The pastries are exceptionally delish!! There is a reason, look at the lines of people waiting!!!

It is truly a privilege to obtain a pastry from Green House. Objectively, these the best in the bay, but that's not the whole story. Green House is imbued with the passion and kindness of the woman behind it all (Rachel). I admire her for her dedication, patience, and generosity. She is very clear via IG regarding dates, times, drops, and a la carte items - and yet people continue to be rude/inconsiderate --- looking at you guy that was in line with us when asked if it was your car double parked in front but collected your box and went about without a response. I don't mention this to put this gentleman on blast but to relay that there are ongoing challenges to running a business out of one's home in a neighborhood. Rachel handles this with such grace. I think operating on this small scale is a big piece of what makes Green House so special. It's not just the pastries, but what goes into them and the community. She uses seasonal and home grown ingredients. Frequently other local merchants join in bake/pop up days. A big piece for me, after years of supporting Green House, is coming early to queue and get to know fellow pastry lovers. This is not a chain/box store experience. Is it super fast and convenient? No. But it offers an experience that is much more rare these days. And seriously, the quality of the food is insane. I normally rave on about details but it is not needed here. If you don't believe these are the best pastries or unwilling to invest the time and effort to obtain them ... that's frankly your loss read more

Green House Bakery - Box of incredible pastries! - Bakeries Near Me - Oakland, California

Have you ever heard of Greenhouse Bakery in Oakland, CA? It's the best kept secret for those with a sweet tooth. Greenhouse Bakery is one of those hidden gems you almost don't want to share because it's that good. Tucked inside the Maxwell District of Oakland, this cottage bakery is run right out of the baker's home. Yes, the house is green. It feels like you're discovering something special every time you score a box. The system is unique: you have to be on the text list to place an order. A couple of days before a bake, you'll get a text with that week's offerings, usually six or seven treats inspired by the season. The catch? You have to be fast because things sell out in minutes. I've only managed to snag six chocolate chip cookies once, and they were gone before I even realized it. But let me tell you, they were worth every second of the scramble. Greenhouse Bakery typically offers pastry boxes on the first and fourth Thursday of each month, with first-come, first-served bake sales on the second Saturday. Everything is crafted with care and creativity, so no matter what's on the menu, you're in for something delicious. Because it's in a residential neighborhood, parking is street-only and it's important to be mindful of the neighbors. The little bit of effort it takes to navigate the system is part of the charm. If you want in, join the text list at GreenhouseBakeryOakland.com or text 858-531-3985. Do yourself a favor and get on it. You'll be glad you did. read more

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Preordering was competitive, but totally worth it. They have an excellent reminder system for when orders go live, which helped me snag two boxes! Everything I tried was delicious--especially the croissant and the pull-apart bread. I picked up my Thursday order around 9:40 a.m. There was already a line, but it wasn't too long. I realized the line was for people without preorders who wanted to browse the house/store. I really wanted to wait and check it out myself, but I had to get back to work. Since I couldn't go in, I grabbed my boxes and headed out. The box pickup line moved quickly and was super easy. I'll definitely be ordering again and plan to check out the house/store next time! read more

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Green House Bakery... what do I even say? Amazing. I preordered a Valentine's Day box and I'm so glad I did because everything was seriously good. Guava Cream Cheese Pain Suisse - 8.5/10 Really great guava flavor and a nice balance with the cream cheese. Not too sweet, super flaky. Jalapeño Cheddar Monkey Bread - 10/10 My favorite. SO good. Savory, cheesy, a little kick from the jalapeño... just perfectly done. Passion Fruit Curd Donut - 8/10 Loved the flavor. The curd had that perfect sweet-tart balance without being too much. Spicy Potato Brioche Bun - 7/10 Comes with pickled vegetable slaw, Kuali salsa macha, and garlic crema. The slaw was a little overpowering for me, but the garlic crema was honestly the best part. Everything felt really well made and thoughtful. Definitely ordering again. read more

Green House Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Oakland, California

