Valerio’s City Bakery

Been living in San Diego for over 16 years now and this is the one place I still go to to get fresh pandesal. Love their Cheese Rolls and Pork Siopao too!

I really like this place I been coming here for years now.
I usually come here for Pan de Sal or Cheese Rolls which are my favorite when they are given to me fresh out the oven before your eyes. Love love love them! Did I say they are super fresh? Lol
I really like this place!

My family has been coming to this Valerio’s to get that bag of hot Pandesal for years. The food is great but my only issue is just getting out of that parking lot. Don’t get me wrong, plenty of parking but there are those cars parked on the street that make it difficult to see oncoming traffic from both sides. Sometimes I feel like I have to crawl halfway into oncoming traffic just to see if it’s clear. For this reason, I prefer Valerio’s on Plaza Blvd but if you want a bag of steamed siopao you go here.

What a disappointment ! I ordered chicken adobo combo meal because I was craving but the taste was awful ! Too sour! Yikes! They put too much vinegar in it. What a waste of money and time!

Two item combo is your best bet! The longanisa is bomb and so is the pancit. The hidden gem at this place… The dinuguan. If you have that special palate and enjoy dinuguan as I, do not hesitate to order this dish from valerio’s. It’s as good as it gets. Over some plain white steamed rice, recommended and required. Yes, chocolate meat is approved
Oh while you’re here, also drop some cash on:
Hot pan de sal
Siopao
Bibinka
Pan de ube
Pan de coco
Your sweet tooth mouth and tummy will thank you.

O-​M-​G! The Filipina girl in me was like a kid in a candy store (well bakery). Whenever I’m in San Diego, I have to hit up this spot. I arrived 10 mins until closing, and it was still fairly busy on a week day. The selection was ok, I think because it was closing shortly, but I was still greeted friendly with the cashier. You can tell everything was baked fresh, you could smell it coming through the bag. I ended up getting half a bag of pandesal (like bread dinners rolls, but better — to dip into coffee /​spread butter), and a cheese roll. I didn’t want to get too crazy on vacation, but everything was good pricing, if I could compare to Las Vegas. 6 rolls = $ 2, and a cheese bread $ 1 something. You can even request for warm pandesal, which is amazing — and addicting, ugh lol. Any who this spot reminds me of my childhood. Wish I took pictures, but I ate it right away lol.

Had a really fresh and good chicken siapao. I would definitely recommend going here!

The turon here is so yummy! And the giniling! Buy a bag of hot pandesal and put giniling inside! Tastes good!

Best place to get Tapsilog at 6:00 in the morning! They also have great cheese balls.

I am giving them one star because although the food was okay (and I love Valerio’s cheesebread), the lady at the register was very RUDE. I’m usually very open to coming here because my boyfriend loves their dinuguan, but I will never ever go there again. I’ve never met such classless people in my life. I am Filipino-​American and although I can’t speak I can understand what they are saying and they were talking shit about me in Tagalog behind my back thinking that 1. I couldn’t hear them and 2. I didn’t understand. I know to some Filipinos that is normal, but I’m sorry… That’s not okay in my book. Also, she was so malandi («flirty» in English). Stick to your job lady and take your flirting and shit talking some place else. Sorry for the venting review, but that really upset me and I’m usually not easily offended. In all honesty, I would give zero stars if I could.

I love there cheese bread it’s so yummy and we always get our pan de sal here too. It’s a small bakery owned by Philippinos and they make great food and bread. Better then any other bakery I’ve taste. It’s original too it’s been here for years so you no it’s legit :)

SO GOOD!!! Some girls I work with brought the Pan De Sal to work! This is melt in your mouth sweetness! I was in heaven! This place is amazing and I have already made a trip out there from Mission Valley! Well worth the drive and def will be recommending to everyone I know!

I had to satisfy my cravings for Filipino sweets, and found it here. I had the halo halo, which filled me up and the babingka and cuchinta. Husband and son wolfed down pansit and rice. Would come here at least once a week, if I lived here.
Only down side, which is weird is there is no public restroom, according to my husband who saw a sign proclaiming this.

Although I came here for nostalgic purposes, it’s definately not the place it used to be. half the breakfast menu items were not available at 9am.

