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Natas Pastries, LA's Portuguese Bakery & Cafe

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LA's Portuguese Bakery & Cafe

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Ten years ago, Fatima Marques, a native of Lisbon, Portugal, searched Los Angeles for pasteis de nata, the most famous of Portuguese pastries. She discovered a void in the city’s culinary landscape and true inspiration for a specialty pastry shop. On June 10, 2005, Fatima celebrated the grand opening of Natas Pastries, the only Portuguese bakery in L.A. Named after its signature pastry, nata, means cream, has an exceptionally crisp puff pastry shell that is perfectly balanced by a custard filling resembling crème brûlée .The shop quickly became the talk of the Los Angeles Portuguese community and a neighborhood favorite on Ventura Blvd.

In 2010 Natas Pastries expanded to a full service restaurant by creating a dining area serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The bistro-style dishes flaunt the flavors of the Portuguese traditions. Start the day with a pastry and a bica, espresso shot, or French toast on Portuguese Sweet Bread or a Scramble with ChouriÇo.

At lunch you might want to try the Caldo Verde, a classic kale soup, or the Delicias do Mar, a delicious seafood salad with baby shrimp or the Napolitana Sandwich made with Prosciutto and fresh Mozzarella drizzled with Portuguese unfiltered olive oil, tomatoes and fresh basil.

At dinner try the ChouriÇo sausage, flambéed at the table on a traditional pig-shaped ceramic brazier and finish with the Bacalhau, Portugal’s ubiquitous salt cod, served here in the most traditional versions. And then, there’s dessert, extensive choices to choose from, but whatever you decide to get here, it will be worth every single bite.

The traditional dishes and regional sweets are a mixture of tastes and colors, carefully prepared with the freshest local and most carefully chosen imported national ingredients. We offer a variety of exclusive Portuguese wines and beers and Portuguese Sangria made of red wine and Port.

The restaurant is known for the great variety of Petiscos, Portuguese style tapas, presented in the form of home-made and startling dishes that combine the Portuguese traditional meals or snacks with the novelty and imagination of the chef/owner Fatima Marques.



"Everyone falls in Love with Portuguese food once they have a chance to try it! Natas Pastries continues to be the only Portuguese restaurant/bakery in Los Angeles. Opened in 2005 as a bakery and expanded to a full service restaurant in 2008. Come and dine with us and experience this old world cuisine. Natas Pastries brings Portugal to your table! We are OPEN Fridays through Sundays 9am to 9pm and serve our whole menu all day!Bom Apetite!!!"
Address: 13317 Ventura Blvd, Ste D, Sherman Oaks 91423
Phone: (818) 572-9490
Email: moc.oohay@seirtsapsatan
Parking: Lot, Street
State: CA
City: Sherman Oaks
Street Number: 13317 Ventura Blvd, Ste D
Zip Code: 91423
categories: coffee shop, portuguese restaurant, bakery


Opening Hours

Monday: 08:00 - 21:00
Tuesday: 08:00 - 21:00
Wednesday: 08:00 - 21:00
Thursday: 08:00 - 21:00
Friday: 08:00 - 21:00
Saturday: 08:00 - 21:00
Sunday: 08:00 - 21:00

Reviews
Got a taste of home while working near LA! Cod fish dish was not overly oily like others! So good! Very authentic Portuguese café! And the pastries took far to many home with me to try as well! Pastel De Nata had many varieties! And the Berlin Ball was just perfect! Service was very kind!Dine in: YesOutdoor seating: Yes
Were here long time ago, but a friend recommended this place again and we went there to have our brunch. It is a nice cozy place, with nice servers and staffs. Their food were tasted good. You can choose and grab your pastry from the inside if the restaurant where there various delicious pastries.
Cool place. Parking is a bit tight. The food is amazing. The pastel de nata were tasty. We tried the coconut, Nutella and regular natas and they were pretty good. We also had the Vege breakfast burrito. It was pretty big and filling. They charge a 3% fee if you use a card. Good service, good food, so so parking!
Two flies keep bugging us around our table, plus I also see one being trapped in the pastry cabinet- and of course it is not a trap but a dream place for the fly himself. After experiencing his pleasure, I absolutely gave up the idea of trying some dessert. I can't say the food was anything like what I had in Porto. I spent a considerable amount of time in Porto between 2018 and 2019, so I am very confident that the Porto authentic Francesinha does NOT look like this. In Porto, people pay €9 for Francesinha . Here, you pay $25 for a forgery. Who would put Marinara on a Francesinha - it should be melted cheese after being baked in an oven! Who would put a thick and super dry chicken breast inside Francesinha to make people suffer from cutting? And the bread - too thick and soaked up in Marinara… And the egg - not blended in the cheese coat as there is no cheese coat at all. Everything is in the wrong place and taste so off. My boyfriend got a pri-pri chicken and it is also very dry. Not a pleasant experience at all.
Came here about an hour before closing. Tried the natas of course! and the Bola de Berlin house donut with custard. Both were so good. Pastel de nata - The puff pastry base was so pleasantly flaky, tender, delicate, not overbaked. The custard filling was also delicate, not too sweet and complemented the puff pastry so well. Bola de Berlin - The bola donut was so pillowy and almost melt in your mouth. The sugar coat gave a nice crunch and texture; it was a nice contrast to the soft donut and creamy custard filling. The custard filling is a little bit on the sweeter side compared to the natas but it was so good that even for me who prefers less sweet things, I thoroughly enjoyed it. What was more impressive was that they tasted so good even though I came at the end of the day. They are not cheap... but I will definitely be coming back to try more of their bakery items because of the great impression I had with what I've tried at my first visit. In my opinion, far superior to the natas at Paderia Bakehouse. Please come here if you want a great Portuguese egg tart.
This item - Gambas à Alho - is amazing. Great spot , love their crème brûlée tart like Chinese egg tart
The only authentic Portuguese bakery I know of in LA. Excellent pasteis de nata. They are made fresh and very crunchy and delicious filling. They have different styles of them including cinnamon and Nutella and coconut but I prefer the original and basing my 5 stars on that. The lady behind the counter was very friendly and welcoming. They also have other unique Portuguese brunch items that I will be trying when things open up more.
the bakery is good but terrible customer service. i ordered a few pastries and sat down outside and was chastised and shamed by the woman at the counter possibly the owner? for taking up space for higher paying customers despite there being plenty other spaces in the front of the store. maybe i would have considered ordering more food if i wasn’t greeted with such hostility…
Great spot for pastries. I believe it’s the only place in Los Angeles to get a Portuguese style Nata, an exceptionally crisp puff pastry shell with a custard filling like crème brûlée. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.
The family and I went for breakfast last weekend. We arrived @ 8:30 and it wasn’t busy at all. I was surprised to see it was bigger inside than what it appeared from the outside. It was really nice and homey inside with beautiful tiles. We shared the crunchy French toast with berries and the stuffed French toast with strawberries/cream cheese. Both were delicious but we all preferred the one with the crunchy outside. We also stopped by the bakery to take home some natas. Wonderfully delicious!! Will come back again!
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