Brought a friend here recently because I can't get over how freaking delicious the empanadas are here. I truly stumbled upon a gem of a bakery and will always always recommend to anyone looking for delicious empanadas or sweets. The employees are always so kind. read more

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We really enjoyed our food and experience here. The service was quick and friendly. The atmosphere gave small diner vibes. I really enjoyed the arepa and the fresh mango juice. We'll be back to try other items! read more

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Cute bakery in Tampa that was on our walk. I've git a variety of different baked goods and all were delicious. The finger cookies looked interesting. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

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I was looking for a place to grab a coffee and this Venezuelan bakery showed up. I think I was here before I didn't like the empanadas for some reason however this time the service was super friendly and everything looked amazing. I got a café con leche, which was really good and a cachito de jamón. I'm Venezuelan, and I have to say it tasted just like the ones back home! Overall, I really liked it. The place looks fine nothing fancy and will definitely be back to try more. read more

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I found this place online when we came to visit Tampa and boy I'm glad I did...!!!!! Delicious food and great services.. a good representation of Venezuelan food, the carne de res soup is amazing!! The tequeños, Venezuelan Empanadas, Arepas and El Pabellon were all on point but the surprise was when we realized they have Golfeados and let me tell you they are like the Golfeados y remember from my childhood soooooooo delicious and soft very fresh!! This place is a must try for sure !! read more

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I want update my review. Because last couple times when buy here. It's was not fresh,empanadas very oily,after that I feel not good. Right now I am totally not recommending read more

New establishment to the community really beautiful large location with great service fresh made juice and amazing breakfast lunch and dinner foods available! read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Sweets and treats! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

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Panitas is a piece of Venezuela. Inside, everything is in Spanish. The bakery displays & menu boards tempted me to want to try everything. The waitress was kind & humored my English. I ordered a shredded beef empanada, a shredded chicken empanada, & a guanabana drink. The empanadas were piping hot & full of deliciousness. The meats were seasoned subtly with a couple of spices & couldn't have tasted better. My guanabana drink was made from a tropical fruit called soursop. It tasted like oranges, strawberries, & citric acid, lol. I am greatly looking to return soon & try their arepas & breakfast plates. read more

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I've always driven past Panitas and wanted to try this place. We walked here for lunch after pickleball today. We were seated right away and given menus to order from, everything sounds delicious here, it was really hard for us to choose what we wanted to try. For our entrees, we tried their yucca fries and two Cachapa Pernil y Queso. We loved what we ordered, they were made fresh and so delicious. The cachapa is a corn pancake stuffed with cheese, onion, and pulled pork. It was sooo good. I've never had something like it. The yucca fries were delicious and came with two dipping sauces. Our friends tried two of their Arepas and loved them. We were eyeing their desserts the entire time we ate our lunch and knew we had to try some. We tried their Cuatro Leche cake which was recommended by our waitress, it was delicious. We also tried a dessert that was flan on top of cake, so good. The decor is simple, you can tell their priority is good food. It has ample seating and parking for customers. The food did take a little bit of time to come out but it was worth the wait. All the food here was so unique and flavorful. You can tell they really care about their food. The wait staff was super friendly, and everything was made to order and fresh. Panitas is a hidden gem and we WILL be back to try everything else on their menu. read more

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fantastic and will be back with son to try more pastries. Friendly and helpful. Easy to get in and out.

Customer Service. I didn't even get a chance to look at the menu before the woman behind the counter was screaming out "Hey, are you eating here or to-go". Train your staff on manners and customer service!!! I don't want friends or colleagues of mine to come here if this is how they will be treated. read more

The food was really good. I felt like I was back at Venezuela with both the food and the music. The serves were both kind and polite. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

I am hoping that my feedback can help this business to become a better restaurant. I begin saying that I am Venezuelan, I know this type of food well. We ordered a chicken soup, beef soup, a cachito and a cachapa with guayanese cheese. For the soup I suggest using fresh vegetables, the corn in the soup tasted like it had been frozen, like the bags of frozen vegetables that you can find in a Latin market. The cachapa had a lot of butter that didn't taste good, the consistency was very cakey, and it was far from the original cachapa dish. The cheese helped it. The cachito was dry. We left this restaurant disappointed and sad at the same time, we want to support our local Venezuelan entrepreneurs that take the initiative to open a place like this, but I can't recommend it. I hope others have a better experience. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Cachapa Queso Guayanes - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

Empanadas were great. Just a bit greasy and on the smaller side. I think the garlic sauce can be thicker. read more

Very authentic Venezuelan bakery. I had an empanada and a tequeño but the star of the show was the passion fruit juice. The juice seems to be homemade and is so delicious. The server was really kind and there was a good selection of pastries and desserts! Don't forget to try the hot sauce too. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Maracuya juice - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

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Es un lugar tranquilo y limpio la locacion de Hanley RD en town and country , pero caro con respecto a los similares , las empanadas y jugos por encima del precio regular de otros en la zona , recomiendo visitar otras opciones dinde puede disfrutar lo mismo a menor precio , en cualquier lugar una empanada no pasa de 3 dolares en este sitio cuesta mas de 4 , el jugo con poca azucar , los dedos de queso demoraron mas de 15 min en servir read more

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Ya'all- don't sleep on this place it is the bomb! I am literally shook that it does not have five stars. My husband, son and I just left this sweet little cafe. The cafe con leche was delicioussss! I had the criollo de pollo and it was such a large portion, I shared with my boys. It was delicious, hot, fresh and perfect! My husband and son had the arepa pabellón and it was literally mouth watering. The service was fabulous and we will 100 percent return for pastries another day. This is indeed a hidden gem- perfect! read more

