Valerio’s Bakery

NO STARS!!! My husbands parents live around the corner and frequent this place for some type of desert with a banana filling, (not sure what it’s called) so we stopped in to get some for her. After waiting over 5 min and the store was empty one of the three employees finally turned around and said NEXT, although we were the ONLY customers in the store!!! I asked a question about something I saw that looked very good, wanting to know what it was and what was inside as I’ve never been there before. She told me the name as if I’m supposed to know and when I asked what’s inside she looked at me with a rude face and said butter and cheese, I asked is it on top of a roll? No she says, I ask is it dough, what is the cheese and butter on, again she repeats the name and turns to my husband. At this time another customer has entered and heard my questions and while my husband asked her if she had anymore of what she had been packaging the customer told me that yes it is like a roll with butter and cheese. The employee tells my husband sharply no they have no more and then walks over to help the new customer. I’ve never had such rude customer service in my life and so disappointed because I really wanted to try what I had been asking about! Hopefully this family gets rid of their rude employees or they will end up losing the customers they need to stay in business!

Masungit yung kahera!!!
The cashier to the right if you are facing the counter was so rude.
She wouldn’t honor my receipt although that was the proof that I paid for the dozen pandesal.
She said that since I ordered my pandesal from the other cashier that I should get my pandesal from that other cashier. It is as if they were two different stores.
Can she not help her other co-​employee?
That wasn’t the first time.
The previous time, I paid for mongo hopia and she did not even place it in my bag. I got home without the hopia. Arghhh!
One more. The woman cleaning the glass panes got mad (really angry) at the customers who made fun of the buko pie that they bought from Valerio. The customers said it looked like crème brûlée. The cleaning woman got so mad and uttered something angrily.

Their fresh out of the oven hot pan de sal is the bomb!!! $ 2.70 a dozen now, soooo good, melt in ur mouth and tasty. I also like their pan de ube and siopao. The empanadas and turons are ok

For the Filipino natives and honorary Filipinos out there, this bakery is the place to go when you want pan de sal.
At all times of the day, they have hot pan de sal available. For those that don’t know what that is, it’s Filipino bread. It comes out nice and warm and you can’t help, but take a bite right away. A dozen hot pan de sal costs $ 2.50, such a steal!
I also love the cheese rolls. It’s a sweet roll with cheese inside. I don’t know what kind of cheese, but it’s a really delicious treat. I also like the pan de sal filled with ube.
I love when they have turon. If you go late at night, it’s usually sold out. Also, the bola bola! Sometimes I get lucky and they still have it available, but both those items are usually gone by 6 or 7 when I get there.
This is an authentic Filipino bakery and it’s all very cheap!

First of all I already made the request that I would be bringing Turon to the potluck. Anyways I had the run of luck because seafood city near our house on Nordhoff opens the next morning at 8:00 and I need to be at the seminar around 9:00. That Saturday I woke up at 5:30 called the bakery spoke to Ben and put an order for Turon. By the time I had gone there at 6:30 it was packed and ready to be picked up. Thank god for places that open this early for early morning events. The ladies were so nice and believe the line was so long. Thank god, I placed an order to be picked up or I would have been late to where I’m heading to because people were waiting in line and others were ordering batches making it impossible to order but just wait for the fresh ones. I would order again for the upcoming holidays.

The date of the review is September 19, 2015.
On that day, I stopped at the Valerio’s Bakery to buy Empanadas. They had both the beef and chicken Empanadas selling at 5 for $ 4.25. I purchased 5 chicken Empanadas and 5 beef Empanadas.
I warmed up the Empanadas in the toaster oven to remove the chill from them. Both kinds of Empanadas tasted good but I noticed the dough crust was too thick. To avoid the excess dough, I trimmed the edges leaving the center with the meat.
The lady that assisted me tried to make me buy other Filipino pastry items. But since I am not familiar with Filipino food, I had to pass this time. Next time I stop at the Valerio’s Bakery, I will do more research in Filipino pastries.
3−½ stars are awarded for Valerio’s Empanadas, rounded to 4 stars.

Be extra careful when doing transaction at this branch. Count the no of items you purchase. Calculate your total and your change. Today I bought 15 pcs of Chicken Empanada, the staff Lavinia put it in a box and sealed it. I trusted her, but when I got home. She only put 13 pcs. This is not a first time incident. The first one was months ago, when the cashier over charged me with $ 13. My total purchase reached $ 50, I noticed something was wrong. I asked the cashier to re-​calculate, she had to give me back the excess amount. Don’t they know how to count? BE CAUTIOUS!!!
Emma Stein

Best place to get fresh out of the oven Pan De Sal! Every time we come her we buy a few dozen to take back home. Other than that, their bibingka is pretty good as well especially when fresh. The bakery is rather small but is kept nice and tidy. I haven’t tried very much else but I’m sure the other items must be good too.

