Idle Hands Bread Company

407 Strawberry St, Richmond
(804) 409-5540

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Sarah Lea

Best vegan pastries. I'm European so that's a statement. Will definately be back. Highly recommended.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kelly W

Great service and the croissant cubes were delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Troy Smith

Personally, I was disappointed by my pastries after the way this place has been hyped up. I tried the cinnamon pull apart, the pumpkin cinnamon roll, and the ham and cheese croissant. The cinnamon pull apart was very dry and only the top had any flavor. The pumpkin cinnamon roll was also dry, and the icing on top was very overpowering. The ham and cheese croissant I had to heat up at home but this was actually excellent. The croissant was perfectly flakey and the flavor was great. This shop excels at croissants, but I would caution against other options, at least from what I chose. The staff was friendly and I appreciate the variety of unique flavors available though.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Jessica Wells

Great vegan options, most excellent baguettes and friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stephanie Stone

Choices are great. I recommend getting there early as it gets crowded and they do run out of items.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

NHKJ

Excellent French bakery with fresh rotations of pastries (savory and sweet)! The staff is so kind and hardworking. Always worth a visit especially since they often sell out (it’s that good!) 😍

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lin Brann

Very popular local bakery. Breads and croissants were OK, very expensive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

AJ Estes

sold out of everything around noon on a friday. saw bags of bread being brought out, probably for online / call-in orders. maybe undersell online orders and leave a few in the storefront, because this was very disappointing

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

P Jasinski

This place is incredible. But don’t tell anyone else. It’s already crowded with a line out the door many mornings.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jennifer C

We popped in for the first time this morning. My kids loved the cookie and birthday cube. We also got a baguette that we are saving for dinner. This place rocks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Keanna Kogut

So good but do recommend the savory over sweet ones

Recommended dishes: Bakery

Crystal Koch

So many delicious options, you just gotta get there early, especially on the weekend. There are a handful of delicious vegan pastries as well which makes it worth stopping in on Saturday mornings.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eliza Smack

Had the best pumpkin spice latte here this morning! The staff is always so welcoming and did I mention the tomato basil tart is incredible!!!! I always look forward to my mornings at Idle Hands. A++

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lucky

I can tell it’s all cheap ingredients. Overpriced

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 5

Christina

Went on a Saturday morning. Line moved quickly, staff was helpful and friendly.

Cold brew was fine but standard. I normally drink coffee black but was compelled to put cream in to cut the acidity and bitterness. If you like French roast coffee you might love theirs.

Mini basque cheesecake was not creamy but rather dry and cakey. I know they’re supposed to be dark but some of the edges were charred black, as was the base. Texture was all wrong but taste was okay.

Same with the almond croissant. Texture was off - too bready like the butter had leaked out, but taste was fine. All the filling was on one side too. I expect more attention to detail out of patisserie.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

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