I've lived in the neighborhood for 5 years and have watched Rachel take this from a small pop up with lines around the block to a streamlined thriving small business getting better and better every day. Every single pastry is made with so much thought, testing, and tweaking. There is no bad order. Rachel loses sleep over every detail, but the details are what make it so so good. I've ordered cakes for no reason other than - these cakes are the best in the world. I'd fight anyone over that. I've sat on the curb across the street from her house shoving monkey bread into my face because I couldn't wait to get home. Her husband is often helping get people their orders and sometimes other neighborhood businesses show up to sell coffee and flowers. This is what a small business should be, rooted in the community and everyone comes to support. Anyone frustrated with the process of getting their hands on one of her pastries is missing the point here. My friend group has made a fun game over who wins the lottery when pre-orders drop. We feel lucky if we get anything and set up an event to share. Greenhouse is a true gem and I'm so glad I live near it. read more

I've been following Green House Bakery on Instagram for years. For various reasons, I never made it up there or pre-ordered until today. Reading reviews and recent posts, I anticipated there would be enough extra things to purchase a la carte if I got there before opening, arrive 1-1.5 hrs early to be safe. I got there @9AM and there were less than 20 people already in line. They opened earlier today, the line started moving around 945AM vs 10AM. I got the last cinnamon roll, and an onion and gruyere croissant in addition to the mini passionfruit pie I pre-ordered (pick up towards the front of the line). I was at my car @1010AM. Everything was really good but really recommend the pie when it's available. If I was sharing with others I would've bought more. Staff (all women) were nice, and parking wasn't challenging like I expected from the reminders to not double park. PS there was self serve coffee at the base of the front door walk way. Also, someone was selling flowers and pumpkin planters. read more

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I have been a long time customer of Rachel and I LOVE her baked goods. They are absolutely fantastic, made with love, pieces of art. But you know, they're not for everyone. Don't come if you're going to complain about the process of ordering or the line for pick up. The pre-ordering process does feel like Beyonce tickets. If you want Bey tickets, do you complain??? No. No you don't. You figure out how to get it done. Second, there are typically opportunities for you to wait in line and pick up a la cart. Get your favorite book and your lawn chair and show up half an hour prior to opening and you'll be in a good spot to get what you want. It's a residential neighborhood. Don't pretend to know how to run her business and offer dumb ideas like partnering with another business to make pick up for you easier. Do you complain to Bey that doesn't make parking easier? No, no you do not. Uber, Lyft, carpool, or just park in a proper spot and walk. It's not hard. Cake orders - you can place them when they are released. Be and adult and follow the instructions. SHE DOES NOT TAKE SPECIAL REQUESTS. If you want a Baker that can manage you being high maintenance, there are plenty out in the world. If you're someone who appreciates edible art that is complex and flavorful, moist, and worthy of a celebration or just a random Tuesday, this is your place. Don't squabble about prices. I don't care what other bakers charge. Rachel does the math, she's worked hard to master her craft, supplies are insane, and whatever the price is, that's what it is. The 7-11 sells donuts if you need a cheap one. Every holiday season I gift MYSELF a cookie tin of hers. I relish it daily with a cup of tea or coffee as the holidaze madness swirls around me. I have ordered big cakes and shared them with my friends. The cake is the whole purpose for the gathering and my friends gush and make all the good sounds and give me the biggest hugs for being so generous. I have sat on the sidewalk for two hours on a Saturday morning in lawn chairs while my kids 2.5 & 10 play. We wait for pasties. And then I buy $100+ worth without an ounce of regret or guilt. I know what I'm tasting. I'm taking the loving effort of many hands that spend oodles of time working on flavors and texture. I'm relishing the 3am bake of cookies or the rise of the cinnamon rolls. I am in wonder that in a residential neighborhood in a not fancy part of Oakland there's a green house with a red door where cakes are decorated that remind me that the world still is good and kind. So if you're some entitled, lacking in patience, opinionated, ignorant influencer... this ain't the place for you. This isn't about your ease or comfort or any of that. This art is for those of us who truly know what is being offered. Fantastic pastries at appropriate prices a few times a month via pre-order and direct sales for NICE people. read more

Really good pastries, especially the donuts and cinnamon roll. The only things is the ordering process online and the long line when picking up your order read more

