V Tropical Bake Shop

Dirty place, I love the Pandesal but the bakery it self so dirty just take a look around from glass door and glass display was dirty. Don’t really want to recommend this place.

My girlfriend and I love this bakery cause they sell cheap and delicious pastries/​sweet treats. People that didn’t try Filipino food yet; this is the place to get an introduction since it’s all desserts and hand held food. Their Pandesal buns are a must! You can even eat it without flavoring since it’s delicious by itself. It’s like a Filipino version of those Hawaiian buns in a dinner table, but bigger :) $ 2.50 for a dozen, super affordable and if I’m a hobo I would buy it everyday to survive. They have more Pandesal bread flavors like the ube (taro) and even chicken and pork. There are a lot more delicious treat to try in this joint and I can’t name it all since it will become an essay review. My suggestion is if you want to go here; pick a pastry that looks good and just buy it and you will not be dissapointed ;)

PAN DE SAL IS THE BOMB HERE!
Matter of fact, it’s the best here. I can attest to this because my mother will drive from LA to this location just for their pan de sal. The LA location is down the street from her but she says it tastes different, and it’s no good. She also states that she will purchase a bag from this location, bring it to LA and drop it off on their counter and say «this is how your pan de sal is supposed to taste!» Mama be crazy!
Pan de sal is best warm and fresh out of the oven. I like to swing by before my weekend shifts and grab a few bags right when they open at 7AM. My coworkers love, love, love when they see me walking through the halls with bags of pan de sal! So affordable too. A dozen for about $ 2.50. Delicious with butter, cheese, chicken spread, egg salad, peanut butter, plain, whatever. Enjoy it with coffee, milk, tea, water, whatever. Just a delicious marienda (snack in Tagalog). I see the same staff here all the time. They are great at what they do. Their bakery stays stocked well.
There’s a ton of other goodies here; ube bread, cheese rolls, ensymadas, puto, hopia, buko pandan, leche flan, turon, kutchinta (probably spelled wrong), casava cakes, and more. This bakery smells so good the moment you walk in, you’d want to try everything!

My childhood in one bakery. I’m going to get fat knowing that this place exists and that I live so close to it! Everything my inner child desires!

I really like Valerio’s but only three stars for them because some of their breads have molds. We just bought a macapuno haba haba today and when we got home, I noticed the mold on the back of the bread. Very upsetting especially since I really wanted to eat that bread! This isn’t the first time we’ve bought bread here with molds. This won’t stop me from coming here as I really do like their breads. But please Valerio’s, get your act together and make sure no more molds!

OK — I must change my previous review for this place if I am coming here once every other week… I gave this place 2 stars last time, although they have my FAVE cheese balls and fresh pan de sals… The 2 stars was because I brought home the puto/​kucinta combo and it molded the next day. I recommended that they put a «Best By or Sold By» dates on them so they can keep tract (and the customer’s too!) to dispose of old goods. I have not seen that done yet, but I was there the other day and the goods seemed fresh. I went in there to get their cheeseballs (Must have with your coffee), and then I also purchased their chicken empanadas and their carioca (round, sweet rice dough glazed with coconut syrup) — YUM! I loved their fresh empanadas, and my doughy sweet treat!!! This is my go-​to place for Filipino comfort food, seriously! I really like the young Filipina girl that works behind the counter. She always remembers me for my orders.
So — I upped the stars… HAD to. I’m here more often than I need to be.

Been going here since I was a wee little lad JUST for their hot pan de sal. The register can be a bit slow at times, with all the running and bread packing back and forth from the kitchen to the front, but it’s so worth it.
When it comes in dat brown paper bag, all hot, plump, and soft in the middle, I just cannot resist!
I usually eat one once I hop in the car, in complete silence, before even starting my engine. Then cry and listen to sad love songs. JK about that last part! But it is necessary to have one right away– it’s just so delish! Then I usually eat at least one more during the drive home. Then another one before I put it on the counter up for grabs. It’s that good! After posting this review, I’m going to cut one open, stuff it with coffee ice cream, contemplate my life, and enjoy! You should do the same!

Oh man!!! First time I came here I was hooked! I tried the pan de sal and I knew what the meaning of life was. I will forever be a loyal customer of this establishment… unless I find out their secret recipe

This is my favorite spot for pan de ube! They sell a variety of Filipino pastries and desserts that look delicious, but I haven’t gotten around to tasting them all.

This place has a good variety of good Filipino sweets that are not found in other Filipino bakeshops. Casava cake is really delicious! They have puto bungbong. Only Christmas seasonal sweets. Mini ube bulilit pandesal, cheese balls, puto flan, bicho bicho, endless good sweets that is close to being in pinas.

So gross!!! Walked in & the bf pointed out a box of cheese rolls that are known to be good & what do we find? A NAT inside the package! So i grabbed the package, walked over to the register & in front of the customers that were paying/​shopping i told the cashier «thers a nat in here». She said thank you, but didnt seemed to phased or concerned by it. Makes me wonder what else they sell there that’s contaminated.

