La Rancherita Bakery

Just simply soooooo delishios saltinas!!! One of the best food I have ever tried. Juicy, rich buy yummy flavor!!! Love it. You should come before 5 pm or in am if you want to try those. I got lucky today, there was one left. I drove all the way to santa Ana just to have saltinas. Btw no pic… I couldn’t wait. and ate it.

Amazing service!!!
My friends recommended this bakery to me and I came to Bakery to place an order for a cake around 8:30−9pm and had requested the cake to be ready the following day by 5pm! I didn’t think they could do it but the people at the front were so helpful and easy to talk to. They assured me that the cake would be ready the next day and it was!!!
I had requested them to add the champagne bottle for my boyfriends 30^th bday and the cake was perfect. They helped me put it into my car and made sure that it was secured. I drove alone for 15 minutes to orange and it didn’t move or fall! Phew! Lol
The cake tasted amazing and was blown away by their great service!

Decent prices, The bread was OK nothing to scream about, this is not worth the drive.

5 stars for their amazingly delicious and super juicy Bolivian saltenas! They are only made fresh to order so make sure you call in ahead of time because it takes about 20 – 25 minutes for them to make it. They are best fresh out of the oven. I always get them when they are piping hot to make sure I get all the delicious soupy goodness inside!
These hearty pastries are so delicious. They’re a breakfast item in Bolivia, however, I enjoy them at all times of the day whenever I can get them! Inside the semi sweet golden pastry dough pocket is chicken, beef, bits of egg, peas, a raisin and I think an olive and delicious soup from the meat. You only get the soup on the inside when the pastry is right out of the oven. That is the best and only way to have it! I’ve actually had their saltena’s after they had been out for a few hours and they are still delicious.
La Rancherita makes the best and most authentic saltenas that I’ve had. My boyfriend and his family are from Bolivia and they can attest to this. I’ve tried saltenas at a few places in both northern and southern CA and they definitely make it the best here. I always have to make a stop here when I am in the area. It’s a shame they can’t be in NorCal too!
Service is great. Remember to bring cash because it’s CASH ONLY! There are 2 – 3 tiny tables inside for you to eat at if you can’t wait till you get home to enjoy your saltenas.

Best Saltenas ever. Savory, flavorful, delicious. Honest to goodness; I brought these to a beach party and it was as if I was responsible for their delicious goodness. They take only cash, they speak only Spanish, but it is worth every effort you make to park and get here. They are delicious.

I would not recommend this places they dont even that much of variety to choose from and the the bread i got was all dry I will not come back to this panaderia worse place ever!

I called this store looking for a birthday cake. The man who answered did not speak any English. I then asked in Spanish if there was anyone there that could speak English, and he said no, and rudely hung up on me. I then called back and asked in Spanish if there was any time i could call back to speak to someone in English. he said no, and hung up on me again! I don’t know how their food is but the employee that answered the phone was rude and unprofessional.

I love their saltina so much. Crunchy, slightly sweet on the outside and meaty on the inside. The best combination. All their cakes are also affordable and eye catching. And they do custom cakes too

The BEST salteñas I’ve had outside of Bolivia!!! Have you ever eaten a salteña? Well if not, this is THE place to try it! Salteñas are the Bolivian version of an empanada, but I think they are SO MUCH BETTER! The bread on the outside is ever so slightly sweet, and it is filled with primarily meat and a few veggies. The meat is so juicy that you honestly won’t be able to eat the salteña like a caveman (damn!) unless you want all that soupy goodness to spill out all over you. The owner is a super sweet guy, and the rest of the bakery smells divine! I didn’t try any of the sweet breads, but they were very tempting. I know on Unilocal it shows that the bakery is closed everyday, but it’s NOT! They are open 365 days of the year! The owner is older and doesn’t know how to log-​in to his Unilocal account to change it. FORGIVE HIM! Just go order a bunch of salteñas, and all will be better =D

The stars are for the saltenas. Very good! I called in to ask how much they costed. The lady said $ 2.75 each. I got the following: 2 saltenas, One flan slice, And one pan (which I thought was 50 cents from a previous review.) I was charged $ 11.75. I was so happy to get saltenas I just gave her the money without second thinking it. I don’t know what costed so much, but the math didn’t add up right, even if she counted tax. I’d hate to think I was taken advantage of. Can’t help but feel gypped though. :(

