Manos Bakery Cafe

The panini’s, wraps, sandwiches, and muffins were absolutely fantastic! The service was great and the portions were generous! Wish we had one of these back home!

A good stop for some quick, delicious food! The Premium Greek salad I got was great. Usually Greek salads come with Greek potato salad, but this one comes with hummus instead. You won’t miss the potato salad with this substitution, I promise. The salad dressing is great with all of the flavors.
I also had to order a spanakopita, and that didn’t disappoint. It even reheats well since I had to bring food home– so much food!
If I’m ever back in this neck of the woods, I know where I’m coming for lunch.

i work down the street and was told by fellow employees that Mano’s Café was good food.
I have tried this place and been back several times for breakfast or lunch and have not been disappointed.
The place is clean, the food is fresh and tasty, and the prices are fair. I strongly recommend Mano’s Café.

I happened on this wonderful place on vacation. Wow!!! The hot turkey and bacon with avocado wrap was to die for !! And the pastries! Worth the drive!

The food quality and flavor here would be hard to beat at their modest prices. We’ve dined in and ordered take-​out several times. The place is modest, but the food is top drawer. The family is very nice and extra helpful.
Everything is fresh and clean. You can watch them prepare your order if you’re standing near the order counter.
Enjoy and Bön Appetite. (sic)

Accidentally found this place last year while searching for a bakery to have breakfast. My Aunt who has lived here over 40 years had not heard if this place, and we were SO glad we found it. If you are in the area, you must try Manos. A hidden gem in Clearwater. The Bougatsa (Custard pie) is amazing, and everything else looks terrific. I am looking forward to my return next weekend.

When you go here you have to get the hot custard pie with or without powdered sugar. It will be the highlight of your trip. I’ve had numerous salads and gyros from here and they have always tasted phenomenal. Everything is fresh and cooked while you wait.
All of the pastries are to die for, but I haven’t been as impressed with the cakes in the cold case. Give them a try. You won’t be disappointed.

This is definately a treasure that could be missed if you blink. I found this on Unilocal under bakeries so I decided to try it out and OMG I am so glad I did. This is amazing little café on Drew St. I will even compare this so far to Frida’s only on a smaller scale. The food is spot on perfect and tasty and huge for the price! The owner is sweet and the staff is very friendly. They are so accomdating to change up the sandwich if you have an allergy or special preference. I definately love the food and I am working my way through the menu. I am so glad that I tried it.

This is not about the food but and the ammenities. Food was excellent but we specifically went there to get some computer work done and eat. We called ahead to confirm wifi, a gentleman answered and said they did. When we got there the wifi it didn’t work, so we asked for help but no one could assist. .
Very disappointed. We ordered breakfast and coffee in anticipation to get some work done and have lunch there.
Please don’t advertise that you have wifi if you can’t get it to work. I’m always looking for a neighborhood environment to support local business and now I have to go to Starbucks where I know I will pay of an overview priced lunch and a noisy atmosphere. :(

This is a lovely family owned spot. I almost passed it on the way over because it’s in a little strip mall just off the road and with cars parked you cannot really see the businesses. Any Who it’s next to a cell phone repair shop and Westshore pizza.
I got the chicken bacon ranch panini and and a café latte. I also tried the custard flaky pastry. All was good minus the cheap bottle type ranch dressing on the panini. The bread is homemade and pressed perfectly until everything’s nice and melty hot. Café latte was really really good. They did not over do it on the sugar like most places seem to do. The custard pastry was really yummy. Although I could not see myself eating more than a little tiny slice of the large rectangle. Overall would return.

Fantastic Hispanic Food at a great price! Friendly service too! One of my favorite early morning stopes! Everything is made on premises.

