Balboa Bakery, San Diego CA

Excellent and friendly service. Delicious pastries. Lots of parking lot. Their flavors are very good. Large variety of breads.

This place is quite colorful and I never eat dessert but it’s my birthday tomorrow so I thought to mix it up. I’ll be honest I spit some of them out but you must know… I’m very picky and it honestly felt like those moments where you take a treat from one of those random chocolate boxes. It was exactly like that because nothing is labeled, but I’m sure the staff will tell you but there was this hungry kid behind me. So i felt I had to quickly choose before the kid started attacking. There were good treats and there were bad ones but everyone is different. Never be afraid to try something new and bring a glass of milk. My mouth felt dry at times…

Cute little bakery, we bought some cookies and banana pastry which was really good And refreshing.

Amazing baklava! The Filo pastry is very light and perfect, and they have a generous layer of pistachios.

Very delicious! I just had a chickpea cookie (not pictured… devoured too fast!) with pistachio crumbs and it was delish! I was jonesing for sweets this eve and this was perfect. Not too sweet and decadent and gave me my fix. Very understated treats that over-deliver. I had a walnut cookie (left) that is tasty, slightly crunchy, airy, yet moist like the ends of a macrons. Wow. I picked up different varieties of baklava too. Haven’t had them yet but I’m sure it won’t disappoint. I want to come back and try the almond cake with creme. Delightful lil treasure to find. Yummo!