BAO TEA HOUSE - Greenwich village

I put too much expectation on their Bao, which disappointed me more when I tried most of the flavor. Egg Yolk Bao is my favorites. The Egg yolk sauce is flowing, which like a extremely Lava Bao. Every bite on the Bao, the egg yolk overflow. But the egg yolk is kind of too sweet, so it’s better to share with friends instead of finish the whole Bao by yourself. Rate: 5.0/5.0🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Taro Bao is my second recommendation. Since I taste the rest and they are not really good, I lower my expectation on this Taro one. But actually it’s not really bad. Taro flavor is pretty strong though, and sweet. However, it just little bit taste like taro extract with sugar. Rate: 4.0/5.0🌟🌟🌟🌟 . The Classic Bao is okay too. Even though it’s same as the regular Barbecued Pork Bun in Cantonese DIMSUM. But overall, it’s taste good, especially when I just got it and the Bao is still warm Rate: 4.0/5.0🌟🌟🌟🌟 . Choco Milk Bao is not the same texture as the others, it’s more like the bread on other bakery. The top is chocolate sauce and coconut custard as stuffing. But it doesn’t surprise me. Rate: 3.0/5.0🌟🌟🌟 . Valentines Bao, which is a rose custard Bao. However, I couldn’t taste rose at all. It has nothing to do with rose, except the color. This is just taste okay. Rate: 3.0/5.0🌟🌟🌟 . Lava Bao ❌ looks the fanciest but disappointed me the most as well. It’s just an regular egg custard bun, taste same with the frozen one selling in Chinese supermarket. I won’t recommend it. And the menu said the black layer is made of black sesame, but I couldn’t tell there is sesame flavor at all. Rate: 3.0/5.0🌟🌟🌟 . Matcha Bao is the wrooooost.❌ DO NOT ORDER except you love sweet soooo much. And it has nothing to do with Matcha, since the red bean custard is tooo sweet and cover all other taste. Rate: 1.0/5.0🌟 Overall, this place is worthy 3.0/5.0 for me. I won’t recommend my friends to come, and also won’t buy again. By the way, the service is good though, staff is nice. But the restaurant are pretty small, can afford 4-5 party(with 2 people) sitting together and have a chill afternoon.

Really good food. Super friendly service. The dine in area was super small! The meal was good, but the bread came out soggy as if the bottom was left in water. The top bread was great though. Really cool presentation with the Kraft boxes. The chicken bao was tasty! Gonna try the pork belly next time!

Got expectations too high given all the good reviews but I don't think the bao tastes better than other places (especially the ones I had in dim sum). Iced chocolate: filling tastes like a combination of cream and egg custard Buffalo chicken: just regular buffalo chicken flavor with added sweetness. Nothing noticeable in particular. Lava: too sweet. Not recommend at all. The stuffing isn't too much, wrap is too thick and the dough is a little chewy (not fluffy or crispy). didn't really like the texture and I think it's overpriced given its size.

Got matcha and egg buns. Both were so crispy and wholesome. For matcha, i did not taste any matcha, instead it filled with red bean. For egg bun, the salted egg filling was great. Will try something else soon!

I liked it but not too special. I got the matcha baos didn't seem so green and I couldn't taste matcha at all. It was still tasty though. The place and design is so cute but the table was very high. Recommend more for takeout!

I am exquisitely pleased with this shop. Everything’s perfectly ambrosial. The tea selection is unique yet classic simultaneously. We enjoyed the classic and pork belly bao. The bao is fresh and has an abyss of flavour. Not to mention the positively obscure flavours of the sweet bao. The staff is pleasant and helpful. Very well done.

Cute shop and decor. Most importantly the buns were tasty - a little on the small side but great for a snack. The fried chicken ones were the best, and also liked the matcha red bean. They had run out of the lava ones. I love the presentation box and the fact it wasn’t plastic, though I would try to reduce packaging if possible! Overall great place for a great snack.

I was bummed to see that this place only has about 200 reviews but I am glad to help spread the word! It seems as though this may still be somewhat of a hidden gem. Full disclosure: I have never been to their location but we have ordered them in Uber Eats multiple times. These are the best Bao buns I have ever had - they travel very well and come in amazing little cardboard boxes that makes saving them for later very easy. They have three types of buns: Baked Bao - essentially a little puffed pastry cake with bao filling. The ones we have gotten have sugar on top - which is an amazing twist! Gua Bao - traditional steamed bao hat seem to be perfected. The Fried Chicken Bao is probably my favorite. Onigiri Rice Bao - these are almost like sushi, where steamed rice is used as the "bun". I have only ever tried the Chicken Curry variety and it is a nice change of pace. I love that this place offers multiples types of buns. For your first time I would recommend buying a couple of each kind. You get two per order and they are reasonably priced so it is easy to go overboard. A note on dessert: I am not a huge fan of Matcha, but their baked Matcha Bao is definitely something to try. It was a nice way to end the meal. PLEASE try this place. I would love to see them expand and open a second location. Hopefully I can stop by in person someday soon!