Amazing cookies, ice cream, and hot cocoa. The workers were so kind, and it felt like I was inside…read moreof a cloud. Amazing restaurant.

This place is so good for cookies and they also have the Marianne's ice cream. You can also make…read more make a cookie sandwich. We went twice in 3 days. Service and ambience are both good

I've heard a lot of hype about Marianne's, and the shame I had today backed the hype up! The menu…read moreis huge, it took me a while to decide what flavor to get, but I ended up deciding on the northern Oregon blackberry. The blackberry tasted excellent in the shake. Worth every penny. I really like the interior. Looks old school and fits the Santa Cruz vibe.

$7 for a single scoop. It's ice cream, what's not to love? This go-around, I went with the 2AM…read moreTruffle, a vanilla base with ribbons of blackberry and chocolate. It's a good combination and definitely enjoyable. Please don't take this as a criticism, it's simply a matter of personal taste. Marianne's is good ice cream, but it just doesn't quite make it into my "best of the best" category. Still, I will happily return and try another flavor.

Have been wanting to stop here for about a year and just havnt gotten to it until today and am so…read moremad at myself for waiting a year!! To try this delicacy. 100/10 customer service. Clean great inside The chocolates. The ice cream. The brownies. Literally made my day. Will be stopping here for all birthday and holiday presents, and every time I want a treat for myself. One bite made me a loyal customer!! Never going to sees candy again! The chocolate was so fresh, out of this world!!

Discovered this place on our coast drive! Really enjoyed their Marianne ice cream and chocolate…read morecombo! The staff was very friendly and welcoming!

We came here for a quick breakfast before a hike! I ordered the tomato pesto croissant and it was…read moreSO good that we went back in line to snag another one lol. The croissant was sooo buttery, the pesto was very garlicky, and the tomato tasted fresh and vibrant. The employees were very kind. They also have a broad selection of breakfast items here that I'd come back to try. Tons of seating indoors and outdoors, and a large parking lot to top it off!

This was my second visit and I decided I really needed to rereview it!…read more My first visit was during Covid. They were open but I think items were limited at the time and we were still masked up. My experience then was less than stellar but honestly, I think we were all still on edge. For this visit, we stopped in before heading home to pick up some pastries for a light breakfast. It was around 10 am and it was bustling. Clearly it is a popular spot but the line moved fast. We ordered ham and cheese croissants, an almond croissant, cinnamon roll with raisins (you can get them without as well) and an apricot pocket. Everything we tried was delicious and I mean DELICIOUS. The pastries were buttery and flaky and I am craving another almond croissant as I write this, lol. We didn't want to order any hot food since we were about to hit the road but they also sell breakfast sandwiches and burritos and it smelled heavenly in there. It is a little cramped with a few small tables but there is also a patio with a kind of wild garden which was very charming. I can 100% see this being a must stop for us whenever we visit Santa Cruz!

I just ate a piece of Beckmanns Cherry Pie! OMG the Crust!!!…read more Its the best crust ive ever had. I love it and want everyone to know that they should give it a try. Yummy

Great bread, can not recommend online ordering alas. Moved from Bay Area, so I ordered online since…read moreI was missing my favorites. Order arrived Friday at 12:50 pm, missing one of my wheat sourdough's. ( ordered 4, received 3). Sent email at 1:04, ( complete with photos of products received and packing slip, double checked final charge to see if i was charged for all 4, I was. tried email from order form, tried the contact us link/form on website, tried to call the direct phone line Monday morning and left messages. Update: Tuesday morning, got an email they are sending a loaf out.

This place was cute and the drinks were good. My husband got the Passionfruit & Watermelon Green…read moreTea 30% sweetness and it was still pretty sweet (can't imagine what 100% sweetness would taste like), but the flavors were so refreshing and delicious! I ordered the Uji Strawberry Matcha Latte (half sweet), and it was perfect. I'm pretty picky with my matcha, but this place hit the mark. Thanks for the great and speedy service you guys!

I didn't expect Santa Cruz to have such good boba, but I was proven wrong. I tried boba here back…read morein 2020, and it was not good, but the boba scene has since improved with the addition of the UMe franchise to the beachfront area. I came to Santa Cruz with friends over the long weekend for a day trip and neglected to get my caffeine fix until late in the afternoon by which time I had a headache. It's embarrassing how dependent I am on my daily tea, but as soon as I picked up my passionfruit tea with boba and lychee jelly from the pick-up window and downed it, I felt 90% better. The tea is really good with perfectly chewy boba pearls and follows standard pricing despite its proximity to the beach.

So it is kind of funny, the *nostalgia* attached to this donut shop - I grew up down the street, so…read moreas a kid, they were just *the* donut shop we went to (indeed, I didn't realize until slightly later that Ferrell's, which has been a Santa Cruz institution since forever, wasn't actually a big chain.) I remember them being good donuts, but mostly I remember it being the place in elementary school I could go to play arcade games down the street, if I had quarters. Well, we still visit and stay at my parents' place a few times a year, and a couple months ago, after lunch nearby, my wife saw their sign and said she'd love a donut - first time I'd actually *been* there since I was a kid. Inside, it absolutely looks and smells exactly like it did in 1990 - they even still have old-school arcade games, though I don't think the *same* boxes they had in 1990, but still. Same handful of tables, same solid selection of types of donuts. Obviously much pricier, but that's expected - prices weren't unreasonable, the old fashioned I tried being $2.75 (10-15% off if you buy in bulk, which we obviously did not.) That said, I'm not sure if they went downhill a bit since their heyday or if, certainly, I just didn't have nearly as refined a palate in elementary school as now... I remembered them being fantastically good donuts. They are... good. They're not bad, there's nothing wrong with them, if you're in the area and you're looking for donuts, I'd certainly recommend you go here over any of the big chains, not only on philosophical grounds but also because the donuts here are gonna be better. But I've also had much better donuts - I found their old fashioned a bit too sweet, a bit too dense, not quite crispy enough. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't go out of my way. (I forget the donut my wife got, but she also agreed with me, that it was good but not *great*.)

We stopped in for donuts one morning while spending the weekend in Santa Cruz. We were immediately…read moregreeted. After looking at all the donuts we decided on a mixed dozen. The donuts are big, fluffy and soft! Yum!!!!! There's also some arcade games and claw machines to play inside. And of course we loved the bright pink wall!!!!

They have variety of pasties, desserts and breads but my favorites are the Bolillo with cream…read morecheese and jalapeño! The best I've ever had. The bread was crunchy in the outside and soft in the inside. The amount of jalapeño and cream cheese was so well balanced. They also have the best tamales in town! Staffs are all nice and accommodating. Store is clean and has plenty of parking space.

On our way home, we had pre ordered 2 dozen tamales to take home. They only make it fresh, no…read morefrozen. We enjoyed the chicken green sauce (the favorite) and pork red sauce over the next few days and froze a 1/2 dozen for another time. You should ask for them in a tray if you order that many, otherwise you have to take 4 plastic bags home. The cost came to $100+ with the tax but they're big and delicious.