Wonderful little panadería in downtown San Bruno. My partner, who is Mexican, was impressed by the authenticity and flavors. While the selection seemed a little limited when we were there, everything looked so good that we nearly left with one of everything. My partner doesn't get as enthusiastic as food as I do, but was really into the Mexican Scone. There appeared to be only one woman working when we visited, but she greeted us immediately and offered us large samples before we even began to look at the display case. They also have a coffee bar where you can get a good variety of drinks. I got a caramel latte and it was just the right amount of sweet. Not syrupy or cloying, but with plenty of caramel flavor. The decor is cute, and I was really endeared by the hand-painted cartoon characters on the windows. There isn't much seating, but there's more than I expected, so my partner and I had somewhere to sit while we waited for my latte. Highly recommended for the authenticity and impeccable service. read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - White concha. - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

What an amazing little store with so many coffees to choose from and an incredible dessert selection. Their conchas brought me in, but I actually ended up getting a lot of other things such as the lemon taquito, raspberry sponge roll, sprinkle cookie and more. The prices are great and the service was good. It had a cool ambience. I would definitely go back. The price was right also! read more

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Rico Pan Bakery in San Bruno is an absolute gem! I tried the custard Danish, alfajores, tres leches tiramisu, and the lemon taquito, and every pastry was outstanding. I usually look for custard Danishes, but they're hard to find--and when I do, they're rarely this amazing. Rico Pan's version is perfect. What really sets this place apart is the balance of flavor--everything is lightly sweetened, more in the style of European bakeries, rather than the overly sugary versions you often find in the U.S. I'm from Europe, and the pastries here truly taste like home. Each item had its own unique texture and taste, and you can tell the quality and care that goes into the baking. If you appreciate pastries that highlight flavor over sugar, this is the place for you. These are clearly crafted with an international palate in mind, not the typical American sweet tooth. Highly recommend stopping by--Rico Pan is a bakery worth going out of your way for! read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Left: Custard Danish, Alfajores, and the lemon taquito Right: tres leches tiramisu - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

Stopped in here on a whim and I'm glad I did. The pastries looked beautiful and the selection was wide -- lots of items you don't usually see in typical bakeries. Everything I tried tasted good, although one or two of them were a bit drier than I expected. That might just be the style for some of the Latin pastries, so I'll chalk that up to my lack of expertise rather than a flaw. Service was friendly and quick, and the shop itself had a welcoming, neighborhood feel. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the mood to try something a little different from your usual coffee shop fare. read more

So good! We tried the almond cookies, peanut butter chocolate chip, vanilla chocolate and the pastelitos. They are all so good. I love that the cookies are just right in their sweetness. read more

I wanted to like a local spot! I went there early around 7am before work and I think I got old bread, the dried sugar on top of the bread was super sticky I've never had pan dulce like that. The bread was so stale I immediately threw it out. You can find better and cheaper Mexican pan dulce at Los primos meat market down the street. It was almost $4 for stale bread! Staff weren't too friendly either. I can't justify giving it another shot sorry! read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Guzanito - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

Came here for the Christmas tamales order...it was the first time ordering tamales. Ordered a dozen & a half (6 jalapeño & cheese, chicken & pork). My favorite was the jalapeño cheese...just enough heat and cheese so flavorful! Good portion. A tamale runs about $4 per tamale. Pretty solid. Party tray was packaged and labeled with care. FYI it's best to pay upfront via phone or in person. Tried a few pasties like the guava and pineapple pie, pineapple and guava cookie, the jello treat, will come back for sure. read more

Love this place - you only pay $6 for small coffee and pastry - $3 more at Starbucks or Pete's. They always give a free sample. Cinnamon stick is delicious, note they need more than French vanilla and hazelnut for creamers. read more

