Porto's Bakery

(818) 846-9100

315 N Brand Blvd
Glendale, CA 91203 34.1502 -118.2551

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Neighborhood: City Center

PORTOBAKERY.COM

Years in business

Established in 1960

Last updated 5.07.10

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In Short – Fluorescent light bounces off the white linoleum and rebounds off the walls into the party favor store on the second floor. Hungry patrons, with numbers in hand, wait for their chance at the counter. A few tables offer a place to eat amid the cacophony. Cuban specialties sandwiches, classic American pastries and decorated cakes fill the large U-shaped displays. The pina colada dessert features a pineapple-coconut fluff covered in white chocolate.

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Save time by visiting the express counter to the left, available to those ordering up to only four items and paying in cash.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. Whether you visit the Glendale or newer Burbank location, the line of people out the door cements Porto's status of one of the best bakeries (and much more) in the LA area.
  2. There is decent parking in the back lot, but lines are long.
  3. several egomaniacal staff members; disorganized, even when not busy; creative pastries mask average taste; tacky and VERY sloppy cake decorations
  4. This is a good cuban bakery in a convenient location, Glendale.
dessert
97.5% positive
  1. This place makes the most amazing Fruit Tarts for dessert.
  2. They have the best cheeseroll and chocolate cake.
  3. Must try: potato balls, cuban sandwich, steak and tomato sandwich, and every single dessert is fresh and delicious.
  4. Their desserts and other sweets from the bakery are all amazing.
  5. The cake tased so good with mango.
  6. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, meat pies and potato ball s, and good coffee, as well.
  7. The pastries and cakes are wonderful and again, very reasonable.
  8. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, and meat pies, and good coffe, as well.
  9. The cakes look amazing and the pastries are also divine.
  10. It is just the best cheesecake ever!
  11. The chorizo pie and the papa rellena (stuffed potato ball) are two of my favorite foods anywhere.
  12. Great bakery with original desserts and catering
  13. All the guests at the baby shower thought the cuban cake flavor was delicious.
  14. Fantastic mango cheesecake
  15. The pastries and cakes are great!
  16. Porto's Bakery has a tremendous selection of cakes and desserts at a great value.
  17. Porto's Bakery is a great place to get great deserts and pastries.
  18. love their cakes and pastries.
  19. The cakes are fresh, delicious and beautifully decorated.
  20. Beautiful cakes and vast selection of baked goods and partries and prices so low they are almost beyond belief.
  21. Great bread, cakes, sandwhichs, cookies, etc.
  22. Also they have great custom-made cakes (a bit expensive though) a.
  23. My favorite is the cappuccino cake or.
  24. several egomaniacal staff members; disorganized, even when not busy; creative pastries mask average taste; tacky and VERY sloppy cake decorations
  25. They have great cakes.
  26. Their cakes are beautiful & their sandwiches are great.
  27. This bakery has the best cakes in the world!
  28. there is nothing there that amazes me other than the nasty tasting sandwiches and cakes.
  29. They have fried potato and meat appetizers, chicken pie, and the most amazing desserts ever!
  30. The mango cheesecake has some type of whipped mango with a gel-like mango glaze topped with fresh berries.
  31. They have an excellent staff of decorators who make amazing cakes!
  32. Their desserts tres leches cake and fruit tart are the best!
  33. The cakes and pastries have attractive artsy presentation, great colors and detail.
  34. Pasteries and cakes are as good as sweet lady jane on melrose, for 1/4 of the price!
  35. My favorite desert is the napoleon.
  36. specifically recommend the : potato ball, tuna croissant, fruit tart, opera cake.
  37. The cakes are truly delicious and inexpensive in comparison to comparable stores.
  38. great pastries,sandwiches and the cakes are so gooooood.
  39. The cakes are wonderful!
  40. Good bakery but very high prices - cakes start at $75 and up - but very good.
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. If you want any pastries, get in that line first (take a #in Glendale) & order everything w/that employee, stop by to pick up your drink/sandwiches from different stations w/the #on your receipt.
  2. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, meat pies and potato ball s, and good coffee, as well.
  3. Best coffee ever!
  4. Here, you can have a nice lunch with pastries, sandwich and tea for under $8, actually even less!
food quality
95.2400016784668% positive
  1. Although there is always a big crowd at Porto's, the service is very efficient and fast in addition to the delicious pastries the bakery rolls out everyday.
  2. No frills, just great Cuban food!
  3. The Cubano sandwich is amazing, as are the potato croquettes.
  4. Great bread, cakes, sandwhichs, cookies, etc.
  5. They have fried potato and meat appetizers, chicken pie, and the most amazing desserts ever!
  6. The cakes are truly delicious and inexpensive in comparison to comparable stores.
  7. love food, and i especially love sweets.
