The Baker House

Linda H.

My daughter surprised me for my birthday with brunch at the Baker House. We got there a half hour before our reservation and were given the option to be seated right away. We started off with the bottomless mimosas, which were merely okay, so we each only had one. I ate small portions of the following: eggs with vegetables (delicious), egg benedict with mushrooms, spinach and tomato, french toast, yogurt with fruit and granola, side salad, prime rib, chicken fettuccine, and finished my meal with coffee and cheesecake. To my delight, we were allowed to tour the first floor, though I wish we could've seen the upstairs and basement as well. Price was $35 per plate but it is higher priced if you go on a holiday.

Ashli Hessel

The good days of the Baker House are unfortunately over. We had 12:15pm reservations to celebrate my first Mother’s Day, which I was excited about since I used to love coming for Sunday brunch here growing up. We walk in and there was no host until 12:35pm. Once she did appear, she snapped at other customers (around the same time a chef came out of the kitchen yelling at other staff too). It was obvious they were understaffed and stressed, so we tried to be understanding. That patience faded when they finally took us to our table at 12:50pm only to be chastised by a server that another table was sitting there and were up at the buffet. We had our stroller with us and there was no other table that could fit us. We tried ditching the stroller but the only place for the car seat would’ve been the floor, which wasn’t safe for anyone given the narrow walkway. Finally they tell us we can sit at a table for 8 (we were confused too) once it’s bussed. They had us stand there while that table was finishing up. Another 20 minutes goes by and no one comes to clean it off so my husband finally started bussing it himself until we realized how filthy the tablecloth was. He asked a server if they had others and she told him he could get one from the basement (!!!). We go to sit elsewhere realizing this wasn’t going to work out and we were told by yet another server that we couldn’t sit there (completely empty room) so they put us in a different completely empty room with filthy tables all around. At this point it’s more than an hour past our reservation time. No server came by with water or anything like that so I eventually just go to the buffet to see what that’s about. To say it was filthy would be an understatement with food crusted over on the serving utensils that had been sitting out and nearly empty dessert trays. I ended up just asking my husband if we could leave and go elsewhere. He was hesitant given the long waits everywhere since it was Mother’s Day, but I couldn’t justify staying. At this point it was 1:30pm and our sleeping baby wasn’t going to be sleeping for much longer (we had timed his feeding to coincide with the reservation). It’d be one thing if they would’ve acknowledged what was happening, but to yell at customers and be more than an hour past reservation times is unacceptable. I feel bad for the stretched thin staff, but worse for the families coming here to celebrate a special occasion. I’m super bummed because of all the great memories I have here, but this is officially crossed off the list from any future visits.

Caleb Krause

Experience heavily depends on your server. Even though the food is self serve, your drink refills are done by your server. Bottomless drinks doesn’t really pay when you only see your server once every 45 minutes (if that). The building itself is lovely and the decor is very nice. The food is pretty good, but there’s not a ton of selection. If you’re going to visit on a holiday (like Easter) just know you’ll be paying considerably more than on an average weekend. Planning for large groups here is quite difficult.

Fiona

We came in for supper tonight and it was a great experience. Our server was attentive and he gave us some awesome recommendations. They have a nice selection of cocktails, beer, whiskey, etc. My absolute favorite part of our meal was dessert. I could eat that lemon berry mascarpone cake all day every day.