The bread here is really good and just what you want on a Friday night. Looked it up on maps and it said it closed at 9, but I got here at 8:25 and they were already closed. Great bread but please update your hours. read more

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The bread here is good and all but the customer service is horrible. There was this short lady with glasses I'm pretty sure she was the owner. She was so rude and was bothered when I told her I was using Apple Pay. And didn't even offer to give me a bag after we purchased a good amount of bread read more

After calling a few locations, was so glad they had exactly what we needed-a tres leches cake! Was also glad to support a local business too! This cake was delicious and a hit at the party. They had about five left at around 5pm today and pricing at this time was $20 per cake. Excellent price! Thank you for pitch hitting and coming through for us on our goal of getting a tres leches cake on short notice. Highly recommend this place! read more

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The best pan dulce in town. I used to go to La morenita for my morning bread but they were usually out by the time I would get there or the bakery rarely had any fresh bread. La Mexicana always has fresh bread all kinds of bread. The staff is friendly. My go to bread is conchitas or the elote. The bolillo is always great. It's a very small establishment maybe like 8X8 or possibly 10x10 but be ready to have people bumping into you if you go at a busy time. Other than it being too small, it's a great establishment. read more

I've been coming to this bakery for years!! One of my coworkers introduced me to the ALWAYS FRESH pan dulce!!I lived in West Covina at the time I first started going. I eventually found a home walking distance from this bakery. Several coworkers asked me to pick up bread for them. Especially since I live close by for 14 years now. I have recently decided to move to Pico Rivera.. but I still plan to stop by for their fresh pan dulce and oh, I can't forget their cheese and chile bread as well as their tamales. I can't recommend this bakery enough, you won't be disappointed...!! So delicious!! read more

Very bad service, all the employees badly faced, especially the old woman who is in the mornings, the appearance of the bakery is very neglected, very dirty outside that even some big cockroaches had. read more

An employee with no mask after they require mask in the bakery kicks me out as I'm choosing bread because it's getting packed but I had a whole bread batch and a mask with me . Rude experience and doesn't have no control of the store read more

First time here looking for good Mexican bread with good flavor. The taste is okay but the disappointing part is the size of the bread, very small for the price, I understand we are dealing with inflation but please do not cut us short on the size of the product. More likely not coming back for this reason. read more

Discovered this place while walking home on Garvey. It's very small and inconspicuous. I wouldn't have noticed it, if it wasn't for the people walking in and out. I like to support small businesses and it smelled pretty fresh and delicious so I tried it. The bakeries range from $0,65 - $2 I believe. I asked for the price and the guy told me all the prices depends on the bakery. Unfortunately they don't have price tags, which would make it a lot easier for customers. The bakeries are suppose to be Mexican bakery I expect. And it reminds me a lot of German bakeries. It just looks differently but still it taste great. Come and try it. I promise it's worth it. I would love to show you photos of the three things I bought but I ate it right away. read more

Love this bakery. Everything is delicious. Moved out of the area and still make the drive. So worth it!

First of all this place only takes cash (money laundering perhaps), this used to be my family's go to place to get pan dulce. As of today 2/2/18, it will not longer be. The quality of bread has declined over the last few months, the consistency always varied (well the fact that they always have a hiring baker sign is probably why) sometimes it would be ok, other times it was just terrible, too much baking soda, cold, etc. And the worst part is that the prices kept increasing. Every time we would go we would pay an average of $15, and that was for about 8-10 pieces of bread. Well in-spite of that and the fact that it was somewhat convenient to us, we continued to go, but today was the last time. Tonight at around 8:40pm we got there and realized that we didn't have cash, went in to ask what time they closed and we were told they close at 9pm. We went down the street to an atm and came back 7 minutes later, and guess what it was closed. We told the lady that she told us they closed at 9 pm, and it was not 9 pm yet, she said we are closed. We insisted, and she said let me ask the baker, she came back and said the baker said that when we close we close. WHAT?! Let me point out that they had more than plenty of bread left over, and yet you rudely turn away a loyal customer, and refuse service within your regular business hours- my business is done here. I will make the drive to El Pavo bakery in Rosemead, where the quality of bread is so much better, and we won't be rudely yelled thru the door. read more