Sent my husband there to pick up Pan De Sal, Sipao, Empanadas & he came home with Turon too! #Delish

NUMBER OF VISITS: 100 + over the last 10+ years or so…
WOULD I COME BACK: yes
My family and I have been buying bread from these folks for over a decade! In the recent years the variety of their bread items have expanded their offerings to pies, kakanin (Filipino sweets usually made of glutinous rice, rice flour, root vegetables, etc), turon, ginataan, and snack items. What I like about this place is that they are always baking bread, so the likelihood that your bread will still be warm is definitely there! Before they got fancier, fresh bread was given to you in a paper bag and you could feel the warmth and smell the fresh bread as you take it to your car.
This place isn’t a fancy bakery, nor does it have a ton of centerfold foodporn looking baked goods. This is an old school bakery where you really will find baked items. The place smells like bread, so it’s more smellporn than anything. Recently, I’ve noticed they have meat filled pan de sal items that have adobo, spam, menudo and cheese fillings. They have so many variations of pan de sal (literal translation is salted bread).
They have a lot of stuff I like. The ones I can remember I typically get off the top of my head are:
Pan de ube, ube roll (Filipino version of Porto’s cheese roll), turon, kutsinta, sapin sapin, puto bongbong… i’m sure there’s more but I try to limit carbs when I can.
LOCATION:
It’s in the same plaza as Seafood City, Chow King, Red Ribbon and Jollibee. Actually, it’s sandwiched between Jollibee and Red Ribbon so you can’t miss it. The parking here is nuts especially on the weekends. You’ll find a buch of Filipinos doing their groceries and treating their families to a meal or whatever.

First time I went here I ordered pan de sal and the egg pie. I was buying these items on behalf of someone and their egg pie was really brown (over-baked).nevertheless everything was fine.
Second time I returned, I bought a few things along with the pan de ube and I have to admit as soon as I walked in the shop i was in an oven! As bad as it was outside. probably almost 100degrees inside was 10x worse and their bread was even hot! Horrible. When I went home and left my bread out for a day in the house it molded. go figure right?
I won’t be returning here on hot days. it’s bad for their bread but they don’t realize it.

Pandesal! The end!

always always always get their fresh pan de sal! FRESH IS ALWAYS BEST so get it while you can! Store is located in a busy plaza with other Filipino shops like Jolibee, Red Ribbon, Chow King, a random laundromat.
Crazy filipino drivers drive like they’re in the Philippines. haha this is AMERICA, don’t drive all crazy. You have to be agressive while in this parking lot like seriously.
Anywho, Valerios is the place to go when you want fresh filipino pastries, theyve expanded there store in the past couple years. There’s also so much variety in the store now, so many sweets and goodies to choose from!
PAN DE SAL has got to be their number 1 hit though! try the TURON as well and cheese rolls, omg cheese rolls. they are amazing!

This bake shop is usually a hit or miss for me. Service is kinda weird. When you ask a question, they don’t acknowledge it or you. So you don’t know if they are finding out if they have the product you are looking for. And when they do find out, it’s not a priority finding the person who asked the question.
P. S. The the two things that I like to get here are the cheese rolls and the fried veggie lumpias.

My Pinay friend told me not to go here. I don’t listen to anybody when it comes to food =P
I got mini ensaymada, corned beef pan de sal, adobong mani and ube donut.
Mini ensaymada ($ 4.99 for 6): I like ensaymada but not from this place.
Corned beef pan de sal ($ 1.98): 2 in a package. I ate one and threw away the other one.
Adobong mani ($ 2.49): fried peanut with garlic that is supposed to taste like adobo. It tasted like greasy peanut. no garlic flavor whatsoever.
Ube donut ($ 0.50?): I was excited to get this but was disappointed when I took a bite.
Located next to Seafood City market, this place had long line when I was there. You can watch Filipino channel @ this place.
QUICK TIP: $ 10 MINIMUM FOR CREDIT CARD.
Why didn’t I listen to my Pinay friend?
I hope she is not reading this.
2 stars!
Valerio’s Tropical Bake Shop is not yummylicious!

My Filipino American heart is so happy to have found this place! The smell alone is enough to start up my imagination & make me feel like I’ve traveled to a Filipino grandma’s dessert baking kitchen. I grabbed a basket & just went to town… we bought Ube bread, Ube rolls, Cheese rolls, Hopia Mungo (my personal favorite), & Ube cupcakes. They offer so much more but I had to draw the line somewhere for this visit. However, that doesn’t mean I won’t make a return appearance & try their turon, kutchinta, leche flan, empanadas, & SO much more! Phew! Now that I think of it, this bake shop could potentially be a very dangerous place for me & the fam. :-)
It’s next to a big Filipino store & the parking lot can get pretty crowded so be patient & drive safe! Eat. Enjoy!

It was late in the afternoon when fellow Unilocaler Fia R. and I stumbled upon this tiny Pilipino bakery. It was my first time to Valero’s so we made a quick stop to learn more about their pastries and breads. The lighting inside was modest and there were lots of people ordering from the large counter and perusing the shelves stacked in all corners. It was unclear where the line was but I finally managed to get the server’s attention after eyeing all the goodies in the store.
I get very indecisive at these kinds of places, but settled on a Sweet Cheese Roll (75 cents) and Pan de Ube (65 cents). These breads were sizable, heavy, with a buttery soft doughy texture before I reached the creamy middle. The bulky Cheese Roll was deliciously sweet and covered with powdered sugar and custard-​like sweet cream at the core. The texture was the softest I’ve tasted on Pilipino bread but still a bit rough compared to other Asian bakeries. The Pan de Ube was phenomenal as the bread was loaded with mouthfuls of thick purple ube and buttery delicious. Flavorful, this was the best ube bread I’ve encountered so far. They also sell Pan de Ube for $ 2.49 for six so it’s certainly something I will have to keep in mind.
Other Unilocalers seem to enjoy their hot Pan de Sal so it’s one of many items I’d like to try on the next visit. Notable limitations include the absence of labels and prices on the stuff they store at the counter. Also, the busy atmosphere will require you to mix with the crowd and know what you want by the time you get to the counter. Service was bit rushed but still friendly and knowledgeable. I’d be interested in coming back.