I placed a catering order with the Irvine location and was very happy with the food and service! The food was delivered on time, and the delivery folks volunteered to wheel the cart to our conference room so we didn't have to try and carry everything separately. They were friendly and helpful, thank you so much! Everyone loved the sandwiches and salad, and the dessert tray was a hit! The oatmeal raisin cookies received high marks! Plates, cups, napkins, straws, etc were included with the catering order at no extra cost. This doesn't happen often and I was so appreciative! I'd definitely order from them again! read more

Take out is a challenge. You have to prepare and package a meal to maximize its taste and warmth while the customer carries it home. How could a meal possibly be as good as serving it direct to the table? I ordered two kinds of soup - tomato and butternut squash. Because this is a bakery my expectation was these would be "scratch" soups. I also order a pizza. The crust of the pizza was a soft sourdough - not crispy at all but underdone would be a better description. This was an all-meat pizza so the toppings were only meat and those were crispy. There was no olive oil and very little sauce. They provided no red peppers for the pizza and I didn't have any at home so we went without. The soups were not very pleasant. I would say they tasted like packaged soups but I can't prove that. The butternut soup seemed powdery so perhaps that one was more likely not a scratch soup. These soups, the butternut and the tomato just definitely didn't have the quality of a scratch soup. Previously we had ordered soup at this location and it was provided with the bread bowl on the side. This time we ordered the soup without a bread bowl and they didn't provide it in the package anyway. The meal was not ready when we arrived. A message came to us by text that our meal would be delayed. It didn't say how much but when we arrived at the time for pickup he informed us it would be at least 10 more minutes "for cooking the pizza" which was definitely undercooked. No napkins provided in the bag with the soups. I'm thinking this is a place that doesn't have alot of takeout experience and hasn't thought through the process of preparing a to-go package for take-out. As far as ambiance, the restaurant was empty when I showed up at 516PM on Friday night. I don't expect it will be there very much longer. Good luck. read more

So this review is mixed. We love their sourdough bread and their bread club is amazing. However, I haven't eaten the food here in awhile and on 1 of our recent visits, we ordered the Mac&Cheese for my nephew bc I told him it would be really good. Well sadly, it was watery! Wow, I told him it would thicken but it did not. There wasn't much flavor and it was just too watery to enjoy. For $13, it definitely was a disappointment. Probably just stick to the bread. read more

was really disappointed with my experience at this Boudin location in Irvine. We ordered a French Dip, a Mediterranean sandwich, clam chowder, and chicken chowder. The bag was even labeled "HOT," but everything arrived cold. The sandwiches lacked freshness, and the soups were cold enough that they needed to be reheated. For the price we paid, I expected much better quality and attention to detail. We're staying at the nearby hotel while our apartment is being repaired, so we were hoping for a comforting meal. Instead, it ended up being one of the most disappointing restaurant experiences we've had in a long time. I don't usually leave negative reviews, but serving cold food that is supposed to be hot is not acceptable. I hope management addresses the food quality and temperature control so other customers have a better experience than we did. read more

Boudin SF - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Genuinely amazing and welcoming people that made a long lasting impression on my partner and I :) read more

Boudin SF - The associates were really welcoming and kind! Went above and beyond! Thank you for the amazing food! - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Best service love the animal breads for parties. Nicole the manager was very helpful .

First time coming to this location. Ordered the half Turkey avocado sandwich and clam chowder soup. Both were delicious. Love how soft their breads are and it's baked fresh daily. Service was good. Will be back again soon. Parking lot is shared with Charles Schwab and Marriott Residence Inn. You can order at the front or use the kiosk. read more

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Service was fast & the guys working were all really attentive and friendly. Place was super clean too. What we got; Kids cheese pizza Clam chowder bread bowl Mac and cheese read more

Boudin SF - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Fresh sourdough bread, tasty sandwiches and soups served by friendly staff. I like the BLT on sourdough bread. Btw, join the rewards club and pickup a free loaf of bread each month with a purchase. read more

Whenever I forget to bring lunch to the office, Boudin is my go-to spot! This location is centrally located, but parking can be a bit of a hassle. I usually mobile-order my items which is easy and convenient. Everyone is friendly and food is always good! The restaurant itself is a bit small and will be pretty packed if you show up after 12:30. Now I'm craving a sandwich! read more