My husband and I have been ordering from Green House for long enough to recognize Rachel out in the wild. We've done birthday cakes, holiday cookie boxes, dinner rolls and cinnamon buns, as well as her (anything but) standard pastry boxes. I feel pretty safe in saying if she's offered it, we've tried it. Everything, EVERYTHING, has consistently been the gold standard, blue-ribbon version. I don't know how she does it. It's not just the perfect bakes it's the flavors - her vision is incredible, swirling together sweet and savory, every bite is the perfect bite. Of course I wish she'd open a bakery but that's not how it works, and that makes it even more special. I've only missed out on one thing I wanted to try (come back soon, peach sweet rolls!!). All in all, best of the best, A+, no notes. Proud to support. read more

Green House Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Oakland, California

Green House Bakery is the best!!! Fresh seasonal ingredients and service is consistently warm and welcoming. Highly recommend for any occasion big or small. I've tried nearly everything - their donuts, pies, cakes, croissants, cookies, etc. They are phenomenal every single time. When the stars align, I bring their baked goods to family and friend get-togethers and they are always the crowd favorite. You can pre-order online or wait in a first come, first serve line depending on their bake schedule. Their bake schedule is posted on their website and Instagram as well as sent out via their e-mail list. I recommend following them on IG plus signing up for e-mail/text notifications to stay updated. Re: online pre-orders -- another review is stating that you can add things to you cart prior to their drop time on Hotplate. This is NOT correct - you have to wait until 8:00:00pm (or whatever the drop time is) to add things to your cart. You HAVE to be fast in adding things to your cart (as in within seconds) -- that being said, I don't understand why people feel inclined to leave bad reviews about this when the system clearly works for everyone else lol. Once items are added to your cart, they are secured for 5:00 minutes while you check out. Sometimes others abandon their cart or remove things from their cart which makes them available to add to your cart again. Again, you have to be quick but I've been able to secure something basically every time I've tried (which is a lot haha). Other things to note - street parking only and there is street cleaning on 1st/3rd Thursdays. If you are coming to wait in a FCFS line for Saturday bakes, be aware that others line up 1+ hour ahead of time, and your wait can be that long depending on your place in line. If you haven't tried them yet, I highly encourage you to, the wait is worth it and you won't regret it! :) My favorites are the strawberry cream pie, cinnamon rolls, chocolate cake, and anything with passion fruit. read more

Green House Bakery - Strawberry cream pie - Bakeries Near Me - Oakland, California

Green House Bakery is a small, woman-owned business that operates out of a little green house (hence the name!) What I love about it is also what I hate about it - because as a small operation, they are able to produce a limited amount of pastries. That means you have to be diligent about the drop times so you can actually snag a preorder. I love it (bc who doesn't love a little exclusivity) but also hate it because I've missed drops since it is so competitive. If you are not able to get a preorder, then you will have to wait in line - which is insanely long. Additionally because of the limited capacity, the drops are restricted to single days usually for a few hour window - which means if I'm out of town for work or something, I'll miss out on some really good food. This review is specifically for the passion fruit creme pies which Rachel makes with passion fruits she grows in her own yard. I am absolutely obsessed with passion fruit and love love love that it is grown locally (literally!). I tried for a few weeks to get a mini one and finally snagged one to try with some friends. The mini is probably enough for 4 hefty slices - but since we just had a big kbbq meal, we could have split it into 8 thin slices. OMG its freaking delicious. The crust does kind of crumble but it is so buttery and delicious with a nice crunch element from the coconut shreds as well. It was so good, I KNEW I had to snag one for Thanksgiving to share with my family. She was selling full size pies for Thanksgiving and let me tell you right now, even for my asian parents who stereotypically don't like dessert ("not too sweet" and all that), they liked it! That is huge. The pie balances the tart from the passion fruit and sweetness of the pie really well. Unfortunately, I think passion fruit season is coming to an end (and probably she has a limited supply since its her own yard) but I'll be thinking about this pie for months to come...until next passion fruit season :) Anyway - this pie has convinced me that the rest of her pastries (and prob her cakes!) are probably equally tasty, and maybe better! I look forward to trying more. When you get there, there are 2 lines - one for preorder and one for non-preorder. Limited parking because its an actual neighborhood - so be respectful pls. read more