I was just a little hungry for lunch, and I needed to pick up a birthday cake alternative. I remembered this place was in the general vicinity of where I was yesterday afternoon and finally stopped in. Why did it take me so long?! And on a side note — I’m glad I don’t live conveniently close to Manos or my diet would be shot to hell.
First, the boring stuff. This little café is minimally decorated, but clean, and has a few tables to work over your breakfast, lunch, or coffee and shared dessert (which I saw while I was there). The cashier was super friendly and offered up a sample of both the spinach pie and that crack, uh, I mean custard pie. There were a few different people working in the back, but none of them ever interacted with me, so I can’t comment on them. The pastry case has a few selections of cakes; they didn’t look empty or sparse, but there weren’t so many I was overwhelmed looking. They also had a nice selection of breads (including those small rings covered in sesame seeds… they looked like the Turkish «simit») and pre boxed cookies. I stuck with getting the sweet stuff to-​go.
Lunch options include things like paninis, wraps, salads, sandwiches, and several kinds of pies. I ended up making an order for a meat pie, the Greek salad and spinach pie special, and four of those custard bougatsa pastries after the girl gave me that gateway taste. The Greek salad was great for being so cheap. The lettuce and veggies were fresh, a nice sprinkle of feta, the dressing was actually really flavorful, and it came with a little slice of bread. The spinach pie was good, but I think the meat pie was better. It was really well seasoned, and they didn’t skimp on the filling. But the real reason this isn’t just a 4 star review is the custard pie. Even after taking it home, reheating it on super low heat in a pan, sprinkling a little more powdered sugar and a little cinnamon it was as good as the warm sample I had much earlier in the day. Actually, I could have reheated it and had it for breakfast. And lunch. What the hell did they do to make those things so good?
Long story short: Run, don’t walk, to Manos and eat all the bougatsa so I can’t have any. They are the crack of Greek pastries.

Its not quite the 5 star sandwich place everyone has made it out to be, but this was a really good sandwich. Looking for a place for lunch near my lady’s work, and this fit the bill. Its a small strip mall with a hair dresser, pizza place, maybe another shop or two, and Manos. Bunch of tables out front to eat outside, but no real view except of Drew Street, and lets just say it ain’t exactly Las Vegas Blvd. However, it worked for us and our doggie. Inside is okay — nothing special, but its clean with a few cases of salads and desserts and a griddle in the back for the hot items.
My girlfriend and I both got a panini — she got a grilled veggie and I got a Cuban. She really enjoyed hers. I liked mine — not your classic Cuban. Firstly, it wasn’t on Cuban bread, which was actually a drawback for me and probably why I won’t go 5 stars. It wasn’t as good as it could have been on Cuban bread, or if it was on Cuban bread, on good Cuban bread. The pork was also different. Maybe it was marinated in something or had some kind of sauce on it, but I really liked it. Very tasty. Sorry, that’s not very descriptive, but picking out flavors isn’t my strong suit. You’ll just have to accept my description of tasty and like it!
Not the best sandwich in St. Pete, but certainly worth your time.

This place is a hidden gem located in a small plaza with a Westshore pizza and it is hard to spot and easy to miss. After coming across this place through my fellow Unilocaler reviews I knew I had to give it a try.
I decided to stop in and I am glad I did, they have traditional Greek cuisine, they have a lot of different baked goods you can get such as muffins, custard filled pastries, and various cookies to choose from. They also have cuban coffees, and expresso’s. The staff are extremely friendly, and the owner came over to make sure everything was good with our food.
I decided to try their Chicken Bacon Ranch panini, the grilled chicken tasted great, the tomato and lettuce tasted fresh and delicious. I did not care for the ranch, which did not taste homemade, however it did not ruin the sandwich. They let us try a pastry they had out it was custard filled flaky goodness, I thought was great. Before I left I decided to give their Café Latte a try, I must say this was my favorite part of the visit, I am a coffee fiend and I thought it tasted great and kept me wired long enough until my next fix.
I would recommend this place to anyone that wants to support small local businesses, it really makes a difference.

I loved everything about this place… restaurants such as this one make me so happy.
You can expect friendly service and the smell of freshly baked items…
The hand written menu makes it personal, and I enjoy little touches like that.
Now to the reason for our visit, the food!
Fantastic, I could drink the homemade dressing my salad was fresh and the chicken was cooked to order and delicious. My husband had the gyro and I will be honest it’s the best I’ve ever tried the meat was tasty and juicy good sauce… the whole nine yards.
Can’t imagine any complaints about this place.

