Delight Pastry
Pastry shop · Downtown
39 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
Highlights
Pastries, cakes, croissants, coffee, and Persian sweets
Pastries, cakes, croissants, coffee, and Persian sweets
"Pastry chef and co-owner Lily Azar produces some of SoCal’s most popular baked goods, but people regularly line up for her intricate spiral croissants. The trailblazing baker produces a trendy circular variety with fillings like raspberry, ube-coconut, passionfruit, and matcha pistachio. While the spiral varieties tend to soak up the spotlight, be sure to order a plain butter croissant or Azar’s caramelized kouign amann." - Rebecca Roland
"When purchasing a spiral croissant ice cream sandwich, take note that it doesn’t travel well so consume on-site and smash it together before taking a bite; Delight Pastry’s experiment is a success because those viral spiral croissants are the perfect vessel for ice cream. Co-owner Lily Azar, who has been making spiral croissants since 2023, pairs a rotation of three flavors (currently cookies and caramel, vanilla, and pistachio) with other excellent creations including tarts, cakes, and kougin amann." - Eater Staff
"Pasadena’s Delight Pastry, known for its viral spiral croissants, will start selling a summer spiral croissant ice cream sandwich starting Friday, July 19; baker and co-owner Lily Azar says the sandwiches will feature rotating in-house flavors, beginning with vanilla, cookies with caramel, and pistachio." - Mona Holmes
"I note that baker and co-owner Lily Azar prepares traditional Nowruz sweets every year—Persian rice flour cookies (berenji), chickpea cookies (nokhodchi), and Persian shortbread made with cardamom, rose water, and pistachios—and will also offer pistachio baklava, gluten-free almond cookies with rose water, and raspberry coconut macarons; the shop gets busy so place orders by calling (626) 486-2124." - Mona Holmes
"As someone who isn’t keen on dessert, I was stunned after tasting the spiral croissants at Delight Pastry. Mother-daughter team Sarah Hashemi and Lily Azar operate this Pasadena bakery offering more than the trendy spiral croissants. The display case is lined with cakes, macarons, and croissants, and the product of Hashemi’s 20 years of experience baking in Iran and Europe. Her specialties are vast, but the blueberry spiral croissant is sweet joy. The pastry is slightly flattened, beautifully crispy, and dipped in a blueberry glaze. Eating the blueberry spiral or the delightful rose water croissant is only half of the experience. The rose-colored shop makes outstanding teas and coffee in a relaxing rose-colored room. —Mona Holmes, reporter" - Eater Staff
