Blue Heron Bakery

I've loved the Blue Heron Bakery since the 1980's. Great funky little place. Classic Olympia!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I waited too long to go here. Great bakery! Delicious coffee and baked goods!! Awesome breakfast sandwiches! Support local!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I live in NY but my parents live near Olympia and love this place. They say it’s rare to find a place that actually cares about the quality ingredients.
I recently called and talked to Avery because my parents were going to go there for their 46th anniversary. He took such good care of them and helped make their special day extra special. Thank you!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is a great Co-op establishment. The staff are friendly and the food is delicious 😋. Only a small area for sitting/eating indoors; but, it does have a patio are for when the weather is nice. Also good for grab & go items and great bakery items.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food quality was so good! And I’m happy they had vegan and gluten free options!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Took my mom her for her birthday as shes a big fan and a member. The workers are so sweet and helpful, even with us lingering forever. Excellent blueberry pastry, too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

crowded at my arrival, weird flow. nice service. delicious treats.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Scones

Liquid smoke in a smoked salmon dip is diabolical.

Food: 3

Cute bakery, but my eggs that I asked for over medium were barely cooked and very slimy. The individual taking our order took a phone call in the middle of it so we had to wait to complete our checkout. There's very minimal seating. The potatoes & veggies yummy though!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

We found this gem while visiting family and came back day after day while I. Town. We had a couple of different veggie breakfast sandwiches, cookies and the Mediterranean Egg Scramble bowl. Highly recommend for vegetarians! Gluten free options available.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Vegan Options

Decent vegan and GF options but they dont have a GF/V bread. My carnivores loved the croissant breakfast sandwiches. Good, unique soup options as well. Limited indoor seating but the crew works together well to move the rush through the order/delivery flow. We did not have to wait long for our food even though they were busy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

I used to love this place until recently, their granola has gritty stuff in it that ruins the entire bowl after a bite. I’ve mentioned it to their staff over a month ago and the quality hasn’t improved. I’ll give them one more try and if it’s still like this we will never buy the granola from them again. Hope they fix it soon.

Food: 1

Service: 5

So delicious. Food for the soul. Worth every penny.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Joe is such a very nice guy .he knows how to be courageous the grilled cheese sandwich was yummy, so was the cinnamon roll

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I hate giving bakeries bad reviews. It is with this in mind that I say: the Blue Heron’s pastries and hot cocoa were the worst I’ve ever tasted.
Flavorless seemed to be the theme of the day.
The establishment atmosphere definitely had the typical PNW earthy vibe. It seemed clean, with a bit of PNW grungy earthiness. Not bad, just PNW. The counter staff were friendly and nice. I have no complaint on the service or atmosphere.
My criticism is, unfortunately, about their product itself. I decided on a blackberry scone, chocolate croissant and a hot cocoa.

Flavorless #1. The scone: When I order fruit scones it is with the expectation that there actually be some fruit present in the chosen item. There were approximately 2 “things” that were being passed off as blackberries. They were crispy and dry. The scone itself was also dry, flavorless and downright awful. Terrible crumb texture, no flavor at all and no fruit to be found.

Flavorless #2. The chocolate croissant: What can I say? Greasy, dense, hard and flavorless. How does one make a chocolate croissant with no flavor?? I ate a few bites and saved the rest for my husband. He looked at me after a bite of the croissant and said, “what is this?!”

Flavorless #3. The hot cocoa: the final disappointment. There was nothing hot about this bland beverage. Luke warm, and absolutely no cocoa hints at all. Again, how does one make a flavorless hot chocolate?
Needless to say, everything ended up in the garbage. Maybe the other menu items are better and I just ordered the wrong ones, but I won’t be wasting my money again to find out.
Buyer beware.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4