The pastries were excellent only flaw was that there wasn't a place to sit and have coffee at the Union Hills location.

Missing my TX hispanic bakeries and their plethora of offerings at such deal prices - this one, from what I tried, hit the mark! It's not located in the best area but you walk in and wish other places where taking the same covid precautions they are. I felt safe and only wish I knew a little spanish so I didn't have to point out what I wanted haha. I'm definitely a cream, mousse kind of person, so the cream horn (which I'm not pronouncing in Spanish haha) caught my attention. The lady who helped me was so nice and luckily knew which one I wanted. All I can say is delicious! And only $3, which I bet would be more double the price if at a high end bakery. Can't wait to come back and try more. read more

This has been my first bad experience at this bakery. I purchased " bolillo" when I got home and took one out and they are hard hard. I called the bakery and I told the lady they are hard and she advised " the bolillo are made to be hard and not soft" I advised her I have never in my 36 years of purchasing bolillos have experienced this before. She just added bring them back if you want but they are made to be hard. To add to this I sent my daughter with the bread back to get a refund and I had my daughter call me on speaker because they where giving her a hard time telling her they can't refund because if they take back it's an item that they can no longer sell. . The lady at the counter then added I have to check with someone in the back. Came back and said for this time I'm going to refund you but understand the bolillo is made to be hard. The last time I will be purchasing here! I will take my business to another bakery shop in the area. read more

Excellent excellent place for tamales Mexican bread and Mexican specialties employees were very courteous and kind prices are amazing and food is amazing read more

What I got today was Oooookkkaaayyyyy! Don't expect the burritos to be filling. They are teases. Lol. Appetizers. $5 but they're small. I had the red chili burrito with added potatoes. It was ok. The red sauce seemed canned to me. Not as good as freshly boiled chili. The pastries were decent. Pineapple empanada filling was ok. Kinda bland. The dough was good. Overall, an average experience. read more

Some of the yummiest empanadas I've tried! They have yummy homemade tortillas and amazing tamales! A little bit pricey, but the foods are an amazing quality read more

I love love love this bakery! They are always friendly and the place is so clean or organized! They hands down have the best conchas and Tortillas!!! A dozen tortillas are $4 and they are so fresh! On Valentine's Day they make heart shaped conchas! I made cups for my friends this year and used their conchas! They were a hit! The tamales are also really good! Great local spot! read more

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Tamales, tortillas, and pan dulce were all amazing and fresh! It was crowded but the line went fast!

I'm long overdue for a visit to La Purisima. What took so long you ask? The truth? Until recently, they were a cash only operation (and I never have cash on me). A lame excuse perhaps, but its the truth. And I'm truly glad they take plastic now (for a small fee) because I was ready to sample some of the delectable pastries that have made the Arrellano family a beloved institution here in town. On a Saturday right after lunch, I walked in. You'll find La Purisima's Phoenix location on the north side of Indian School Road, just west of 24th Street. This is actually La Purisima's second location (their main location is in Glendale). Walk inside this Mexican bakery and you're immediately greeted by the friendly staff behind the counter and display cases of delicious looking sweets both in front of and behind the counter. The staff and customers primarily speak Spanish, but don't worry. The staff is bilingual and is happy to help guide you through picking out individual items. With so many choices on hand, my knowledge of Mexican sweets being almost nonexistent, and a growing line of about a dozen customers behind me, I took what I thought would be the quick and easy way out. I asked the staffer to pick out two of his favorite cookies for me and that's what I'd buy. Big mistake (though in the best possible way). Within seconds, seemingly every customer behind me in line started throwing in their own two cents on what they thought were the best items to buy. After a good two minutes of customers debating each other on what were the best items to get, I settled on four pastries (rather than buy the whole store). A concha, a coyota, and a couple of pan finos. Total cost for the four large pastries plus tax was a shockingly cheap $4. All of them were excellent, though I will say the concha (I got a chocolate one) was by far my favorite of the bunch. Soft and chewy, but with slightly sweet crunchy exterior (plus conchas are just beautiful to look at). In addition to the pastries, the bakery also sells bags of their housemate tortillas to go. Juan, Marcy, Irma, and Jose Arrellano have operated La Purisima in some form or another for over 35 years in the valley. Based on the line today at their Phoenix operation, its clear the love and admiration they receive from the community is as strong as ever. And why wouldn't it be? A friendly neighborhood bakery making affordable delicious creations. Here's hoping the Arrellano family keeps baking for another 35 years. read more

