European American Bakery Cafe

Alright, so I would have to be the one to write the first disappointing review… but I have to.
Too many good restaurants in the area to take time for this one, unless you want to pick up some way overpriced bakery… seriously…$ 6 for two Danish pastries! Had a Panini sandwich for $ 9 that contained such a small amount of filling it was ridiculous, but I’m thinking the cost of the bread justified the cost of the sandwich, because the filling wasn’t worth it. Forget the side pasta salad… yes, just forget it. Nothing like a bowl of overcooked, tasteless, cold, wet elbow noodles to bring a meal together! Can’t see what the attraction is here. Pastries look gorgeous, but for the price, they better be gorgeous and great. When I got charged $ 2.80 for a cup of plain, unsweetened ice tea, that even made the whole experience better… not! Especially when the menu stated $ 1.50…I won’t continue how that conversation went.

Found this place on Unilocal,and am very happy I did. Monday AM was not as busy and rushed as others described, but server said it was random sometimes.
Service was prompt and friendly. Music was just right for all ears. Noise level was acceptable, and the low lighting makes it seam more personal.
I ordered the Sunny Side with herb potatoes, sourdough French toast and bacon options. Loved it very much, and would recommend it to anyone. Coffee was on point. I’m not a huge breakfast potato fan, but these would definitely make me one. They were delicious.
Taylor was my server, and she couldn’t have been better or more helpful.

Delicious Breakfast! I am usually a light eater but I couldn’t stop eating my Sourdough French Toast! So good! The only reason i gave it a 4-​star is because the orange juice was warm. But definitely stop by their bakery selection afterwards and get something to take home!

My husband and I ate here couple weeks ago, on a Saturday morning, and loved the food! We are new to Fort Myers and learned about this restaurant on Unilocal.The place was a usual Saturday morning busy but service suffered a but because there seemed to to be only one server working. We didn’t know if we we’re suppose to be seated, or seat ourselves, and it took a while for the server to greet us at our table. When she finally did, we ordered and then waited, for longer than usual, for our drinks to be served. I ordered the vanilla café latte and my husband had a Coke and then we ordered the Lorraine (Bacon, onion and Swiss) quiche and a ham, egg and cheese croissant to split. The vanilla latte had great flavor and was nice and creamy! We also loved the quiche and croissant but the herb potatoes that came with the quiche were out of this world! Very soft and seasoned and probably the best breakfast potatoes we have ever had! We also checked in on Unilocal and got a free bakery item… They have a wide selection to choose from but the cannoli caught our eye so we ordered that and found out it wasn’t part of the deal. The server said afterwards that she would give it to us as a thank you for our patience, so that was nice! Made up for the slow service, that really probably wasn’t even her fault, after all! Their menu has a nice variety that would work for breakfast, lunch and brunch and like I said, the food was delicious so, we will definitely be back!

We go for breakfast and it’s very good. Nice change of pace from the usual. Breakfast is always spot-​on. Their bakery is okay, but I don’t consider it «authentic». The breads are good, but nothing I can’t buy at Publix. The croissants are bread like, not layered or crunchy on the outside like they should be. Their crème brûlée is good but again, not authentic. Their «rainbow» Italian cookies (tri-​colored stripe, square cookie with chocolate on the outside) are really good, but sometimes not as fresh as they should be.

Two words: Vanilla Latte It was seriously one of the best lattes I have had. It was the perfect mix of creaminess, flavor, and espresso deliciousness. I also loved the heavy glass cups they serve them in if you eat in. It seriously kept it warm throughout my whole breakfast and some time afterwards. I’m talking keeping it warm for like an hour which is impressive and ridiculously exciting to me. I drink slow and hate when coffee drinks become lukewarm. I got the sunny side breakfast. I thought it came with the herb potatoes and then your choice of fruit or sliced tomatoes. Turns out it was only one of the three! I wish the wording would have been a bit clearer because I heard the table next to me saying the same thing. I got the banana bread french toast with it. Yum! I’ve never had banana bread french toast, but figured you can’t really go wrong with frying up banana bread in some additional butter.
I came for a late breakfast and since it wasn’t very busy the wait staff were happy to have me sit there and work for a while. I cleared out before the lunch rush but it was a great place to get some work done while sipping on that delicious latte. Next time I will have to hit up that delicious looking pastry case.