Boudin SF - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

I have been to other locations Boudin is a great option for sandwiches and soup bowls. They have other menus items which included an assortment of breads, cookies and pastries. For thanksgiving they have sourdough stuffing and breads that are shaped like turkey's available. Service is quick. You can place your order through a kiosk or with a cashier. Indoor and outdoor seating available. Good choice for a lunch meeting or to catch up with friends. Parking is available in lot. read more

Boudin SF - Bread - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Listen I am a massive sucker for San Francisco sourdough. In this case I happen to know the brand Boudin is from San Francisco and so I was super excited and convinced my friends that this is where we were going to have lunch. They happily agreed and we all went overboard. I even bought a baguette that I ended up bringing home with me on the plane which is kind of funny and frankly by the time it got home it was hard which was sad. I was in town for a conference though so it kind of makes sense cuz all food was provided for in the conference. Back to the review of the restaurant.. The location was very clean and it was very clear that you walked up to the register and or the mobile kiosks and placed your order. In my case I wanted to speak to the attendant at the register and he was super nice and friendly even though he was super young. And didn't really understand customer service frankly however he was super friendly. Said he couldn't answer most of my questions but that was okay. I got a flatbread pizza strangely a baguette and a bread bowl of soup. The soup came out hot and honestly it was just fantastic to dip the bread into the soup and eat it that way that's my favorite way to eat it and it was broccoli cheddar soup which was very good. Not as good as Panera but definitely very good. The pizza was just average don't waste your time with that this is obviously not a pizza place in the dough didn't even taste like sourdough. The sandwiches that my friends got were also fantastic. The bathrooms were clean the dining room was clean the self-service beverage area was clean. I didn't order a beverage but I was able to get a glass of water very easily and they were super friendly about the whole thing. When we needed boxes they were generous with them and had no problem giving us butter to go with our bread. read more

Boudin SF - Broccoli Cheddar bread bowl....yummm - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Love this restaurant, I usually go to one by South Coast. But I was over this way and tried this place. Everything was good only downfall was they forgot to bring my husband his soup. But definitely will be back. read more

Great tasting bread in the OC area. Lots of regular baked goods like cookies sourdough bread and cookies.

Every time I come here I have a mediocre experience but this last time it reminded me why I don't frequent this place more. Ordered a half sandwich and soup combo. When I walked back to my office to have my lunch the sandwich was awful! Not only was the bread over toasted but the also smeared half of a brown avocado on the sandwich. The absolute worse! Will never eat here again read more

Boudin SF - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Have really enjoyed having this place down the hall from my apartment. Decent soups, salads and sandwiches. My favorites are the tuna melt and the butternut squash soup. There can be a line at lunchtime so save time by putting in your order ahead of time online. We do pickup most of the time but occasionally dine in. read more

WORST tomato soup, off flavor. Tuna is bland, but the bread was exceptionally soft and fresh..

Normally I love Boudin, but this location just misses the mark. Upon walking in, we noticed nobody at the front counter. We were the only people in line but someone walked past us and found an employee on the online orders counter to ask for change, so that summoned him to come to the register. Right after, he took our order. My daughter always gets a kids meal and she likes the fun seasonal sugar cookies so she asked for the Valentines cookie. We were told the options are only apple sauce or a chocolate chip cookie. At other locations we have been able to choose any cookie, so when did this change? Needless to say, she was disappointed but still got a cookie so it's hard to complain. The food was just OK. I love the butternut squash soup so I grabbed that with a half caprese sandwich (their "pick and pair" meal). The sandwich was pretty good! The soup felt like it was missing something, like it was underseasoned. Disappointing. The kids broccoli cheese soup was the best soup at our table, and the tomato soup was fine but the croutons were bland. Inside is quiet and was mostly empty while we were dining. There is no outside seating. After a disappointing visit, we decided not to come back to this location. We will drive a bit further to go to better locations that we have preferred. The lack of options for kids really brought things down. At other locations you can swap the cookie for any cookie, and they have apple juice, milk, or sometimes cranberry juice to drink. Not here; just applesauce or chocolate chip cookie and default drink is plain white milk. read more

The service was amazing. The food is always good. I asked where to put my plate after i was done and the worker guy told me oh just put it there and took it right away. Also the restaurant was very clean read more

No parking... Don't bother! They have 3 spots for the entire restaurant! How do you expect customers to park when you don't provide parking and all the nearby spaces are for Marriott and Charles Schwab? Talk to your landlord and demand more parking! read more

