Ankarr Pastry Shop

Awesome bakery good food and plenty of pastries if you love something you’ll find it here or they make it here :)
Personal favorite pargo al limon

I grew up frequenting El Brazo Fuerte. I’ve visited many bakeries in Miami and have enjoyed many of them. It wasn’t until I left Miami and came back to visit that I found Ankarr. The place is neat and clean. The staff is very friendly and catering.
This place has my favorite pastelitos in Miami. And Miami has the best baked goods. Ankarr is the best of the best. These things melt in your mouth. I can’t recommend this place enough.

I’ve been coming to Ankarr since I was in high school, the café cuteness keeps bringing me back. The pastries are good, there’s plenty to choose from. The sandwiches are nice and crispy and melted to perfection. The breakfast menu board does change, but they include tortilla omelettes. The prices are great. I’ve been for breakfast numerous times, and my bill barely even reaches $ 10.
It says European Deli, but I don’t really see that playing a huge part here. They do catering as well, with party trays (empanadas, payasitos, croquetas, eclairs, brushetta, quiche, sandwiches, cheese trays, tapas, desert platters). They also have large trays with fruit salads, party sized empanadas, salads, paella, and lasagna, meatballs, and fried pork.
Oh and I have to mention their cakes, because as you walk in, it’s the first thing that catches my eye every time.
My favorite time to go: midweek, late morning in the winter time so you can sit outside and be comfortable with a nice hot chocolate to keep you toasty.

Breakfast food, lunch food very good. Spanish type dishes. It’s not super cheap like the Cuban hole in the walls that you are used to but very affordable and just as good food. On the weekends before 12pm it tends to get standing room only so don’t come starving at that time because you will have to wait for a table. All in all good place to eat hearty food.

The food and pastries were very delicious however the arrangement of the restaurant and waitress service was horrible. I waited 15 – 20 minutes in line to have my order taken. Once it was ordered I waited again to have the food delivered to the table. They don’t have a dedicated person for each task, everyone makes the coffee, rings up customers and picks up the phone. This place is not huge but when things get busy everyone is scrambling to get things done, no organization at all. I would come back but on a slow day or time.

ANKARR is not as good as Don Pan but it does improve a lot I love the location on Kendall Drive and 97^th Ave and it’s a two-​story bakery I love the staff the staff is friendly and their are no lines come on down love to come back

If you go weekends in the evening they have live music, it might be an older Latin crowed but its a good little hideaway… find a corner have delicious food take your time and enjoy your company
I’ve never had anything that has not been delicious. appetizers are absolutely my favorite. Near coffee gets me everytime. Sometimes I even have 2 – 3
And though service might not be the quickest, after few times your family
I hope you like it as much as we do… it’s where my parents go to dance to old tunes and fall in love again

Dont bother. 30 minutes just to get drinks. Messed up order and waiting for food. Other guest that came much later got served before us. Food is less than stellar. Keep driving.

I’ve been coming here for years, the food is good but they somehow manage to keep it running as slow and inefficiently as possible. You can be standing at the pastry counter line, order a sandwich that’s already pre-​made, and still wait over 30 minutes, it’s a joke and a mockery to the service industry.

Great food for a great price. The food is delicious and the staff is very friendly. Highly recommend it.

Location is great. Food is great and fun. Very cute place. Service isn’t actually bad. The problem is that they have a horrible service system. All of the ladies are sweet, helpful and as attentive as possible.
First off, they need to have someone devoted to making only coffee and one or two people specifically for food preparation. Then they need someone at the cashier to take orders for to-​go orders and probably a waitress or 2 for the customers who are dining in. I really hope the owner reads this.

Very fun location, very great food. Service=not very great.
I used to come here when I lived in the area for a breakfast feast. Croquetas, Empanadas, Tostada, Café con Leche, desserts, the whole nine for a measly $ 25. The décor is cute, and even though you’re in Kendall the windows are great for people watching. Also note, you can take your treats to go and hang out at a quaint park across the street.

