Dianda's Bakery

Upon seeing the reviews, I decided to try this bakery. The lady who helped me was friendly. I like how she handled the pastries carefully. I was happy to see the selection of sliced cakes. I was most impressed by the cappuccino cake and the cannoli. Both had a perfect balance of flavors and textures. The strawberry cakes and those containing rum were also delicious. The mango cake was good, but I wasn't too crazy about the syrupy sauce the mangos were mixed in. For all the sliced cakes, two things they had in common were: 1 the cake part was kind of dry; 2 the frosting was sloppy. The mushroom pastry was probably the most amusing piece. Unlike the name suggested, there was no mushroom in the pastry. The pastry had a chocolate cream filling, and was covered in sticky syrup. The cream filling was delicious, but the coating was too sweet. If you are not into refined looking pastries, I highly recommend Dianda's. Good taste, and good prices $5 per piece considering the size of the pastries.

I lived next to their other location in the mission for over a decade and would go in after grabbing a taco at la taqueria for their almond tart. It was always decent and a nice contrast after the greasy taco. Now on the peninsula, I've gone in to this location a couple times while waiting for pizza to be done and the almond tart is the same, but wow those cookies have to be the hardest, most stale, and oldest smelling like really old peanut butter? cookies I've ever tried to eat. The little meringue and other similar cookies are literally unpalatable. Hard like a piece of pumice stone, and smelled like they were years old. I want to love you guys, but that's just unacceptable.

So many tasty options, I still haven't had a chance to try them all yet because I keep finding ones I love and keep not getting a chance to get new ones. I appreciate the straight forward pricing, cookies by weight, cakes/tarts same price for each item. Friendly and quick service.

Just as good as the original in the Mission. Love this place. Everything here is delicious. I have to restrain myself from buying one of everything every time I go.

Sad to say the yule log I ordered was awful. The chocolate icing had no flavor and the cake was beyond dry. Everyone took a bite and didn't finish it. $70 in the trash.

I've never had mille feuille, so here are some descriptions from an uninformed palate Napoleon - Flakey layers, sweet custard, whip cream. Pleasant sweet flavor with interesting textures Zuppa Inglese - Mild taste that made me think of rum. Red color from a kind of alcohol the sponge cake is infused with. Dry flakey crunchy layers alternating with wet layers of moist cake, mildly lemony cream and whip cream. To really like this you'd have to like that effervescent alcohol flavor The brownie was really dense and moist with walnuts

Found out this lovely Italian bakery near my place and I can’t believe i stayed away for so long Everything i tried here was delicious They have custard filled pastries and Cakes are just amazing Bought a cake on wifey’s birthday Everybody loved it This is now our go to bakery for every occasion :

Very excellent baked goods, but getting expensive over the years.

Love this place. Their cookies are wonderful. Want to make an impression? Bring a box of Dianda's Italian cookies to your host.

This place was so gorgeous. With the pastries, the muffins and cookies everything was well organized. The service was excellent got the best recommendations from staff. Great size wasn't crowded I can't wait to go to the San Francisco location.