Village Bakery

If your into great tasting food, and fabulous bread than you have come to the right place, this bakery has a wonderful selection of pastries and treats, inside has a rustic charm that fits where the bakery is located in the Barlow. With a few visits under my belt now, I have noticed one reoccurring issue, horrible tasting coffee, with the lack of coffee making know how. It seems to be rushed and not prepared well. The baristas happen to just be who ever is working up front, and seem to have 0 to no training in the art of coffee perfection. IN the near future i do not see my self ever enjoying another cup of coffee from this establishment, as i would find a cup of Mcdonalds roast more satisfying. this reviewer is very disappointed.

4 stars for the rich, moist espresso tartlet here — definitely hit the spot for an afternoon snack. Service was a little rough around the edges, but certainly still friendly and helpful. Chai to pair was solid, though not as robust as others I’ve had.

The only reason that they are even getting a star is because the cake was good… But for them not to be able to make a simple cake because they don’t have a baker on the weekends sucks… And also for them not to even be able to write Happy birthday on a cake is horrible… They could have at least tried… And after all of those No I’m wondering how long the cake was there then… If she said that the cake had been done a few hours ago which I highly doubt then why weren’t they able to make a simple cake??? The customer service there sucks… And will not be going back… I’m so frustrated cause this cake was supposed to be for the lady I take care of.

I’ve been visiting Village Bakery for many years. As a kid, we’d stop on the way to school and my mom would let me choose a pastry for lunch; I’ve tried them all, and you truly can’t go wrong as each is heavenly in its own way, but my long standing favorite was and always will be the orange poppy seed danish – a more perfect pastry does not exist! Unfortunately, they seem to be everyone else’s favorite as well, so if you want one you’d best get there early before they sell out.
They do very nice rolls as well – particularly the seeded sourdough – and while everything else is rather pricey, they only cost 75 cents.
The workers are always friendly and they offer free butter and jam with your purchase.

Wow, absolutely terrible customer service. I am shocked by the way I was treated.
I visited village bakery for lunch and had one of the worst customer service experiences I have ever had.
When I walked in there was no line and my friend and I were able to order right away. There were only 2 people sitting waiting for their food, the girl at the counter seemed new and was being trained by a male coworker. That being said, I figured I would get my food in a decent amount of time. My friend got her food quickly and I continued to wait for mine.
After about 10 minutes (and seeing others who had ordered after me get their food) I approached the counter and asked the woman, who seemed to be managing the bakery, if my order would be ready soon. Let me preface this by saying that I am a firm believer that as a customer I am much more likely to be helped if I ask kindly and believe that being rude is no way to get any help. She responded with an abrupt «well there are other tickets in right now so not yet». I was surprised by her response and went and sat back down.
After 30 more minutes I went back to the counter and asked her again, knowing that there had clearly been a mistake. This time she responded with «well there are no tickets up here so I don’t know». I’m sure she could tell that I was surprised by her response so she turned to the new girl at the counter and abruptly asked her «did she order on the phone or here?!» (please keep in mind I was standing right there and was totally capable of answering for myself). The poor new girl was quickly worried and said I had placed my order with her and my ticket must be somewhere. After another few minutes of the manager making me feel foolish for my ticket being lost she rudely told me «give me 2 minutes and I’ll get it». Without any apology I was given my sandwich after another 5 minutes.
Shocked and, oddly, embarrassed I left.
My sandwich was mediocre at best and I definitely won’t be back.

I really like their bread. Today I bought my first cake. It was not what I expected. There was a fruit fly stuck in the cream cheese frosting and the frosting to cake ratio was about ⁵⁰⁄₅₀. I called them and they were happy to exchange it if I wanted to bring it back…

Amazing baked goods! If you like croissants its definitely worth checking out. And I highly recommend the turkey panini with veggies. One of the best bakeries in West county.

I called today and received above and beyond customer service by Emma who greatly assisted me in purchasing pastries for Dr. Boynton’s birthday January 29^th! Excellent customer service and very high quality bakery and food.

really like their lunches and the ambience of village bakery. they are situated in a very nice location with quick service, reasonable prices and high quality ingredients.

This was a nice, warm bakery I looked into during my weekend fun-​day at the Barlow. I got a Raspberry Linzer Cookie and an Espresso Tartlet packaged and took them back home.
There’s ample seating inside for people to enjoy a cup of coffee from a local producer or eat food, since there are also pastries, and what seems to be a menu of brunch/​lunch-​type foods.
Everything was nice and cozy.
The Raspberry Linzer was good! Not too sweet, but buttery and light, with great texture!
*****My main focus though, is the Espresso Tartlet.*****
Not sure why it’s called a tartlet. It doesn’t have a crust, and on the outside it kinda looks like a molten lava cake. But a name is just a name. And if names were always perfect descriptors, it would be named Perfect Chocolate Deliciousness and Decadence.
Seriously. It’s a good thing I don’t know how much butter or sugar or whatever is in it (maybe a tablespoon of magic!!!) so I can eat it without guilt. It’s decadent, creamy, with rich rich RICH chocolate flavor. I had half of it and then saved half of it for the next day. Keeps perfectly in the fridge, just as delicious as the day before. This is good to split with someone else over a coffee, I guess… or you can be like me and just TREAT YO-​SELF.

