La Luz Bakery

I really love coming here. You walk in and get some tongs and a tray and help yourself. They have a wonderful variety of pastries. Their conchas are just amazing. Nothing has prices on it, which made me uneasy at first, but once I went to pay, it felt like I was robbing them! 8 conchas, 2 pieces of some kind of sugary bread, 2 cookies, and 2 donuts for $ 8… The staff is always friendly– they speak English and Spanish, which is a definite plus for me, because my Spanish is just terrible lol.

I’ve been to this bakery a couple different times and it’s always been excellent, until this evening. I went in and got 2 cups of Tres Leches Cake in a Cup and took it home! When I got home it was completely spoiled and sour tasting! Im disgusted! I had to give them a call and let them know! Didn’t receive a refund or new cake because they didn’t have any more. Not sure if I’ll be returning!

I had heard about this for so many years, I had to walk in and try it. I was a bit lost. If you don’t know to grab some tongs and a basket, you might stand there with a dumb look on your face, like I did. Get on in there. The cookies were good. The bread looked good and the cakes looked beautiful. I highly recommend the vanilla churros!

My family and I come here nearly every week. I love their tamales and fresh bread. I don’t even bother going to any other Mexican bakery because I know this one is so much better!

Hands down the best Tres Leches cake you will ever eat!

Good selection of empanadas, very fresh tasting breads. One of the better mexican bakeries I have been to.

Hands down, best tres leches ever! This place is always busy, but also very organized.

Amazing place! So at this bakery, you grab a tray and some tongs and just grab the things you want from display cases. We ended up getting a huge chocolate muffin, a big m and m cookie, a huge m and m brownie, and two chocolate covered bananas (you have to ask for bananas and strawberries as they are in a different display case but the employee was quick and helpful about getting them). We were at the bakery at 9 pm, so pretty late. They still had a great selection of fresh treats. The bananas were a tad soft, so I suggest putting them in your freezer/​fridge for a little longer if you like them frozen. Our total was $ 7. So cheap! I think it would have been way cheaper without the bananas, as the chocolate covered strawberries were $ 2 a piece so I’m guessing the bananas were around that range. Not bad but that means the other baked goods were very cheap. The employee put the bananas in a clear box (which would be great for the strawberries if one wanted to give some as a gift) and wrapped the other treats in paper and put them in a bag. I’m definitely returning. The strawberries looked really nice for gifts. It’s really a great place for anyone but it would be fun to take a kid here as they could point out what they want and would probably love being able to grab it from the case. Definitely a place to try if you want some reasonably priced goodies!

I have been here many times. Just grab a pan & tongs & load all the donuts you want. Fresh donuts at very reasonable prices & IMHO the best concha around.

Great Tres Leche cake! Very friendly staff. Warm and comfortable atmosphere. A lot of treats and things to look at!

Another family owned and family managed bakery (panderia). This family has served the Round Lake area for over a generation! The pastries and cakes are made fresh everyday and there are trays and towers of donuts, mini-​cakes, fresh hot bread, and Hispanic delicacies waiting for a hungry mouth to munch on. Get you sugar fix here … DO IT NOW!

Five stars of awesome home baked bakery goods to relish! Reasonably priced and everything I have sampled has been delicious.

This place has the biggest, tastiest selection of postres, churros, cakes, muffins, everything, and all at incredible prices. If you’re in Round Lake, you must stop here. Grab a tray and some tongs and go to work.

Outstanding donuts and service! :)

Historic Round Lake. If you sneeze, you may miss it.
La Luz? Nomnomnomnomnomnom. It is the dream of fat little piggies and all those that appreciate mom & pop establishments.
From the outside, this place is rather unassuming with the windows covered up — there are two doors, one for those entering and another for exiting. When you enter, you may question if you walked into the kitchen area — there are literally tall racks facing you (the kind with wheels and that hold like 15 trays vertically, which can be rolled in and out of walk-​in refrigerators). Be not afraid, just follow the flow of foot traffic and do as the others do.
There are no signs to show you what hte process is — but it’s fairly simple. To your right, walk bout 5′ and grab either a round aluminum tray or white plastic bin. Then grab a tong, which is hanging on a rack, along with 20+ other tongs. Then go back to the baking racks or the clear display shelves along the walls and fill ‘er up. There are no price tags but you can pretty much be assured than for under $ 5, you can get about 6 – 8 items.
This place has been our must-​eat-​must-​Yelp list for some time, so when the weather was nice for driving, one lazy weekend, we headed to La Luz for a gluttonous trip. It was well worth the drive — super decadent options and some amazing custom cake (fresh, not overly sweet, generous use of strawberries, and friendly service).
I’m not sure what to call these baked items, but the ones with some yellowish custard/​flan, on a flaky croissant-​like dough, and raisins? they were dee-​lish. The apple turnovers are great and we can’t wait to go back and try some more. Even arriving early, there were a lot of people (look to be locals, many of Hispanic origin) who were stocking up with mounds of stuff.
So stop by if you’re in the area and you’ll not disappoint. Great value and freshly made products, backed by service with a smile from all of its people. Can’t wait to try the tamales next time.

Stopped in early one Saturday morning and bought churros that were still warm…

Mmmm yummy! Once you wrap your anglo mind about how you pick and purchase; its a snap! Lots of yummy treats for the kids and the dads.

I LOVE the pastries that i received, though I wish that they would label their items. I got this delicious pastry that looked like a mini apple pie, but I believe it was a type of mango bread of some sort. I would totally buy it again, but I could not tell anybody the name of the desert I got!
Regardless, I’m definitely coming back!

First thing you feel when going into this place is… overhwelmed! What should you choose? The selection is staggering. Sweet buns galore, turnovers, cakes, flan, cookies, croissant stuffed with cream, cheese pastries, things that look like aspics that are stuffed with some sort of flowers (I have no idea what they are but they’re sheer art!) They do fresh snow cones and cakes to order. Plus… and here it is… TRES LECHE cake… heavenly and soaked with sweet creamy milk. Unbelievably addictive.
It’s mostly self-​serve, so you grab a pair of tongs and a platter and begin your adventure searching through case after case of these colorful treasures. And when you’re through you discover you’ve got enough bakery for days and it only cost you like five bucks.
I love this place and the staff who are super friendly. One of the women always has a smile and never hesitates to explain what’s in any of the cakes or pastries and she always teaches me Spanish when I’m there. Hit this place up – either for that single breakfast pastry before you hop on the Metra (It’s right behind the Round Lake stop in the downtown area). Or when you need a lot of bakery because you’re having guests to tea. Cheers!

La Luz Bakery is a fine example of the kind of panaderia/​Mexican bakeries you can find dotting the Chicago metro area.
In Downtown Round Lake and about a block south of the Round Lake Metra station, this place serves the best tres leches cake in town. So grab a big round aluminum tray and a sparkling clean pair of tongs and load up from the big glass cases along the wall — you might be surprised just how little this is going to cost you!
As for myself, I’m still feeling my way through the items, not being overly familiar with the range of Mexican bakery — but I don’t worry, the staff there is very helpful if I don’t know what something is. Little vanilla custard-​filled crescents, crusty pineapple-​stuffed pastries — you can hardly go wrong!
The place is usually busy, but everyone is friendly and the line moves along pretty good. As with all baked stuff, some items are much better when they’re fresh, so ask if they are.