El Folklor Bakery

Delicious pastry at this bakery. However, shows close on Mondays but it’s open 6am to 8pm

Yummy pastries, excellent Barbacoa and friendly customer service! Looking forward to visiting again!

Love this place! I’m from the valley so it felt like home. It was so hard to choose just one. So glad I found this place so close to home and don’t have to travel to the south side of town.

We stopped by to get some tamales and barbacoa. The corn tortillas at not home made but the it was still very good. I would recommend try thier barbacoa. It is not greasy and is full of meat without the fat. The tamales are more of a blond masa but they still have a good flavor because the meat is seasoned just right.

It is a health hazard for me and my husband to live so close to this authentic Mexican bakery! Great variety and flavors!
Very clean! no flies on sight!
Para antojitos de pan dulce yes It’s right on!

Finally a panaderia close to me. I bought mostly everything with pecan and everything was good. Empanadas de cajeta, guava y queso were delicious and not overly sweet. Bought a half dozen tamales and should’ve gone for the full. They were good and not greasy. No heartburn after so that’s a good sign.

Very lucky to have this bakery close to home although I would drive across town to buy their quesadilla salvadoreña.

Ladies were very nice. You could tell it was a family affair. But unfortunately the pastries and sweets were not great. Just average. And there was no place to sit either. I don’t think i’ll be going out of my way for this.

Great bread — love the semolina rolls and chocolate chip bread too.

Oh yes. The pastries here are delish. It’s very close to where I live so come here often. Clean place with a wicked friendly staff. Highly-​recommend it. :-)

Every time I come here the pastries are delicious. I’ve bought the temales twice and both times I was pleased.

Love their cinnamon rolls and barbacoa! They only have barbacoa on the weekend and it goes fast so get their early. I also like that they have more American fare at times like cupcakes and cake. I got a birthday cake once and was not disappointed but this is a nice place for a Sunday morning stop for some empanadas for sure.

This was such a treat! I know nothing about Mexican pastries, but had to try this bakery because of the great reviews. The owner was very friendly and explained what everything was and I desided on an assortment. Each and every cookie and pastry was delicious! I can’t wait to go back and taste more and also pick up some tamales.

Finally stopped in after I had been eyeing this place for months. Very impressed! Pan de huevo was the best I’ve had to my memory. Tried a sample of the piña colada cake and will certainly be ordering one soon, once I find an excuse to buy a whole cake.

I read the two previous reviews before trying EL FOLKLOR and had to verify the reputation that was being established. I only felt qualified to add a review after 3 visits and trying a variety of items.
Tamales (2 dozen didn’t last 5 minutes with my friends at Starbucks)
Fig loaf which I had never imagined, was a nice complement to Sunday morning chai. And the empanadas de queso which, more than one person thought they were good enough to have another round before I got one.
I noticed some kolaches I am eager to try.
They have never been too busy to take time to help.

My hat’s off to Ms. Gabby. She has a great bakery. Great because of several reasons:
1. It’s close to where I live. And as the other reviewer mentioned, there aren’t too many on this side of town and for the ones that are, they aren’t that much to write home about. That means YOU, HEB & Wal-​Mart.
2. The bakery is kuh-​leen! Very neat. A place for everything and everything in its place.
3. There are prices listed. I don’t have to go back and forth with the «How much are these?» and «How much is this?» questions.
4. The prices are very fair. And there are a few galletas that have ‘smaller’ versions too. For example, I saw some polvorons that were pretty big for about a buck or so on one side of the bakery and on the opposite side, I saw their much smaller counterparts for about 25 cents each.
5. The variety was pretty good. Sugared, sprinkled, dusted, and chocolate galletas just to name a few. All thrown in with various empanadas, cakes, tortillas, and pan frances. They also have the day old breads on the top of the counter (by the register). A bag of goodies for a buck.
6. I also read their sign saying they sell barbacoa and tamales but I just can’t remember when. I think the barbacoa only on the weekend? I came in late in the evening so neither was available when I went. I’ll have to double check but I’m pretty excited to try both.
7. Serve yourself or they can help you but be careful because I dropped a cookie (it slid off the tray because of my clumsiness). Thankfully, Gabby was very nice about it. :D
Again, I can’t say it enough. Gabby is very sweet — much like the rest of the goodies they sell here. I can’t wait to become a regular!

Super clean and authentic!
El Folklor recently opened on Bandera, so we stopped in before work/​school to give it a try. They have a good selection of Mexican pasteries, as well as tortillas and bollios. You grab your tray, load up what you want, then take everything to the register and they’ll total it up and send you on your way. My daughter and I ordered a couple of conchas and a campechana, both of which were good. Prior to El Folklor opening, there hasn’t been a Mexican bakery near us, so we’ve been buying our pasteries from HEB. After two bites my daughter got a suprised look on her face and exclaimed «This is way better than HEB!» I agree. Way better than HEB.