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The Buttery

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702 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

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(831) 458-3020
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The Buttery - Santa Cruz, CA
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The Buttery - Santa Cruz, CA
The Buttery - Santa Cruz, CA
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Best

I drove by the buttery for 9 years before ever stopping to taste their goodies. I wasted thousands of dollars at other coffee houses and bakeries, because their products are truly...

Worst

Don't even think of ordering your wedding cake from the Buttery!!!! Unless you don't mind crying on your special day. We ordered a $735 wedding cake from them, provided pictures...

Fine morning stop on a Sunday 8/9/2010

On a recent weekend away, my girlfriends and I made the trip to The Buttery. Plenty of street and lot parking; a busy, busy place indeed. I am partial to breakfast and coffee/pastry houses and found The Buttery to be very good and a place to which I would return. Crowded, yes, but there are tables outside and cozy bench seating on the patio. We were delighted by a small Irish band performing indoors - such a nice treat! We ordered croissants, frittatas, and the cinnamon raisin roll from the bakery (not the breakfast counter). I enjoyed the tender roll after changing my order from the ham/cheddar croissant (not able to warm/nuke items and cheese rolls really need a quick reheat). A friend ordered the veggie frittata which we shared and it was yummy. Even sitting outside on an overcast morning, it was a perfectly fine stop for fresh pastries on a Sunday. more

chocolate croissant worth ruining your diet 8/3/2010

I drove by the buttery for 9 years before ever stopping to taste their goodies. I wasted thousands of dollars at other coffee houses and bakeries, because their products are truly superb. more

beautiful, tasty creations! 12/7/2009

I have had only the best experiences at the Buttery! I have gotten many special occasion cakes here, including my wedding cake, and have been extremely satisfied with all of them! The beauty of the decorations is only eclipsed by the taste! The only drawback is that this place is quite pricy, but it is worth the money! more

The place to go 6/26/2008

Every time I go to visit my friend in Santa Cruz I stop by the ""Buttery"" to have breakfast. They have the best croissants and cheesecakes there. Their service is excellent and the employees are friendly, making you feel as if you were at your home. This is definitely the place to go for some fresh made, home style food. more

Disastrous!!! 3/3/2008

Don't even think of ordering your wedding cake from the Buttery!!!! Unless you don't mind crying on your special day. We ordered a $735 wedding cake from them, provided pictures and fabric swatch. They provided wrong cake. And all they cared about is how the cake tasted. One look at the cake and we hid it and never even served it! So sad. :( Managment is also very rude and bullish to their customers They obviously don't care how the satisfied the customer is. They are after the mighty dollar. Bottom line - don't order any special ocassion cakes from there, go to a reputable bakery instead. more

Horrible!!! 3/3/2008

We ordered my daughter's wedding cake from there. We provided pictures and fabric swatch! They provided wrong cake. But what was their excuse, sorry they looked at the wrong picture. But there's nothing we can do for you. In other words, we got your money now go away don't bother me. The owner is the worst, when she finally returned my call the following week, she was soooo rude, very argumentive with me. We ordered pink and ivory, they provided orange and yellow, tried to reason that pink was in the family of peach (where did orange come in ) and that yellow was in the family of ivory, even provided me with the Webster dictionary definion of ivory, which uses the words ""tones of yellow"". Not customer friendly and they obviously don't care that they make the customer happy. She also doesn't get the fact of a once in a lifetime event. So sad to see my daughter cry on her wedding day when she saw the cake! Don't even think about order your special occasion cake from this business, they will take your $735 and run with it! Look for a reputable bakery, they clearly are not one! more

Wedding Cakes BEWARE 4/21/2007

I grew up in Santa Cruz and always heard The Buttery was one of the better bakeries in the local area. While the bakery is decent, I highly caution anyone looking to purchase a wedding cake from The Buttery. While planning my wedding a year ago, I heard that the cakes weren't all they were cracked up to be since changing bakers the last few years. My husband and I went anyway to do a tasting. The woman we met with was really disorganized and the cake wasn't fresh and was mediocre at best. more

The Buttery Rocks! 1/29/2007

The Buttery might be the best bakery in Northern California. Everything there is unbelievably tasty. I got my wedding cake there, and if you haven't seen their styles, my words aren't enough to describe them. You've gotta see them. more

Mmmm?good. 4/26/2006

Just walking into the Buttery makes me smile! Wonderful, beautiful creations are whipped up into perfection! It?s the best treat to sit and enjoy a little piece of heaven at the buttery! more
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  • The Buttery Bakery is a gourmet bakery offering a selection of wedding cakes, pies and tarts, pastries and European style bread. The bakery serves breakfast and lunch sandwiches, homemade soups and fresh salads. It offers a wide variety of specialty cakes for every occasion, such as hazelnut chocolate cake, mocha cake, black forest, chocolate mousse torte, whipped cream cake, tiramisu, Boston cream pie, lemon poppyseed cake and cheesecake. The Buttery Bakery also offers a variety of breads, including whole wheat, sourdough, three seed, German rye, Italiano, house bread, baguettes and buns. It is located in Santa Cruz, Calif..


    • Breakfast

    • Cakes

    • Pastries

    • Pies

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  • Hours: Daily, 7am - 7pm
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