El Coqui Bakery Sanford — Restaurant in Sanford

El Coquí is a little hidden gem in downtown Sanford that you don’t want to miss. Everything here is made fresh daily, and you can truly taste the difference. I had a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich that came out on warm Cuban bread, and it was absolutely perfect—crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, and full of flavor.

We also tried one of their fresh donuts, which was made that morning, and it melted in your mouth. All of their pastries are baked fresh daily, which makes every bite stand out compared to the typical coffee shop treats.

If you’re in the area, skip the chains and check out this local spot. El Coquí is a true hidden treasure that delivers authentic, fresh, and delicious...

Stopped by to try out food as I drive by this place weekly. When ordering one Sat morning, we got coffee and cashier asked if we wanted sugar. Not thinking anything of this, I said yes. Apparently it is an upcharge. On the receipt it said "extra sugar" ☹️ I am all for supporting local stores but minor things like this should be explained. "The coffee already has sugar in it, would you like extra?" Or "sugar is an upcharge" - Nope, none of that happened. "Would you like sugar with your coffee?" smh. While the food was good, this left an otherwise good experience sour....

It use to be the best place, nice and friendly service. But something change, staff is different and not caring, now you have non PR people cooking and serving burn food. Buster sandwich use to be a bomb now is hard to bite. I give it a try again and have to throw the fried food to the garbage since is burned inside. Empanadas burned Outside, alcapurrias burn inside you can’t eat them and when I told the guy he told me is that they are frozen. That is not an excuse, since that didn’t happened with the original staff. Missing all of them. So sad will try in a...