Valerio’s Tropical Bake Shop

I’m not a big carb person so bakeries are not under my frequent flyer radar, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate a good one especially when hubby likes the baked chicken siopao that come 6 in a box for $ 5.99 which is quite reasonable. They are baked fresh daily and are sometimes still warm in the box, but are gone by early to mid afternoon due to popularity. The bread is good. The chicken filling is tasty, generous and not over-​the-​top sweet; it also has a little bit of a hard boiled egg in it which is a nice touch. Prefer baked over steamed. Also tried their baked «chicken special» bun which has a chicken salad flavoring and baked pork bun. Hubby’s favorite is still the baked chicken bun which tastes like a pork siopao but healthier.
Update 1÷22÷16: With the new year, prices have gone up a bit. 6 baked siopao in a box now sell for $ 6.79 instead of $ 5.99. It’s still a good deal and the buns taste great. The remodel looks fab, better organized, nice colors and more enjoyable to shop in :)

Its alright… but not that best. There are some other filipino bakery you can check and compare.
Taste is basically fine.

A lot of people don’t know this, but Filipinos are totally addicted to carbs. We created such illicit types of buttery sweet rolls that come with cheese and are basted with sugar that we should just skip the eating part and slap them onto our thighs and butts. Seriously, avoid at all costs if you are on a diet. The go-​to bread to buy is the pan de sal, pretty much a staple as a sweet roll.
For god’s sake, do not buy the SENORITA BREAD. It may possibly be the most buttery, sugary, soft, make you want to hug your lola kind of bread that you can ever buy and let me tell you, you will not be capable of just eating one.
This is the reason why so many Filipinos have diabetes.

i love this place! its like bread heaven :) so many variety of filipino bread one can never find anywhwre else. everytime work brings me to vallejo or american canyon, i purchase a bunch of bread to take home.

I come here several times a month and get several types of pastries. I must say their chicken empanadas and Turons are good! Reminds me of many Cuban Style empanadas & desserts. I tried their Leche Flan and was a bit disappointed cuz it was kinda hard not creamy smooth. Service can be a bit rushed but they are always busy. Only drawback is if your not Filipino you feel left out and awkward. I hate that!

This is another example of how some Pinoy Merchants do business. Once they get u hooked to their product, they raise the price and skimp on the quality and quantity like this.

Valerio’s Tropical Bake Shop is an excellent introduction to Filipino cuisine. They have cheese-​filled sweet rolls, purple yam pastries, coconut pastries, and a cake that has a topping of shredded cheddar cheese (?) that’s delicious. Filipino cuisine is a fusion of European and Asian long before it became fashionable with Korean taco trucks. Just as Mexico has its adobo, so do Filipinos have their own that involves braising in a vinegar sauce. Valerio’s is a fun, sweet place!

The chicken and beef empanadas are great and are what keep us coming back. The pan de sal is pretty good but there are places more local to us. The ube bread is ok. Would continue to keep coming back just for the empanadas alone!

Customer service here is always lousy.
All cashiers they’ve hired never smiles, rushes you when rung up, slams your change in your hands.
I am in customer service as well and it pains me to be served badly especially by Flilipinos. Amazingly, i noticed, and it never fails, whenever a Caucasian walks in, they get a smile and friendlier service.
Isn’t that called «Double StANdaRD»?
Whatever!
Owner and employees should be friendlier. I’ve given this place one more chance last Sunday and tried their bulilit cheese pimiento. Very, very disappointed. You can barely taste the cheese pimiento at all!
What a waste of my gas and energy!
Valerio’s if you want to stay in business long, let the customers have their money’s worth.
Word of mouth is so important… news travels fast.
Smile and be friendlier, we don’t owe you by coming in to your business.
Should i even give you another chance!!!
Let me know…
Hope this helps!

All I can say is dinner rolls (pandesal) and tocino siopao. They recently added the tocino siopao and this has become my daughter’s favorite. I like dropping by here after shopping in seafood city. I don’t care for the turon. It’s too sweet and you could barely taste the banana. It’s like eating candied lumpia wrapper.

Made a detour to Vallejo because our friends in Crescent City asked for some pan de sal. Saw that this Valerio’s branch was the closest to our route so off we went to find them. As is usually the case, they are located by a Jollibee restaurant and a Seafood City market.
Some Notes:
$ 10 minimum to use credit card
Fairly clean
Clerk was okay
$ 2.25 for a package of pan de sal.
Turon for 65 cents is not too good
Returning factor is good if I lived close by or friends requested pan de sal again.

