El Coqui Bakery

Try the breakfast cuban (served all day). Freshly made with thick pieces of bacon for all the meat lovers out there. Service was so so. Saw a lot of people walk in and get ignored by the man in the register before the girls attended to them. Will definitely go back for a quick grab and go breakfast on the run.

Good. The corn bread is very good. I liked the chicken parm sandwich and was a good deal for a five-​spot. The pastries aren’t the best I’ve had, but they are pretty good. I believe its Puerto Rican owned but they seel Colombian and Venezuelan style pastries too. Fruit smoothies or milkshakes. I and the parcha/​maraculla/​passion fruit. Very tasty!!!

If you don’t know the basic skills of parking don’t come to this location. Other the then that pretty good bakery and they make good breakfast sandwiches. Definitely try the freshly squeezed orange juice!

This is a 50 – 50. The Cuban was fresh, but for Tampa I found it to be quite pedestrian and forgettable. The bread was fresh, meat, cheese and toppings were meager. Basically it was mostly bread. Okay before you say it, yes I like my Cubans cold, not pressed… hold the boo’s. It is a plain, basic Cuban, like so many in Tampa, on a scale of 1 – 10, I would give it a basic 5, making it just a plain Jane. I am really disappointed to have discovered this location, only to be let down. I need to add that as Cuban’s go in Tampa, it was on the high price side, for what you get.
On the plus side I think the bakery must be great. I bought a Cuban version of a US éclair. Golly Miss Molly was this delicious. Flaky fresh puff pastry filled with thick and full bodied vanilla cream, topped with a nice layer of yummy dark chocolate. It was fashioned to look like a spiral. Gorgeous to look at and even better to eat.
I will be back for the bakery, but I will leave sandwiches to other locations in Tampa.
Bottom line definitely go to the bakery, but not for lunch.
What’s a girl to do? The task of finding a perfect Cuban is an difficult task to undertake, but somebody has to do it.