Grand Central Bakery - Sellwood cafe

Excellent food, excellent service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

As a native Portlander, I can say the Grand Central is a pretty awesome local chain, when it comes to bread, and like bread goods.

The customer service and the overall demeanor of certain employees make it so I personally don’t want to give my business To this company. The two times I’ve gone in and asked for a grilled cheese. I have been met with attitude and an overall snottiness.

If you order from here and get some of their delicious food, I suggest you do it through GrubHub or some other app so you don’t have to deal with these snotty people that they have at the register

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 1

I sadly have to give grand central only 3 stars because their croissant breakfast sandwiches are not tasty or big enough to justify the $14 price and there aren’t any gluten free options for anything on their menu

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

I wish it was closer to home. Parking is not very easy at times. I've given up on the one in Multnomah. The parking there is impossible.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cinnamon roll options were excellent and sooo delish! And some holiday spooky vibes!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sunday morning, visiting Portland, we wanted to pick up quick breakfast before starting our day. The line was out the door but it is small place. The workers worked through the line pretty fast. I ordered seasonal danish with cream cheese and blue berry, it was flaky sweet but not too sweet. Breakfast sandwich with egg and bacon, bread was little chewy for me. My friend likes his veggie breakfast sandwich. Street parking.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I’m surprised I’ve missed this spot several times, as I love Sellwood and am usually around this particular area. So I was excited to try this spot with my friend. Super cute inside, everything looked tasty. I’m a huge coffee snob and the coffee was pretty good in my opinion. I’d say 8.5/10 for coffee. I usually go all out when trying a new place. I ordered a loaf of sourdough bread which is fantastic, along with some other pastries. I’d definitely go back again to try some of the other items on the menu. Inside felt very cozy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Grand Central is a staple of the PDX area. I bring everyone I know who visits to a GC, and it never disappoints.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Overall good not great. I don't need to come back for a biscuit or a biscuit breakfast sandwich but the ginger molasses cookie is amazing.
Sausage biscuit- sausage, Gouda, tomato relish, on a house made biscuit. Decent, good not great. The sausage needed some spice and seasoning. The biscuit was ok but needed salt and could have been softer. Wouldn't need it again.
Raspberry jammer- biscuit topped with raspberry jam. The biscuit would benefit from being warmed or fresh. Sweeter biscuit that would greatly benefit from salted butter or salt in general. Don't need again.
Ginger molasses cookie- fantastic cookie! Slightly dry edges but very moist center. All of the cookie had good chew. Very good ginger flavor and molasses sweetness. Best thing we got.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

This is amazing, the bread is so fluffy, the croissant is so crispy and soft, and the soup is so flavorful, the grilled cheese has a really good cheese pull. The service was amazing, I’ll be coming back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Blue Ribbon Sandwich, Soup, Grilled Cheese, Double Baked Croissant

Worth the wait!

Grand Central Bakery has the best egg and cheese biscuit I’ve ever had. The biscuit crumbles perfectly in your mouth. The cheese is melty delight.

It was definitely worth the short line and 15 min food prep wait, especially since I got to sip on my tasty coffee.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Biscuit Sandwich

The best pastries and coffee of the state of Oregon 👍

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I've been a regular customer at this location for a couple of years now and I'm continually impressed with the quality of food and the friendliness of the staff. It's a delight to come in to this shop. I'm especially fond of the breakfast offerings, like the seasonal mini quiches and the incredible cheddar egg biscuit! But EVERYTHING here is top quality! So grateful for this little bakery. 🙏🏻

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Biscuit Sandwich, Cookies, Assorted Pastries, Sweet Potato Tart

Now, don’t get me wrong, I love their bread! But their service is shockingly bad. I went in on a Sunday afternoon. Not busy at all. I bought a tuna melt sandwich and waited. For 10 min! I looked over. Everyone was chit chatting. I went to ask them what happened to my sandwich. A surprised look on her face. They had forgotten to make my sandwich. But no apologies; just “a few more minutes.” Then I saw people started working. Literally 2min later the sandwich was ready. But when I picked it up, the lady THREW the sandwich on the counter, without apologizing or saying thanks! How hard is it to fake some semblance of customer service here? And guess what, the sandwich was cold! She should be fired!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Good lattes and croissants, but minus 1 stars as their baguette was already tough at 7am… day old? Not sure what’s up with that.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5