I likei the bolillos and conchas good "". I recomend this place is very good bread is the best read more

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Good bread just highly overpriced, $2 a piece. Six pieces of bread for $12 (?). Customer service needs improvement, a little more friendliness or a friendlier tone of voice. read more

If I could give them a rating of 0 I would. The old lady is rude as fk! No customer service whatsoever! I walked in to get my usual and they're like I can't take no more than 10 pennies! I am doing you a favor by giving you change! They lost my business! Never again! And their pan is hella over priced too read more

The bestest, yummiest panaderia around. I'm sure they have lots more stuff, but my favorites are the pig pan dulce (shaped like pig) and bags of freshly made chicharrones!! Little hole-in-the-wall and hard to park but worth it! read more

Ordered a 3 leches Cake for my sons Birthday , Got home and we sang Happy Birthday to my son, started cutting the cake and it was just plain white bread, Very dry by the way.... The only thing good on the cake was the Dinosaur Decoration.... So My Family told me to take it back and tell them but I honestly didn't want to make a big thing out of it, I didn't want to drive 30 min there and 30 min back home.... I decided to write it here on Yelp.... ever since I Stopped coming here ... Plus the Ladies are so rude... Always in a bad Mood!!!!! They don't even smile at the customers.... Now I go to La Morenita Bakery on Garvey Avenue in El Monte ... They Have amazing Cakes, Champurrado, Tamales, Coffee, etc..( Tamales are usually sold out by 8:30am) and they have very good Customer Service... read more

Great little hole in the wall bakery with great pan dulce. This place delivers to quite a few little mercados and carnicerías in the area so you know they're good read more

Rude customer service, decent bread & overpriced. Decent taste in bread, could be a little nicer for the price

Best panaderia in El Monte, I really recommend it. The bread is always fresh. The taste is pretty good, stop by you'll love it.

My craving for Mexican sweet bread is constant and I'm pulled in like a magnetic force whenever I see the words PANADERIA or actually when I smell the aroma of fresh baked sweet bread lingering in the air. Sometimes I'm disappointed and sometimes there's a major party in my tummy and my thighs. La Mexicana was a pleasant surprise. I was with two other girls who happen to be Latina which was perfect because they were able to explain to me the many varieties. It seemed there were quite a few that were similar but had a different name because of the different shape. Either way it didn't stop me from trying, especially since sweet bread is generally pretty inexpensive. The storefront was super small but they had a huge selection of Mexican sweet breads aka pan dulce which seemed to go from floor to ceiling on every wall (conchos, bigote, chilindrina, elotito, mantecado, nino envuelto). The outside is a bit run down and if the girls hadn't told me it was there I wouldn't have seen it. Some of them, like the conchas and cake with frosting can be pretty colorful. They aren't too sweet and make a great party platter for entertaining. There is street parking. read more

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Horrible customer service people working there have no respect for their clients they are so rude, the pan dulce is so over priced super expensive for pan dulce. Porto's Bakery is cheaper $ than this place. Never going back again!!! read more

The bread is always fresh and they have all your basic sweet bread like conchas, (white, chocolate, yellow and pink) elotes, tortugas, puerquitos, empanadas, orejas, cuernos the little sprinkle and chocolate chip cookie breads...bolillo etc. also they're croissant are really good. Anyways they have jello and flan slices in the fridge that you can buy for $3.00 and they also make cake here. The one thing I don't like is that they ONLY TAKE CASH. That's why I'm giving them 4 stars other than that I love this bakery. Parking lot and street parking and they close at 9 read more

I live in Rosemead, but there are times when I crave Mexican and other Hispanic breads, so this is where I come. The conchas are perfect, not too bland or sweet. Also, the cakes they have are nicely decorated with fruit. I got a 6 inch tres leches cake, which my household loved. I recommend the strawberry mousse cake slices, it has nice flavor and texture. read more

