Awesome first time experience from beginning to end. Friendly and patient staff with my questions and order. I had a pizza bagel toasted with cream cheese, a small hot apple cider and a wheat free chocolate torte. The pizza bagel was the best pizza bagel I've had in a long time. Extra cheese and sauce in the middle of the bagel, mmm perfect. The apple cider was the perfect temperature-not scalding hot, but hot enough. They heated the chocolate torte just enough so it wasn't cold. It was chocolatey, yet nice and light. Total was $12.12. Can't wait to come back and try their other items and fresh juice! Thank you. read more

Just picked up some delicious cookies and little raspberry breakfast cake! I will definitely be back.. read more

Flour Garden Bakery - Raspberry breakfast cake - Bakeries Near Me - Auburn, California

Love this place! They rescued my holidays with gluten free options! Apple pie, chocolate torte, and cookies.

Friend insisted we go in. I wont anymore. Gone sooo far downhill. $12 lb fir chicken salad????? friend bought an almond croissant totally white with powdered sugar. Ugh. Its was SO STALE IT WAS INEDIBLE. Tough as shoe leather. They used to sell the day or days old stuff. Now they leave it in the glass cases as though its fresh i guess, but that croissant was FAR from fresh. Save your money. Not worth it. Waaaay overpriced and not good or fresh in my experience and friends. read more

Not sure what changed here but it seems like the prices have gone up and the quality of food and service has gone down. I hope that they can figure out how to get back to where they were a couple of years ago read more

Bought two everything bagels, one with lox. Bagels were somewhat hard, lox had a fishy taste, also got an almond croissant at $4.75, also stale. read more

Dear Flour Garden Manager, Please put a red chili by your Turkey Chili on the board. It was much too spicy hot for both my husband and myself. It's probably best to let people add their own heat. Then my husband tried the poppy seed bagel. It didn't seem to have risen. But I am willing to give your place a try again some other day. Your juices and other offerings looked good. Thank you. read more

This bakery is delicious, I love all their pastries and cookies and muffins. The smoothies are also really good, but often full of ice depending on who is making it. I hate that they claim to be gluten free and organic but then have an attitude anytime you have questions about the food you're eating. Someone who eats at these types of places cares and has questions, it shouldn't be such a problem in the afternoon lull to answer them ESPECIALLY since everything is premade and not to order so you cant mod anything, you have to take it as is. Things are gluten free but made in the same kitchen as items with gluten so if you have an actual gluten allergy you have to skip here as there is no way for them to be sure it wasnt cross contaminated. No options for sandwiches besides basic mayo and mustard so if you dont like mayo and dont want only mustard, enjoy a dry ass sandwich with no toppings added. WHY?! If you want to be a bakery, be a bakery, if you want to be a resturant be one, this whole undecided thing isn't working out. If you want fast food made with cleaner ingredients then this is for you. Premade stuff to grab and go! If you want fresh to order, modified in any way, or anything beyond basic flavors pass on the food and go for the junk food and pastries! Well worth it. Also strange that a place that sells junk food is anti soda, but sells $4 water. I dont understand the concept of this place, so it's not for me. read more

I have to say, Flour Garden was the best work lunch I've had in a really long time. I'm full, but I want to keep eating. It's so hard to find a good lunch place in Auburn that you can get in and out of in a reasonable amount of time. They had my food ready within 5 minutes. I had a premade tuna sammy, their vegan broccoli mushroom soup, and an iced hibiscus tea. I never buy premade sandwiches but this one was perfect, especially when dipped in the tasty soup. The staff is friendly and they have options for everyone. 10-15 years ago, I used to stop here before soccer games and soccer tournaments for a breakfast bagel. Their bagels are still as good as they were back then. I didn't give 5 stars because I wish the price was a little cheaper, but I know businesses need to make money, so I'll of course come back. read more

Don't know how their food was. Literally waited in line for half an hour and finally walked out. Why is service so slow on a Saturday morning. read more

Judge me all you want when I tell you I've eaten their apple pie for breakfast on more than one occasion. Judge some more when I tell you that my friend and I buy an entire apple pie and then ask for plastic forks to go with it so we can eat it in the car on our way to Tahoe. Honey badger don't care. Call me crazy, the apple pie here actually tastes (almost) healthy. Chock full of fruit, not too sweet or buttery. A solid crust, but nice and thin on top. When they knock the price down for the whole pie, it's 25% off, around $12.35. A slice is $3.25, so either way it's a deal. Coffees and breads galore. Not bad cappuccinos. The breads don't call to me and the bagels will never be that on NY, but cookies and scones are A-OK. Actually, the fruit scones, yes, get one. The cookies and pastries aren't a deal like the pie, but it comes out in the wash. Bonus for a clean bathroom, outdoor seating, and friendly staff behind the counter. read more

