Venice Bakery & Restaurant

Outstanding friendly and helpful service is the number one thing at this little gem. The two women who served us were friendly and had glow of real happiness on them, which is almost spooky for Los Angeles, but all the more remarkable because of it. The food was very good +- I had the chilaquiles, My friend had the heuvos rancheros, and they serve up a beautiful warm bolillo, which made me wish I could come back and sample their bakery in a more systematic fashion. the chilaquiles were very good but my bar is very high, unfairly so, I reckon. I think the HR were good too. I very much liked their unsweetened cafe olla, which I think I ruined by putting in half and half in a fit of distraction. Well it wasn't ruined but it would have been better without it. And I love what they did to make the sidewalk seating a friendly grotto like porch -- a pleasant oasis of character in this pretty bleak commercial neighborhood. I'd return again if I were for some reason in the neighborhood again...

I’ve been ordering from here for 3 years and I finally sat down and ate in person. Wow, not only is the food 10x better the service is amazing. I had an americano with a concha while I waited for my chilaquiles, which are a must try! I love red but they have the green salsa option as well. The staff is very friendly and very attentive.

Only store that was open at 6 am so tried it out. They have a wide variety of authentic Mexican bakery products, and the staff are very knowledgeable about them too. I found the conchas best. Very competitive pricing too!

The hazelnut latte had a kind of weird aftertaste so I'd probably avoid coffee there next time and take more bakery products.