House of Bread

This is the only Mexican bakery I have found in the area so I have been here quite a few times. The bread is decent, nothing is extraordinarily good. Except the conchas, they are very good and soft. BUT this place is pricey!!! I’ve been to much better priced bakeries. Most places have conchas at 5 for $ 1 or 4 for $ 1. This place has them for 70¢ each! Ridiculous. Also, they sell salsa which I wanted to try but every time I go, the salsa on the shelf is dated to be weeks old, not good. It’s not even like its glass jarred so it’s preserves better. It’s just in some plastic cups with a lid. Do better and cut those prices.

I was excited to find a Mexican Bakery in Spring. This place had a fairly large variety. After trying a couple of pieces I concluded that the bread here isn’t overly sweet. The flan and tres leches cakes were definitely not sweet enough for what we like. Nothing tasted bad, it’s just that everything lacked a little in flavor.

Love this place so fresh delish and a great selection of Mexican sodas. Was so excited to find a good pan place on my new side of town. Im going to tell all my friends about this place!

I like that this option is available and closer than most other Mexican bakeries to fulfill my quarterly cravings. We went on a Saturday about 5 pm. They have plenty of pastry options, most which are standard, nothing different or new. Coffee, cakes, and candies are also available. They do have tamales but that day the pork were sold out. We tried the bean and cheese which we had for breakfast (of course I added red chili and Fried eggs). They were average a little dry and small but the flavor was good. We took home some red and green salsa which were both fresh. The green was spicier and my favorite of the two. We were kind of bummed because they sell barbacoa by the pound, however, it’s only available on the «other side» /​restaurant side, which was closed already. I had been there before so the restaurant is new and we will be back to try that some day.

Upon entrance you will find the bakery to your right and a seating area to your left.
It took me a quick minute to find the tray and tongs (they are toward the back right case), and as I kept chanting to myself don’t go overboard, restrain, restrain. Its so hard, they know what they are doing placing all those wonderful carb loaded sweets behind glass cases that are open game to you.
I opted for the following:
Sweet Potato & Caramel Empanadas
Pan Dulce Elote– These are those «ear of corn» shaped pastries coated in sugar and stuffed with a sugar type streusel.
Barita de fresa — Flakey pastry coated in sugar with strawberry jam
Marranitos — These are by far my absolute FAVORITE cookie second to the ginger snap, but I am sure they are in the same family, as these are a molasses cookie that pairs well with the morning hot cup of Joe. They were on point with them being soft with a think flaky top layer.
Chicken Empanada– This didn’t make it out of the parking lot. Topped with sesame seeds and generously stuffed with shredded chicken and veggies. The accompanying sauce was delicious and I’m glad they give you one for ever empanada, though I honestly could have eaten the sauce by itself.

I finally decided to stop in after bookmarking this place for a while. It did not disappoint, I wasn’t going in there and expecting much. I’ve visited bakeries like this before in the past and was never crazy about the pastries I brought home, most of the time they were dry and tasteless and usually ended up in the garbage after a few days. However, after the first bite of an item I picked up from House of Bread I was hooked. I decided to only buy a few items to try before going crazy and filling up the round tray like I normally do. I bought the chicken and beef empanada, a long pastry that is twisted and has fruit filling (I picked up the strawberry one), also grabbed myself the round cookie with sprinkles, b/​c the kid in me just loves all the color, hehe. I kid you not, I sat in my car and ate both empanada’s, the chimmichuri sauce it came with is delish. It’s not like the traditional green chimmichuri sauce I’m used to but it was still tasty. Before I even got to my next destination I had already annihilated the pastries, they were both delish, and not overly sweet and very fresh.
They have a little area you can sit down and order lunch/​dinner and on the opposite end you’ll find the bakery. It’s going to be hard to limit myself from coming here since it’s literally 5 mins from my house. I’m happy this little gem is here, and I look forward to returning there to try more of their goodies.