I absolutely love the food in this Spanish/​Cuban Bakery; it is one of my favorite places for breakfast. They have an incredible Café con Leche, and their «pan integral» is to die for (and it’s slathered in real butter, not margerine). I also enjoy their «french omelettes» with ham and cheese quite frequently. Their spanish style sandwiches and tortillas are great at any time; I actually pick up the whole tortillas frequently to serve at parties. I have also enjoyed lunch and dinner specials a few times. The pasteries are a pleasure any time of the day.
My only complaint (and it’s a big one) is the awkward service: First let me say that the servers work hard-​and that’s actually the issue. I don’t know why the owners/​management think that having the servers take orders at the counter, manage phone orders, handle take-​out orders, serve tables, prepare some food & drinks, bus tables, and charge tables is good business practice.
Why not have one person who takes and bills all of the orders then hand the customer a number to place on the table and have the servers just bring the food out? Or do it the old fashioned way and assign tables to servers.
Ankarr maintains a healthy clientele base due to its fantastic fare and pleasant servers, but I have also seen potential customers walk out due to their service practices. Just a few minor adjustments could really make this place shine!

Stopped by on ¹⁄₃₀ to buy the pastry tray that I had tried and loved recently and they were sold out =(Bought a chocolate mousse cake with lady fingers and it was AMAZING! I’m not a cake person and I had to enjoy two servings each time the cake was pulled out from the fridge. Definitely will be back to get that pastry tray for the next occasion!

I have visited this place on weekend nights. Mr. Jose Victor is a great entertainer. He sings nostalgic music from all over the world in several languages… and the house wine its OK. However, I don’t understand how this place is in existence with such a terrible service… servers are short handed and they need to be in tune with the needs of the customers. You have to chase them around to get their attention. I think managerment should be happy that this place runs at all… Some times I wonder if they have any Idea on how to run the place…

I’ve become a bit of a regular here lately. Despite not being a huge pastry fan, really what keeps me coming back is the friendly staff and ease of access. The food selection is very varied, and if the owner/​manager is there (almost always), you can request lunch items that aren’t on the menu. If you happen to be by Friday night, there is a Cuban singer who sets up in the restaurant and performs a somewhat bizarre, yet surprisingly fun, mix of old Cuban and American standards.
Some of my favorite items to order are: fried chorizo, pastelito de queso (the best in town), and the croissant with chorizo and cheese.

Food is good, the service is absolutely terrible. I’ve been going to this place for years and they still haven’t figure out a proficient way of taking your order and getting in a timely manner. The last time i was here, the lady that took my order had this look on her face that stated «OMG, that’s right you haven’t gotten your order.» It took her 30 minutes to do so. This place was my go to spot for a while but i will no longer be going here. Especially since I can go to PINECREST BAKERY for the same taste, maybe better, and they’re fast and proficient and they speak English.

I dont know how «european» this bakery is but the food is good and cheap. The empanadas are a little tiny but packed with flavor. The café con leche was ok. We brought some pastelitos to our friend in a nearby hospital which he appreciated over hospital food!

I remember when this place first opened a couple years back. The food is just as tasty but the service has gone down terribly. First off, when we went to order the lady behind the register was impatient with my mother but they’ve changed their menu and we were trying to figure out what we want. We finally get our order straight and we sit down. We wait about 20 minutes for our breakfast (Egg/​Chorizo Omelet, 3 tostadas, 3 café con leche and those tiny little sandwiches they have) and it turns out, the cash register lady didn’t even put in the order!!!
Were you not just rolling your eyes at us for ordering too slow/​! That little moment left a bad taste in my mouth before we even received our food! Once we did, the quality hasn’t changed and it’s very yummy. Too bad the staff here needs to learn some manners and how to deal with the public!

It’s just OK. You order, they take their time before they look at you though. It wasn’t busy at all when we went too. Then you sit and wait for them to bring everything to you. They brought something we didn’t order and were very late with one sandwich and one croquetta. When the croquetta came it was still frozen in the middle. My friend couldn’t eat it.
I asked for Mayo and they forgot. We gave up trying to get their attention to ask for it again.
We tried to get their attention for the check and were ignored as well until we just stood at the counter for a long while.
The food was average Hispanic bakery food. Nothing special.
It’s just ok.