El Bolillo Bakery - Houston

First time visiting and what a great first impression! I'm a huge fan of Mexican pastry and baking, and El Bolillo is quite a fun experience! When you first walk in the door, you can smell the fresh breads and pastries, and I was just blown away by the variety and selection!You grab a tray and a set of tongs and walk along walls of full display cases of the most beautiful baked goods! We grabbed several to try out.There's also a fresh tortilla station that was really fun to watch. And a cart on one side filled with more savory breads.Of course, we came specifically to try the tres leches cake, as it was highly recommended, and it was totally worth the trip! Wonderful texture, smooth whipped cream, and a big glazed strawberry. But the soaked milk cake was so nice and perfectly sweet. Also, being a cold refrigerated cake, it was a perfect dessert after our lunch.They also had a nice display of fancy full size cakes. Really looks to be a great place to custom order cakes for special occasions.I'll be returning again soon to try more of the varieties of sweets!

Very authentic panadería with great cakes and beverages as well at a great price

I felt like a child in a candy store I surrounded by so many colors and lovely smells and I wanted to try absolutely everything. I took a tray the size of a pizza pan and started loading it up with conchas, cookies, empanadas, cream horns, and pan dulce. Everything I tasted was delightful, well made, super fresh (even warm in some cases), and very affordable. There were no prices on the items, but don't let that deter you; most items are a couple of dollars or less. This panadería clearly puts a lot of care into their baking and you could see how much the customers appreciated it by their full trays. They even have a separate section for fancier cakes and refrigerated items.This bakery is perfectly located right across the street from the farmers market!

Very cool and cleanSo well stocked with hardworking staff keeping it well oiled.Display was unique and practicalThey have tongs and trays ready to use to pickup.Pastry was delicious and just so good.Have not seen so much of variety easily available to chooseNo price was written nor item’s labeled so was confusing but then the pastries were self explanatory by its look.They are very reasonably priced for its quality and quantity.

We walked over after dinner at Connie's Seafood for some pastries, they have a lot to choose from and everything is so fresh. All the employees are friendly and make sure to move quickly to take care of everyone. They were very busy, but everyone was so friendly and courteous. Definitely recommend them for cakes, cookies, Mexican sweet breads...so good!