If I ever need to get my Mexican sweet bread fix, then I come to La Purisima Bakery! The place is very clean and the staff is always super friendly. I've tried many different kinds of pan dulce but my favorite has to be the conchas. Right around Valentine's Day the bakery will make limited edition heart shaped bread so it makes for a nice gift for my loved ones. I'm not sure how the west valley location is but it would be nice if the East Valley bakery could have a few benches or chairs inside. That way one could enjoy some pan dulce fresh out the back and chill at the spot. read more

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Just stopped in to check this place out and I'm SO glad I did! The ladies working today were so nice and helpful! I ordered 2 of their green tamales and 1 sweet plus a cream filled cake pastry. All are sooooooo good! I'll definitely be back to try more of their food!! read more

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Authentic delicious pastries and great service ! Locally owned business. Pastries that we ordered were only $1 each. read more

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Best bread - I tend to go to the OG location but when I'm on this side of town for work this is it. Whatever you get is good

Great Bakery This bakery has the freshest, tastiest mexican baked goods I have ever tasted, all of its items are wonderful, and there is such a great selection. La Purisima features pan dulce, doughnuts, empanadas, cookies and delicious freshly made tortillas straight out of the tortilla machine, served nice and hot. If you stop in make sure to get a re or green chili burrito, the burritos are so good. Great prices and customer service. read more

Stopped to buy a tres leches cake and it was so so. Not the greatest tasting tres leches. The bread was not all moist, kinda grainy. Very small bread selection too! read more

Friendly staff. Got the Green Pork tamales. Will be my go to tamales on way home from work. They were wonderful . Also bought homemade flour tortillas. Very good. Next time pastries. Nice atmosphere. Highly recommend! read more

This is our favorite Mexican bakery in Arizona! There is another location in Glendale, Arizona. Not only have the best Mexican breads in town, they also have food like green chili burritos, green corn tamales, sweet tamales, and a few other items. Be sure to check them out. read more

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Paid for 5 pieces of bread and one small" Pan de Muerto $ 18.50 it was not the amount of money is the feeling of bein charged unfairly. If the cashier would have told that she was including a tip maybe I would say why not ? strong supported of small business, but not gave me the receipt and left under the itemized one . read more

Came for some tamales but they were out so instead we had some green burritos. They were delicious and we had two each for lunch and they were the perfect amount of food. Would come back again for these and to try some of the bakery items! Hopefully next time they'll have tamales! read more

Sorry, my review is only going to discuss the tres leche cake I ate from here. It sucks. It is really dry. All the condensed milk is at the bottom and none of it is in the actual cake. There is an obscene amount of frosting. The weird jelly-on-a-graham-cracker that is used to decorate the top of the cake is really gross too. It looks like it would taste good... but it just totally does not. I'm certain this bakery excels at other kinds of pastries or baked goods. I mean, it is highly rated on Yelp, so they must do well. And one day, I would love to try their other pastries, and write them another review. However, AVOID THE TRES LECHE. It tastes like disappointment. Dry disappointment. read more

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Best Mexican bakery in town. I used to wait in line at the one in Glendale now I have one 1-1/2 miles away! Best conchas you will ever eat! Soft and fluffy. My GF hated conchas until I got her hooked on these. There empanadas are the best also hell I've Never had a bad anything from there!! Numero uno en Arizona! read more

I drove 40 min to see what the hype was about. I was not disappointed. The line was a bit long when I arrived but the Service was super quick. Arrived after 3 pm so I was skeptical about getting "fresh" bread. I was pleasantly surprised that even though it was late in the afternoon te bread was fluffy, fresh and some flavors/ pieces were still warm as if just out of the oven! read more

If you're too lazy to make it yourself, this is a pretty good place for tamales to-go during the holidays. This is not a sit-down establishment. I can never remember if I like the red or green sauce better. Get both. Skip the veggie-only one; it wasn't very tasty. Overall price was on the higher side but maybe I just haven't bought a tamale in a while. I didn't try anything else. read more

This is the place to get your essential Mexican style bread walked in and took me back to the days I would visit Mexico and walking into the "Panadería"! Get in here early or your favorite Pan will be sold out. Freshly made, fresh taste, great quality! Friendly customer service! read more

