bird in hand bakery Review

Every year my husband and I come to Lancaster to celebrate our Anniversary. While here, we always eat lunch at this cafe just about everyday of our visit. It has become our favorite place to eat lunch. The sandwiches are AWESOME and so is the soups. The atmosphere is great!!! And there are samples you can try too while here. We look so foward to our trip every year!!! Hope you will give this place a try. I really think you will enjoy it as much as we do. Oh yeah, and if you have never tried the Shoofly pie, this is the place to sample it. This is where I found out I loved that pie!!!!

Stopped for a snack while shopping, had a chocolate whoopie pie, a smoothie and a birch beer. All was very good, especially the whoopie pie.

Came here after a delicious lunch experience. Grabbed some baked goods and a scoop of Strawberry Cocunut Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. What a combination but works wonderfully. Staff didnt know why the batch didnt thicken but that didnt matter. Very nice place and a cute petting zoo too! Will definitely come again!

Wish there was a bigger selection but the items there looked great. Got the raisin bread which was fluffy and delicious. Nothing like the stuff from grocery stores....of course.

Must see you can stop and have a snack or take it with you either way this place is a homerun they really have it figured out two thumbs up

Fantastic atmosphere. Loved our lunch in the loft area. The food is average sandwich food and a little high priced. Still a nice place overall.

Excellent place. Baked goods are awesome! They make great salads in the cafe part

Sweet homemade goods...edible ones and handcrafted quilts...

Amazing home cooking at reasonable prices. Must try!

Awful compared to years past. I have been coming for years specifically for the doughnuts that used to be filled with so much filling and completely covered in fluffy frosting. The peanut butter filled had barely any frosting on top and it was not even the same delicious frosting. The inside had a bite of filling which also was not good. The girl that boxed them put 6 different doughnuts into a small box without any paper so the frosting went all over and they all got smushed. Definitely will be looking for a new bakery the next visit.

I purchased there goods from a farmers market in Harrisburg. There goods are simple and well made. The donuts I bought were moist, delicious, and had a much better shelf life than Dunkin. Their cupcakes were great too. I deducted a point for the loaf of bread I purchased. I was hoping for a sweet bread with a slightly hard crust i.e. Brioche or Challah. They only had cake like breads and white. I picked the white and it had a simple taste almost salty and consistency.

I asked for a cream filled powdered donut. When I got home to eat the donut it was custard filled powdered donut. Not happy with that.

Prompt courteous service. Fasnachts were a rave with my coworkers.

Exceptional & delicious food & the dinner buffet - the meats
& vegetables - scrumptiously fine & all the desserts are simply devine. Always for over 35+ years as our favorite
place to stay and enjoy the ambiance and all the most wonderful food that we have each day. The housekeeping is perfect as can be and I hope you enjoy this review from
me!!!

The bakery is located in the lower part of Bird-in-Hand. You have many choices to choose from when it comes to all kinds of bake goodies. From different flavors in cakes to many kind of cookies, all kind of fruit pies and fresh baked bread. Believe me when I say, if you're looking for bake goods, I'm almost sure you will find it here.

Amazing bakrd delights and the best bread ever. I didn't eat at the deli but the menu looked delicious. Bird-in-Hand is a cute, amazing area and the bakery has a 2nd level so patrons can eat with a view of Amish buggies going by. I would recommend this place for a quick bite or to buy divine baked goods including homemade pie crust to take home and make your own pies!

I visited this weekend and purchased the apple crumb pie. I was so disappointed to find the pie was raw inside. I tasted the raw uncooked dough towards the top of pie. I will try and stick it back in the oven to see if I can thoroughly cook it.

Web site is not good!
Very slow!

Beautiful place, great coffee, the best bakery in the area!

Amazing baked goods with a wonderful selection. A staple in Lanc Co

Remodeled. Lost its old time flavor. Now a modern bakery. Not as Dutchy as it was.

Blackberry pie.... you mean hard seed pie?
Coconut cream pie had bland and watery custard. Crust was dry.
Skip this tourist trap and buy it from a grocery store.

Great sandwiches, baked goods, and ice cream. Nice, clean, bright upstairs room to eat in. Just wish this place was open in the evenings. :)

Nice place. Restrooms should be on first floor though.

Stumbled upon this place for lunch by accident and it was wonderful!!!

Very nice place. Very clean. Friendly staff. Large selection.

It was good with the kids but it smelt bad in the gym

Went into the bakery to purchase Fausnaunts. I walked into the bakery at 5:31 only to be told they were closed.There were still people in the store. .Very Poor Customer Service. Doors should have been locked. If i was able to enter i shoud have been served. Disappointing to say the least.1 star is being generous

Friendly and helpful. A bit pricey for my meager budget though. Clean too.

Slow service just to get a cup of soup and donut and coffee took 15 minutes.