I love this bakery! They have the best Dulce de Leche cakes! Those do have to be ordered in advance though.
I went in a few days before my birthday party to order my birthday cake, the lady understood my vision and for a two tier cake that would feed 60 people my total was $ 95 which wasn’t bad at all to me because I had gone to different places and they were all charging roughly $ 110 and over. One tier was vanilla cake with dulce de leche filling & the other was chocolate with strawberries as the filling.
I went in on April 2^nd to get a cake for my mom for her birthday. I had called the night before and they said that they did have dulce de leche pre made cakes. I went in the next morning and a lady behind the counter greeted us and I asked her which were the dulce de leche cakes and she said they didn’t have any because those have to be ordered. I was really upset because that’s not what the guy had told me and I told her about how I called the night before. So she went and found the baker and asked if he could make a cake for me for tonight and he said YES! That was the best part! I was already so bummed because I thought I had to resort to some unoriginal store bought cake. So then the lady helped me place the order and she asked what kind of decoration wanted and I asked how much it would be because some places do charge extra, she asked the baker and he did want to charge more but she said no and that she would take care of it! That was great customer service from her! Their pre made cakes are $ 25 and then after we were done with the order I asked how much it was going to be and she said $ 25! Wow I was shocked. Such a great deal for a custom Dulce de leche cake! They do ask for a deposit but i just paid in full. I got there at around 12pm and they said my make would be ready by 4:30. My dad picked it up and the colors were very nice and vibrant. The icing was nice and smooth, the bread part for me was very moist (good thing) but a bit too sweet, and the filling (dulce de leche) was amazing!

Best salteñas hands down i drive 45 mins just to come here. If you are able to resist is better taking to go since place is small but knowing how good they are i always just eat there. I try other places nothing compares to this place definitely quality.

You come here for the legit Salteñas. Hands down the best Salteñas in CA. I’m Bolivian so I should know. I live closer to Bebas in North Hollywood so I never could come down here but I finally made it and was so happy that I did. I ended up buying a whole box to share with friends. Will definitely be making my way down there again. They also sell Bolivian cheese, which is almost impossible to find. Can’t wait to go back.

Wish I could have kept this place a secret. Now people are finishing all da saltenas b4 I can get my hands on em. Love the owner (looks just like my dad) great customer service. I’m not a local I live in NorCal, But as soon as I pop up in SoCal I’m at rancherita tearing up saltenas. That’s some good stuff.

Besides the bakery stuff, there was nothing savory left for us to get but Saltenas. Guess it was a good thing since that is what this place is known for. Saltenas here taste like really yummy Bolivian style empanadas with a slight hint of sweetness. Inside was a mix of beef, potatoes, a hard boiled egg, peas, and raisins.

We didn’t realize this when we woke up, but we were going to have a global meat pie kind of day. This was stop #1 of Wendy’s Most Marvelous Meat Pie Adventure.
For starters, we wanted to be introduced to Bolivian style saltenas. That is what La Rancherita is all about.
I called ahead because 1) Savvy Unilocalers warned they are not always in stock, and 2) we did not want to risk disappointment since we lived 30 miles away. I would like to suggest that my phone does not do well with Spanish accents. But, actually, it is probably my American ears and my senior’s brain. To my credit, I was ultimately able to order 8 saltenas to go, please. Lety would be expecting us in 45 minutes.
We didn’t exactly know what we were getting into, but actually saltenas are an empanada-​like meat pie with a filling of ground chicken and/​or ground beef with hard boiled egg and raisins. I love that combination, so it was easy to be open minded!
And as we walked in the door, the shiny, golden saltenas were coming out of the oven. My new found friend, Lety, packed some, still hot, in a bakery box for the ride home. Tempted, we also threw in a few freshly baked pan dulce, bolillos, and some torta buns for extra measure. Then hopped into the car for the next phase of our road trip. If you want to know about that one, you will have to find my review for Pasty’s, an English meat pie.
So back to our Bolivian treasures. While we did not eat these fresh out of the oven, we gently rewarmed them the next morning. Such sacrilege to let them wait that long, but honestly, it was not a problem, they were extraordinary anyway. The crust was tender, moist, slightly sweet, impossible to put down. The filling, beautifully seasoned. I have had piccadillo many times before, and this version was truly one of the most delicious I can remember. So I include this sincere warning… one saltena may not be enough.
The pan dulce were a mixed bag of tricks, some better than others. I was particularly impressed with the little golden cupcakes that looked like individual cakes of cornbread. They were perfectly sweetened and had a delicate spice added that was a nice surprise. And there was another pastry, a really dark brown one (almost looked burnt) with cinnamon which, while on the dry side, was bursting with flavor.
This place is in a humble location but one I would highly recommend checking out. Bring cash.

