Mom’s Pie House

When I came here, Julian was PACKED and everywhere had an 1 ½ wait to get pie or eat. So my friends and I headed here since we passed it on the way up. If you’re ordering a pie to go, service is fast and friendly. There’s even a stamp card where if you get 12 stamps, you get the 13^th free. But the reason I dropped two stars is because I ordered a hot chocolate with my pie to-​go and it took forever because I came to realize nobody was making it. There was a girl near the pickup window who was slicing the pies for people eating in house but nobody else at the hot cocoa. After 10 minutes of waiting, there were two older women who came along for the hot chocolate… to make for themselves. It was only when I approached them when my drink was finally made. One star lost there. The drink ended up not being worth the wait because there were chocolate chunks that sunk into the bottom of my drink, and not the chocolatey morsel kind of chunks. Another star lost there.
Overall, the pie is delicious and yes service was way faster than what I would’ve received at Mom’s in Julian that day. But service for my hot chocolate and that hot chocolate itself bumped it two stars.

This location is no longer a secret! While driving through Julian, we saw tons of people waiting outside their downtown Julian location. When I say ‘tons’, I mean tons.(probably close to 100 people around the block).
Our order consisted of one baked apple dumpling with cinnamon ice cream (my personal favorite combination), two slices of apple crumb pie with vanilla ice cream, two hot chocolates, one apple cider.
So, you place your order, then they call your number… and then you eat. Easy peasy and delicious.
Inside is really cute and homey. There’s also a lovely outdoor seating area to use when it’s warm enough.
I’ll be back!

I have been getting pies from Moms for years and its the same thing every year. AMAZING PIES! :) Next to Christmas its one of the things my family and I look forward to every year. I just placed my order and I am heading up tomorrow to get our pies.
Thank you Mom’s for always making such yummy pies. Oh, and I will have a slice when I come to pick up too. :)

I visited this place for the first time, and the pies are okay. I’ve had better pies, but their pies are also good, but not mind-​blowing for me. I do like the garden area outside of the bakery, and it is a relaxing and good place to hang out and have great conversations with your friends or family. I am glad I tried this place.

BGH LOVES this pie.
The service was great. I bought 2 different pies and asked if they could split them and put half of each pie in each pie box. They were very accommodating and nice about it even though they were busy.
Flaky Apple-​Cherry ($ 15.95): BGH’s Favorite. Great crust, great mix of fruit, not too sweet, not too tart. We will absolutely get this again next time we are up in Julian
Flaky Bumbleberry ($ 15.95): really good pie, great crust, if you like berry pie you’ll like this

Note: Don’t come to Julian during Vetarn’s Day thinking it won’t be busy.
My boyfriend and I stopped here on our way back from Julian to get some pie. We shared a pecan pie and crumble apple pie with ice cream. Both were so delicious. Both pies weren’t overwhelmingly sweet and were so fresh!
If you want to get some pie but don’t want to deal with the craziness, this is the spot to come to. There still was a line, but definitely not as crowded.

When you pay $ 16 for a pie it should be cooked all the way. the bottom of our apple pie was not baked all the way and was a doughy mess

Great apple pie ala-​mode with Carmel sauce, but the coffee and service was horrible. I assume when you prepare two pieces of pie they should look the same – not here. One gets ¼ a scoop of ice cream the other a whole scoop. Then the coffee was cold in one paper cup and hot and strong as tar in the other. I did ask for a real mug and they said I could buy one. Really? Totally a place that is past it’s prime. I will not revisit and would suggest an alternative place in the area.

Good pie, good service. Cute garden/​patio area outside. This one is located on Hwy 78 on the way to Julian so it wasn’t crowded in the least bit. But we were still early (before noon) so perhaps the pie-​eaters arrive after lunch?
We had our slice of bumbleberry crumb pie warmed, but not a la mode. I feel like that is a direct insult to the pie. Yes, I’d like a slice of pie but please dump a pound of ice cream over it to mask the pie’s original taste…
A slice of pie will cost you 3.95, a la mode is 1.00 extra. Whole pies go for about 14.95. It’s good pie.

