Achatz Handmade Pie Co

Peach pie filling tasted canned, crust was now firm, but tasted old and the bottom was gooey. Pretty expensive for something I could have just gotten for less at my locally owned neighborhood bakery. Not sure what others are eating, but the pie I had was not award winning or homemade tasting.

My Mom bought a slice of apple pie, mold was in it! She called the next day, the woman said she should’ve brought it back the day she bought it –didn’t even offer her a fresh slice!

Michigan 4 berry pie and vanilla ice cream… Mmmmm. They also have very good cheesecake and carrot cake.
On the savory side they have a great chicken and beef pot pie.

The best pie in town. I love all the fruit pies, including the four berry and apple. I went in today to purchase paczki but they didn’t have them made yet. Sarah told me about a couple other specials including buy three slices and get one free so I was sold. She also told me that the chicken pot pies are awesome so that will be my next purchase. The other thing I’d love to try is the corned beef and cabbage pot pie. If you love pie, then you need to stop in. My only other comment is I wish they were open on Saturdays, even if it were for a few hours.

Best pies in the world. Great customer service, always smiling, and they go above and beyond to answer questions. Sarah is a hands-​on manager and this company has a great asset in this employee. Love that we can buy the pies by the slice because it’s too tempting to have a whole pie sitting in our kitchen!

Sarah’s customer service is as sweet as her pie great food try the had pies they have that home baked goodness in them

Stopped in for some info on wedding catering. We had such wonderful service from Sarah we also left with a apple pie. We will definitely be having tons of Achatz pies at our wedding.

Really loved the blueberry pie and the cherry pie. I also had their four mushroom soup, I think it was four, and it was delicious!!! A cup of soup and a slice of pie was a deal for just $ 6! I went in for pie, and was surprised to get something savory and delicious! I will be going back to try their many other flavors of pie and to try more of their soups. It was so charming and cute inside as well I can’t wait to take my boyfriend there for a cute lunch date. One of the employees named Rachel helped me and she was very sweet.

I’ve had a lot of pies from here. They somehow seem to make their way in to a lot of local dinner parties. The 4 berry is hardly ever undersold from being the best pie around, and it’s a title I feel it deserves. The key lime, again, is the best of its class locally. A better cherry would doubtfully be found anywhere in Michigan. Their pies are definitely on point.
The establishment itself isn’t too swift if you want anything more than a pie. Their iced teas are a couple of bleh flavors loaded with more sugar than a can of Pepsi. The hot drinks are nothing too special. The seating area is bleak, but at least sensible considering the space. It’s not a great place to stop in and have a slice of pie, but it’s the best place to pick up a pie and go home to an excited table of family and guests.

The pie is absolutely great! I look forward to holidays just because of the pie sometimes!

Apparently, we got there a little late for a wide selection of slices on a Friday evening (uh, 3:30 is late I guess). The staff was so-​so friendly. One employee told me one pie was one thing, then a coworker of hers yelled a correction from out of sight. As I bent down to get a better look at one, she awkwardly said ‘I’ll be back here when you need me’ and leaned up against the counter, still in plain sight. We bought 3 slices of refrigerated pie (pumpkin, french silk, and cannoli cream) because our first choices were sold out (cherry and MI four fruit).
The pie pumpkin cream pie was pretty good, but the french silk and cannoli cream were just okay. They didn’t compare to the amazing flavor of the MI four fruits that we had a sample of, but were denied.
We’ll most likely be back, but I’ll be sure to call ahead and order the pies I want to avoid dissapointment.

The Blueberry Double Crust pie is UNBELIEVABLE!!! We just tried the Michigan Four Berry and it was fresh… very well-​made. The cherries were just tart enough to accompany the sweetness of the other three. I agree though… a bit overpriced. I would have given more stars, but the prices are just a bit much. However, they do have a «Customer Appreciation Day» where their dessert pies are all $ 12. I think being mentioned on Food Network gave them the ability to charge more.

No artificial ingredients! The best banana pie, ever. All pies are fabulous. Worth every dollar.

Achatz is, quite honestly, the closest thing we have locally to the Cadillac of pie joints. The strawberry/​rhubarb pie is phenomenal… the apple, the mixed berry, the key lime… are all worth the trip.
With Christmas around the corner make sure you get their crusts (if you’re making your own filling) early because they tend to sell out quickly.

