Don Criollo Bakery & Restaurant Lakeland

Amazing authentic puertorican food. I am born and raise in PR and this food today made me cry. Sandwiches are huge. Enough for 2 people. Flavor, service and cleanliness 10/10!!

The best place in Lakeland to eat authentic Puertorrican food! The food and service truly makes youfeel like eating at a panederia back home in PR. The clienteleis also adds to the charm and nostalgia of going somewhere to eat in PR, where everyone is talking to everyone like you'vealways known each other. That's what this place feels like. Starting with the food (delicious), the servers (attentive, gracious and feisty) and the ambiance (can have conversations with employees or costumers) it make feel like I'm back in PR. It doesn't matter where you're from, if you're looking for a good place to eat great Puertorrican food, this is the place to go.

If I can give a zero I would didnt even get to order i came to try this place out .it say drive thru an a sign right under it saying open .once I pulled up there was a car in the drive thru lane so I looked up restaurant to call an ask about the drive thru being blocked an someone picked up then hung up so I parked an went in an asked are you ladies accepting calls they said we haven't got a call then they asked did I call the right place but as they asking its an attitude in the voice I said I didnt know yall had more then one restaurant she said yes then cashier showing attitude as well i ended up leaving with no food an I wouldn't want to go support any business with nasty attitude. Hope others have better experience then we did.

Good service and the food was great.

Stopped for a coffee and some pastries. The pastries were good but the service was lacking. There was a senior lady that was rude and rolled her eyes everytime I asked about the desserts. Won't be coming back. Also saw a lady who had ordered food and the same lady gave her attitude.