Casa Costa Bake Shop - Leander

After living in Leander for a few years, we finally decided to come into this much raved about place. Our intention was to inquire and if possible order a customized cake then eat some goodies. Our whole family came along on a weekday afternoon where there was only about 3 patrons in the store eating at two separate tables. The staff were pleasant and nice but told us that they were not able to accommodate our cake request as they need weeks in advance order and we only had a week. This has not been a problem for us in the past but here we are in Leander so we accept the fact that they are busy since there is not much competition around. Then as we were looking at all the baked goodies, our excitement quickly faded away as we saw flies hovering ALL OVER all the displayed baked goods out in the counter. And all I could think off is where have these flies been prior to landing on those items? This is highly unsanitary and won't even pass inspection standards in many other places. Then the staff were pushing some few days old super dried baked goods. Really?! You shouldn't be even selling those yucky goods anymore or donate them BEFORE they actually become unpleasant to eat. We just wanted to walk away but my little kids insisted on something so we decided on the refrigerated section with hopefully no fly surviving that temperature. My daughter chose one cupcake. By the time I had to pay for this one cupcake, it was $7.00! Are you freaking kidding me? So I decided to take a bite from it and here I am writing this review. I do not know if the overpriced not great tasting cupcake experience was better or worse than the flies swarming all the baked goods?! I won't be returning. There was also nothing that was really healthy gluten free, vegan stuff. I guess it has great reviews to date because the area it serves has pretty low expectations and there is not much competition around.

It was well worth the wait! Everything was fresh. We enjoyed our cappuccinos, puffs and quiche.Dietary restrictions: Dairy

Such an adorable bakery and coffee shop and the food was delish! Everyone was really friendly.

Cute little bakery in Leander. The ambience is perfect for a coffee and a pastry outdoors (weather permitting), with beautiful blue picnic tables and great shade. Perfect for little kids to run around and play. The menu includes Brazilian Portuguese specialities like pastel de nata but also tens of regular bakery items like scones, cookies and more. Do note that though the menu on Yelp shows made to order items like eggs and sandwiches, those are currently unavailable. One star docked because the quiche was a bit on the drier side and the galao coffee was a little weak. However the pastel de nata and linguica (Portuguese sausage) puff were excellent.

Casa Costa amazes me every time. Everything from the cinnamon rolls and muffins to the peruvian treats like the bacon puff and malasada are consistently amazing every time I visit. The bacon puff is definitely my favorite item.