Brockway Bakery

I have lived in this town for close to two decades and would enthusiastically embrace a local bakery but the half dozen times I’ve visited this place have all resulted in the same conclusion… this bakery truly SUCKS… worst baked goods on the planet… one time I even found blue mold growing on one of my muffins… and .more than once the baked goods I’ve purchased were so beyond stale it was laughable… it’s as if they don’t give a flying fuck about freshness… and to add insult to injury, the prices at this «bakery» are thru the roof… as if their target demographic was the tourist who doesn’t know any better, because I can guarantee you no local frequents this establishment. …and it’s sad, because the ambiance is great… quaint in an old Euro kinda way… outdoor seating… could be great… but it’s not… if you want stale overpriced garbage, this is your dream destination…

This place is bad. We found hard plastic chips in a boston cream donut. The cream part was fermented and tasted terrible. The peanut butter cookies were tasteless & the cinnamon rolls were tasteless. By far, the most serious problem was sharp, plastic pieces in the boston cream donut. We’ll never go back. They only take cash, another red flag. It looks nice from the outside but beware the products inside. They catch tourists but they’ll never catch us locals again. It’s a very bad & overpriced place.

Purchased 2 large cookies for 6.50. No prices posted so we weren’t aware of the cost until purchase and they are hard cookies with very little in them.

this was right next to our cabin and our coffee maker broke! I read the reviews and thought it was just too close not to try it. I tried it and had to pour it out it was so bad. and it was expensive for a cup of coffee. Walk to the java hut! it is worth it.

$$$$ way over priced. Paid $ 7.62 for a small danish and almond cookie. Now I can see why they don’t have prices on their items. This was on a Saturday and I think they were made during the week before. No parking, no credit cards, no checks. All they want is your $$$$.
and the main reason we stopped was for something they didn’t even have DONUTS.

Tasteless and overpriced. The reviews are accurate, wish we would have read the reviews before we went in. Looks like a quaint bakery with outdoor seating. We were walking by and wanted to try some local pastries, boy was that a mistake. Pastries are $ 3.25 each and mocha latte and white chocolate mocha were over $ 4 each — any tall drink at Starbucks is the same price and a million times better. Ordered the cheese croissant which had barely any cheese and the dough was undercooked. Still have the nasty aftertaste in my mouth. Stay away.

The bad reviews are accurate. My mistake for not checking first. 2 tiny cookies and a water was $ 12. The cookies were pretty bad. One was like eating a thick salt dough Christmas ornament. The place is cute though, and the girls behind the counter were nice, hence the extra star.

There are few times in life when something truly lives up to its reputation… But boy was this one of those times. The locals know, they’ve known for years… stay away! This bakery is designed for the one time tourist eater. Gouge them as best you can, serve stale, old smelling pastry, jack up the prices on drinks and send them on their way, never to be seen or heard from again, except in Unilocal!
Listen to the Unilocalers people, they ate there so you don’t have to!!! Give them the respect they deserve. It wasn’t easy going in and even harder coming out!!!

Notice few if any locals eat here? It looks like a «charming little bakery» in Kings Beach where you can even sit outside and dine. That’s the façade. Overpriced, usually stale pastry or uneatable sandwiches. Get yourself a pastry or sandwich at Safeway, and enjoy it at the beach directly across the hwy. I feel bad that a local place is as bad as this one. READ the REVIEWS.

Sad place! We should of read the reviews FIRST! It was our last morning & we
Decided to get coffee & some breakfast goodies!
I ordered a white chocolate mocha iced. I took one sip & it tasted like iced milk! I had my husband try it & he had said the same.
He had their self serve coffee which he said is just OKAY.
To eat we both ordered a cinnamon roll (which looked amazing) the girl looked like she went in the back to «warm» them up. No, they were both COLD! Very dense, lacking flavor & seemed to be OLD!
My husband also ordered the Boston cream donut. He said it tasted old & rich.
He ended up taking our cinnamon rolls back along with my white mocha. Their response was, «Oh, would you like fresh ones?» Um, NO! That would of been nice the first time around. He told them to KEEP it!
TERRIBLE PLACE!!!

The 1* is for the quality of the baked goods. Had their cinnamon bun (totally not worth the $ 3.95 ea) which ‘looked’ good but was not freshly baked– if you can tell the difference then this matters– despite the girl telling me they were. Also had something called a cheese Danish which was a very sad roll with a non-​Danish soft bread dough— sadly that tasted day-​old as well. The cookies and bread looked sad as well. I will not be back. Honestly — it’s a local business so I’m reluctant to ding it, but the baked goods are truly pathetic. .. you are better off at Safeway.

I wish I had checked out the reviews before I went. Looks like a cute place from the outside. But when I looked at the display case I knew I was in trouble. It just didn’t look right. Didn’t look fresh and it wasn’t. As noted below, croissants were not croissants. They were dinner rolls with a little filling. Cinnamon rolls were terrible. I went at 9 am and everything was day old. And it wasn’t cheap. I would never return. I think the owner should be embarrassed.