I’ve been wanting to try this place for a while now, but I’m Greek so I tend to be a little harsher on Greek restaurants and bakeries, and don’t really go because I’m always like, Meh! I kicked myself in the butt that I didn’t try this place sooner.
Great Spanakopita, perfectly stuffed. Great flavor. Some places make their Spanakopites too sour because they add too much lemon. I don’t know why they even add lemon at all. I would say that is more of a middle eastern thing, not Greek. (Just my opinion), but this place does not go overboard and they were very tasty.
Delicious Bougatsa. I’m over indulging in it as I type this right now.
Fresh baked breads
Good Coffee
Sesame cookies & Koulouria
So many other pastries, cookies, breads to name. They even make sandwiches using their own fresh baked bread, salads, etc. I don’t know, I couldn’t concentrate when I was in there. I was a little kid in a Greek candy store:-) I went early so the place was filled with goods, and the owner was baking still so A.D.D. kicked in… I was like, ooh look at that, then off pointing at something else before they could even answer me back.
Very surprised to see Koulouria, I don’t see those too often in the states, and the Greeks just love to eat those with cheese, olives and their coffee in the morning, including me :-) the only time I get to eat fresh baked ones is when I take vacation in Greece. My first time here so of course I did not try everything. There was so many other things that I would have liked to try and buy, but I didn’t want to overdo it. I left with a bag of 30 dollars worth of stuff. If u decide to try, make sure u get there early for the biggest selection. The owner is there baking continuously throughout the morning till the early afternoon. So, the earlier the freshest (still warm). Noticed they also have cappuccinos and Lattes. Next time!

My Greek salad with gyro meat was good. Not the best I ever had, but still worthy of 4 stars. The salad didn’t have potato salad, but every where I go they are made different. I also ordered spinach pie with it, and it was very good! The fresh baked bread that came with the salad had a really good flavor. Next time I go I want to try the bakery items, the cookies and donuts looked good.

I absolutely love their bread! It’s soft and not chewy. It’s not buttery, but it has the melt in your mouth feel. This bread is good by itself, for a sandwich, accompanying some meat and cheese or made into French toast. It’s great and I had it two days in a row. The spanakopita is good. The crust is flaky and crunchy, but still soft. There was a great balance of cheese and spinach. The bougatsa is also delicious. We got some fresh from the oven and this definitely melts in your mouth. It’s also good the next day, but if you can, get it while it’s fresh! The custard is rich, but not heavy, very good. The gyro meat is well seasoned and tender. I was lucky enough to get the gyro version of cracklins — too good! Their salad and gyro sandwich are delicious and they really hit the spot when you want good, non-​heavy food, quick.
It’s run by a very nice family and they are warm and friendly. You can tell by their customers that they are definitely a ‘neighborhood’ gem.

We had a ton of fun sampling various Greek pastries and cookies. We are not experts but we can assure you, they are delicious! This was not the standard baklava spread! Instead, there were sweet and savory phyllo-​based pastries which included feta cheese, spinach, fruit, etc. The definitely Greek proprietor kindly and patiently answered our questions but we ended up trying five items.
They also had multiple kinds of fresh bread but we didn’t get a sandwich, instead focusing on the pastries. Our espresso drinks were ok but I wouldn’t say they were the best. They also didn’t have soy or almond milk. I guess in Greece, it’s go cream or go home.
As for the selection, we arrived in the afternoon so some items were sold out. On one hand, this was a bummer. But, it’s great to know they are made fresh every day! There is a simple solution I suppose… Go earlier!
As for the location, it was truly spotless. We sat inside in air conditioned comfort while the local Greek population sat outside chatting, smoking, and enjoying the day!

I brought the wife and three year old here today for some lunch. It’s a very clean establishment with indoor and outdoor seating. I wasn’t prepared for so many selections, so I went with the gyro and I added in a spanakopita. The wife also ordered a spanakopita, and the little one ordered a grilled cheese sandwich. She only eats cheese, I’m hoping it’s a phase because I would love to order some steaks or burritos with her in the future. I digress. We ordered two bottled waters and a fruit punch, total order came in just under $ 20.
Our food was brought out a short time later. My gyro was very good, nice thick pieces of lamb and the pita bread was spot on. The spanakopita was light and flaky, the spinach creamy and perfect.
On my way home I picked up a couple value meals from KFC for the two ravenous teenagers waiting at home and it totaled $ 15 for some subpar food that didn’t even come with drinks.
And that’s what takes this place from a 4 to a 5. Great value for great food.