Yummmm, I got the Caprice Chicken sandwich and my mom got the Turkey Panini and we both loved our meals! Everything about it was so fresh, and oh my gosh, the bread was so good. Mom wasn’t a big fan of the pasta salad or their kettle chips, but that’s only because they had vinegar on them; I enjoyed the chips! Cute little sit down place, although I just ordered takeout from the register. Definitely want to go back to try some of their bakery items, they looked delicious.

I was so excited when I found this place. Honestly, it is very difficult to find a really good place to eat that is individually owned in Fort Myers. Everything is baked fresh daily (I think the staff says the bakers arrive around 3 or 4 in the morning), and you can tell the difference from truly fresh baked to fresh baked, refrigerated, and then sold much later in the day. The food menu is very good too. My favorite is the California Croissant sandwich and the Hunter breakfast. To be honest, everything is really good here. While the coffee is a bit pricey, you do get free refills, plus I believe it is Lavazza, which can make you a bit on the over caffeinated side pretty quickly. The staff is exceptional as well, they are all super nice. Just coming down metro, it’s easy to miss because the place is located in every other generic looking shopping center in Fort Myers.

Delicious and the cutest place! Loved the food and
The vanilla latte! Can’t wait to visit Fort Myers again to back!

So I finally found this place months after purchasing a Unilocal deal for $ 10 for $ 20 worth of food. The service was wonderful, the place is adorable. The chicken salad on a croissant was one of the best chicken salad sandwiches I’ve had. The potato salad was lovely as well. My mother enjoyed her pastries and iced coffee. She had gotten a tuna salad on a bagel to take home and absolutely loved it. Mind you, she is quite picky. I’m not in the area often but I do look forward to returning at some point in the near future. As we were leaving they offered my mother another iced coffee to go for free. I thought that was very nice!!!

Great little find in an unexpected place! Loved the oatmeal egg white pancakes with pears for a vegan delite! And the quiche Lorraine my hubby swallowed in one bite:))))

This place is excellent. I have ordered two dishes each time I have come here. My only regret is that I did not order three. Fried oatmeal, pot pie and smoothies are fantastic. The eclairs are great.

Got out my trusty Unilocal app to help find a new to me place for breakfast. Unilocal usually doesn’t steer me wrong. Located on Metro Pkwy in Ft Myers, this is family owned and those are hard to find in this area.
They have a few outside tables that don’t look very inviting. But the inside is where it’s happening. Upon entering you are greeted by a sign saying, seat yourself, so we were happy to choose a spot. There is a large pastry case filled with cookies, cakes, scones and many more bakery items. I was impressed by how neat and clean the large pastry cases were kept.
Love that this place serves breakfast and lunch and you can choose whichever you want at anytime. Ever go to a restaurant at 10:59AM looking for breakfast and they tell you they won’t serve it to you? Not here! They are only open until 2PM on the weekends so plan accordingly.
Lots of yummy items, omelets, bagels, french toast, melts, quiches, fritatas, bagels, croissants, and that’s just breakfast! These are all made fresh so you can change it up any way you want. Love that! The fruit plate going by looked very fresh.
I ordered the veggie melt and it was served on a Portuguese roll and was flavorful and fresh, my grandson enjoyed The Hunter with herb potatoes and he is sometimes hard to please.
We liked this place so much, we came back the next day for lunch. Sammies, wraps, wraps, salads, soups, the usual and some not so usual suspects. Again, made fresh and can swap out ingredients. The potato salad was spot on goodness. They also have an espresso bar.
Don’t forget to save room for a sweet treat at the bakery! Great cannolis and cookies! One free with check in up to $ 3.50. Or take some home for later.
Service was good and the prices are reasonable. Will be back to try more for sure!

