Savannah Cafe & Bakery

Wonderful café and eatery with fresh sandwiches and salads. The price is a little gig for what you get but the ambiance is good, service is good and the food tastes very good. The bakery has drag items made daily.

I gotta say, I was hoping for a better experience than what I received. I bought my son a key lime pie for his birthday, instead of a regular cake, and it was an absolute mistake. The pie tasted like it was made from jello, spoiled milk, and had been sitting in a refrigerator for about 10 days.
My son, who will eat just about anything, took one bite, went to the sink and spit it out. His comment to me was «pretty damn sure our dog wouldn’t eat this.»
The people seemed really nice, and it was crowded with moms, retired folks, and people on dates, but I hope there experience was much better than mine. I won’t be going back for anything like a pie in the near future.

Soup was decent, but the quiche was terrible. I didn’t try any of the baked goods, so can’t speak to that, but I would certainly avoid the menu items.

All of the reviews seemed really good so I didn’t mind paying $ 40.00 for a birthday cake. I ordered the 10 inch Signature Fudge Ripple Pecan cake. The cake and the icing were both dried out and crumbly. I have to say it was the absolute worst cake I’ve ever had.

I used Savannah Café & Bakery to cater my daughters 1^st birthday. The food is delicious and very cost friendly! Great service!

One of the best restaurants in SE Houston. Many great desserts and healthy entrees.

Savannah is another go to restaurant for us in the area when we do not feel like driving through Bay Area traffic. The atmosphere is pleasant. We love the chocolate chip cookies. And, the food is fairly good. They mostly serve sandwiches and salads. Of course there are a variety of desserts. My husband loves the Coca Cola cake, but this is too rich for me. The rest of our family prefers the cookies. We tried the cupcakes once and they were a bit dry.

I go to Savannah’s Bakery a few times a week to get cookies for marketing. Everyone loves their desserts and it’s always jammed packed when I go. I know some people have compared it to La Madeline but it has the local feel. Everyone knows the staff and it’s a more traditional café. No complaints about the food but the manager doesn’t seem super friendly.

A really cute place that honestly I had never seen before. A girl from work had brought some leftover chocolate cake which was REALLY good and lotta fudge icing. They have a wide range of ‘to go’ meals you take and eat. I heard the King Ranch Chicken from there is amazing but I have yet to try it yet.
I purchased a Lemon Merengue Pie and a French Silk Chocolate pie. They make a Apple Pie with a Pecan Praline crusted top that is awesome! My work colleagues were mixed. Half thought the Lemon was average and Half thought the Chocolate was average. I enjoyed both of them though quite much. Can’t make everyone happy I guess.

Went to this café for a light dinner. Atmosphere is nice, the menu is small and easy to navigate. The baked goods were absolutely heavenly!
My only gripe was the quality of the meat served with the Harvest Salad. I got dried cranberries and sweet pecans on a bed of beautiful greens, but the meat was most definitely CANNED MEAT and it smelled and tasted horrible! The meat was still partially swimming in the liquid I assume it was canned in, which was the dead giveaway, they didn’t even bother to strain it. The salad was totally ruined by the poor quality of meat!
From what I’ve heard from others that have dined here, the Chicken Pot Pie is less than stellar as well due to poor quality in the meats used. They also were under the impression that canned meats were used in the making.
I gave it three stars because it’s a shame to ruin fresh ingredients like that. It’s not even a question of mistakingly serving something bad, but rather cutting corners and charging me $ 8.95 for canned meat on a salad.
If you order anything sans meat, you’ll be very pleased. Otherwise, I would go elsewhere.

I have been going here for several years ‘& have always enjoyed it. Most recently though, I have noticed the restaurant has become disorganized & untidy. Example: dirty silverware, no tea (sweet or regular) in dispensers, tables not being bussed, view of kitchen area while ordering from counter-​extremely dirty. Also noted that sandwiches have not be consistent with meat portions as before. I don’t know if management has changed but I hope that things will improve. There aren’t a lot of restaurants near Ellington Airport & I’ve have always enjoyed taking clients there. Bakery remains consistent.

Great for desserts! Loved the Coca-​Cola cake. They have light salads and sandwichy stuff. All good, but nothing spectacular. I’d recommend this place for an afternoon snack or to order cakes or desserts for a party. Much better than Le Madeline, and at least these things are made in house and not «fake food» like so many chains in this area.

Half of my family ate an early dinner here last night, before my oldest son’s soccer game. I ordered the Beaufort panini. The bread was excellent. As should be the case at a bakery. It really was quite excellent, though. If that’s a homemade loaf, which I assume it is, I’d purchase it regularly. The pot roast was average. A little dry. The mango/​pepper sauce was also excellent. The cheese, however, was ice cold. Aren’t paninis pressed hot? It’s like they made the sandwich, grilled it, and then said, «Ooops, forgot the cheese.» And added it after-​the-​fact. The overall effect of the sandwich was satisfying, though. Mostly because of the bread.
My wife’s order was made incorrectly. But they did bring her out a new one within a few minutes. My son seemed to enjoy his grilled cheese.
It was also uncomfortably warm in the restaurant. I get that it’s a bakery. Lots of ovens going. But in an air conditioned building, while wearing shorts and a t-​shirt, I shouldn’t remarking on the absurd temperature. Another patron overheard me and agreed. Maybe they were having AC performance issues.
A final comment, and maybe this is a weird one, but I would have appreciated a public trash can somewhere on the floor. There was a tiny one (a few inches in diameter) near the drink station. But with kids, we often have crap to throw away: adhesives from place mat, straw rappers, stuff that falls on the floor, food picked off that they refuse to eat, destroyed napkins, wrappers from home-​brought food, the bag from the free cookie, etc.