This 3 star review is NOT for the wait. You know what you're signing up for--hard to find parking and long lines where you may or may not get the pastries you're looking for. This review is strictly for their pastries. 3 stars is not necessarily bad. It means average. Not outstanding, which is what I thought about their pastries. Strawberry and Vanilla Custard Doughnut: Suer dissapointed in the small filling. Could barely taste the custard and there was just a dollop of strawberry jam. Needs more filling. The Doughnut itself was too chewy. Would have liked a fluffier or even melt in your mouth Doughnut. Raspberry Pistachio Fig Leaf Danish: needs more raspberry because the pistachio really overpowered this whole Danish. Almost tasted like a baklava Danish. Wasn't a fan. Caramelized Onion Crossaint: It did have Caramelized onions but I would prefer them to be more Caramelized and also the Crossaint wasn't buttery or flaky like I would have liked. This Crossaint tasted like something I could get from any bakery. I want to experience a flaky well layered Crossaint, which this was not. I'm happy for her and her business, and I wish her well, but there's definitely room for improvement. read more

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When I moved back to Oakland I didn't realize I would wind up living 10 minutes away from a bakery that would produce treats so good it would have me forgetting about my sleepless nights with twin infants once I took one bite of anything out that kitchen. Greenhouse is like the gift that keeps on giving. read more

I've only had the privilege of ordering once here but the cake was amazing. Definitely worth the process of ordering. Will be back for sure!

Box C 3/13 Cinnamon Roll with Cream Cheese Icing 3/10. Very lemony. No clue why lemon is in there. Lemon and cinnamon do not go together. Also very doughy. Thick not fluffy. Barely any cinnamon flavor. Did not like the icing as it was also very lemony and no cream cheese taste as I was expecting. Rhubarb Jam Crumb Bun Yummy 9/10 Maple Pecan Scroll 10/10 OUT OF THIS WORLD AMAZING!!!! Potato Chimichurri Danish 7/10 Donut box 3/13 Tangelo Cream Filled 7/10 Tasted good Chocolate Sprinkle Twist 6/10 Nothing special Brown Butter Glazed 10/10 10/10 ABSOLUTELY love this donut!! Strawberry Shortcake Donut 3/10 Very disappointing. Lacked the strawberry shortcake. Very lackluster. Box B 3/8 Jalapeño Cheddar Monkey Bread 10/10 AMAZING!! Guava & Cream Cheese Pain Suisse 9/10 Tasty! Brown Butter Glazed Donut 10/10 ABSOLUTELY love this donut!! Plain & Simple Potato & Shallot Galette with Chimichurri 4/10 wasn't a fan. Salty Chocolate Chip Cookie 2/10 More like a chocolate bar! 80% chocolate 20% cookie. Did not like it one bit. One of the worst chocolate chip cookies I ever tasted. Very hit or miss. For the price point it should be exceptional. Quality 4/5 Price point 3/5 Overall 3.5/5 read more

If I could give Green House Bakery a million stars, I would! The *best* cakes I have ever eaten: light, fluffy, moist, decadent, an unholy amount of chocolate, yet, you want to keep eating more. my toddler learned the word "cake" as soon as he had his first bite. Who cares if you have to order a month in advance when it's the best cake you're going to eat! read more

Tried the Brown sugar doughnuts were awesome. Highly recommended. Get your orders in early.

I've been to 6 or 7 bake sales so far, and I love their pastries. We're lucky enough to have quite a few excellent bakeries in the Bay Area, and this is definitely one of them. The bake sale starts at 10, and I've been arriving an hour early, about 8:45/9 every time, and they've had the full selection. Recently she mentioned (can't remember if it was an article or on IG) that you don't need to queue up as early anymore, so I arrived at 10 yesterday and they were already sold out of a couple of things I wanted by the time it was my turn. So I'd still suggest getting there early if you want your pick. I think the preorder option is great, but I live alone, and there are only so many pastries I can eat responsibly in a few days, so I prefer to just buy 2 or 3 a la carte. Everything I've had so far I've been pleased with. The prices are in line with other specialty bakeries, maybe a dollar or so more than I expected for some things, but I will say the quality, flavor and unique combinations makes it worth it for me. Favorite things so far have been the apple cinnamon roll (not too sweet and I liked the saltiness), the oat/butterscotch/pecan cookie (almost didn't buy it, but it was out of this world) and the pumpkin pie danish. Parking isn't really that bad, you will probably have to park further up or down the hill or around the corner, but I appreciate the extra steps considering all the carbs I will be consuming. read more

