Canele Bakery - S San Diego

I don’t care how good the food is. Selling out an hour or two or more before you close COMPLETELY is absurd. I drove 25 minutes for Canele, which is an hour of my time and costs me gas money. Complete waste. Bake more food if demand is that high.

Best bakery I’ve had in San Diego. The chocolate monkey bread is fire ?? it’s crispy outside and soft inside. Perfect amount of chocolate inside and perfect ratio of sugar and oil. You can tell that it is really high quality, well made bakery.

Canele has some of the best pastry in all of San Diego. They stick to a small menu and deliver those items at the highest quality. Chocolate monkey bread is a must try item!

We pre ordered a butter croissant, chocolate almond croissant, and canele on Thursday night for a Friday pick up. The pre order and pick up process was very easy. They had the packed baked goods on the counter with your name on them. We picked up our baked goods around 12:20 pm and they had a sign up on the door that said they were sold out so something to keep in mind if you're not pre ordering. We enjoyed both of the croissants! The butter croissant was buttery and flakey and the chocolate almond croissant was full of flavor. I think they use dark chocolate because it wasn't overly sweet. The canele was OK it's pretty pricey at $4. The outside of their canele has a very, thick crust and the inside was very custardy. However, I don't know if I would get it again. I would definitely recommend the croissant and we will be going back to try the other croissants and monkey bread.

I can 't believe that I 've lived this close to Canele all these years and only just found out about their incredible pastries they 're located right next to Rubicon, and according to Yelp users, they sell out fast so I placed an order the night before on their website (powered by Square) and it went through without a hitch. I ordered: 2 caneles, 1 almond croissant, and 1 plain croissant. My SO, who went in to pick up, got himself a ham and cheese croissant also. I 've never had caneles before, so I was eager to try these out. You guys!!! My SO, who is not a big fan of sweets, turned to me after the first bite with a thunderstruck look on his face and said, That 's really good. I don 't even know what to compare these to a bread pudding, but not heavy at all? It 's delicate on the inside like a crepe, but buttery and moist and airy. The shell on the outside is caramelized and it 's such a treat to bite through. It 's like creme brulee, but in pastry form. Incomparable, you really have to try these if you come here. With the croissants, the flaky pastry is really the highlight of it all my SO said he wasn 't super impressed with them until I asked if they had been heated up a little, since I know that croissants can come across as a little stale if the butter has solidified too much. We popped the remaining ones in the microwave for 10 seconds and I personally thought they were perfect that way melty, buttery, so very flaky. I love this place! I 'll be coming back for certain. Best pastries I 've had in San Diego so far.