Zion Bakery

They are my favorite bakery in San Diego! Where did they go??? Zion Market that was housing this bakery moved to a new location and is now partnered with Paris Baguette which I am not a huge fan of. Does anyone know where Zion Bakery moved to???

Pros: my kids love the pastries with the red bean paste in them, freshly baked at 1pm every day except Mondays.
Cons: prices are outrageous!!! they would never get away with this in the OC!!!
So, the only thing we ever buy here are the puff pastries with the red bean paste in them. I am not talking about the ones sitting on the shelves next to the counter. I have never seen any make it to the shelves. These things sell out like hotcakes, pun intended. I hate when I go before 1pm and realize that I will have to go back later to get these dang things for my kids. They are golden on the outside and just sweet enough without being full of corn syrup.
The other stuff looks good, but I’m not risking it at those prices!!! Stick with the «kong ppang» and you won’t regret it! ( Unilocal isn’t letting me type in Korean).
Also re: the parking nightmare — just avoid Sunday mornings and early afternoons when everyone goes before or after church. Duh.

I admit, tho the parking is living hell on the weekends and the bakery runs low on baked goods most of the time, they have the best korean baked goods in SD! 4.5 stars for baked goods 1 for everything else. Trust me. Their «ppang» especially «gom bo ppang» «paat ppang» baked korean donuts are really good.
Pick the right time and you’re golden. If you don’t you’ll be cursing trying to find parking and end up coming out empty handed.

I come to Zion Bakery when I crave Korean bread in San Diego. My favorite things to get here are the chesnut bread (has yellow chesnut chunks) or the mocha bread (has raisins, walnuts, chesnuts). I like how everything is not overly sweet. I liked everything that I’ve tried here. There are limited selections on Mondays because apparently they don’t bake on Mondays.

The bread is decent. Just decent. But they charge a freaking arm and a leg if you want anything here. I’ve NEVER seen Korean bread this expensive. Really, cookies for $ 5? If this place was in Ktown, they’d either have to lower their prices or go out of business. Not much variety, not much taste, meh. They really take advantage of the fact that they’re the only bakery in town. I mean, if you’re gonna charge so much, at least give us some good stuff, jeez.
— disappointed customer

You would think that Chestnut Bread would have more chestnut flavor than just a yellow cake sprinkled with a few chestnut pieces on top? Well, not at this bakery. Save your 5 dollars. I thought I’d be spontaneous today and try their chestnut bread loaf, but it was definitely a bad choice. I don’t frequent this bakery too much b/​c of their high prices and lack of palatable choices. But this is the only Korean bakery in SD that I’m aware of. so I guess we’re doomed.

Two reasons to submit yourself to one of the worst parking nightmares in SD:
1) The Happy Family restaurant inside.
2) The Zion Bakery.
I am not a fan of the parking lot for this place nor am I a fan of the blank looks I get from the workers.
Ok…I lie.
I love the way the workers look at me and wonder who let the round eye in.
I can stumble through the awkwardness because the bakery is divine.
The bread is always soft and fresh.
The tapioca bread balls are delish.
The crispy little cookies are always on hit and
the carrot cake should not be missed.
I am a fattie and this place is fattie approved.

Their bakery items for the most part is unique and different. Everything that I have tried, I have liked. I like that is not overly sweet.
They do not speak very much English. At times their customer service can be lacking. It is something that they should strive to be more consistent with.
What gives this place an extra star is the sweet potato cake (my favorite here). It has a very unique flavor, light, and moist. The decoration on the cakes are very minimal, nothing fancy.

This bakery is alright. It doesn’t make anything too fancy or sweet and when I go to Zion I may pick up a few items. They do seem to excel at making breads though. I haven’t tried the entire line up of baked goods but I’m sure its decent.
Once you walk in to the store on the Mercedes side then you cant miss it.

All of the items in the bakery look so delicious. However, every time I buy something I am always a bit disappointed. Today I decided to buy a green cake with layers of cream. It tasted okay, but definitely looked better than it tasted.
I used to buy a lot of things at the bakery in the Galleria in LA’s Korea Town. They looked good and tasted delicious, but they also had more selection.

Hmmmmmm korokke…
I really need to learn to eat before I go to Zion… I’m usually hungry when I go in… then the lure of the bakery gets to me… everything looks so good! But I always end up getting a korokke, it is kind of like a savory donut, filled with potato, veggies, and egg. Delicious… and cheap!
I am not too sure if they take credit cards since you pay separately from the normal check out.

The Zion Bakery is located at the right side of the checkout area to the Zion Market. I believe the two are separate businesses, since you have to pay separately, and they have different bags with their own info on it.
This place seems to be a good place to pick up some warm and fresh bakery items, Korean and non-​Korean items. So far, I have tried some sweet tasting Korean bread, freshly baked and still warm, and also some pre-​made almond flat-​looking cookies. (I forgot the names)

you’ve got to try their chocolate cake! its weird because its green but its soOoo good! =)