Walking into the place noticed it was a nice and clean atmosphere. They had a little game table to the right. Plenty of seating around the place. I ordered a breakfast croissant, and a white chocolate mocha. The employees seamed quiet and not that welcoming. My white chocolate mocha tasted really milked down. The sandwich tasted good just very thin. They have a day old leftovers area you can get things 50% off I got a box of coffee cake muffins, and buns. Looking forward to trying those later.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
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I’d love to know how Zeppole gets away selling a loaf of their “ciabatta bread” when it’s not even a reasonable facsimile of the real thing. Ciabatta is a rustic Italian bread with a flat elongated shape because of its high hydration and long pre-ferment (biga). Real ciabatta’s crust is crunchy and golden brown with flour that was used to dust it in the rising/shaping process still visible on the surface, and the crumb is moist and chewy with large irregular holes. The person showing me their big loaf that's been dimpled and covered in dry rosemary (like focaccia?) told me “it’s how WE make it.”
Lane Adams
Really not very good food. I got their cinnamon twigs at the farmers market a few years back and loved them. I was back in the area and specifically sought them out for more cinnamon twigs but they didn't have any. Sounds like they don't make them all of the time. Since we were there we tried other stuff and it was overpriced and bland. The berry scone was flavorless and was like eating a mouthful of flour. The next time I'm in the Boise area I'll call before I drive there to make sure they have the twigs first.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Laura Skinner
Great Bakery! Love the Muffins and Cookies. They have sandwiches and fresh bread and coffee and a few other pastries. It is just simple, flavorful food in a great location with amazing wait staff who are kind and funny and very personable. Love the place! It is a very well run business.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boise, Dark Roast Drip Coffee, Tomato Basil Soup, Turkey and Brie, Drip, Chocolate Chip, Ham and Brie, Golden Berries Lotus, Blackberry Vanilla Lotus, blt Sandwich, Classic, Ham and Swiss
Todd Sigler
Wow, what an enlightening experience at Zeppole today. I walked in with the wild, outlandish expectation of ordering three turkey club sandwiches. Silly me — apparently, that’s a foreign concept here. There was no menu in sight (because who needs menus when you’re running a food establishment?), and the staff treated my presence like I had just asked them to solve a math equation on the spot.
When I said “turkey club,” one employee gave me the kind of look usually reserved for someone who just tried to order sushi at a gas station. Then came the interrogation: “What do you want on it?” I don’t know, maybe… the stuff that usually comes on a turkey club? Turkey. Bacon. Lettuce. Tomato. Mayo. You know, the basics that every human who’s ever eaten lunch knows.
But okay, I played along, got the sandwiches, and left. Big mistake. When we opened them up later, it looked like someone had vaguely heard of a sandwich once and tried to recreate it from memory (see photo). Just turkey, a few sad veggies, and dry bread. No bacon. No mayo. No love. It was like the ghost of a sandwich — and not a particularly friendly one.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Allysity Albrecht
I stopped by this cafe on my way to work one day to grab some food and a coffee, I had never been before. When I was waiting for my sandwich to be made (grilled cheese with tuna) the worker came out of the back area with a tub of tuna, I could see the date on it and it was 3 days past expired. I called out to get his attention to double check that I was reading correctly, I asked him if I could see the date on the label, he kindly grabbed the tub and showed me and what I saw was correct, it was expired by 3 days, I could smell the sourness when he brought the tub closer to me. I kindly asked to not continue my order as the tuna is expired, he started to argue with me to say that it wasn't expired and just had the wrong date on it. I told him it smelled sour and he just shrugged, walking back to continue the order. I started to leave the cafe and another employee yelled out and said I still had to pay for the sandwich. I will never make the mistake of going here again. Also the tables had trash all over them while no one but the employees were in there, all standing around talking until I came in to place my order. Sorry if anyone else had to experience this. I've called the food and health department to report them correctly.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tanya Gelli
Ordered a roasted red pepper sandwich and Strawberry mocha. Sandwich literally had nothing much in it and strawberry mocha was nice, something I was trying for the first time.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Nicole 000
I thought no bread could be as good as the sliced sourdough, but I just tried the sourdough baguette and wow! So incredibly delicious. Their bread is just spectacular!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nick Phillips
Fun little sandwich and soup spot! Staff were friendly and food was tasty! Good variety of options! Bought a loaf of sourdough bread too for home that was also very much enjoyed!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Shawn McFarland
Very good food. The coffee is great. Try the blueberry lemon scone. It's amazing. The restaurant is clean, and they have an amazing selection. The grilled cheese is melted cheese perfection! The roasted red pepper sandwich is really good, too! My only complaint is that one of the workers was exceptionally grumpy. Perhaps she was having a bad day? The two guys were very friendly and helpful.
This place is really delicious and I’d recommend (:
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cherise Smith
Zeppole is fantastic. I come in to get coffee every week and my espresso has never been burnt (unlike starbucks). The workers have the absolute best service. (Especially the blonde girl). They deserve a raise!
The environment is perfectly welcoming and you always see sweet old ladies sipping at their tea and playing cards. Great place to study and people watch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Casey Eggleston
This is my family's favorite bakery. All the bread is great but our favorite is the Ossa Dei Morti "Bones" bread. It goes great with everything. I highly recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
NJT Trip
No gluten free options for people with celiac disease. Soups are also not GF. Salads were not being made the day we came.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
Larry Rourke
The roasted red pepper and ham n brie sandwiches were so skimpy. One spinach leaf? A few little pieces of red pepper? The ham and brie was actually turkey and brie. And equally impoverished. Dude, where's the meat and other ingredients!? The breads delicious and we have loved their sandwiches in the past. Please fix it!!! Sue and Larry
Walking into the place noticed it was a nice and clean atmosphere.
