Before leaving Escondido, I was looking for a lunch spot. Pizza, to be exact, so that I could have…read moresome leftovers for my road trip. After hopping on the trusty Yelp app, I came across Pahua's Bakery & Pizza. I stopped by on a Thursday late morning to place a to-order. Ambiance (2.5/5): Pahua's is no frills. It's definitely more of a grab-and-go type of spot. With it being up in the mountains, I didn't even have any service inside. But anyhow, I was there for takeout so ambiance wasn't important to me. Service (4/5): I placed my order at the counter and my food was ready within the timeframe promised. No complaints. Drinks (N/A): I didn't order any beverages. Food (4/5): As the name entails, Pahua's has both pizza and baked goods. Most of the baked goods are of the Mexican variety. Conchas, churros, etc. I went with a pepperoni pizza. The prices are reasonable here, especially by California standards, which I appreciated. Solid pizza too. Definitely better than the pizza you'll find at a chain. It was exactly what I had hoped for.

Pahua's bakery and NO PIZZA!…read more Walked in place was dark. Looking forward to pizza and got skunked.

amazing service, love the front desk. ambiance amazing. food was fantastic!!!! def try!read more

The chocolate was amazing. It is a little Pricie. But…read moredefinitely worth it. I got the crepe bash strawberry and banana. I got with milk chocolate topping The strawberry cup came with chocolate that hardened - made it hard to eat The marshmallow and the brownie bite and the chocolate covered strawberry were good and bite sized

We could not be happier with our bourbon pecan, caramel cinnamon rolls. We are loyal customers now…read more They are fantastic. Purchased for my wife's birthday. Do your self a favor and try these cinnamon rolls. You will not regret it. Looking forward to trying other items from they're menu. Great job ladies.

Hannah was so kind and helpful. Needed to organize a rush order for mini cupcakes with cherry on…read moretop for my friend's 86th birthday. Also, needed it delivered to a rehab facility. The cupcakes were moist, cute and done neatly. She also delivered them when and where requested. I recommend this cottage bakery. Thank you for making her birthday special...everyone enjoyed and raved about these cupcakes.

I visited the buffet twice this month- mostly because I didn't have enough time to try more items…read morethe first time. The wait is LONG! Be prepared to wait an hour at least. The selection is good- they have sushi but I don't recommend it. They also have a surf and turf that comes with mashed potatoes and asparagus. Good deal. I liked the variety of drinks and desserts. I recommend grabbing a hot chocolate on your way out. This place is only worth it if you can eat ! I liked the portion sizes because they allow you to rey more things. You can only order 4 items at a time and that's great because the table space is not much & really? How much food do you need at once. For dessert I recommend some ice cream or cheesecake. I say go at least once and carve time to be in line and 2 hours for dinner.

The food and the variety here is why this place gets four stars, but the service completely drags…read morethe entire experience down. First off, note that this isn't a traditional self-serve buffet. You have to order everything through a server, and you're capped at ordering 4 items at a time. The Highlights: Great Variety: Solid selection across both entrees and the desserts. The Standouts: Lobster tails, crab legs, and beef tenderloin. The crab legs were awesome, sweet and surprisingly not overly salty like most casino buffets. Pro-Tip: Skip the prime rib and go straight for the beef tenderloin. The Lowlights: The service was pretty atrocious. Getting food brought to the table was a battle, we dealt with forgotten items, servers disappearing for long stretches, and an overall persistent feeling of being rushed. Great food can only save a place so much when the actual dining experience is a constant headache. Hard to recommend until they fix the service.

Such sweet mangos, just make sure if you want to order the mango sticky rice cake, you have to…read morereorder it. :) definitely something to try when you get the opportunity.

Wow!!! The mangos are perfectly ripe, delicious, and plentiful!!!! The staff is super friendly and…read morehelpful. The service is fast and the presentation is appealing!!! Give them a try when you are in the San Marcos area!

The customer service is always amazing and the pancakes are always so fresh and fluffy ! The…read morestrawberry horchata is to die for and the cheese ice cream she has is soooo good.

