Panitas Bakery and Bistro

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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