This is advice for anyone else who wants to order from this place, because there were so many unexpected and frustrating aspects to the process: First, ordering opens Tuesday evenings at 8pm. Knowing they regularly sell out, I opened the ordering site exactly at 8pm, but apparently that was wrong, because everything was already in other people's carts. Apparently you have to open the site at 7:56pm (carts expire after four minutes) to add things to your cart and wait for payment to open at 8. Demand seems to be at least twice the available supply, because there's a counter of how many people are on the site, and I was waiting with 30 other people, refreshing the page waiting for five pies to expire out of other people's carts. If you want to order multiple things, you basically can't, because every item is on its own page, so you'd have to be refreshing each page separately to snipe something just as it expires. I had intended to order a few croissants, which they're famous for, but you can't do that - they sell preselected packages, and you can't add extra of anything, so if you want three croissants you'd have to buy three packages. You would think the package system would make pickup really easy, because you could have all the bags labeled with people's names and sitting out on a table, so it could be picked up in seconds, but that's not what they do at all. Pickup is between 10am and 11:30am on Thursday morning, which I assume means this bakery is only for people with flexible scheduled jobs. I have a flexible schedule, and it's great, but having pickup before or after work hours might be more convenient for most people. The pickup instructions twice warned against blocking neighbors' driveways, which makes sense, but that made me assume I could park on the street, which is actually wrong; this street and the next block have street cleaning twice a month from 9am-noon on Thursdays. So the bakery has chosen fully half of their pickup times to be during street cleaning when you can't actually park on their street. I don't think this was communicated well, because two people in line with me got parking tickets while waiting. Waiting? Yes; if you show up right at 10am there's about a 20-minute line of people waiting to pick up. Why does it take so long? Everyone is checked in individually on an iPad, and then their order is assembled. So rather than having everything pre-packed up and labeled with people's bakes for easy grabbing, everyone has to be processed individually. What could be different? There's a guy who does home-baked bagels in SF, and he partners with a local business for pickup, so there's more parking and everyone's orders can be bagged and labeled on tables, making pickup as fast as saying your name and him picking your bag up from an alphabetical line of bags. He can do it while talking to another customer ordering walk-up; it's super quick. There's a woman who runs a fruit box business in SF, and I think they're delivery-only now, but they used to do the same thing: everyone's boxes labeled with their name and alphabetically laid out on a table outside a local business, so it's super easy to pull up and pick up. I have a friend who does custom decorated cookies, and she also doesn't want to expand her business, so she has an order system where you email her what you want, and she assigns you to the next available slot on her baking schedule; that way she never has to bake more than she wants to, but you can order and get exactly what you want, without having to mess around with an ordering system that works like Ticketmaster selling Taylor Swift tickets. The baked goods were tasty, I just won't order again because it was so weirdly difficult to place an order and get it - I have to assume this is how this business wants the process to work, so hopefully this information is helpful if you want to jump over these hurdles to order from them. read more

Amazing pastries! Super tasty passion fruit pie and apple cider donuts! Easy pickup and great service!

Amazing food and service thank you for all your dedication to creating beautiful and delicious products

I ordered a cake from Green House Bakery for a milestone birthday and it was by far the best cake any of us at the birthday party had ever tasted. It was beyond amazing - I can't even describe to you how perfectly all the flavors complimented each other. We had gotten the Chocolate Cake and it was simply divine. The pick up was so easy - you select a date and a time! She was so kind and so sweet when giving me the cake and there are instructions on the cake for how/when to serve it. We all really loved your cake!! Thank you so much!!! read more

Wish I could give Rachel more than 5 stars! She made my husband and I's elopement cake. I dream of the cake months later, it was truly the most perfect and maybe my top 3 favorite parts of our special day. Pick up was also a breeze. Can't wait to come back! read more

I do enjoy trying out differ baked goods and don't mind driving out of Sacramento to do so! I was lucky enough to grab a preorder large variety set to try! Definetly worth a try if you can grab her stuff read more

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No food is worth this wait! They opened at 10 am and I was in line at 9:50am. 2 hours and 10' later I walked away with the last two goat cheese galettes and four cookies. Everything else was sold. There was no limit and many people were walking out with multiple boxes. Was pleased to meet Rachel but this was a sad use of my time! Needs a better system. The fact that I got bit by a yellow jacket wasp while in the line didn't help! read more

