Nina’s Bakery

Nina’s is a great place to buy authentic Armenian food in Fresno. She makes lamajoon (Armenian pizza) in house and it’s delicious. She has well-​stocked pantry items, cooking spices, and frozen foods.

So, I had an event that I was coordinating and I needed to make Pinwheels. I usually make my pinwheels with soft cracker bread and could not find it anywhere in fresno. Considering it is an Armenian bread I decided to Unilocal an Armenian bakery and ran across Nina’s.
I called ahead to see if this bakery had what I needed and they did. Nina’s is located off shaw and West and frankly if you blink you will miss it. When I arrived at nina’s a older lady was working the counter and was very welcoming. she asked if there was anything I needed and helped me locate the item I was looking for.
I noticed that this place was a true mom and pop shop. it looked to be family run and pretty lo tech. No computers or fancy sign just a few small shelves a display for their baked goods and a real old school cash register. I love fresh pumpkin seeds so I grabbed a bag of those goodies be fore paying for my cracker bread and heading out the door.
I loved my pumpkin seeds they were very plump and salted to perfection. As for my soft cracker bread, well I couldn’t find it anywhere else so it was GREAT!

Love it here! The owners are super friendly! Usually go when I stop by LBC, but now it’s been more often!

Don’t buy the baklava! I got 2 pans of it to give as Christmas Gifts… we decided to keep one and opened it up. So glad we did because it was near rancid!!! How embarrassing it would have been to have given this as a gift Just awful. I had to drive quite a few miles to go there and so sorry I did. I won’t even take it back– threw it out!!!

I am an Armenian-​American born and raised in San Francisco and let me say that this store has great manti and su borek and although I have never been to Fresno or the store myself but how I get the food is when my dad goes down to Fresno for business and brings it back home. I wish that the owner of Nina’s Bakery would open a location in San Francisco.

I travel across town just to get the Armenian, fine ground, dark roast coffee. It is the only coffee that doesn’t give me heartburn! I start each day with a cup of this brew. It is delicious hot, or iced, on a hot summer’s day. They have the standard fare: gata, baklava, cracker bread, string cheese, grains, labneh, imported honey, jams, syrups, spices and ingredients to cook/​bake with. They also have prepared items: monte, boreg, lahmajoon, yolanchi, etc. They are very accommodating and will ship items. This is a family run business and they are friendly.

Came in here on a whim while my roadtrip landed me an afternoon in Fresno. Figured Fresno was as best a place to get some Armenian food as ever, and walked into Nina’s to satisfy my craving (the high rating coaxed me too.)
Being raised on Armenian staples and treats from an early age, I can definitely say that Nina’s lahmajoon was amazing, and very affordable for the quality. Didn’t get to try it, but the baklava looked divine.
I just only wish I had more time (and a massive appetite) so I could have tried more!

This place makes some of the best lamajoun, sarma and boregs, I’ve ever had. I would recommend it to anyone. I’m from the bay and I will be going back to fresno just to go here. You may pay what seems like a lot, but you’re getting a lot of food for your money. Giant sarma $ 7 for a dozen, can’t beat that price in the bay.

Oh man I wish I didn’t live so far away.
I am such a fan of this bakery. Whenever I go to fresno to visit my grandparents this is the place to go. Their cheese bourek is sooo good. Their pastries even better.
I wish I lived locally so i could be the duchess of this place.
I’m salivating just writing about the bakery.

Visits to Fresno always include a visit here to get items I cannot get in this area.
The lahmajoun is very flavorful and I would give it a 5 star.
The meats are tasty and cut to order and the price is ok. 4 stars here.
The pastry I had was stale. I was sorely disappointed. 2 stars. (They get a star for using butter.)
Lot’s of cheeses that are Armenian type.
They did not have any of their special homemade lavash but we did get some of the other type. I was disappointed but did not hold it against them.
I know it is a family business, but crying child (owner’s grand-​daughter?) made the experience not too fun. I know how hard it is to have a business and combine family, and I tried to be understanding but they lost a star because of this.
Perhaps next year, I will return and be able to up the star count.
As side note, I am told this is the best place to get Armenian specialties in Fresno. I am not in Fresno enough to make comparisons.