Went there for breakfast. I got the Romano omelet and my fiancé got the Sunny Side.
The omelet was decent, a bit of a twist. Sausage, basil, mushrooms, and provolone cheese. It needed a bit more seasoning (salt), plenty of mushrooms, a little lacking with the sausage, but otherwise it was good. Had it with some fresh fruit and sourdough toast, yum.
My fiancé ‘s meal was much nicer. He ordered the sunny side which entails french toast, he got the cinnamon raisin. It had the right amount of sweetness and custard like. Plus eggs over easy, cooked just right. 3 strips of crispy bacon and some fruit.
If you are not a fan of fruit, you can opt for herb potatoes or sliced tomatoes.
The staff was nice. They were a bit rushed. So be ready with your orders and any other requests. They’re speed demons.

Breakfast for lunch — that is what keeps bringing me back to European Café and Bakery. No option for dinner though — they close in the afternoon and I’m always at work way past closing time.
I’d love to be able to pick up some bread baked fresh daily or some of the pastries in the front case but the hours are tough. I get that they cater the businesses on Metro during the week; that is in fact how I discovered it. Inevitably, there are always coworkers in the restaurant when I am there.

I am a big fan of the veggie omelet and the BLT on the croissant with an egg. I love that you can choose from healthy sides too. They have daily soup, quiche and salads that are interesting and sound delicious.
If you’re there for the lunch rush, service can be kind of slow. The 3 stars gives credit to the food and the quality, but there is room for improvement on the service.
Side note and sort of contradictory to what I just said — I do have a friend that was there recently and she was having the talk with her soon to be ex BF — she was upset and it showed– when she was cashing out, a very empathetic server handed her a bag with a cookie in it. On the bag, she wrote «You are beautiful». So nice.

We are always looking for a good local breakfast place and European-​American Bakery Café is the place to go! I ordered the fried egg BLT with the garlic aioli spread. It was delicious and made correctly as ordered. The service was prompt and very friendly. All their pastries and breads are made locally so we had to take some home! We will definitely revisit this gem.

Went here for breakfast the other day and the pastries were awesome! We got the cream cheese coffee cake which was AMAZING! The coffee cake was HUGE and will probably last us for about a weeks worth of breakfast and cost about $ 10. We also got a cannoli which was pretty good — but not as good as the coffee cake.
I also got a large coffee that was very tasty but was a very small size for a «large» coffee — just FYI for those coffee drinkers like myself that require a substantial caffeine intake to get going in the morning.
I recommend heading here for breakfast or grabbing some bread, bagels and pastries to go for a great breakfast at home!

We’ve been here twice in the past month or so, and I’m sure we’ll be back plenty of times as well. The first time I got the frittata, which was good, but I was a bit disappointed that my only hot sauce option was Tabasco.
The second time here I got ‘The Metro’ which is pan-​fried steel cut oats, topped with poached pears, pecans, and maple syrup. Usually I would never give oatmeal on a menu a second glance, but the first time I saw it I was intrigued, and the second time I just had to try it and I’m so glad I did! The oats were cooked to perfection, then formed into triangles before pan frying. This gave them a little crispiness on the outside… kind of an interesting alternative to French toast when topped with syrup. Also had a latte, which was very good!
We hope to try some of the bakery goods in the future, they all look delicious!

something has gone wrong here. Haven’t been here for a year or so but was very disappointed today with two breakfast sandwiches, croissant and cinnamon roll that we bought to take home.
Croissant had a lovely glaze and looked good but was stale or at least very dry with no butter flavor at all. I heated it up at home in an attempt to revive it. Still without taste. Cinnamon roll was the same. I might guess that it was several days old. It went in the trash.
There was no seasoning on our egg/​sausage croissant sandwiches. Same tasteless croissant, egg with the consistency of a food service product, thin tasteless sausage. They were gross. At $ 21 (with a tip for the counter girl) for two breakfast sandwiches and two rolls, I felt ripped off.
Perhaps Saturday is a mistake, perhaps off season is a mistake… I don’t think so as Metro is a locals’ thoroughfare.

WORST SCONE I’VE EVER HAD
Seriously. Since this place is a BAKERY, I feel I have no choice but to flat-​out flunk them on this. The scone I had here was dry dry dry and hard hard hard. Of course, as a result of this, it had no flavor. I don’t know how old it was, but it must have resided many days in the case to achieve this state.
They apparently have no quality control at all, and no pride in their products to permit this to happen.
I have always wanted so much to like this place, but I just cannot return.