El Gallo Bakery

This place is great. Someone at work brought in some pan dulce and I’m not a big fan of it. I tried it out and OMG this is the best ever! It’s not dry and thick like pan dulce usually is. It was light and not dry I loved it. So we headed down her New Year’s Day! It’s not close to home but worth the drive. Give it a try you won’t be disappointed in any bread you purchase.

Bread is good but bad customer service my husband ordered a coffee and completely ignored him and just charged the bread he had got. A lady walked in and out of 3 employees not one offered help just ignored. Will not be coming back.

Omg. Suck it would looking for tamales for Christmas and el Gallo have a great tamales and Mexican bread

The best bakery for Mexican Sweet Bread
«Period.»
Over the years, I’ve had baked goods from other bakeries. El Gallo still taste the best.

Ordered 3 dozen tamales, pork, chicken and cheese for a work function. NOT one tamale was good! To start off they were VERY dry had absolutely NO flavor. Even the pork with red Chile had no taste, how can you ruin a red tamale??? Third, they were 95% (no exaggeration) masa with a very small slice of chicken/​pork. Do not get the tamales from here there are so many other options with a mile radius. The 2 stars was for their pan dulce. It was very very good!

My family has been buying pan here for over 40 years! I personally have stood in a line 50 people deep at this bakery on Christmas morning to pick up the bread for Christmas dinner as instructed by my grandma! And on a good year, I’d run in to at least 2 family members there!
Best bread anywhere. We live in range County now and miss it terribly. But always swing by during the holidays to get our fix! :)

Went here last night and lady was really helpful even though it was late almost closing. She didn’t rush me. Very attended. I will recommend this place to all my friends. I came for my bread but they have lots more. Drinks, ice cream, candy and lots lots more.

Never judge a book by it’s cover, El Gallo Bakery may seem to be another bakery filled with pan dulce BUT man oh man is this place something! The bread itself is always so fresh and soft. Everything is fresh handmade and each bite is filled with awesomeness. When visiting East Los Angeles this is definitely the only place I get any type of sweet bread from. I fully recommend El Gallo Bakery, staff is also very kind.

Pan Dulce anyone? My favorite is the Mule’s eye, I cannot spell the spanish. They are the raspberry and coconut round lumps of my happiness. Empenadas are good too, I love the pumpkin one. Now, they serve savory foods options so it can be an one stop shop. Give it a try, it has been there for years in the heart of ELA.

The best and freshest pan dulce! If you’re ever in the area of East LA be sure to stop here! The empanada de calabasa and the panacitos are a must! But really, anything you get will be delicious!
We just noticed that they also sell fresh chorizo — we bought a pound but haven’t had a chance to try it yet. But it looked good! I’ll update my post after we’ve tried it.

A highly recommended bakery that is an East LA classic. I remember coming to this bakery as a child. After moving from the old neighborhood and not having El Gallo pan dulce nearby, I’ve come to the conclusion that no other pan dulce can measure up to EL Gallo’s pan dulce. The pan dulce is always warm, soft and fresh. It is worth driving back to East LA for the pan dulce. While there, don’t forget to pick up the dinner rolls or pan de agua. I always venture back to El Gallo, especially around the holidays.

El Gallo panaderia is a historic landmark like the La Flama panaderia in East L.A.. Both of them are two great panaderia. I have go El Gallo since I was young I can remember. They make good classic Mexican bread and tamales.

10 stars! The crack croissants! Just ask for the crack croissants. Cuerno de mantequilla. Pure heaven in your mouth. Esp when it comes out fresh out the oven around 5pm. Oh.em.gee

On the 710 freeway? Take a quick exit onto Cesar Chavez street and stop at this amazing bakery! The bread is simply delicious and fresh! I took a good load (variety) home and shared with the family and even days after, the bread was still great, spongie and delicious! I highly recommend it, you won’t be disappointed. Costs around 75 cents a bread or higher. Staff is super friendly and inviting!
Well worth that drive to East LA!!!
If you are planning on using your card to pay, you need to spend at least $ 10. Don’t worry though, you’ll want to purchase more than $ 10 worth of bread!

Wow finally i get some freaking fresh PAN DULCE seriously wanted to take each one home, but i couldn’t, The staff is very nice and the place is clean. usually when i go into a bakery the first thing i do is ask when was the last time they baked. well i did not have to ask because it was really hot inside and i could smell them baking new batches of pan in the back. I really recommend this place to everyone! SO happy with my pan they call elote, conchas and empanadas :)

Deluxe panaderia: great flan and pan dulce, seasonal options like chocolate dipped strawberries available. Barbacoa is here on weekends only, did not see if they offer menudo (doubt it).
Beautiful case of pastries, cakes, breads, and cookies. Service is polite. Discounted day-​old items available at a table. Massive selection of pan dulce, pan de agua, tallera, empanadas, conchas, and more.
$ 10 card minimum, EBT accepted.

