Olde Hearth Bread Company — Restaurant in Casselberry

Very disappointing. I bought a baguette from them yesterday, apparently baked that morning. Everything about the baguette was disappointing: the texture of the crumb was very dry and uniform. A good baguette should have a slightly chewy, plushy crumb, with some moisture and structure, as result of how it ferments and is shaped. the flavor was very bland. Perhaps they are using all-purpose white flour and not bread flour? Perhaps there is little salt in the dough? Perhaps the fermentation is happening too fast? No complexity here at all the crust was pretty thin, also not complex or tasty. It was crunchy, which is nice, but wasn't deep. the size was pretty huge. Maybe more than four inches wide, despite being lighter than a normal baguette of the same length. This is a baguette! Even Publix subs are narrower.

We deserve better. I think the reality is, there is no competition for good baguettes in Orlando, so this company has a monopoly on supplying restaurants and hotels.

I would gladly pay $3 for a truly good baguette. Even $5. This however was not...

So I went to the one at the airport in Orlando, it was early breakfast time so I ordered a Bagel with cream cheese, I get me my order kinda looked like a bagel but a little closed in the center, I crack it open and start to put the Cream cheese on it, immediately I notice that it’s like a toasted hamburger bun, really? I was so pissed, here I am going to eat a toasted hamburger bun, No, I go ask the girl and she has the nerve to tell me it’s a butter bagel, now what corporate moron came up with that ingenious idea! A bagel is a bagel is a bagel, come on now guys…really? I returned it got my money back. I’ve had bagels all my life, I’m 68, I know what a bagel is….this is total misrepresentation of a product, these people need to their s… together and get that fake bagel off that menu or get that bagel order put in! It might look like a bagel but it’s not a bagel guys! Own up to that. Another form of cheating America out of...

First time retail visitor to Olde Hearth Bread Company. Introduced to the baker via an App named TooGoodToGo that my 17 year old tracks on. Was one of about ten customers who got their $18 sample bag for 1/3 the price. I believe they use high quality King Arthur flour and have been in business for more than 25 years. Take a look at the photos. I am certain we will be thrilled. We even have a guest from Pennsylvania coming for a week who’s a volunteer at a local flour mill up north. So excited to try out the wide variety of breads...