I'm giving them 4 stars because their fresh made pan dulce is off the charts delicious. Sometimes even warm when you get it. I've had the carnitas several times and once again cooked perfectly!! The tamales...ALSO AMAZING, and I've been coming here for years! My only reason for not giving them 5 STARS.....the woman at the counter and her poor, poor lack of customer service I understand you might not be totally excited about what you do, but unless you're part of the family owned business, maybe consider doing something else? If you are part of the family, maybe ask to be put elsewhere other than the front counter helping customers? I won't stop going there as, like I've mentioned before... I love everything this bakery has to offer. read more

Amazing tamales line was out the door so I knew this place was fire! Def going back and pre ordering!

If you want a good tamale come here but be prepared to wait in line they got lots of goodies here from champurrado to chicharrones and everything is fresh especially the pan dulce read more

I gave her a two star because I went to buy menudo and the Menudo was from a can. Bread is good tho read more

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The store needs some TLC, but if you like Mexican food, you will not be disappointed. It is basically a Mexican bakery, with some already cooked food. I got carnitas (marinated pork), bolillos (oval roll/bread), refried beans and salsa. All of them made daily (they make bread several times a day) and all made there. I'll be back for sure. read more

The perfect menudo and carnitas are fresh!!! Will keep coming to this place. Must go early.

Best tamales in the South East LA... Hands down I waited for 45 minutes and it was worth every minute Thank you to the Familia for putting it together for all these years!... read more

Yelp automatically gave them two starts but I give them none. This place is supposably the best place for tamales, carnitas and bolillos in Whittier, so I finally stopped by. I understand they close at 7pm, so I rushed over after googling them. I arrived at 6:40pm ,I still have 20 min. When I arrived the lights are still on all the workers are still there. I started knocking because the door was locked. The workers saw me and walked to the back. One man stood in the front and pretended to be on the phone giving me his back. So, I waited because I know he saw me and I knocked again. He turned his back again! I have never been treated so poorly. The worst customer service I have ever received. They have years at this location and they treat customers like this?! Never again will I stop at this bump. read more

La Moderna Bakery - The worst customer service I have ever experienced. I will never stop at this dump. - Bakeries Near Me - Whittier, California

I've spent years trying to find decent tamales around here for years and La Moderna is the only place that has satisfied my search. Their green chicken tamales are so yummy, moist and flavorful. I work around the corner and look forward to fridays and Saturday's just to have them for breakfast. Their other tamales are good, but these are the star of the show for me. Worth the long line every time. But they sell out QUICK. Customer service is excellent too read more

Best tamales in town green chili and cheese are the best my son loves the beans and bread I'm a long time customer for life

A great place for tasty tamales and pan dulce. My family patronized this place for many years. We recommend to all but for us personally, we decided to make a change after noticing the support for trump. read more

Great little bakery. My friend (hi, Josie!) turned me on to this place. The pan dulce is very good (love the denseness of their elote especially--it doesn't just disintegrate into your coffee), as are their carnitas, chicharron, and tamales (they even have green pork ones, which are sometimes hard to find elsewhere). Mmm, might need to make another trip soon! read more

Customer service: Needs major improvement. The lady at the front counter wasn't the most pleasant. She needs to know the importance of welcoming customers with a smile. It wont kill her, nor will it cost anything. Re-training her might help. Tamales: They were okay (6/10). Cheese were the best tasting of the assortment I purchased. Decor: I usually don't care about decor, just as long as the establishment is clean. This decor was rather disturbing though. Next to the cashier, there are pics of men (presuming the owner) hunting and showing off their various kills. It's uncomfortable to see men with guns, holding the carcasses of defenseless animals. Needless to say, I'm not going back. read more

I had been ordering Tamales here for years. Last year they were just ok so I thought I got a bad batch (it happens). Bought some again this year. Disappointing, too much masa, salsa was clumped up, meat quality was so so. They were edible but it's not what it use to be. I'll be looking elsewhere or maybe just make my own. read more

Been coming here off and on for years. When you walk-in you immediately smell the fresh carnitas and chicharron. The pan dulce is always fresh and delicious. However, the tamales which were always good, but were disappointing this time. They were out of the pork chile but I was always a fan of the chile cheese, so we ordered. I unwrapped my husk and it seemed to be a very small tamale. Kind of like unwrapping that big present and left with little to nothing. It was small but what was more disappointing, was the flavor. I didnt taste the chile at all, cheese was not melty and the masa was in need of salt. Very bland. I feel like this batch of tamales were thrown together. Another case of inconsistency. I will be back for pan dulce, not sure if I will go for the tamales. If they would just taste their food before they put it out, it may help this issue. Staff was sweet and I appreciated the safety (COVID) precautions in place. Felt safer here than in a busy market. read more

