La Baguette Bakery

I lived in France for a year and am an absolute Francophile, so I was delighted to find this bakery next to Ghini's Cafe (which is mediocre at best) that offers surprisingly authentic French pastries! Everything that we have tried so far have been delicious. I especially like their eclairs and my husband really likes the Swedish princess cake. Their pastries really do take me back to France (especially during this pandemic where I can't go back just yet), so I'll happily patronize the bakery section than sit at Ghini's and endure what they dare call French cuisine. Quelle blague!

Ambiance lacking. Kind of messy to be honest. The pastries were good-chocolate croissant and apple turnover. Service lacking. No acknowledgement. No smiles. I think it's a part of Ghini's, which I would've avoided if I had known before driving down. I absolutely do not support Ghini's for lackadaisical service and bland food, and a terrible attitude from the owner.Although the pastries were good, I likely wont return.

I was in the mood to try something "new to me." We stopped by mid morning on a Saturday. La Baguette is connected to connected to Ghini's restaurant, but thankfully they have a separate entrance. They have an assortment of fresh baguettes and other savory and sweet loaves of bread in addition to pies and other pastries, croissant, cookies, cakes and more. We took an assortment of mini palmiers, some part of small almond cookie, a few slices of pear Normandy tart, and a few slices of chocolate layered pastry to serve for dessert. The chocolate was the winner. I liked the palmiers, they were just right. The other items had a strong flavor of almond extract, which I personally don't care for. Had I known, I probably would not have taken those. It's busy little place with plenty of options for sweet and savory!

Delicious spinach feta croissant and lightly heated to enjoy just steps away from the bakery. I was looking for a delicious lunch snack and it fit the bill! Good quick service from the counter. So many wonderful other choices!

La Baguette is amazing and has a huge selection of pastures, breads and other baked goods. I absolutely love their morning buns and their savory croissants are to die for. Green chili and cheese is my favorite, but you can't go wrong with any of them ( ask for yours to be heated up or do it yourself at home- you won't be sorry.) The breads are also very good, and this is my go-to spot when I need a fresh baguette. They're perfection. La Baguette is attached to Ghini's, so I recommend visiting when you're hungry and having breakfast or lunch while you're there. Service is fast, even when they're busy, and the counter staff is always friendly.

6" chocolate raspberry mousse cake was $37 and tasty (though I wish they'd used fresh tart raspberries for the mousse instead of an artificial sweet flavoring). The chocolate buttercream was good. Now that I live in the Northwest area, the chocolate mousse cake at Village Bakehouse is so amazing I won't be returning to this place for any more cakes.

Can't say enough positive things!It was all good and can't wait to go back to try more tasty dishes.

You try to support your local businesses, but it can be hard. I go in to this place on average once a week, always tip the girls, always wait patiently. This morning I needed some things and the owner waved me off, holding up 8 fingers to tell me go away until they opened, I guess. It might have been 7:57. Needless to say, barring an emergency I won't be patronizing this bakery again, and that's sad.

The main problem here, and maybe it's the case with many bakeries, is that the products LOOK better than they TASTE. The taste isn't bad, it's that there doesn't seem to be much. This is especially the case with pies, which they insisted in wrapping in Saranwrap such that the beautiful dark brown crusts are never crisp and flaky, but rather mealy. With some experimentation you can develop a stable of items (turnovers, ham&cheese croissants, brioche rolls) that are worthy to take home. The quiches never seem as tasty as they look.Also, and this is a real negative, the bakery doesn't open until 8 AM !!!! A bakery should be open at 6, at the latest.

After having to ask for assistance when we came in, the employee taking our cake from the case acted as though we were a burden. We had made an order for a cake with ganache and raspberry filling and received a chocolate cake with buttercream. When I asked about it the lady was condescending and offered no apologies. She said that she took our order herself. Two of us were there when the order was made and both can corroborate the original order. Incredibly disappointing to order a cake for my birthday, pay ahead and then be stuck with something we didn't want