La Rosa Bakery

My grandparents love Cuban bread and Cuban crackers for breakfast. It’s been about a month since I found this bakery and has been far by far the best one.
I hope they continue to bake great bread and crackers. Thankfully I won’t have to search anymore.
Also, don’t forget to Check out the pastries and deserts! Can’t go wrong with this place.

I’m never going here again. Normally cuban bakery’s have similar menus and provide the basics like café con leche. This place didn’t have that. So I ended up getting s regular tostada. 6 people were taken care of and left. I was waiting for a tostada that normally takes 2 –3 mins. The women basically ignored me. Finally I asked one of the bakers to go check on it. No one could find it they said it was already out. Apparently the cashier girl packed it in a lady’s bag that came in several people after me. Once I took my stuff I look at the tostada. And it’s falling apart and totally unappealing. I rather stick to Vicky’s despite their long lines. They are efficient and take care of you

I used to get all my pastelitos from here for work parties and do miss it! The prices are great and the parking is good. I have to say my favorite thing here are the bocaditos. They have THE BEST sauce hands down. Whenever I am in the area I drop in to have my pastelito fix.

So my husband wanted to take pastries to a co-​worker to show his appreciation. I told him about this bakery because I have passed by many times. He brought home a Guava Pastelito for me and I hate to say this but… It was not good at all. The Guava Pastelito appears larger in the picture; it looks as if it was cut in half way. Also way too «puffy» for my taste, had a bit of a «grease» smell and taste. I hate to give a small business a bad review but hopefully the owner reviews Unilocal

First time visitor, I am nothing impressed! Everything was fantastic! I especially enjoyed the flan.

If your in the mood for any kind of pastelitos. Well you come to La Rosa Bakery I’ve been coming here since I was little. I’ve been to other bakeries around my neighborhood but there’s comparison. I don’t know what it is… If it’s the ingredients or whatnot but it’s just better at La Rosa. Oh and the people that work there are very nice too.

Only tried 2 pastries. One swirl kind of one was pretty good but the one that has cream, chocolate and kind of looks like a s’more type thing is incredible! You have to try this one! Decently cheap. Good dessert after a Cuban sandwich in little Havana.

Its been around for a long time great cakes, pastels, I really love this place the best.

No Cuban coffee. I’m serious. None. I never thought the day would come that I order a café con leche at a Cuban Bakery in Miami and get the response that they don’t serve any. There isn’t an espresso machine, no cafetera, nothing other than a below average hospital cappuccino vending machine. I held back from ordering toast when I looked around and didn’t see a sandwich press for tostada. The ham croquetas, guava and pastelitos de coco where average.

I’ve been coming to La Rosa since 1975 and the quality of their products and service has never wavered. This is hands down the best Cuban bakery in Miami. If you want coffee go to any corner in Miami and you can have your colada, if you want the best pastelitos, señoritas, monte cristos, capuchinos, etc. in the city then you must try La Rosa.

If you are looking for a delicious Cuban bakery, this is the one you want. Absolutely recommend pastelitos, arroz con leche, dulces de leche, monte cristos, éclair, and pretty much every other pastry. ¡Exquisito!

After a poor experience with my wedding, I never wanted to set foot in here again… However, a friend had already ordered a cake for her nephew’s birthday, so I came along, hoping that they might have changed their ways a little.
They seemed to have no record of her nephew’s cake, even though she had a receipt in hand. After what seemed like endless arguing, we left without a cake, and without the deposit. The girl claimed there was no manager to help at least return the deposit, which she also said we didn’t deserve, since she believed we lied about ordering a cake, despite the receipt.
They are just as awful as they were three years ago. SHAME.
Go for quick treats if you want, but never give them important orders. It is pointless.

Great pastelitos and you can’t beat the price at any other bakery. Go early or they may run out of the favorites. The only bad thing is the parking. There’s not much if the supermarket is full so again go early.

this bakery still reigns supreme in my wee little heart.
their desserts are perfect!

Best Cuban bakery, hands down!!! hands up too!
Their pastelitos are amazing. What makes them stand out from all other Cuban bakeries is their dough; it is flaky, flavorful, and baked to perfection. So many places undercook their pastelitos so they are chewy, but this place is not like that at all! You have to try their guayaba and cheese because it is out of this world! If you are lactose intolerant you should take your lactose pills because this is worth it. Make sure you order a señorita, sugar or chocolate. Also their arroz con leche trumps all the other arroz con leche in Miami.
The only downside is that they only sell Cuban bread, but that is okay because even the bread is amazing.

