Marlin’s Bakery

This little hole in the wall in Kendall has been their since the 80s. My mother use to take me and my sister every morning before school. The pastelitos still taste as amazing as they use to when I was a kid. The prices are decent and the staff are very friendly.
You can also order cakes to be made and they also have other pastries like there yummy cookies and meringues. How can I forget their shakes that they make fresh that are also bomb.
The parking is alright at times but horrible when business is booming in the mornings between 8:00am thru 10:00am best times are around lunch time. If your in the mood for some cuban pastelitos and croquette sandwiches come check this spot out you won’t be disappointed. Make sure to get some coconut pastels as well. :)

Unbelievable, how would you feel, if you work hard to get to the bakery before the closing time, and they close doors on you before 30 minutes, it supposed to close. It happened multiple time, upon complaining the manager (an old fellow i believe with anger attitude all the time) says go somewhere else we closes any time i want. WOW. Thats great.

Fabulous!!! Been going here for years the coffee, staff & food always on point!!! We’re Dominican from Queens moved to Kendall & found Marlins Bakery

This is the kind of Cuban bakery that reminds me of the childhood Cuban bakeries in Miami in the 70s.
Get the ham pastelitos and the guayaba. The bread is good too.

Hubby and I were looking for a quick Cuban toast breakfast that we can take to go, so we stopped at this bakery. We chose their breakfast special for $ 4.95 which is a good portion of scrambled eggs with ham, French fries, Cuban toast (pretty big size) and café con leche. I couldn’t help to get a freshly squeezed orange juice, haven’t had one in a long time.
Service was friendly and quick, in and out in 10 minutes.
They have a variety of Cuban pastries along with the freshly baked Cuban bread (hot off the oven). Assortment of Latin cakes as well even though I am not a fan of the traditional Latin cakes.
All and all a good place to grab breakfast to go.

One of the best bakeries south of Hialeah. I make sure to stop by for some fresh pastelitos. Great Cuban café.

This bakery has been around at least since the mid 80s when I lived here «back in the day», and the service and quality has remained the same.
It’s a typical hole in the wall tiny Cuban family bakery, which perhaps adds to its charm! Avoid coming between 7−9am during the week and before noon on the wekeend. That’s their «rush hour» LOL!
Their natural fruit juices and shakes are yummy, the cafecito never disappoints and you can pick just about any sandwich off the list and be delighted!
Of course. It’s a bakery. What is there not to love about the pastelitos, empanadas, croquetas and other Latin bakery delights?
My personal favorite is the «cangrejitos de chorizo», imagine a mini croissant type pastry filled with chorizo? HEAVENLY combination of the salt and spice (chorizo) with sweet and soft (the doughy croissant like outside)
Even after moving away years ago, I still make a stop here on my visits to Miami… If you live in Kendall and haven’t been here? What are you waiting for??? GO!!!

Some people go on pilgramages to Jerusalem, some to Holy Land in Orlando, I go to Marlin’s bakery and make the drive from Homestead!
Best Cuban bakery in Kendall! You know a place is good when they have had the same baker and viejita tending the register for the past 15 years! i have been coming here since middle school… Marlin’s Bakery used to be the fuel I needed to get my batteries going before making my way into my first period at Arvida.
The pastelitos are always fresh! All of them are great, but my faves are de queso (cheese) and guava y queso (guava and cheese). I love the tostada’s (Cuban toast) from Marlin’s since it is always fresh. I have been to other places where the toasts are prepared and then they heat it up on la plancha (press machine) which is terrible because the butter seeps through the bread making it soggy… not at Marlin’s they freshly put the butter on your bread to ensure the crunchy and freshness of the toast!
And the café con leche (Cuban coffee with milk) hits the spot every time! Love this bakery!

Definitely one of the best bakeries in the Kendall area. Ladies behind the counter are always friendly. Pastelitos and café con leche are always excellent. Located in a nice strip mall with other great stores. Prices are very fair. Always some people there, good sign.

This is our favorite bakery in the Kendall area of miami. They have the best pastalitos hands down. The croquettas are so yum. Our favorite pastalitos are: queso, guayaba y queso, and they make this awesome thing called a pizza pastelito. Not even sure what all is in it but it is soooooo amazingly good. They also make great sandwiches and of course coffee here. Try a pressed sandwich on a sweet croissant. Delicious. The ladies who work the counter are as sweet as can be too.

The pastelitos are good, fresh and cheap. The staff is always very pleasant. It does however get pretty packed on Saturday morning.

Pretty good pastellitos, decent pan con bistec, staff is wonderful, their fresh juices are awesome, what else can I say?
I like. Try it out :)

Once a month, we go to this secret heaven. The deserts are DE-​LI-​CIOUS!!! Tres leches, and the Chocolate cake are dangerous :) they also have breakfast and lunch specials… but I’ve only had their desert YUMMY
TIP: Everytime I go, someones picking up a b-​day cake-​seems to b popular

My Cuban coffee break hot spot. Leidy makes it the best and as soon as I walk in the door she starts making it for me, no words need be exchanged.
They also have the traditional Cuban bakery fare; cakes, pastelitos, croquetas, sandwiches, deditos, empanadas…
I occasionally indulge in the croquetas or a tostada which are good although I am not crazy about their empanadas. On occasion they do make Colombian style empanadas and those I have an insane weakness for.
Alright, after writing this I think it’s time for my second coffee break.

This is a great little bakery in Kendall to get your Cubano grub on. We were heading to the beach and wanted to get some quick snacks. My husband’s grandfather knew of a great little bakery that sells great pastelitos. I love the guava y queso and the meat ones. Sometimes you like something sweet or sometimes salty in a wonderful handpie form. It’s one of those Cuban treats that you can’t stop eating. Once you start eating a pastelito, it’s pretty hard to stop.
This place was pretty decent bakery, they had some batidos available — mamey, and others. Cuban sandwiches were already packed and ready to go, but we got our order in very quickly. They quickly filled our request of 40 pastelitos…20 of each… and believe those suckers were gone by the end of the day. We got some Cuban crackers as well, and spent about $ 30. Not so bad for some tasty treats!