My father is the world’s biggest fan of fresh baked pies. For his birthday, we purchased a coconut crème pie with a chocolate «happy birthday» on the top. Imagine my surprise when i also found «wheat free» pies in apple, blueberry and cherry. I was so excited! my family said the coconut crème pie was divine. It was nice to also eat a warm, fresh gluten free apple pie along with them. Know in advance, the gluten free pie is a premade and frozen. You will have to defrost it for 3 hours before baking it for about a half hour. It is not buy and eat.

Currently there is a $ 11 pie deal taking place, purchased a beef pot pie. It was awful very thick, crust was gooey on the bottom, no veggies (two carrots/​maybe four mushrooms). Honestly it was hard to eat it which we didn’t most of it.

I needed a sugar break to re-​energize after shopping at Marshall’s Home Goods and stopping here was a great choice. All I wanted was to try a slice of their tasty pie, the only problem was chosing which flavor? I finally decided on the German Chocolate. It was very light and chocolatey, with a coconut/​pecan combo. You can always count on a great pie here, from crust to filling to topping.

Simply the best pies I have ever had and would be worth twice the price. When you look at the ingredient list you will find nothing that sounds like a science experiment, just good old flour, eggs, butter, etc.
If you got a slice of this pie in a restaurant it would be two or three times the price and would be well worth it.
In this economy, I hope they can keep their various locations in business. I make a lot of stuff at home to either save money or make it better than I can get when eating out. If Achatz stays around, then I won’t have to attempt baking pies at home. Pies don’t get any better and their prices are reasonable, so I will buy, not bake.

Achatz has been making delicious pies and other tasty treats for well over 30 years now. I have enjoyed their assortment of pies immensely over the years and was always a big proponent of their quality baked goods, recommending them to friends and family every chance I got. However, a recent visit to one of their local shops left a very bad taste in my mouth. We stopped in on a Sunday afternoon to purchase a few slices of pie; we always like to sample different flavors to get the best of what they have to offer. When I was given the total I was surprised at the amount. I then discovered that Achatz had raised the price of their pie slices to $ 2.99 each.
There was a time when you could purchase a slice of pie from Achatz for $ 2.00 and when you bought three slices, you would get a fourth slice free. Sadly, those days seem to be over. I love good food, and seek out local businesses which produce a quality product at a fair price. Success, popularity, and the establishment of a brand should not equal unnecessary price gouging. There is a fine line that needs to be recognized between making a fair profit and greed. I believe that Achatz has crossed that line. In contradiction to what one of the previous reviewers has said, I would not be willing to pay more money for their already overpriced product. In fact, I will no longer continue to be a customer of Achatz due to their rising prices.
I will now take the time to make a delicious homemade pie myself with my own quality ingredients. Gone are the days when I will stop at Achatz to pick up a pie for dessert on my way to a friend’s or relative’s house. I would make a regular trip there on a Friday afternoon and come home with a bagful of assorted slices of pies, cookies, and bars. It was a little more expensive than going to a regular bakery, but I felt that it was worth it. I do not feel that way any longer. Achatz pies are good, but they’re not that good. It’s time consumers start making their concerns known by keeping their money rather than continuing to support companies that greedily take advantage of their rising popularity.

Every man I know has said at one point or another: «I’m so hungry I could eat a whole pie.»
If you’ve hit that time, then might I recommend Achatz Hand Made Pie Company?
They really deserve five stars, not four, but I dinged them for one bad experience which I’ll explain at the end of my ever so wordy review.
Pies:
It’s what they do. And they do them incredibly well. This isn’t some factory delivered frozen crap (they do the baking in Romeo, MI, I believe). The crust is not store bought. I almost imagine that they have a house full of southern country women — like you see on television — rolling out the dough, cutting up the ingredients, cooking the pies in an oven and then leaving them in the window (I bet they have a lot of windows … why do they do that anyway?).
If the experience of eating a pie can bring that sort of vivid picture after the first bite, that’s one fantastic bite of a pie.
Prices:
Acceptable/​reasonable. Frankly, I’d pay double for the experience. We’ve had almost everything they offer … fruit pies of every variety … pumpkin pie … French Silk … (sorry, a little bit of drool fell on the keyboard).
Why only 4 stars?
There is really only one reason: I love Chicken Pot Pie. My wife makes a very good Chicken Pot Pie. I might be old fashioned, but I find it wrong to sweeten any part of a chicken pot pie, but that’s what it tasted like they did. I couldn’t tell you what was wrong with it other than the filling and the dough tasted like they belonged in a fruit pie, not in a pie with chicken, carrots, peas and the like. It really didn’t work, so if you want a Chicken Pot Pie, either break into my house on a day my wife is cooking one of my favorite meals … be sure to get there before 6 or so or I’ll have already finished it … or get it somewhere else.