Stopped by to pick up bread to bring home and eat with dinner. There was a couple customers in front of me, but the line moved quickly. I ordered a sourdough loaf to go, and the friendly cashier asked if I wanted it sliced or whole. I usually request sliced, bc they run it thru a machine and every slice is uniformly cut. Fresh Boudin's sourdough bread is always delicious. It is crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. You can eat it straight out of the bag if it's fresh, but otherwise, a quick toast in the oven makes it good as new. It also freezes very well if you can't finish it right away. read more

Boudin SF - Sourdough loaf - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Friendly service, good value, and fresh breads/food! Spacious seating both indoors and outdoors. read more

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I really enjoy the bread bowls I personally get the clam chowder. Sometimes the sourdough can be a little tough on the sandwiches but that is sourdough in general. The service is pretty standard nothing too special and nothing bad to say. If you come to california it is definitely something to try since it's california only. read more

Boudin SF - Clam Chowder - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

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Got lunch here using 20% off seasonal dungeness items. Pretty mediocre salad and tiny soup for $20 even with the discount. There are better salad and soup lunch stops. The Russian? sauce was good though. read more

Boudin SF - Crab Salad, Side Cup of Soup with Sourdough Dinner Roll - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Where do I start?! Chili bowl is a small itty bitty cup of bland chili. Looked nothing like the chunky chili. No flavor. All one color and 5.00 for a tiny cup! Chicken salad sandwich. Bread was horrible! Hard edges. Not toasted. I literally had to tear off the dyes. The chicken salad that was supposed to have celery and grapes was empty! Like one tablespoon per half! For a 18.00 meal it was so weak I will never order another sandwich chili again. Stick to their salads. Such a disappointment. Fill your sandwiches . And if you're going to sell chili make it chili! I could have opened a can of staffs and gotten a better result! read more

TLDR; nice salads, ok clam chowder, good service, cute bread Boudin SF is a chain originating in NorCal that is similar to Panera in style; they primarily serve baked goods but also provide meals like salads, soups and sandwiches. I had the ahi tuna salad with wasabi aioli which was really good and the clam chowder was ok. The bread designs were cute, though the turtle didn't quite turn out the way I expected. Service was fast and the people were nice. I'd come here again for the salad! read more

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This is a long established sandwich shop here on Main in Irvine. I have been coming here for at least fifteen years or more. However, it looks like management has changed. They have changed the menu and the decor. They have also attempted to fool its customers by offering an inferior product, and that does not make me happy. They have decided to swap out their delicious maple-brown sugar bacon with thin, low quality bacon. Yes, their incredible BLTA sandwich is now ordinary, mediocre, and over priced. I would pay any price for the old bacon BLT which was three or four inches thick, not a half inch thick like it is now. These types of management decisions save a few dollars at the end of the week, but lose thousands because of customers like me who don't like to get fooled. My family and I will be going somewhere else. read more

Without a doubt this is one of the best restaurants for a quick bite. The prices are excellent plus once each month when you eat there or just purchase pastry, you get a free loaf of their famous sourdough bread, but only when you you sign up to their website like most restaurants. The sandwiches are super delicious and rather big. This one is located next to Macy's at the side entrance. Coffee is great and it is or was Pete's coffee so it is great and robust. Everyone is helpful and after ordering they will take it to your table. Enjoy read more

Ever since the staff from 5-7 years ago, this location has gone downhill. I used to frequent it 3-4 days a week to patron my favorite local sourdough venue. Every so often I go before it's local but I have found the staff just not hiring its brightest. Bring back Letty!!!!! If corporate is reading this do something before you go out of business like Sprinkles. Your current staff goofs off and doesn't provide customer service. read more

They have really terrible service at this location and also aren't very organized. I've gotten delivery from third-party delivery apps from here a bunch of times, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not. But I went in person for the first time the other day and it was terrible. They were "out of" or "couldn't ring that up" for every single item I ordered and the person up front was super rude. I'm not sure if maybe they're new and didn't know how to ring items up, but in that case, why wasn't someone overseeing them and helping them? Anyway, completely skipping this one in the future. Parking situation is also not ideal; they have a tiny shared lot and it was hard to find. read more

Ordered food from this location. As we were eating the loaf of bread we found part of a blue latex/nitrile glove in the loaf. I called the restaurant and the manager didn't apologize or really have any concern. He just nonchalantly said to swing by any time for a new loaf. Obviously this is a food safety and sanitation issue, but they clearly don't take it seriously at all. read more