  8. Their staff is always friendly and their food is awesome!
  9. the potato ball is great and you have to try the meat pies and the guava pastries are delicious!
  10. love just walking by and taking a whiff of the air, as it always smells of delicious f.
  11. love their cakes and pastries.
  12. Cakes and pastries are yummy yum yum
  13. Everything is fresh and delicious.
  14. The mango cheesecake has some type of whipped mango with a gel-like mango glaze topped with fresh berries.
  15. *. the cafe con leche isn't quite as deadly but they offer a delicious dulce de leche latte.
  16. best food ever
  17. The best pastries and sandwiches this 25-year-old has experienced in the last quarter-century.
  18. The pastries are the best!
  19. This is not gourmet food, but they have excellent sandwiches and bakery at bargain prices.
  20. The chorizo pie and the papa rellena (stuffed potato ball) are two of my favorite foods anywhere.
  21. .. but good food
  22. The pastries and cakes are great!
  23. Also, their sandwiches are delicious!
  24. All the guests at the baby shower thought the cuban cake flavor was delicious.
  25. Porto's Bakery is a great place to get great deserts and pastries.
  26. Great Cuban sandwiches, tamales, meat pies, potato balls and other goodies.
  27. It has an excellent selection of delicious pastries and o.
  28. These are some of the best pastries available, no matter what!
  29. there is nothing there that amazes me other than the nasty tasting sandwiches and cakes.
  30. every pastry i've tried is so delicious and the cuban sandwichs and potato balls are to die for.
  31. Here, you can have a nice lunch with pastries, sandwich and tea for under $8, actually even less!
  32. If you ever thought of looking for authentic cuban pastry, you found it.
  33. don't go there alot, because I might get too fat, however, they have great food, and baked goods.
  34. Its some of the best pastries and Cuban sandwiches I've ever had - here or even in Miami.
  35. I'm not a Cuban cuisine conniseur, but the potato balls (and potato ball sandwich) at this popular Brand Blvd. bakery are heavenly.
  36. Also recommend taking home a loaf of fresh bread any time you go.
  37. The sandwiches are also great.
  38. My first expierence was ok a very long wait for a very small sandwich they could at least give you a sandwich to get full on it sems like a appetizer, pastries a little dry but just a average place not the best bakery around
  39. The cakes are fresh, delicious and beautifully decorated.
  40. They're food is great but their service is really starting to go down hill and they really need to change their staff ASAP!
  41. The pastries and cakes are wonderful and again, very reasonable.
  42. specifically recommend the : potato ball, tuna croissant, fruit tart, opera cake.
  43. Some of my favorite food, and for very cheap
  44. The cakes and pastries have attractive artsy presentation, great colors and detail.
  45. several egomaniacal staff members; disorganized, even when not busy; creative pastries mask average taste; tacky and VERY sloppy cake decorations
  46. Great pastries
  47. Definitely try the tiramisu and midnight sandwich but nothing will disappoint.
  48. Decorative, tasty, delicious.
  49. the sandwiches are awesome, and you can get them to go.
  50. The food are all delicious.
  51. wide selection of pastries and good lunch :)
  52. The cakes look amazing and the pastries are also divine.
  53. Best pastries and good value
  54. If you want any pastries, get in that line first (take a #in Glendale) & order everything w/that employee, stop by to pick up your drink/sandwiches from different stations w/the #on your receipt.
  55. The potato balls are terrific.
  56. Everything was delicious!
  57. They have awesome sandwiches, and an edited selection of the best pastries.
  58. The portions are huge plenty of food mmm good try it i guarantee you'll love.
  59. Great food , bad service.
  60. the parties are alsop delicious.
  61. The tres leches and all their other pastries have been outstanding!
  62. If you don't feel like something sweet, have one of their delicious sandwiches made on freshly baked bread.
  63. Sooooooooo delicious.
  64. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, and meat pies, and good coffe, as well.
  65. Porto's has really good food that you won't really find anywhere else.
  66. Great, unique food
  67. The Cuban sandwiches are authentic as are their croquettas and pastelitos (cheese pastries).
  68. Their cakes are beautiful & their sandwiches are great.
  69. highly recommend their fruit tarts, meat pies and potato balls.
  70. Great pastries, big crowds
  71. While everyone's fighting in line for a pastry, waiting for their number to be called, stop in the express line and order a Cuban sandwich, a Media Noche, or some croquetas.
  72. Porto's has extremely good pastries, especially the fruit tarts, flan and tiramisu.
  73. great pastries,sandwiches and the cakes are so gooooood.
  74. The sandwiches are the best I recommend the Medianoche(midnight sandwich) and the pastry's are to die for and everything is at a very affordable price.
  75. This place is always busy but the service is great and so is the food.
  76. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, meat pies and potato ball s, and good coffee, as well.
  77. The prices are very reasonable and the treats are tasty.
  78. Also, a great gift giving should include their meat pies!