Flour Garden Bakery - Yes, you should just buy the whole thing. Apple pie FTW! - Bakeries Near Me - Auburn, California

Not impressive. The hubby and I came down here to get some pastry (what I wanted) but by the time we get inside it was barely anything called pastries but they did have cookies. We arrived here at 2:45 PM and they barely had any "pastries". read more

I was driving through Auburn with a friend on our way to the Victorian Christmas in Nevada City. We were hungry but looking for good quality food. We hit the jackpot with the Flour Garden Bakery! We didn't have any of the pastry or organic juices that were available, although there were some fine choices. We had some home made pumpkin soup and split an egg salad sandwich. Wow! Wonderful flavor and we felt that we were truly nourishing our bodies. The atmosphere and art work was delightful. Highly recommend! read more

I love this place! My husband loves the gluten- free chocolate chip cookies and soups. Bagels are perfect and lovely atmosphere. Highly recommend! read more

This review is for the one vegan cookie and one vegan cupcake they offer. Both suck. They have a weird aftertaste and the flavor is just not tasty. The cupcake was hard to eat as it was carrot and mostly nuts and coconut. It was okay and accounts for one of the stars. The other star is for offering a meager vegan option at all. The cookie was more like a disk of bad cake. I would not make a special trip for their vegan options and certainly will never be back for them. Also the staff was not very professional, chatting about work schedules instead of acknowledging customers and getting annoyed with each other (an eye roll behind your colleagues back? Really?). The lady behind me was giving me a look like she could hardly believe it either. What a disappointment. read more

I called to ask if they had a carrot cake. They did and it was $45 which was more than I needed. The young gal said she would double check and then told me she was mistaken and it was a single layer for $37. I really didn't need that much cake but got it anyway. When my husband picked it up they charged him the higher price, didn't have the cake reserved, and took a long time to find the cake and complete the transaction. I called, asked for the manager, and was told that the staff earlier in the day were new and probably got it wrong but he refused to refund the difference. $7 is no big deal. I was upset with the customer service. On top of all that, the icing was too sweet and the cake was a little dry. Not one person finished their slice and I couldn't give away the rest for people to take home. read more

The only reason I am giving 3 is because I liked my gluten free banana muffin and a super sweet guy that was very helpful. But the panini served to us was black burnt when they tried to pull it off like it was extra crispy. They turned it over to cover the blackest part. They tried to offer me a free coffee but I already had one and I just wanted to get my food and go. So next time I'm here I will not be stopping by this place.. read more

Flour Garden Bakery - The "crispy" panini. Only eaten because we had no time to stop anywhere else. - Bakeries Near Me - Auburn, California

Incredible service. Stunning vegan cream of mushroom soup. I am impressed! They have organic fresh pressed vegetable/fruit juice, glorious baked goods, organic, single-sourced coffee, excellent deli options including chicken & grape salad, mediterranean orzo salad, and fresh sandwiches made to order. The cakes were gorgeous. I'll be back! read more

What a charming place!! I would never expect to see a "little shangri-la" right there, off I 80 in Auburn. Especially one in a strip mall that included a Save Mart and a CVS Pharmacy. It's small inside, but as soon as you walk in you're confronted by all kinds of baked treats. What REALLY impressed me was self-serve coffee WITH CERAMIC COFFEE CUPS!!! Yes, real, live, breakable coffee cups - in two sizes, no less!! Pour your coffee and sip away while you're in line to pay. How about that? I also got a really nice-tasting date bar. (Hey, my wife, the attorney, has the Date Commission as a client, I had to support them!) I sat outside and spent a very pleasurable hour at a business meeting while drinking the coffee and eating the date bar. The only negative is the occasional big, noisy truck that drove by. I'd say get here!! read more

okay this place is expensive. I have been in here a few times because it's one of the few places NEAR Auburn that will make fresh squeezed juice. i had an unpleasant experience here when I paid and ordered 32 oz of fresh squeezed juice. The girl told me it'll take a while since there is a few more juice orders ahead of me. okay no problem. Then she made tons of juice and gave extra juice to this other customer that didn't even buy anything ... still more waiting. No juice for me, the paying customer that is waiting for her juice. The pastries are okay, I appreciate that its made with real butter, but really expensive for the value. read more

