Gamboa Baking Company

Crossiant, coffee and pizza are all very nice. The order might be missed in busy hours, so remember to ask if you've been waiting for long time. Also might take some time to wait for dine in on the weekend.

In heading to Gamboa, a city where there is absolutely zilch to eat or drink (maybe 1 place), I had to head to a city nearby. I encountered The City of Knowledge, La Ciudad de Saber and found this bakery. I absolutely LOVED this place. The atmosphere was so bright, open, and dog friendly. Their coffee, pastries, and staff were absolutely killer, and the chef was incredibly kind. I really don't know how you can get such flakey croissants in such a humid and hot environment, but he took the time to speak to me about the process of their baked goods, their kitchen, and how the place came to be. What a gem of a place. I'll be back repeatedly.

The food at Gamboa may be acceptable in terms of taste and price, but the customer service is an absolute disaster. They have a terrible inventory system and a complete inability to solve problems. Here’s what happened: on the first day, I was patient when they got my order wrong despite assuring me they had the item. But the next day, when they supposedly had plenty of stock, I still had to wait 20 minutes only for an employee to come out and tell me that, once again, they had sold my cinnamon roll to someone else by mistake. What’s worse, they forced me to accept a “solution” I neither requested nor agreed to, which violates Article 49 of Law 45 of 2007 on Consumer Protection in Panama. This law clearly states that “every consumer has the right to receive the product or service as offered, advertised, or agreed.” I will be filing a formal complaint because some things go beyond simply letting them slide—especially when a customer who ordered and paid after me, standing right behind me in line, still received the exact product I had ordered and paid for first. On top of that, orders always arrive late, and you have to constantly follow up with the staff to find out when your food will be ready—most of the time, they don’t even seem to know what’s going on. I understand the place can get busy, but that’s exactly why staff should be trained and operations should be organized. Overall, I won’t be coming back. It’s unacceptable for a customer to go through this two days in a row. The entire experience is ruined, and it’s clear they have no idea how to manage expectations or deliver basic service

If you would like to eat butter based dough and overpriced bakery products along with a tiny overpriced coffee, then this is your place. Anyway, why would you cover in sugar a chocolate and almond biscuit? Well, I can say the birds were delighted.

The food is delicious! We got two different sandwiches and desserts and loved every bite! The place is pretty nice with multiple seating areas. They need to improve on the service as we had to wait a bit and remind them for our drinks which were delivered last, but definitely worth the trip for those flavors!

If you enjoy freshly baked sourdough bread, then this place is a must! Amazing sandwiches, great coffee, excellent pizza, delicious sweet pastries. This place should not be missed!

This is probably one of the best places I’ve ever visited. A little expensive definitely but food is great. Pizza is delicious, specially when you add it a little of that spicy honey syrup they’ve got! The cinnamon roll has been the best one I’ve had in my life and the aperol spritz is amazing. It gets a little (a lot) crowded on weekends during lunch time, so either go early or a little later after 3pm, it can be difficult to get a sit. It is worth it, I recommend it!

This is a great café! We had the best coffee and pastries. The pulled pork bear claw was very nice. The blueberry coffee cake will make you return. Everything we had was delicious.