La rosa is my go-​to Cuban bakery for all of my existence. All of my childhood birthday cakes were from La Rosa – the best merengue and natilla filling, guaranteed.
In my opinion, La Rosa’s croquettas are better than Islas Canarias. I know my opinion is biased, since I have been coming here since I was a child (everything from your childhood is always the best).
Coming here is always one of those traditional Cuban bakery experiences I get homesick for ever so often. In short, the Cuban bread, pastelitos, and cakes are unmatched.

ah, this is Heaven. Obviously, once you get over the parking situation with old geezers blocking every possible turn in sight. Its the mecca of Cuban Baked Goods. These bad boys have it all!
Walk in, grab a number, wait for the old ladies to stop talking amongst themselves. Hey, im impatient but at this sport, I shut my mouth and wait my turn. Its like if your walking into Cuba. Thats their turf & only they can whip out pastries by the dozens every few minutes so I let them do their thing.
They have enough stuff to fill up a menu back & front, yet they keep it simple: Glass Windows to showcase the goods. Heck, they even make brocolli cheese soup? Pretty innovative for an old Cuban joint.
Its the only place I eat pastelitos from and the only place I reccomend. it really is the fuckin bomb.

When you walk into La Rosa Bakery, please avert your eyes from the right side of the establishment. This is very important. This side must be avoided at all costs as to avoid the disastrous overload of colors and tackiness to your sensory perception.
If your peepers can handle dollar store Barbie dolls, confetti, ribbon (or was that serpentine) and plastic pieces of insurmountable bullshittery atop cakes, then go right ahead. Look but don’t say I didn’t warn ya.
If you keep your focus on the left side of the store where Cuban goodies abound in their glass cases, then you’re all good. Therein resides delicious pastelitos, papa rellenas, cappuccinos, Cabot’s, sandwichitos, croquettes and all things tasty, fattening and sweet.
The service is as sweet as their pastries and I will succumb to being called «Querida», «Mamita» «Mi Amor» and «Bella» as quickly as I will inhale those fresh out– of– the– oven treats.
Parking is a nightmare. Whether you’re backing into the alley or parking in the lot adjacent to El Presidente it’s always busy and a hassle.
The one thing that would make La Rosa a Fiver is if they made Cuban coffee. I was über surprised when I asked for some and they pointed to this ancient 7 –eleven type cappuccino machine. But even 7 eleven has up’d their coffee standards.
La Rosa is still the goods. If you’re in Flagami go to La Rosa Bakery and get you some tasties.

This is still my absolute favorite Cuban bakery and definitely my top two bakery in the city. My only complaint is that prices went up about a month or two ago :(. The prices are still way better than American or French bakeries, but the price jump definitely means I can’t go as much as I used to, lol. Tamales are now 2 bucks (which is the city average anyway), senoritas are now a buck, as are caracoles. Pastelitos are a .65. The filling is generous, but sometimes these are the smaller, bite-​size pastelitos and not the full size. Depends on the mood they’re in, I guess, lol. I understand the price hike on everything else, though. I mean, who knows, maybe they have had the same prices since the 60s lol. Still beats Starbucks for sure.
The quality is still top notch and that will definitely keep me coming back. Also, having realized that the real lot for the bakery is actually the one you have to take the alley to get to simplifies things a TON! I no longer have to forgo fulfilling my sweets craving for fear of a parking catastrophe. The back lot always has spaces available.
My recommended treats: chocolate senyoritas, chocolate eclairs, caracoles con azucar en polvo, tamales, and pastelitos (despite the high price, they are delish!). I hear people asking for the soup, too, so I bet it’s really good, judging by the tamales.
I wasn’t a fan of the most recent thing I tried, which was the pasta de bocadito. It has a lot of pimento and it’s sweeter than I like. It was good with some added garlic and black pepper, though.
TIP:
Parking is in the back… take the side alley to the lot that runs parallel to Flagler and is behind the building and kinda to the side. It’s empty when the rest of the lot is packed ;)!
As far as the long lines, the workers get to you in a flash.
They close at 7p or 7:30

Complicated side of town… minimal parking, lots of bumper cars, long counter lines. Amazing warm pastelitos & croquetas!!!
Sometimes life is all about the simple joys! :)