  79. The sandwiches are great too and a good value.
  80. Must try: potato balls, cuban sandwich, steak and tomato sandwich, and every single dessert is fresh and delicious.
  81. The fried potatoes balls are great to eat while waiting.
  82. absolutely love the sweet cheese pastries and the meat and potato balls.
  83. The fresh baked meat and potato pastries, as are the sweets.
  84. The Media de Noche (Midnight sandwich) is a Cuban favorite and will be yours too!
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, meat pies and potato ball s, and good coffee, as well.
  2. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, and meat pies, and good coffe, as well.
  3. They have awesome sandwiches, and an edited selection of the best pastries.
  4. Porto's Bakery has a tremendous selection of cakes and desserts at a great value.
  5. Fantastic cuban bakery, with a small but decent lunch menu as well.
  6. wide selection of pastries and good lunch :)
  7. It has an excellent selection of delicious pastries and o.
  8. Beautiful cakes and vast selection of baked goods and partries and prices so low they are almost beyond belief.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. Porto's Bakery is a great place to get great deserts and pastries.
service
89.28999900817871% positive
  1. This place is always busy but the service is great and so is the food.
  2. Great customer service, I would really, really recommend
  3. This place contains some of the best baked goods yet the people that work there treat customers so poorly and they get away with it.
  4. Although there is always a big crowd at Porto's, the service is very efficient and fast in addition to the delicious pastries the bakery rolls out everyday.
  5. several egomaniacal staff members; disorganized, even when not busy; creative pastries mask average taste; tacky and VERY sloppy cake decorations
  6. All employees that I've dealt with were very friendly & professional.
  7. Whether you visit the Glendale or newer Burbank location, the line of people out the door cements Porto's status of one of the best bakeries (and much more) in the LA area.
  8. Great food , bad service.
  9. They have an excellent staff of decorators who make amazing cakes!
  10. There are at least a dozen efficient, friendly people working behind the counter no matter what day or time I visit.
  11. Their staff is always friendly and their food is awesome!
  12. In addition to the great customer service I received, my order was ready within one week.
  13. On top of this, the new people behind the counter are so rude and apathetic that you think you're at McDonalds!
  14. They're food is great but their service is really starting to go down hill and they really need to change their staff ASAP!
value
92.30999946594238% positive
  1. The portions are huge plenty of food mmm good try it i guarantee you'll love.
  2. The best part about it is how affordable everything is!
  3. The value is also incredible.
  4. The sandwiches are the best I recommend the Medianoche(midnight sandwich) and the pastry's are to die for and everything is at a very affordable price.
  5. Porto's Bakery has a tremendous selection of cakes and desserts at a great value.
  6. the prices are very reasonable as well.
  7. Food is excellent, especially for the price.
  8. Great bakery cheap!
  9. The lines can be a little annoying at first, but it takes 5-20 minutes max & worth it.
  10. yes long lines, but the numbers go by quick(besides after you make up your mind of what you want , your next) prices are good too.
  11. This is not gourmet food, but they have excellent sandwiches and bakery at bargain prices.
  12. Pasteries and cakes are as good as sweet lady jane on melrose, for 1/4 of the price!
  13. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, meat pies and potato ball s, and good coffee, as well.
  14. The prices are very good, and they have a great variety; sandwiches, breakfast, cakes, pastries, and meat pies, and good coffe, as well.
  15. Also they have great custom-made cakes (a bit expensive though) a.
  16. The baked goods are too pricey.
  17. The sandwiches are great too and a good value.
  18. Some of my favorite food, and for very cheap
  19. Good bakery but very high prices - cakes start at $75 and up - but very good.
  20. found this bakery by accident and noticed that it had a crowd and huge lines.
  21. Best pastries and good value
  22. Beautiful cakes and vast selection of baked goods and partries and prices so low they are almost beyond belief.
  23. Wash that down with an imported "Coco Solo" coconut soda and you have a fantastic flavorful lunch that will cost you less than 6 dollars!
  24. The prices were reasonable compared to other bakeries.
  25. The cakes are truly delicious and inexpensive in comparison to comparable stores.
  26. The prices are very reasonable and the treats are tasty.
wait time
50.0% positive
  1. My first expierence was ok a very long wait for a very small sandwich they could at least give you a sandwich to get full on it sems like a appetizer, pastries a little dry but just a average place not the best bakery around
  2. yes long lines, but the numbers go by quick(besides after you make up your mind of what you want , your next) prices are good too.
  3. The lines can be a little annoying at first, but it takes 5-20 minutes max & worth it.
  4. There is decent parking in the back lot, but lines are long.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