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This is the 3rd year I get rosca de reyes at la purísima. The last 2 years it was absolutely delicious. Unfortunately, this year it was a big disappointment. It didn't taste fresh. I know 2 other people that share the same opinion about the roscas they got . Gotta start looking for another bakery read more

Loved the Yummy Tamales - Authentic Mexican Bakery with the best tortillas in town!!!! read more

Been wanting to go here for a awhile. The first time I went it was on a Monday, but they are closed on Monday. It didn't say that anywhere so I didn't know. But I wasn't the only one that didn't know. There were 4-5 people trying to open the door too while I sat in my car looking for another store to get conchas. I looked them up on Saturday again because I was craving tamale, luckily I saw the sign "cash only". I have to say this has been the best tamal i have had since East Los. It was small at first glance, but it's pack with a good portion of meat. The masa is moist and juicy, I ate 5 between lunch and dinner. The concha was so moist and soft, it was delightful. Definitely will be going back! read more

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This place is absolutely amazing. Everything is fresh and delicious Pineapple empanada was so delicious and flaky And don't Forget To get some fresh tortillas. Best you'll ever have read more

Great quality bakery. You will find fresh bake bread. All the bread is good. Tamales are not great but good enough for a craving but I wouldn't recommend. The service varies sometimes is good and sometimes they can be rude. The upside down is that they can be lazy. I try to order a cake for my daughters birthday and they did not want to make it. read more

Picked up some fresh conchas and churros. They were all so good. Reminded me of Mexico. Pink and white are same flavor. Had the caramel and regular churros and i like the regular but both are good. Love the shop! read more

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Great neighborhood bakery! Go early on the weekends if you want to get freshly made menudo - they run out quick! Their tortillas and baked goods are delicious and the staff are all super friendly. read more

I LOVE this place - friendly employees and a large selection. I always come here specifically for the conchas. I'm never disappointed.

My family has been coming to La Purisima for over 30 years now. We used to frequent their flagship store in Glendale at least once a week back during my childhood. Now that I am in the East Valley, I was very happy to find they have a second location in central Phoenix. Closer to me than driving down to Glendale. Their baked good are all delicious. I tend to always order their conchas with the different colored sugar toppings. So soft and chewy! Bolillos are the best that I have found. The flour tortillas are truly the best ones out there for me. They are a little on the thicker side, which I happen to like. For some, they may be too thick. I seriously have tried to buy other grocery store flour tortillas to hold me over until I make it to La Purisima. It's always a mistake to do so. No other mass produced tortillas comes close to theirs in taste and texture. The main reason I drive to La Purisima is for their masa. Seriously the best thing that they make. My family has been making tamales exclusively with their masa for over three decades. I hope that La Purisima stays around for many more decades to come!I hope that one day my son can take his kids there for a tasty Mexican pastry. Reason for four stars- they really should consider accepting plastic. It's always a pain in the ass to head that way from far away only to remember that they only take cash. Then have to stop at the circle k to buy something random to get cash back. But I should really know better by now! read more

It was my first time here and the girl at the counter was so sweet. She was so patient. The pastries are really good too. Would definitely come back! read more

You know me and my spontaneous pullovers when I see a bakery sign. Today I was pleasantly surprised, I have never been to an authentic Mexican Bakery. I felt a little intimidated not knowing what things were even though everything looked amazing.The names were in Spanish but not the prices. I'm telling you, what a steal they were! I have never seen such delicacies at prices that even a child could afford. I Mean look at this Gorgeous not to mention Scrumptious "Encocado" (see pics)........brace your self...... it was .75 cents!!!!!!! Layers of flaky pastry topped with toasted coconut and sugar, finished of with a dollop of Bavarian cream. DO you even know what Heaven tastes like, I do now. I also got and equally scrumptious "Riel de Queso" only $1.25 and OMG insanely good, crispy and tender pastry filled with cream cheese has got to be one of my favorites and this was out of this world! (see pics) Miguel the owner has been in the family business since he was 10 years old, this location, open for 7 months, is a branch off from the original location in Glendale that has been opened for 25 years. Miguel was extremely friendly and explained what all the tempting treats were, they do custom orders, platters and cakes along with homemade tortillas and red and green chile. Stop in help support a true local gem. You will be hooked I guarantee it! Located in the same strip mall as The French Bee ** Hours are Tuesday -Saturday 7am to 7pm Sunday 7am to 1pm CLOSED on Mondays read more

