The Bake Shoppe & Cafe

The chicken salad sandwiches are pretty good I’ve had a couple of the desserts which was good also. The dingdong is awesome.

BEST PLACE IN HARRIS COUNTY TO EAT COMFORT FOOD AND PASTRIES!
I cannot believe all these negative review, my God. If you don’t want something sweet, DO NOT BUY A PASTRY!!! I love their buttercream frosting. It makes their brownies the best I have ever had. All their pastries are to die for. And they are sweet (sugary) like they are supposed to be. The giant Ding Dongs are such an original, and delicious. This is one of the few places in the area you can buy petit fours off over the counter. They are delicious too.
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Now that I have the desserts out of the way, the entrees are fabulous comfort food. (That means food like your mama made if you grew up in Texas). The chicken ‘n dumplins are fabulous and the King Ranch chicken is out of this world.
As far as the time to get served, this is not Whataburger. It is not fast food. They have to prepare it, just like all other restaurants. The time from when I place my order, sit down, put sugar and lemon in my iced tea, and then get my food is 5 – 10 minutes. If you want it quicker, go through the drive through (keep looking, they don’t have one).
The owner and the servers are very friendly.
The price is right on.
So don’t come. More space, time and food for me!
;-)

Any restaurant with a fun fresh sweet tea and lemonade station with free refills is deserving of five stars. Based on others reviews, I was expecting poor service and a long wait for my food. My experience was the opposite. Friendly, helpful service and reasonable wait time. Sometimes I wonder if fast-​food restaurants have ruined our expectations for fresh quality made to order food. Even if it had taken longer, I don’t mind waiting a bit longer for real food. Honestly I think I’ve waited longer in the drive thru at Chic-​Fil-​A. That aside, the food was delicious! The home-​made soup and sandwich went well with the home-​made décor. The word comfy may best describe this café and their food. I’ll be back to relax and enjoy the lemonade.

Very cute décor. Antique Chic. Friendly staff. Delicious food. And baked goods that make you day dream about them weeks later! I’ve had their chicken noodle soup, which is just like grandma used to make. And it comes with a huge chunk of warm homemade bread AND a big olé chocolate chip cookie! Lots of great stuff on the menu!

I live around the corner from them and have always loved it! Everything is soooooo good. All my friends love it too. I don’t know who’s written the bad reviews but I’ve personally never experienced anything close to what’s described. I’ve been in and gotten the last ding dong. Never do they need to leave things out for display. ?? The food is fresh and tastes home made. We love to get their frozen meals for home. Chicken and dumplings are the best! They are homemade there. Check out their Facebook page. I believe they have a post with dumplings being cut out. Give them a try! You will love it. They have the best quiche, soups and so many other things. Desserts are amazing! The ding dong is my favorite! Trust a local

Great food, but ridiculously long cook times. Waited 25 minutes. I eventually inquired about the delay and the lady at the register said…” I don’t know, there’s a bunch of tickets.” I sat back down after making my journey around all the cluttery furniture. Another ten minutes passed and the girl at the register explained to some woman that «I wasn’t aware that it was busy.» Busy doesn’t equate to thirty minute cook times. Great food, lousy service. Promptly displayed by the register is a sign that reads, «staff works on tips.»

I called 3 times over 5 days to place an order. The first two times I was assured that someone else would call me back either the next business day or the same day. On my third attempt to place an order I was told that they had not been taking any new orders for over two weeks, a full week before I started calling. They have some serious communication problems at this restaurant. No need to order from them again.

Waited 35 minutes for our food, was told it was slow beacuse of a large to-​go order. In reality they had lost our order as families and couples who came in way after us had received their food and left. When the waiter finally came he said they had run out of the entrée we ordered and offered no subsitute, refund etc. They were rude inconsiderate and disorganized except for the young man who processed my refund, he was actually helpful. The owner never made an attempt to rectify, though she clearly knew what had transpired. My wife, who actually got her food finally, said the food was like something from a hospital cafeteria. The décor is a joke and looks like they won the hobby lobby lottery. Dont stop here, plenty of other options to have quality food with great service.