I love the pan de ube rolls here. Just stopped by and picked up 2 bags along with a few other pastries. 6 pieces of ube stuffed bread for 2.69 isn’t bad as they make a delicious snack on the run.
The hopya mongo was also good. Taste like Chinese moon cake (yellow bean) during the lunar New Years but a lot cheaper.
The pande-​shiosa (plain) was delicious with it buttery crispy spread on top, but I feel so guilty and fat eating it. If you heat it up real quick the spread melts. Is through it in the oven to toast really quick as the Outside develops a crispy crunch.
They allow the use of cc with a minimum ten dollar purchase.
The service stemmed fine to me but I didn’t talk much just grabbed my stuff paid and left.

There are some pretty poor reviews here for Valerio’s, mostly due to their customer service. Personally, I haven’t had any issues with them, and I’ve been coming here for quite a while now.
I would recommend:
— Whole wheat pan de sal
— Bread stuffed with pimento (they don’t skimp on the delicious cheesy filling!)
— Pork asado siopao (be warned that they sell these in packs of 4)
— Ube hopia
— Ube kalamay
— Ube and pineapple flowers (bread with ube or pineapple jam filling twisted into it)
The puto and kutsinta here are not the best, but decent enough to buy whenever I have a craving. Their ukoy (veggie & shrimp fritters) are also yummy and super crunchy, but not a regular item.

Whenever I crave siopao and can’t find any in Fairfield I can depend on Valerio’s to have them. I love their ginataan bilo bilo and I also never leave without ube padesol. If you’re lucky, they’ll have turon or maybe okoy. I’ve never had any problems with their customer service, I typically walk in and out with no problems attached. BTW, credit cards accepted $ 10 minimum.

I use to go to this place all the time with my mother, but I will no longer go there. It is true what the other reviewers have said about the attitude of the cashiers. I traveled all the way to vallejo just to go to this bakery to get me some siopao and it was a disaster. I asked the lady for BBQ Pork Siopao, 2 boxes, which I paid for with a $ 20 (all I had on me). I got my change then went out to my car to put the food away. I forgot to get some pan de sal so i went back into the store, and tried to pay with the change they have given me and they refused it because it was FAKE. I demanded to speak to a manager and they kept telling me that the manager wasn’t there. I admit I should have kept my cool, but I was so angry they had given me a fake and I did raise a fit. Even the other employees had come out and said they did see me come in there earlier and pay with the $ 20, but they gave me a fake and refused to do anything about it. I will never go back into there again. I took that $ 5 and threw it back and told them to keep it as I wasn’t interested in keeping their fake money. And on top of that upon getting home the Siopao I bought wasn’t even the BBQ Pork I asked for.
Note: They do take credit now. Which I should have paid with in the first place then I wouldn’t of had to deal with thier fake money.

Actually this place sucked so bad it does’nt deserve a star at all!!! The old lady (fat) was forcing to sell me a bag of siopao, so i said if possible i wanted to buy only one. So i’ll be able to taste if its good! N she said in tagalog ’ sobra mga tao, sobra talaga mga akala mo kung sino’ (people r too much, too demanding like) i understood she’s showing attitude, but that morning i don’t feel like disrespecting anyone, so instead i said its ok… If they don’t want to sell a single siopao. This business treat their customers like shit, like u owe them gratitude cos u decide to patronize their product. These r the type of employees that should be fired!!! Bad for business n r not happy to have their job! Sadlly their product r not even that good!!! So i told all my family n friends about this incident!!! advise them to avoid this place!!!

Great place to get pan de sal, but my kids love the ube bread or hopia. The selection is good, the prices are great, and the service is good.

This place is known for their pan-​de-​sal. Very tasty rolls but nothing special… its equivalent to a more firm, less sweet hawaiian bread. I guess i was expecting something different.
Chicken and beef (filipino) empanadas are the draw here for my family… its shredded meat filled with raisins and the pastry having a hint of sweetness… i also enjoy the jack fruit/​banana in egg-​roll wrapper, deep fried and glazed with sugar syrup with a slight crunch. Yum!
They now accept CREDIT CARDS! :)

Pan de sal heaven. I love this place for all the random things they put into their pan de sal! I’ve seen adobo, spam, cheese… you name it, they put it in the bread. :)
I love their chicken empanadas and their puto. Heck, I will venture to say that everything here is good!
Wish they took debit cards.

Probably my shortest review ever?
I just luv their «pan de sal» and the «pan de ube» (taro root) breads here. Lots of PI baked goodness!
Cheap and delish…