El Morro Bakery

This hole in a wall bakery is one of the best representations of Latin American baking in Gainesville. I bought 1 of everything on the front displays for my wife's birthday. Despite a slight language barrier, the owners are extremely welcoming and will do their best to bridge that gap with you. They serve a variety of sweet, savory, and mixed of both. They also have a hot menu. And the price is on point with everything! Their bakes are light and airy. The desserts are well balanced. The chocolate cake is perfectly layered and not overpowering. And for someone who isnt into sweets, this is its the perfect amount of sweet. This place is great for a quick dessert, lunch from their hot menu, or just want to bring back home a nice homemade loaf of bread for later. They are well deserving the 5

Love how tasty and economical the food is here! We got egg stuffed arepas, one with bacon and one without, a sausage and cheese empanada, and a tequeno. Everything was delicious, and the arepas were loaded to the brim with egg. Counter service attendant was very patient and friendly. We'll be back!

I walked in on a whim after seeing their sign. And holy mackerel! Their food is amazing!! I got pork arepa, beef empanada, a sweet roll and some strawberry cream cake to go at the suggestion of the cashier. I intended to share with the family, but it was all gone before anyone else had a chance to taste it. Will definitely be going back soon!

I can see all the past reviews have nothing but praises for this place, sadly that’s what brought me to check it out… the prices are definitely very high for the portions and taste, I got 2 cheese empanadas, 1 chorizo and cheese empanada, 1 tequeño and 1 cachito… as a Venezuelan girl I’m a bit offended that this is the kind of cachitos that are representing us in this area, there’s barely any ham in it and the cheese tasted old, even foul and smelled too, totally inedible. The chorizo and cheese empanada is not really chorizo, is some kind of hot dog mashup mix with some cheese and all 3 empanadas were stale, as if they were from the day before or even 3 days before… I spent almost $20 in my order and could only eat the tequeño, which wasn’t so bad, even tho it has a lot of flour taste…. H

Been here a few times and always pleased. The bakery stuff is yummy and the lady who is always there (gonna have to ask her her name next time🤩) is so helpful, patient and pleasant 😊 The coffee also hits the spot. Nect time I need to try one of her sandwiches 🥪 😋. A couple was there and they had a Cubano or something and it looked yummy 😋