I have been fortunate enough to snag a few boxes on different occasions and some of the items are delicious especially the cakes. However some of the other items are constantly burnt. I let it slide the first time , then it happened again and times after that. If it's burnt, please do not sell it. Today I ended up trashing half the pastries. You can see my photos. I wouldn't wait in the ridiculous lines for anything here but if you're close by or it's convenient for you to pick up a box then sure try it. Just hope it's not the burnt pastries in your box. read more

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Prepare yourself. Getting on the Green House Pastry drop will change you. You will start to get sweaty palms waiting for the message. Then you have only 3 minutes to get on the site and prepare to purchase. Hopefully you are in there in you want to not and you select purchase with the fastest fingers to score. If you are indecisive or change your mind or take a call, no pastries for you. Unless you go to Green House Bakery on the day. Better get there early because there will be a line. Don't get your heart set, while you are waiting, they cross off what has sold out. If you get lucky and buy on the drop you can always supplement with other pastries, cookies and goods when you pick up. The good: Jalapeño cheese monkey bread - so so the croissant weaved with crispy cheese and a slight jalapeño bite. The oatmeal chocolate cookie Epic. The chocolate chip cookie amazing. The passion fruit trifle so great. The bad: It's hard to get what you want. But if you do over buy because you'll want left overs. read more

Fantastic family operated business! Please be respectful to them as they run their business out of their home. There will be a line that starts around 8AM when they start selling at 10AM. Leave your first world problems at home, so either wait patiently in line to buy you baked goods or just keep yourself and negative comments/suggestions at home. I have stood in line at their home twice already. Did my research and got there early each time. I get there around 8:30AM and I left by 10:30AM. Definitely worth the wait for the items you will devour. I have so far tried their buttermilk donuts, the apple cider donuts, the chocolate croissant, the fruits splendors, the cardamon bun, the cinnamon, the chocolate chip cookies, the butterscotch cookies, the blackberry scone, the brown butter cake and the passion fruit tart. I will say overall all very delicious baked goods. A lot of them are made with puff pastry. I would personally skip the scone, it was more too buttery biscuit than scone for me. My personal favorites are the cardamon bun, the cinnamon roll which I think has an orange glaze which is delicious. The passion fruit tart though on the pricier side was delicious. I love passion fruit, nice and tart. The star of all the baking is the brown butter cake with mascarpone cream. OMG! The best slice of cake ever. Located near Mills College area. You will be in a sleepy neighborhood. Please be respectful of the neighbors. You will be parking on the streets and the neighbors will come out if you block their driveways. Long wait, minimum 2 hours. Very friend husband and wife duo. Pricing is standard and worth it. They do provide a QR codes down the line to have a live standing of what items are getting sold out. They do have a lot of goods ready to sell, but also everyone leaves with big boxes of items. read more

Green House Bakery - The haul - Bakeries Near Me - Oakland, California

I've been trying to order these pastries forever, but most of the pick ups were on Saturdays when I was out hiking. So I was really glad when they started doing pick ups for Thursday. I never imagined that it would be so challenging to place my order online even after setting my alarm for 8pm to get first dibs. Every time I'd go to tap the button to place an order it would flip to other people placing theirs leaving me out. Finally, I was able to purchase a box of goodies and I was super super happy. However, I did have to drive a bit to go pick it up on Thursday morning, therefore getting myself to work late. Then there was a line of people to collect their orders. As I drove away with my order, I was telling myself, "yeah I'm probably not going to do this regularly. I spent $50 for 5 items, had to go out of my way and stand in line." I promised my daughter I would bring some of the treats home, so I just quickly grabbed the savory pastry to eat for lunch at work. Now I may be changing my song and dance. That savory pastry was so amazingly good that I can't get it out of my mind. I don't really remember what exactly it was called, but it had like chopped up figs and nuts, and maybe mushrooms with this little harissa drizzled over it with a bit of goat cheese, and a little bit of greenery on top. 0MG it was incredible. The lemon meringue pastry was really good as well as the maple bread. The cookie was good, but I wouldn't stand in line for it again. And I've yet to eat the danish. So, maybe I would do it all over again just to get that savory pastry. I wish there was a store that I could just walk into and buy a couple of them quickly, but I get that it's more cost-effective to work from home and do business the way they're doing it. I have nothing but respect for the owners and bakers of this micro bakery and give them plenty of props for their creative and tasty treats. Give them a try, I'm sure you won't be disappointed. read more