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The tamales here were a hit with my family and their baked goods are so fresh and delicious. They only allow a couple customers inside at a time but the line went really fast and the ladies who helped me were very friendly and nice. Qe will def be back read more

Highly recommended by Mike P. I drove myself to this bakery with anticipation to try my first pan dulce. I've seen pan dulce before but never really attempted to try them. Plus, he said they make good tamales too. I LOVE tamales. And I'm a bit spoiled with really good tamales since I usually just eat tamale my gf makes homemade:)* Just like with other reviews comment, they do have looooong lines! Its a small space so you're pretty much elbow to elbow with everybody. The pan dulce is self serve so you grab your tray and your tongs and hit the arrays of selection of pan dulce right on your face. I selected four different kinds. (I'm saving one for Cate T. hahaha) See photo. I also got their beef tamales red and their pork tamale green. When I got home, YUM! YUM! YUM! I truly loved the texture and consistency of their masa. Its tied with my gf's homemade tamale. And their pan dulce was really sweet and savory. I can only imagine the amount of sugar they use to get it to taste so friggin' good! hahaha So why not a full 5 star? Well, I can't compare it to any other pan dulce places. However, once I do find a contender my updated review star's rating might change;) But my rating for their tamales is a true 5 star! Thanks Mike P. ! read more

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Is there any better way to start a Sunday than with menudo, tamales, and football? Ever since our good friends at a local bar/steakhouse told us they serve menudo and tamales from here every Sunday we've been wanting to try this place. They've also told us to get there really early since they sell out quickly. We didn't go THERE super early. Instead we opted to go to La Moderna ourselves with pot in hand and hungry tummy's to get our breakfast. We got 2 quarts of menudo ($3.50 per quart with your own pot), a dozen red pork tamales, and some pan dulce. The second I got home I tore into tamale while I waited for my menudo to heat back up. The tamale was good, just not spicy enough. The texture of the masa sold me. Next time I'll have to try the green pork tamales (they're supposed to be spicy). Order me up a dozen for Christmas! Por favor. The menudo is some of the best I've had. I find that a lot of places don't have enough flavor or enough spice. This one's just about right. It's bursting with flavor, and the spice level is decent. For a spicy fiend like myself I added tons of red pepper flakes and some tapatio, and it was just perfect... until the menudo went down the wrong way and burned. Ah well, it's all worth it. Haven't tried the pan dulce yet, but I'm sure it's great considering everything else has been fantastic. read more

You can't go wrong here everything is amazing!!!! The Carnitas are the best you could ever find from anywhere and the tamales oh my gosh every one of them are amazing my favorite is the green pork you can't leave without getting a little bit of bread cookies my family's been coming here since I was little the only place we get are tamales is this Bakery read more

Had a very frustrating experience here lately. I waited in line for 20 minutes (they are popular, completely acceptable to have a line), but when I got to the front to order, I was told they were out of stock on the item. The board outside indicating stock of items had apparently not been updated and they were "very sorry" for the inconvenience. They said it would be ready in 20 minutes if I wanted to wait, but that I was not allowed to wait outside off to the side. I was told I needed to get back in line, go to the end, and just `hope` I was in a spot in line that happened to have them in stock when I got back to the front. If you aren't going to update customers on stock when you run out, you certainly cannot then tell them to "get back out in line and try again"; that's just ridiculous. read more

Love love LOVE the goodies I got today from La Moderna Bakery! I had the green chile and cheese tamale. It was so delicious and fresh...not too much masa. Just enough. The beef tamale with red sauce was tasty but the shredded beef was a little too chewy for me. Last but not least I had the pumpkin empanada and that was SCRUMPTIOUS! I'm ordering a bunch of these for my next party. My friend had a fat pan dulce that she said tasted fresh, sweet and yummy. She thoroughly enjoyed her beef tamales with red sauce. Our other friend enjoyed his pork tamales with green sauce. He thought the pink sweet bread lacked sugar so it was just so so for him. I seriously can't wait to go back fur more empanadas. They had other fruit ones I want to try! read more

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Best tamales outside of everybody's grandma or moms kitchen. Don't even get me started on how bomb the sweet breads are. Soft, fresh and made perfect every time. They also sell delicious carnitas, salsa and beans. 5 star place all the way! read more

This Latina Bakery is the best. Love there cicerones, carnitas, tamales and there pan dulce. Clean and great customer service. There high on Covid-19 rules and procedures on distancing. I would totally recommend going here. Enjoy when you do read more

