This is the best bakery in the RGV. Fresh soft warm pumpkin…read moreempanadas. Soft airy mojetes. These are the best. Long line and terrible parking but no one cares.

I love pan dulce and this was the best! From the conchas, to the cuernos, they all reminded me of…read morethe bakery I knew growing up. Great customer service from Cynthia who was so helpful!

They had so much to choose from and it was all fresh. The conchas were amazing and had several…read moreflavors to choose from.

I'll never go back to that nasty place... Tons of flies buzzing around in bread cases and we found…read morea cockroach baked into a pastry we purchased.... Girl we purchased from was sweet.. The nasty woman that tended to us when we went back next day was extremely rude and offered no apologies....... And forced us to take another piece of bread rather than refund our money.

Total glory came out of a crisis here. I'm a fuss-free bride, so I was happy to have cupcakes as…read moredessert for my wedding. Two weeks before the big day, the father of the bride decided that he would like to have input on dessert and he wanted a wedding cake (no cupcakes). He was the one fronting my budget and had made no other requests, so I decided to honor him and let him have some input. I spent a little time surfing the web and pinterest, called two cake places (a little nervously since this was a destination wedding. Most brides seem to at least get to taste their cakes beforehand), and found Gloria's. I found pictures of what I wanted on pinterest and emailed them the photos. I emailed them once with directions and called to confirm. They understood me very quickly. I got a very simple roughly iced turqouise cake that faded into white. It was strawberry on the inside with buttercream icing. My groom got a carrot cake (this one is awesome!) with buttercream icing and a very simple design. I am SO HAPPY with them! The cakes came out phenomenal - they were cost-effective, beautiful, tasty cakes. The staff was friendly, responsive, and followed every detail to a T. They also worked VERY quickly (who orders a wedding cake the WEEK before your wedding?) and had an idea for a "Plan B" cake topper for my cake when I couldn't afford my "plan A." They delivered the cake at the time requested, and true, they didn't accept credit cards. So I did have to fedex them a check over the weekend to get the process rolling. But I wasn't disappointed in the least. Going with Gloria's was one of the BEST wedding decisions that I made. Just a note: (I saw the other review about needing to send in a photo - and I agree; Find a picture of what you want and send it to them. As an artist, I can understand that they need to literally see what you want. I sent them photos of exactly what I want and got exactly what I showed them.) I found out that they also made a wedding cake for another bride who had her wedding the day after my wedding. She also recently posted on facebook that she was very happy with her cake as well.

Gloria's cakes were so kind and open to making me an interpretative cake for my son's birthday. She…read morewas on time and didn't over charge me. My son and family loved the cupcakes and cake!!! Thank you . Will be going here for his next birthday cake as well. I added the happy birthday banner because both Gloria's and I forgot to mention if I wanted happy birthday on the cake but it's ok. :)!! Also her shop is very clean and customer service is very good. They always answer the phone as well.

Love that I live right around the corner, amazing food. The service is great. Always feel the…read moreambiance of my hometown in Mexico.

Staff is always friendly and the tamales are always delicious! This place smells amazing when you…read morefirst walk in. Like a sweet retreat.

The ONLY bakery that the 'hydrogenated, artery-clogging shortening' used by other bakeries does not…read morestick to the roof of your palate. Can't taste artificial, low-quality ingredients like the rest. Not your neighborhood panaderia, if that's what you're looking for. Better than the rest.

This one was meh for me! There is nothing French about this bakery and instead should be called…read morePanaderia! Merely having a few croissants and puff pastries among lots of Mexican baked goods does not make it a French bakery. Worker is friendly and helpful in explaining what the pastries are. The breads are $10.00 plus per pound. Two pastries cost me roughly $8 and change because one was super heavy and dense. There was even a smidgen of pineapple filling but needed to have a little more for textural contrast. The softened buttercream then rolled into sugar. I found the prices too high and the pastries just okay. The location is good but way too expensive for what it is.