I found a Mexican Bakery!
Quintessential reminiscent of my childhood. Going to the bakery in Mexico was always a special treat. You grab your stainless steel round tray and tongs and peruse all the glass cabinets for your favorite to take home. This little bakery offered a huge array of Mexican pastries from Conchas in pink, yellow, white and chocolate sugar toppings. Pastellitos with bright pink frosting, sweet filled empanadas and my surprise? Bollilos! Equivalent to a loaf of French bread but smaller. Perfect for frijoles or enjoying with a big bowl of Menudo.
They have two small trays of Argentinean beef and chicken empanadas (which are a South American specialty).
You can also pick up some ready-​made birthday cakes or special order a cake. They have a huge book with plenty of designs especially for kids.
A small seating area is for breakfast from 8 – 12 noon with a small white board featuring some menu items (not sure if it was a complete menu or daily specials) but we will be back to try them out.
They also sell tamales. On our visit the only type of tamales they had left were red chile and we were told they were not spicy. So perfect if you have little kids. The tamales were more like finger food. They were small and just okay. Being that I’m Mexican and use to mom’s home-​made these fell short for me.
The Conchas were not the perfected recipe that I’m accustomed to. These very traditional Mexican pastries are called Conchas (sea-​shells) and can be found in almost any Mexican pastry shop. The cookies were very good-​pink and yellow round sugary tasty treats.
The Bolillos were perfection. This was a solid 5-​star bread. You’ll want to dip this in your Menudo quicker than I can say tripe!
Service was friendly but they forgot to pack our savory empanadas!
Regardless, this little shop will be a regular stop for us.

It was my first time at this bakery and the person was so friendly and helpful! not to forget the goodies were yummy! I don’t have a very sweet tooth and wanted to get some things that are not too sweet and have a artificial flavor. This was just what I had been looking for since 2 years!!! Can’t wait To again to stock up!!!

I had the breakfast plate which was huevos rancheros and my mom had the lunch which was a pork with rice and beans. I must say it was some of the best and most authentic food I have ever had. So fresh! I would highly recommend to anyone!

I have to fight so hard to limit myself from coming to this place.
It is a joy to find a place that has meat empanadas that are actually tasty! And they do not skimp on the filling!
The sweet bread is SO soft and fresh tasting that it’s like you’re eating little clouds from heaven.
Mm-​mm. That’s all I gotta say.

I need a larger size wardrobe. Everything is divine! So fresh and yummy! My weekly sweet treat stop. I love this place! To much!

never in my life have I tasted pasteries and sweets better than this! much much better than Starbucks and definitely cheaper. the cashier /​helper is always so sweet and helpful and can explain how and when anything is made. this place is such a gem!

Hands down one of the best restaurant/​stores I know, and one I’ll def miss when I move back East. It’s a hidden gem I wish got a little more attention. There’s nothing in the store that deserves less than 5 stars. Try this place for yourself.

Best sweet bread selection in the woodlands! Finally some SPICY Tamales at a good price in the area as well! I come to this place at least a couple times a week for my tamale fix, they’re very addicting.

This little Argentian bakery is on the left side on Borough Park Dr. coming from Sawdust. First off I was greeted nicely by I think the owner’s son. Right now it’s kind of small but they are continually baking all day so the pastries, empanadas and tamales are fresh.
They are building on to expand it into a restaurant I was told. I wish them much success. We need more good ethnic food in the Woodlands area.
I really liked the poblano and cojita tamales. They are a bit on the smaller side but very delicious and taste like they used fresh ingredients in them. The empanadas were very good also with the exclusion of the sesame seeds on one of them (not a sesame seed fan) which made the empanada a bit bitter. I personally don’t think they are needed because the crust and inside meat/​vegetables are delicious enough. The bakery items are super fresh and taste like they were made from quality ingredients. The churro was very yummy.
They also sell fresh made rolls.
Not an El Bolillo but definitely worth a try even though they are on the smaller side for now.

I love this place. Their tamales and treats are delish, great prices and the family who owns/​runs it are so very friendly.

They have amazing tamales! Very reasonably priced and home made. They have great pastries. I can’t wait for them to open up their café. If you are close by, go check them out.

really good south american desserts

This place is so good, I’m so glad we stumbled into it on accident! The prices are really great and the bread is wonderful! We went on a Friday and went the very next day to buy more! What I really fell in love with was the cookies with the colors of the Argentina flag, so cute and tasted even better me and my family love this place, check it out for yourself!

So far we have only tried the tamales, and they are very good! Looking forward to trying more of their offerings.