Golden Wheat Bakery

Great local Mexican bakery. Delicious sweet breads, chocolate croissant with chocolate chips, quiche, horchata lattes, and sandwiches. Day old breads and muffins are a great deal too, and still fresher than Safeway!

Small bakery with a limited selection. It looks like they are geared more towards breads and less towards sweets (but they did have cookies, muffins etc). The breads looked delicious and fresh. They also sold day old bread at 50% discount. I was tempted but my husband only wanted to try the fresh stuff.
Because we didn’t want to buy too much bread, we decided to go with the plain baguette. It was good bread but not in the style of a French baguette. It didn’t have the same body, flavor, or structure. (I have a hard time describing the differences). I still liked it, but wish we had tried the challah (which really looked good).
We also took home a couple of the bagels. Again, these did not have the right texture/​flavor to be a bagel. They tasted like… bread. Being fresh, they were still tasty but lacked that essential quality that distinguishes a bagel from a circular piece of bread.
Service was very friendly so I’ll give them three stars.

Golden Wheat bagels should be famous. Make it happen, Seattle.

Challah, tamales and chai tea, all in a friendly and cozy neighborhood spot. What more can you ask for? I have stopped here a few times for a quick snack for my kids, but now I may be developing my own Mexican hot chocolate habit… This review is really somewhere between 4 and 4.5, with my only complaints being minor culinary flaws like a slightly soggy quiche crust one time and kind of dry rugelach on another visit.

This is a perfect neighborhood bakery. If you LOVE danish, bread, and pastries, you are in for a treat. All are YUMMY stuff! I live near this bakery shop. If you are visiting Seattle or live in Seattle, I highly recommend. Great hospitality as well.

HORCHATA LATTES! (I’m so excited! Now, back to your regularly scheduled reviewing).
Let’s start with service. This coffee shop has the best service in Seattle (so far as I’ve seen yet). I felt as if I’d stepped into a friend’s kitchen, they were so welcoming and relaxed.
The seating area, though snug, had plenty of outlets for my laptop, and had an overall ambience of cheerful warmth. I felt immediately comfortable.
The food, I don’t know how to describe it other than to say it’s REAL food. Starbucks and so many other coffee shops have plenty of nice snacks, but somehow it still feels a bit like fast food, something for filling convenience, not flavor. But at golden wheat, it’s real food. Best damn croissant sandwich and tamales in Seattle.
Parking can be a bit tricky, but at least it’s free and a pretty neighborhood if you have to walk a block or two.
I’d say I just discovered my new favorite coffee shop. This place is an unpretentious gem.

Just dropped by to get bread and found the best tamales in Seattle!

Really awesome «hole in the wall» style bakery. The horchata lattes are basically life changing. Quiche was really great too– even came with a couple of slices of fresh fruit. Little touches go such a long way! Really nice family owns and runs it. Definitely feel good supporting their operation. All the pastries looked delicious but didn’t get a chance to try them… this time bwahaha I’ll be back for your sugary delights!

While scheduling a meeting in the area, I came across Golden Wheat Bakery after a recommendation from a neighborhood local. I called ahead just to confirm that there would be enough; upon arrival, I found that the staff had reserved enough tables to fit us and set out glasses and pitchers of water for us. Throughout our meeting, the staff were incredibly helpful and friendly. They really made our lives easy!
Amazing service, delicious food (try the danishes!), and free WiFi! What’s there not to like? Golden Wheat Bakery is wonderful!

Okay, this bakery is my new hangout. Their cakes, posole, tamales, pastries, and — mm-​their empanadas all out of this world. Family-​owned, personable staff, all highly focused on the artistry of their craft – Mario goes out and hunts nettles for empanadas, quiche (I’m serious – to die for! Amazing crust, fluffy, not dense, eggs and pretty darn good hot or cold), and clover limeade. Seriously. Nettle clover limeaid – and yes, they hand squeeze all those tiny limes because «the flavor is just so much better.»
Did I mention the coffee? Anyway you want it – but their best is café con leche or café breve. They use Mexican chicolate for their tiramisu, and while I have spent the whole of my life underwhelmed with tiramisu, theirs is a whole other story. Handmade lady fingers, Mexican chocolate, and a little rum. Wow.
I think if you jog here, whatever calories you consume don’t count. :)
Oh, and super family friendly. My kids love the posole! (Only made on Fridays.) but they make tamales every day now.

This place is a wonderful gem

In search of a neighborhood bakery within walking distance – Golden Wheat Bakery did not disappoint!
We left very happy with a fluffy blueberry muffin, two biscotti, a delicious chocolate dipped macaroon, and a lemon bar.
Will be going back tomorrow morning!

This is my favorite bakery in the neighborhood. The pastries are freshly made from the finest ingredients by the talented pastry chef Angel, who’s so welcoming and really genuine.
The pastries are buttery crispy goodness, especially chocolate croissants. I do miss the Ghirardelli chocolate shaves instead of chocolate chips inside. If you ever decide to go back I’ll gladly accept it.
Marble cake is the best! Pure chocolate shaves really come through the flavors. Danish and rolls are unbeatable.
The artisan breads are soft with crispy crust, baguettes and brioches make delicious french toast at home.
Great vibe and great people!

