text: I am a fan of essence Bakery Cafue I am typically here for pastries so I cannot speak to much else but they do pastries right Their Chocolate croissant is ridiculousSo good You can really tell they use high quality chocolate which makes all the difference I am also quite partial to their almond croissant It is quite delicious I have had a full hot breakfast there once and thought it was pretty good and I have yet to try Essence for lunchnnTheir traditional croissants and other pastries are great as are some of their desserts I have tried their macaroons and found them to be just OK while very expensive Maybe I need to revisit them but the last couple times they have not been worth the money Essence in general is pricey but it is worth it when you are sticking to their highlights nnOne thing to note Get there early especially on weekends They tend to run out of the really popular stuff quickly and nothing is worse than showing up too late You would think they would just bake more of their really popular offerings but who knowsnnOverall Essence has some great baked goods Definitely a must visit if you are in Tempe and craving a European feel to your breakfast