Balkan Bakery

Amazing bakery. Anybody from Europe would appreciate it — it gives you a taste of back home. Their burek is delicious and they have plenty of varieties. There are also breads and meats and desserts. Love love love this place! They do an amazing job!

The Balkan Bakery in Phoenix was a real treat. It is a small place with a few tables inside and 3 tables outside. In a small strip mall it could be easy to missed. If you do miss it turn around and come in for a treat. The cappuccino report. You like strong coffee. This is the place. And so flavorful. My honey is the coffee expert and she rated it very highly. I have not heard her so excited about coffee in a long time. Next have a burek in one of several flavors, beef, cheese, or spinach. There were four of us and we tried all of them and were pleased to find a dish none of us had ever had before and all of us enjoyed. You can watch them preparing the burek, where they start with an oh so thin dough, add a small long pile of the filling, roll roll roll it into a long rope, then with a butter brush and wrap it and bake. It is very good. Now I had to try some of the bread, and I must say I enjoyed it. The next course was baklava, different from other baklavas I have had, but the Balkan treat was loved by all. Go enjoy, try something new. Wow!

Excellent food. Great choice of really delicious Bosnian pitas. Excellent customer service with a smile. Best bakery for bread and pita in Phoenix, bar none.

Been dropping by here for a few months now with my Mom and I’m very glad to have found this little gem. BUREK, CAPPUCCINO, KIFLA & delicious desserts! But you have to get there between opening and a little after lunch (10am to 1pm) if you want to get your hands on the goodies. Cappuccino/​Coffee is the best I’ve ever had here in the states… given I’m sure it’s imported since he doesn’t sell the beans. Has no bitter after taste, it’s delish so try it! And don’t let that huge square piece of meringue intimidate your sweet tooth because it is amazingly not sickly sweet as what everyone is used to. With a cappuccino is awesome. And PLEASE have a Spinach & Cheese Burek you will not regret it! My 8 year old is so picky and so far she has enjoyed everything from here… well not the coffee obviously but she enjoys their little green bottles of sparkling water with a burek.

Not a coffee drinker but everything else here is excellent. Cream puff, bread, excellent.

I needed to bring a great desert to a family gathering for Sunday lunch (three days ago). Where can you find one open on Sunday, especially one that sells Baklava? ?
The Balkan Bakery bested my expectations. The Baklava was better than my ‘Yia Yia’s’ and that’s not something you proclaim at a family gathering! Opah!

I was having some work done on my car at the mechanic right next to this place. I stopped in as my car wasn’t ready yet. They were getting ready to close. I got a couple things to take home. A meat, potato, and onion (forgot what it was called) thing. Sweet hell this was good. It was very filling and delicious. I also got some of the bread to take home. I can’t even described how delicious everything I got is. I haven’t been back since, but I’m going to stop by on my way home from work today. EAT HERE!!!

Love this place! The cream puffs and cappuccino’s are fantastic true European flare. A must try.

One of the best bakeries in town. Best eastern European bakery in the state. Bureks are out of this world. Friendly service. Go here and leave happy.

Everything I tried here was excellent! Unilocal reviews were right on. The cheese Burek was a great discovery.

Great Burek’s and amazing coffee. I will be back just to grab some fresh bread when I am not just walking there.

I looked for Burek in the U.S. for years after returning from the Balkans. Its really hard to find in this country, but these guys have it! Made with house-​made filo dough. Totally awesome. The owner is super friendly too. I love this place, my girlfriend talks about it longingly when we haven’t been to Phoenix for too long, and my parents go there for their rolls. Check it out, its good.

As a Bosnian myself, I can’t believe that I found this place by seeing the segment on them on Food Network! What a shame it took me so long to discover them.
The menu isn’t huge, basic and simple. But the things they make, they are the best at it. Pies (burkes) are fantastic and as close to homemade as you can get in Phoenix, all for a reasonable price. They offer nice variety of breads, something for everyone, all fresh and made right there. Can’t beat that! And as a cherry on top, there is a small selection of European goods, just to cure homesickness.
All in all, this is a bakery, so know what to expect, grab a great bread for breakfast or burke for lunch. Of course they will run out of fresh bread later in the evening, more kudos to them for keeping everything fresh and not piling up stale products.

Simply the best bakery in Phoenix Metro area hands down! Now their new location at 12^th Street and Bell Rd has some European goodies that are hard to find anywhere else and the pricing is great as well. One thing I would suggest is that you call-​in an order if you’re coming later in the day because the afternoon rush can leave you empty-​handed, but if you call it in they make extra and put one on the side for you.
The only downside is that I can’t live off of burek and the pastries… but I do attempt to a few times a week ;)

The have a great selection of bread, desserts, and to accompany them, coffee. The menu isn’t huge but the few items they have are good. The coffee (I had the cappuccino) was okay, nothing special. The spinach burek (bread filled with spinach and cheese) was fantastic and so was the keks torta (chocolate coffee cake).
The service was excellent and the pricing was fair. The place is pretty small but they have some seating outside if the seating inside is full.

Get there early or call to reserve bread because they run out quickly. I was there at 4pm and they were sold out of almost everything.

Since moving here 8 years ago I’ve been trying to find a good bread bakery. So glad I stopped by. Daily fresh baked loafs of bread. Not a big selection and that’s so they don’t have to cut corners. Price is quite reasonable! Half of what I expected to pay!
The cream puffs were amazing. The salted bread stick (I think it’s called Kafta) is incredibly soft and wonderful. I’m headed home to cut a fat slice of my dark rye WITH NO CARAWAY SEEDS! :)
I will be headed back for the balaclava soon soon soon

I didn’t know they moved, but I passed their new location and thought, «oh another balkan bakery».
I showed up the following week and saw the friendly face of one of the workers (i think he may be the owner) and got a (i forget it’s name), filo dough stuffed with spinach and feta cheese. It’s delicious. That is one of the only things I really get here. Sometimes i get the kisra which is a small boomerang shaped salty bread.
Really well priced and freshly baked, and obviously delicious bread.
Come back? yes i do often.

This guy makes the best stuff. I love the Bureks! Our fav is the spinach! French bread is wonderful. Do get there early.

I LOVE the Balkan Bakery! Easily the best bread products in Phoenix, produced on site every morning — so get in there early before they are sold out.
They are also now offering morning — lunchtime foods and sit in tables.