Bakers Square

Wish I could give zero stars. Went here for the first time ever even though I have lived in the area my entire life. I will never go AGAIN. The restaurant is terrible. The food was so bland and everything tasted like it came out out of a can. The food came out so quick and didnt taste like anything. It took longer to get our check than it did to get our food. Thank goodness we had a coupon or I would’ve been even more disappointed in this place. Stick with the pies only and stay far away from the restaurant.

A few disappointments with Bakers Square: seating to wait for a table is insufficient; most times when I go, no one is available to greet customers; the wait staff is only friendly when the present the bill; although it’s obvious I’m a senior, I have to ask for the discount when I order– I feel the wait staff could ask if there is ping to be any discounts because even coupons have exceptions, so asking in this fashion offends no one. Otherwise, I’ve never been disappointed with my meal and prices are reasonable.

My review is geared toward the whole pies specifically. I have eaten at this diner many times and the food and service is always very good. This season I thought I would order four pies for Thanksgiving. The apple and cherry look great. The pumpkin pie with cream lacks good looks for the holiday, the flat cream on top literally looks like those cheap 4.99 freezer pies. I was under the impression (with the box being so tall) that they could make it more elegant and maybe leave a little in the center untouched so you know its a pumpkin pie. The other issue is with my traditional all time favorite, Pecan Pie. Nearly everyone that I know chops the pecans up and covers them with the corn syrup recipe. Bakers Square (the pie specialty folks) fill the pie nearly to the top with a gelatinous corn syrup mixture there is not a single chopped pecan nut in the corn syrup mixture, they only place a single layer of whole pecans on the top of the pie, like a garnish. Needless to say it is not a lot of pecans or crunchy pecan flavor, it is mostly a massive sugar rush with 90% gelatinous filling and 10% top layer of floating nuts called southern pecan. Unless they rethink their recipe on this one, not likely to buy it again, was sort of disappointed and they conveniently did not have a picture of a slice when i placed my order. I will not order this pie again for any holiday, and will resume making my own.

They are really trying to freshen up their image after a decade of floundering. Their pies are excellent, and the rest of the menu is solid. There’s good value here. If you like eating typical American fare that you might find someplace like Perkins, you will be pleased with the food and service here. And did I mention the pie is very very good?!?

Stick to pies and breakfast foods, what Baker’s Square does best! I often come here for pies for holiday occasions and for brunch on Sundays after church. However, one time I decided to get lunch and ordered a chicken caesar salad. It was quite honestly the worst salad ever. Limp lettuce, unseasoned chicken, a few croutons, and no caesar dressing or anything of the like. I am giving 3 stars due to this experience, which was really much lower than 3, but my prior experiences that include their breakfast entrees bring up my overall review.

Free pie day on Wednesday! The restaurant just got a facelift. The menu is still about the same. There is a variety on menu. The selection of sandwiches are larger than traditional meals. Breakfast is all day. And the soups are really good.
But today was about Grown Up Mac & Cheese. Penne pasta, nice cheese sauce, some grated cheddar, and bacon (about 2 pieces worth cut in 1″ — 2″ size). Its really good, nice size for smaller menu and comes with 2 pieces of garlic bread. For the $ 7.99 it a deal, but if you want more you can add chickie for $ 1.50 more. The sandwiches didn’t look as good on plate. They lacked the meat part, particularly the reuben which was more sour kraut.
But Pecan Caramel Silk Pie is awesome. It probably took fifteen minutes off my life, but hopeful they weren’t good minutes.

This might get a bit lengthy but I just want to let everyone know about this place.
My family and I came to Bakers Square a LOT when we first moved to the area. The servers were wonderful, always remembered us and even knew what I would order! I’d say that’s impressive. We stopped going at one point when they changed cooks because the food was awful. Months later we decided to give them a try and it was great! I always ordered the same thing, Hickory Skillet with fruit.
One day family and friends went here for dinner and I ordered my regular. It tasted decent but something in it upset my stomach. I ordered the Oreo Pie for dessert and started feeling queasy so I stopped. An hour later at the grocery store my nausea kept getting worse. When I got home that night I became VERY, VERY ill. I was never this sick in all 26 years of my life and when I say sick, I mean Linda Blair from The Exorcist. It was horrible! I was sick for a couple days. Since that experience, I cannot get myself to go back. I’m scared to try it again because another few nights of projectile vomiting just isn’t something I want to do.
So, it’s decent place for the workers/​atmosphere and price.

Stopped here for lunch, and love this place. I had the grilled salmon with pesto, Hubby love had an omelet. The salmon was perfectly grilled, rice pilaf was spot on, and the portion size was perfect. Hubby’s omelet was very good, and when served to him it was still hot! We each got a slice of pie, I had key-​lime which was the best I have ever had, and he had Oreo which was very good he said.
The only complaint I have, there isn’t a Baker’s Square close to my house! :D