El Molino Real Bakery

Had a lovely brioche croissant and coffee for 4 dollars. Great value and delicious. The bakery itself smells lovely, like an old fashioned kind. Have not tried anything else yet

In looking for bolillos, i encountered El Molino Bakery. I was confused upon entering as they have a menu of food, fresh juices, and ice cream in addition to cakes, sweet bread and bolillos. Place is a bit disorganized, messy and not very clean. I almost walked out, but i needed bolillos and I was pressed for time. Bread was placed at the center of the store in a cart with pull out trays. I found this odd, unappealing and inconvenient!

When I requested a tray to choose my bread, the lady behind the counter pointed to a used stash of trays sitting on the counter above the ice cream bin. Not until I told her the trays were used did she proceed to provide a clean one.
Also, there are no prices displayed anywhere, i find this a tad annoying as I like to tally up my order before paying to prevent being overcharged.
Lady stated all sweet bread have different prices....well that was "helpful"!

They also have ready made cakes - without prices displayed of course

Only ended up buying bolillos...price was 2x$1.

Not sure I will return, might just end up at the grocery store until i find a better place.

Picked up fresh Pan Dulce.. but ended up being not so fresh.. after the 2nd bite I got a weird flavor, I looked at my bread and it had black and green Mold..
Right after .. will update if any serious medical issue arises..

First of all, i'm not sure what her name is but the blonde haired lady is so rude. Not sure what her problem is. My friend went to go get some goodies from here and it wasn't even close to closing time yet. It was around 8:30 pm and this lady runs to the door before my friend gets there and says with a rude tone "We're closed!" they close at 9:00 pm like it says on the website. And this wasn't even the first time they've closed earlier than normal, they just stare at you and won't let you in. We enjoy the goodies, but. We wish the customer service was better and didn't treat us so rudely. The only reason we come back is because of Tres Leche and the flan is really good.

I've been a customer here since 2022 and I've had beautiful cakes made. I recently went back for another cake and it was very bad. Paid $80 and I was so disappointed, had to order a topper to try and save it.

I bought some sweet bread and it was dry and not fresh. I thought it was weird that they have the bread just sitting on racks in the middle of the store. However, I decided to still purchase the bread against my better judgment because I was in a rush.
I really did myself a disservice because I ended up having to go somewhere else and purchase more sweet bread. I ended up just throwing out the two boxes of bread.

Delicious cheesecake and a beautiful cake very cheap and very good quality, the royal mill bakery thank you very much

Poor service. And they're selling cannoli and donuts that are outside and mosquitos flying around. That's not good.

This is an old bakery in Lawndale and many years ago it was the best one around. I have gone there here and there, giving them a chance but every time I'm disappointed. The only thing that is fresh that I HAVE TRIED are the bolillos, I assume they sell enough to make those daily. This weekend and my last visit, I purchased a slice of cake. The frosting, cake and strawberry glaze was hard. Clearly these are old cakes that didn't sell and they slice them hoping to sell them. By the way they are $6 a slice for old cake! The vibe is weird, the workers have no customer service and their bread isn't fresh. Another visit I asked if their sweet bread was made that morning and they were bothered and said yes but touching the bread with the thongs I couldn't even push the bread down! That's hard bread not fresh... too bad.

3/2/24 UPDATE: I was in the neighborhood and the other bakery I went to was having some construction done and was not open, so after a bit of deliberation I decided to stop at El Molino Real despite my promise to never again go there. Score! Much better experience. The greeting was friendly, and I got a slice of cake that was actually fresh and delicious. Hint: Use the tongs to lightly tap the red gel on the strawberry, if it is not gummy, it is fresh. I also tried a cannoli ($3) which was tasty but not authentic so I wouldn't get that again. The cream horn was fresh and tasty as well. Again, use the tongs to lightly tap the filling and you can tell if it is fresh or starting to get gummy. I wondered if perhaps there was a new owner but definitely not. They give you a tray to put your selection on; not only are the tongs not washed between each customer but the waxed paper on the tray still has crumbs from whoever else used it. So the same cheapskate must still own the place. You will notice that there are trays of baked goods sitting out in the open with no covering too. In the summer I'm sure there will be flies so I definitely recommend making your selections from the cases along the wall.