Panchitas Bakery

Isn’t the best, it’s a hot and humid shop, no windows, I tried their bubble gum ice cream, I love sweet stuff, but this, it was just waayy to sweet, for me anyway.

Freaking disgusting!!!
All the doors to the pastries were open and not protected from any flies. Everything I bought with «strawberry» in it tasted sour and spoiled! Tf?! Cant believe I dropped like 15 bucks at this place for less than a dozen of gross spoiled pastries! I heard this place is super old and supposed to be good. There’s no way I’m ever gonna go back. Go to the pancho villa market down the street on El cajon. they’re shtuff is way bomber.

We tried 4 items including the flan. None of it was bad, but we’ve certainly had better.

There is a problem with the freshness of their baked goods. Last week I bought several pieces and I found them mostly on the dry side. One empanada, which I took from the case near the register, turned out to have mold!
My advice is to go here only if it’s convenient and check the bread before paying. If you can drive over to the Panchitas on Golden Hill you will find a bigger selection and fresher stuff.

I’m guessing this is an «Authentic» Mexican bakery, but I probably have a more Westernized palate when it comes to dessert. The Tres Leches was totally ugh, it was soaked in some sort of thin, tangy (I hope not sour) milk, with a gummy coating on top that was not very flavorful. We saw this on a list of best San Diego chain restaurants, but it was a disappointment.

When their today and I got the Mexican wedding cookies (white cookie with powderrd sugar) and a variety of others! So delicious! I’ve been coming here for 10 years and I’m hooked. Only sad part was it seemed like they didn’t have much of a selection :(no puerquitos or orejas. Hopefully they add a little bit more of a variety.

This place is so yummy! Such good prices for great food! Try getting there as early as possible, the later you wait the the more empty their shelves become. Anytime after 10am items are limited. Anything with custard in the middle is amazing! Cash only!

Its soooo bad that this place is close by my work! I love the jalapeño cream cheese bread. It is so damn good, I am seriously hooked.

I called the number given to ask if they make brownie cake and the person who answered only spoke Spanish… I didnt know I moved to Mexico!!! REALLY!!! Losts of business lost here!!!

Stepped into the hood for a bit, I think you have to have grown up with pan dulce to like this place.
You grab a round metal tray up front, along with some tongs, and pick out the different pastries/​breads that catch your eye. Most are marked with the price, and some are marked with what’s inside, but most I guess you should just be familiar with. There are croissants, cookies, breads of all sorts. I just picked a few out to taste. It’s maaad cheap and you get bang for your buck. This review is really just for the cookies, croissants, and breads. I really didn’t enjoy any of it! I felt like the breads were dry and something you eat that’s a week old. I probably missed out on the cake apparently! That’s probably what I should have ordered. But I won’t be back for the self-​service pastries.

The best Bakery Store I’ve ever been in my life! Tehy used to buy bakery the one in 25^th street but My parents always brings pan dulce on the weekends because its closer before they leave to TJ. (I guess they buy 2 dozen of them). Once day I went by myself, there were a lot of choices to choose. I choose cheesecakes, empanadas, conchas, churros and all the good stuff before studying for midterms. Make sure to be there around 5am and 3pm because they more around those times. If not they run out fast. Highly recommend this place.

One word to describe this location in particular… EW.
I am a fan of this mexican bakery chain however after walking in one time, I’ll probably never come in again. (to this specific location)
They keep their doors closed and have some of their pastries stored in behind a sliding glass cabinet, however that doesn’t seem to keep the flies out of their food. Inside the store they were a ton of flies and even worse was the fact that there were dozens of them actually touching the pastries with no effort from the staff to get rid of the flies in the store. I don’t understand the point of using a cabinet to hold some of the pastries when there is a swarm of flies reproducing inside that cabinet and the staff seems to be okay with trying to sell off contaminated bug ridden food and not exterminate the infestation they have in their store.

I absolutely love this place. since our visit to mexico city, we have been on the hunt for a good mexican bakery and here it is!!! It’s best to go as early as you can to get it as fresh as you can but even at noon everything is still delicious and best warmed up a little. Their tres leche cake is out of this world!!!

Drove by after dinner looking for a tres leches cake for dessert.
I didn’t even know this place was here, found it just by chance.
The store was pretty clean for the area and the lady working was very friendly.
She didn’t speak English, but that wasn’t a problem. She was helpful and the cake was pretty good.
Will come by and try more things in the future.

I love this bakery and always stop in whenever I am getting food next door at Tom’s BBQ. The first time I tried Panchitas, I did not know to pick up a tray and tongs and make my selection. They have so many goodies here and it’s inexpensive. There are cookies, muffins, pastries, cakes, cheesecakes, and bolillos. I am not a fan of the conchas or mantecados. Parking is kind of tricky, it’s a small lot. Street parking on University is not a great idea but that may be your only other option. This place is my Sunday morning ritual.
I usually get:
1. Churros — a few times I had the chance to get freshly made churros that were warm, delicious, and filled with caramel.
2. Corn muffins — I think that is what they are. They just taste great. Not too sweet and not dry like some bread can be.
3. Gingerbread cookies shaped like pigs. I think it’s gingerbread. They are kind of dry but the taste of the gingerbread reminds me of a fond time in my life.
4. Empanadas and any fruit topped/​filled pastry.
5. Cakes — if it has coconut, nuts, or cream filled we will try it and love it.

I love Panchitas! I work a block away from this location and every time I need some sweets for a meeting I go and pick up a variety of things from Panchitas.
When you enter, go over to the counter and grab a tray and tongs. Everything in the display cases is clearly labeled with (exceptionally reasonable, even dirt cheap) prices, and there is an amazing variety of things to choose from. My favorites are the brownie with walnuts and the churros. YUM!
Beware that it is cash only and the staff speaks very limited English. It’s not a problem because you just hand them your tray and they’ll ring you up! The last time I was there, I got cookies and pastries for about 15 people and it only cost me $ 7.

After grabbing some takeout next door at Tom’s bbw, we tried a bunch of pastries. I can’t remember all of them, but they were good and reasonably priced. I’ve had mexican baked goods in LA, and they are just as good. I like that they are not super sweet and that there is a huge variety. They only take cash so we couldn’t get one of everything like I wanted…

After driving through an anti-​war rally that was occurring a block away, a group of us made it to the bakery. Once we safely made it inside, we were immediately struck by the distinctive spell of fresh baked pastries. As we went into sensory overload, someone suggested the easiest thing to do was to grab a couple of trays and fill them up with different items. I can’t begin to tell you the names of everything we tried but nothing was bad and some were surprisingly good. I have had Mexican pastries before but I think this may have been my first time in an actual bakery.
You would not believe how much stuff we got for $ 10. It was not very conducive to eating there as we basically just all stood around, trying not to drop too many crumbs on the ground but I would certainly go back to pick up some treats.
The only downsides to this place was that they don’t speak English and there is no place to eat there.

I’m not sure what it’s called, but they have slices of this pastry that has pieces of guava in it and a crispy topping-​it is absolutely DELICIOUS! (a really good accompaniment to a nice cup of tea)
I haven’t tried much else from here because I always go in for this and:
1) I don’t want to feel like a fat ass knowing that:
2) I usually devour everything once I get it home!

Ah, pan dulce. It’s better in Mexico than in San Diego. But the 4 or 5 Panchitas in San Diego are all good places to grab a pastry. Bolillos are the greatest.