"La Especial Bakery" is a local bakery with a long history in this small town of San Benito, TX…read more Several generations have grown up on the Mexican sweet pastries and passed on the traditions to new generations. Walking through the doors is nostalgic invoking your own walk through history. If you've never been you won't be disappointed and begin your own experiences. Grab a box with one of everything and you still will have plenty more to sample. Ive traveled through many states and places specializing in this sweet pastries but never find anything as delicious. The staff is very friendly eager to help and always smiling. Even the owner will be there in the front lines assisting. Like the olden days. You can even get a cup of coffee and talk story. They also have a few grocery items in case you need to grab milk, eggs and a soda. The ambiance is just down home. Maybe I'll see you there grabbing your favorite piece of "pan dulce". Yes, they are "Special".

Came here the other day to pick up some pan dulces. Small town vibe--of course, you're in The…read moreValley! But very warm and welcoming spot. Small, but busy. They have quite a selection of freshly made items. I would suggest getting there early if you are looking for something specific as they did have several empty trays. Everything we ordered was delicious as usual. I did not see or get to try any barbacoa or tamales, but maybe next time. This place has a history and is an important part of San Benito. If you're ever in the area, put it on your list of places to visit.

This restaurant was not far from the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, so we stopped here after a…read moremorning of birding. Excellent food! Nice creative menu. Very pleasant ambience. Good service. The homemade kahlua cake was fabulous.

The sandwich were good but the potatoe soup was outstanding. The service was excellent and the…read moreserver was great. The restaurant is very nice and larger than the outside appears. The decorations are really appropriate for the restaurant.

After moving from California to Texas, I was searching for a good cupcake place... One to rival…read moreCalifornia bakeries like Sprinkles. And this place is it. The cupcakes are delicious and the staff are so sweet and just the nicest people. It's refreshing to go in and be treated well and leave happy with not just the product. In the same shop is cheesecake rehab and it's also very good. I can't say enough good things. Try them out and you won't be disappointed

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I would give it 0 stars if I could, I recently ordered a cake for a baby shower, cost me 200$ so I…read moreexpected a decent cake, I have had box cakes better than this one, not only was it dry and hard, they gave us the wrong flavor and I asked for fresh strawberry filling and I received what tasted like jarred jam, save your money and go somewhere else.

I called around different cake shops asking if they can do a strawberry flavor cake, and this was…read morethe only one that could do it in time. That's why I went to Ybarra's, because they could do a strawberry flavor for me the next day for a birthday. Tell me why we cut the cake, and it was just vanilla flavoring with strawberry bits. I specifically asked for white frosting on top, which they got right, and I asked for strawberry flavor. Why was it vanilla?? I called them, and the best they can do is a 5 dollar credit?? This cake is 30 dollars?! They couldn't even at least remake it. I'm very disappointed. My first time going to a bakery, next time I should've stuck to an HEB cake. They taste better too.

Incredible flavors. We ordered four different flavors for a zoom style birthday party, one custom…read more(chocolate cherry) and three from their amazing list (anything for Selenas, You're a cupcake Harry, and Lemonberry). I can't even describe how good they were. My favorite bakery recently closed for good (we miss you, Anne's Kitchen Cakes!) and there was a scramble to find a last minute replacement, so we tried this bakery based on how awesome their flavors looked and I'm so glad we did. They were all moist and decadent with just the right amount of sweetness. Not overly sugary, but plenty sweet. I find that a lot of even the most professional looking bakeries in town have rather grainy icing, but all the icing was smooth and luscious. Each cupcake was very different from the other, which I really liked. So much of the time cupcakes end up rather identical, but with different flavors in the icing, etc. These were all individual works of delicious art. I also want to say that the owner was incredibly kind, and brought me extra packaging so we could distribute to all the party goers doorsteps. He was super communicative, texted about delivery and made awesome suggestions about the fantastic woopie-pies we also enjoyed the heck out of. I honestly can't wait to try the rest of the flavors, I'm trying to think of excuses to get more dozens of cupcakes. We're already talking about what we want to order for our (inevitably) zoom Halloween celebration. Thank ya'll so much for a wonderful showing. Zoom birthdays are a bit of a bummer sometimes, but these really made things better. We all really enjoyed them (and are continuing to enjoy them because I think I ordered like a dozen per party guest, ha ha -but I'm not sad about it.)

Was able to get this delicious cupcake at the Resaca Fest! So happy that Reach for The Sky has a…read moretrailer and is able to pop up at events. Next time I'm trying a coffee and the baklovah!