I love this place.
I’ve been coming here pretty regularly now for about 6 months. I was going to the Valerio’s (of different owners) on Plaza… until my dear friend Angelo pointed me in this direction while I searched for empanadas.
Now, I can’t stop coming here. Their empanadas are fresh and tasty. I prefer the chicken over beef. Everyone raves about their Pan de Sal… and it IS quite delicious. Though, it’s not my reason for coming here.
No. I LOVE. And I do mean LOVE their Pan de Ube and Siopao and Ensaymada (or ensaymada ube) and Pan de Pina and their Cheeserolls and … okay you get the idea.
Anyways. Their Pan de Ube is better than «that other place.» It has a better consistency and sweeter flavor, though not as good as how my great grandma used to make it (noone makes it like she did. noone). They stuff a fair amount of ube in the rolls, but still leave enough bread. Very filling, but an awesome dessert.
I am an addict for their siopao. Addict. My husband and I go through a bag of 6 like it’s nothing. The pork siopao has a slightly sweeter taste than I’ve experienced at other places… and this may be why I like it better. And it’s LOADED with meat.
I’ve had their other food too. Their turon (banana lumpia) is best in town. Breakfast is served from 6am-​10am (perfect to catch before work)…mmmm longsilog! Their chicken adobo is pretty good too, not as greasy as Tita’s. Wasn’t a fan of their kare kare… but I’m extremely picky about that, since my dad cooks it a very specific way.
Just tried their Ginataang Bilo Bilo. Sadly, it tasted salty. Not sure why it tasted so salty. And there were no tapioca balls :((And not that much langka. I still can’t figure out why it tasted salty though. my guess is the bilo bilo? But it was nice and soft… no hard uncooked centers.
As for customer service. Never had a problem. They’ve always been really nice to me.
OH YEAH! And they accept CREDIT! Big win.

Customer service? I don’t think they have that!!! My friend called here to ask about their famous buko pie, since everyone here in LA is talking about that one. She’s planning to buy us a lot and so since shes coming from LA, she asked the lady on the phone for direction going there, but she can’t give the direction and so she asked the other lady «she’s asking for direction, can you help her? Amazingly my friend heard in the background «tell her to just walk!!! «in Tagalog. Is this how you treat a customer? If you want people to keep coming back to your place, you’ve got to cater to all areas of customer service. It does not mean that you’ve got to tell a potential customer to walk just because you can’t give a driving direction!!! No matter how good your buko pie or whatever if your customer service SUCKS, you LoSE!!!
As much as I want to taste that pie, nevermind!!! SAKSAK NYO SA BAGA NYO ang buko pie nyo! You don’t even deserve a star !

This is my Filipino bakery! I like how they make their turon. It’s very crispy and thin. I don’t like them all banana filled. That’s what bananaQs are for. Love all their ube filled pastries. Hot pandesal too!
But.
Their cheese balls automatically get 5 stars from me. So so good! I love how my mom will have a box sitting on the counter. Warm it up and it’s good for breakfast with a cup of coffee. Or, just warm it up anytime to snack on. Those things are addictive. Yes. Go get some!

Do not get their halo halo! Chunks of ice!!!
Kinda gross handling food, to bread to drinks by the cashier…
The only upside was the cheese bread.
This is the case where one should stick to their specialty of baking only.

Valerio’s will always have a special place in my heart. I love coming here. I just moved to San Diego at the beginning of this year, but having so much family in the National City area, I have been coming here with family for as long as I can remember.
Every trip to San Diego (and trust me, my family and I have made hundreds to trips down in my lifetime) was coupled with a trip to Valerios. I come from the central valley and my options for filipino food and bakeries is limited to a few sub par places.
All of the breads and pastries here are fresh and delicious. My all time favorite is the pan de ube. It is definitely the ube of my childhood. Fresh rolls filled with mounds of purple yam jam. The ube I get from northern california does not compare. The bakeries at home put minimal ube and the bread was usually too flaky and dry for my taste. I cannot get enough of the ube here though, perfectly made and absolutely delicious.
Overall, the prices are good and the food delicious!

I saved like $ 4 on fruit at Carnival accross the street, so I had to hit me up some Valerio’s.
6:25am = bbq pork, longaniza, pancit, and 6xPandesal. Lunch for a few days for Valerie at work and I’m the world’s best boyfriend for at least 2 hours.
See my review on Valerio’s in Chula Vista for more of my thoughts.
Love this place!