The food is perfect, but some of the people that work there are not friendly. They don’t care, because if they did, they would have changed by now after reading these reviews. I’m sure they know that people say that they’re not friendly. One of the ladies was bubbly, energetic and had a great personality-​the other two looked at me like I had pulled out a gun instead of my debit card! As long as I’m not mistreated while there, I will continue to pay for what I get and leave. I believe that they should be kind, smile, and make customers feel welcome. However, we shouldn’t go to pieces just because someone isn’t friendly. I’m a big girl. I didn’t go there to get self-​esteem or to gain a friend. They definitely are not offering or selling any either. I’m not used to it… but I’m equipped to handle it.

Way over priced and the rudest staff ever! Food is mediocre, certainly not good enough to outweigh the horrible «service»

We’ve been going to the Bake Shoppe for years, and have never had anything but good service. Love their chicken spaghetti and the homemade ding-​dongs We also get their take-​away casseroles from time to time, but you can’t always count of them having your favorite. They also catered a party at my house and did a great job. The set up was beautiful and folks raved about the food.

My friend suggested for us to meet there for lunch on Friday. I ordered the kid’s meal of chicken salad sandwich, chips and drink which was plenty of food. There is no way I could have eaten a regular sized sandwich. The chicken salad is good. The bread is good and HUGE. I liked the atmosphere. We plan to go back.

LACE OVERLOAD! KITSCH OVERLOAD! TASSEL OVERLOAD!
Now that I have that of my system…
I’ve been coming here for over 10 years. When Bake Shoppe first opened, it was fantastic. Great desserts, good coffee, nice meals.
My meal today was subpar, except for the brownie and lemon square.
I had a «Connie’s special» which was a salad with feta, chicken, homemade dressing, and craisins. The salad was lacking interest. The chicken was a huge breast which tasted inferior, it had the weirdest cheap (or old) chicken taste. The meal comes with a huuuuge cookie and a giant slice of bread. I brought both cookie and bread home, husband ate the bread and loved it, but he said the cookie was meh. I saw sandwiches come out of the kitchen that were made out of this bread, and the sandwich looked like three pieces of deli turkey with two inches of white bread on either side. No way would I have eaten a sandwich like that. This place used to be busy, busy and it’s not anymore. The décor is so frilly that if I were a dude, I would assume this is a ladies tea room.
Their pasta salad has always been good, and our desserts were very good. The entrees have slipped lately, it just wasn’t the quality I’m used to at Bake Shoppe.

Tried this place for the first time today. Treated my dad to an early Fathers Day lunch and were very pleased with the food, staff and atmosphere. Our group ordered King Ranch Casserole, Chicken & Dumplings, Club Sandwich, Chef Salad, and kids Ham & Cheese. Portion sizes were incredibly generous, the fresh baked bread was to die for, and everyone received a chewy chocolate chip cookie with their meal. We ordered a ding dong, lemon square and a peanut butter cookie for later. Everything tasted great! We will most definitely be back to try their breakfast. We saw a batch of pancakes go out while they were switching over to lunch and those pancakes could have easily fed 3 or 4 people!!!

Been here on three occasions… They have the cutest décor but by the third time I noticed a decrease in quality. Unfortunately the bread and cookie wasn’t as fresh the last time I was there and one of the girls was not as friendly when asking for a to go box. Hopefully this is just a one time occurrence but I have to admit Thai place is a bit pricey for what you get

Wanted to get their famous ding dongs– 4 left in the case– I wanted 2– was told no– they have to keep them for display. Why exactly I asked– they closed in 20 minutes– who do you need to display them for if you make them daily? You close in 20 minutes. There should be fresh ones on display for tomorrow when you make them the next day. She couldn’t answer me– obviously not made fresh each day if they have to «save» them

