only case that looked appealing was the one that housed the mini Italian cookies. I couldn't resist ordering a pound.

BTW, 1 pound = 40 cookies for $18. The cookies looked so delicious but unfortunately didn't taste quite so. (The homemade cookies at Michele Richard are much better) Most of the cookies were stale, too sweet, or in one yecky instance too almond-y.

One plus in my book though is the fact that there is plenty of seating and the cafe is open until 11pm. It's a good late-night coffee spot if you're into driving 25 minutes to the mid-Wilshire area at night.

P.S. If you go, the last hour of every night all morning pastries are 1/2 off.