I had a great experience with the cashiers—they were friendly and provided excellent customer service. The bakers were also kind and helpful. However, my experience with the manager(older lady) was disappointing. I was charged $0.50 for a larger bag to carry my pastries, which felt unreasonable considering the amount I was already spending. When I asked about it, the manager simply stated, “It’s 50 cents,” with no further explanation or courtesy. I believe basic packaging should be included, especially for multiple items. The customer service from the manager lacked the same warmth and professionalism shown by the rest of the staff.
Charles Woodward
Almost like a European bakery. Good prices.
Amanda Bruun
I spent about $45…for a whole bunch of yummy stuff! It’s amazing to be able to go straight to the bakery, and also kind of dangerous. You can see some of the menu on the window outside as you wait in line (there will almost always be a line), and you can peek in and see the day’s selection of breads and pastries. Only two parties at a time fit inside to order. There’s a small parking lot in front and more parking behind. I highly recommend the seasonal focaccia pizzas! An pain epi, just yum.
Aqua Chen
Although their bread can be bought in many supermarkets, I still think the freshest and tastiest bread is bought directly from where they are produced. Whenever my foreign friends come to Berkeley to visit me, I take them here, line up under the sun to buy bread. When I finally got their bread, there is a sense of happiness pop up in my heart.
Jonathan
Spunky bakery lady hooked me up with the house favorites. So delicious!
Allan Fein
This is one of the best bread shops I have ever been to. I seek out good bread shops wherever I go. I have visited 44 countries in my life and I will still rate this as number one.
It's a small place where two customers get in at a time, the rest would queue outside. I was in the line for 30 minutes. ( I had the pressure to order quickly, lol)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Baguette and Focaccia Bread, Sweet Batard, Bakery
Francie
The best variety of breads
F. Fara
Great/Best breads.... came from Michigan for vacation (yearly thing) and this is the place to pick up the best bread.. Beware of a 60 minutes line right before Christmas day or new year day.
Recommended dishes: Croissants, Roman Style Pizza, Pastries, Bakery, Olive Bread
L
Superb. As good as a Parisian bakery. OMG.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Roman Style Pizza, Bakery, Olive Bread
Jeff Chalmers
This is a great bakery. Always long lines and has parking in the back as the parking lot is quite small.
Our favorites are the mushroom pizza slices, which we warm up with our own added items, the Apple Slice and baguettes.
You will definitely not be disappointed with anything you get here.
Parking: Additional parking at the back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baguette and Focaccia Bread, Mushroom Pizza
Ida Zhang
Love the cheese twist! It was soooo gooood! I also had the cinnamon twist and Jalapeno turn over, they are also very tasty!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cecile “CC” Walker
Acme Bread participates in Too Good To Go which is an app advertised as a "surplus food marketplace" where food businesses can offer food bargains on a schedule of their choosing to a limited number of customers. These businesses have complete control over their participation and food offerings.
In July of this year I learned that Acme bread was participating in the app, so I started buying a bag from them every couple of weeks. On October 16th I went to pick up a bag and ended up having a conversation with a woman who identified herself as the manager of the bakery ("I'm the manager of this bakery", she pronounced loudly, although I hadn't asked). It wasn't really a conversation - it was more of a lecture on her part about how much Too Good To Go is costing Acme and the generous pay and work benefits package that they offer inexperienced employees they hire off the street. While she was going on and on about this, the line was backing up behind me - but that didn't seem to concern her as she warmed to her subject. She went on to tell me that she didn't know if she would be participating in the Too Good To Go app next year- I gather it's her sole decision - and I couldn't get away fast enough; it was so awkward and uncomfortable.
I didn't go back for a month, until today.
Once again, there she was, but I was fortunate not to have her wait on me this time! However, as I was leaving with my bag of 2G2G goodies, I heard her telling another patron how Acme couldn't afford to put the "really good" items in the Too Good To Go bags and she'd really appreciate any other purchase he might want to make.
Honestly, I wasn't aware that Acme was in such poor financial condition that they needed to resort to high pressure sales tactics, but listening to her they must be!
As their bakery customer, I don't know if I can continue to go in to their shop or buy the Too Good To Go items they offer because this woman makes me feel so incredibly uncomfortable for participating - as if those who buy the Acme offerings on the app are somehow cheating the bakery.
If I owned the business and I heard this message being given to my customers, I'd be mortified.
Fortunately, there are a lot of good bakeries around our area and some of them also participate in the Too Good To Go offerings without guilting their customers for their business's decision to do so.
There's always a line but it's worth the wait!