It was $19 for two large iced coffees, ham and cheese croissant and a bagel with cream cheese. Everything was good, but not good enough to spend that much. Bagel was barely toasted. Been trying to get away from Starbucks and try local places, but Starbucks bagels and coffee are just as good for a lot less $$$ read more

Gluten free options for my kiddos. They even customized a torte for my son who wanted sprinkles and frosting. Great atmosphere sweet staff. read more

Flour Garden Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Auburn, California

Great pastries, bagels are very soft and fresh. Our chai latte was much heavier on the Latte than the chai so if you're ordering that be specific. Otherwise cute little place. read more

I'm certainly going to give this little bakery the benefit of a doubt. We were driving along, looking for a place to eat, and decided it was between this place or Togos. We saw soups and sandwiches on the menu board and decided this would be the place for lunch. Atmosphere: Coffee shop meets garage sale. Service: Friendly but disorganized. The ordering system is confusing and the staff stumble over each other to ring up orders. Food: Turkey Chili: My boyfriend ate about two bites of it and left it. Parmesan Tomato: A chunky tomato soup that's heavy heavy heavy on the cream. It tasted like cream, not a creamy soup. I imagined my arteries clogging and wondered how MUCH saturated fat was in it as I ate about two bites of it and gave it to my boyfriend. He ate about one bite and left it. Vegan Tofu Salad Sandwich: I actually thought this was pretty good. I would eat this again, the tofu salad was tasty and the bread was soft and yummy. The bread that comes with the soup: Yum! This is bread is soft and yummy! Honestly, this bakery should just stick to pastries and other baked goods. All of the baked goods looked delicious and huge, so I think we should just come back for bagels and turnovers. I wish I wouldn't have tried to eat lunch here. Come here for coffee and a pastry, nothing else. read more

We have eaten here many times on the way to Donner Summit from the Bay Area. It is a great stop just off hwy 80 and a convenient place to get coffee and baked goods or soups, and sandwiches. The staff has always been very friendly, and it is often quite busy. We especially like the macaroons. They have outdoor tables which we appreciate so we can take our dog, and they cheerfully bring your food to you. There are "day old" bargains too. Other stores in the shopping center are potentially useful as well. A foothills treasure. read more

Here is another place that was hands down a 5 Star place. Always fresh and tasty, unique bakery items, fresh hot daily soups and breads. I don't what the heck happened to them, but, they just kinda went down hill and his this " I don't care" attitude. The prices are very high compared to other places but you can get free WiFi Bummer, I use to love this place read more

The juices are very good but very pricey, also when I told the counter girl that there was a fly in the display case all the way inside of the croissant and landing on all of the pastries she was extremely rude and short with me during my order "is that all?" She said after every item I tried to order so I cut my order short to try not to bother her. And then she continued to glare at me until I had to leave from being so uncomfortable, every time I looked up she was glaring across the restaurant. Hopefully they let her go. Terrible customer service I don't even think the juice was worth me going back. read more

Cute little shop, good selection of bagels and pastries to eat, the espresso was great and my bagel was wonderful. My boyfriend had the clam chowder soup and he said it was really good. Nice place for vegans and vegetarians. Staff was very friendly. read more

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One of the only places that I can get my millet flour bread - doctor's orders. But purchased a loaf of garlic asiago loaf for the rest of my family and they loved it. Thanks for slicing my bread for me and making life easier! Also appreciated the COVID care, mask wearing - plastic shields and care taking to be safe and slow the spread. The staff gently and politely asked the other customer if he had a mask and that he needed to go get it and wear it. Visit Flour Garden Bakery and support this business safely. read more

This place is delicious and awesome. I went here to get some WIFI because most of the local Auburn coffee shops close at 3pm-ish. All I had was a juice from the juice bar, which was great. My only complaint is the lack of outlets, so all the computer users are huddled around a power strip. read more

Flour Garden Bakery sounded like it should be delightful - but it wasn't. Despite the signage about using all natural chicken and turkey ("in salads, sandwiches..."), their selection was limited to a few pre-made and highly packaged items. We went to Togos next door for lunch (which wasn't bad!) We came back for dessert which looked like their specialty. The macaroons were delicious, but the oatmeal raisin cookie was below average. The cashier overcharged us by 2x and when we asked her to recalculate the tab, she was surly and said "oh, you are right". No apology. It was self-serve on a $2 cup of tea but she couldn't be bothered to explain where the hot water was (behind the counter of coffee? That's intuitive!) While she may have been having a bad day...she managed to ruin part of ours. read more

