Norma’s Sweets Bakery

The service can be hit or miss but the food and sweets are tempting, delightful, and oh so tasteful! Everything is pretty affordable. They offer a great variety of Latin must haves.
Love this spot in kenner!

This hidden gem is a block off Williams and absolutely worth it! This bakery, grocery, sandwich shop is like a little slice of Cuba in Kenner. Have you been looking for a Cuban sandwich? Well look no further. For about 8 dollars you can have a delicious fresh Cuban sandwich. Still hungry? Pick out one of the many fresh baked delicacies behind the glass, yes that includes churros.

Ordered a ham and cheese sandwich and a medium coffee for $ 5.97. The bread was food but incredibly overpriced. I didn’t try any of the other treats.

Omg found a Latin bakery worth a trip and price quesitos omg it’s been almost 6 years since I had one with a Cuban sandwich for breakfast

After finding out my fiancé had NEVER tried a cuban sandwich before, I was on a mission this past week to find one for him. A friend highly recommended Norma’s, and once we googled the address, we were on our way! The place is kind of ducked off and easy to pass up if you’re not paying attention and the parking lot is tiny, but they serve one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had… the pork was very juicy and that bread! (To die for)
We, also, bought some pastelitos and tres leches cake to go. Everything was good, and reasonably priced. We will be coming back to Norma’s Bakery very soon!

I was looking for a goof Cuban sandwich so I searched on Unilocal & read the reviews of this place. Thank you! This place serves a great Cuban sandwich!!! While they do speak Spanish & appear to have many Hispanic customers they do speak English. I grabbed a bag of hot & spicy plantains to eat with it which was scrumptious. I was disappointed that they were sold out of churros as one reader recommended to try. They have many baked goods to choose from. You need to try this place! You won’t be disappointed. Thanks for the positive feedback. If people wouldn’t have taken the time to review this place, I would have never found it. I will definitely be returning!

Hands down, the best Cuban sandwich i ever had. Bread perfectly toasted and crunchy with a hint of butter. ham, pork, cheese, pickles and mustard perfectly proportioned and fresh.
I also bought a small banana bread for dessert and that is excellent also.

The torta de cumpe or birthday cake here is amazing. I feel slightly guilty buying birthday cake on a random tuesday, but it just makes my whole week that much more bearable. I think its $ 4 or $ 6 for 4 days worth of cake. Really good to eat after work in place of dinner. Incredibly milky and moist, I could not recommend this cake or establishment more. The cream cheese and guava rolls are great, too.

Cubano… YUM.
I’ve been on a Cubano kick lately; found another restaurant near work that sells ‘em, but their prices don’t beat Norma’s… so, from that standpoint, I’ll be a regular at Norma’s.
Cubanos are $ 6. I usually can’t leave out of there without a small flan ($ 1.60). Both are pretty delicious. You have to wait for your cubano, which obviously is awesome since they make it while you wait. I also came out of there today with a pork pastry – $ 0.90 (not sure what it’s called) and a chicken empanada ($ 1.60)… both tasty.
Crappy parking lot, but it’ll do. Very happy to have found this gem.

I am obsessed with guava and cheese. I lived in Miami and always crave them. So whenever I am back in miami you can definately find me eating lots and lots of this awesome pastry…
Moving to NOLA, I lost all hope of finding these little treats that make me happy.
However, now that I have been introduced to this bakery… my misery is over!
Hello guava and cheese pastry and tres leches! Oh and not to mention I can come here to get my fix of Postobon and Colombiana drinks.
this place is awesome, pastry is always fresh and their tres leches is to die for! not too sweet and just right! Not to mention the CUBAN Sandwich!!! It has got to be the best I have eaten and needless to say my boyfriend who is cuban feels the same way. it is a must try! They also have hot tamales, Cuban, Honduran style available. I tried the Honduran style because they were out of the Cuban ones and that was pretty tasty.
this place can get busy so expect a wait for the sandwiches but its always hot and ready to eat!
I am now complacent NOLA that I have discovered this lil haven for my fave treats!

Tiny little place off of williams, nearly right behind French Press Coffeehouse. They offer some sandwiches and baked goods as well as some groceries. Let’s just say I’ve been to Norma’s 3 times the past month since I’ve re-​discovered it. The cuban sandwich is worthy of a return, yes. But what keeps me coming back is the flan!!! Oh my god, it’s absolutely delicious! Have not tried many other of the baked goods but I am looking forward to doing so in the future. If I can stray away from the flan, that is. The staff is always VERY friendly when you walk in there, and every time I’ve been, there are locals hanging out on the porch people watching or enjoying a snack. Very reasonably priced.

I’m surprised I haven’t written a review for this place yet. But it’s now or never!
My family and I were born in Guatemala. I was raised there during my youngster years, but pretty much grew up in New Orleans. I go back to visit my family in Guatemala quite frequently, and there’s nothing like a good olé Tres Leches or Arroz con Leche when I go «home».
I can’t remember how long ago it was that my family and I discovered this place, but I remember coming home and seeing a tres leches in the refrigerator and just the fact that I saw that cake in AMERICA was like finding a pot of gold with a leprechaun standing next to it. I was so thrilled! Honestly, at that very moment, I didn’t care where it came from. I just wanted to eat it… well, then I finished it and I had to go buy another one before daddy saw that I ate the whole cake.
My mom told me where the bakery was. I think I drove up and down the street like 5 times before I saw it. It’s so small… but my goodness, great things come in small packages. My parent’s home is in Kenner, so it’s less than 10 minutes from their house. Very conveniently located in my case. Now that I live uptown, I wish I could find a place like this in my area. But until then, stop by Normas and get yourself a Tres Leches! You won’t regret it!
Tip: just drive down the street rrrreeeaaallllllyyyyy slloooooowwwwwlllyyy so you don’t miss it and drive around for 15 min like I did :)

I wouldn’t call Norma’s a restaurant. It only has a few small tables. It is more of a bakery/​latin grocery than a restaurant. They have great desserts here. Another thing to try is their nacatamales (nicaraguan tamales). Not to be passed up. But the best item is their cuban sandwich.
Their cuban sandwich is made perfectly. I love cuban sandwiches and am always on the prowl looking for great cuban sandwiches (as well as gumbo). A cuban sandwich is basically a ham and cheese sandwich lol. What makes it so much better than a regular ham and cheese sandwich is the roasted pork. Add pickles too and you’re all set. The cuban bread is then flattened with a press and toasted and you end up with a sandwich that is thin, hot, crispy, and oozing delicious melted cheese! MUST TRY!!!

This place is a hole in the wall Honduran bakery/​grocery and if you are not hispanic you will feel a bit out of place, but all of that aside they make an AMAZING cuban sandwich. When I was craving a taste of the now closed Garce’s that used to be on D’hemecourt in Mid City I found this place somehow and the sandwiches are just as good.
Grab some garlic plantain chips to go with it and of course a piece of some of the best tres leches cake around. It is hard to leave here and not get something sweet since the aroma of the bakery overwhelms the place. The Cuban is DIRT CHEAP. The bread was crunchy and buttery and pressed flat. It had roast pork, ham, swiss cheese, mustard and pickles. The roast pork was my favorite part of the sandwich because it was so tender. Perfectly delicious
There isn’t much room for you to sit and eat, it’s best to take your order to go and sit outside somehwere.