Royal Deli & Bakery — Restaurant in Salinas

Kind of a crazy experience trying to put a deposit down for my daughters birthday cake. Had some flamboyant clothes on and rode up on my bike with the kids in a tag along. Whomever was at the counter was still working with someone and speaking in Spanish. They didn’t acknowledge me so I just waited. After nodding at me and laughing with the other customers he asked me what I wanted. After I let him know I was there to put down a deposit on an order his whole demeanor changed and he realized he was dealing with a customer. Even the folks he was working with had their eyebrows hit their hairlines. He seemed to do some verbal gymnastics to try and cover the giant hiss that he made when he realized and told me both that the person ahead of me bought the last cake for Saturday(on Wednesday) and that the cake discussed with my wife was too complicated and they couldn’t help me. But he had discussed the cake with my wife and I was here to pay the deposit?

Was so mystified and insulted by the encounter I just packed up the kids and left without saying much.

As a new member of the community it was wild to purposely pick a neighborhood place just to get worse treatment...

I forgot to leave a review after receiving my daughters birthday cake. It was 2 weeks before her party & I had tried a different cake shop in the area to do the Pokémon cake I was requesting but said they couldn’t do it because apparently they don’t use fondant. So then I was searching google for nearby cake shops & came across the Royal Bakery. The cake came out amazing & we all fell in love! I showed a picture of what I had wanted, he was honest & gave suggestions about the cake: using fondant vs frosting of the cake I was requesting. He knows what he’s doing when it comes to his work & I really appreciated his kindness & effort to ensuring the cake came out perfectly for my daughters birthday. Definitely coming back for future...

Wow! I'm so happy to have found Royal Bakery. They made my husbands traditional birthday cake. Tiramasu. . By far the best Tiramisu we've ever tasted. It's just a good old fashion bakery with so many yummy delights. Was hard to resist trying one of the cookies. I will definitely be a return customer. Highly recommended! Far better than the generic grocery...