Amana Colonies Bakery And Cafe

I ordered a 4 layer chocolate cake for my father's 88th birthday celebration. The cake was frozen and very dry! Every guest mentioned how dry the FROZEN cake was. I paid over $80 and left a $10 tip, for an old, dry, frozen cake, For that price I would expect a fresh cake. Shameful! Edit to add- the bakery responded to my complaint and asked me to “return the cake” so they could research what happened. Lol. I don’t normally pick up a cake to serve at a later date therefore I’m unable to return it. I’m still laughing at the proposed resolution.

Fun Bakery! Lots of great breads and bakery items! Cute jars of goodies!

Bought a ham salad sandwich which the bread fell apart like it was very old. Also bought cinnamon raisin bread that was dry and crumbly. Only good bread was the marble rye

We wanted so badly to like this bakery. We visit the Amanas frequently but had not visited the bakery in quite a few years. When we entered, the shop was really chilly but the presentation was nice. Lots of very nicely presented baked goods. On this visit we had stopped down in the Amanas to stock up on some of the fantastic coffee at the Amana General store and then decided to go get a bite at the bakery. It was very quiet due to it being a rainy day, so we were the only ones ordering around noon. We both ordered deli sandwiches. They were very simple orders as they limit you to three additional ingredients and one condiment after choosing a meat. Somehow, they managed to mess up both orders. Mine was loaded with black olives which neither of us ordered. My wife 's order was loaded with tomatoes which she did not order. In addition to completely getting our orders wrong, and I mean everything wrong except the choice of meat, the wraps were tiny and were handed to us on cheap white paper plates. The wraps, around 13 to 14 bucks a piece, were smaller than the 8-in plate and less than 2 in diameter. I really wish I would have taken photos. For that we paid, over $30 after the pushed tip they asked for in advance, It was a very disappointing visit. Both of the wraps were slathered in ranch dressing of which only one of us ordered. Like I said at the beginning of my review, we really wanted to like this place. The kids behind the counter seem nice, but that 's about where the quality of service, food, and atmosphere ended. If you 're visiting from nearby or out of state I highly recommend the Amana colonies but I would avoid the bakery. There are dozens of great other shops to visit at the Amanas. We love it there. Read some of the other reviews and you 'll understand. We certainly wish we would have before we visited.

Joy baked the best birthday cake my grandma ever tasted.