Cuba Bakery & Cafe

About time we got a great Cuban place to eat at! And OMG– the guayaba pastelito– just DO IT!

Shame on you for giving this place a bad review. This is as traditional a Cuban bakery as it gets.
They are actually CUBAN… i went in and had the Cuban sandwich, cortadito coffee and a «quesito»…and damn it was good.
The place has a good vibe, music and a loyal clientele. The staff was very professional, attentive and eager to help.
Some of you «foodies» who think your some type of world renowned food critic need to check yourselves. 1 star= complete crap… this is why social media can be hard on businesses… don’t be idiots when posting reviews.
This Place is true to form and is unlike any other spot in town. Def worth checking out.

After seeing all the incredible reviews on Unilocal,I had to check this place out for myself.
One word: Yuck!
Me and my friends came here in August and it was a disaster. At first, we were so excited due to the reviews describing the food as «the best sandwiches in Colorado» and «a gem», well, the excitement quickly disappeared.
We ordered the most popular sandwiches, empanadas, fries, pastries, and chocolate cake. EVERY SINGLE THING tasted old, stale, not fresh, and just plain gross. None of us could eat after a few bites and had to throw it all away.
If one thing tasted remotely fresh, I’d give this place another chance. However, EVERYTHING from the bread to the meat to pastries tasted old. I do not support businesses that do not value their customers’ health and try to sell obviously past-​due food. STEER CLEAR until they change their business practices.

If you want the most authentic Cuban coffee and pastries, this is the place. From all the places in Denver, this one is the best. Any and all Miami native need to go here and try it for themselves. Some of their other food items are good too but their pastries are 100% Cuban and delicious! As good as what you can get in Calle Ocho, the infamous Little Havana in Miami.

I hate to give one star after really enjoying the sandwiches and staff. However, all of our take away pastries smelled and tasted like cigarettes. Just smelled the bread we brought home and smells like cigarettes, straight into the trash. Will not return, unfortunately because we really enjoyed it at first.

My boyfriend and I each got a Cuban sand which. We also had plantains and an Empenada. Empanada was good, tasty and the meat was juicy and it had a nice flaky crust. Good value for the money.
The sand which bread was hot, meat was luke warm. The bread was a little too dry and crumbly. The pork was also a little dry.
Plantains were great, freshly made and arrived very hot.
We got desserts to go. It began with us opening the box and smelling something horrible. The taste matched the scent. It’s almost as if they tasted like smoke… disgusting. It ruined the bakery for us. We won’t be back.

Had their Cuban today, and while I have not had my fair share of Cubans, it was the best I have ever had and overall SUPER tasty! Big, full of meat, right proportions, right price ($ 7.95 to fill your belly up!). Also, this place has a bunch of pastry and smaller bites (empanadas, potato balls filled with beef, etc.) which all looked really good as well. MAN-​their cuban is the BOMB!!! I ate half earlier and am still full,

My mother brought home some desserts, potato balls, and rice, including vegetable rice. I have had Caribbean food, including some from home cooks, so I thought ‘hey, this is going to be a treat’. Nope.
Flan is supposed to be a custard. The flan they make is grainy. Instead of a flaky pastry, you can taste the grease on everything and the rice is basically Spanish rice from a box.
But that’s not enough for them. How do you ruin rice from a box? Why, cook the box rice in such a way that the customer gets explosive diarrhea within a few minutes after consumption, of course. I was awake half the night with the worst diarrhea I’ve ever had within a few minutes after eating it.
My brother had the potato balls and he said the beef was okay, but the chicken was iffy.
Upshot is if you’re bulimic and you don’t want to ruin your teeth with constant vomiting, the rice could be a covert, convenient laxative. Otherwise, avoid this place like the plague.

Awesome authentic Cuban bakery café. Found this little strip-​center restaurant gem on Unilocal and my coworkers praised me for it.
I really dont think you can go wrong here — try every single pastry, get all of the empanadas, the sandwiches are huge and so are the plates that you can order.
Make sure to take some stuff to go as well — it’s all made fresh daily.

I’ve tried the new fast casual chain (not impressed).…and so I’ve been going without Cuban food since moving to Denver.
This desert is no more. I found Cuba Bakery & Café. It is the kind of place I would expect to find somewhere in Little Havana (Miami).
They have a selection of bakery items, a selection of awesome Cuban food cafeteria style (like my favorite Ropa Vieja). I got the Ropa which was served with a nice helping of rice (i picked black beans/​rice) and sweet plantains.
My wife bought a Cuban sandwich which fed her lunch, fed me at dinner, and fed me lunch the next day. I mean seriously — that is one heck of a sandwich.
We also bought a empanada. I think people who are giving great reviews to that empanada place next to Future Former brewing HAVE NEVER EATEN here. These are crispy, flaky, awesomeness. I mean darn.. .you can’t do better
To end the meal we both had a little bit of cuban coffee. Perfect.
We will be back. This time we weren’t able to try their sweet pastries.. and its on our lists.
— note: Order at counter. There are a few tables, but overall a small place. A couple tables sit outside on the sidewalk. you will find this place in a non-​descript shopping plaza.
Price reasonable: 8 – 9 entrees/​sandwiches. Coffee was around 2.50 as was the empanadas.

Excellent price, portion and flavor. I’m now a fan of the Cuban coffee con leche. Yummy brunch of Cuban pork fried rice, lechon asado and fried plantains. I’ve also had the ropa vieja. Great quality, value and taste.

