I was looking for a little taste from my Latino community. In the midst of a heavy traffic commute, stopped here for a treat and boy was it. The tres leches cake was what I expected- most but not soggy; sweet but not too sweet. The staff was friendly, warm, and quick. read more

I LOVE THE FOOD :3 workers are very nice to me, maybe because I'm hispanic, but wtv the place feels warm but also crowded

El tres leches es bueno, venden bolillos para sándwiches, y comida a la vista. La repostería es excelente

Desafortunadamente como comunidad hispana nos encanta nuestro sabor delicias os ciertos platos de ustedes , tengo k poner este post porque el dueño o manager nunca se puede contactar , o es o se hace . Se paga por todo no es gratis ni niña de 3 años hace mejor tortilla , que barbaras quemadas por 1 lado crudas x otro no me atrevo dárselo a mi mascota se puede empachar. read more

Panaderia Latina - a close up of a tortilla - Latin American Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

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Been coming here for a really long time but sad to say it's not what it used to be. Most of the food is salty or too dry. Portions might as well be weighed since they give little rice and beans. Food is kept Luke warm at best. Hope it gets better cause the quality of food definitely went down. read more

I would never recommend this place the food can be good but the customer service counts for a lot, whenever I come to this place the cashier is angry and acts Rude to the customers, the last thing she did is not sell me the food because she thinks that my Card to pay is stolen and it is not mine, Hello! I work hard to buy my food as you may think that my card is stolen and even threatens to call the police. These people are really crazy! read more

I have liked everything I have tried there so far. Loved the cold chicken salad sandwich they have in the mornings. Salteñas are so good. Their Tres Leches cake is delish! I also tried their corn tamal and their tostada. Both of them very good! The one thing about this place that does not get a star is the customer service. It's not my cup of tea. Wish they knew how to greet and treat their customers better. So my 4 stars are based on food alone. read more

Their Tres Leches cake is great, and customer service was good the times I have went. Food safety rules were followed when I purchased my items, which is very important to me. read more

3.5 stars. I've never been a huge fan of Latin pastries in general. On the whole I find them a bit dry and the sweet ones rarely sugary enough for my gargantuan sweet tooth. But Panaderia Latina has converted me. And it's not just the pastries that appeal to me in this little Latin deli. It's the all-around atmosphere of the joint. You walk in to Pop Latino loudly playing and crowds of Latino customers lining up for the hot buffet, filling up on pastry, and enjoying animated conversation at the small tables in the dining area. And during fútbol season, hard-core groups of fans even gather to drink Modelos and Coronas first thing in the morning. You'll probably be the only non-Latino in the joint your entire visit which, to me, is always welcome in a dining experience and usually signals authenticity. Aromas of papas, menudo, pupusas, plantains, rice and beans, or whole fried fish might fill the air on any given day. Rows and rows of pastries, each in their own bin or own baskets on shelves, line up like little carb soldiers at the ready. Grab a parchment lined basket and a pair of tongs, load up, and pay at the register. Stock up on alfajores, churros, pastilles, semita, orejas, pan de leche or francés, and empanadas to name just a few. Husband and I particularly like the empanada de leche with its delicious custard filling; the cheese rolls with a savory, salty cheese crust on top; and the semita de piña with a sticky, chunky pineapple filling. Patrons and employees alike have been most helpful when we stop by, since neither husband nor I speak Spanish and none of the signage is in English. We've never had a problem finding what we need or talking with the counter staff, tho, as they all seem to speak enough English to understand our laughable attempts at communication. I still think Latin pastries tend towards the dry side, but Panaderia Latina's are tempting enough for me to bring a bagful home where the oven coaxes more life out of them. Good stuff here. read more

Panaderia Latina - people in a restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

A great breakfast / lunch stop! Don't expect much English to be spoken here. I went looking for breakfast along my day's route and saw a sign for IHOP. As I turned into the parking lot, I encountered a little international strip mall. I like Latin American food, so I thought I'd try Panaderia Latina, as there was a sign in one of the windows proclaiming breakfast and lunch served there. I am not fluent in Spanish, and my order taker was not conversant in English, so I just pointed away and received a nice breakfast. Well, maybe 2 breakfasts piled onto one plate - I did a lot of pointing. This is also a nice bakery. Fantastic looking baked goods, including cakes, cookies, and other Latin American specialties. Plenty of seating at tables and booths, but I can imagine it gets pretty crowded around mealtime. Popular Latino music playing. Throw-away plates and eating utensils. They also offer Western Union service, as well as international phone cards. read more