We were happy to grab some hot pan de sal and hopia. Made the kids happy. The pandesal didnt survive the trip home. We should have bought a second bag. Parking can be a challenge on weekends.

The chicken and beef empanadas seems to be spoiled or were not made fresh. The empanada filling’s color does not look appetizing. It had a sour taste and did not smell right.
It might be a good idea to take a bite of the empanadas before leaving the store.
However, their other baked goods are excellent. Specially their fresh baked hot pan desal.

I’m from VA and the cost of the filipino pastries are quite expensive. We racked up on so much pastries to bring back from our trip since the pricing here was cheap. This particular one is smaller than the one in Daly City. The pastries were good.

They have my favorite cheese bread at a great price. Friendly staff as well. Large parking lot.

I’m definitely a big fan of bakeries, a Filipino one at that. This place has a love hate relationship with me. The only reason I keep coming back is because my husband and I are addicted to their Turon, fried banana eggroll.
Now the reason why this place got a 3 stars because for some time now some of their goods have not tasted well. Their cheese permiento bread that I used to love is no longer the same. The bread is hard and there was literally barely enough cheese inside. I’m talking about two tablespoons worth. They also have this 40% off section for day old bread but have come to realize that I’ve paid full price. So check your receipts!
Last but not least I hate being rushed. I’ve stood their for about 5 seconds and I’ve been asked plenty of times if I was ready to pay. I haven’t even looked around yet.
Other than that, try their FRESH pandesal. Lol

The breads are good… The kakanin and bibingka are good too its just that after 3 days it went bad … so I don’t think it was made that day when they told me… I will still come back bcoz its really good.

Amazingly friendly service, but unfortunately perhaps the things I picked weren’t the best! I did not get to try the pan de sal since I walked in late. I was greeted by a friendly woman behind the counter, walked in thinking it was a Mexican bakery, looked around to realize than rather than the French/​Mexican sweet bread they sell other types of bread. Opted for the sweet items from the counter, got a rice cake and I don’t know if the bag had a bad smell or the cake itself but when I brought it home the bread smelled so bad, I tried to ignore the smell took it out cut a piece and was not very pleased. Then I tried the platain toro treats and they were a little better but nothing out of this world. Might have to come back and try something else that the other reviewers recommend.

Although there was a line at 7am to get fresh Pan De Sal, the line went really quickly. As fast as the ladies behind the counter could put the hot, freshly baked breads in a bag fast. The Pan De Sal was heavenly. Perfectly cooked, it was still steaming in the bag by the time I got them home. These are definitiely worth a trip for.
However I also tried their chicken and beef empanadas. These I was not a fan of. The chicken had this weird ground up texture and the beef was a bit too sweet for my taste.

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Came here for the other night with my roommate. I’ve never been to Valerio’s before but apparently it’s a popular Filipino bakery that is often associated with Seafood City.
They had a large variety of baked goods, most of which which different types of breads. We purchased the ube pan de sal. They had a bunch of others but those were the only ones I was interested in getting. They also had a refrigerator that had some beverages, and cold desserts like cassava cake, etc.
At the counter that had other sweeter items. I ended up purchasing the sapin sapin. They also had egg pie, which I was tempted to get, but ended up not getting.
I was kinda disappointed by the selection. Maybe this is just how they are, but I was expecting a larger assortment of desserts. It was mostly just bready items.
Also, the woman working there was annoying me. As soon as she walked in, she talked to us and asked if we were ready to pay. Um, I literally just walked into the store 10 seconds ago, so no, I’m not ready to pay. Impatient, much? Then when we were paying, she insisted we buy some of their siopao, but I didn’t want one… She asked us like 3 or 4 times. In addition, she also asked some personal questions to my roommate and I thought it was kinda rude.
Overall, ok bakery. I haven’t tried the items we bought yet but I’m sure they will be good. Just wasn’t super pleased with the selection and the service.

The smell of freshly baked pan de sal?! Omg best aroma to walk in to! Valerie’s has good deals and prices relatively well.
The assortment of bakery items are in abundance too — pan de ube, empanadas, cheese rolls, etc. it’s straight up Filipino carb city! Love it!

My favorite place for Filipino bread. Great pan de sal, pan de ube, karioka and merengues.
Prices are super cheap, and they make the breads fresh.

All-​carb, all-​sweet, all-​fattening Filipino goodness! Can’t go wrong with hot freshly baked Pandesal at a cheap price.
All other bakery products are sold here including some bread spread that is home-​made like the cheese pimiento. They also have all types of delicacies. A total one-​stop shop!