I've been coming here for years and I love the spicy chai, light roast coffee, Pink lemonade cleanse juice with extra extra extra ginger and the employees are the best! read more

15 years ago, this place was the place to go. Today, the pastries are overpriced, the staff doesn't smile, and the atmosphere leaves a lot to be desired. Support local businesses but stick to the coffee (they have organic and fair trade) here because there's not much else worth supporting the extra cost especially for a family of 4. Better prices on day-old breads and pastries, if you don't mind things a little stale but the prices of the fresh stuff are inflated. read more

The flour garden bakery disappoints me. Not only are there prices abnormally high, but they hire employees that dont enjoy their job. The emplyees are the flour garden bakery are rude, lazy, and obviously dont care about the company or its customers. read more

I have gone there many times and for many years. My wife and I have always have had great tasting food and good service. When I switched to a plant based diet they offer a variety of excellent tasting options that I really appreciate. I drive out of my way to go there. I buy things to eat there and also to bring home. I have no association with them, but am glad to do business with them. read more

So, I bought a cake from this place for a going away party from someone at my work. Almost 40 dollars and it was stale and looked like a child wrote the message on it. I called back to make them aware of the situation. Spoke to Alex who asked me if it was discounted? I replied no, why do you ask? He said if it was day old or two days old, it should have been discounted. If I was given the option up front, I never would have ordered it. The last thing I would want to do is give someone a stale cake. Given the fact it was almost 40 dollars I assume it was not discounted. I was made aware that Flour Garden doesn't do any of the baking on site and they do not have professional cake decorators there. They get all their baked good shipped in from somewhere else and they frost them and decorate them there, although not professionally. That's hat you get for 40 bucks. The only thing professional about this place is the price they charge, not the goods they deliver. At the end of the phone call Alex said he would have his manager refund the money and call me back. Two days later, no phone call and no refund. I called the Flour Garden back to follow up. I got Alex on the phone. He didn't know what happened and said he would follow up again. Said Sierra, his boss, would call me back. I must have sounded irritated because he told me to chill out. Is that any way to speak to a customer? I don't think so... still have not received a call back or a refund. Take your business somewhere else. This place is unprofessional and they're rude on top of it. You will be embarrassed to present their cakes for a special occasion. read more

I adore Flour Garden and have for like ever :) Gosh I think I have been going there since i was in high school and that was a really really long time ago, uhmmm yes, I have a 12 year old now. Yes, as pointed out in other reviews its a bit on the pricy side BUT personally I think its worth it. The staff is always so nice and friendly, they take a personal interest and will always make small talk with us as a family be it about where we went out of town, sons soccer game or my moms quest to find the perfect cat. Their savor food is always tasty and they have a good selection of organic, vegan and vegetarian friendly items. Its all done deli style :) The pastries are also yummy :) Though mostly we are fans of the bagels...which are delish! The garlic cream cheese is a do not miss!! yep, free wi-fi which is groovy, but sadly the inside isnt the most charming so I dont know if its really worth it....reason I subtracted one star. I dont drink coffee so I can't really comment on the quality of it BUT I do really like their homemade lemonade and their chai. read more

This is the perfect place for someone like me: health conscience, food allergies, traveling with family who just likes delicious bakery treats, because there is something for everyone. My husband and I stopped by on our way through town and I was hungry! We walked out with gluten free cranberry muffin (spongey and filling); bear claw (met my husbands expectations); fresh juice 16oz flu shot (vibrant orange and very well balanced flavors); gunpowder loose-leaf tea (exactly what my husband loves); and the house chai with almond milk (thankfully not loaded with sugar) all for $22 which I was very happy about. I would give five stars if there was more of a gluten free selection of pastries and if it was more clear who I order from. They have a cash register and many people behind the counter but typically you ask for a pastry from the person behind that case instead of the person at the register. This is a popular place and many people standing around I found this a little confusing that I order it all at the register. read more

So I got the drink that I normally get when I go here and it was not at all the same as it was the last time I was here. So I asked the girl if she could remake it and she said it would be the exact same if she remade it. She didn't offer to modify it at all to fix the problem. So I asked for a refund. And she gave me one. But she was really rude about it. I will not be back and I will not recommend this place. In fact, I will tell people to avoid it when they ask me where to eat in Auburn. read more

Great little place, just off the 80. Super friendly service and lots of gluten-free options. Try the macaroons!