This is the first low rate I have ever given to a place. I was so very excited to go into the place and make a purchase, the way I was treated by the employee was very disappointing. There was only one person seating at a table, whether if he was a patron or an employee, I don't know. The point is that after looking around I was ready to make a purchase. Took the item I wanted to the counter and addressed the employee who was standing behind facing the wall. I said "Excuse me, I'm ready. When you have a minute, would you please help me?" Since she was facing the wall and not me, I could not see what she was doing. She turned around and in a patronizing, upset, fastidious tone she said "I'm making food, can you please wait? Thank you- ...Thank you- ...Thank you" No, is not what she said that made me upset. The tone and attitude. Patronizing a customer is never a good idea. There was no hand sanitizer anywhere in the store. The employee was wearing a face mask, which by the way I'm thankful for, I would had been even more disappointed and upset if I had seen her face. I have no idea about the quality of the products. There are tables for people to seat and eat. I would not want to be in a place where employees are too busy doing "their job" to be troubled by customers. We are their job and customer service is king. Very disappointed with the employee. I walked out without buying anything. Definitely do not recommend visiting this place.

Large selection of pastries (which they will warm up for you if you ask), cakes, and coffee. I am a big fan of the cinnamon rolls, though they are better when warmed up. However the $5 breakfast biscuit sandwiches are a big disappointment as the sandwich was small overall and taste wise biscuit overwhelmed the tiny bit of egg and single slice of bacon. This location is bright and open, this place is a great place to sit and enjoy your food. If you drive, there is plenty of parking nearby. Staff was very friendly.

This place is one of the nicest yet most affordable coffee places around. Where others charged about $5 for a simple iced coffee, monarca was $2.65 and just as good. The best part is their pastries. Very much worth a stop!

On Thursday April 7 at 2pm my 9 year old daughter and I had a very rude employee interaction. I asked for the regional managers email business card or phone number so I could report this and the woman told me no too bad I'm not going to give it to you get out of here. I'm not from around Los Angeles and couldn't believe the way I was treated by who I would later find out is the shift leader. I will never return to another location of this franchise I will find out what other franchises are associated with the bakery and will no longer frequent them as well

Stopped by for coffee and breakfast. I love the bakery, lots of tasty options. The slice of cake my wife ordered was amazing, I believe it was the Mocha cake. We got breakfast sandwiches, they were delicious. Our coffee was really tasty, was hoping to have it hot. But the espresso machine was broken, so we got iced coffee.

Terrible service. Extremely rude cashier is definitely deterring customers away.

I stopped by to use their restroom while I was delivering mail and Google flagged me down for a review. Their establishment is clean and well-lit and smells like sweet pastries. Their restroom is really clean too. I guess any place that puts in that much effort and attention to cleanliness must have good food and refreshments. Also, I didn't get shot like that time I didn't get shot when I drove by that park while delivering mail the other night. 5 out of 5 stars.

Bakery is ok, staff on the other hand ruined it for me today. Go in there every day to get tea and a chocolate croissant. Today, they were out of them and on top of it, I seem like someone that tags bathrooms - so I wasn't allowed to use it. I think this is just silly. Also, now I see why locals prefer going to other coffee shops around here. There's a girl that is really nice but the one who was on shift today - Friday around 5 may 20 not about the good vibes.

Always awesome to start the day with some Cafe De Olla and some cake or cinnamon rolls while i work on some drawings

Ordered a Tres Leches cake from here for my wife's birthday, and it had no flavor. While soaked, it somehow tasted dry. Very disappointed, especially when it's nearly $40 for a whole cake! We've had plenty of Tres Leches cakes (including for our wedding!), and they were all good, and I thought it was impossible to have a bad Tres Leches cake...until now. Would not recommend.

Delicious pastry for a reasonable price! The quality is good and they have lots of options

Not sure what happened to this place. Used to be cheap and tasty. Now it’s neither. Awful reheated breakfast sandwiches, no more molletes, and dry pan dulce.

The bathroom door is not working, you got stock inside and they need to open it from outside

Love the cakes by the slice. Slushitos popular with kiddo. Friendly and helpful always - cheery place to stop by in the morning on the way to work.

They didn’t punch me in the face when I walked in three minutes before they closed. I would have. Also great drinks

Stopped by and got treats for work. Awesome place and great food. Kinda pricey though

The best croissants, crispy and delicious.. cozy place to have a coffee and delicious bread Their coffee is delicious

Location isn’t the best. Food and drinks were ok.

Bruh! Idk who told them to make champurrado or whatever it is but it's not good. It tastes like watery hot chocolate with some cinnamon. Also tried the "tres leches" and chocolate mousse looking cakes and umm not a hot with me. So idk what's up with them but the way the cashier skipped me as I waited was probably the cherry on top. It's probably good to that new crowd but yeah steep your game up monarca.

Try the dulce leche croissant. The staff was kind enough to give me a cup with ice with my Topo Chico on a warm day, the first of December in Los Angeles. High ceilings. Massive space. The door knob on the restroom is tricky and there's no wifi.

This place is the bomb! The staff is friendly. The environment is cool and relaxing. Parking is pretty plentiful. It’s a good relaxing environment, especially for studying. They do not have WiFi at the moment, but for me that cool because it limits distractions. I absolutely love the staff. They are the best. I hope management is treating you well because you all deserve it!

I definitely recommend going here. The food is great and so are the drinks. It's a very beautiful cafe too.