Grano Bakery

This café/​bakery shines on top compared to the lack of quality cafés in brickell. The moment you walk in you are welcomed with smell the fresh baked bread and a quaint atmosphere. The café provides the basics in a place enjoyable to read & socialize. The reason I didn’t give this place 5 stars is because the food didn’t completely blow me away.

Tried this place around 11am on new year’s eve as an alternative to Balans. What a disaster. Went inside and tried to order a fruit salad, apple pastry, and egg and cheese croissant. They only had the pastry. Many people were waiting for food and asking how much longer they had to wait. The outdoor tables had dirty food on them with birds eating off of discarded plates. I did notice about 3 people in the kitchen so it looked like they had plenty of staff, just zero motivation and/​or ingredients. Ended up getting an apple and chocolate pastries since that was all they had. They were horrible. The apple pastry was warm, the chocolate was a croissant stuffed with nutella. Even the coffees were disgusting. We also sat on an unbalanced table outside next to the dirty, uncleaned tables.
Stay away! You’ll have a better bakery/​breakfast experience eating at a gas station.

You would think living Brickell I would have trouble choosing where to eat but unfortunately there are few quality spots downtown… Luckily, I found Grano bakery, it’s connected to Rosinella which is a bigger restaurant in Merry Brickell Village that we go to frequently for great Italian food. But for a quick italian breakfast this place is the best! My favorite thing to have at Grano is their Eggs Purgatory, it’s scrambled eggs on a bed of the best pasta sauce you will ever have at 8 in the morning, with slices of fresh mozzarella on top… For $ 6.95! Amazing! Not to mention they always serve everything with a generous portion of their fresh toasted artisan bread. Today, I tried their egg and cheese breakfast sandwich and it was amazing as well. I love this place but they are always very short staffed so go when you have a minute to sit and enjoy not when your in a rush!

(2.4 stars)
This review’s based on their breakfast.
Nothing impressive, the breakfast really does deserve a ‘Meh. I’ve experienced better.’; and that’s being far too modest, because even the pastries kind of sucked, sadly enough.
I came to Grano’s to kill time before my doctor’s appointment. Being that it was the closest café spot on a Unilocal mobile search, I had to check it out.
The service’s at the counter, and during my visit to Grano’s, the staff was still on the sleepy side during the morning hours. The chick at the front counter suggested their Frittata Omelet ($ 6.50), and so I went with that and a few pastries.
Nothing impressive, very sub-​par (the plastic plates didn’t help).
Grano’s didn’t impress, it’s just a random pseudo-​Italian café spot in Brickell — come here for coffee on the go, but not to eat in.

Very cute café, unfortunately, bland food with zero flavor and horrible coffee.

great bakery with good breakfast, very friendly owner.

Wonderful, crusty fresh baked Italian breads and delicious coffee.
Food is simple and made fresh, but they kinda need to invest in some real plates and cutlery. It kinda lowers the place that food is served on plastic plates.

Cute bakery. Friendly service. I had a ham & cheese croissant, which was a croissant slice in half, filled with ham & cheese, and then toasted or pressed or something, and an espresso. Pretty good. A good stop for a quick breakfast. Also took some croissants home for the next morning and they were still quite buttery and moist the next day.

This is a great place to buy bread and maybe having lunch, but not to have breakfast.
The prices are steep ($ 3.50 for a croissant, the same price for a muffin) and there is not a breakfast special everything is sold separately. It would be nice to see at least a coffee-​croissant combo. The pastries are more French than Italian (Croissant, chocolate croissant, almond croissant…) Only the pizza slices, Cantuccini and Tiramisu reminded me that this was an Italian bakery and not a French one.
Had 2 eggs (served with 2 slices of toasted bread) for about $ 5. It would have been okay if it hadn’t been served in a plastic plate with plastic knives and forks…

Food is great. All delicious… coffee was robust… Staff was super friendly. Will come back for sure.

Wonderful staff! I love coming here to pick up some desserts. The staff is always giving out samples of their newest items, making recommendations, and will let you customize your coffee as much as you want. The prices are great and the desserts are delicious. I came here to pick up a few cookies for my boss’ birthday and I asked the server to make it «pretty». She gladly obliged and instead of brown bagging the cookies, she put them nicely in a package with a ribbon and sticker. It’s this kind of service that keeps me coming back for more!

When this first opened up, I thought it would be the perfect place to grab a breakfast sandwich. After all, the menu offered eggs and bread. However, the concept was new to the order taker. Eager to please, they offered to make me a custom sandwich — fried eggs, freshly baked bread and cheese.
I’m happy to report that it is now officially a menu item. I feel like the Microsoft commercials, but I really think it was my idea! I’ve only been here for breakfast, but the cheesy pizzas and rotisserie chickens (which you can see roasting over a real fire pit) make me think about coming back for a later meal.
While in line, I had the chance to sample the banana bread which is delicious. I need to come back and get a full loaf. The orange juice is freshly squeezed in front of you, but make sure you ask for ice as the oranges are kept close to the heat lamps.
A nice place to grab breakfast if Brickell is your hood, but the prices are lofty. My friend had a ham and cheese egg sandwich, large orange juice and a bottle of water for 14.50. I didn’t get ham and I got a small O.J. and I only saved a few dollars. That’s what prevents this from being a daily stop and more of an occasional weekend indulgence — pocket book & calorie wise.
Another downside is that the order-​taker is forced to multi-​task. She’s taking the orders, making the capuccinos, squeezing the orange juice and she seems stressed. I had to wait 5 minutes just to give my order. So be patient when you come.

3.5 Stars
It’s an Italian bakery-​slash-​coffee shop that feels somewhat generic. Maybe it’s because there’s a small «bakery» wall and so many tables and chairs for what they offer. At least, they do bake their Italian breads — so that’s a big plus!
But… no pastries. Even Fratelli Milano, a place known to be a restaurant rather than a bakery, in downtown Miami has more Italian-​style pastries than here. Unless if you’re speaking of the savory kinds, maybe.
They have a decent selection of sourdoughs and ciabattas — and they do taste good! And if you come early enough in the morning (they’re open on weekends as well), then you can also grab a day-​old breads that’s still «fresh» enough for you to enjoy and at a great price ($ 1.50 compared to $ 4.99 at your local Publix — seriously!)
And even their fresh breads are cheaper than the same breads would be at Publix.
But they have so many tables and chairs that I felt like I should be eating something light here. Or drinking coffee. But their breakfast menu is kind of lacking as they offer more for lunch — and their lunch menu is pretty regular as they consist mostly of sandwiches. I wanted to see more Italian treats than what they offered, especially if I come early enough in the morning for coffee.
And while the coffee is well-​made, it’s served Starbucks-​style (aka paper cups, not porcelain). Nothing Italian about serving it the American way, unfortunately. No cantuccini (biscotti) served alongside the cup either. An Italian grandmother would be upset about this — but I have faith that they’ll Europeanize things up a bit more.
I’d still go back to get more of their good-​tasting sourdoughs or ciabattas.