I had a great experience with the cashiers—they were friendly and provided excellent customer service. The bakers were also kind and helpful. However, my experience with the manager(older lady) was disappointing. I was charged $0.50 for a larger bag to carry my pastries, which felt unreasonable considering the amount I was already spending. When I asked about it, the manager simply stated, “It’s 50 cents,” with no further explanation or courtesy. I believe basic packaging should be included, especially for multiple items. The customer service from the manager lacked the same warmth and professionalism shown by the rest of the staff.
Almost like a European bakery. Good prices.
I spent about $45…for a whole bunch of yummy stuff! It’s amazing to be able to go straight to the bakery, and also kind of dangerous. You can see some of the menu on the window outside as you wait in line (there will almost always be a line), and you can peek in and see the day’s selection of breads and pastries. Only two parties at a time fit inside to order. There’s a small parking lot in front and more parking behind. I highly recommend the seasonal focaccia pizzas! An pain epi, just yum.
Although their bread can be bought in many supermarkets, I still think the freshest and tastiest bread is bought directly from where they are produced. Whenever my foreign friends come to Berkeley to visit me, I take them here, line up under the sun to buy bread. When I finally got their bread, there is a sense of happiness pop up in my heart.
Spunky bakery lady hooked me up with the house favorites. So delicious!
This is one of the best bread shops I have ever been to. I seek out good bread shops wherever I go. I have visited 44 countries in my life and I will still rate this as number one.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baguette and Focaccia Bread, Pain D'Epi Bread, Sourdough Rolls, Sourdough Round, Croissants, Almond Croissant, Roman Style Pizza, Pastries, Mushroom Pizza, Sweet Batard, Tomato Pizza, Bakery, Blueberry Muffin, Olive Bread
It's a small place where two customers get in at a time, the rest would queue outside. I was in the line for 30 minutes. ( I had the pressure to order quickly, lol)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Baguette and Focaccia Bread, Sweet Batard, Bakery
The best variety of breads
Great/Best breads.... came from Michigan for vacation (yearly thing) and this is the place to pick up the best bread..
Beware of a 60 minutes line right before Christmas day or new year day.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Croissants, Pastries, Bakery, Olive Bread
Restaurantji Recommends
So far the best 🥖 bread
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Croissants, Roman Style Pizza, Pastries, Bakery, Olive Bread
Superb. As good as a Parisian bakery. OMG.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Roman Style Pizza, Bakery, Olive Bread
This is a great bakery. Always long lines and has parking in the back as the parking lot is quite small.
Our favorites are the mushroom pizza slices, which we warm up with our own added items, the Apple Slice and baguettes.
You will definitely not be disappointed with anything you get here.
Parking: Additional parking at the back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baguette and Focaccia Bread, Mushroom Pizza
Love the cheese twist! It was soooo gooood! I also had the cinnamon twist and Jalapeno turn over, they are also very tasty!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Acme Bread participates in Too Good To Go which is an app advertised as a "surplus food marketplace" where food businesses can offer food bargains on a schedule of their choosing to a limited number of customers. These businesses have complete control over their participation and food offerings.
In July of this year I learned that Acme bread was participating in the app, so I started buying a bag from them every couple of weeks. On October 16th I went to pick up a bag and ended up having a conversation with a woman who identified herself as the manager of the bakery ("I'm the manager of this bakery", she pronounced loudly, although I hadn't asked). It wasn't really a conversation - it was more of a lecture on her part about how much Too Good To Go is costing Acme and the generous pay and work benefits package that they offer inexperienced employees they hire off the street. While she was going on and on about this, the line was backing up behind me - but that didn't seem to concern her as she warmed to her subject. She went on to tell me that she didn't know if she would be participating in the Too Good To Go app next year- I gather it's her sole decision - and I couldn't get away fast enough; it was so awkward and uncomfortable.
I didn't go back for a month, until today.
Once again, there she was, but I was fortunate not to have her wait on me this time! However, as I was leaving with my bag of 2G2G goodies, I heard her telling another patron how Acme couldn't afford to put the "really good" items in the Too Good To Go bags and she'd really appreciate any other purchase he might want to make.
Honestly, I wasn't aware that Acme was in such poor financial condition that they needed to resort to high pressure sales tactics, but listening to her they must be!
As their bakery customer, I don't know if I can continue to go in to their shop or buy the Too Good To Go items they offer because this woman makes me feel so incredibly uncomfortable for participating - as if those who buy the Acme offerings on the app are somehow cheating the bakery.
If I owned the business and I heard this message being given to my customers, I'd be mortified.
Fortunately, there are a lot of good bakeries around our area and some of them also participate in the Too Good To Go offerings without guilting their customers for their business's decision to do so.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
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