We purchased 2 dozen assorted pan dulce, they were fresh soft and flavorful. We arrives at about 5 pm in the afternoon and we were surprised to see tray after tray of fresh bread coming out of the bakery. Our regular bakery stops baking in the morning so freshness is sketchy.
The pan de agua was very fresh and soft but in my opinion, lacked flavor.
Come for the great pan dulce. I will try their tellera bread next time and maybe some tamales.

I brought a baker’s dozen of their assorted fresh Pan Dulce for a meeting at work.
It is a funny scenario when a Mexican coworker asks me (Asian) where the Pan Dulce was from because it was so moist and delicious, with a slight hint of sweetness. It was a success.
It was the best Pan Dulce I’ve ever had. It wasn’t dry, and it was just sweet enough.
I also tried the empanada filled with yellow jelly. It was good.
The service was great, although the lady who rang me up hardly spoke English, and I hardly spoke Spanish. She was quick, and got my order correct.
There was a 30 minute line at 6:30 am on a Friday. Make sure if you are going before work, you go early enough to make it on time.

I can’t believe I haven’t written a review on El Gallo yet. While growing up, there were weekends when my dad used to get up early and drive from Whittier to East LA just to pick up a bag of pan dulce (sweet bread) from El Gallo. Whittier has its own panaderias but El Gallo is better.
All of their pan dulce is high quality and tasty; I’ve never had a dry piece of pan dulce from El Gallo. However, I have to say that the absolute best thing I’ve ever had there – and the one that is way better than all the competition – is their cuernos de mantequilla. These are kind of similar in shape to a croissant, but larger and very dense. The mention of butter in the name («mantequilla») gives it away. The bread is super soft and buttery with a hint of sweetness. These things are delicious. They are the perfect complement to coffee. All of El Gallo’s other breads are also very good though; I’ve had the puercitos (little pigs made with molasses), conchas (the ones that look like shells with chocolate or vanilla sugar on top), and other things and never been disappointed. Even the conchas, which at other places can be extremely dry, are never that way at El Gallo.
The selection is also quite large, with a variety of pan dulce to choose from. The store has a small parking lot and there is also free street parking. Beware though: the cuernos are so popular they sometimes run out in the morning, and then it’s about a 20-​minute wait for more. If you have time, they are worth it!

This is the best Mexican food I have had outside of Mexico, ever!
I don’t say that lightly. I have had a lot of great Mexican food here in the US. A great portion of that right here at home from my wife and my mom, who is not even Mexican; she is Costa Rican. But having to cook for a Mexican husband and their three kids, she’s a hell of a Mexican cook.
The only reason we came here was because my wife found a Groupon deal, but they have a regular customer in us now. The day started out as a fun day to go visit the rubber ducky in San Pedro. Again, my wife found a Groupon coupon for this place and so we decided to stop by.
At first glance the prices seem a little high. The menu talks of home made tortillas, Arachera cooked over wood, homemade beans and rice. Of the different varieties of Mexican style Carne Asada, Arachera is the one my parents always preferred, and considered the best. My biggest decision was whether I would get the refried beans or the frijoles de olla (whole beans). I chose the frijoles de olla since I knew my wife would choose the refried beans; and I would get to taste both! Yeah! I also asked for the rice, but did not realize they would charge me $ 2.50 extra (I thought you got to pick two sides).
To drink I ordered the jugo de pepino, or cucumber juice. It was very light and delicious. The brick building was very cute, and well-​designed. I like the fact that I could see the chef cooking.
When our plates were delivered, we were given very generous portions of Carne Asada, chips, salsa and home made tortillas. What I was shocked about was the very small portion of frijoles and arroz we were given. The rice and beans were incredibly delicious, but they are cheap no matter how you make them, why wouldn’t you serve a bigger portion. That was the only part of our lunch that didn’t make sense. Regardless the meal was very filling and incredibly delicious. Again, and I don’t say this lightly, the best Mexican food I have ever had in the US, EVER!
The service was okay. It started a little cold but eventually she warmed up to us. I think that comes from the fact that our waitress was a Spanish speaker primarily and my wife and our friend are English speakers primarily. I see that sometimes Spanish speakers are a little nervous talking to English speakers in fear making a mistake. When I spoke to her in Spanish, she seemed to open up a little more and she was friendly overall.
It was fun to watch the chef use the big wheel to pick up the grill and put more firewood underneath the grill. He would lower it down, throw another steak on the grill, the place just smelled incredible. I think that is what I will remember most, the smoky flavor of the meat. WE will be back very soon.