Patisserie?
They must be joking. They must not even try or care to make food or pastries that are edible.
This is the worst bakery/​patisserie that I have ever been to.
We ordered 3 of their sandwiches. They were barely edible. My stomach is very unhappy with my mouth for eating their food. But wait, there is also 2 cookies and a strawberry on the plate! Sounds pretty awesome, right? WRONG! The strawberry was old and looked to have been in the fridge for 2 weeks. The cookies were flat and very unappealing. Seriously a patisserie the makes terrible looking cookies? Did I eat them? Hah, good joke. I left them on the plate. I feel bad about that as I should have thrown them away because I feel it is very likely they will pull the cookies of my plate and re-​gift them to the next fool to make the mistake of eating here.
Do not go here. (Unless you desire eating old food and enjoy the chance of getting food poisoning.)
But wait there’s more! (You didn’t expect that did you?) Not only is their food HORRIBLE, they charge a lot for it!
Did I mention that their food is terrible? I feel like I can’t say that enough.

Sometimes I try to give places like this a try because it really can’t be all that bad.
This place was that bad. I should have listened to the reviews. I had a boston crème pie donut that was supposedly fresh but honestly tasted like it had been in the case for at least a week. It was stale, crunchy, and fell apart in my hands. Not at all worth the money.
Don’t stop in here just because it’s the only bakery in the area, trust me!

As my husband said, how can you mess up water, coffee and a donut? We bought mochas, chocolate bar, Boston crew, strawberry shake and a cookie. It was all very very dry. Sadly, I agree with all reviews. Good location and cute space, wish someone could get their hands on this place and turn it around.

Trust the reviews.
Do not waste your time.
I ordered a «crispie» which was described by the employee behind the counter as a «crispy cinnamon roll.» I choose this because I was craving a snack and everything else looked extremely dried out /​old. I saw slices of banana bread wrapped up and in a display at the register. I grabbed one thinking it would be a nice snack and it was hard like a rock.
I took one bite and threw it away. This was not worth the few dollars I spent on it.
I will not be back.

Visit date: April 11, 2015
What I ate (or, tried to eat): Chocolate «croissant,» blueberry «croissant,» and peach pie
First time? Yes.
Unfortunately, I ate here. Also unfortunate was the fact that my cellular reception was poor and I couldn’t check-​in and realize that this place was low on the star rating. But, I tried for myself and now I actually have something to say. The reviews speak truth!
The chocolate and blueberry croissants were hardly croissants. They looked like croissants on the exterior, but once you bit into it, the texture was more like a dinner roll. No flakey layers like actual croissant and no buttery goodness like actual croissant. Also, the ratio of filling to bread was off. The blueberry «croissant» tasted like acetone. Since the worker could hear and see us, I ingested it, but it was bad. The peach pie was probably the least worst of the three, but it was awfully sweet didn’t really taste like peaches…
Supposedly the worker heated our pastries. We saw her do it! But they were not warm at all. I felt bad for wasting food, but it just wasn’t good. I suppose they are only open because there is no competition.

VERY DISAPPOINTED! Been here once or twice in the last few years and was not satisfied but always willing to give a local place a second (or third) chance…
–Stale hard cookies
–Undrinkable horrible tasting iced coffee served in a plastic SOLO cup that has no lid for the car? WTF!
–Wayyyyyyyyyyy over priced
–Cash only
Paid nearly $ 20 for 3 stale cookies and an iced coffee I threw out.
:(
Stay away! There’s a Starbucks in the local Safeway a few miles down the road… Much better coffee and fresher pastries.

Real disappointment, inhospitable, stale, overpriced.
Just like what Jim. S said a few reviews down from this, we thought the same thing. It seems like they could care less about reviews since their main market is to people like us coming from the side of the road.
No public restrooms. Cash only.
As a bakery, the absolute number one thing you have to live up to is the freshness. We ordered an almond roll, cheese danish, green tea shake, and an albacore & cheddar on rye. Total was $ 23.
–almond roll was stale
–cheese danish was okay
–green tea shake was the best thing but way easy to make and not worth the price.
**came in this blue disposable cup like those college red cups for beer. Seriously? Presentation is a little important.
–albacore & cheddar on rye was definitely not worth $ 10.
**The rye bread was crumbly, the cheddar was not melted, and the apple slices that came with the sandwich was not even crispy fresh. How can they screw up even the two apple slices?
There was an old man working there and he never greeted us. Gave us the impression that they just wanted our money and could care less about the quality. They probably leave their baked goods out for a few days before throwing it out. NOT HOW A BAKERY SHOULD BE.
No place can outdo Erick Schat’s Bakkery in Bishop.

most people gave them a 1 star, i dont think its that bad.
My son eats the donuts and likes it.
I’ve had some that were really good, and some not so fresh.
They mix day old with the fresh goodies, so you can ask the cashier if she is a young girl in a low voice if it was made today or not, usually I found them the freshest on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday. They are usually closed on Mondays.
I think they should discount day old and separate them from the fresh pastries,
Its the same thing at La Mexicana.