Came by on a cold dreary Sunday morning - what better way to cheer up than sugar topped carbs?? The conchas here are so good. Crumbly/crisp topping in a beautiful classic pattern, and super soft tender bread on the inside. They're wonderfully light and go down a bit too fast haha. I could easily inhale 2-3 with a cup of coffee. Also got a cinnamon cuernito (generous amount of cinnamon sugar outside and rolled into it) and a Lunas pastry. Both were much more dense and a bit crumbly I also tried their flan, which was a generous cup portion for 2 bucks and change. It's a gelatin-heavy sort of flan, rather than egg yolk heavy, so it's lighter and more like gelatin than custard. Will def come by next time for a ton of the conchas, and to try out more pastries! read more

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I got the flan and mango cookie, very delicious. Great customer service, I didn't get the ladies name but she was incredibly kind. read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Flan - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

Absolutely amazing! The tamales are superb! The butter cookies, marble cake and Nutella cookie are amazing ! Highly recommend this place ! read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Mango butter cookie - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

We were on an over night SFO layover and this was the third time we've visited Rico Pan for breakfast. The pastries are fresh and flavorful. The service is friendly and quick. The ambiance is clean and homey. We also had a fresh and delicious tamale, yum! We love coming here! read more

I have no choice, but I didn't want to give 0 stars to this place very expensive, after reading all the reviews, I totally disagree The bead is extremely small with the price that they charge, is better to buy the bread at LOS PRIMOS THEY bring it every morning berry fresh, and they're DO NOT FOLLOW SANITIZER RULES. DON'T COME TO THIS PLACE IS NOT WORTH IT...... read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Pan - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

(Insert drool face) Sooo yummy! This pastry shop stands out from the standard pan pastry shop because they have amazing deserts from different latin countries like the Salvadoran quesadilla. Highly recommend! Support local! read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

I ordered from Rico Pan Latin Pastries via Uber Eats over the past weekend (12/12/2020) and I was excited to try this place since 1. they had tamales available and 2. I LOVE PANDERIAS! I ended up ordering 2x Pork Tamales, 2x Jalapeno Tamale, 1 Pink Concha, 1 Sugar Croissant, and 1 Tres Leches Cake w/ Strawberry filling. I was excited to find a panderia on UberEats that was relatively close by. My total + delivery fees + delivery tip came out to be around $43.77 (I know I could have just driven there and gotten a better deal) Break down of cost: Tres Leches Cake: $5.80 each slice Tamales: $5 for 2 (so $10 I spent) Conchas: $2 each Sugar Croissant: $3.00 each When I opened everything up, it seemed like I received everything but to my surprise I only received 2/4 tamales instead of 4/4. To be fair, the tamales were huge and I don't think I could have eaten all 4. If this tamale was the equivalent of two, I'll take it. Based on the pictures I provided down below, I was excited to dig into everything since it all looked fresh! Here's a breakdown of everything based on my opinion: -Pork Tamale: I really liked the flavor and the pork in this tamale. I think with the tapatio I put on top made it even better. However, there was too much masa and it started crumbling. The ends felt like it had more masa and the body itself was not covered. Because there was more masa in some areas, it almost got too dry for me. The pork itself was really tender and the sauce had really good flavor. You can kinda tell in the photo where it split in the back and the filling is exposed. 3.5/5 for me -Jalapeno Tamale: Similar to the pork tamale where it had a lot of masa. I should have re-heated it since the cheese had solidified at that point, but it was still pretty tasty. I wished there was a bit more jalapeno in it since the majority of the time I felt like I was eating masa. I would say I would opt in for more filling! I think if I had it fresh, it would be a lot better. 3.5/5 Both tamales were still pretty tasty, although there are some tweaks they could do in order to make it not as dry tasting or the masa from crumbling. If they do happen to sell smaller tamales, maybe I'll give that a shot and see if it's any better. -Pink Concha: This tasted absolutely fresh and I loved it. I dipped this in my coffee and enjoyed it so much! I love the fact that the pink sugar didn't crumble as much because I end up looking like a mess. 5/5 -Sugar Croissant: The other pictures on yelp looked like it was dipped with more sugar, so this is just your regular croissant rolled in sugar. It was definitely still good and better with coffee. It was a bit dry, but I didn't mind it. 3/5 - Tres Leches Cake: It wasn't as "wet" as I wanted it to be and upon first bite it was a bit dry. I ended up pouring some almond milk (I know usually evaporated milk + condensed milk is often used for the cake) to help moisten the cake. Once moist, the flavors were actually really good. I really do like the touch of strawberry in it too. I'm tempted to try the peach flavor next time. Overall, I would have to say the flavor of the items I tried was spot on, I just think maybe if I had everything a bit more fresh it would be a 5 star review. I'm leaning towards 3.5-4 stars since I still enjoyed what I had. Also with the tamales, I'm not too sure if 2x tamales were supposed to be just 1 bigger one or if they had forgot to give me the other two. Otherwise, I'll still order from this place again once in awhile. read more

