Russell's Bakery

The best coffee in Texas. Great service and excellent pastry The amazing bread is so good and the ambiance is amazing

This Bakery has pretty good cinnamon rolls, they are close to Upper Crust Bakery but not enough cinnamon!The almond croissant was hard! I'll slice it at home and butter it!The loaf breads are very nice! Pumpkin spice was a favorite.The ambiance is not there! They could spend some of their income to fix this bakery up and i think they would have more people stopping in!I would suggest a great cleaning, new finish on the concrete Floor, paint the walls (they are green ugggg) new chairs, those iron chairs are too hard and heavy and maybe paint the tables.Put new tile floor in the one bathroom and get rid of every piece of art in that bathroom!!! It's terribly dirty!!!That front counter is awful with that fake grass on the front! Really people invest some money in your bakery! You have to put money in to get more out of it.Russell the owner needs to take better care of this restaurant!!! The atmosphere is awful!

Russel's is my favorite coffee shop in Austin! all locations have incredible service, great coffee, and good food! They have plenty of gluten free options which is surprisingly hard to find (I recommend the lemon poppyseed bread) and I really enjoy their coffee (my go-to is a strawberry mocha). It's a great place to study, catch up with friends, or read. There are only two drawbacks - at this location there's only one outlet, so I tend to not spend too long studying here for that reason & mainly come to read/catch up with friends. Also, they don't take cash which is super inconvenient- I hope they change that soon!

Lovely experience! Its a beautiful and cute location. They have gluten free breads which is important. The staff were helpful too.

Stopped into Russell's Bakery & Coffee since it was my day off and I was in that neighborhood. I always remember the wonderful pastries we used to buy when we moved to Austin in the early 2000s. Today, I was hoping to relive that memory, but instead I was highly disappointed. I understand that ownership may have changed, but I patronized this restaurant because of the business name. My coffee tasted burnt as though it had been sitting in the pot and continuing to brew. AND the stale cinnamon almond croissant had hair on it sealed to the croissant with a simple syrup. I'm disgusted and won't be eating there again. I'll take the perfectly wrapped slice of Harvest Bread to work tomorrow and just leave it on the table for any takers.

I moved a few months ago to the area and have enjoyed having Russell's as my local cafe. Service is friendly, coffee and food is great-to-good-enough, and there's plenty of sunny, cozy space to relax.I'd give five stars if the hot veggie croissant wasn't always sold out and/or more vegetarian options, the chairs were more comfortable, and fading and worn exterior and interior decor was refreshed a bit.

Stepping into Russell's is like stepping back into an Austin time capsule. Not much seems to have changed here in decades, and that's what's nice about it: you get a glimpse into what "old Austin" used to be.We ordered coffees and pastries and found a seat at one of the cute tables there. The space is large and accommodating. The iced coffees were OK, as was the latte. Pastries, well, we've had better. The operative word here really is "OK." The chocolate eclair was OK. The apricot scone was OK. The banana chocolate chip muffin was pretty good, and while we loved the filling in the spinach-feta croissant, the dough was soggy and limp.The folks working are really nice, and we're glad to have come here once to try it, but it's unlikely we'll be back again. This place must be beloved to the neighborhood, though, as our precious Quack's is to Hyde Park. We wish them many more years of good business.

Stopped to get myself a peanut butter cookie as a treat. It was not sweet. Really disappointing -- I threw it away. I don't eat much sugar so it's not as if I have sensory fatigue. $1.75 for a bad cookie. Shame.

Employees have always been great but the food and coffee quality is some of the worst I've had in Austin. And recently they just bought Coffee Shark which has been my daily coffee shop for years. This means no more greater goods coffee and I'm sure their menu will be replaced with dry, lifeless Russell's pastries.

Love this place def a Jem of Austin, the croissants are so fresh and perfect! The service is 10/10 and I loved the vibe.