Suzanne's Bakery & Eatery — Restaurant in Athens

Came here to grab some dessert for later and as a way to make up for my super disappointing lunch nearby. This was a much better experience!

This is a small little bakery; technically they have daily lunch specials but there's very limited seating so it's more of a grab-and-go type of spot. They also have premade dishes in tall coolers if you want to take and reheat something as an appetizer or an entree. Great for on the go engagements or as a quick fix for a family that needs feeding. There's also a selection of packaged breads made in-house and a dessert case.

The service was extremely nice! I had a lovely chat with one of the employees.

The only major complaint I have was that the store smelled really weird and unpleasant when I visited. I have NO idea what it was from -- I couldn't place the smell. Maybe a dish I don't like? Maybe the yeast for the bread? Not sure. It looked clean and had a good health code score, but the smell was rough.

At any rate, I grabbed a slice of strawberry pretzel salad for right then, as well as a slice of Elvis cake (iirc) and a snickerdoodle.

The strawberry pretzel salad had a pretty strawberry jelly top and was packed with lots of cream cheese filling! It was good, though I do wish there had been a thicker pretzel crust; sometimes I felt like I was mostly eating pretzel crumbs instead of an actual bottom of a layered dessert. Still, definitely yummy!

Hubs and I enjoyed the Elvis cake later. It was super moist and sort of reminded me of a hummingbird cake. My snickerdoodle was special (peanut butter snickerdoodle? Coffee snickerdoodle?). It was a unique combo of flavors that you don't typically see, but sadly, I'm far enough removed now that I've forgotten exactly what. Regardless, it was good!

Stop by and treat...

I had to come home and put my own condiments on my sandwich. And they weren’t even busy it was just me and my gf. So no excuse for this. I would give it a one star but I like the owner and she gets my order right and the other females there. But the incompetence of the male that works there is appalling. I’ve been there more than 10+ times to get a basic turkey and cheese sandwich with everything on it and of the 8 times the make has taken my order and what do I get a basic a** sandwich I could have made at home for way less and having to driving then getting my order wrong. How hard is it to make a sandwich with just meat and cheese a little mayo and mustard and lettuce. And to top it all off this sandwich is 5 dollars. Like wow. Like if you can’t make a sandwich how are you good at anything else. I love the restaurant and the other workers there, but the male with now highlights in his hair needs to be fired. It’s the reason I hate going when the owners or the all females staff isn’t there. Other than that I would rate this. 5 star but he...

This is not a bakery I would return to. First I went because of the name. Then I read the menu and it sounded great. I called to ask about breakfast and they were all out. Then I asked about breads and cinnamon rolls. I purchased a turtle bread which tasted ok. A little dry but edible. I then purchased a cinnamon roll and a drop roll. Both very dry and not a lot of flavor. I guess I will just make my own next time, they would taste better. I also bought a Danish. It tasted like it was made out of a biscuit. I would prefer to buy one from a grocery store. We also purchased a piece of red velvet cake. At least it wasn't dry but where is the cream cheese frosting? I may give it another chance if I were to try the chocolate peanut butter cake. Thanks but no thanks! I guess I will look around for...