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Customer service is good but the bread is super dry, and tasted stale. The location is a little outdated but it is quite and clean.

Came in yesterday morning to give this place a try! But wouldn't be coming again, the staff weren't welcoming at all and had attitude towards its customers. As well their pastries aren't fresh once so ever, had purchased 2 cookie and it tasted extremely dry and old. And as lastly this place was very overpriced in general. read more

Open early, great selection, friendly counter staff. Bread pudding was a surprise among the Latin offerings but quite good.

Discovered this bakery walking around downtown. The pastries, cookies, and cake looked great. The staff was very kind. I love alfajores (caramel cookies) and was excited to see they had some. They tasted great. The surprise was the mocha cake. Light with cream, and a coffee infused flavor. It was surprisingly delicious. We got 10 caramel cookies ($.75 each), 1 cinnamon pastry, 2 sprinkle cookies, and 1 mocha cake for $15. read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Alfajaros. Light caramel sandwich cookies - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

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After a big meal, I am always craving something sweet! My mother and law and I ventured out to see if we could find some good pan dulce near South San Francisco. It was pretty late in the day, so we didn't consider that a lot of places would be closed or low on stock from the early morning crowd. We ended up driving farther out and found Rico Pan. They had such a big variety and plenty in stock when we got there around 3pm. We ended up getting so many pastries that we got one free! Everything was really good and tasted fresh unlike some of the grocery stores with pan. I would definitely go back when I'm craving sugar and nearby! read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Here for the conchas - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

The best service and tamal de pollo con verde! Love the flan and the pastieres! I am so glad to have found this place, it is definitely a staple in our weeknight dinners . read more

Who doesn't love free pastries? Went in because it smelled delicious so I bought myself some plain bread that I could add butter too. The lady was so nice she tossed in an extra two small cookies and this huge bread thing for free. No she didn't know I was a Yelper. She didn't know anything about me, she probably thought I looked dishelved in my t-shirt with lint all over it or something. Super kind of her, excellent customer service so I gave her a tip for her tip jar. read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

Ordered via Uber eats and decided to try a bit of everything. The best pastries were: - Peruvian Alfajores - Custard Cone - Cuernito de Cinamon Prices are reasonable and everything seemed to be fresh :) read more

So this morning I'm walking to the bakery to pick up a traditional rosca it was $35 for the small one plus I ordered a tamal $3.70 their POS system is automated to automatically add the tip even if you bypass the tipping part it still adds 19% gratuity automatically when I asked them why they had added the tip themselves, they denied it gave me a partial refund. I returned the stuff I purchased, but the tip was still kept read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

I really wanted to like this place and give it better ratings, but this is my third time and was not convinced. The pastries though low priced are very stale. They don't taste fresh. The ice cream scoops are tiny (kid sized) and cost $4.50 in a cup. The staff is not too welcoming. When I asked for a small cup of water they said I had to purchase a bottle water, despite the arrowhead machine by the counter. I won't be back! read more

People who work there have no idea what are the ingredients inside cookies and pastries they sell. I purchased a chocolate chip cookies on Saturday 12/2 for my son who is allergic to nuts being told by bakery worker that there are no nuts. My son had an allergic reaction and we had to rush him to Emergency Room. If you have any allergies, don't go there. read more

