Haleh Pastry

Excellent Persian and French pastries with reasonable price. We special ordered the cake for my bridal shower and it was excellent! Filled with fresh walnuts and bananas. Highly recommend this bakery.

Quite literally one of the best pastry shops/​bakeries in the South Bay Area. Located a little off the sidewalk, in a house by the DQ, Haleh managed to entice with wonderful fragrances of baked goods and spiced nuts (but really, it was thanks to Unilocal). I entered to the right, where the goodies were being sold and immediately my eyes opened wide and my mouth watered. I had never seen such variety of baked Persian?/middle eastern goodies! I pointed at four, which were weighed (typical of middle eastern bakeries), and made a beeline for the car, where I devoured one on the spot. Aaand then I ate another on the road during my commute home. The third didn’t survive five minutes at home; I vowed to save the fourth for another day.
The pastries were incredibly delicate and balanced in beautiful light flavor with just the right amount of sweetness. Never have I tried such pastries that were so flaky and quite fresh. They were also finely crafted with many, many even layers and some in tiny pockets like the baklava. These clearly out bested any of the other middle eastern bakeries in the entire South Bay.
The facilities were clean but I could have used more of the customer service others spoke of. That being said, I sure as heck will be back. Excellent spot to pick up sweets for get togethers/​parties — many are bite sized, though there were a few cakes on display as well. What a hidden gem!

Haleh bakery is the best bakery in the Bay Area with a good service and welcoming employees. Mr. Farahani did a amazing job for my birthday, wedding and baby shower cake. I recommend this bakery to everyone.

Good quality pastry. They get 1 star off because their selection of items are always low or they’re out of most items because they say they want everything to be fresh. And we went there once on a holiday weekend & got stale old stuff. I know it was a holiday weekend but they should have told us about the age of the items. There is also one employee there who isn’t Persian & is super rude.

I love everything there. Cream puff is the best! Always very fresh. The staff are very friendly. I was there yesterday and just eating my cakes and puff in the outdoor seating area. A very nice gentlemen, I believe he is one of the bakers there, brought out a cup of tea for me. It was just what I needed it. The tea was so good. It’s probably one of the best tea I ever had, and I had a lot of good tea before. I really appreciate the good customer service. I will definitely go back again!

I ordered a cake for 250 people for a 25^th anniversary from Haleh Bakery. met with Hamid the most helpful person, I explained my vision for the cake he made some awesome suggestions, Very friendly staff especially Mahboobe .
the cake looked and tasted amazing and everyone raved about it.
highly recommend this bakery.

Best pastry in the Bay Area period. Balanced taste, not too sweet, not too heavy, just right.
Cream puffs and napoleons are my favorites. Pistachio roulettes are also delicious. Try it once and you’ll be back: D

I absolutely love this persian bakery! And trust me I’ve been to all kinds of bakeries, cupcake places, patisseries, etc. This one is made fresh daily and have a huge variety of individual cakes and cookies that are delicious and not overly sweet or sugary. I’ve almost tried every single cake and cookie since I’m a glutton and just the type to want to try everything. The Persian Napoleon is light, flaky, with delicious cream. The roulette’s are just as good. Both vanilla and pistachio is what I prefer over the chocolate one. Cream puffs are so good, much better than beard papa in my opinion. Their cookies are all tasty as well. Many of them have pistachios or almonds which give them great flavor and crunch. I usually end up getting 2 big boxes of stuff along with an ice cream sandwich which is outside in a freezer by the door. I love those too

I love this place, besides the parking everything else is amazing.

One of the best pastry places in town.
The quality of pastry is very high and it’s also very delicious. Their creampuffs are out of this world good. Their dry pastries are also delicious as well.
They could use a bit more parking, and they run out of creampuffs too soon, but that’s to be expected since they don’t have any stales ones ever.
Highly recommended.

This place has my favorite cookies yet. You can choose to buy the cute little cookies by the pound. I go for the coconut chewy round cookies to the case beneath the pastries. Others noteworthy cookies include the hazelnut, almond, strawberry filling cookies, and sesame cookies. A definite must try if you’re near the Valley Fair Mall area.

Haleh Pastry is by far the best pastry place I’ve been to in San Jose. I love how nice the Persian guys who works here (They gave my bf and I samples because it was our first time). I’ve been here several times already. I usually get combination cookies, coffee cake, and tea. It’s nice to take friends here just to have a good time. It’s very laid back. The quality of their goodies are really good! Price is reasonable as well.