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Thanksgiving is approaching and to celebrate, my office had a holiday potluck today. I wanted my contribution to be something out of the ordinary. Empanadas came to mind. Now, I just needed to find someplace closer than Tucson that makes great empanadas. Yelp! pointed me towards La Purisima Bakery on Indian School Road. I should probably warn you now, in case you don't read to the bottom of this review. Bring cash. They do not accept plastic. Bring lots of cash! You're going to want one of everything! Actually, the prices are very reasonable here. The dozen assorted empanadas I purchased cost $10 and change. Comparable to the price of a dozen donuts. But that's not a fair comparison. Donuts don't offer the flavors you can find hiding inside the empanadas at La Purisima! There was strawberry, cherry, apple, guava, pineapple, pumpkin, peach and cheese. I don't even think I named them all... They were perfect! And they were still warm! Regardless of the filling, the pastry crust was amazing. The cases at La Purisima were stocked full of familiar items. There were also a few things that I have never seen in a Mexican bakery. That's all the reason I need to go back! Muchas gracias! read more

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Outstanding fresh baked goods!! We had a nice friendly lady who helped us out at this bakery around 4pm. My mom and I stopped in to check it out. All the cookies were light and crisp, not greasy at all. The snowball was like 2 cake donuts squished together with frosting and then covered in coconut!!!!!! (Insert heart eyes emoji here.) read more

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So first was kind of hard to find as no signage on Indian school but worth the search. Have been to the other location and knew I had to go again due to high quality. We are moving from Ca to ABQ and they are conveniently enroute. If you love tamales it's a must stop. I mistakenly ordered takeout last night before trip here and for $21 from a restaurant got sub par tamales. From la Purisima got 18 tamales, a dozen tortillas and some cookies for under $30. I know my tamales and these are some of the best I have ever had at 60 years old!! read more

Yummy!! Several friends recommended I try this bakery when in PHX. I'm so glad I did. I love fresh Mexican bread & home made tortillas.

Was in the area due to the Chinese New Year festival at the cofco center. After falling in love with all the Mexican pastries at Phoenix Ranch Market I did some research on other various valley Panaderia. This one poped up on Yelp and I had been looking for a good excuse to make it here for a long time. Today was that day! I figured at least if I had a melt down it was on a day I was supposed to cheat :P Walked in and there were a few families sitting at the tables inside the small space enjoying their weekend special of menudo. First thing I noticed was not only were they a bakery but they also made some Mexican lunch/dinner items as well. That was going to have to wait for another day. I was here to collect sweets for after dinner. The gentlemen behind the counter was extremely nice and patient as I looked everything over 10 or 20 times. You'll have to excuse my gringoness as I explain the items I wasn't familiar with. Square, Baked Coconut, Custard Pastry: A type of phyllo dough that had a hole cut in the center which was filled with a custard. The top of the pastry was sprinkled with shredded sweetened coconut and baked golden brown. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FxEJjLZj6UdsOCGcgEufeA?select=_laOfCHYOXa9CuUJRabhFg Coconut Sweet Bread: Usually when you see these dome shaped breads they have a pretty dense texture. When we tore into this is was super surprised to find that it was more of a croissant texture. It had been dipped in a sugar glaze then into sweetened coconut flakes. *drool* man I love coconut. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FxEJjLZj6UdsOCGcgEufeA?select=ZZiHJoOBXRJedGpydREX8g Empanadas De Calabazas(Pumpkin): Classic cinnamon spiced pumpkin empanada. It was less skimpy on the filling them I'm used to. It was very nice and even more amazing when we dipped it in some honey we had on the table at dinner. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FxEJjLZj6UdsOCGcgEufeA?select=lxtBwRYlOKChEhH4zXze9Q I have come to appreciate Mexican pastries because they tend to be less sugar laden then American sweets. This means I can eat and enjoy them without feeling as sugar comma'ed as I normally would. I would have to say this bakery has veered a bit towards the American pallet and gone a little heavier on the sugar but still very mild compared to an American pastry/doughnut. Its local, the people are nice, the prices affordable, everything fresh. I can't think of a single reason not to come and show some support every now and again. You will pay a little more here then you would at food city or pros ranch but the quality is there. read more

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