At the moment this location doesn't have Mexican pastries, but French-inspired. The pastries are from Sweet Delices Bakery. See my review of them. This is a review of the location and staff at the counter. It's really great that downtown san bruno has a real bakery. I believe it's San Bruno's only bakery at the moment. There are a few small tables where you can quickly have your coffee and pastry. The person behind the counter is helpful and very nice! San Bruno is really growing up. I gather that with YouTube and Walmart Labs in town, there are more folks that need good places to go to. I love all the top notch local businesses popping up! read more

I would have gave them a 5star if this lady paid attention to what I wanted but she was too busy on the phone. I really wished for the guava pastry but instead got the guava muffin. Don't get me wrong it was good but all the reviews tell me it's so good! But there's always next time. And you could never go wrong for some conchas. Sweet Mexican bread out of the oven and soft too. I give this lady a pass for being on the phone. I understand she needed to entertain herself somehow on a slow Thursday afternoon. read more

RicoPan LatinPastries - Guava muffin - Bakeries Near Me - San Bruno, California

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Guava hand pie and a latte hits the spot. Friendly staff, very clean establishment. Open early.

Wanted to go to the store across the street but they were out for lunch. Went to Rico Pan to check out pastries. Got a cappuccino.... That's one of the best cappuccino I've had in awhile. Guava pie & coconut butter cake were good too. Service was great. read more

Stopped here after we ate across the street and everything was gas. Strawberry ice cream gas, tamales gas, chocolate croissant gas. Not many people can make good tamales but these are gas foreal read more

This is such a quaint bakery on a street with a bunch of other small restaurants and markets. I stopped in here on a whim, as I wandered down the street, but ended up buying a couple of items. There's a variety of different pastries available -- everything from Churros, cookies to bread pudding. There are a decent number of options and the prices aren't too bad. I would definitely come back if I were in the area. Parking isn't the best, but I only had to circle once to find a spot on the street. read more

Finally, a Latin pastry place worth returning to. I cannot express how relieving it is to have a place that actually sell good bread/pastries around where i live. I've been wanting to try out this place, but i would always find the place closed. Today I saw it open so I went in and bought a few pieces of pastries and let me tell you... the pastries were delicious! The pastries were fresh and soft with the right amount of sweetness. I caught myself eating more than I wanted to, but well worth the extra carbs. This will be my new place to buy Mexican pastries from now on. read more

Went here on a Saturday morning to get some pastries for breakfast. My friend and I got an apple pie and lunas. Both were delicious. The apple pie was full of delicious, lightly sweetened apple filling. The lunas was on the sweeter end with a sugary, crisp crust-like surface. Highly recommend. The store itself is reminiscent of a late-night donut shop. When you enter, there's a self-serve coffee station with several carafes of coffee and disposable cups for you to pour yourself. They also had a sign for specialty coffee drinks, such as mochas, espresso beverages, etc, but we did not order any ourselves. There's also in-door seating available. Definitely recommend that you check this place out if you're in the area, although parking might be limited as it's largely street parking. read more

Delicious !!! We got Budin, I've never had it before & it was so yummy; moist & so much flavor !!!

Rainbow cookies are a guaranteed smile from my child. Chocolate conchas means Mama is happy too!

Esta panadería ya está abierta nuevamente ricopanlatinpastries está abierta desde mayo 7 tienen muchos tipos de pan que todos se antojan probarlos read more

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Stopped by today and picked up some cookies (so far the lemon are my favorite). Need to come back soon & get some pastries - there are some new options since the last time I was here and they look wonderful. I think we will need to try the tamales too. read more

Such a great pastry and panadería! There isn't seating but there are a lot of options for bread and pastries. They have a reward system that I would recommend signing up to when you are about to pay. We ordered a pineapple turnover pastry, two conchas which is basically bread with sugar on top but is amazing, and a few other types of bread. The lady was very generous and gracious. She was also patient in giving us time to decide what to get. Overall my experience here was great and I'll definitely be back ! read more

Omg so glad I found this place. Fresh pastries, tons of variety, and super delicious. She also let me try the tamales and they were AWESOME!!! I'm coming back at least once a week. read more