Great service and baked goods. Coffee is just plain.

We’ve never actually ate a meal at their location but I love to stop by on my way home from work & grab a ready made meal from their refrigerator. Just take it home, pop it in the oven for about 35 minutes and voila! Delicious dinner served to your family with very little effort or prep time. When you’re as busy as me sometimes you just don’t have the time or energy to cook every single night. This is a perfect way to have a home cooked meal (no more pizza, fast food or frozen meals) without having to make it yourself! Clean kitchen afterward is an added bonus as well! We recommend the King Ranch Chicken & the Chicken Spaghetti– so good!
Also, their dessert selections are wonderful! Excellent cookies & pies. We’ve tried several and loved them all!

For a light lunch, this place rocks! I’ve never tried their dinner or ‘hot plate’ meals, so I can’t really talk about them, but here’s my story:
I was home sick, while a friend of mine went to lunch with a friend at Savannah Café & Bakery. I couldn’t go because I didn’t feel well. I asked her to bring me back some soup and some chicken salad – it sounded good.
And she did this, but she bought me back a sandwich too, called the Beaufort. This was a pot roast sandwich with an aoli sauce, and it was, hands down, the BEST. SANDWICH. EVER!
I ate half of this sandwich, all the chicken tortilla soup, and the chicken salad… and then later that night, I actually sent my son BACK to the café to buy me another Beaufort. This sandwich was THAT good.
The chicken salad was pretty tasty too, as was the potato salad and the kettle chips are really good. We also had an assortment of bakery treats, like the cowboy cookie and a cream cheese cookie and a square of key lime pie. All really yummy.
The prices are pretty reasonable for this type of a café and the food was quite good. The business was very clean and neat, but the line for ordering food is a little awkward. My son said it was a bit uncomfortable standing in line right next to people who are sitting down to eat, right in the dining area.
But the café is cute and clean, and it’s not bad for wheelchair accessibility either, especially when they aren’t busy – but from what my friend tells me, it’s been packed at lunchtime every time she’s gone by. The good news is, they tell us they take phone orders, and they pack things very nicely in to-​go packages.
I will be eating that Beaufort sandwich again and again – and I’m not even a sandwich fan! But I can’t wait to try their egg salad too, because if it’s even half as good as the chicken salad, it’ll be wonderful.
I’m interested in trying their dinner hot plates and the family meals that come prepared and ready to heat, and once I do, I will definitely update my review to include information on those meals. But for now, for a lunch place and a light meal, this is a must-​try at least once.
I also saw chocolate covered strawberries, hand dipped, on sale around Valentine’s Day for a good price too! So I’m sure they have some great gift and sweet treats too on other special occasions.

I came in on my 15min break… need a sugar fix and found Savannah on Unilocal… I ended up getting the Fudge pecan pie… is very delicious, I love everything about it… also wanted to get the buttermilk pie but didn’t wanna look fat lol… I will definitely be back to try that pie. I love the atmosphere of this bakery, very clean and well lit.

Charming business. The menu is simple, creative, and has a variety of options/​combinations to choose from. I came here with about 6 other people. There is almost too much available seating, which is a tad odd, but I’m curious if this place typically gets packed to the max or not during a weekday.
I got the Savannah which consisted of three tea sandwiches of my choice, a soup, and cup of fresh fruit with dipping sauce. My friends got either paninis or hot sandwiches. Because they had awesome display cases, the desserts looked very inviting. I had the key lime pie which was really good. My soup of the day (tomato basil) tasted more like thick tomato sauce. My tea sandwiches were OK. Overall, the portions are nice, and service was quick.
There was a language barrier with one of the cleaning staff, so I had to go to the cash register to find out how to get a carry-​out box. The cashier was chitchatting in the back of the kitchen, so I had to wait a few long seconds to catch her eye. Hrm…
Over all, I wouldn’t mind coming back here. It’s definitely a good lunch spot. They do offer a military discount, too.

This is pretty much another La Madeleine. If you read my review of La Madeleine it’s about the same. I came here once when it was Magnolia Bakery and came today at lunch because somebody told me they have egg salad sandwiches which I love.
This is a women’s place. It’s largely frequented by women, men hustling women, men with a Dominatrix and gays. If you don’t believe this, look around when you’re there.
My wife comes here more often. The two times I’ve come I’ve come with her.
The first time I got a pastry and wasn’t impressed.
This time the egg salad needed help — pickles, relish, onion or at least salt & pepper. It’s completely bland. You’re not sure your eating anything unless you look at it.
Update: Today I came with my wife and got a slice of pecan pie. Finally, something good here.
Regarding Unilocal’s question, do they deliver. I say no but they do deliver if you buy more than $ 100 worth plus a $ 20 delivery charge.
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This place has a limited amount of vegetarian meals, but it is very close to where I work and it has a lot of different sandwich options so I can always come here with my co-​workers if we need to grab a quick lunch.
The avocado sandwich is really good (and it is vegetarian). I like it on all of their breads (White, Wheat, and Rye). I am a huge fan of their Rye bread because it isn’t horribly dry like other rye breads I have had.
I like their potato salad as well. It is mayonnaise based rather than mustard though which is not my favorite, but it isn’t a bad side. The side of chips is good too because they are kettle chips. Both of those sides aren’t what draw me to the food though. My favorite part is the dessert!
The best part of the bakery is the dessert! They have pie, and cakes, and cookies! I got a thumbprint cookie with the pink frosting and I loved it! It wasn’t too sweet and the cookie was perfect. I also have had their cowboy cookie which is like a super awesome chocolate chip cranberry oatmeal cookie. I have always been a fan of chocolate chip cookies and oatmeal cookies so I loved this mash up!
I really want to try their cake and I think I might order one for my birthday and bring it to work :)