Love this place. I ordered the Dutch Apple Pie with cinnamon ice cream. Everytime, I come here they continue to deliver the same great quality tasting pies. Maybe one day I will try a different pie from the many different pies (which all look great).
The only think keeping this from being a 4 star is the price and the size of the slice. Slices are small for the price you pay. Still love the pies.

Driving by and stopped in to try some Julian pies. place has plenty of parking so if downtown Julian is packed, this is a better place to stop in. I tried the regular apple pie and it was very good. You can get it with or without ice cream. they also carry different types of pie. One downside is thet do not carry anything else, so it is not a great place for lunch or dinner. They have a wonderful looking garden and tables next door. Do not know there policy on outsife food and drinks. For pie, a great place to stop in. There is a pizza place across the street but it is really busy to cross on foot. I am not sure what is in walking distance as we continued on are road trip afterwards.

The bumberry is amazing!
We kinda binge ate on pie when I came here. It was quite a drive from San Diego.
Burmberry– was my ultimate favorite.
Strawberry rhubarb — super tart which I LOVE. This was my second favorite.
Apple crumble — probably my least favorite.
Overall I live their crumble I love that they hear it up for you. They have a lovely outdoor area. Very spacious. My only regret? It getting that cinnamon ice cream.

This location of Mom’s is a must. It’s less crowded than the main Julian location and they have the recipe to Kind Leo’s fudge. This location used to be King Leo’s and they kept that around. It’s fantastic fudge and the pie makes it the best of both worlds. The staff are really sweet as well.

I was expecting the best pie ever after reading the reviews. We tried the apple crumb. The apples were mush and really soft. I don’t know if it was our pie or if this is the kind of apples they use but it isn’t my thing. I like apple pie made with crisp apples, like Granny Smith, that are preferably sliced thin. These were kind of cubed. Also, the crumb top was just the plain crust, all crumbled up. Usually Apple crumb pies have a crumb top with cinnamon, sugar, oats, etc — anything to add flavor. If I liked just plain crust on top of my pie, I would have ordered the apple flakey. Overall, eh. Glad I didn’t wait in the freakishly long line for the other location in town.

I got a slice of apple boysenberry crumb with a scoop of ice cream and a hot apple cider. It came out nice and warm. So it goes really well with the scoop of vanilla ice cream. My favorite about the pie was the crumbs on top of it. But the filling, is a bit too sweet for me. The hot apple cider was good. It wasn’t too sweet, probably would had want it more hotter tho.

On New Year’s Day there was a line out the door all day. When we were about to drive by the second time my curiosity got the best of me so we stopped. Unfortunately 15 minutes later we got to the register only to find out they were sold out of apple pies and only had a handful of frozen chocolate pecan pies left. Determined not to leave empty-​handed (but not a fan of pecan pies), I settled for a scoop (generously sized, by the way) of cinnamon ice cream. Yum! I’m pretty sure if I had a slice of warm apple pie to go with it this would be a 5-​star review but I can’t really give them 5 stars without trying their «famous» pie. However, the ice cream was great and unique, and I appreciated the gentleman passing out cookies to us while we were waiting in line.

I’ll start with the good, the pie. It was delicious! Especially with the scoop of ice cream!
The negative to it was that out of the four slices we ordered, two of them had a white hair in each. Gross.
Now for the bad, the service! The cashier was extremely helpful to the people in front of us, but when it was my family and I, she was rude and tried to rush out order. My wife tried to order some candy and when she asked the cashier a question about it, she answered with «Just tell me how many you want». That pissed me off! It unfortunate that a place like this with great food had such horrible service!
I won’t be bringing my family back here. I will be taking my service to the Julian Pie Company.

Pie is amazing! We had the apple-​boysenberry. It’s great. This location isn’t as crazy busy as the one in town and it had a nice area to sit outside. It’s right along the 78 so if you drive by, stop, you won’t be disappointed!

The apple pie is just ok. too sweet to my taste. One thing I really disliked is that they warm it up in a microwave!!! I’m sorry but for a place that prides itself of being so local and fresh, it’s just not acceptable.
I tried the julian pie company the same day and it was way better.

Mom’s Pies? More like Nom’s Pies! This place is amazing!!! If you’re in Southern California, it is more than worth your time to drive over here for some pie! Seriously. Treat yo’self!