La Rancherita Bakery specializes in one Bolivian treat: The Saltena.
Cash only mom and pop shop that could easily be mistaken for a Mexican panaderia. It’s housed next to a clothing shop and phở spot in a small strip mall and churns out these delicious Saltenas.
The saltenas are little Bolivian meat pies/​empanadas. The pie dough is reminiscent of sweet Hawaiian bread in terms of color and taste. The pies are filled with chicken and ground beef, hard boiled egg bits, peas, potatoes and raisins. Two pies will satisfy for a quick sit down meal if you are hungry. Definitely ask for aji (hot sauce) to complement the pies and grab a bottle of chicha morada out of the fridge to enjoy with your meal. The sweet breads are only 50cents so if you are feeling like dessert afterwards grab a couple of those to go. This is one of the few shops that specializes in Bolivian food. Head over and send them some support if you are in the area.

Salteña 101: A Salteña is a Bolivian empanada often filled with beef and/​or chicken mixed with a sweet yet slightly spicy stew composed of potatoes, peas, chopped boiled egg, and raisins. The sweet flavors along with the juice encased in this baked pastry make it distinct from empanadas of other countries.
La Rancherita Bakery is known in the Bolivian community of Orange County/​Inland Empire as the place to order these popular pastries. This is because they make them in large quantities and they make them well. Additionally, this place is open as early as 9 am and open late until 10 pm. The establishment is unassuming as the storefront proclaims its a regular bakery serving mainly Mexican baked goods such as tres leches cake and pan dulce. I am not here to downplay the quality of these items, but it is safe to say their specialty is the salteña. The owners are an older Bolivian couple that are as old school as can be. Cash only and all advertising is word of mouth. Any Bolivian will vouch to the authenticity and quality of La Rancherita Bakery’s salteñas. I have yet to hear anyone formulate an argument to the contrary.
Note: if you forget to bring cash, there are two options: 1. Walk down to the liquor store at the far end of the strip mall where you will find an ATM inside. Service fee is $ 2.20 per transaction. 2. Cash back option inside the Stater Bros market on the opposite side of Sydney St. Bottom line: don’t forget those greenbacks. It is highly recommended you call in orders. Finally, this place is frankly not the best place to dine in at because it is small and gets easily congested with heat and customer traffic. However, should you choose to sit down and enjoy a pastry or salteña, there are three tables at the entrance.
Each salteña will run you just shy of $ 3. It’s common to eat it with hot salsa as it compliments the sweet and spiciness of the stew. Whether you enjoy it as an appetizer or by itself, make sure to visit La Rancherita Bakery for an authentic Bolivian treat.

One of my favorite places for Bolivian Saltenas! The crust is just right with savory and hearty filling! One if Santa Ana gems. Please support you local small businesses! Truly delicious! They only take cash and get them in the morning at around 9:00 am. It has ground beef and chicken. Half of a boiled egg. Peas, potatoes. Raisins and a nice Hearty filling. It’s a like a stew in a egg shell like a pie. You just have to buy to try!

Does anyone come here to get anything else besides Saltenas? Apparently so because the last two times I’ve called in the late morning to see if I can come buy and get a dozen (I live an hour from here), they’ve told me they haven’t made any or plan to make any that day. WTF? You are losing mucho dinero my friends.
They are good Saltenas when you can get them. However, the saltenas closeby at Bebas are even slightly better.