They had a little game table to the right. Plenty of seating around the place.
I ordered a breakfast croissant, and a white chocolate mocha.
The employees seamed quiet and not that welcoming.
My white chocolate mocha tasted really milked down.
The sandwich tasted good just very thin.
They have a day old leftovers area you can get things 50% off I got a box of coffee cake muffins, and buns.
Looking forward to trying those later.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
I’d love to know how Zeppole gets away selling a loaf of their “ciabatta bread” when it’s not even a reasonable facsimile of the real thing. Ciabatta is a rustic Italian bread with a flat elongated shape because of its high hydration and long pre-ferment (biga). Real ciabatta’s crust is crunchy and golden brown with flour that was used to dust it in the rising/shaping process still visible on the surface, and the crumb is moist and chewy with large irregular holes. The person showing me their big loaf that's been dimpled and covered in dry rosemary (like focaccia?) told me “it’s how WE make it.”
Really not very good food. I got their cinnamon twigs at the farmers market a few years back and loved them. I was back in the area and specifically sought them out for more cinnamon twigs but they didn't have any. Sounds like they don't make them all of the time. Since we were there we tried other stuff and it was overpriced and bland. The berry scone was flavorless and was like eating a mouthful of flour. The next time I'm in the Boise area I'll call before I drive there to make sure they have the twigs first.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Great Bakery! Love the Muffins and Cookies. They have sandwiches and fresh bread and coffee and a few other pastries. It is just simple, flavorful food in a great location with amazing wait staff who are kind and funny and very personable. Love the place! It is a very well run business.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boise, Dark Roast Drip Coffee, Tomato Basil Soup, Turkey and Brie, Drip, Chocolate Chip, Ham and Brie, Golden Berries Lotus, Blackberry Vanilla Lotus, blt Sandwich, Classic, Ham and Swiss
Wow, what an enlightening experience at Zeppole today. I walked in with the wild, outlandish expectation of ordering three turkey club sandwiches. Silly me — apparently, that’s a foreign concept here. There was no menu in sight (because who needs menus when you’re running a food establishment?), and the staff treated my presence like I had just asked them to solve a math equation on the spot.
When I said “turkey club,” one employee gave me the kind of look usually reserved for someone who just tried to order sushi at a gas station. Then came the interrogation: “What do you want on it?” I don’t know, maybe… the stuff that usually comes on a turkey club? Turkey. Bacon. Lettuce. Tomato. Mayo. You know, the basics that every human who’s ever eaten lunch knows.
But okay, I played along, got the sandwiches, and left. Big mistake. When we opened them up later, it looked like someone had vaguely heard of a sandwich once and tried to recreate it from memory (see photo). Just turkey, a few sad veggies, and dry bread. No bacon. No mayo. No love. It was like the ghost of a sandwich — and not a particularly friendly one.
Food: 1
Service: 1
I stopped by this cafe on my way to work one day to grab some food and a coffee, I had never been before. When I was waiting for my sandwich to be made (grilled cheese with tuna) the worker came out of the back area with a tub of tuna, I could see the date on it and it was 3 days past expired. I called out to get his attention to double check that I was reading correctly, I asked him if I could see the date on the label, he kindly grabbed the tub and showed me and what I saw was correct, it was expired by 3 days, I could smell the sourness when he brought the tub closer to me. I kindly asked to not continue my order as the tuna is expired, he started to argue with me to say that it wasn't expired and just had the wrong date on it. I told him it smelled sour and he just shrugged, walking back to continue the order. I started to leave the cafe and another employee yelled out and said I still had to pay for the sandwich. I will never make the mistake of going here again. Also the tables had trash all over them while no one but the employees were in there, all standing around talking until I came in to place my order. Sorry if anyone else had to experience this. I've called the food and health department to report them correctly.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ordered a roasted red pepper sandwich and Strawberry mocha. Sandwich literally had nothing much in it and strawberry mocha was nice, something I was trying for the first time.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
I thought no bread could be as good as the sliced sourdough, but I just tried the sourdough baguette and wow! So incredibly delicious. Their bread is just spectacular!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fun little sandwich and soup spot! Staff were friendly and food was tasty! Good variety of options! Bought a loaf of sourdough bread too for home that was also very much enjoyed!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Very good food. The coffee is great. Try the blueberry lemon scone. It's amazing. The restaurant is clean, and they have an amazing selection. The grilled cheese is melted cheese perfection! The roasted red pepper sandwich is really good, too! My only complaint is that one of the workers was exceptionally grumpy. Perhaps she was having a bad day? The two guys were very friendly and helpful.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Roasted Red Pepper
Restaurantji Recommends
This place is really delicious and I’d recommend (:
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zeppole is fantastic. I come in to get coffee every week and my espresso has never been burnt (unlike starbucks). The workers have the absolute best service. (Especially the blonde girl). They deserve a raise!
The environment is perfectly welcoming and you always see sweet old ladies sipping at their tea and playing cards. Great place to study and people watch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is my family's favorite bakery. All the bread is great but our favorite is the Ossa Dei Morti "Bones" bread. It goes great with everything. I highly recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
No gluten free options for people with celiac disease. Soups are also not GF. Salads were not being made the day we came.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
The roasted red pepper and ham n brie sandwiches were so skimpy. One spinach leaf? A few little pieces of red pepper? The ham and brie was actually turkey and brie. And equally impoverished. Dude, where's the meat and other ingredients!? The breads delicious and we have loved their sandwiches in the past. Please fix it!!! Sue and Larry
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
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