As a celiac, I eat out at my own risk. Having been served numerous times by the culinary chef of the Bake Shoppe, and never with incident, I took her recommendation that the Chicken and Rice soup would be the best bet for lunch. I ordered a bowl of soup and clearly asked that there be no bread, croutons or tortillas served with my meal – only a bowl of soup. After ordering, I double checked that my request was registered and the cashier assured me she noted my request.
Everyone at my table got their meals and were close to half way through, when the server finally brought my bowl of soup… with a large piece of (delicious looking) bread across the bowl and a cookie on the side.
I kindly explained to the server that I would need a new bowl of soup – with out the bread. I asked her to leave the first plate until the new one arrived, so I could be sure the bread hadn’t just been removed from the plate. When she returned, she brought back an EMPTY bowl!
Being patient with the young server, I explained again what I ordered; a bowl of soup with no bread on the side. She left the table again. Then, the owner approached our table and wanted to know what the problem was. When I explained the situation, she began to tell me that she knew other celiacs and that they weren’t as «sensitive» as me and if I was that sensitive, then «How can you even be in here?» She loudly went on for quite a while. I asked if it was going to be possible to just get the bowl of soup, to which she replied «Well, that was my last bowl of Chicken and Rice soup.» It was 11:30 AM!
I finally had to ask if she could just refund my meal. She agreed, but I had to approach the counter fifteen minutes later to request the refund a second time.
My coworkers were appalled by the tone and manner that I was addressed. I was horrified that the scene created by the owner of the Bake Shoppe ruined their meal. It left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. As I said, I have to run a risk analysis every time I eat out. I never factored in this type of treatment.
As an additional note: When we returned to our seminar, another group was discussing the poor customer service they had at lunch. Guess where they ate? The Bake Shoppe. One woman felt like the owner accused her of stealing a $ 20 that the cashier had picked up. The other had to wait an hour for a to-​go meal – at which point the owner shoved the sandwich into a bag wrapped in a paper towel.
Was it just a bad day? Maybe. But it will be hard to know, as everyone agreed they would not be returning.

The food is good here a little over priced
They have beautiful pastries.
I went to lunch here with a few coworkers of mine. One of them has celiac disease to where she cannot have any gluten or bread products. When she ordered she specifically asked that no bread be put on her plate whatsoever. When it came out with the bread she nicely asked for them to bring her out a fresh bowl of soup with no bread anywhere on the plate. The young waitress brought her back an empty bowl with nothing in it. Then the manager came out and told her that there’s flour everywhere in the restaurant and if she had such a bad issue she shouldn’t even be able to sit in here without getting in an allergic reaction
She spoke very loudly and made a scene her customer service terrible come to find out she’s the owner of the store. The line takes forever the people work slowly know anything got my friends money back she had to go up to the desk herself and ask for it.
After missed giving the wrong change to a customer she accuse my other coworker of not paying for her food because she was missing a 20 and her cash register. So she’s accused one of the paying customers of stealing to her face directly.
Then to top it off another coworker ordered a sandwich to go. The manager herself wrap the sandwich in a paper towel and dropped it in a to go bag. That cannot be sanitary.
Her attitude was terrible and considering so many of us brought her business it was ridiculous that she would talk to her treat her customers and such a disrespectful and demeaning way.
The food was good but I will never go back again because of the terrible service and treatment we all received