Persian Pastries? Who knew? For those of you who know where Dairy Queen is on Winchester, it is right NEXT door! This place is immaculate and modern! Before you walk in, you will notice a nice courtyard area where you can comfortably enjoy your pastries and tea!
The guy behind the counter was EXTREMELY helpful and friendly! He asked me if it was my first time there, and I confirmed that it was. He responded with, «OHHHH, you should have told me!» He then started handing me samples of a bunch of stuff!!! That is customer service at it’s finest in my book!!! One thing you will notice is that nothing is labeled or priced. So you will have to ask a handful of questions before you decide start loading up your boxes of pastries.
What I’ve tried so far: Cream Puff, Coconut Cookies, A cookie with Pistachios & other nuts, and a Chocolate Roll.
Conclusion:
EVERYTHING was AMAZING! You get a little overwhelmed when you are trying to figure out what to get, but rest assured, this place is the real deal! Will I be coming back for more? YES SIR!!!

A friend recommended this bakery to me. Purchased an assortment of cakes and cookies and so far each has been delicious. Cookies and pieces of cakes are priced by the weight.

Love love love their pastries .
I always order birthday cake in here for our family and friends bday parties and never have been disappointed.
I love the taste and design.
When I go there it’s really hard to stay a way from those beautiful & yummy pastries .
The price is reasonable too.

Came here for the first time, and I do love it. The seating in the back yard is great for having your tea, the tea ware is pretty, and my favorite cake has to be the pistachio short cake with a ball of cream on top, super moist, soft, and creamy in one whole bite, rich but not overly sweet, goes perfectly with the tea!

My new go-​to bakery for cakes. I found Haleh Pastry when I was in dire straits back in July for a birthday cake with fresh white peaches in the middle. I was surprised how hard it was to find a bakery to do that. When I finally got around to calling Haleh the man I spoke to said it was not a problem, he quoted me exactly what I wanted to pay, and took all my info. Not only was this one of the easiest and friendliest transactions I’ve experienced with a bakery but the cake was freakin’ amazing! It was fresh and moist, great flavor, the peaches were indeed fresh, and everyone at the party loved it! They demolished a half sheet cake it was so good.
Having experienced greatness once I tempted fate and called them for another birthday cake, this time with chocolate and raspberries. Another solid score! It again was fresh and moist, had amazing flavor, and was decorated beautifully. Again all guests were pleased and no cake was left.
My third and most recent time ordering from Haleh was for my birthday in August. Same process as before, super easy, fast, and friendly. Quick pick-​up process. This time we went bananas and blueberries. The only difference this time was that the cake was not as moist as the first two. We did order quite a bit earlier (a week in advance) than the previous two times (one to two days prior) so perhaps they made the cake a day early. It was still very tasty but didn’t quite hit the 100% mark as they did before.
I will certainly be back for future cakes, despite the one minor setback. This place is a gem and I’m happy to have found it! I wish there was a three-​quarter star option for the not-​so-​moist cake but two out of three times successful isn’t enough for me to knock a whole star when they’re so close. They’ve got my business now anyway

I love this little Persian café! My friend brought me here and we got a selection of treats and sat outside in the patio area, caught up over some tea. Apparently it’s like THE pastry place. Got some more to take home to my mom, who is now a convert. Everything is super fresh — you can see all the nuts in huge containers up front, and people making pastries in the back rooms.

A little hard to find on Winchester. But, when you do find it, you’ll be happy you did.
This is a small Persian bakery that does not only Persian pastires, but also a few American ones, as well. But, who goes to a Chinese buffet and gets french fries?!? Stick to the Persian stuff.
Most of the cookies and pastries have nuts, so be warned. So much so, that you can see them roasting yourself. I don’t know what I’ve tried over at Haleh Pastry, but I’ve tried a lot. I got a small party tray with a variety and ate and enjoyed all of them. I also got these baklava pockets. These ones are made the traditional way with rose water, so expect a little bit of a perfume smell. But, boy, are they good! They’re sticky and gooey, but it is still crunchy. It’s made more with a thicker shell rather than puff pastry. I am not sure if this is a family business, but it sure feels like it. The people who work here are Über-​friendly. Can’t wait to come back and try more.

Haleh Pastry is located next door to Dairy Queen on Winchester. Despite looking like a house on the outside, the inside is modern and clean.
The older gentleman behind the counter was friendly and cordial.
There was no pricing or names on the pastry, which resulted in asking numerous times what each item was.
My box of goodies were weighed?!? and I was charged $ 5 for 0.4 lb worth of goodies.
Napolean
— Light and fluffy. Not to sweet and fresh.
Chocolate Roll
— Also light, and not too sweet. Small portion
Cream Puff
— Lots of cream on the inside that wasn’t too sweet nor heavy… seemed rather bland without chocolate on top!