Village Bakery is a local chain, with Sebastopol as their flagship. Their drinks are served in Mason jars, so it is very much hipster. They have an open bakery of sorts, so you can watch the master bakers at work… it’s a delight. Their Christstollen is at once sweet&herbaceous.
Their spinach salad is blended with cranberries, their house vinaigrette, fresh apples (Sebastopol is home of the Gravenstein)&blue cheese… along with some slices of their house rye&a mini-​brownie bite (just because it isn’t bread-​centered doesn’t mean they let their great bread go to waste) Christmas carolers drop by. A cheerful place when it’s overcast and cool. On hot&sunny days, one can dine outdoors.

We put in a large order for pumpkin tea loaf and coffee cake, I hate to say it but we were underwhelmed, too many chocolate chips in the pumpkin bread, so couldn’t taste the pumpkin. The service was very poor, she was argumentative with a bad attitude, this isn’t the first time we’ve experienced this. I want to support this local bakery but when the customer service is this poor it’s difficult to be a repeat customer. Wake up bakery Manager — I just hope she’s not the Manager!

First time here and i like everything about this place. I had eggs benadict that was delicious; the English muffin was lightly toasted and crispy the ham kept it that way. The egg was perfectly cooked, overall, one of the best I’ve had. The latte was also an 8 out of 10. I tried a couple pastries which were fantastic.
Even the Atchison and pricing were good, i wish this café was in my town.

Cute. Yummy. Well worth the long miserable bike ride on my brother’s rusted bike from Forestville to Sebastopol… only to find our original destination closed on Tuesdays. Damn. However the Village Bakery is open on Tuesdays. And was quite the delight.
My mom ordered the eggs benedict florentine, my little sister ordered the farmer’s scramble and I asked for the best thing on the menu. Tuesday’s and Saturday’s the english muffins are made hot and fresh, so the English muffin egg sandwich it was. I ordered an iced chai latte and an iced orange-​cranberry scone for us to split while we waited for our food to be prepared. One of the best iced-chai’s I’ve had in a long time! And the chai in combination with the scone was really all I would have needed to be happy. They were amazing. Probably better than our food.
My english muffin sandwich really was quite excellent. But it needed a little something else — a touch of butter or salt. My mom’s eggs florentine looked great, but the hollandaise was awful. My mom already knew this, so luckily she had it placed on the side. It’s literally just a flavorless, thick, yellow gravy. bleh. I was also able to try a bite of my little sister’s potatoes from her scramble. The potatoes were great! And Sophia scarfed down her eggs. All in all this is a great little spot and I would happily come back.

Ordered the Traditional Chocolate Cake. It was not good. It did not taste like it was from scratch. Will not be eating the cake. The service was horrible. I asked about the cake before I bought it. The women working the counter did not know about the cake, this should have been an indication not to buy the cake here. I called to let them know and they are not doing anything about it.

I wanted to update my review. Recently needed a pie fix during mid week. My previous complaint was that since moving to the Barlow, they were out of everything and I mean everything early in the day. Well, I arrived mid week and around 3 – 4 pm. Lo and behold, pies beckoned to me from the case. Not one pie, but four in the case. And again, after being so disappointed in pies from other bakeries, I was pleased as punch to find that my favorite pie place had not only pies still available, but also quite a selection of bread still sitting on the shelves late in the day. Needless to say, we purchased our pie and some bread, and promptly went home and ate what I consider the best pie made in Sonoma county. Thank you Village Bakery for listening and I’m really sorry it took so long to make the trek back to you.

Can I just say wow amazing latte and great service supper cleanly café .I have never seen such amazing baked goods and a barista who really knows what she is doing aside from myself shout out to Hillary who is just a ray of sunshine and off the chain on bar and Athena for great service as well a true gem of Sonoma co. Out done Taylor maid and acre coffee just wow I can’t even with how good this place is

Food is great, Service is not so great. Never have I been to a business where you are intimidated to tip! Total lack of class! I ordered a few muffins to take to the office, took the girl about 40 seconds to put together my order. I paid by credit card and when she turned the ipad to me for signature she pointed out the «tip» line. Said what my total was and then pointed to the tip line and said here’s where the tip goes. Who does that? I used to love this place when they were at their original location, but something has changed… will NOT be going back, the food is not that great to be publicly intimidated to tip for 45 seconds of service!

FYI: the English muffins are simply the best I’ve ever had and should be eaten fresh. They’re only made Tuesdays and Saturdays!
High points for the seeded sourdough and really, everything is good.

This is just a review for their sourdough. It’s delicious. It was nice and soft on the inside, just the way I like it. We were actually on a small trip to Bodega Bay and had this bread served at one of the restaurants we dined at. They mentioned that is was from the Village and we just happened to pass by the area. Picked up some seeded sourdough and just can’t wait to make some sandwiches at home. This area is super cute too. Definitely will be back to explore some more.