Guadalajara Bakery & Ice Cream Shop

Now, I’m from the state the makes The Best Ice Cream in the country (What’s a little e-​Coli/​salmonella to a Texan?) aka Blue Bell, so it takes a mighty cream to sway me; this place ain’t from Texas. Gotta pass.

I can’t complain about their bread is ok I guess, however prices are very high. I usually end up spending 10 dollars on bolillos and a couple pieces of sweet bread. I warn you do not buy anything from their display, both times I have bought something they are either stale or taste super bad. Once I bought a mango cheesecake so my cousin and I could try it. As soon as we took a bite we both spitted it out back. It was stale and had a funky taste. Since we were still in the parking lot we decided to tell them and when we went back the lady did not want to believe us. I told her it’s bad and she literally took a spoon and ate some from the container we were holding! Ewww and she still tell us «it tastes ok to me», Does she know that the part she ate was the part that we spit out? Really lady. She even asked me if I knew the owner which I don’t. Maybe the owner is too stingy and does not like to return money. At lease my cousin and I had a good laugh.

I’ve gone here plenty of times for the pan dulce. I usually love the espejos. Los bolis are hit or miss … sometimes super hard and crumby other times fine. I needed a cake for a surprise bday party recently. Was super excited to see a chocoflan ready to go. It was pretty small yet they charged $ 45. COnsidering I had people showing up to my house in an hour, I paid it and left. It looked beautiful on the top and everyone was super excited to cut the cake. However, as soon as the birthday boy (an adult connoiseur of chocoflan) took the first bite he immediately spit it out and said there was something wrong with the cake. A few other people tried it and spit it out also. There was something DEFINITELY funky about the cake. We put all pieces back in the container and I took it back the next day. The ladies in the bakery were SOOOO RUDE to me! They started telling me that I didn’t know how a chocoflan is supposed to taste and that it was fine. Everyone at the party agreed that it was funky so that was not true at all! They refused to give me anything for the cake and said they would send me a text or have the person in charge call me later. Despite repeatedly calling and asking what’s up, they won’t give me my money or credit in return. I’m so annoyed that I spent $ 45 on a cake, didn’t have any cake, and don’t get anything back.
A year ago we ordered a special order birthday cake from there as well. It was super overpriced, had WAY TOO much of that nasty frosting that stains everything, and the cake was super hard. Not soft or moist at all. I definitely don’t recommend the cakes here, especially those that are in the display. Who knows how long they have been there!

No quise comprar tamales en otro lado porque los de aquí estan Buenos, pero Lo malo de este dia. K no eran de hoy sino de como hace ocho dias sin exagerar… Y perdon porque decir la verdad

Worst customer service don’t order cakes from here. You order cake tell them how you want it and they end up make decision without your consent. If you don’t have some kind of filling don’t just change let customer know it’s their cake not yours. There’s not good communication. If I could I give it a 0.

I finally decided to stop in, considering I pass Guadalajara Panaderia frequently… on my way to Thrift Town.
It’s big inside. There are a lot of options. It’s self serve: the serving utensils are hidden near ground level on a shelf towards the back. The prices aren’t posted anywhere, which isn’t entirely random because most panaderias don’t post their prices. I bought one puerquito, one nino, one mantecada, one povlorone rosa and one cookie with pink frosting = $ 4.03. Times like these I miss my hometown, Sacramento. Where, I’m convinced, the best panaderia in Norcal exists: La Esperanza. I could have literally bought double of what I purchased from Guadalajara and the cost would have been $ 4. Thus, I’m in the bay area.
Their ninos just looked sad. Which made me sad. Flat pieces of achiote yellow with jagged edges. And everything is small: tiny cookies that should not be $ 1, but rather $ 0.50. Whatever.
(sighs) I miss La Esperanza. [
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This is the closest place to me where I can purchase Mexican pastries and they aren’t even all that. Most of them are old and supper dry. I tried a little bit of every thing and I only like the round one that’s rolled in coconut and has a jam in it. I did try the 3 leches cake and it was the nastiest thing I’ve ever had. It was like some dry cake, with some processed as filling and the shit it’s soaked in, omg it’s basically sweet condensed milk! It’s so thick and gross!

The bread sucks here and were rushed out at 8:45. Skip it!

Tres leches was just condensed leche… Exretemely sweet/​soaked cake with processed cherry glaze. Not a traditional tres leches, very generically made. I tried one of their coconut cookie pastries and tasted very dry and bland — like cardboard.

It is really hard to walk by this bakery and not buy something. Their cakes, ice cream, and naturally sweet bread is delicious and cheap. It’s great to take home to your family or as a gift. People are very friendly. I used to know the family that runs the Guadalajara section and they are very kind, family oriented, honest entrepreneurs who deserve only lasting business and success.
My personal favorite is the the red snowball like pastry with coconut on it. Delicious!

Self serve pan dulce. OOhh. little mini conchas.
Tried the bionicos in the ice cream shop and was delightful.
Parking can be a challenge.

My review is strictly on the mangonadas!!! Best spot out of all the places I’ve gone to. They put scoops of mango ice cream and hella diced mangos!!! Most places jip you and put Lotsa ice but man this place does the job!

garbage

My mom and I always stop by when we’re in the area. This bakery has a large variety of bread at a reasonable price. The fancier looking bread located on a short shelve is a tad bit pricier. They also bake cakes if you put an order a week in advance. I’m not sure how fresh the bread is but I’ve gotten lucky a few times when I’ve walked in and they’re putting out freshly baked bread.