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Believe the hype. Read about this place in an article, so wanted to try. Pre-ordering is like trying to get Burning Man tickets- you have to log on at a certain time, and order. Everything was sold out within 2 minutes- not kidding. As I wasn't fast enough, wrote to ask if this was normal. Rachel, the owner, let me know indeed it was. However, in the morning, she kindly wrote again saying there was a large box cancellation, and I was welcome to purchase it! It was my lucky day!!!!!!!!!! These pastries are some of the most delicious that I've tasted in the Bay Area. Flaky buttery pastry dough perfection, with delicious seasonal flavours. Today was my first time trying, so was pleased the large box of 6 sweet and savoury There was a pumpkin spelt cake with cream cheese icing, a butternut squash danish, an apple caramel pastry, almond croissant, cinnamon roll, and a thyme and guyiere pastry thing. I only have one stomach, my husband is diabetic, so I just had a small sample of each item. So good! I want to try some cookies next time. read more

Phenomenal baked goods from this lovely pop up! We preordered the large box of pastries earlier in the week ($28). This came with 6 different pastries - brown butter donut (so fluffy!), savory croissant (lamination without sog from the filling) , Meyer lemon blueberry scone (so much lemon flavor! And kept its crispy edges), passionfruit brioche (can't go wrong), choco olive oil cake (moist cake and lovely salt kissed light frosting), peanut butter toffee cookie (crisp but not too hard, with just enough chew and sandiness) What impressed us was the fact that each of these pastries were very different, and that each was 5 star quality speaks to the immense talent showcased here! Already looking forward to our next order :) read more

I went to a first come first served bake sale today! I wanted to write an informative review to help others since I didn't know what to expect going in. The wait: --Rachel said that people start lining up at 8:30am for 10am sales --expect to wait ~1.5h no matter when you get in line (except I saw some people get in line around 11-11:30am -- they probably waited only about 45 mins) --I got in line around 10:15 and more than 50% of the menu was sold out when I got to the counter at 11:45 --I think if you get in line before 10am, very few items will be sold out by the time you get to the register --there is a Google doc that they update live so you know what has sold out (qr code is posted next to the line). Nothing sold out until after 11:30am at today's bake sale (on the flip side, between 11:30-11:45 am over 50% of the menu sold out) The pastries: --mushroom, goat cheese, green garlic danish: super flaky, savory, definitely delivered the goat cheese punch --cinnamon roll: very delicious, lots of gooey cinnamon filling and yummy frosting. Can be a bit sweet but overall very good --rhubarb sour cream danish: very restrained sweetness, really flaky and a great pastry overall Overall, these are very good pastries, but the Bay Area is full of very good pastries (some with a bit shorter of a wait). I'm very glad I got to try them. I will likely try for a preorder box again, but it's hard to see myself waiting in line for so long again. I don't blame Rachel and the green house team at all, honestly the logistics were much better thought out than most pop ups. read more

We've never waited in line but have bought presale boxes and full cakes. You're lucky to get anything as Rachel's delights are highly sought after. If you like pastries you will not be disappointed. read more

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Although the line out the door and super-fast sell out times mean that Green House Bakery probably doesn't need any more glowing recommendations, this place is the rare example of a business where the experience actually exceeds its (considerable) hype and popularity. I recently placed a cake order with Rachel, and they were out of this world delicious (or, in the words of one friend, "criminally good"). Delicate, perfect frosting-to-cake ratio, inventive flavor combos, beautifully decorated - I could go on. Plus, Rachel is a really lovely, community-focused, and refreshingly real person. This is NOT a large-scale commercial operation. You can't order cakes on demand, at the last-minute, or with a lot of customizations; if you're looking for something along those lines, another bakery is probably a better bet. But if you're just trying to order the hands down best cake you've ever had, look no further. read more

Amazing pastries! Everything tastes warm and cozy. Friendly family business. Rachel bakes with seasonal ingredients, changing her flavors, but always the same high quality. Everything she makes is rustic, buttery, and flavorful. Her husband also makes the best donuts on occasion! read more

This place is amazing. Every single pastry is perfection. As gorgeous as they are delicious. I love how the menu changes based on seasons and holidays. Follow their IG and get notified of Bake sales. You don't want to miss! read more