Pan and palmiers are in the middle of the facility in cases, which makes the facility look crowed and unorganized. There is a hot food buffet and cold pastries cases near the register. The facility lighting is a little dark, I think the windows are tinted. Tables line the window area. There is no table service (in case you were wondering). Walked in and immediately wanted to walk out. I stayed though and made my way around to the cold case. I was greeted by a server who didn't speak English. No worries, I only wanted cake. I asked for their Tres Leche cake. She handed me a cake with fruit and cream in the middle for $5 and change. I paid and took a long hard look at my tres leche cake. It didn't look moist. I was gonna try it, but took a around again and found what i was looking for (take a look at the picture I took to accompany this review). I was too excited, and let me excitement cloud my judgment when I decided to exchange my fruit and cream filled cake for the drunken one. The tres leche cake. I waited until I got to the car and ripped it open (all I did was unsnap it, but that didn't sound as good). I immediate smelled cinnamon and noticed that the liquid looked like 2% milk. It smelled like horchata and look like it was covered in regular milk (for those of you who don't know, tres leche means three milks, so the liquid should be thick and creamy, almost like a whipping cream or pet milk). It tasted like cake covered milk with cinnamon and whip cream on top. I was over it. and even though the cake was drenched in milk, the bottom tasted dry as a flour less chocolate cake. Considering the service was bland and and the cake was bad, I probably won't be back unless a yelper regular at this establishment can convince me otherwise. Not today Panderia Latina. read more

Panaderia Latina - Two kinds of tres leche. The one that looks like this $3.45 (tastes like horchata is over it) and another with fruit $5. - Latin American Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

I stayed at the TERRIBLE Days Inn and came here for a quick cup of coffee and was seduced by a churro and pan de queso. The baked goods were nice and fresh and the service was very courteous. It looks like the place is known more for their buffet style lunches, all the fresh food looked delicious but sadly we were on our way to brunch and had to pass. Best part, you can cash your Western Union check and get some soup to go! read more

Awwww, I was so excited. Why does this place not have carne asada. Why is the Pan so bland.., I could have made better pan at home blindfolded.... The dough was under cooked and over cooked, stale, flavorless, and not sweet. Tasted like flour and water. Neccesito mas dulce y mas amo. read more

Panaderia Latina - Bland flour tasting pan. Looks Mexican, tastes like flour and water. - Latin American Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

Odd little spot. Baked goods are yummy and cheap. I've tried the cakes, apple turn overs and twisted donuts. Now for the odd part. They serve a small buffet of random spanish food. I've tried the fish, chicken and rice. All good for a quick to go order. The restaurant is filled with Latin men in the service industry. No issues but just a heads up. read more

Worse customer service they don't even know how a line Works was standing waiting for a women to take my order when she's starts to ask everyone behind what they would like I walked out never again won't get my money read more

If custumer service is a big deal to you there is a big chance that you will not enjoy this place. I usually don't mind the lack of greetings, but this is something that makes me want to come back to certain places. There was no greetings here or someone trying to help me. Maybe it was because I came late night. Who knows. I decided to order something sweet. I ordered the "milhojas." It wasn't the best I have ever had but it wasn't bad neither. Didn't taste fresh but it was good enough for my craving. I would order it again and the other sweets seemed legit - as well the hot food. read more

Panaderia Latina - a stack of layered cakes - Latin American Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

It's a great place to buy baked goods and food but the service is sub-par. Ladies are so rude, even worse when they're busy. If this review was solely about their food I would have rated it a bit higher. read more

I'm not expert on Latin panaderias, so take the review as you will. There is a decent amount of seating here, and a good selection of bakery items. From other panaderia items I've eaten in the past, I thought this bakery's items were very similar in quality. More interestingly was the hot food area .... i wish i could have tried that, but was already full from eating lunch. I'd give the hot food a try next time. read more