I’m Armenian, but unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view), I live up in the Bay Area and there is a dearth of good Armenian food here. As such, I regularly take trips down to Fresno to visit Nina’s to stock up on fantastic Armenian food. The people working at NIna’s are very nice and always seem happy to have customers.
My favorite food on the planet is lahmajune and I firmly believe that Nina’s has the best I’ve ever had. Nina seasons the meat perfectly and it is absolutely delicious. What really makes it, though, is the bread. It is the right mix between flaky and moist. I normally buy about 5 dozen of them and I am set for the next month.
Nina also has some great cracker bread, choreg, and decent baklava. Frankly, though, I only come here for the lahmajune.

They’re nice, but I was really disappointed.
I’ll keep it short. I came in hoping to look for nice Armenian treats to buy. I bought some Hummus and fresh pita on the racks; bought 2 of them. I didn’t know what it was called because apparently, there was a certain name for the one I bought.
When I was ready to pay, they charged me $ 8 for the pita. The lady that went before me paid $ 4 something. I don’t remember exactly, but I’m positive I was overcharged. I didn’t complain because I had no clue what it was called. For the hummus, they charged me $ 0.75 more than it was priced.
They have tasty pastries here but they disappointed me on my first time here.

Nina’s needs to consider closing down their storefront and commiting themselves exclusively to catering. Swinging by here for lunch can be a rather underwhelming experience – Is it a deli? A bakery? An Armenian restaurant? What am I supposed to do, exactly?
But their catering is the best in town. Fantastic on all fronts. I had the privilege of attending a party that Nina’s took care of and it was a feast fit for a king. The difference between these experiences was night and day.
Close the shop down, Nina. Stick to parties.

I come here regularly because its close to where some relatives live. I was surprised to see 5 stars for this place. Well, what can I say? I’m Armenian, I know better and I know where to go for these items when I want them fresh and at reasonable prices. But this is close to my relatives and for some stuff its ok so it gets a token bump up to 2 stars.
meghk odarnerun :-)

Great hummus and good deals on pit bread and Mediterranean staples. Great Baklava and sweets.

Hands down the best Armenian deli in town. My favorite thing to get is the lahmajoon, it comes in either mild or spicy. Sprinkle on a bit of shredded Armenian string cheese & bake in a hot oven just long enough to crisp the bread and melt the cheese. They also have fantastic baklava and sandwiches.

Nina’s rocks the best Armenian deli if town good sujuq I’m sure I spelled that wrong well any way it’s the best

I love lahmajoon aka Armenian pizza. Thin lavash like dough sprinkled with beef and spices. I buy frozen ones, microwave for a minute, then roll it up and eat eat eat. Does anyone sell lahmajoon in the bay area?

So I was craving bakalavas one afternoon– I had no idea where to it from because im not from fresno. I hopped on Unilocal and searched Ninas had a few reviews so I thought I’d try it out.
The shop is a bit small I suppose however still had a variety of pastries. The first thing that caught my eyes were the size of those things! They were bigger than I had imagined. I bought about 5 and that cashier was nice enough to give me two more for no addtional cost! I loved them they were nice and flaky just the way I like it :) no doubt you should pass this shop by.

I’ve never been to Nina’s Bakery. In fact, I haven’t been to Fresno since I helped a friend move there in 1999. So why am I writing about this bakery? Because a family friend brought my parents a huge box of goodies the other day and I haven’t stopped feeding my face since.
The «lahmajoun» is the among the best I’ve had. For the uninitiated, this is an Armenian dish made up of a round and thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb) and spices. It’s best sprinkled with a little lemon juice on top. I might’ve seen a version of this offered at Trader Joe’s as «Armenian Pizza.» If you come across this at TJ’s, give it a try but just don’t expect any cheese. At any rate, I’ve tried a good deal of different lahmajouns, and Nina’s is awesome. It comes in both spicy and regular varieties. A couple of these and you’re set for lunch…
«Choreg» is a light, sweet, brioche-​like bread traditionally served on Easter. Again, Nina’s does a stellar job as their choreg rivals my mom’s and grandma’s. It tastes best either right out of the oven or heated in a toaster oven.
If you don’t live in Fresno and don’t plant on visiting the Central Valley in the near future, your best bet for getting your hands on lahmajoun, choreg, and other Armenian treats is at a couple of food festivals held in S.F. during September/​October. Just PM me if you want any details.