My company catered this for work today. I got the chicken salad sandwich and the chicken salad was soooooo good. I loved the grapes and the almonds in it!! So fresh and tasted amazing. The soft part of the bread was yummy but unfortunately the crust is hard as a ROCK. The crust was absolutely inedible and I had to tear it all off because it was so hard and chewy. I couldn't even bit into the sandwich because of it. This really knocked the rating down for me because after I ripped off the crust I was left with a tiny sandwich. You think they would have mastered their bread crust by now. Loved the chicken salad but if I ever came here again I would try different bread or just get it alone. read more

This was for yesterday's event. Everything was ok, except the Ceasar salad. The salads were old, wilted and not fresh. We spent $1,040.11 paying $93.89 charge on delivery fees and this is what we got. Horrible, I will do my business elsewhere next time. read more

Several Boudin SF places popped up, but we were closest to this one. Why Boudin SF? Sandwiches and Sourdough bread and memories of San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf. This location is not very large, and we see patrons having their lunch. A young lady helped us with our orders. A Sourdough loaf filled with creamy tomato soup for the lovely missus. She loves any soup laden with tomatoes. The Sourdough bread bowl was just the right size. My order was different, no soup laden bread bowls, but I see a sandwich made on Rye toast...and it has Pastrami filling.. I should have paid more attention to the sandwich ingredients.. that first bite of Pastrami was confusing. A runny Coleslaw and was there bits of bacon in there? I ate the sandwich but I would choose something different next time. However, it came with a nice side of salad with croutons and a light dressing. We helped ourselves at the soda machine for sprite and lemonade. One of three restrooms was out of order. We had luck parking by the adjacent barbershop. Boudin SF does make a good Sourdough Bread and we bought a large roll and had it sliced. Yes, one picture on the wall is worth a thousand words. read more

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Always a huge fan of the butternut squash soup. I think for a quick season they had it off the menu and I was bummed but it's back and it's such a flavorful and creamy choice. Love it in a bread bowl for the ultimate experience. Parking can be hit or miss here but take note of the side garage as an option. read more

The bread is delicious, but the chili is just okay. I would have enjoyed more sides with the chili than what was delivered. The hamburger sandwich was good upon delivery but not good reheated the next day. I will always visit this place for some delicious sourdough bread. read more

Boudin SF - Hamburger sandwich and chili that is in desperate need of more sides. DoorDash delivered was still warm. - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

Talk about challenging parking, there is limited parking slots right outside this Boudin SF - Irvine location, there's some additional parking inside the ramp to the side of this building, but the spots can be tricky to get in and out. The wait during lunch can be a bit intimidating. The last time I went, the self-order machine was done and there was a ton of people waiting for their to-go orders that I ended up walking away. I have tried the clam chowder bread bowl, and the soup itself is relatively delicious, the bread bowl can be overwhelmingly large to eat, so most of the bread bowls actually get tossed since the soup to bowl ratio is limiting. There's a decent amount of seating indoors, and limited seats outside. The tables aren't promptly cleaned and I witnessed other guests wiping down the counters or moving dirty dishes to other tables. Again, this was during the busy lunch rush, so all the employees were more focused on making the food than cleaning tables. If you do plan to come during lunch, just plan ahead of time, even though I ordered ahead online, I still had to wait quite a while and had to check in with a worker to get my food. read more

Had a tuna salad on baguette with side of chips. Did not taste so fresh and was an absolute mayo fest. It was oddly... fishy? More fishy than one would normally expect from tuna salad. Kind of like it was past its expiration date. Ate some and threw out the rest. On the plus side it came out of the kitchen really fast, the chips were good and the overall price reasonable at $10 bucks and change. Counter person who took my order was rude to the customer before me and that was off putting. read more

I come here when I get a craving for a meal with sourdough. Every meal has met my cravings- whether it be Rustic tomato bisque, beef chili, clam chowder, butternut squash, grilled cheese or the other artisan sandwiches. The service is fast, food is hot and the atmosphere is clean and not too noisy. read more

I went here with a friend at like 8 pm and the place was empty, there was no line and the food came out quick! The French Dip Deluxe was large in size and delicious, it tasted even better dipped in the sauce. It came with a side of chips/salad and I chose salad, but I think the sauce they use makes it taste metallic so I wouldn't get that again. The Clam Chowder was also warm, savory, seafoody, and delicious. I will definitely come back and order the French Dip Deluxe and Clam Chowder again! The portions were enough to share between two people. read more

Boudin SF - French Dip Deluxe and Salad - Bakeries Near Me - Irvine, California

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