Tres laches fruit cake was very fresh and delicious. This is my first time going to this bakery. They have variety of cakes and bakery items. I also trust fruit cake with fruit and cream filling and that was really good too. Will be going back again. read more

Panaderia Latina - Tres laches fruit cake - Latin American Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

I love the bakery and the place is just what you expect honest hard-working people who love what they do and it shows in the food they serve! read more

WARNING - This bakery can cause you to eat extensive amount of carbs! Since Hee Been did not open until 12:00, my family and I decided to check out this Latin Bakery. Walking in I fell in love. The bakery was AWESOME! Rows of delicious breads, sweet treats and Latin addictions filled this place! The concept is easy...pick up a basket and a pair of tongs and pick away on what you want to purchase. I like the fact that most of the items were stored in containers to keep away from bugs and the hands of little kids. The best items in the bakery were the churros, pan de leche, pan de queso and the lenguas. They have a little cafeteria as well that we did not try, but from the looks of it, it looked muy delicioso! Everyone here was very nice and as always I was spoken to in Spanish...since most people have a hard time trying to figure out my nationality. David and I paid $20.00 an we totally scored on 16 types of bread...ha....yeah, we went a lil overboard! Definitely a great place and I hope Atlanta has something close to this! It definitely is a place I would take my yelp girl Valentina V. to! :) read more

because the ladies who work in cacher they are so mean I was there 10 minutes before and they not good with customer one of those throw my food she so stupid read more

Maybe it was the Spanish pop music blaring outside the parking lot. Or, perhaps instead, it was the unusual presence of a Latina bakery amid a strip mall of Asian-owned eateries. For whatever reason, I felt drawn to this oddity right next to Grand Mart, a Korean grocery store. It's a place I doubt "outsiders" venture often. As I walked inside, I noticed that the only non-Hispanic people were the Korean owners behind the cash registrars. If the international phone cards and money-wire transfer didn't give it away, then certainly the pinatas told me that this place primarily catered to immigrant Latino laborers. There was no menu and very few price tags. There was, however, a small la carte cafeteria and several aisles of breads, pastries, and cakes. No Hablas Espanol? Then good luck. With my limited middle-school-taught Spanish and clever finger pointing I did somehow manage to place an order. Carne? Si, por favor. I ended up with a plate of brisket topped with pico de gallo (apparently the way everyone eats it), fried potato wedges, sausage & peppers, and cornmeal flat bread. Sadly, the dry brisket left me wanting a heavy coat of barbeque sauce; the sausage reminded me of canned Vienna sausages; and, the fried potato wedges existed only as unremarkable carbohydrates dipped in oil. I did, surprisingly, enjoy the flat bread (pan) filled with a wonderful shredded chicken. It was a great balance of a gritty cornmeal exterior and a moist meaty interior. At the end, I should've ordered the roasted chicken with rice & beans instead. Among the wide-selection of pastries, of which they all looked very tempting, I chose the pineapple empanada (pastel de pia). The crust was thick and almost like a crumbly cookie so I'd recommend that you bite straight into the moist filling and discard the edges. After auditing my receipt, I figured that the hot plate was $8.99, the flat bread an additional $1.75, and the pastry was $1.00. I'm confused as to why Panaderia draws such a huge Latino customer base. The food was mediocre and, other than the pastries, the lunch prices were rather average as well. Nonetheless, a cafeteria filled with Latinos can't be wrong. For this sole reason alone, I am sure to return to ensure that I'm not overlooking anything. Bakery - 4 Stars - I'll definately be back whenever I'm in the area. Cafeteria - 3 Stars - It's pretty ordinary and I'd go back if there's nowhere else I'd rather go. read more

This place is really as authentic as it gets in this area. Go in for a brunch and just point at things in the buffet to try, chances are you won't go wrong with anything. Everything is as good as homemade, if not better! They also have the best Tres Leches cake I've ever had from a bakery. Extremely reasonably priced. As long as you don't mind being gawked at by some of the "overly friendly" clientele, this place is definitely worth a try. read more

