Pinecrest Bakery - South Miami

Went got a breakfast . Ordered a full breakfast for $8.99 . The full breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs with bits of ham, potatoes , Cuban toast & cafe con leche which is the Cuban version of coffee ( mix of warm milk with expresso) as described. They served breakfast only to disappoint. The breakfast was small amount of scrambled eggs with curly fries that seem to have come out of a frozen bag . The Cuban toast hardly had butter and cut to half the size of a normal Cuban toast . The cafe. Con leche was made a few minutes after the plate of scrambled with curlies was given . Meaning the breakfast was cold by the time coffee /milk cafe con leche was given . The couple of meat pastries added were $6 . With Hispanic decent this is not what you can really call Cuban or Hispanic. The service people don’t speak English . When you sit down to eat you realize there’s a freezer full of beers and a lg rack full of wines . Sadly this is what they choose to portray as a Cuban Bakery . Folks this not a typical authentic Cuban Bakery. This is a shameful imitation. Breakfast was close to $30 and it was definitely nothing to write home about . This is commercial chain imitation of what a Hispanic Cuban Bakery . I should have paid attention to the fact a bakery should not be in the business of selling beer & wine Obviously a current Cuba mentality of serving beer w/ breakfast Dennys would have been a better choice as at this place the Hispanic Cuban experience is sold expensive & not the real deal Americans walk away with the wrong impression of what a Real Cuban Bakery is like . Sadly 🥲

Let me just say that I blame myself, in part, for ordering a tuna melt at 3am at a Cuban place. Clearly not in their wheelhouse. It was very obvious after about 10 minutes that nobody in the kitchen had any idea what a tuna melt was. It was even more obvious after I got home, when I found myself with a cold (poor quality) tuna sandwich that didn't even have cheese on it, let alone melted cheese. I love Pinecrest Bakery. I will continue to go there for breakfast items and pastries. Lesson learned, though.

My husband ordered a cake for my birthday. It was beautiful and tasted good. I have to be honest though, it wasn't as good as a Publix cake 😅 The frosting was thick and creamy and the cake itself was more of a cornbread texture and taste. I was hoping for a sweeter fluffier frosting and a lighter cake. Overall, the cake had a good presentation and tasted okay.