04/17/12

Great

by foodtastic

The apple strudel is fantastic, and the best thing here are the potato balls. They have another location in Burbank. Very good prices.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

08/23/11

Goodness!

by jillcanderas

This is a great spot when the items are fresh and just out the oven.. The staff is always friendly and accommodating and the pastries are to die for! I always bring my nephew here for cookies and cupcakes and he never wants to leave... Keep up the good work!

4 Star Rating: Recommended

05/05/11

love the food!

by evelyndun

i love portos! i have been coming to portos for years to buy a bundle of great bites! one con about this place is the line. but its worth waiting. everything is always so fresh!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

04/26/11

Best bakery

by merchant223833

Best Bakery I've ever seen really good and service was wonderful.

3 Star Rating: Average

02/28/11

Really Good But Not Awesome

by azach902

Hey, I like Porto's. And I go there a lot. I'm just not sure why it's always busy for as big as it is. Hey, I'm happy for them. And like I said, I enjoy there pastries, but it seems just a bit more popular than it deserves. Then again, I'm one of those people going there.

The Details on Porto's Bakery

Place Categories:

  • best cuban bakery
  • best guava pastries
  • great cakes
  • great sandwiches
  • great cuban food
  • love place
  • great potato balls
  • delicious everything
  • reasonable prices
  • best porto
  • authentic cuban sandwich
  • great customer service
  • good value
  • favorite media noche
  • great bread
  • unique tropical taste
  • bad experiences
  • not helpful employee
  • too pricey baked goods
  • really love cheese rolls
  • great meat pies
  • especially love other sweets
  • delicious single dessert
  • fantastic mango cheesecake
  • fantastic lunch
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