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The chicken empanada was good. Everything else either needed more salt or more sauce. Note: we only ordered chicken dishes read more

Cute little Colombian/Venezuelan cafe. They serve breakfast and lunch. While previous restaurants at this location were buffets, Panitas makes food to order and does not use the buffet that still exists along the counter. I stopped by to take out lunch. I ordered the pernil with white rice and black beans. Not the most Colombian dish, but I suspected that any decent Caribbean restaurant should be able to roast pork and simmer beans. Also, I was in a rush and figured that this would come out quickly. I was correct. The pernil was tender, and the black beans were thick and rich. The rice was surprisingly garlicky, which was fine with me, but might offend an office worker coming here for lunch. Service was pretty reasonable (I did come after the lunch rush, so I cannot say if it'd be slower if the place were busier) and very polite. read more

Discovered this place when I moved to a nearby apartment and it quickly became a favorite of mine. Their huevo sandwich is fire and all the breakfast/lunch things I've tried have been great too (empanadas, arepas). As for pastries and desserts, I've tried the palmiras, tres leches, and a few other things and all were delicious. Wish I had taken pictures but definitely recommend trying Panitas! read more

This was such a find! Hole in the wall type of place. Super authentic and pretty busy. The service was good and mostly spoke Spanish. The food was amazing!! I ordered the egg sandwich and the criollo de carne. The tequeño wasn't as good but I'd let it slide for the freshly squeezed juices. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

I love arepas I was born in Venezuela this is delicious however ....they cannot seem to make a toasted crunchy arepa like as many times as I say to make it extra crunchy and toasted the mass is soft! It can't be that hard if they do this right this place would be a 5/5 read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Arepa con carne mechada y queso - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

We are staying at a nearby hotel, ordered two empanadas, two ham and cheese cachitos, chicha and a side of perico. Everything was super delicious recommended. Ordering online was super simple and because we were less then 5 miles away we didn't have to pay delivery fee. read more

The empanadas were good. But we ordered 2 orders of bacon and was charged for it but they gave us 2 STRIPS of bacon. Maybe it was a communication error. read more

Way overpriced and the worst Cuban sandwich ever. They put American cheese on it and loaded it with mayonaise. WTF ! Avoid. read more

Cute local Colombian restaurant. Food was tasty! My son didn't leave anything behind. I want to go back and try some of their other delicious looking dishes. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Cute local Colombian restaurant. Food was tasty! My son didn't leave anything behind. Lol - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

So delicious! If I lived here I would definitely go back and try more. Cortadito and guava pastries were so fresh. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Cortadito and Guava Pastries - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

The Arepas are very well made. A lot of flavor when it comes down to the beef. Great fresh avocados. Desserts Look good but did not try. Good taste w the black bean but feel the yellow rice lacks flavor read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Arepa Llanera - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

Great typical Venezuelan cafe. Good coffee, variety of arepa options, cachapas, and bakery. Hours are now until dinner time read more

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I went to this restaurant to grab coffee and dessert with a friend. At first, I was a little put off by the ambiance of the restaurant but that quickly changed as soon as we received our food. I ordered a café con leche and an almond cake (Tarta de Almendra). The cake was great! Very moist and full of almond flavor, with a nice thin layer of powdered sugar on top for a little extra kick. My friend hadn't eaten so she ordered lunch- grilled fish (Pescado a la plancha) and a side of yuca. Both things that she ordered looked so great that I was instantly upset that I had already eaten! She said her food was delicious. The fish was a clean, white fish that was cooked perfectly. I will definitely be coming back to try both those dishes! read more

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Good food but terrible and slow service. Had the Cubano sandwich which was delicious and Maracuya drink not to my preference but my friend said she likes it. Gave it three stars because we had to go up to the cashier even though we dined in. If I'm ever around the area again I would probably just do takeout. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Cuban - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

It's a very good place with so tasteful food and a great service combined with Puerto Rican, Colombian And mainly Venezuelan People. There was a lot of people, so that means it's good, however girls were a little distracted of serving us but good attitude at all. Thanks guys!!! read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Front of building - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

Glad we found this pGreat cafe con leche and pastries. Next time we will try the lunch. It looks great. read more

Panitas Bakery and Bistro - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tampa, Florida

Returned to this restaurant to try out other things on their menu. We had the shredded beef empanadas, the pabellón entree (shredded beef, plantains, rice and beans) and the arepa llanera (shredded beef, white cheese, tomato and avocado). The empanadas were delicious but the pabellón and the arepa were really bland, missing salt and seasoning. I'd definitely recommend this place for the cachitos and Venezuelan empanadas, although pricey they're really good. I'd skip the rest of the menu items though. read more

First, I was born in the U.S. with no Latin blood, but I was introduced to Venezuelan food a few years ago. Second, I was hoping for a replacement for Don Pan, which closed on Dale Mabry (still open all the way up in Wesley Chapel). Panitas did not disappoint! Delicious cheese bread & tasty cachitos. My Arepa Pelúa was good (not as yummy as Nico's though). I saved our beef empanadas for dinner - so I hope those are as good as the rest. I will be ordering again, most definitely. read more

Delicious arepas, empanadas, pastries and coffee! Great for breakfast or lunch! Great service!

Good Venezuelan food. Tequenos are the best I've found in Tampa! Go to spot when craving Venezuelan. read more

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The worst steak Mo flavor and tough poor quality food . There's too many other good restaurants in Tampa to go to

El servicio estuvo muy bueno. La cachapa estaba medio seca y parte se hacía boronosa. El patacón bueno pero la mostaza y la salsa de tomate le quita le quita su sabor original. El jugo de parchita fenomenal read more

Food really good, plantains (sad) but i do think that it was because it was delivery - food was soggy from the heat and the bag wet wet wet - read more