Pretty building, inside and out, lots of baked goods and gift items, but pricey compared to other nearby shops. Soup and sandwich lunch is a good deal and the food and donuts were all fresh and tasty. Staff was pleasant and got our orders ready quickly. I took one star away, however, because they allow unmasked customers in the building, to shop and order food at the counter, despite the state mandate and posted signs on the door.

Ausom!!! Good coffee, great pastry. Beautiful decorations. Nice (but expensive) quilt shop upstairs.

So beautiful! And everything is so organized and neat. I recommend trying the whoopie pies or shoofly pies!

We ordered a southwestern chicken panini and a salad. Salad was ok but for the price it was actually tiny barely anything there. The chicken panini, on the other hand, was soggy sloppy mess with maybe 4 thin chicken strips barely covering half of the sandwich. Other half of the sandwich was just some tomato slices and little seasoning on stale white bread.
I think Amish people are getting tired of making food for fat, non-amish people. I've tried few restaurants in Lancaster recently and they all pretty much SUCK!
With all the decent restaurants popping up everywhere these days, I'm not sure if there are any reasons to visit Lancaster anymore if their food has gone down-hill so much lately.

Not a place to visit if you are a diabetic but having said that MMMMMM! What else is there to say?

Best whoopie pies and shoofly pie I've ever had! All the baked goods are amazing! The ice cream is also delicious!

An excellent bakery with a decent number of selections. The best shoofly pie in town.

Very good icecream and bakery, prices are the only negative although expected in a tourist spot

Very clean and quaint place. Friendly staff and great selection of baked goods. Close to a handful of antique stores as well for casual shopping or souvenir pickups

Great experience. The staff were super friendly and helpful. The cinnamon raisin bread is delicious.

This place is amazing! Great sandwiches, soup, coffee, sweets ! Etc,etc,etc ! Great service as well!

Wonderful ice cream and a very good coco mocha latte!

The kids loved seeing the goats and the donkey, and their grilled cheese panini was good for their young palettes.

The best donut's in the world are the powdered cream filled.

Excellent variety of lunch options and traditional pies, cakes and breads.

July 2020
Quaint cafe and bakery offering a few quick bite items and numerous baked goods and ice cream. We tried the ice cream and some cookies and really enjoyed them both, although it was just average ice cream considering the numerous excellent options throughout Pennsylvania. I just have my favorites so it's hard to top them. But a great place to stop to grab a bite or a treat. It smells wonderful inside and the staff is very pleasant, which is the norm in Lancaster county.

Great bakery. Open early. Very helpful staff with delicious sweet options.

Their donuts are great. A very nice bakery and cafe. My kids enjoyed the animals outside.

very slow service, took 15 minutes for 2 sandwiches and they still got it wrong. This place use to be so nice now so commercial.

Would not recommend this place. Too commercialized. Did not care for the baked goods and it is definitely over priced.

Awesome bakery! I highly recommend. They have great breakfast and lunch sandwhiches. They also have awesome baked goods like their pound cake is so moist and delicious. Apple fritters are great too.

I had the Bird-in-Hand Bakery make my wedding cake and whoopie pie favors. They did an AMAZING job! Ashley McFalls made our cake and she completely nailed it! It was amazing and everything I could have hoped for. They even packaged my whoopie pies really nicely. The guests loved the whoopie pie favors and the cake not only looked amazing, it tasted amazing. I felt that they were also very reasonably priced. I wasn't looking for anything large (just two tiers) and other places I visited charged a flat rate no matter what size and had a flat rate delivery fee. I felt that the Bird-in-hand bakery was very reasonably priced and the delivery fee was very reasonable as well. I couldn't be happier.

Must stop during any visit to lancaster. Amazing ahop full of every comfort food you ever wanted. Helpful staff, lovely environment convenient location.

definitely a spot for tourists. they do have a good wet bottom shoefly pie

Clean friendly a lot of choices.cakes breads cream puffs good prices.

A little bit off the beaten path, but well worth the effort! The best shoo fly pie you'll ever eat, delicious ice cream and soup, and a great variety of other baked goods.

The best apple dumplings, shoofly pie and sticky buns around that area! Brought a bunch home with me too!

Ok you heard of Shoofly Pie? It is the pie to die for in Lancaster County. They have without a doubt the best Shoofly Pie anywhere. You have to get there very early because their bake goods sell out very fast. You will not be disappointed. And when you are there you should try the Ice Cream. It is a perfect blend of flavor and cream, not too sweet. They have parking so it is an easy in and out.

Bird-in-hand Bakery makes the best raisin bread in the whole United States, hands down! When my grandsons and I visit the Lancaster area, we always bring some home, including some extra loaves to keep in the freezer until we're ready for it. Also, everything else they make is fantastic, too!