First, I have to say that this bakery makes delicious tamales, pan dulce and the carnitas are the best tasting around! I gave them 3 stars because of the customer service. I asked the young man at the counter if he had any pork tamales. He grumbled, "we have the four on the menu." I then ordered 2 dozen. I asked for 2 pounds of carnitas and he acted like I asked him to stick his hand in a pool of piranhas! I also asked for some refried beans. All this time he seemed liked I was interrupting his day somehow. No smile, just a pissed off look on his face like he had something better to do. Wow...when we walked out of the bakery my son replied, "looks like he was not appreciative of that $63.00 sale." The times I have come to buy there, the salespeople are rude! I will come back of course, but, please at least acknowledge and appreciate your customers once in a while. read more

We've bought tamales from here in the past so I don't know what happened this year but I basically paid $20.00 for a dozen masa tamales, the meat seemed to be missing. read more

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Menudo, tamales and pan dulce, it's all great. And you will know it because there is always, ALWAYS, a line at least six deep on weekend. It's a family owned business and they are all friendly. This is the spot for the Whittier area if you are craving a good Mexican breakfast for home. Also, bring your own pot for menudo since they sell by the quart and it's more convenient. read more

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Always a line here, so clearly that's a sign it's great. We've had their carnitas, beans, & beef tamales & they're excellent. Every time we share carnitas w others, everyone agrees these are the best. read more

Good thing they have good carnitas and tamales to save them because they all have horrible customer service there!!! They try to push you out asap, almost kicking you out. The owner son was complaing to another customer how people complain about them raising prices and how people should be more understanding SMH. Just wasnt the correct way of saying that. I hope they can work on there customer service. Good luck hope it gets better!!! read more

The best menudo and tamales around! I travel from Huntington Beach to Norwalk twice a month for this deliciousness. Menudo is spot on and the tamales are a pillow of goodness. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! read more

Your food is so good. Menudo and tamales of all of this world.love this place. Customer service is outstanding

Been going there since I was a kid love the Carnitas ,Their Menudo is good I just don't like the long lines specially if you have a hangover from the night before read more

Very good tamales, worth the money, and drive. The pork, are the bomb. Highly recommend.staff are fast, and friendly. Oh the carnitas are very good. Ambiance is nice. Need to post this. Will take drive this weekend to try their menudo. read more

Great little place for homemade tamales. They have a nice variety and other yummy food such as menudo, chicharron and pan dulce.

Today the Moderna get Cinco Estrellitas from me and my family! So really it would be 20! People, don't go buy your conchas anywhere else! No where will you get the meaty, sweet, addicting, concha that only La Moderna puts out. I've seen some newcomer trendy little bakeries come into the game and try to sell their 1-2 buck concha when Moderna's are huge, authentic, moist, meaty, and bigger! So don't get ripped off. Another thing thing, all their sweet bread, polvorones, etc. are wonderful. Thanks Moderna for all your years of servicio! read more

We ordered some tamales to test. And boy we're we in for a surprise. There was a cockaroach that was cooked in the leaf that wraps the tamale. So we went back not to cause a scene but just to ask for our money back. Granted they refunded our money but the worker said sometimes bugs come in the leaves because they get it in bulk. So i guess it JUST happens.‍They apologized but explained it like its a normal thing. read more

I was watching tv and saw advertisement for this place for their tamales. I drove over only to be disappointed. There is a limit of 4 in their store. They did not acknowledge me to enter when there was only 3 people in the store. I proceeded to.place my tamales order and when i got home the order was incorrect. I ordered cheese tamales and instead got all meat. The sweet tamales were raw inside. Took a picture of it because I wasn't making this up. I was given beef when I asked for pork and cheese tamales. read more

Always a great spot for tamales. Bread is always soft. One of the few spots in Whittier with carnitas not over cooked. Love this place. read more

My family and I have been going to La Moderna Bakery for many years now. They make the best tamales in Whittier! The staff is very nice and professional. The service is great and the atmosphere is nice. They make excellent tamales and sweet bread. Thank you La Moderna for making the best tamales in Whittier! :). We love them! Sincerely, Elisa & Gina Almanza - Whittier, CA read more

The bread is alright The wedding cookies are delicious The tamales are AMAZING And the carnitas BOMB - also get a free small salsa with a 1 lb Don't be scared if you see a long line, those people know how to get you in and out fast ! read more

I don't understand how anyone can give La Moderna less that 5 full stars. My family has been coming here sense I was a little girl, and the service and food have always been exceptional. Today I stopped in and purchased 3 Doz mixed tamales for the office and everyone loved them. I would highly suggest La Moderna for Tamales, Carnitas and assorted Mexican bread. You will not be disappointed... read more