The Bake Shoppe was the venue I chose for my daughter’s 18^th birthday party (brunch). Before booking the party, I had been to the Bake Shoppe only once for a bridal shower in their party room. The reason I chose the Bake Shoppe as the venue for the birthday party I hosted was because the bridal shower I attended there was was nice and I thought my daughter would like the atmosphere. Additionally, I prefer supporting small businesses in our community over the large chains. However, it wasn’t until my own event there that I had the opportunity to be exposed to the Bake Shoppe’s customer service, or rather lack thereof. I reserved the party room about 2 mos ago before the party was scheduled. There is a room rental charge ($ 150) Ok– I can deal with that. Yes, the food and beverages are a bit overpriced, but again, in the spirit of supporting the local businesses in my area, I could deal with that too. What I CANNOT deal with is my party being treated as an AFTERTHOUGHT or nuisance by the staff and especially the event coordinator. Yet, that’s exactly how my party of 25 people was treated. For my party, I paid (room rental charge referenced above) to reserve the party room from 11am to 1pm. My immediate family and I arrived 10 minutes before my scheduled start time. That’s right-​ONLY 10 MIN EARLY. Bc the party was set to start in 10 min, I expected to walk into the party room to see a room that’s set up and ready for 25 guests. Instead, absolutely NOTHING was set up or even in the process of being setup. In fact, there was even a family of 4 still eating breakfast at one of the tables in the party room and another dirty table that hadn’t been cleared from previous customers. Seeing the lack of preparation time spent on the party room I paid to reserve, immediately set a negative tone for my party. At my party start time, the majority of my guests had arrive. All guests were standing around waiting inside the party room, bc there is nowhere else to stand and wait and the party room was still being set up. Meanwhile, the staff is still setting all of the tables in the party room around the family of 4 who don’t leave the party room until 11:08. At 11:15, the room is still not complete and the table where the family had been sitting is barely being cleared. For the first 15 minutes of my scheduled party, guests had to stand around and try to stay out of the 2 staff members’ way as they were still setting up/​cleaning the party room. THIS WAS A HUGE EMBARRASSMENT TO MY DAUGHTER AND ME! At 11:30am, the tables have been set and the food is set up at the serving station in the room. However, I immediately notice we are missing one of the food items I ordered. I was worried that maybe more items were missing, but didn’t have my order list with me to reference at the time of the party. I ask one of the staff about it. He was completely unaware and said he would ask. 15 min go by and at this point, my guests were ready to eat. I go again to ask about the missing food item (pasta salad) for my party, but this time I asked a young lady at the register who said she didn’t know about it, but would find out and let me know. 3 min later, the same young lady tells me «Missy said she dropped the bowl of pasta salad and it spilled all over the floor. So, she has to mix up another. It’ll be out in a couple minutes.» Accidents happen. However, someone could have informed me when it happened instead of just setting up the food table w/​o it and never telling me anything, possibly hoping I wouldn’t notice or forget about it. Bc I was told the pasta salad would be out in a couple of minutes, I told my guests to go ahead and serve themselves and I reassured them that the pasta salad referenced on the menu chalk board at the food table, will be out in a couple minutes. 22 min later, the pasta salad I ordered was brought to the food table. By this point, nearly all of my guests had already served themselves and were either nearly or finished eating. Had Missy been forthcoming as soon as the supposed mishap with the pasta salad occurred, I would have been better prepared. Where was the cust srvc in this? I ended up w/​nearly all of the pasta salad leftover untouched by the guests at my party because of its late arrival. As a compensation, I wasn’t charged for the pasta salad. In reviewing the final bill and my order, I realize the Spinach Artichoke Dip and bread I ordered was completely left off the party menu and bill. I double-​checked my order and confirmed that I did in fact order it. I wasn’t charged for it, but still… it was just another missing component. The food items that actually made it to my brunch weren’t worth raving over… they were mediocre at best. TOTAL BILL FOR SO-​SO FOOD, AN EXCELLENT CAKE, AND HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE: $ 762.80
I will never, ever spend my money here and neither will any of my party guests.

This is one of my favorite places in the whole world. I am shocked they are not 4+ star rated. This place is awesome (and adorable).
First of all, they have the best cupcakes ever! I mean this. I live in town and none of the expensive bakeries hold a candle to the raspberry beret, birthday cake, strawberry, or carrot cake cupcakes. They also have delicious brownies and cookies.
Their chicken salad sandwich is crave-​worthy too. I am stunned someone said their bread why dry because it is crazy moist and thick. It is HUGE. Make sure to get tortilla chicken soup if you eat a meal here.
My parents live close by and order their frozen casseroles often. Everyone thinks they are the best and raves about them when they take them to family gatherings.
One of my bridal showers was hosted here by friends and family. They special made several items that my bridesmaids requested and they were beautiful and tasted great. As a party venue, they really work to make each detail right.
I also hosted a baby shower here a few months ago. They were great hosts and worked with my budget. The food was arranged gorgeously. The employees were really attentive and helpful. The guests from out of town were amazed at the décor and also complimented the dips, cake, and veggies.
As you can tell, my family and friends all love the Bake Shoppe. Any time I visit my parents, a cupcake and coffee run is a must. My friends and I have driven from the Galleria area on a Saturday just to eat lunch here. You really should give it a try.