This place is truly a disgrace to Latino panaderias that truly make best efforts to make authentic pan dulce. As an earlier Yelper commented, this place is overpriced and has poor quality pan dulce. Indeed it does and I should have taken such advice! Starting with the cheese Danish, the bread had a smell from the cheese they use and the quality of dough is worst I have ever had for a Danish. As for the typical pan dulce such as Quesadilla, pan de aniz, cuviletes (similar to muffins) all lacked taste and authenticity. Whatever flour they use is poor quality compared to true panaderias. Perhaps since the owner is not Hispanic could be part of the problem.... read more

It is OK. Not a place to eat in. They always have latin music (from rancheras to regueton) blasting which can be good sometimes... Bakery - Not excellent, but in the area it appears to be the only one to buy latin pastries/bread. There is decent variety. Hot Food - cheap. mostly greasy staples, but overall decent. In general, it is OK, worth visiting once in a while. read more

While Yelp-ing Panaderias we accidentally ended up here not realizing we had went before and didn't like it. Oh well. We decided to give it another shot. The churros didn't taste like any churro I've tried.. In a bad way. The conchas were pretty good, but expensive. We paid almost $7 for just 4 pieces of bread. At the other Panaderias my total would've been $2. That's a big difference. read more

3.5 is more like it. Greasy hot bar but the food is better than average. Just got back from there and I got a full plate in my takeout box. The box is filled with crispy pork, spanish rice, veggies, and plantains. Got churros as well and they were OK. They needed a little mircowave action to get it going. The pork was really good and tastes fresh. There is always a line around 12-1pm on weekdays but for over a pouund of food for around 4 bucks? You can't deny this place for the value. read more

BEST CAKES IN TOWN,i have seen alot off reviews for cakes n one off the main complaints is not worth t price n over rated.. But said so i been coming to this place for years now n i always take home t 3leches cake,they have different prices i always take t small one its around $20 n it can served 5big slides, its really good its fresh a so SPONGY i love having a piece w tea, there is carry out food very cheap n fresh i always have t fry fish w rice n beans t pork is really tender. My advise is wen u eat there STAY A WAY OFF CARBS FOR FEW DAYS AFTER, cus its really good but not something i will recoment on a dayly basic.. BUT 4 SURE U WILL ENJOY read more

The bread is good, however it was to expensive! The food as well. They had cheese pupusas which were $2.50. You can find them cheaper in other places.. Couldn't find what time they open on yelp. But they open at 5am I believe it was.. read more

My boyfriend went to get food for his lunch break for him and his friends, he said there was two women talking and he was ignored for a few minutes while they continued to have a conversation. After a few minutes of waiting they finally took his order, however the lady who took his order was very rude and had a bad attitude. It took another few minutes to receive his order while she went back to the conversation she was having with the other woman. After finally receiving the order my boyfriend did not receive his order complete, they had forgotten a side of eggs he had ordered. Also, when he began to eat his food he realized that there was a piece of banana in his food and to our greater dismay, his friend received a small rock in his order of beans. That is not acceptable. The service was horrible, unprofessional, and the food is pricey. I highly recommend people not to come to this location. read more

Great selection of desserts. We liked the treats we bought. I would like to come back to try the food they offered.

I love the cafeteria-style food. I haven't tried the scary-looking whole fish so I can't speak to that but I love the tamales, pupusas, and rice here. You will feel out-of-place if you don't speak Spanish well but it's worth it. The food is delicious. There are no prices or menus posted, and forget trying to figure it out. I just pay what they tell me. I've also had the pastel de tres leches, which is outstanding. I haven't tried any of the other cakes in the bakery display but they look delicious. The disappointing part for me was the breads and pastries in self-serve bins in the middle of the store. They're fine, but nothing special. Still, it's 100% worth going for lunch with a piece of cake for dessert. I always go when I'm in the area. read more

I would give it no stars. This place is too expensive for pastries and they weren't even that good. There was barely any there to begin with. Customer service was a joke. This place is not what I expected. If you want really good pastries, a full store full of them and a good price for real go to Dulce Vida in Langley Park, Maryland. It is worth the drive for good quality, fast service and yummy pastries. read more

We came here for lunch and shared the chicken with beans and rice, corn bread and a tamale. The chicken with rice was pretty good, and corn bread was a disappointment but the tamale was the best! I almost missed ordering that but my husband caught that. It was wrapped in an aluminum foil. Friendly service! read more