Just amazing!!! And I don't everrrr order pancakes at breakfast. They've just never been my thing…read moremore of a French toast girl. But for her mini pancakes I will drive myself across town at 9:30 at night or leave work early just to catch her. The ice cream on top of the warm pancakes. Mmm And don't sleep on her iced coffees. Those are great too! The ambience and service also matches the love that's put into each of her orders.

The Café is located inside Valley View Casino to the right of their popular Valley View Buffet. It…read moreis open 7 days a week but only from 7:30am-2:00pm. My boyfriend and I have eatin breakfast here in the past, but we rarely visit the casino before 2pm. Yesterday (Friday), I decided to take my mom on a little drive and thought "why not brunch at the casino!?". We arrived at 10:15am, and there were many parking spots available in their parking structure - from the second floor on up. We walked through the casino all the way to the back right (near the hotel), and there was a party of two already checking in at the host station. Check-in was a fast process, they asked for my name and if I was staying at the property. We were ushered into the restaurant and told to wait to the side for a hostess to seat us. I saw it was busy, but not completely full. They still had quite a few open tables available, and we were seated quickly after about 5min. of waiting. The lady who had seated us was wonderful, and very nice. She took our drink order (2 coffees) and brought over 2 cups as well as a saucer full of hazelnut creamer packs. Our waitress visited our table shortly after introducing herself. Her name was Celine, and she was a ray of light! Very sweet and attentive. She quickly poured our coffee and brought 2 muffins to the table. These are complimentary muffins, and let me tell you... they are DELICIOUS. They have a walk up bakery right next to the café, and every single thing i've purchased from them has been top notch. The muffins also come with homemade whipped butter which compliment the flavors perfectly. Celine gave us a few minutes to look at the menu and came back to take our orders. My mom and I both ordered the triple decker turkey club sandwich. One with parmesan fries and the other with fried onion petals. Now, after this, my mom had an OOPSIE and spilled her water cup all over the table. Of course she was embarrassed and panic just engulfed us...Without asking, a worker by the name of Javier appeared at our side to help. Of course it was embarrassing...but he was so kind about it and made my mom feel better. He got more napkins and then held out his serving tray telling us to just push the ice onto that and he will take care of it. He literally stepped into action...where I feel others would just walked by at other places until you ask or make eye contact with panic. Javier, thank you so much, you are a sweetheart and theyre lucky to have you. After that whole excitement, our food quickly came out. It looked delicious...and I have had onion rings but never fried onion petals! I LOVED THESE!! They are so much better than traditional onion rings. The turkey club was loved by both of us, and the parmesan fries were great. Celine checked in on us regularly and refilled our coffees along with that. It definitely was a great brunch that we had, and we were lucky to have had the service from Celine and Javier on our visit. I will DEFINITELY be back! and recommend you take a nice drive one day to try it out.

My husband and I love dining here. The service is impeccable and the food is outstanding…read more Mirabelle was our server and she is attentive, friendly and professional. The ambience is beautiful with a view overlooking the sprawling mountains. I highly recommend the French dip!

We got her pecan tarts at the chimorro festival yesterday. To say they were amazing is an…read moreunderstatement. They literally melt in your mouth but also remain crunchy from the pecans. The bites were perfect. My only qualm is that we ate them too quickly and didn't buy more in time. I cannot wait to have them again soon and look forward to seeing them at next year's festival!

ube mochi: 8.5/10 amazing flavor, so nice and chewy ube…read morecrinkles: 10/10 these were pretty much perfect. beautiful ube flavor and a perfectly moist inner bite with a crinkly outer shell

Mili made our wedding cake and a desert bar for 100 people and did an amazing job! We received…read moremultiple compliments saying how tasty it was and we really enjoyed our cake flavors. She worked with us to find flavors that mesh well and was very helpful throughout the process. Thank you Mili and hope to have more cakes in the future!

Mili's mini desserts are delicious! I ordered four different kinds of desserts and they were all so…read moregood. I highly recommend and will order again in the future.