Karen's Bakery and Cafe

The atmosphere and service from everyone is great!!! Loved my London Fog and beet salad as well dessert. However, I ordered the Banh Mi sandwich hoping for it to taste like a Vietnamese sandwich. Obviously it's not a Vietnamese restaurant, but if you are offering a Vietnamese sandwich please don't add thousand island dressing. I felt like the dressing was not only a lot, but tasted too much like a burger. We will be back for other things because we really like your place but will not have that sandwich again, unless you make it with Vietnamese flavors.

Cute place but crowded and everything in the case was gone by the time we got there for lunch. Stupid not to have enough food to make it to lunch.

If you plan to order one of their custom cakes, I recommend sending a request at least a few weeks ahead. On their custom cakes form, they say it takes about 2 business days to hear back from them about pricing . I ordered one last year for a birthday cake a few weeks ahead of the birthday and they were able to respond within a few day. The cake was delicious and wonderful. However, I recently put in a request for a gender reveal cake for my baby shower two weeks before the date and it took a whole week to hear back about the price and then two days before the party, I finally heard from them again. It was disappointing to say the least, especially since I had to scramble to find someone else to make my cake. As beautiful and delicious as their cakes are, I don't think I'll be requesting another cake from them any time soon.

My friends and I like to come here for food and coffee after running on the nearby trail. So far I have tried the avocado toast and breakfast burrito. Service is fast and friendly even when busy. Would bump it to 5 stars but it's a little pricey here, food is expensive these days so it's nothing crazy but still. I love the outdoor seating on a nice day. Definitely try this place out.

Another outstanding meal! We've been going to Karen's since they 1st opened, and they were located in Orangevale (my parents lived down the street and used to give Karen some of their lemons haha). Everything always tastes so fresh and great quality. I love their granola too, which is homemade and I recommend getting it with their yogurt & fruit, so good.Their sandwiches are always amazing. Today I had the grilled chicken sandwich. My Mom had the quiche. The quiche is very delicious. The sandwich was huge, had to bring half home, and it came with wedge fries, which were piping hot. We also got some chocolate chip cookies ($3.25) to go, also delicious. I keep eyeing the tuna sandwich in the display case. It is humongous as well, with large slices of heirloom tomatoes (next time, getting that!).

Karen's bakery has been in Folsom for over 20 years and I would come here when I lived here. All the food is phenomenal!! Today I had the petite breakfast, scrambled egg was perfectly cooked, not dry and not 'wet' just the perfect point. Their bacon is thick and cooked to the perfect bendable state, not crunchy and not 'limp'. The fruit is fresh and so tasty. You have your choice of coffees, I chose dark roast. Just as good today as it was 20 years ago.

This walk-up, counter-order bakery and coffee shop offers eggs, sandwiches, salads, and baked goods. After placing your order, you're given a number and can you get yourself water at the end of the counter and head across the busy dining area to the cream and sugar table if you want that for your coffee or tea.Indoor seating is usually full, but there are several outdoor tables available as well. When we visit with our group of five, we typically manage to find a table within a reasonable wait time before our meal arrives. However, the staggered delivery times for meals is a problem. Both times and I have come if somebody in our party ordered eggs they end up getting their food delivered after people who have ordered avocado toast, or other items not requiring the area, have long finished their meal. This is a problem. I don't think I'd recommend bringing hungry impatient, children or elderly people here because of the inconvenience of the stagger delivery of the food and constant having to get up to check if they forgot about you or to get your coffee refilled, etc. but for young hipsters, it's a cool place .

Good location and good food . Nice and clean restaurant. Good menu . Food was priced well and fresh . Nice staff .

Karen's never disappoints. Beautiful variety of baked goods. My guy and I split the stuffed brioche breakfast sandwich and it was delicious and unique. The chai lattes were flavorful and topped with a pretty cinnamon leaf pattern that just begged to be photographed. Normally quite busy with pretty long wait times, but today was a bit slow (especially for Sunday)-- no complaints here! Service was friendly and attentive.

Special request for a custom cake for the granddaughters 2nd Birthday Party. We were told this bakery could absolutely accommodate this order. It's all in the details. Showed pictures and requested white cake with strawberry filling/preserves or fresh. Didn't have filling. It should have had the drip effect on the side and lower case h in house. The flowers for the candles were wrong. Let's move on to taste or the lack of. Dry tasteless cake and thick frosting. This was not worth one bit of what was paid. $$$$