The café con leche was exactly what i needed… No sugar needed!
My kids loved the ham and cheese empanadas and the hot plate was delish and huge portions! Definitely coming back!
The desserts werent as great but the savory items were good!

They have authentic Cuban food with great flavor. I love this place! The desert cases are beautiful, so much so that it is hard for me to concentrate on ordering my main meal. A little gem tucked away in the city of Aurora.

Finally a Cuban restaurant that reminds me of the best tasting authentic Cuban food I ate in New York back in the day! I had outstanding yuca, Cuban steak with onions, black rice and beans, fried sweet platanos and tostone (fried green plantains.) My husband had shredded beef with the black beans & rice, and sweet plantains — all of the food was outstanding & the guava and cheese pastries were to die for! This was so good, when we were done eating we got just a little to go, including, ground beef & yellow rice, shredded beef empanadas, ground beef empanadas, as well as a couple of beef pastries, and guava & cheese pastries & flan for dessert & my leftovers!!! I just went to food heaven — go here for sure! Orlando is the MAN and all of the staff were so sweet and helpful!

I ordered the cheesecake, tres Leche cup, and 2 empanadas (chicken and chorizo)
I’m sad to say I was highly disappointed. The cheesecake was disgusting, it tasted like plastic. The chorizo empanada tasted like old grease.
We had to wash our mouths out it was so nasty. To top it off we paid 1300 dollars for everything.
It’s a total rip off, don’t even bother going.

Thank you Cuba Bakery and Café for existing – I can’t imagine my life ever being the same after coming here. I was randomly browsing through Unilocal restaurants (because it’s what I do when I’m bored… pretty pathetic, I know) and I stumbled upon pictures of the beautiful pastries. After drooling over all the photos, I just had to pay a visit.
The moment you walk in, it smells AMAZING. Even better, all the pastries are on display, and you can’t help but want to buy one of each pastry/​dessert (yes, there are tantalizing cakes and treats on display too!). As it was lunch time, we decided to order a plate of lechon asado, a havana sandwich, and a chorizo empanada. It was heaven in every bite. Seriously. The lechon asado was suuuper tender and packed with flavor, the sandwich was absolute perfection, and the chorizo empanada was crazy good. I start drooling when I think back to that meal. There is no doubt I’ll be back here soon to get me some more delicious Cuban food!

We came here for breakfast, which I think colors my review a bit. We wanted to try a new place and my boyfriend picked this one out after reading all of the reviews.
I was a little taken aback when we walked in. There were 4 breakfast options on the menu, coupled with lots of various pastries in a case. Not exactly what I was lead to believe. I got the eggs and bacon meal with café con leche and buttered bread. He got a few empanadas (the real reason we came, I deduced!)
The place is relatively small, so we ordered and then tried to not be in the way, which felt pretty impossible. It was busy on a Sunday morning.
His food was ready right away, mine took a bit longer. We got it to go, so we paid and headed out.
I’ll be honest in saying that I was pretty disappointed in mine. The two tiny eggs and two small bacon strips didn’t really do it for me. The fried eggs were runny; the bacon was cold. To be fair, I did like the café con leche, and the price was very good. I feel like I should have gotten something from the case, but many things weren’t labeled and they were so busy that I really didn’t feel like it was appropriate to have someone walk me through what everything was. I tried a couple of the empanadas and they were very good.
I was happy to try somewhere new, but I don’t think I’d go out of my way to come back. It does seem like I ordered the wrong thing, so next time I’d try something different.

I am a huge fan of Cubano sandwiches so when I found this place just a couple blocks away, I said to myself, «Jonathan, you’ve arrived… at a Cuban place.» As a bakery, they make their own bread, and the pressed Cuban bread is delicious with a flakey crust. The pork is pretty basic, not all BBQ drenched or overly sweet. The one thing I have learned to specify is asking for extra veggies (lettuce, tomato, ect.) as the sandwiches can be a bit dry otherwise. The French fries are too thinly cut. The kind of thin that would probably go good on a salad.
I have yet to really explore the baked goods menu, but I had one of their chocolate chip cookies with chunks of Reeces peanut butter cups. I knew it was going to be rich but damn my mouth was at overload. I recommend stopping in just to see the variety, sweets to meats, they are sure to have something you’ll like.

I Love this place! I’m doing my best not to be over there everyday.
I haven’t had good Cuban food in years but I am ecstatic that I found this place & close to my current residence.
They have so much to try. The keep tons of fresh desserts, empanadas, and a hot food section. Let’s not forget the infamous Cuban sandwiches.
It’s a small place with very limited sitting but that is part of the appeal for me as well. The staff is also very helpful.
With places like this, I just cannot get away from Fat.

I have only eaten Cuban food at one restaurant in all my life (
). I’ve eaten there many times so this is the only place I can compare Cuba Bakery & Café.
For the price and the portion sizes Cuba Bakery is awesome… but those desserts taste old and cheap. My family and I didn’t eat any of the desserts I bought so I won’t ever buy the sweets from here again which upsets me cuz they look SOOOOOO GOOOOOD!
The staff was very nice and the food tasty but nothing to the caliber of the Cuban restaurant that I frequented in California. However, in Cuba Bakery’s defense, Versailles Cuban Restaurant is more costly and a step above a Mom & Pop.
Cuba Bakery does good for what they offer. A lot of food for a little price!
I will be back… just not for any of those delicious (LOOKING) desserts.