Guadalajara Bakery has ice cream, lots of pastries, etc. saw a sign «donuts, 2/​$ 1»), didn’t see them so passed on it.
ice cream $ 2@scoop, didn’t mentioned homemade or mexican, seem like regular chocolate, strawberry, etc. so passed on it.
drink: coffee (java trading) L. $ 2
–bland, kind of harsh. wouldn’t repeat. 2ish stars
eats: cream puff type pasty, 1.75
–nice flaky crusts with creamy vanilla filling.
crumbs:
–churros weren’t cooking outside yet.
–just one person on duty, efficient service.

Amazing

La Mejor panaderia del area de la bahia no solo por ser la mas grande y surtida si no por que se encuentra en un centro comercial lleno de negocios Mexicanos, amplo estacionamiento y lo mas importante la variedad del pan desde la mas basico del pan mexicano hasta reposteria especial y los precios son muy accesibles definitivamente un lugar especial y tambien hay churros rellenos y frequesitos

The pan dulce was pretty good, but the service sucked. We’re waiting in line and the cashier is shooting the breeze on a personal level with the two customers/​buddys in front of us. No acknowledgement when it was our turn. Catch up with your friends on your own time and keep the line moving.

I came here recently to try their pan dulce and was greeted with the most heavenly, warm aroma of cinnamon wafting through the doors on a rainy afternoon. Unfortunately, my experience kinda went downhill from there. I do like the set-​up here, though; you’re given a huge metal platter and tongs and you just pick which pastries you want to buy from their huge assortment, bring them up to the counter, and they bag it for you. The prices are insanely cheap, but I have to say I was disappointed with not only what I bought, but the service as well. Everything I bought was dry and rock hard, which is not what I’ve experienced in the past from other great pan dulce. What was delicious, however, is the fresh baked bread they make and sell here — soft, crunchy, fresh and delicious, and great if you eat it with some slices of fresh cheese.
The girl behind the counter must have assumed I didn’t speak Spanish because not only did she barely greet me, but she had an attitude throughout the entire transaction that she didn’t have with the Spanish speaking customers ahead of me. As a Mexican who can’t speak Spanish (but can remember a bit of what I learned in high school), I’ve received this treatment time after time, but it never fails to annoy the living shit out of me. She was rude when I asked her if I could get a platter and she ignored me as I waited for her to return to the counter after I made my selections, and she only slowly walked over when my boyfriend asked her if we could be helped — we were the only ones in the store at this point. Usually I’m not one to bitch and moan about not being made to feel as though I were Queen Elizabeth at an establishment, but the blatant favoritism in customers made me so angry that I question whether or not I want to return to give them another shot. Stale pan dulce doesn’t give me much incentive to return, either.

I like to stop here to get Pan Dulce– Mexican baked goods. You grab a metal tray and load it up with your choices, they bag it you pay and your out of there. Very inexpensive, My coworkers and I always stop here for a Snackie Snack. It is located in a Strip Mall on East 14^th with all Mexican business’s. I call this area little Mexico LOL.

YAY I wasn’t drinking last night, what a miracle…
anyway we decided to take a «chubby trip», to this panaderia that I have been going to for awhile. I love everything they have:
Raspados (Snow Cone), different authentic flavors such as limon, fresa, tamarindo, leche (milk), and even one called diablito thats for the folks that like the tamarindo chile candy flavor.
Pan Dulce, various powdered cookies, frosted cookies, empanadas filled with pineapple, apple, custard, traditional conchas, bread for coffee, strawberry rolls with coconut flakes, bollilos for tortas or sandwiches, cheese bread, custard filled Mexican twists, Tres leches cake, frosted cake slices, even fluffy warm cupcakes, cake with banana & strawberry filling, damn I could go on forever…
Bionicos which are like a parfait but way fucken better!!! You get to pick which fruit it will consist of your choices are apple, banana, mango, strawberry, papaya, grapes, and other seasonal ones. They slice’em up and put them in a nice size cup with Lechera which tastes like a great sweet custard just not as thick. You can top it off with granola, raisins, coco flakes, peanuts, cashews etc… If you want all of the above they will fill you right up it doesn’t matter what you want its a base price which is cheap.
Ice Cream in so many damn flavors just like in Mexico, they have cheese ice cream which may sound nasty if your not familiar but its NOT!!! They will let you sample any of their flavor and they don’t have an attitude if you ask more than once. They have fresh strawberry ice cream, thick vanilla, sweet chocolate, lime, and like everything else in this place so many more to name!!!
I love this place its like a fully stocked bar, instead with bread and all the necessities to get chubby!!!

So, it has come to my attention that my previous Unilocal review of this bakery has lead a lot of folks to come buy their cheesebread and that in turn has lead to the slices getting smaller and smaller. Damned double edged Unilocal sword! I didn’t mean to screw myself over and I feel like an ass asking for a bigger piece. The pan dulce is still just ok here, but damn I wish I could afford more cheesebread!
Ok, I got it! I lied, the cheesebread here totally sucks! Go somewhere else for your «wet cheesebread,» because this stuff sure has gone downhill… ah who am I kidding. I love cheesebread. I just don’t like people eating too much of it and driving up the demand. It used to be I’d never see another non-​latino soul in this place, but now there are hella folks coming bye. I don’t know if I helped to encourage that, but I am now more wary of what I write. I wish you all the best, just stay away from my share of the cheesebread or else!
CHAD