I’m so glad we live close to this fantastic place where the food is delicious and the customer service is awesome any time of the day, everything is fresh and well cook I order 2 large cakes for my birthday and both were delicious !!!

I’m writing this as I tuck into a deliciously moist, crumbly and generous biscotti. I just discovered this bakery as I was driving on Martin Luther King and spotted the «A» board. A quick right took me up 2 blocks to an unassuming café in what appears to be mostly a residential neighborhood. Boy are they lucky.
The very pleasant cashier told me everything is made right there — from the solid cheesecakes to the croissants, to the powder-​sugared pecan cookies and breads. This isn’t your ordinary Italian, Jewish, French or Mexican bakery, but an international combination, perhaps baking the most beloved of each. Believe it or not I bought an exceptional challah. I was told that they make homemade tamales too on Friday and another day (can’t remember) — cheese and jalapeño, chicken or pork. Damn, I knew I forgot something.

Best bagels we have found in Seattle… toasted with cream cheese… and Apple danishes and… great lunch sandwiches and now Angels mom is making tamales!!! Yum!.. Our weekend go to :) way to be a great neighbor!

We came here everyday while staying in the Central District and tried delicious croissants and exciting empanadas. I also got to practice my skills in Espanol with the elderly Spanish-​speaking owner of this small, but lively café.
The empanas were especially perfect, whether ham and cheese, or mushroom and gorgonzola, they made our bus rides downtown extra enjoyable.
The coffee was definitely up to Seattle standards, but the prices were surprisingly not! No complaints here!

Clearly I’ve been under a rock and only just checked out this Madrona neighborhood café/​bakery for the first time today for lunch. Golden Wheat Bakery has been open since March 2013.
We were the only ones in the café/​bakery, well except a young boy playing with a truck at one table, presumably the owner’s son.
The Asian woman that took our lunch order was very attentive and pleasant. The presumed owner also came out and greeted us, plus prepared our sandwiches. So what did we order?
Two lunch specials — we both chose the soup of the day (vs salad) and sandwich combo.
Homemade chicken noodle soup (given additional bread slices — we chose whole wheat) and a substantial classic club sandwich with a pickle.
The soup is absolutely what I needed for this seasonal cold I picked up. The contents wre generous with tender chicken chunks, vegies, just wished the noodles weren’t so mushy.
We both ended up only eating half our respective club sandwiches — goodness three slices of bread with turkey, ham, thick cut bacon, cheese slices, tomato, lettuce and mayo! Definitely the extra bread slices and sandwich halves were going home.
Saw the assortment of bread loaves. Plus the pastry case held quite the variety with cakes, pies, cookies, pastries, but our selections included:
One cinnamon roll — kiddo ate that later for his afterschool snack and said it was ‘OMG it was so yummy, especially the center was so awesome’
One almond cookie — we had to split that, never made it home. It was very tasty.
Two raisin rugelach — we each ate one there. Usually my favorite rugelach is up in Vancouver BC, but these were very good.
The almond cookie and the rugelach paired well with our respective 16 ounce mochas. I liked that the coffees weren’t cloying and were strong.
One coconut macaroon — this was nibbled upon later in the late afternoon and was deemed ‘moist, chewy, great flavor and a bit lighter than most people’s macaroons’.
Decent street parking availability. Exercise caution as cars whizzed by and didn’t stop for us pedestrians until the seventh car. Modest walk-​by traffic. The owner had conversations with the postman and another person who stopped in as were finishing our lunch. Noticed that WiFi is also available. No background music or other people having lunch while we were there though. Total with tax and generous tip was a little over $ 47.
Clearly this is a well-​established neighborhood café/​bakery — thanks again fellow Unilocalers for the intel and reason to stop by!

Went there early Saturday morning and yes, they have one of the best danishes I’ve ever had. The danish pasties was a buttery croissant. I also got a croissant but it didn’t taste as good as the danish, which surprised me. They must’ve added more butter in the danish croissant. I didn’t think the rugelakh was out of the world but it was good. Before 3÷15÷2014, if you spend more than $ 10, you get a free cookie! :D
Overall, it’s a good pastry place to get breakfast.

I would have never stepped in her if it wasn’t right next to where I was staying in Seattle. The morning of our departure, my boyfriend and I wanted to try this little bakery a block away and reflect before we started on the road to wedding craziness as two of our buds said «I do.»
The morning we arrived, we were informed enthusiastically by the woman at the counter that had just finished their «busiest morning ever» and were running lower than usual on baked goods. But even then, there was a decent selection of croissants and pastries that I was able to find something easily.
I had a delicious apple pastry, and BF had buttery, flaky-​to-​perfection croissant. we devoured our treats incredibly fast, and took the time to enjoy the bakery’s coffee (also great!) and take in the quiet peacefulness of his little hideaway in suburban Seattle. Another thing I loved about Golden Wheat is that is clearly a local business that takes pride in the community and giving back. Through the store were flyers and promotions for local neighborhood events and charity drives. If I had been available I would have probably attended one.
My regrets were:
1) Not getting there earlier to see what I could have eaten
2) Since we were travelling, bringing a loaf of bread with us would have been ill-​advised and «crumby»
I don’t know when I’ll get the chance to come back here, but that shouldn’t stop you! This place is adorable and the treats are made with love and care that you can taste. A friendly staff and civic pride make this a place every local small business should strive to be.