Tooooooooo experience. 99cent for a concha. I couldn't believe a small bakery in el monte would charge so much. And if you look at the place its not the nicest place. read more

I saw the grossest thing ever in this BAKERY. We parked in the back and one of the cooks was spitting in prepd food. Once we said GROSS he looked and went inside and closed the door. That is so wrong in so many levels. So unsanitary. Health Department will definitely get a call from me. I don't care how bad you hate your job, you don't do that. You're putting others in health risk. read more

Fantastic food. Best way to get a little snack when going on the way. The ladies are super nice. They perfected their craft if I would buy everything In the store I would read more

Wow.. I'm the first to check in here. As good the bolillos and sweet bread is. I been to many places for sweet bread but who ever does the baking here is top notch. read more

BEST BOLILLOS EVER.... This bakery is the best when it's comes to bolillos. I haven't had any anywhere else like this place. They are soft and fluffy and there is nothing like them when they barely come out of the oven and are warm... Yummy all around. Haven't had their bread though so I won't comment on that, but if your looking for a good bolillo go there they are the best trust they are delicious read more

The sweet bread is good but a little too pricey than other bakery shops. The employees are not friendly at all...they always look very miserable. Anyways I'm only giving them two stars due to the fact that this particular place needs to be cleaned up or renovated or something, the sample cakes are very dusty not appealing at all and so is the shop, who knows how clean they have the kitchen where they make the bread.... read more

By far the softest bread I have ever ate! Con has are my favorite. In the mornings, it gets busy but line passes quickly. So much variety to choose from. Employees are quick to service, prices are well worth it for the quality of bread. Love it! read more

I have been coming to this panederia for YEARS since I was a little girl. The bread is delicious. My fav. Is the conchas. My hubbies fav. Is the oreja :). Only bad thing is they don't have the prices so you don't really know if there over pricing you or not. So that sucks. But the bread is so good. Other thing is it's cash only but they do accept ebt lol so that's a little wierd. But still the bread is sooo good. Best TRES LECHES CAKE sometimes they are to crumbly like dry sometimes not enough flavor but this one is great!!! read more

I started coming here after La Principal panaderia in El Monte (corner of Mt.View & Klingerman) closed. The conchas are not as good but they do offer a larger variety of sweet bread and pastries and also carry cakes. read more

The owner and lady that attend here are so rude. They never greet you! They seem mad and upset. No customers service! Bread is alright. Won't be coming here again! read more

I agree with one of the fellow reviewers; the conchas here are nothing to brag about. You know a bakery is good when there are lines out the door, but alas, no lines here. This is, however, one of the better spots around. The goods are fresh and smell great. Where have all the abuelitas with top-secret, family recipes from that mythical Mexican era set-up shop?! read more

wow what a rude lady !!! as soon as walked in the lady who was working there look at me like if I was not welcome there, very nasty experience but that's ok it just a bakery, if she was better that then me she wouldn't be there, no se que que se cree tanto!!! read more

Alway fresh , well service and never disappoint .. been going for quite a few years now .

This bakery is great! I love the elotes and ojo de pancha. Also the borregos with cream fill. Yum!!! I took my friend here and she's hooked. Totally recommend read more

My family has been coming here for years however, we stopped going for some time after we found (what appeared to be a staple) inside a puerquito (pig) shaped bread. But we've recently began to start going again since it's the closest bakery near us, yet, I have noticed many changes. First, the bolillos (French bread rolls) have gotten really small and the price isn't worth it. Secondly and most importantly, the customer service is no longer there and I believe this is because the owner of the shop who is always at the register displays no type of friendliness. During my last visit she yelled at me from the register saying that I should be careful how I handle the breads because they are sensitive.. I replied asking how was I supposed to choose the ones I wanted if I don't look through them. She didn't say anything after that and just gave me a dirty look. If you go try avoiding this lady! read more